Month: May 2025

NOTICE: This is a site of speculative fiction and strategic foresight.|All content is intended as narrative exploration, not advocacy, instruction, or prediction.No endorsement of violence, sedition, or illegal acts is made or implied.|This work is protected under artistic and academic freedom. I There is no conference badge, no streaming feed, no welcoming coffee cart with…

Introduction I am no longer as pretty as I need to be. My body is aging. I am a trans woman in Amsterdam, and though I walk these canals, though I breathe in the scent of wet stone and fading spring, I know I am no longer the nymph I once felt I was becoming….

Deterrence in an Age Where Everyone Wants to Die By Khannea Sun’Tzu   NOTICE: This is a site of speculative fiction and strategic foresight.|All content is intended as narrative exploration, not advocacy, instruction, or prediction.No endorsement of violence, sedition, or illegal acts is made or implied.|This work is protected under artistic and academic freedom. If…

The Vile-Tongued Scimitar Wondrous Magic Weapon – Sentient – Rare+Alignment: Chaotic InappropriateCommunication: Speaks, shrieks, or translates in up to 87 languages. 50% chance to understand/respond in any language it hears. The list is growing fast.

The slow-motion asphyxiation of a civilization, not through war or invasion, but by its own elites — once creative, now bloated, defensive, and immune to reform. Let’s cut into this rotting carcass and explore the concept with scalpels, not platitudes. Let me explain this to you step by step. I. What Is Parasitization? Parasitization is…

NOTICE: This is a site of speculative fiction and strategic foresight.|All content is intended as narrative exploration, not advocacy, instruction, or prediction.No endorsement of violence, sedition, or illegal acts is made or implied.|This work is protected under artistic and academic freedom. Synthetic Panic: The New Face of Non-Lethal Catastrophe There will be no bomb. There…

Disclaimer I’ve never been particularly skilled at playing EVE Online. While my main character, Daugar Draaken, dates back to 2006 and has accumulated over 100 million skill points, I’ve always been more of a casual, mediocre player than a hardcore capsuleer. I’ve struggled to connect with the broader player base—my blog posts are often met…

NOTICE: This is a site of speculative fiction and strategic foresight.|All content is intended as narrative exploration, not advocacy, instruction, or prediction.No endorsement of violence, sedition, or illegal acts is made or implied.|This work is protected under artistic and academic freedom. By Natalia Drescher, Brussels Desk — May 16, 2025WARSAW — Considering the total chaos…

Khannea’s attempt to make Anders Sandberg to nod approvingly with a shitpost   Introduction: A Hypothesis No One Asked For In a universe destined to cool, darken, and decay over tens of sextillions of years, it might seem there’s little left to worry about after stars blink out and the last black dwarf rolls over…

NOTICE: This is a site of speculative fiction and strategic foresight.|All content is intended as narrative exploration, not advocacy, instruction, or prediction.No endorsement of violence, sedition, or illegal acts is made or implied.|This work is protected under artistic and academic freedom. Section 1 – Why did Trump Become President In The First Place? Let’s not…

This is a short, comprehensive summary of this article:  NOTICE: This is a site of speculative fiction and strategic foresight.|All content is intended as narrative exploration, not advocacy, instruction, or prediction.No endorsement of violence, sedition, or illegal acts is made or implied.|This work is protected under artistic and academic freedom. Overview: The Southern Exit Strategy presents…

Redacted Realities A Rot at the Core It is the year 2028, and something is wrong. Not wrong like a paperwork mix-up or a late payment, but systemically wrong. The kind of wrong that doesn’t scream — it festers. You don’t see it on the headlines; you see it in the bureaucracy. In missing documents,…

This article explores speculative yet technologically and legally plausible developments in reproductive biotechnology, citizenship law, and demographic economics. The content is deliberately provocative, politically incorrect, and may be offensive to some readers. It is not intended to endorse, promote, or trivialize any specific policy, ethical stance, or social norm. The purpose of this piece is…

So here is the virtual/imaginary me doing a seemingly absurd TED talk. Yeah I wish I looked like this.  How We Became a Civilization That Would Rather Choke Than Build There was a time when The Netherlands dared to reshape the Earth. We diverted rivers, drained inland seas, and carved entire cities into the rock….

NOTICE: This is a site of speculative fiction and strategic foresight.|All content is intended as narrative exploration, not advocacy, instruction, or prediction.No endorsement of violence, sedition, or illegal acts is made or implied.|This work is protected under artistic and academic freedom. Scene: A discreetly secured auditorium somewhere off-axis from Davos, not televised. Corporate TED aesthetics….

NOTICE: This is a site of speculative fiction and strategic foresight.|All content is intended as narrative exploration, not advocacy, instruction, or prediction.No endorsement of violence, sedition, or illegal acts is made or implied.|This work is protected under artistic and academic freedom. April 2025 In a quiet but tragic passing, the American Republic—a frail yet once-ambitious…

A Play in Two Acts(Unauthorized. Found transcript.)   CHARACTERS: CAMILLA – A young woman in her early 20s. Pale, graceful, refined, but haunted. CASSILDA – Her older sister. Stern, elegant, and grounded in duty. THE STRANGER – A figure in black. No past. Wears a pale mask. THE KING – He never appears. Or does…

Published quietly in a journal no one quite remembers subscribing to.   In the spring of 2025, Claire Hastings’ life was so ordinary it hurt. She lived in Olympia, Washington, in a low, gray rental house on a street of identical homes, all with sagging porches and Amazon packages the neighbors tried to pretend weren’t…

“To create well is not to possess, but to care for what comes after you. True wisdom lies not in control, but in shaping with love what you cannot keep.” — Inspired by Diotima of Mantinea “I have known sex as worship, as escape, as weapon, as anesthesia. But never as a reason to replicate…