The RAW Semantics blog has a new blog post up: "TSOG 2025 -- & other scenarios." The main focus is on certain eccentric, wealthy right wingers in the U.S., but it's also a bit of a roundup, with great anecdotes about shopping for RAW books, including a possible encounter with Eckart Tolle. I still try to be a kind of techno optimist, but there's no denying Brian has found some depressing aspects of Silicon Valley. There's also a heartfelt defense of the National Health System. An interesting blog post, you'll have no trouble reading the whole thing.
Probably related: Brian also has left X/Twitter and you can now find him at Bluesky (@rawsemantics.bsky.social).
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Bluesky seems quieter, less crowded, more civilised than Musk's Toxic Playpen (I know: a silly evaluation based on looking at a tiny sample of screens). One nice surprise, among the handful of people I "followed" there, John Shirley - an author I've long been a fan of - not only followed me back, but posted a link to my blog and also replied to me. I wasn't aware of him at all on Elon's Tool. Also discovered that author Nick Harkaway is a RAW reader (or has been). Thanks again for the blog mention, Tom.
Search my blog to read my Nick Harkaway posting!
Fascinating, thanks. I had no idea (not having read 'Gnomon' or apparently your 2019 post). I've read his 'Titanium Noir' (promoted as a mashup of Philip K. Dick and Raymond Chandler) and 'Angelmaker'. He used to follow my old 'News Frames' Twitter account and I recall discussing with him something to do with a CERN announcement about something big happening in the universe.
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