Politics, Ideology and the Technosphere 2: Anarchists and Luciferians

Image Source: The Transmetropolitan Review via The Conversation.

This year, I am presenting a series on ideology and the technosphere. The series rejects mainstream political discourse and returns to first principles, historical background, and online trends to deconstruct the current evolution of politics.

Thus far and in today's post, I have identified the following components of tech-oriented politics:

• New political terms, like the Red Pill and Black Pill
• The weaponization of political virtues, morals, ideals, and values, leading to inversions of those values in practice
• Internet dynamics and unpredictability
• New moral, spiritual, or ethical frameworks of common reference

Positive Values, Negative Outcomes: Our Inverted World

Political virtues, moral labels, and positive platforms contrast with real outcomes, whether in everyday reality or online practice. There is a vast gap between what people say they are doing politically and what actually happens. On the Internet, this gap is exposed and described, especially among the alt media and conspiracy theorists, as corruption.

New Post at the Dragonfly: Conservatives and Nazis

Anti-Antifa protesters are doxxed online by Antifa Websites. Image Source: autonome antifa [w].

I have a new post up at The Dragonfly, which continues my deconstruction of Millennial politics in light of the impact of technology:

Politics, Ideology, and the Technosphere 1: Conservatives and Nazis

It is going to be a rough year in politics, given the upcoming American election. I will deconstruct political slogans in light of actual political actions in a series of upcoming posts. The main phenomenon I wish to explore is the hypothesis that politically weaponized morality is a function of technological evolution and Internet communications.



See my posts on the Technosphere at The Dragonfly.

See my related posts on the Technosphere and politics at Histories of Things to Come.

Nuclear Leaks 39: Pickering, Ontario, Canada

Image Source: Ontario Emergency Alerts via imgur. Click to enlarge.

In the middle of an ice storm, the above message greeted Canadian smartphone users in the province of Ontario at 7:24 a.m. on 12 January 2020. The Pickering nuclear plant is adjacent to the city of Toronto. There is a Reddit discussion on the alert here. You can see my previous post on the Pickering plant, here. It is due to be decommissioned in 2024. A Weather Network app message - but no further government alert - subsequently informed the public that the emergency had been addressed. The Pickering Fire Chief John Hagg informed CP24 News that the alert had been "sent out by mistake" and the province is working on a retraction statement. Twitter gossip reveals that the alert was sent out due to a power outage in the storm.

Another Twitter user remarked that a greater danger comes from the decommissioned Chalk River site in Ontario, not far from the capital city, Ottawa. You can see my post on Chalk River, here.

Just in case #pickering #ontario #nuclear remember what zone you're in.... pic.twitter.com/20XdQLGE4u

— Toronto_Guy (@Mr_TorontoGuy) January 12, 2020

Wait, radiological hazard ENDED? (And that didn’t come through till 7:38 despite their issued time stamp). Well at least the Weather Network seems to have a grasp on our flirtation with doom this morning. #pickering pic.twitter.com/NqaVM6FCZh

— My Ghoul Friday (@GhoulFriday) January 12, 2020

Important update: the alert regarding #Pickering Nuclear was sent in error. There is no danger to the public or environment.

— Ontario Power Gen (@opg) January 12, 2020

#BREAKING: Ontario Power Generation says the emergency alert related to #Pickering Nuclear Station was sent out in error. pic.twitter.com/W9z3zzIK6K

— Brandon Gonez (@brandongonez) January 12, 2020

Image Source: Twitter.

I'm more concerned about the #ChalkRiver reactor that was dragged into an open pit mine and sealed in concrete. It will remain hot for hundreds of years and the possibility of a breach is much greater than #pickering having an #Incident

— John Burchet (@BurchetJohn) January 12, 2020

• Potassium iodide pills, Province of Ontario
• Emergency response plan for Pickering, Province of Ontario
• Nuclear safety plan for Pickering, Government of Canada [page unresponsive at the time of writing]
• Pickering Fire Services HQ

ADDENDUM (12 January 2020):

Pickering Mayor Dave Ryan reacts to nuclear plant alert (12 January 2020). Video Source: Youtube.

See all my posts on Nuclear topics.