Tag: books
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Three Short Stories in the Abstract Maverick Universe
Into the Rain My eyes open. The same ceiling stares back, dripping cold water from the torrential downpour that threatens to flood this sector of the city. A few drops hit my face like Chinese water torture, reminding me that I’m still here, still trapped. My bomber jacket, my companion for the night, reeks of…
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The Banality of Excuse-Making (and the Ideology Laundromat)
Here’s the double-bind: mental health is treated as sacred and urgent when it can be used to humanize power after power harms someone… but it is treated as irrelevant, optional, or nonexistent when it would require preventive accountability inside the institution.
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Modern Matrixism: A Techno-Gnostic Fusion in the Ontological Matrix
By Brett W. UrbenPublished: November 02, 2025Gnosis Under FireAll content herein is presented as part of a fictional mytho-philosophical narrative for artistic, philosophical, and surrealist exploration. Any resemblance to reality is your problem. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Share, adapt, and attribute freely—no additional restrictions. In the flickering code…
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Broadcast Event Horizon
Somewhere between The Truman Show and Deus Ex, we passed the point where signal collapse became less of a theory, and more of a user interface. The screen replaced depth. We’re inside the thing now. Stop thinking metaphorically. This is literal. Phase 1: Cathode Cults It started with TV — not as entertainment, but as…