# trojan horse (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover trojan horse. Page: Feed: --- ## [MAN AND ROBOTS: Robin Williams' Kids Fight AI Slop, Sorkin's AI Prophecy, ByteDance Makes Peace with Hollywood, & Harvard Prof's AI Shortcut](https://marsmag.substack.com/p/man-and-robots-robin-williams-kids) _2026-08-21 · Adario Strange · MARS Magazine_ MAN AND ROBOTS: Weekly signals on how AI and automation are reshaping work & creativity. ## [The Captured Commons](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/the-captured-commons) _2026-08-21 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ Parasociality, Surveillance and the Limits of Digital Solidarity ## [The Coming Water Wars](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/the-coming-water-wars-70d) _2026-08-19 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ The Militarisation of the Blue Commons, Part 2 ## [The Coming Water Wars](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/the-coming-water-wars) _2026-08-17 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ The Militarisation of the Blue Commons, Part 1 ## [Barbie, Dolly, rebarbative, phenobarbital](https://sesquiotic.com/2026/08/16/barbie-dolly-rebarbative-phenobarbital/) _2026-08-17 · sesquiotic · Sesquiotica_ “How was your evening out on The Esplanade yesterday?” I asked Maury. I was sitting with him and Jess in Domus Logogustationis, and he was looking like he’d seen and done things he’d rather not have. “Rebarbative,” Maury said. “Oh … Continue reading → ## [MAN AND ROBOTS: Fitness Guru's Book Used AI Steroids?, Brad Pitt's AI Verdict, & Anthropic's Watermark Flood vs. Human Writing](https://marsmag.substack.com/p/man-and-robots-fitness-gurus-book) _2026-08-14 · Adario Strange · MARS Magazine_ MAN AND ROBOTS: Weekly signals on how AI and automation are reshaping work & creativity. ## [Anger is a Gift...](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/anger-is-a-gift-afa) _2026-08-14 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ But. ## [The Hidden Motive Behind YouTube’s Massive New Creator Crackdown](https://marsmag.substack.com/p/the-hidden-motive-behind-youtubes) _2026-08-12 · Adario Strange · MARS Magazine_ Small channels are panicking over the new watch-hour requirements for AdSense revenue, but a buried feature update reveals YouTube's real play for streaming dominance. ## [Violence](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/violence-18d) _2026-08-12 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ Structural, Necessities and Indoctrination ## [Freedom Fries](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/freedom-fries) _2026-08-10 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ On Branding and Reality ## [AI publishing with human taste (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MXU5aj9p8adS) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Convert AI research into blogs, podcasts, and newsletters with optional human review. ## [MAN AND ROBOTS: Book Publishing's AI Reckoning, Snap's Wearable AI Bet, Roth's AI Movie Admission, & Cameron's Actor Warning](https://marsmag.substack.com/p/man-and-robots-book-publishings-ai) _2026-08-07 · Adario Strange · MARS Magazine_ MAN AND ROBOTS: Weekly signals on how AI and automation are reshaping work & creativity. ## [Disney's New TikTok Deal Could Be the Trojan Horse for AI Mickey Mouse](https://marsmag.substack.com/p/disneys-new-tiktok-deal-could-be) _2026-08-05 · Adario Strange · MARS Magazine_ Disney walked away from its $1 billion OpenAI Sora deal, but its TikTok partnership quietly opens the door to ByteDance's powerful Seedance video AI. ## [We Only Want The Earth](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/we-only-want-the-earth) _2026-08-05 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ And Be Done with the Bourgeois Objections ## [Unfinished Modernity](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/unfinished-modernity) _2026-08-03 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ On Gramsci and our Future ## [debunk, bunkum, hokum, hocus-pocus, harum-scarum](https://sesquiotic.com/2026/08/02/debunk-bunkum-hokum-hocus-pocus-harum-scarum/) _2026-08-02 · sesquiotic · Sesquiotica_ Some would-be genii will tell you – without being asked – that the plural of octopus is octopi and the plural of omnibus is omnibi and, for that matter, the plural of hocus-pocus (why do you even need one) is … Continue reading → ## [MAN AND ROBOTS: ByteDance's AI Video Leap, Snapchat's AI Crackdown, Refn's AI Warning, & Garfield's OpenAI Role](https://marsmag.substack.com/p/man-and-robots-bytedances-ai-video) _2026-07-31 · Adario Strange · MARS Magazine_ MAN AND ROBOTS: Weekly signals on how AI and automation are reshaping work & creativity. ## [The Machinery of Fear](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/the-machinery-of-fear) _2026-07-31 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ And The Death of the Private Citizen ## [The Philosophy of Dispossession](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/the-philosophy-of-dispossession) _2026-07-29 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ Know Your Enemy ## [The Pusherman](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/the-pusherman) _2026-07-27 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ Online Parasocial Relationships, Deleuze and AI Detection ## [chuckle, giggle, yuk, joke](https://sesquiotic.com/2026/07/24/chuckle-giggle-yuk-joke/) _2026-07-25 · sesquiotic · Sesquiotica_ If someone tells a funny joke, do you chuckle? Do you giggle? Do you yuk it up? (I won’t ask whether you yuck it up, because that spelling can also refer to something… unpleasant.) What if I told you that … Continue reading → ## [Stream Torrents and IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Xxmq5iEpdzOe) _2026-07-25 · **Sponsored**_ Search, index, and play music, movies, books, and live TV in your browser. ## [MAN AND ROBOTS: Substack's AI Detection Bombshell, Serkis Says AI Can't Play Gollum, Aronofsky Lands $15 Million for AI Films, & Eggers Torches OpenAI](https://marsmag.substack.com/p/man-and-robots-substacks-ai-detection) _2026-07-24 · Adario Strange · MARS Magazine_ MAN AND ROBOTS: Weekly signals on how AI and automation are reshaping work & creativity. ## [Witch! Witch! Witch!!](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/witch-witch-witch) _2026-07-22 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ The Fires of Affliction ## [Our Negotiation with Fascism](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/our-negotiation-with-fascism) _2026-07-20 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ On Receipts and Intervention ## [MAN AND ROBOTS: Netflix Launches AI Hollywood, Nolan's AI Odyssey, Star Wars Creator on AI's Future, & Meta Glasses Get Sci-Fi Roasted](https://marsmag.substack.com/p/man-and-robots-netflix-launches-ai) _2026-07-17 · Adario Strange · MARS Magazine_ MAN AND ROBOTS: Weekly signals on how AI and automation are reshaping work & creativity. ## [They Aren't Afraid Enough](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/they-arent-afraid-enough) _2026-07-17 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ The Politics of Scarcity ## [beeline](https://sesquiotic.com/2026/07/16/beeline/) _2026-07-16 · sesquiotic · Sesquiotica_ As I was chatting with Timmy Danos and Donna Ferrante (see my word tasting notes on free rein and horse idioms), Maury at last appeared, holding a Bellini. “Where have you been?” I said. “Sorry,” Maury said. “I was making … Continue reading → ## [Doom for Sale: Anthropic's AI Horror-Movie Ad Is a Marketing Masterstroke](https://marsmag.substack.com/p/doom-for-sale-anthropics-ai-horror) _2026-07-15 · Adario Strange · MARS Magazine_ This is the story of why and how Claude's creators turned AI panic into an advertising campaign you'll see copied everywhere. ## [All The Arms We Need](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/all-the-arms-we-need-8fd) _2026-07-15 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ On Care and the Subtle Art of Giving a Fuck ## [The Panopticon](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/the-panopticon) _2026-07-13 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ From Spectacle to Surveillance ## [MAN AND ROBOTS: Hollywood Blasts Zuckerberg's Instagram AI, Weird Al Says No to AI Cash, The "AI Actor" Lie, & Blade Runner 2099](https://marsmag.substack.com/p/man-and-robots-hollywood-blasts-zuckerbergs) _2026-07-10 · Adario Strange · MARS Magazine_ MAN AND ROBOTS: Weekly signals on how AI and automation are reshaping work & creativity. ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/evsD05Cu5OFm) _2026-07-10 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when a friend signs up for the Graphite Business Card ## [Begging For Change](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/begging-for-change) _2026-07-10 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ The Strange Faith in Electoral Salvation ## [free rein](https://sesquiotic.com/2026/07/09/free-rein/) _2026-07-10 · sesquiotic · Sesquiotica_ “I guess I availed myself of some free rain with those horse words,” Timmy Danos said, chuckling a little. Since he was speaking, I didn’t notice his spelling. He had circled to the bar to get himself another drink, and … Continue reading → ## [Why Hollywood’s Killer Robot Formula Has Stopped Working](https://marsmag.substack.com/p/why-hollywoods-killer-robot-formula) _2026-07-08 · Adario Strange · MARS Magazine_ Universal's 'Soulm8te' straight-to-video fate exposes Hollywood's biggest AI blind spot with 2026 audiences. ## [On Misery and Critique](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/on-misery-and-critique) _2026-07-08 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ Against the Moralisation of Pain ## [Power and Permanence](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/power-and-permanence) _2026-07-06 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ Revolution, Authority, and the Problem of Institutional Dissolution ## [On Convenience](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/on-convenience-887) _2026-07-03 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ The Trojan Horse of Totalitarianism, Part 2 ## [On Convenience](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/on-convenience) _2026-07-01 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ The Trojan Horse of Totalitarianism, Part 1 ## [horse idioms](https://sesquiotic.com/2026/06/30/horse-idioms/) _2026-07-01 · sesquiotic · Sesquiotica_ It was the trial membership open house for the Order of Logogustation, and I was circulating, doing my best impression of an extravert to welcome prospective members. As I neared a man and a woman, I heard them talking about … Continue reading → ## [Fascism and Fantasy](https://blacklodges.substack.com/p/fascism-and-fantasy) _2026-06-29 · Black Lodges · Black Lodges_ Nostalgia as Political Weapon ## [mimeograph, ditto](https://sesquiotic.com/2026/06/24/mimeograph-ditto/) _2026-06-24 · sesquiotic · Sesquiotica_ Mimeograph is a word of memories, although of course that’s relative. Most people born after about 1980 probably don’t remember mimeographs at all. For me, though, there’s a family connection. Long ago when I was very young (I’ll just say I … Continue reading → ## [penultimate](https://sesquiotic.com/2026/06/15/penultimate/) _2026-06-15 · sesquiotic · Sesquiotica_ “It’s the penultimate experience.” Wow. So that’s, like, the pinnacle of the ultimate, right? Sure seems like it to many people penning pieces about all-time bests. And, you know, I can understand the impression driving it: longer means more important. … Continue reading → ## [Berczy](https://sesquiotic.com/2026/06/08/berczy/) _2026-06-08 · sesquiotic · Sesquiotica_ One block from the front door of the building I have lived in for a quarter of a century is a little trapezoid of urban delight called Berczy Park. It is best known for its whimsical fountain with statues of … Continue reading → ## [lavish](https://sesquiotic.com/2026/05/31/lavish/) _2026-06-01 · sesquiotic · Sesquiotica_ Who doesn’t like lavish things? Lavish parties, lavish gifts, lavish spending, lavish praise, a lavish lifestyle – to run through the most common words that come after lavish? Or a lavish spread, a lavish banquet, lavish accommodations, lavish dinners, lavish … Continue reading → ## [snork](https://sesquiotic.com/2026/05/22/snork/) _2026-05-22 · sesquiotic · Sesquiotica_ Ugh, we were seated in a restaurant last week right next to a table with a family with three kids who were snorking and snotting. One was less than a metre from me. Just what I wanted: to catch a … Continue reading →