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nothing here but skyhook colonialism - issue 240 - 10th December, 2023

nothing here but skyhook colonialism

issue 240 - 10th December, 2023


CJW: Hello hello. Hope you're doing well. Fucking December; when did that happen? 

#240
December 10, 2023
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nothing here but murmurations and alien love - issue 239 - 26th November, 2023

nothing here but murmurations and alien love

issue 239 - 26th November, 2023


CJW: Welcome to another issue, friends and fellow-travellers. What a week, huh. Hope you're getting through these closing months of the year alright. Take care of yourself and those close to you.

#239
November 26, 2023
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nothing here but the language of the sacred - issue 238 - 12th November, 2023

nothing here but the language of the sacred

issue 238 - 12th November, 2023


#238
November 12, 2023
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[BONUS] Grieving like a Sicilian - issue 237 - 9th November, 2023

Grieving like a Sicilian

issue 237 - 9th November, 2023

by Lidia Zuin


#237
November 9, 2023
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nothing here but a data-poisoned abyss - issue 236 - 29th October, 2023

nothing here but a data-poisoned abyss

issue 236 - 29th October, 2023


CJW: I just wanted to open by saying thanks for the messages of support, and for the new paid sign-ups we've received since the last issue. Your support means a lot.

#236
October 29, 2023
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nothing here but a moral case for shitposting - issue 235 - 15th October, 2023

nothing here but a moral case for shitposting

issue 235 - 15th October, 2023


CJW: What a week. Let's get right to it, shall we?

#235
October 15, 2023
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nothing here but the abattoir of genius - issue 234 - 1st October, 2023

nothing here but the abattoir of genius

issue 234 - 1st October, 2023


CJW: We've got a shorter issue this time around, with Dan away for an important celebration. Still plenty to share, so let's get into it.

#234
October 1, 2023
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[BONUS] Emer - issue 233 - 24th September, 2023

Emer

by Marlee Jane Ward


MJW: I wrote this recently for a reading with the theme 'monster erotica'. I left it to the last minute and sat down to write it the day of, thinking, "You're not going to get away with this procrastination this time." Especially as writing has been so hard for me for the past while.

#233
September 24, 2023
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nothing here but blueberry milk subscription models - issue 232 - 17th September, 2023

nothing here but blueberry milk subscription models

issue 232 - 17th September, 2023


#232
September 17, 2023
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nothing here but fungus shadow rule - issue 231 - 3rd September, 2023

nothing here but fungus shadow rule

issue 231 - 3rd September, 2023


CJW: Hello hello, and welcome to another edition of nothing here. I'm putting this together through a migraine haze, so let's get to it shall we.

#231
September 3, 2023
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nothing here but sriracha doomers - issue 230, 20th August, 2023

nothing here but sriracha doomers

issue 230, 20th August, 2023


CJW: Welcome back, or if it's your first time reading then thanks for joining us as we cover another two weeks of... all this.

#230
August 20, 2023
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[BONUS] Dashcam Confessional - issue 229 - 13th August, 2023

Dashcam Confessional

issue 229 - 13th August, 2023

by Corey J. White


#229
August 13, 2023
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nothing here but a lifehouse hangout - issue 228 - 6th August, 2023

nothing here but a lifehouse hangout

issue 228 - 6th August, 2023


CJW: Welcome to the latest edition. We're glad to have you, and hope life has been treating you kindly (or you've been finding the strength if and where it hasn't). 

#228
August 6, 2023
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nothing here but a dangerous and irrational toilet - issue 227 - 23rd July, 2023

nothing here but a dangerous and irrational toilet

issue 227 - 23rd July, 2023


CJW: Welcome back. Hope you're keeping your head above water, and taking the time to look out for yourself and those closest to you. Let's get to this fortnight's dispatch, shall we.

