Stefan Tiron
@tironstefan.bsky.social
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Scheerbartian central planner//ostblock SF shlock theory//pluriverse//sinophile// Fugitive exo-curator, eco horror actor & theory fiction writer.
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#sciencefiction #SFintranslation #vladimircolin #article #Chinese #imagination

I have a new article contribution in Chinese publ in the 30th issue of Zero G zine. Much thx to RiverFlow (Heliu) for the kind invitation to contribute, and (as always) big thx to Zixuan for translating. Very happy.
tironstefan.bsky.social
#philosophy #writing
Nice little reminder by Emily Herring on her writing popular takes on heavy philosophical topics. Couldn't agree more. 'Popularisation” of ideas might be unpopular, but it's more vital than ever.
wellreadherring.substack.com/p/on-writing...
On writing philosophy columns
Or "why are the internet men yelling at me again?"
wellreadherring.substack.com
tironstefan.bsky.social
"we came to #Germany.. And now we're slaves of the machines" (unnamed worker from the Ford plant ~1973)
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Many locations don't exist any longer (including the #music and #cassette shop which closed just a few years ago on Gerichtstraße). A famous emblematic one was the Turkish bazar on U-Bahnhof Bülowstraße (which was closed down bc of the #Berlin wall) with venues, wedding and jewelery shops and cafés.
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Including the amazing #music of #Derdiyoklar aka Derdiyoklar ikilisi genannt, Turkish funk & hard rock & improvisation starting with 1974, famous for their ecstatic polyphonic alevite Deyiş and ironic songs accompanied by elektrosaz and drums.

youtu.be/arji4GG4zHY?...
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This #documetary is important in all senses. Love, D Mark and Death documents the protest singers, the harrowing labor conditions of Turkish migrant #workers since 1950s (as well as Greek, Italian, Spanish), constant racism & classism, 1973 Ford strikes and the true cost of the 'Wirtschaftswunder'.
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#music #sound #history
A deep insight into Türküola (Köln/Istanbul) records, Anatolian #psychedelic rock & fusion and protest songwriters that few at the time actually listen to in #Germany.
Erkin Koray, Yüksel Özkasap and Aşık Metin Türköz, Derdiyoklar, Ozan Ata Canani and Cem Karaca.
tironstefan.bsky.social
#mustwatch #documentary #music #sound #history #gastarbeiter #Europe

Cem Kaya shares unique insights into the independent, and as yet, unknown music of emigrated #Turkish guest workers. One of the best documentaries I've every seem, interviews, raw footage.

www.ardmediathek.de/video/wdr-do...
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Seen another Polyommatus subspecies from the south subcarpathian region roaming the surrounding hills with friends just a week ago. Wonder if they all have this chromosomal bounty?
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Good! Ha, have to keep an eye out for it.. have one here on my bookshelves, but otherwise will have to check at the local library.
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terumbudivers.com
Shrimp on a Bubble coral
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #shrimp #padi #bubble #coral
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Vaguely remember reading Gombrich back in the 1990s during my faculty years.. A friend also mentioned G. lately.. Now your quote makes me wanna read Norm & Form again.
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>>Concepts like “network spirituality,” (Remilia Corp.) “dionysian networks,” (Dan Mellamphy)“the black circuit,” (Amy Ireland) “chatbot mysticism,” (Bogna Konior) or “generative abstraction,” are related to the unconscious activity of the networks.<<
~Germán Sierra

bianjie.systems/the-artifici...
The Artificial Unconscious — bianjie research group
邊界_RG is an artist collective and research group exploring the entangled futures of language, interfaces, abstraction and posthuman subjectivity.
bianjie.systems
tironstefan.bsky.social
All based on a new documetary New Wave by Elizabeth Ai exploring the underground parties and style of Vietnamese enfants terribles.
newwavedocumentary.com
Home - New Wave Documentary
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#documentary

Irreverent look at the characters, prickly & irrepressible excentrics of NY. Never worry again about getting more than you ordered. Newly re-released.
youtu.be/ShIrHntFY_Y?...

Thx @waka-x.bsky.social
I Like Killing Flies - Official Trailer - Oscilloscope Laboratories HD
YouTube video by Oscilloscope Laboratories
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#invisible #insect #Naturphilosophie #putrescientia
Nothing more trippy than to follow the development & hidden life of this tiny moth fly, that you've probably encountered in your home and wondered how it got there. Deep Look always helps me start the day in a good way.

youtu.be/i16o8iXaDac?...
Why Does This Fly Live in Your Bathroom? | Deep Look
YouTube video by Deep Look
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ricardsole.bsky.social
Can a single cell learn? Even without a brain, some microbes show simple forms of cognition. Can this basal cognition be engineered? Check our new paper with @jordiplam.bsky.social on the minimal synthetic circuits & their cognitive limits. @drmichaellevin.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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jordanscarroll.bsky.social
we’re seeing that you can staff the leadership class of a global empire with grotesques, weirdos, and incompetents with no interest in reality whatsoever and it will keep running for at least a few years
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#video #city #Bucharest
Glad to be in video selection by cinematographer friend & video curator Cristian Drăgan (and such good companionship).