A cat who likes to write about technology and philosophy. 🇬🇧🇲🇲🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ PhD in SF Theatre! It/She/Theyhttps://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.social/post/3mtelduxbzk2cI wonder if social media in general has become the “sander” to our sonder. Bad faith engagement encourages us to see a person as surface; a take on which to debate/win/judge. To sonder is to plumb the depths of the human condition, to sander rounds it off.18 Aug 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:gcs4dfs3tkqfw4nnrnchf462/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtelduxbzk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.social/post/3m3xcig66bc2eI've just updated my gitbook on what I call Digital Zoochosis: how our digital environments and rituals affect our physical relationship to the world: https://the-ludopticon.gitbook.io/ludopticon/digital-dramaturgy-in-the-ludopticon24 Oct 2025 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:gcs4dfs3tkqfw4nnrnchf462/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xcig66bc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.social/post/3m3dyg5jwjc2cI was overdue a re-introduction (which may be updated soon), so here goes: I’m an independent researcher working on the digital surveillance system that I call the Ludopticon! I also enjoy gaming, philosophy and SF! My digital garden can be found here: the-ludopticon.gitbook.io/ludopticon17 Oct 2025 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:gcs4dfs3tkqfw4nnrnchf462/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3dyg5jwjc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.social/post/3m3dhfxve7c2tHere’s something I saw happening as a result of the Ludopticon; buying your public platform by selling your private self. Parasocialism allows users to remix and decontextualise creators/public figures/people they know like an extremely visceral form of fan fiction. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2025 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:gcs4dfs3tkqfw4nnrnchf462/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3dhfxve7c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.social/post/3m2ws5lbli22lSo in therapy recently, we’ve been talking about embodiment and how mind/body disconnect is such a common theme in the digital world. The push towards ubiquitous computing accelerates thjs condition, something I feel is like a form of digital zoochosis - humans as organism detached from the tactile11 Oct 2025 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:gcs4dfs3tkqfw4nnrnchf462/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ws5lbli22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.social/post/3lzqz2crix22bBeen rereading Fahrenheit 451 (I wonder why??) after at least 10 years and this part made me pause 😳26 Sep 2025 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:gcs4dfs3tkqfw4nnrnchf462/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzqz2crix22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.social/post/3lz2cebsbns2cWhat’s happening with TikTok and Oracle is peak Ludopticon: the promise of play with purpose on a platform that increasingly changes its rules behind the scenes when we become too invested creatively, socially or financially.17 Sep 2025 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:gcs4dfs3tkqfw4nnrnchf462/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz2cebsbns2chttps://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.social/post/3lxuizpt7tk27The future is here - it's just not normalised02 Sep 2025 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:gcs4dfs3tkqfw4nnrnchf462/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxuizpt7tk27https://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.social/post/3lxcxmh7jhc2hDo you remember the analogy of the paperclip maximiser for AI alignment? Where, instead of paperclips, it would cover the earth in data farms through instrumental convergence? Looks like humans are doing it right now. Maybe capitalism was the optimising system we needed to watch out for all along.26 Aug 2025 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:gcs4dfs3tkqfw4nnrnchf462/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxcxmh7jhc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.social/post/3lw5btta7q22nWhat I like to do is to go outside or just somewhere away from my desk with a notebook or my laptop and write up an introduction to something I’m working on. No wifi on or my books around me; just my thoughts, seeing what I remember in the moment. You might surprise yourself!11 Aug 2025 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:gcs4dfs3tkqfw4nnrnchf462/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw5btta7q22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.social/post/3lvg5jvx6z22uHappy Brighton Pride everyone! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💕02 Aug 2025 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:gcs4dfs3tkqfw4nnrnchf462/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvg5jvx6z22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.social/post/3lpkdesrsbs2mHappy Agender Pride Day! https://media.tenor.com/Nl5plzobrlYAAAAC/agender-gay-pride.gif?hh=498&ww=49819 May 2025 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:gcs4dfs3tkqfw4nnrnchf462/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpkdesrsbs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.social/post/3lpc4tjiewk2uOk, so I need to read this book ⌚️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2025 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:gcs4dfs3tkqfw4nnrnchf462/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpc4tjiewk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.social/post/3lpbyqwdcwc2uSo many of us carry a little digital version of ourselves around that we might not even be aware of. Spread between platforms, pixelated from the data points of our clicks, hovers, comments, uploads, searches… they become an extension of our subconscious and form this cyber essence 1/3 https://media.tenor.com/WsFaL16frb4AAAAC/tamagotchi-game.gif?hh=296&ww=25016 May 2025 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:gcs4dfs3tkqfw4nnrnchf462/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpbyqwdcwc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/suzie-exe.bsky.social/post/3lnyyhq5hts2wDo you remember the time when your phone became the portal to your digital self? I have no recollection of when it started; it’s like attaining consciousness again30 Apr 2025 04:46 +0000at://did:plc:gcs4dfs3tkqfw4nnrnchf462/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnyyhq5hts2w