Jon Lebkowsky

Co-host of Plutopia News Network. Digital culture maven, cyberpunk, dharma punk, cyberactivist. Wrote for FringeWare, Mondo 2000, Factsheet Five, Whole Earth Re

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Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: If the invading enemy in a film is an alien from outer space, as in "War Machine," does that make it science fiction? Or is it an explosive, mindless action film? https://t.co/1a9sexAjIJ

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@I_am_Superbro @Acyn @grok There was a poll that said that 100% of the people who support Trump support Trump.

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Marc Abrahams discusses the Ig Nobel Prizes, awards that honor real achievements that make people “laugh and then think.” Also the “Annals of Improbable Research,” a journal that highlights unusual but meaningful work. https://t.co/WXYi5iuknz

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Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: “Project Hail Mary” sends a mission from Earth to Tau Ceti to solve a cosmic mystery threatening our sun. The fate of two civilizations may depend on an unlikely interstellar partnership. https://t.co/ORPhTPF5f5

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Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: "Paradise" season 2 begins on the post-apocalypse surface of earth, where there are a few survivors, and where Xavier Collins has gone to search for his wife Teri. Mayday! https://t.co/1HWVeKPTzb

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@Cadigan I can read it, and that fact scares the hell out of me...

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What an incredible ad, I hope @doctorow has seen it

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Credit: @ColdWarSteve on instagram https://t.co/4DCm3w62Ph

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1938 Snow White Valentines https://t.co/FAnTzTsliI

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Jon Lebkowsky sits down with @Doomscroll for a thoughtful Mastodon interview on digital culture, healthy online communities, decentralization, platforms vs. humans, and the fragility — and resilience — of democracy in the internet age. Read the full Q&A: https://t.co/MPkslKi6Yt

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Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: "Repo Man": A suburban punk named Otto finds himself in pursuit of the inexplicable. "It's all part of a cosmic unconsciousness."
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Ken MacLeod joins the Plutopia News Network to explore politics in science fiction—failed systems, rising nationalism, and fractured societies—while reflecting on the hardest part of writing as he finishes his 21st novel: plot. https://t.co/xQRzMdwQo2

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Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: For a break from authoritarian apocalypso, see the full-length "Creature from Galaxy 27,” a 1958 potboiler, a fun terrible film. Alien invasion would feel quaint right now. https://t.co/MlDskXd8s9

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Adam Roberts discusses his new critical book "Fantasy: A Short History," and what it means to “suspend disbelief” in fantasy and science fiction - on the Plutopia News Network podcast. https://t.co/7YDGOSGuUL

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@EricLDaugh The boy has been detained by ICE at the Dilley detention center in Texas, with his father. It's also true that ICE agents bought him a MacDonald's hamburger after taking him into custody.

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@doctorow This really sucks. As others have posted, you should complain to the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) for HMOs/most PPOs, or the Department of Insurance (CDI) for PPO/indemnity plans. You might have to appeal first. Hope your providers will be understanding.

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Plutopia News Network Sci-Fi Saturday: "Bugonia" explores a human version of Colony Collapse Disorder, observed by the strangest set of beekeepers. https://t.co/Cbaccbr8Jd

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I see #MountainOfBusch trending, but when I click on it, I see this: