- Burning Shore
Machines of Loving Grace
Plus News and Notes
Plus News and Notes
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Fish Tales
At Sea with the Odyssey, the Fisherman, and the Rose of Nevada
At Sea with the Odyssey, the Fisherman, and the Rose of Nevada
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Still Expanding Those Minds
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Plus News and Notes
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Existential
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Plus News and Notes
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No Apologies
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Plus News and Notes
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Alembic Offerings
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Plus News and Notes
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The View from the Mast-head
Pantheism and its Discontents
Pantheism and its Discontents
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Thar She Blows
News and Notes
News and Notes
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I Was a Teenage Jesus Freak
Plus News and Notes
Plus News and Notes
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Empathy Boxed In
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Plus News and Notes
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Demons and Christians
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Plus News and Notes
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California Flickers
Reviews, News, and Notes
Reviews, News, and Notes
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Myths and Matters
Californica and More
Californica and More
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See You in Cali
Upcoming events
Upcoming events
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Californica
Plus News and Notes
Plus News and Notes
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The Wild Awake
Animist Awareness in the Ventana Wilderness
Animist Awareness in the Ventana Wilderness
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Zone Ghosts and Mango Babas
News, Reviews, and Notes
News, Reviews, and Notes
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Hard Rain Drops
Navigating the Weirdness
Navigating the Weirdness
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God is a Fiery Accelerant
Plus News and Notes
Plus News and Notes
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Ganga Burn
Plus News and Notes
Plus News and Notes
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Invisibilities
Plus News and Notes
Plus News and Notes
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Out of the Oven
Plus News and Notes
Plus News and Notes
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Happy Anniversary
Plus News and Notes
Plus News and Notes
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Into the Cantina
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Plus News and Notes
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Dancing with the Dead
Plus News and Notes
Plus News and Notes
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Big Little, Big
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Plus News and Notes
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Political Weird
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Plus News and Notes
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The Rise and Fall of Earthrise
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Plus News and Notes
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Sad Ear Worm
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Plus News and Notes
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War in the Age of Intelligent Machines
The New Archive, plus News and Notes
The New Archive, plus News and Notes
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Toad Tunes
Alan Bishop Psychs OutAlan Bishop Psychs Out
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PKD’s Divine Interference
One from the Archive
One from the Archive
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On the Road
Upcoming Classes, Lectures, and Events
Upcoming Classes, Lectures, and Events
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A Little Monkey Told Me
A Hanuman synchronicity, plus News and Notes
A Hanuman synchronicity, plus News and Notes
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Monsters of Techno
From the Archives
From the Archives
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You Are the Eyes of the World
The Dzogchen and The DeadThe Dzogchen and The Dead
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AI and the Acid Western
Plus News and Notes
Plus News and Notes
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Techgnostic Times
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Plus News and Notes
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Spiritual Warfare
From the archive: Televangelists during the first Gulf WarFrom the archive: Televangelists during the first Gulf War
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Doom Scroll
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Plus News and Notes
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King of the Jinn
Esoteric Tourism in Morocco
Esoteric Tourism in Morocco
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Pinky Pat Layouts
Plus News and Notes
Plus News and Notes
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The Weird and the Banal
Plus News and Notes
Plus News and Notes
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“AI EEEEEEE!!!”
Grappling with global weirdingGrappling with global weirding
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Powerspotting
Establishing the AlembicEstablishing the Alembic
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Sounding Off and On
Plus News and Notes
Plus News and Notes
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The Smoldering Shore
Back in Slack
Back in Slack
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The Elephant LSD
Thoughts on a Euro-American Ally
Thoughts on a Euro-American Ally
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Burning Shore Redux
Plus News & Notes
Plus News & Notes
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A Nibble from the Dr.
More on the Beatles
More on the Beatles
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Schismogenesis, Subculture, and the Inevitable Discord ServerSchismogenesis, Subculture, and the Inevitable Discord Server
By now you have read enough about the latest AI essay from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. The thing itself is already receding anyway, as the sifting mechanism of online discourse settles on the handful of “takes” that, through iteration, become the discourse. There’s realist alarm (“ohmigod he’s right”); slap-happy excitement (“Singularity, here we come!”); cynicism (“just more IPO hype from the stochastic parrot guys”); regulatory hope (“we can do it, even China is freaking out”); total resignation (“we’re toast”). And... - Burning Shore12 min
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By now you have read enough about the latest AI essay from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. The thing itself is already receding anyway, as the sifting mechanism of online discourse settles on the handful of “takes” that, through iteration, become the discourse. There’s realist alarm (“ohmigod he’s right”); slap-happy excitement (“Singularity, here we come!”); cynicism (“just more IPO hype from the stochastic parrot guys”); regulatory hope (“we can do it, even China is freaking out”); total resignation (“we’re toast”). And...