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PaulLev

@paullev.bsky.social

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author 20bks: media/politics, scifi novels; prof Fordham U; podcaster;singer-songwriter; I had sign that said a neat desk is sign of a sick mind, but I lost it

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · Sep 8

from Connected Editions! Sarah Clarke Stuart's Song of the Unsung Mushroom to be published 15 January 2025, now available for Kindle pre-sale amzn.to/3Ia4gMp

PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 16h

Brief discussion of @sarahclarkesy.bsky.social's novel Song of the Unsung Mushroom at 22min 14secs into the Trivial Warfare podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/24rv... (Novel to be published by Connected Editions 15 January 2026; pre-order the Kindle edition here www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPXSW36... )

TW552 - Bye Turd!

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, if you're a member of the Harvard Club of New York City, you can catch Tom Cooper talking about his book, Wisdom Weavers: The Lives and Thought of Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan, 7pm-8pm, tomorrow (Tuesday) night via Zoom. The program is FREE but you need to register.

PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 2d

Sprucing up my Bandcamp -- new digital tracks and new merch (vinyl, CDs, paperback novels) paullevinson.bandcamp.com

Paul Levinson

Paul Levinson recorded (The Other Voices) for Atlantic Records in 1968. In 1972, he released Twice Upon a Rhyme on HappySad Records. Big Pink, Vivid & Whiplash all re-issued the LP, 2008- 2012. Old ...

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 3d

Important new book about humans in space by Deana Weibel

PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 6d

Welcome Up: Songs of Space and Time now up on @bandcamp.com paullevinson.bandcamp.com/album/welcom...

Welcome Up: Songs of Space and Time, by Paul Levinson

8 track album

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 7d

The American Gestapo agent who fired that weapon should be charged with assault, and in the trial given the maximum sentence.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s video of the incident

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kim berglund @thekimberglund.bsky.social · 7d

Important to see with Mo's own eyes what is going on.

@govpritzker.illinois.gov
@maddow.msnbc.com
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
#abolishice #iceprotests

Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 7d

🔥 As you may have seen, in recent days, I've been going to the Broadview ICE facility near where I live. For @vanityfair.com I wrote about those protests & the hell that the Chicago area is being put through thanks to ICE/DHS. I hope you'll read this & share it. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Postcard From Chicago: There’s an ICE Facility in My Backyard

Chicago was not a war zone when Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz began. DHS and ICE have made it one.

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 7d

Sarah Clarke Stuart
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Sarah Clarke Stuart | Substack

“Natural Intelligence” is intuitive, messy, poetic, and wild. Integrating AI meaningfully--without losing what makes us human. I'm a Professor of Communication trying to recapture the embodied and soc...

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 7d

my thoughts about the relevance of McLuhan to the current age now up on Substack open.substack.com/pub/paullev/...

The Relevance of McLuhan to Our Current World

AI, Para-Social Relationships, Global Village, Fascism. Deep-Fakes, and More

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 8d

On MSNBC: Joshua Aaron, creator of ICEBlock, removed by Apple from its Apps under pressure from our government, says to Maddow "we have to wake up before it's too late". He's not only talking to us, but you, Tim Cook: try harder 2 live up 2 what Steve Jobs gave you. Don't become a fascist enabler.

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 8d

recommended: James McGrath about AI www.patheos.com/blogs/religi...

AI Isn't God (or Even Human)

LLMs will fabricate no less than .5% of the time. That is a feature and not a bug. Imagine if the Star Trek computer would fabricate periodically...

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 8d

I put McLuhan on Vocal vocal.media/humans/the-r...

The Relevance of McLuhan to Our Current World

AI, Para-Social Relationships, Global Village, Fascism. Deep-Fakes, and More

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 9d

We all need to keep pointing this out.

PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 9d

Well said — agree 100%

PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 10d

Honored to see this! www.linkedin.com/posts/awesom...

#aiba #aibk #books #writing #awards #authors | Awesome Indies Book Awards

5 October, 2025 The AIBA Book of the Week is the Awesome Indies Approved: The Silk Code (Phil D’Amato series) by Paul Levinson at https://lnkd.in/ew7PePbV, (please click for more details.) #AIBA #AIB...

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 10d

slightly edited transcript of what I said at the McLuhan Salon organized by Paolo Granata, devoted to Tom Cooper's book Wisdom Weavers lTues paullevinson.blogspot.com/2025/10/appl...

Applying Marshall McLuhan to Our Current Predicaments

On September 30, 2025 I took part in a McLuhan Salon organized by Paolo Granata in Toronto. The Salon was devoted to a consideration of som...

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 11d

Proud to be quoted several times in this article in the Fordham Political Review fordhampoliticalreview.org/the-danger-o...

The Danger of the Repost

Photo via Getty Images *** It has become a fact of life that everyone and their dog has an online presence. While those who love videos of pets predicting sports scores view this positively, we’d b…

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PaulLev @paullev.bsky.social · 12d

From Andrey Mir: Some of what Tom Cooper said Tuesday night in his talk about his book Wisdom Weavers at the McLuhan Salon organized by Paolo Granata in Toronto : What might Innis and McLuhan have said in the era of digital media and AI? open.substack.com/pub/andrey4m...