“If an alien force were observing Earth, would it see humans as the invasive species and send some kind of robot scarecrows to protect the habitat? Or would it further our survival by leading us away from danger? For a moment, I take a guilty solace in the latter fantasy. I imagine electric angels guiding us, like the roach-bots shepherding those cockroaches toward the light.”

0:00 —Intro: a story with a good twist…

00:59 —Light speed in the elevator…

03:49 —Face in the crowd and blood on the tracks

11:55 —More TMI

16:24 —The Return of the Roboroach: “People who can’t even control their own minds want to control the minds of others.”

22:55 —Christmas in the community room

24:19 The death of MacGuffin

27 minutes

“Unseen Forces” by Justin Walter, “Disintegration Loops” by William Basinki, “Following” by Justin Walter, “Pathologically Bored” by Deru, and “Poa Alpina” by Biosphere

“Maybe all black holes are intelligent civilizations that got sucked up their own assholes.”

0:00 —People call him Superboy…

01:14 —Notes on Bigfoot

05:00 —A bus ride through the snow storm

08:13 —Notes on the Fermi paradox

10:21 —The nightwatchman’s lullaby

13:14 —A cosmic prank in the park

14:06 — “SETI to yeti, do you copy? Over.”

14:43 —An unfinished email to future nonbiological intelligence

22:55 —Exit Sam.

24:30 minutes

“Baby (slowed down 800 percent)” by Justin Bieber, “Three Cheers for Existence,” by Deru, “Murmur’s Ebb” by Greater Than or Equal To, “1979” by Deru, “Kontakte” by Karlheinz Stockhausen, “Pathologically Bored” by Deru, and “Poa Alpina” by Biosphere

“Sometimes you’ve gotta beat the crazy outta them.”

0:00 —Intro

00:30 —Riding the train backwards through downtown…

02:34 —Notes on Déjà vu

04:12 —The Return of the Mummy’s Shadow

09:14 —Drifting through downtown again with the soundtrack out of sync…

11:00 —Roy suggests a way to deal with Sam and reveals Dietzen’s identity….

17:42 —Dan knocks on the door with a gift and some news…

19 minutes

“Vid Loss” by Pye Corner Audio,“Spiral Insana” by Nurse with Wound, “Blown-Out Joy from Heaven’s Mercied Hole” by A Silver Mt. Zion, and “Unseen Forces” by Justin Walter

“This is an irony you couldn’t get away with in fiction—socially impaired programmers creating social media environments for society to socialize within. And the irony doesn’t stop there. Grandin points out that the programmers require intense concentration to look at information for long periods of time. Meanwhile, the technology and media they create distract and fragment people’s attention. Even Grandin, whose condition is characterized by an inability to recognize irony, recognizes this irony.”

0:00 —Intro: You’re not a hoarder, not if you can put it in order…

01:00 —Notes on weaponized autism

12:15 —Alone at the Social Skills Group Therapy

19 minutes

“Witchs Will” by Wilburn Burchette and “No Riders” by Pye Corner Audio