Chapter 23

A short history of cyberdelic culture From flicker experiments and the Dreamachine to Mondo 2000, rave visuals, early VR and today's generative media: how the cyberdelic idea took shape.

@mikejay.bsky.social Hi Mike… I’m **loving** Wireheads so far, it dropped into my Audible overnight. Thank you so much for writing this… I have a question… we the documentary you worked on in the 90s called ‘New Nightmares’ by any chance?

Posting these once again. Every MAGA accusation is projection.

It’s vital that we’re not complacent about how mainstream the far right are - penalising women who don’t “make babies” , the obsession with sexual abuse by “foreigners” while remaining silent on abuse by “our people”, expelling educators who don’t treat Britain as great - it’s all in plain sight

Wonder if Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin remembers this.

Hope is mighty Hate is puny #VoteGreen #denton #gorton #penarth

Hate moves as fast as a fist #denton #gorton #greens @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social #poetry Hoping Hannah Spencer can win the upcoming by-election @matthewcobb.bsky.social @mjowen174.bsky.social @matthaig.bsky.social

British values

That there @robinince.bsky.social told us we’d steal the idea immediately… I can’t stop thinking about how fun this movie could be. Maybe Robin as the Owl and Tim Key as the Sloth?

I've got my criticisms of electoral politics, but if you're in Manchester today then get down to Gorton and Denton and leaflet for the @greenparty.org.uk, if for no other reason than how funny it would be to see Matt Goodwin eat shit.

It’s cool that I can’t tell if this is about AWS or the US government.

Right or wrong to leave the EU? @yougov.co.uk polling indicates that a sizeable majority of UK voters (56%) believe it was wrong to have left. 32% believe it right. #Brexit If all the “don’t knows” are added to the “right” to leave, it still leaves a “wrong” majority of eight points.

Triple Bill of Awesome on Sundays! Mary Anne is back an ld now nestled between a legend and my favourite broadcaster! 🙌

Know Your Parasites

The 7th major Breaking Convention psychedelic conference at Exeter Uni this last weekend did not disappoint. After 14 years it is amazing to see this epic TAZ of psychedelic pilgrimage continue & grow. Massive kudos to all the crew, contributors & congregation for making it happen Photo: James Wills

discord.gg/NRhbzqvW

"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams at us the loudest." Senator Mon Mothma #andor #monmothma #starwarsandor

“The difference between what is said & what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil.” - Mon Mothma #Andor

I wonder if @mrjamesob.bsky.social has seen Boardingoninsanity.com ?

I’m volunteering a podcasting from Breaking Convention 2025 BreakingConvention.com @breakingconvention.bsky.social

𝐓𝐨𝐩𝟏𝟐 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 - 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Topic: psychedelics ⚛️ What? Breaking Convention 🗓️ When? April 17-19 📍 Where? Exter, United Kingdom 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Organizers: @breakingconvention.bsky.social buff.ly/2YLDNIk

Agatha Christie’s unpublished final novel. She gave up on writing after seeing the ma ch one elves.

Black Mirror fans have discovered that an episode from the latest season, Bête Noire, might be slightly different than an episode your friends watch, with a small but significant detail being changed just to mess with you. bit.ly/3RTOxSQ

Knock ✊ knock ✊

Everything is breathtakingly stupid

And why you don’t work Saturdays and get holiday and sick pay.

My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com

Fantastic sign.

I just finished and reviewed COINCIDANCE by Robert Anton Wilson. This is RAW's deepest dive into James Joyce and Finnegans Wake: youtu.be/A-4wJ8blzqk

RAWIllumination.net: New online reading group: 'Testament' by @rushkoff.com & @liamsharp.bsky.social :))) www.rawillumination.net/2025/04/new-...