Annalee Newitz

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bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd
latest books: Stories Are Weapons, The Terraformers
bylines: New Scientist, Washington Post, etc.
pod: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com
pronouns: they/them
all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com

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Just watched "I Saw the TV Glow" and I'm so excited about the new wave of trans stories that are reclaiming stuff like "Buffy" and Harry Potter and turning it back into the dark magical transformative shit we loved before realizing ... well, everything

The informal neighborhood fireworks displays in San Francisco get bigger and more impressive every year. Tonight we saw dozens of shows all over the city with fireworks that easily rivaled the fancy ones that the city launches over the Bay. The beauty/danger vibe was very on brand for San Francisco.

Next Thursday, 7/11, I'll be doing a virtual reading and discussion about "Stories Are Weapons" with Argo Bookshop in Montreal at 7pm Eastern time. If you've been unable to see me on book tour, this is your chance! Tickets are free -- just RSVP here: www.ticketsource.us/argo-bookshop/

The politics of age in "Logan's Run" haven't aged well...

Why can't we update 1960s classic story "Logan's Run" as easily as we updated Planet of the Apes or Doctor Who? It might have to do with the original author's politics. Find out more on our mini episode this week, for patrons only! patreon.com/posts/mini-e...

Mini episode: Here's why you can't reboot "Logan's Run" | Our Opinions Are Correctpatreon.com Get more from Our Opinions Are Correct on Patreon

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5 stars to “The Best-Ever Cosplay of Whistle and Midnight” by @annaleen.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

The Best-Ever Cosplay of Whistle and Midnight - Uncanny Magazinewww.uncannymagazine.com The thirty-third annual convention for the Lefthand Metro Worm Cosplayers Club was, not surprisingly, ruined by drama. Helk, the convention committee chair, was a micromanager, which meant that they w...

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Everybody freaking out about extrajudicial killings is going to lose it when they find out about the existence of cops.

Thinking about writing a historical tale about the classic period of blogging, which began in 2001 with the launch of Movable Type and ended in 2016 with the sale of Gawker Media to Univision

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Look, I'm willing to try anything at this point.

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One more day to ask our advice on nearly anything! How do you talk to elephants? What color should your bedroom be in your interstellar ship? How will we resist fascism? You know, easy questions. Ask us!

Calling all OOAC listeners! We're doing an advice episode this summer, and we want your questions. We will offer advice on anything!! (Notable exceptions: we will not offer legal, financial, or health advice.) Email us at: [email protected] with the subject line "seeking advice".

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The U.S. government authorized 75,000 "Four Minute Men" to deliver speeches at theaters while movie reels were being changed (which took four minutes) in support of U.S. joining World War I. Fascinating comms/propaganda history @annaleen.bsky.social 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...

This 1920s Debate Explains Why So Many Americans Hate the News Mediawww.scientificamerican.com Brawls over the honesty of online and cable news today owe their origins to World War I and a debate that divides us still

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My review of @annaleen.bsky.social’s newest book, Stories Are Weapons, is up at The New Republic—a really fascinating meditation on the world of disinfo that focuses on the dangers and possibilities of storytelling: newrepublic.com/article/1819...

The Weaponization of Storytellingnewrepublic.com The American public is more susceptible than ever to skewed narratives.

Welp I just interviewed Boots Riley but forgot to take a picture so you'll just have to wait for the picture I'll create with words for The Believer mag in a few weeks.

We want to give you advice on relationships, writing, space travel, how to plan for the future, when the neolithic will be over, what your fish is really thinking, and more! Send us an email with your advice needs!

I am so glad that The Acolyte cleared up a question a lot of us have had about light sabers. Yes, they CAN be used to cut hair, and the results are extremely fashionable.

There's something that everyone gets wrong about the Ashley Madison data dump from 2015. And I should know, because I was one of the reporters who broke the story. It's my latest for @[email protected] (sign up for a free account to read). www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

What everyone gets wrong about the 2015 Ashley Madison scandalwww.newscientist.com Nine years after hackers targeted Ashley Madison, the dating site for wannabe adulterers, many people still don't grasp what was truly chilling about the scandal, says Annalee Newitz

Ask us anything!!! We are very excited to offer our best, occasionally absurd advice.

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Comstock established a theocratic surveillance system with abusive police powers to persecute people for sharing info about sex, and now the Comstock Act is being used to restrict abortion. Dems in House & Senate are finally trying to overhaul it. Important history from @annaleen.bsky.social

This 19th-Century Obscenity Law Is Still Restricting People's Reproductive Rightswww.scientificamerican.com The Comstock Act is part of a federal case over access to abortion pills. A historical science-fiction writer weighs in on the legacy of 19th-century prudishness

This was such a lovely evening, with so many friends and friendly strangers, trying to figure out how to stop the culture war and build something better.

