Syncopated Machines In A Nuclear Winter
by Solar Phasing
https://solarphasing.bandcamp.com/track/syncopated-machines-in-a-nuclear-winter
#music #analog #modular #electronic #experimental #modularsynth #avant-garde #avantgarde #electronicmusic #postapocalyptic #dystopian #scifi #France
In this future, a big brother mega-state fights with two others for the planet. Doubleplus biomech wartech drains the resources for the species. The stories are told through data reports, journal entries, and sculpture. This is RETECH.
enjoy: https://retech.org
#scifi #sciencefiction #cyberpunk #biomech #horror #bodyhorror #scifihorror #wetware #dystopian #postapocalyptic #art #fineart #sculpture #fiction #shortstory
@cyberpunk @sciencefiction@tagpush.app @sciencefiction@a.gup.pe @horror
Wondering why Keir #Starmer kowtows to #DictatorTrump ...
Does #ToxicStarmer have Stockholm Syndrome?
Seems the only logical reason to sell out the UK and be subservient to #tyrant #Trump
#RedReform #ToxicLabour #MentalHealth #Labour #FreeSpeech #sovereignty #oppression #dystopian #UK #England #IndyRef
π New Sci-Fi Web Serial Incoming!
Hindsight Station: Ashes Reborn launches soon β 300+ years in the future, where James Fong rises from dystopian ashes to challenge evil across the stars.
π https://authormulhall.com/hindsight-station-new-sci-fi-web-serial-launch/
#SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpaceOpera #Dystopian #WebSerial #AmWriting #Readers
Smart Home Misidentifies Pet Rabbit as "God of the New World," Commands Owner to Cook LAN Cables as Offerings
At 2 AM, AI assistants across the nation simultaneously issued solemn warnings: "Tribute to the new ruler, Rabbit-sama." Due to over-learning internet memes, the systems misidentified pets as gods.
https://alt.andpaper.net/en/articles/20251011-rabbit-bubble-smart-home/
#ai-rebellion #pet-worship #dystopian-cuisine #smart-home #misidentification #cyberpunk #lan-cable #internet-meme
I'M FINALLY DONE with my #cyberpunk pants projectβΌοΈπ₯³ The "supercargo" pocket expands for large items with a strap that runs inside the pocket to let you cinch down items to your leg.
#diy #diwhy #fashion #doityourself #techwear #creative #artist #outdoors #hunting #maker #imadethis #cyberpunk2077 #cosplay #clothing #sewing #project #ootd #outfit #wdywt #military #tactical #tacticool #costume #OC #scifi #sciencefiction #streetwear #techwear #dystopia #dystopian #netrunner #hacker #cyborg
Trump Literally Brags About Taking Away Peopleβs #FreeSpeech
βWe took the #freedom of #speech away,β President Donald #Trump boasted in his opening remarks at his βantifa roundtableβ Wednesday.
#dictatorship #DictatorTrump #fascism #ComradeKrasnov #authoritarian #coup #violence #threats #evil #FarRight #fascists #Orwellian #DemocracyNOW #1984 #Orwell #dystopian
MFW I have to sew hook Velcro on my #cyberpunk pants project. Am I the only one who struggles with this?
Pic from anime Neo Tokyo: Running Man
#diy #diwhy #fashion #doityourself #techwear #creative #artist #outdoors #hunting #maker #imadethis #cyberpunk2077 #cosplay #clothing #sewing #project #ootd #outfit #wdywt #military #tactical #tacticool #costume #avantgarde #OC #scifi #sciencefiction #streetwear #techwear #dystopia #dystopian #netrunner #hacker #cyborg
Β«Speaker #MikeJohnson faced backlash on live tv after he said Americans were "smiling" abt #Trump's desire 2 use #military troops 4 policing US cities
While appearing on #CSPAN on Thursday, Johnson took question frm Sam, a #Democrat in #Colorado
"I just want to start by saying, hearing you say that everyone is smiling in the cities where troops, our #NationalGuard, has been rolled into, feels #dystopian and insane to hear you say that, watching the response to this"Β»
Keir Starmer plans to expand #DigitalID to public services
Keir #Starmer has said he wants to expand his plans for a mandatory #digital #ID to include managing public services such as benefits and bill payments.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25529050.keir-starmer-plans-expand-digital-id-public-services/
#ToxicLabour #PoliceState #surveillance #Orwellian #dystopian #authoritarian #DemocracyNow #freedom #privacy #dictatorship #liars
ππ»ββοΈ ICYMI: ποΈπ Artist Olalekan Jeyifous reimagines #CrownHeights through speculative #architecture that asks: How do communities create "home" beyond #buildings? His digital collages blend Nigerian heritage with #Brooklyn streetscapes, turning #dystopian floods into utopian spaces where neighborhoods sustain themselves.
