S.C. Hickman - Politics of SF

I write essays on Science Fiction, Weird Fiction, Posthumanism, Accelerationism, and Politics

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Tékhnē and the Western Megamachine: A Dialectical Genealogy https://t.co/KMuvkPSyQI

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@PlaySoulframe Found a beautiful bioluminescent display in the north of MIdrath:

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@german_sierra @bognamk @dyhikh Yeah, hope u enjoy! :)

[Germán Sierra @german_sierra]

The Xenopoetics of Daniel Y. Harris (@dyhikh), Afterlives and Archives

by S.C. Hickman (@alien_ecologies)

Is now available to order

https://t.co/AUX5QglEDT

[Afshine Emrani MD FACC @afshineemrani]

The dawn is breaking in Persia.
​Right now, as we move into 2025, the streets of Iran are witnessing a "final battle" moment. This isn't just about inflation or the Rial hitting historic lows—it’s about the unbreakable spirit of a people who have reached the point of "nothing to lose."
​What you need to know in the last 24 hours:
​The Bazaar has Spoken: The Grand Bazaar and tech hubs are SHUT DOWN. When the merchants strike, the regime’s foundation cracks.
​A New Unity: For the first time in decades, the calls for the return of the Monarchy (Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi) are echoing nationwide. This is no longer just a social movement; it is a national identity reclaiming itself.
​"Iran First": The people are rejecting proxy wars. The chants "Palestine and Gaza, both should die for Iran" send a clear message: Take care of our people first.
​Unmatched Bravery: From girls risking everything on the front lines to symbolic acts of defiance in the face of tear gas—the "Woman, Life, Freedom" spark has turned into a wildfire.
​As a physician, I see the pulse of a nation. It is fast, it is strong, and it is demanding to live.
​History is being written in real-time. We cannot be silent. We are the digital bridge for those whose voices are being throttled by censorship.
​HOW TO HELP:
1️⃣ SHARE this post to break the media blackout.
2️⃣ AMPLIFY the hashtags #IranProtests #KingRezaPahlavi #IranRevolution2025.
3️⃣ TAG @WhiteHouse—demand they acknowledge the Iranian people’s right to self-determination.
​The world is watching. The fire is rising. 🦁☀️
​#FreeIran #Iran2026

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@german_sierra Merry Christmas to you too, Germán!

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Enjoy your holidays wherever you are and whenever you might be. :)

[𝙳𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚌𝙽𝚎𝚒𝚕 @TheMcVariations]

Across the chaotic immensity of time and space exist an infinite number of museums; in the centre of each museum is a gallery; in the centre of each gallery is a basilisk, waiting patiently.
@ricjournal @dharlanwilson @alien_ecologies
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@SiratoriKenji Kenji is an insectile machine... unstoppable and resilient.

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@bognamk As a young man I was obsessed by Nietzsche, reading him over and over again. As an old man I still admire his genius, just not his bloated rhetoric. He was a lonely man who wrote to a world he knew would never understand him. He knew they would use him. A difference unjustified.

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@german_sierra Dam, that's like wtf, who would buy such a book? An academic nutcase library to stuff in its basement of High Strangeness. :)

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David Lindsay: A Voyage to Arcturus – Proto-Gnostic Gospel https://t.co/ETZQE0cFu5

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It's weird, I see all these people talking to algorithms this morning (ChatGTP, Grok, etc.) and I wonder at the pure projection rituals of anthropomorphism on display. Humans love to imagine code is alive. Strange.

[David John Roden @turingcop]

My latest article: "The Good, The Bad and the Grimdark: Why Technological Mastery Precludes Collective Self-Mastery" Out now in Technophany: a journal of philosophy and technology.
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intellectual culture, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and German Idealism.

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The Book of Z: On Žižek’s Parallax and the Failed Absolute https://t.co/um0My24YUM Slavoj Žižek, born in Ljubljana in 1949, enters contemporary philosophy as a figure shaped by the peculiar crucible of Yugoslav socialism, dissident

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Part of my Posthumanism series: EMBODIED AI AND THE NEW GEOPOLITICAL ORDER: An Expose https://t.co/NDwVHNqwVy

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The Sky of Passwords: Deleuze, UAP Secrecy, and the Rise of Algorithmic Dominion https://t.co/gcNt2QM3yC

[Germán Sierra @german_sierra]

Entanglements: An Anthology of Posthuman Tales

(via @SiratoriKenji)

https://t.co/BAfxyeQm3I

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it built interior chambers where power could operate unseen. The contradiction was not accidental. It was designed into the architecture.

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The Republic of Shadows: A History of American Secrecy from the Founding to the Algorithmic Age https://t.co/4p7VhesLmG The United States arrived in the world wrapped in the rhetoric of enlightenment liberty, yet from its earliest breath