#227
July 23, 2023
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[BONUS] How an extremist hate group used lies to help SCOTUS deliver an unconstitutional attack on LGBTQ rights

[BONUS] How an extremist hate group used lies to help SCOTUS deliver an unconstitutional attack on LGBTQ rights

issue 226 - 17th July, 2023

by Dan Harvey

#226
July 17, 2023
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nothing here but post-anthropocene orcaism - issue 225 - 9th July, 2023

nothing here but post-anthropocene orcaism

issue 225 - 9th July, 2023


CJW: Good morning all. Hope you're doing well and finding some lightness in a world that can feel crushing at times.

#225
July 9, 2023
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nothing here but internet bad dreams - issue 224 - 25th June, 2023

nothing here but internet bad dreams

issue 224 - 25th June, 2023


CJW: Hello again. Long one today, so let's get right to it. 

#224
June 25, 2023
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[BONUS] All I wanna do is get high like the witch - issue 223 - June 18th, 2023

All I wanna do is get high like the witch

issue 223 - June 18th, 2023


Despite the appealing visuals and iconography of the sabbath or witches communing with demons disguised as goats, one of the most credible sources about that topic is Carlo Ginzburg’s Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches' Sabbath Book. The historian takes about 300 pages to show you that, according to documents that survived the passage of time, possibly there were no such things as night reunions in the forest, flying witches and groups organized as covens, but a few people who were getting high on mushrooms and ointments and seeing things.

#223
June 18, 2023
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nothing here but deep AI panic - issue 222 - 11th June, 2023

nothing here but deep AI panic

issue 222 - 11th June, 2023


CJW: Welcome back.

#222
June 11, 2023
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[BONUS] Disconnecting - issue 221 - 30th May, 2023

Disconnecting

issue 221 - 30th May, 2023


MJW: This year it is ten years since I joined twitter. I haven't been on there for much lately - I'd been dropping off for the past few years and at this point I haven't even had a scroll since the early days of the Elon take over.

#221
May 30, 2023
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nothing here but free dogs - issue 220 - 28th May, 2023

nothing here but free dogs

issue 220 - 28th May, 2023


CJW: Welcome back. Good to have you with us. I hope you're keeping your head above water, and reaching out to help others around you do the same. It's tough out there, and feels like it's only getting tougher. So look out for yourself and your loved one.

#220
May 28, 2023
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nothing here but a wealth of repression - issue 219 - 14th May, 2023

nothing here but a wealth of repression

issue 219 - 14th May, 2023


#219
May 14, 2023
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nothing here but ways of being chuck tingle - issue 218 - 30th April, 2023

nothing here but ways of being chuck tingle

issue 218 - 30th April, 2023


CJW: Welcome to another edition of nothing here. A long one today, so let's get to it.

#218
April 30, 2023
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[BONUS] - Experiments in Expectation 2: ChatGPT Hours - issue 217 - 23rd April, 2023