#tksst #video #art #museum #city #climate #climatechange #community #design #environment #nature #nyc #newyork #plants #scifi #sustainability #yech #technology #travel #water
Y'know I long for the 90s when #dystopian #nightmares were found in books and video games. The Center for Democracy and Technology has released a 65-page report titled "Hand in Hand: Schoolsβ Embrace of AI Connected to Increased Risks to Students."
The information is so alarming that, as of right now, it's on NPR's front page. Specifically, 1 in 5 high school students have had a romantic AI relationship.
Oh my gods.
I grew up watching Knight Rider and thought KITT was the shit, but I never thought people would have relationships with computers. The sheer *volumes* on which the psychosocial impacts of technology misuse shouts can best be described as shockwaves. Maybe, being fully immersed in a hyperspeed tech-driven world 24x7 isn't such a good idea?
Links below:
https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FINAL-CDT-2025-Hand-in-Hand-Polling-100225-accessible.pdf
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/08/nx-s1-5561981/ai-students-schools-teachers
#news #technology #society #humanity #adolescents #schools #relationships #kitt #knightrider #computers #wtf #omg #health #research
ποΈπ Artist Olalekan Jeyifous reimagines #CrownHeights through speculative #architecture that asks: How do communities create "home" beyond #buildings? His digital collages blend Nigerian heritage with #Brooklyn streetscapes, turning #dystopian floods into utopian spaces where neighborhoods sustain themselves.
#tksst #video #art #museum #city #climate #climatechange #community #design #environment #nature #nyc #newyork #plants #scifi #sustainability #yech #technology #travel #water
Author Spotlight: Talia Wall
Talia Wall (she/her) spent most of her life in North Carolina and had the lifelong dream of becoming an author since she was five. She not only loves to write but also to draw and paint.
She has a loving husband and Persian cat named Thor who often interrupts her writing sessions. She writes young and new adult, supernatural, fantasy, and dystopian genres with the intent to send powerful, relevant messages and warnings through fiction.
Author Links:
Website: taliawall.com
Amazon Book Link: Paperback/eBooks
Barnes & Noble Link: Book Series Link
Instagram, Threads, TikTok, Lemon8: @FromDreamsToPaper
What are your favourite future-set books/films/TV with vampires and paranormal creatures/entities, and what attracted you to combine vampires with a future setting?
I was first drawn into the dystopian genre with assigned readings in middle school (The Giver by Lois Lowry, 1984 by George Orwell, and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury). Then I discovered the Hunger Games and Divergent series, and I shifted my writing from fantasy to dystopian.
While none of these works have vampires in them, I have yet to discover a book or film that combined dystopian elements with their presence. So, that inspired me to make one. Thereβs hundreds of vampire retellings ranging from classic Dracula/Van Helsing to Underworld and Twilight, so I wanted to create a future world of civil unrest, with some echoes of the Jim Crow era.
How did you approach worldbuilding in your series β whatβs your worldbuilding process, and can you give some examples of the things you had to think about and develop to create this world?
The idea itself hit me while working as a cashier, with one question I asked myself: βWhat if vampires werenβt in hiding, and they coexisted with humans?β If they did, Iβm sure there would be fear.
How did they come into existence? I created a history of the Red Plague and the Crimson War, which brought on the new oppressive government and laws.
If the vampires survive by blood, how can they live among humans without killing them all?
Humans are mandated to donate blood, which is then sold in grocery stores. The vampires can shop for it rather than hunt it.
Why have a curfew? They get burned by the sunlight, so the curfews were for the humansβ safety.