Listening to @annaleen.bsky.social talking tonight about Stories Are Weapons (bookshop.org/p/books/stor...) on the propagation of myth, lies, and psychological warfare - and most importantly, on the work to recognize, reject, & repair the damage they do.

In my latest newsletter, I talk about the connection between an anti-vax psyop that the Pentagon used against Filipinos, and the closure of online abuse research group Stanford Internet Observatory. Get ready for more information chaos. buttondown.email/thehypothesi...

Casualties are mounting in the U.S. culture warsbuttondown.email Right now we’re reeling in the aftermath of two US psyops that reporters revealed to the public last week. One was what you might call a “classic” psyop,...

I'm just going to start using the word cultops to describe weapons in the culture war. Why not. It actually sounds kind of weird and cool.

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ENDS TODAY Win a copy of THE RUNES OF ENGAGEMENT, the new novel by New York Times bestselling author @tobiasbuckell.bsky.social & @daveklecha.bsky.social app.thestorygraph.co... @thestorygraph.com #thestorygraph #giveaway@tobiasbuckell.bsky.social & @daveklecha.bsky.social app.thestorygraph.co... @thestorygraph.com #thestorygraph #giveaway

tachyonpublications's giveaway for The Runes of Engagement on The StoryGraphapp.thestorygraph.com Tachyon Publications is giving away 1 physical copy (US only) and 3 digital copies (worldwide...

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The removal of four huge dams on northern CA's Klamath River has freed up thousands of acres of land that were forcibly taken from Indigenous people a century ago to create the dam reservoirs. Today, the Shasta got 2800 acres of their homeland back.

Shasta tribe will reclaim land long buried by a reservoir on the Klamath Riverwww.azcentral.com California Gov. Gavin Newsom is returning 2,800 acres of land to the Shasta Indian Nation as part of the largest-ever dam removal on the Klamath.

Berkeley and East Bay people! There are still some tickets left for my conversation with @edyong209.bsky.social tonight 6/18 at the Hillside Club, 7pm. We'll be talking about psyops, but I promise to leave you with some hope for peace. app.gopassage.com/events/stori...

Annalee Newitz with Ed Yong / Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind | Passage - Your event. Your fans. Your mobile box office.app.gopassage.com Booksmith and Berkeley Arts & Letters are thrilled to host friend of the store and author of the nationally-bestselling Four Lost Cities, Annalee Newitz, for Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare...

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Started listening to 'Stories Are Weapons' by @annaleen.bsky.social this morning and my mind is already blown; I had no idea Freud and his weird family were at the core of so much we now think of as standard: advertising, PR, emotional manipulation by the media... This is essential reading!

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GUESS WHO IS SENDING BACK DATA FROM ALL FOUR OF ITS OPERATIONAL SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS?? Voyager 1 we love you

Remember when Will Lewis offered NPR's David Folkenflik an "exclusive" on the Washington Post rebrand if he would stop reporting on Lewis' role in hacking people's phones for scoops? (www.npr.org/2024/06/07/n...) Now we know who was interested in Lewis' exclusive: www.semafor.com/article/06/1...

The Washington Post looks to remake its identitywww.semafor.com Amid leadership changes, the paper is shopping for a new brand.

Hey Berkeley! I'll be at the Hillside Club on Tuesday evening, 6/18, talking with @edyong209.bsky.social about psyops and culture war -- and the pathway to peace. Come out, say hi, and bring friends. Tickets are still available but going fast! app.gopassage.com/events/22705...

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Your ‘edge’ or frontier may be someone else’s place Just a sidenote from @annaleen.bsky.social new book when talking about the term Indian War rather than Frontier War. Reminded of ‘edge users’ in design and how that is a choice of place, perspective and in-group.

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"Stories Are Weapons" author @annaleen.bsky.social on the sci-fi, Indian War & other historical roots of the current "psyop" war--and how to end it. * With special guest appearance by Wonder Woman! www.salon.com/2024/06/16/a...

Annalee Newitz on the sci-fi roots of the current "psyop" warwww.salon.com Journalist and sci-fi author on America's long history of psychological warfare — and a possible path to peace

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"In supporting the project further, the university would have risked alienating conservative donors, Silicon Valley figures and members of Congress, who have threatened to stop all federal funding for disinformation research or cut back general support." Well, of course. wapo.st/4b05S3H

Stanford’s top disinformation research group collapses under pressurewapo.st The Stanford Internet Observatory provided real-time analysis on viral election falsehoods but has struggled amid attacks from conservatives.