# Experiments in Expectation 2: ChatGPT Hours ## issue 215 - 23rd April, 2023 Corey J. White --- It started with a tweet from [Buddy](https://buddieswithout.org/) [Matt](https://xenogothic.com/): > I asked ChatGPT who I am and it gave me a new book and a new job. I asked it about the book it had invented for me, and it actually does sound like something I would (and probably will) write... > [Feb. 19, 2023, 3:59 p.m.](https://twitter.com/xenogothic/status/1627337200722407426) > [*[*Click through for Chat's full output*](https://twitter.com/xenogothic/status/1627337200722407426)*.] On the newsletter I've previously talked about the need for a "knowledge" approach to LLMs that are to be used for search and academic queries - a way for the model to confirm the information it's giving to the user[^1] [^2]. But, of course, there are interesting uses for the bullshit that these models often regurgitate. Here, ChatGPT detailed a book by Matt Colquhoun that it had entirely dreamed up but, as mentioned by Matt, is something that they would consider writing. I thought [I'd give it a shot myself](https://twitter.com/cjwhite/status/1635461814636134401), hoping that I'd get some interesting output, even though I have not added anywhere near as many words to the LLM collective corpus as Matt. > **CJW: Who is Corey J. White?** > > **CGPT:** Corey J. White is an Australian science fiction author. He[^3] was born in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia, in 1988. He is best known for his Voidwitch Saga, a series of science fiction novellas that follow the adventures of a genetically modified human named Mars Xi. The series includes "Killing Gravity," "Void Black Shadow," and "Static Ruin." > > White has also written several other science fiction works, including the novella "The Sea of the Dead," which won the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novella in 2018. He has been nominated for several other awards, including the Ditmar Award and the Norma K. Hemming Award. > > White is a member of the Clarion West Writing Workshop Class of 2015 and has been a finalist for the Writers of the Future contest. He currently lives in Melbourne, Australia. Right away, and unprompted, ChatGPT also created a new book which I had supposedly written, just like it had done for Matt. So, the next thing to do is to ask it for more information... --- To see the rest of this bonus post, and all the others, all you need to do is subscribe. You’ve got a couple of options: * [$5 monthly subscription](https://buy.stripe.com/3csbJfbRxfUsajK8ww). * [$50 annual subscription](https://buy.stripe.com/dR68x31cTfUsgI8dQR). Thanks, as ever, for your support.

Experiments in Expectation 2 - ChatGPT Hours

issue 217 - 23rd April, 2023

#217
April 23, 2023
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nothing here but a disappearing doomsday - issue 216 - 16th April, 2023

nothing here but a disappearing doomsday

issue 216 - 16th April, 2023


CJW: Welcome to another edition of nothing here. I hope 2023 is treating you well. Let’s get to it.

#216
April 16, 2023
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nothing here but horny ghost fusion - issue 215 - 2nd April, 2023

nothing here but horny ghost fusion

issue 215 - 2nd April, 2023


CJW: Welcome back, or if it’s your first time here, welcome welcome, and we hope you stick around. We’ve got a lot to share, so let’s get to it. 

#215
April 2, 2023
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#ACAB UK edition - issue 214 - 29th March, 2023

#ACAB UK edition

issue 214 - 29th March, 2023

by Dan Harvey


#214
March 29, 2023
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nothing here but whale song psy-ops - issue 213 - 19th March, 2023

nothing here but whale song psy-ops

issue 213 - 19th March, 2023


CJW: Welcome to another NH dispatch. As usual, we've got plenty to share from all across the internet. Let's begin, shall we?

#213
March 19, 2023
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nothing here but a four-day workweek in the tainted city - issue 212 - 5th March, 2023

nothing here but a four-day workweek in the tainted city

issue 212 - 5th March, 2023


#212
March 5, 2023
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[BONUS] Women artists and spirituality: from subversion to subterfuge? - issue 211 - 1st March, 2023

Women artists and spirituality: from subversion to subterfuge?

issue 211 - 1st March, 2023

by Lidia Zuin


#211
March 1, 2023
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nothing here but lossy simulations - issue 210 - 19th February, 2023

nothing here but lossy simulations

issue 210 - 19th February, 2023


CJW: Welcome again to another issue of nothing here. This time around we're heavy on the geopolitics (history continues apace) and general injustice. That's unlike us, I know.

#210
February 19, 2023
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nothing here but tripping roulette - issue 209 - 5th February, 2023

nothing here but tripping roulette

issue 209 - 5th February, 2023


CJW: Welcome to another edition of nothing here. Eclectic mix today, but then again, aren't they usually?

#209
February 5, 2023
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[BONUS] Bleak Books Are For Bleak Girls - issue 208 - 31st January, 2023

Bleak Books Are For Bleak Girls

issue 208 - 31st January, 2023

by Marlee Jane Ward


#208
January 31, 2023
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nothing here but the unbearable lightness of e-girls - issue 207 - 22nd January, 2023

nothing here but the unbearable lightness of e-girls

issue 207 - 22nd January, 2023


CJW: Welcome friends, to another dispatch. I hope 2023 is treating you kindly so far, and continues to do so. Personally, I’m feeling good about the outline I’ve put together for the sequel to a novella I wrote last year. Book 1 is with my editor, so let’s hope he likes it enough to buy it.

