⚠️ 90-DAY WARNING: The “Automation Cliff” is here. According to Julia McCoy’s latest research, we aren’t looking at a slow change—we’re looking at a “cliff” where entire job categories could vanish by […]
How bad will it be?!
Damian Walker examines humanity’s prospects and executions.
Science Fiction’s Terrifying Prediction Explained The video “Science fiction’s most terrifying prediction” by Damien Walter explores the contrasting concepts of the “Technological Singularity” and William Gibson’s “Jackpot,” arguing that they are two […]
Why Creative Success Destroys People
Explore how the biological vernacular of ‘Earth+’ and the music of articulation are lost when artists trade the village network for the destructive spectacle of stardom.
23rd Venice Film Fest with Gerry Fialka 1/11/26
SUN, Jan11, 2026 – 23rd Venice Film Fest at Beyond Baroque 681 Venice Blvd, free. Celebrate live music and films 5:30-BSP funk poetry 6pm-Suzy Williams & Friends perform Venice-related songs, 7pm- Short Venice […]
Intellectual Property, Rent-Seeking, and AI.
From a Pluribus review: “We are living in a time when AI has unfettered access to interpret and manipulate art without ever crediting or compensating the people that are behind that art existing in the first […]
Poetry As Protest by Gerry Fialka
Poetry As Protest by Gerry Fialka W. H. Auden declared: “Poetry makes nothing happen.” Let’s get stimulated for fiery discussion. Auden was articulating that the job of the poet is not to […]
Index to Beyond Baroque NOFEST 2025
Thank you to Beyond Baroque and all the poets who participated in this amazing marathon reading! Here is a timestamp guide to jump to each segment and reader, using the full URL: […]
by Greta Cobar Don Geagan was one of my favorite co-volunteers on the Beachhead collective. A veteran who willingly enlisted, as he used to say, “because back then that’s what you did […]
DOUGO SMITH STRAIGHT OUTTA VENICE
DOUGO SMITH STRAIGHT OUTTA VENICE by Gerry Fialka ( 7/17/2025 (8/5/2025) We hear that Dougo has passed. Then we heard he didn’t pass, then he did then he didn’t. More on that […]
Why ask questions? by Gerry Fialka
Ruth Gallanter responded to the question: “What is your favorite form of information?” She said, “Asking questions.” I pursue the quest for new questions. In my podcast interviews (“I’m probably wrong about […]
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