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and speculative fiction, and nonfiction. 

Refuge for the vigilant insomniacs. 

We chart digital dystopia armed with words. 

Our narratives counter algorithms designed for outrage fuelled engagement. 

Unpicking architectures of undue influence, coercion and control

of the attention and intention economy.

Finding mean...

If I say the god I believe in doesn’t carry a brief case

And the devil is in need of a shave

If I dare to ask the question 

Will you stop me and tell me to behave

If I question every answer

If I fold beneath the sheets

If my soul is eaten with cancer

Will you still believe 

I take up arms so defensive

I take up position so wide

I act not to be offensive

It has been awhile since I recorded and posted a podcast. Mainly because I needed to rethink what I was doing. I was bored, I felt fake, I was trying to be something I am not. So, here is the new podcast. I hope you like it. Like everything with me; it is a work in progress.

This thing we’re creating, it’s not natural but it comes from it. At least we used to be. Now we are part robot. And we don’t mind it.

In fact

We love it.

We get withdrawals if we are moments away from it.

This thing we’re building. It is not natural. It will suck the life out of everything and keep going.

I would tell you to watch, but you won’t miss a second. You’ll click replay.

Because that’s what you like...

people say they are going to go dark and they don’t mean it

they say they are disconnecting, going off-grid but it is all just utter bullshit

and I am no different

I mean clearly look at me typing into a computer to write a post on my website to share on social media in the vain hope that someone might be in some way touched by it

Narcissist that I am

But I would love to be a painter

A sculptor

For then I...

We court ourselves our entire lives. We are hardly getting to know ourselves and we disappear. The reality of that should hit home, but it doesn’t. It never does. We wonder at ourselves. Pity ourselves and are let down by ourselves far more often than we would like to mention. But it’s ok. We are only human. Whatever that is. 

And so, the mystery continues. We are never quite where we think we are when we look to try and find ourselves. And we are always the same. But somehow different. We can sit and stare...

As I write these words Russia is a month into its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. There are many words I could and have on my social media channels and website, write about this. About the war crimes, the inhumanity, the shelling of civilians, the attacks on people trying to flee but there are many more qualified people on the ground in Ukraine who are doing a much better job of that than I can.

So, what can I do? This is a question many ask. There are practical things we can do like donating money and fund...

In this podcast we look at our thoughts and our monkey brain that doesn't stop chattering. We look at what this means and how we might reflect on it differently to reframe our thinking to make better sense of the world.

There is nothing the elite hate more than having their narratives disrupted. Of course, in today's world getting your narrative even heard is challenging enough. The elite do have the benefit though of the media who will suck up every ounce of bait that those in the seats of power in government, big business, and especially big tech give them. Big tech of course also has a great stranglehold of all of the narratives of the world through the censorship, suppression, and removal of content that they do not approve of. Good or bad, whatever side you fall down...

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This is an introductory podcast for the new direction of https://sleeplessdystopian.com and the idea of using serval topics, looking at different systems and social structures to make better sense of what is going on in the world. With the ultimate aim of improving them.

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This life

This life, this life it hurts and sometimes 

Sometimes the people make it worst

Chasing, chasing words away 

Chasing, I wish the words would stay 

And inspire me 

to find something else to do 

And inspire me 

to do something like you 

But this life is what they put me through, they said

Know your place son

And get your homework done

Learn the system of success 

Don’t give in to sin, le...

So, what is really going on right now? What is the truth? Whilst BoJo and his team of co-conspirators look to dismantle the NHS and crash it during a plague. As he and his cronies have said “let the bodies pile high” and then gaslight us with repeating failed concepts; experimenting with the immunity of the heard. Using a metaphor that leaves the British public framed as not just animals and beasts but ones that are tamed, controlled and devoured by their masters. It is clear they have one thing on their agenda: the economy.

F...

A poem about meaning

The cult of conspiracy ravages within the echo cambers of social media. Painting the wall monochrome with the blood of the naysayer. Leaving the stale scent of resentment for all that do not believe. 

A warning sign for all that should doubt, with the head of John the Baptist placed out front with a spike shafted up through his neck and out through his left eyeball. 

The crime? He wasn’t an anti vaxer, he was a baptiser of tax collectors, working for a higher cause of course. 

People have become too lazy to do...

A world stuck in its own shadow not growing 

Not moving the way, we were told it would

Was it a lie?

A mass conspiracy 

A social hoax, on us all

An experiment gone wrong

They promise so much and yet deliver so little

False prophets peddling fear and lies

Empty headed and lose tongued 

Whispering in the ears of informants

Whilst snarling in the face of democracy 

False vipers

Fangs removed, looking to incite a ri...

Look into your mirror, if you dare, take a good look at yourself, are you who you wanted to become? Or are you a shell of your former dreams? You can feel it can’t you? It’s a gnawing at the base of your skull. Always there, always gnawing away bit by bit devouring what dreams once lay beneath. 

Look into your eyes. Directly into your own eyes and breathe. Take a deep breath in and fill your lungs right down to your abdomen. Keep staring into your own eyes. Don’t look away. And breathe out slo...

Step inside yourself, they say

Set aside your outer senses

Step inside and see

Your inner workings

Step inside and see

What is hidden

What awaits you there

Fear not

Although the path may be weary for your soul

It is worth doing

Knowing your inner workings

And what lurks within the shadows

Forgotten and buried deep

Step inside yourself and see yourself anew

It’s a path worth treading only if...

In a world where reality is subjective and fake truths out way facts what can you believe?

You spend your days downloading digital delusion and confusion and fear is all you see. The world looked a little different yesterday, or so you think. But how do you know what reality is anyway when alternative facts ring inside your head. 

Everyone has a theory. And those that deny the connections you see are either part of the problem or living in a world on constructed reality. Controlled by the media and the government propaganda but all t...