#207
January 22, 2023
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nothing here but our contaminated futures - issue 206 - 8th January, 2023

nothing here but our contaminated futures

issue 206 - 8th January, 2022


CJW: Happy New Year, and thanks for joining us again. Whatever holiday/s you might celebrate at the end of the year, I hope they were joyous and restorative. Last week we shared a NYE bonus - Strange Days: Happy New Millennium, on Kathryn Bigelow’s 1995 film.

#206
January 8, 2023
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[BONUS] Strange Days: Happy New Millennium - issue 205 - 1st January, 2023

Strange Days: Happy New Millennium

issue 205 - 1st January, 2023


CJW: Welcome to a special bonus issue of nothing here. Instead of a Christmas movie, we decided to mix things up a little and present a New Year’s Eve movie - Kathryn Bigelow’s 1995 sci-fi movie Strange Days.

#205
January 1, 2023
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nothing here but 2022 in the rearview - issue 204 - 25th December, 2022

nothing here but 2022 in the rearview

issue 204 - 25th December, 2022


CJW: I liked closing out last year with a retrospective issue, so I thought we’d do that again! Welcome, and thank you for joining us for another year of tracking the oddities that are life in the now.

#204
December 25, 2022
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[BONUS] I am still alive - issue 203 - 18th December, 2022

I Am Still Alive

I’ve been asked in a lot of different contexts whether I studied writing at university. The thing is, I did and I didn’t. There was no Bachelor of Creative Writing at my university when I attended it, there was however a Bachelor of Writing, but in order to get the credits to graduate with that degree I would have had to do more classes on journalism and various other topics I had no interest in. So instead, I did a Bachelor of Communication, largely because I’m a huge fuck-up and as a degree it was broad enough that a lot of classes I’d already done would count toward it. So, as well as a large focus on writing, I also did classes on film and some on digital media, digital art, and visual art (as well as a marketing class that I flunked because I stopped going after the cut-off date where you could pull out of the class. (See above RE: fuck-up.)

For my main project in that visual art class, I put together a series of photographs of my eyeball when I woke up. At the time I was working at a supermarket, supporting myself through uni by stocking shelves and what-not. Most of my shifts started at 5am, sorting out the shelf “facing” before the store opened at 8am. Needless to say, the eyes featured in my photos were often red and bleary – one morning I wasn’t even able to open it properly for the photo.

It was an anti-capitalist piece of art, obviously (I have been on my bullshit for a very long time), commenting on what we are forced to do to our bodies and lives by a system that relies on our exhaustion for its endless growth1.

#203
December 18, 2022
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nothing here but quantum pollution - issue 202 - 11th December, 2022

nothing here but quantum pollution

issue 202 - 11th December, 2022


CJW: Bit of an odd one this issue as Dan is off (COVID has taken another NH scalp), and I'm in the process of figuring out how I want to relate with/through this newsletter. Last fortnight's retrospective made me realise that I wasn't enjoying my more recent approach to newslettering - reading too much because I felt I had to, regardless of whether I wanted to or not. Covering topics that are important but don't actually spark interest in me.

#202
December 11, 2022
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nothing here but painted skulls and Femi-queer commons - issue 201 - 27th November, 2022

nothing here but painted skulls and Femi-queer commons

issue 201 - 27th November, 2022


CJW: Welcome welcome. To go along with the 200th issue historical recap we decided to ask newsletter OG Austin to come back for this issue to share some bits and pieces. It’s an eclectic one, and I’m sure everyone will find something here to spark the ol’ neurons.