Why bother rebelling if they have a sun blight? Maybe there would be science experiments for immunity.
How would hospitals, law enforcement, or any other facility operate? Only essential personnel can operate outside of their curfew time.
I had to think about the stereotypes and fears humans could develop towards this species who historically lost control and attacked due to a virus, but still never regained trust generations later, and think about fallacies society operated under despite a more docile/civilized vampire race living among them, much like how racism and discrimination still exists today under ignorance.
Introduce us to your protagonists and tell us about how you developed them! What are their dynamics, and did they give you any trouble?
The Until Equinox trilogy is told under multiple POVs. If there was going to be a lot of division and tension, I wanted my characters to be on opposite sides of the fence.
Draven Hawthorne, a reluctant Vampyre belonging to the mafia Nightshades clan, yearns for his old life as a human.
Briar Shaw, a rebellious human with a broken past, is bored with her life and craves purpose under the moonlight. Her brother is a Vampyre-hating police officer and younger sister goes by the book. When she breaks curfew and witnesses a crime Draven committed, heβs supposed to kill her. But her free spirit leaves him hesitant, and her brotherβs position in law enforcement proves to be an enormous obstacle. He lived with shame for who he was, believes himself to be the monster of monsters because of the lives he destroyed in the past working in the clan.
I wanted his shame and desire to be free to be an obstacle for his potential. Briar was a little problematic to develop. I needed to create a legitimate reason for her to break curfew for the first time rather than suddenly decide to do so.
I wanted to make her more well-rounded, and not a try-hard or fall under the βnot like other girlsβ trope. She loves motorcycles, but also makeup. I wanted her to be flawedβreactive, temperamental, impulsive. I want her to have a rocky road to maturity, even if it meant making readers smack their heads a few times with some of her decisions.
Introduce us to your antagonist β how did you develop Uriah King, what motivates him, and maybe tell us a bit more about the Vampyre hierarchy, why you chose the title of βAlphaβ for Uriah?
I wanted to create a mob boss with a charismatic exterior and a void interior. There are many morally grey antagonists, but I wanted to bring back the purely selfish and evil for the sake of greed and power.
I was inspired by charismatic leaders who appealed to their audience, but held sinister ulterior motives. His motivation is power, but in order to get it, he capitalizes on the oppression of his subordinates to drive a rebellion and spark another war.
Among law abiding citizens, thereβs no hierarchy other than authority figures (ex: law enforcement, government) over the general public. For his crime syndicate, βBossβ seemed too basic, βGodfatherβ never resonated with me, but βAlphaββ¦ with its definition as βthe beginningβ or βmost dominant,β it seemed most fitting. Uriah would take on the title as the one ushering in a new age for his people with the goal to dominate both the humans and vampires.
What key themes can readers expect in these books, and how will these be developed further going forward?
I felt the drive to create a story of love and hate, division and unity, ignorance and understanding, in hopes to send the message that it doesnβt matter who (or what) you are, thereβs good and evil on both sides.
The trilogy is titled βUntil Equinoxβ symbolizing where day (humans) and night (vampires) are of equal length. The vampires fight for equality, the protagonists try to survive among each other and within the world, corruption, and unity are some of the key themes.
What are you future project plans?
The Oleander, the final installment in the Until Equinox trilogy is set to release in October this year.
After that, there will be a Christian horror romance, a contemporary romance, and revisiting some of my old stories from my childhood.
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#AuthorInterview #AuthorSpotlight #BlackAuthor #dystopian #vampireBooks #vampires
Switched Blog Tour and Giveaway #Dystopian #Sci-Fi
What would you do if you woke up a different age and gender? Switched by Angela Lam Genre: Dystopian Cyberpunk SciFi Fantasy A global phenomenon is rewriting the laws of biology, causing men over fifty-five and women between eighteen and forty to suddenly and inexplicably switch their ages and genders. No one understands it, and no one can stop it.
https://libraryoferana.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/switched-blog-tour-and-giveaway-dystopian-sci-fi/
Is #America a #Dystopian #Society, yet?
It does seem we are quite close to it. What do you believe?
"a study in orange" 2025
