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fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
6 days ago

Celebrating Books on Building a Better Future

One of our favorite-and most important-things that we do at EFF is to work toward a better future. It can be easy to get caught up in all the crazy things that are happening in the moment, especially with the fires that need to be put out. But it's just as important to keep our eyes on new technologies, how they are impacting digital rights, and how we can ensure that our rights and freedoms expand over time.
Artificial intelligence
Television
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

Pluribus Is About Everything

Pluribus depicts an extraterrestrial virus that creates a telepathic Joining, forming a global hive mind and forcing survivors to question whether restoring individuality is necessary.
Television
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

Apple's latest sci-fi series Pluribus luxuriates in its mystery

Pluribus centers on Carol, an unaffected novelist in a world where a global event enforces unyielding happiness, creating mystery and moral tension.
Books
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Book Launch: Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine by Kristina Ten w/ Tomas Moniz

Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine transforms childhood games and artifacts into twelve genre-crossing horror stories exploring memory, belonging, disobedience, and bodily autonomy.
Arts
fromJuxtapoz
1 month ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Rajni Perera "Dhum Lokaya" @ Rajiv Menon Contemporary, Los Angeles

Rajni Perera's solo exhibition Dhum Lōkaya presents multidisciplinary works that fuse mythology, speculative fiction, and feminist futurity to challenge oppressive ideologies and envision alternative futures.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

This week brings a bumper harvest of brand new books

A diverse selection of noteworthy new books spans memoir to speculative fiction, each competing in a crowded publishing season and worth checking out at libraries.
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

New books this week: The case for the Constitution, and a celebration of chosen family

Now, that's not to say that books are only good for a hit of escapism though to be clear, they can be terrific at that, as well. This week sees the release of several works of fiction that challenge or outright shrug off the hard rigors of the day-to-day, in pursuit of something far more out there: proof, at least in concept, that other worlds are possible.
Books
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Autocrats and tech bros want to live for ever. Here's how bleak that future could be | Hanna Thomas Uose

Authoritarian leaders seeking lifespan extension could entrench power, worsen inequality, and produce nightmarish societal consequences.
Books
fromPortland Mercury
2 months ago

In 'Wolf Bells' Leni Zumas Speculates About the Hope and Chaos Found in Shared Homes

Wolf Bells centers on an intentional intergenerational house exploring aging, caregiving, and community through a circling, multi-perspective narrative focused on overlooked people.
LGBT
fromItsnicethat
2 months ago

A Queer Year of Love Letters is a collection of "time machine" fonts that take us to our countercultural past and futures

Nat Pyper uses font design and speculative fiction to preserve and project queer histories and resist erasure, creating usable fonts and a sci‑fi novella.
fromKotaku
5 months ago

Here Are Our Favorite Cosplay Fits From Comic Con London 2025

MCM Comic Con London celebrates speculative fiction and showcases an impressive variety of cosplay outfits, capturing the essence of fandom twice a year.
London music
Arts
fromJuxtapoz
5 months ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Nathaniel Oliver: A Tension Worth Keeping Because the Drift is Always There

Nathaniel Oliver's new paintings illustrate characters navigating a shared landscape, exploring themes of survival and community amid unseen dangers.
Media industry
fromABC7 Los Angeles
6 months ago

'The Handmaid's Tale' nears end on Hulu, but its storytelling legacy will live on

The legacy of 'The Handmaid's Tale' continues as it ends with impactful storytelling and societal reflections.
philosophy
fromThe Conversation
6 months ago

The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien: a sobering meditation on the human condition

The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien explores themes of migration, identity, and displacement through the life of a woman trapped in a limbo-like existence.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
7 months ago

Toronto artist channels anger over Trump's 51st state rhetoric into speculative public art series | CBC News

The artist creates plaques warning of the fragility of nationhood inspired by Trump's threats to annex Canada.
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