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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 10h

In a new blog post, Anjali Alappat, the host of Arcx, reflects on four seasons of in-depth conversations with some of South Asia’s best known speculative fiction authors, the SFF landscape in the region, and where the podcast goes from here.

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Art by Adrija Ghosh.

A New Arc(x) - Dark 'n' Light

In this blog post, Anjali Alappat, the host of Arcx, reflects on four seasons of in-depth conversations with some of South Asia’s best known speculative fiction authors, the SFF landscape in the regio...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 10h

Mădălina Diaconu is a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria and author of Aesthetics of Weather (2024).

She's Susan Mathew's guest on The Subverse!

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 2d

"Reflection is not only what appears on a surface; it is about gathering context—history, weather, taste, effort, opinions, the smells and sounds that surround an act—and holding them together long enough to make meaning."

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MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction - Dark 'n' Light

In the seventh installment of our Time and Tide series, Tasneem Khan invites us to consider how experience and knowledge are reflected, recorded, and consumed through time; in a tidal rhythm, certaint...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 2d

A double bill from The Subverse!

Two back-to-back episodes featuring Mădălina Diaconu, a researcher and author of Aesthetics of Weather.

Listen to them here: darknlight.com/podcast/the-...

The Subverse - Season 5 - Dark 'n' Light

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 5d

Join the latest episode of The Subverse podcast with your thermic body and enjoy the fleecy, cloudy edges of this conversation with Mădălina Diaconu.

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Under the Weather: Atmospherics, Aesthetics, and Thermic Subjects

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 5d

Mădălina Diaconu, is a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria and author of Aesthetics of Weather (2024).

She's on The Subverse podcast talking about environmental and urban aesthetics and phenomenology of perception.

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 5d

We continue the conversation with Mădălina Diaconu. She speaks about tornadoes, the limitations of equating materiality with solidity, the ideas of landscape and landscapability and the concept of a trace and what happens when we do not control what we leave behind.

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 5d

A new episode of The Subverse features Mădălina Diaconu, a researcher at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria who works on environmental aesthetics, urban aesthetics and phenomenology of perception.

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 6d

A stunning Time & Tide essay by Tasneem Khan is here!

Read 'MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction' here: darknlight.com/projects/per...

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 6d

A new Time and Tide essay is here.

Read 'MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction' by Tasneem Khan here: darknlight.com/projects/per...

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 7d

"Water offers a different language—of ebb and return, of reflecting and refracting light. It invites a pace that resists hurry and keeps changing shape without breaking."

Tasneem Khan has a new essay for our Time & Tide series. Read it here:

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 7d

In the next essay in our Time and Tide series, Tasneem Khan invites us to consider how experience and knowledge are reflected, recorded, and consumed through time; in a tidal rhythm, certainty ebbs and layers of context and connection reveal themselves.

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MaraTime: Time as Reflection & Refraction - Dark 'n' Light

In the seventh installment of our Time and Tide series, Tasneem Khan invites us to consider how experience and knowledge are reflected, recorded, and consumed through time; in a tidal rhythm, certaint...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Roxy Koll's recent research focuses on developing climate-smart health warning systems that integrate climate and health data with AI/ML to enable early action and long-term planning.

Listen to him on The Subverse podcast podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/c...

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 12d

Dr. Roxy Mathew Koll has made breakthrough contributions to the research, monitoring, and modelling of climate and extreme weather events over the Indo-Pacific region.

He is Susan Mathews first guest on Season 5 of The Subverse podcast.

Listen here:

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Currents of Change

Podcast Episode · The Subverse · 10/02/2025 · 42m

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 12d

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The Subverse

Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Biweekly · The Subverse, presented by Dark ‘n’ Light is a podcast that uncovers the hidden and marginal in stories about nature, culture and social justice. From th...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 12d

For conversations that will take you on a journey as enchanting as the clouds, on flights both human and non-human, and an exploration of the ethereal and indelible traces we leave behind, subscribe or follow here: open.spotify.com/show/18hNZZu...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 12d

In episode 1 Susan speaks to climate scientist Dr. Roxy Mathew Koll, about the unequal heating of the world, the intricate relationship between atmosphere, land and ocean conditions, and the role of data in adapting to a climate changed world.

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 12d

Season 5 of The Subverse is here!

Join host Susan Mathews as she explores the element of ‘air’—the air we breathe, the atmosphere that blankets us, and the aesthetics of weather, through conversations with a fascinating array of guests.

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 14d

The September issue of our newsletter The Ripple is here.

Read Perfecting Practice here:
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Perfecting Practice

Anything can be your practice, and everything is your practice.

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 15d

In episode four of Arcx, @anjalialappat.bsky.socialsits down with writer and academic Sami Ahmad Khan to discuss Indian science fiction, translated fiction, pulp, genre conventions, T-rexes, black holes, the Bermuda triangle, and much more.

Catch them here: open.spotify.com/episode/6b2P...

@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 19d

Accompanying the audio story is a comic created and illustrated by artist Sudarshan Shaw.

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The Amazing Morphs of the Golden Cat

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 19d

Iho details the creation story of the Idu Mishmi community and Sahil narrates their sensational discovery of a unique adaptation that might be critical to the survival of the elusive Asian golden cat.

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The Amazing Morphs of the Golden Cat - Dark 'n' Light

In this audio story, the final instalment of Cataplisms, conservation anthropologist Sahil Nijhawan and his collaborator Iho Mitapo take us on a journey to Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh. Iho deta...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 19d

In an audio story conservation anthropologist Sahil Nijhawan and his collaborator Iho Mitapo take us on a journey to Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh.

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The Amazing Morphs of the Golden Cat - Dark 'n' Light

In this audio story, the final instalment of Cataplisms, conservation anthropologist Sahil Nijhawan and his collaborator Iho Mitapo take us on a journey to Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh. Iho deta...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 19d

As the final instalment of #Cataplisms, we present a multi-media project: The Amazing Morphs of the Golden Cat.

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The Amazing Morphs of the Golden Cat - Dark 'n' Light

In this audio story, the final instalment of Cataplisms, conservation anthropologist Sahil Nijhawan and his collaborator Iho Mitapo take us on a journey to Dibang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh. Iho deta...

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@DARKNLIGHTZINE @darknlightzine.bsky.social · 19d

In Constant Movement: The Paradox of Stillness

Theoretical cosmologist Paul Sutter considers the pursuit of meditative stillness while acknowledging the eternal motion of the Universe, from the quantum fields of a vacuum to the cosmos itself.

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In Constant Movement: The Paradox of Stillness - Dark 'n' Light

In the second instalment of the States of Motion series, theoretical cosmologist Paul Sutter considers the pursuit of meditative stillness while acknowledging the eternal motion of the Universe, from ...

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