Bruce Sterling's Blog, page 15
March 20, 2020
Chinese keyword censorship, the coronavirus angle
*Looks like the social media police were at it pretty hot and heavy since December 31st. One wonders what they told their families when the...
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Published on March 20, 2020 00:02
March 19, 2020
Plague economics of the 1660s
More Daniel Defoe, and here the anonymous narrator points out that it would have been quite hard to feed and shelter all the shock-unemployed, except...
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“WHILE THE FEARS OF THE PEOPLE WERE YOUNG”
*This is Daniel Defoe, writing in 1722, and working some documentary-fiction about the Black Death in London in the 1660s. Hes probably re-purposing an old...
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“The Task Lamp” by Bruce Sterling (2019)
Medium is forcing people to sign up to read this fantascienza story of mine, which is a quirk I find annoying. The original, Italian-language science-fiction...
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Published on March 19, 2020 00:02
The European Covid19 news roundup
*Im liking Politicos rude but probably accurate assessment of panic level. Masks, gloves, blockades, quarantines etc etc From nationwide lockdowns to school shutdowns, European authorities...
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Published on March 19, 2020 00:02
March 17, 2020
The Susan Fourtané post, dedicated to Susan Fourtané
*I can see that you are annoyed by a now-deleted blogpost about your remarkable article about a deceased Italian electronics collector, but how about writing...
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Published on March 17, 2020 00:01
“The Task Lamp” by Bruce Sterling (2019)
Fantascienza Quarantainment on Medium This is one of the Bruno Argento series of stories, which appeared in Italian the Connettivisti fantascienza anthology, La Prima Frontiera....
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Published on March 17, 2020 00:01
March 16, 2020
Google vs Covid-19
*It beats trying to wander the empty streets of a locked-up town. Google CEO details various win-win googley things to do in the plague season...
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Published on March 16, 2020 00:04
The Trevithick locomotive (a modern replica)
*Its mighty steamy. The worlds first steam locomotive, which led to a worldwide revolution in the transport industry, was built right here in Coalbrookdale under...
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Published on March 16, 2020 00:04
March 15, 2020
Share Festival in Torino
*Act now, cry later. Dear Wolf, We are writing to inform you that unfortunately Share Festival XV RIOTS will be postponed to dates to...
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Published on March 15, 2020 00:03
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