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PaulLev

@paullev.bsky.social

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author 20bks: media/politics, scifi novels; prof Fordham U; podcaster;singer-songwriter; I had sign that said a neat desk is sign of a sick mind, but I lost it

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · Sep 8

from Connected Editions! Sarah Clarke Stuart's Song of the Unsung Mushroom to be published 15 January 2025, now available for Kindle pre-sale amzn.to/3Ia4gMp

PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 12h

Welcome Up: Songs of Space and Time now up on @bandcamp.com paullevinson.bandcamp.com/album/welcom...

Welcome Up: Songs of Space and Time, by Paul Levinson

8 track album

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 1d

The American Gestapo agent who fired that weapon should be charged with assault, and in the trial given the maximum sentence.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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kim berglund @thekimberglund.bsky.social · 1d

Important to see with Mo's own eyes what is going on.

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#abolishice #iceprotests

Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 As you may have seen, in recent days, I've been going to the Broadview ICE facility near where I live. For @vanityfair.com I wrote about those protests & the hell that the Chicago area is being put through thanks to ICE/DHS. I hope you'll read this & share it. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Postcard From Chicago: There’s an ICE Facility in My Backyard

Chicago was not a war zone when Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz began. DHS and ICE have made it one.

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 1d

Sarah Clarke Stuart
professorsarah.substack.com?r=ay1e&utm_c...

Sarah Clarke Stuart | Substack

“Natural Intelligence” is intuitive, messy, poetic, and wild. Integrating AI meaningfully--without losing what makes us human. I'm a Professor of Communication trying to recapture the embodied and soc...

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 1d

my thoughts about the relevance of McLuhan to the current age now up on Substack open.substack.com/pub/paullev/...

The Relevance of McLuhan to Our Current World

AI, Para-Social Relationships, Global Village, Fascism. Deep-Fakes, and More

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 2d

On MSNBC: Joshua Aaron, creator of ICEBlock, removed by Apple from its Apps under pressure from our government, says to Maddow "we have to wake up before it's too late". He's not only talking to us, but you, Tim Cook: try harder 2 live up 2 what Steve Jobs gave you. Don't become a fascist enabler.

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 2d

recommended: James McGrath about AI www.patheos.com/blogs/religi...

AI Isn't God (or Even Human)

LLMs will fabricate no less than .5% of the time. That is a feature and not a bug. Imagine if the Star Trek computer would fabricate periodically...

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 2d

I put McLuhan on Vocal vocal.media/humans/the-r...

The Relevance of McLuhan to Our Current World

AI, Para-Social Relationships, Global Village, Fascism. Deep-Fakes, and More

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 3d

We all need to keep pointing this out.

PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 3d

Well said — agree 100%

PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 4d

Honored to see this! www.linkedin.com/posts/awesom...

#aiba #aibk #books #writing #awards #authors | Awesome Indies Book Awards

5 October, 2025 The AIBA Book of the Week is the Awesome Indies Approved: The Silk Code (Phil D’Amato series) by Paul Levinson at https://lnkd.in/ew7PePbV, (please click for more details.) #AIBA #AIB...

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 4d

slightly edited transcript of what I said at the McLuhan Salon organized by Paolo Granata, devoted to Tom Cooper's book Wisdom Weavers lTues paullevinson.blogspot.com/2025/10/appl...

Applying Marshall McLuhan to Our Current Predicaments

On September 30, 2025 I took part in a McLuhan Salon organized by Paolo Granata in Toronto. The Salon was devoted to a consideration of som...

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 5d

Proud to be quoted several times in this article in the Fordham Political Review fordhampoliticalreview.org/the-danger-o...

The Danger of the Repost

Photo via Getty Images *** It has become a fact of life that everyone and their dog has an online presence. While those who love videos of pets predicting sports scores view this positively, we’d b…

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 6d

From Andrey Mir: Some of what Tom Cooper said Tuesday night in his talk about his book Wisdom Weavers at the McLuhan Salon organized by Paolo Granata in Toronto : What might Innis and McLuhan have said in the era of digital media and AI? open.substack.com/pub/andrey4m...

Tom Cooper: What might Innis and McLuhan have said in the era of digital media and AI?

Using the Wisdom Weavers to reclaim our agency

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 6d

Savvy assessment of Tylenol "crisis" by Quentin Langley www.linkedin.com/pulse/fall-e...

Fall Edition

CRISIS The (new) Tylenol crisis Acetaminophen, known as "paracetamol" throughout most of the world and often by the brand name "Tylenol" in the US, has been singled out by the US federal government as...

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 9d

review of Law & Order: SVU 27.1 paullevinson.blogspot.com/2025/09/law-...

Law & Order: SVU 27.1: Olivia Benson vs. ICE

Just caught up with the season 27 debut of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC this past Thursday evening. It was excellent in all kin...

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 9d

Come to the salon tomorrow ... and get the book here anytime www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM4GZ99...

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 12d

ICE GOONS 'RELIEVED OF CURRENT DUTIES' AFTER VIOLENT CONFRONTATION CAUGHT ON CAMERA

KEEP FILMING EVERYTHING!

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 12d

And here's more about Grzegorz Kwiatkowski www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wda...

Paul Levinson interviews Grzegorz Kwiatkowski about Russian Attack of Ukraine & His Book of Poetry

YouTube video by Paul Levinson

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 12d

Chances to see poet/philosopher Grzegorz Kwiatkowski in US this month and next

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 12d

www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p... another classic move in Trump's embrace of fascism, disfiguring history

Trump White House hangs image of Biden autopen signature in new ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump has introduced a “Presidential Walk of Fame” along a noticeable walkway outside the West Wing of the White House.

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 14d

A few hours ago: Frank LoBuono interviews me about the reinstatement of Jimmy Kimmel and the halt in the march to fascism open.spotify.com/episode/63p2...

Dr. Paul Levinson discusses Free Speech and The First Amendment

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 14d

#ICYMI: What I had to say about Jimmy Kimmel's firing vocal.media/stories/the-...

Vocal

Vocal is a platform for supporting, discovering and rewarding creators.

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 14d

Last night: Jimmy Kimmel's sage, hilarious monologue youtu.be/c1tjh_ZO_tY?... to the fascist enablers that prevented this show from being aired in 20% of its markets, I hope you go out of business soon; to fascist enabler Paramount/CBS: reverse your decision to end Late Night w/ Stephen Colbert

Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 16d