#201
November 27, 2022
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[BONUS] nothing here but a double-century - issue 200 - 27th November, 2022

[BONUS] nothing here but a double-century

issue 200 - 27th November, 2022


CJW: With issue 200* it seemed like a time to pause and look back at what we’ve done, so you’re getting this unlocked bonus issue covering the history of the newsletter to date, and the next real issue back-to-back. I hope you enjoy going over this retrospective as much as I enjoyed diving into the archives and remembering it.

#200
November 27, 2022
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[BONUS] Starlinked Neo-Nazis - issue 199 - 20th November, 2022

Starlinked Neo-Nazis

issue 199 - 20th November, 2022

By Dan Harvey


#199
November 21, 2022
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nothing here but horrible costs - issue 198 - 13th November, 2022

nothing here but horrible costs

issue 198 - 13th November, 2022


CJW: Hey and welcome to another edition of nothing here. Let’s get straight to it, but first a word for our sponsors (possibly you) - if you like what we do and are able to support us, you’ve got a couple of options:

#198
November 13, 2022
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issue 197 - nothing here but luxury surveillance - 30th October, 2022

nothing here but luxury surveillance

issue 197 - 30th October, 2022


CJW: Welcome to another edition of nothing here.

#197
October 30, 2022
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[BONUS] Time to die: Is Lula finally replacing Bolsonaro in Brazilian presidency?

Time to die: Is Lula finally replacing Bolsonaro in Brazilian presidency?

issue 196 - 23rd October, 2022


LZ: While Halloween is not traditionally celebrated in Brazil, this year’s October is a very spooky one for us. That’s because we’re running major elections where new deputies, senators, and the president are changing. After four years of Bolsonaro and his evangelical minions, we finally see the light at the end of the tunnel as Lula comes back to the rally. But who are all these people?

#196
October 23, 2022
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nothing here but acute cybersickness - issue 195 - 16th October, 2022

nothing here but acute cybersickness

issue 195 - 16th October, 2022


CJW: I’m exhausted. Mostly over this cold I’ve been battling for a week+, but still not past the fatigue. Still, we’ve got plenty here worth sharing. As ever, if you are in a position where you’re able to support us, you’ve got a couple of options:

#195
October 16, 2022
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nothing here but sorely-needed maintenance - issue 194 - 2nd October, 2022

nothing here but sorely-needed maintenance

issue 194 - 2nd October, 2022


CJW: Welcome to another edition of nothing here. Times are getting tougher and money is tighter, but if you like what we do and are in a position where you’re able to support us, you’ve got a couple of options:

#194
October 2, 2022
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[BONUS] The Nosebleed - issue 193 - 25th September, 2022

MJW: I’m slowly working on a memoir about my six years working at the Dungeon. Here’s a little excerpt for you to enjoy, it’s called The Nosebleed and has a trigger warning for blood.

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The dude’s nose starts bleeding a few minutes after I’ve pissed into his mouth and I go and ask the receptionist if my ADHD meds are likely to come out in my piss and if Vyvanse can make your nose bleed. She isn’t sure. I don’t know why I’d never thought of this before. If it does come out in my piss, that means I’m pissing pharmaceutical speed and anti-psychotics. That kind of whizz could be dangerous. Or valuable.

                I give him a tissue and and he’s like, sorry and I’m like why? but I don’t say that and leave him to staunch his nosebleed in the big spa tub. I kick off my heels in the hallway and go upstairs, open my laptop and look up if meds come out in urine.

#193
September 25, 2022
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nothing here but dead Queen Loab - issue 192 - 18th September, 2022

nothing here but dead Queen Loab

issue 192 - 18th September, 2022


CJW: Welcome to another edition of nothing here.

#192
September 18, 2022
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nothing here but odourless empire blues - issue 191 - 4th September, 2022

nothing here but odourless empire blues

issue 191 - 4th September, 2022


CJW: Welcome back, and thanks for joining us for another issue. If you like what we do and want to support us, there are a couple of paid subscription options:

#191
September 4, 2022
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