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Mona Lisa Overpod

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Hosted by Ka1iban and Lyda Morehouse, the Mona Lisa Overpod Cast is your dedicated access node to in-depth conversations about cyberpunk media and culture!

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Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Sep 10

Second in the Sprawl Trilogy, but first in many readers' hearts, we're talking this week about William Gibson's second #cyberpunk novel Count Zero!
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Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · 19d

Madness in "great" ones must not unwatched go.
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Peter Thiel: strict AI regulation will summon the Antichrist

This is a real thing Peter Thiel told a group of tech professionals recently.

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Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · 20d

Joeboys and razorgirls! Mona Lisa Overpod will be taking a Fall hiatus as the Just Enough Trope Network continues to develop other projects. As always, you can continue the conversation about tech news and #cyberpunk media on our Discord channel and right here on Bluesky. See you soon!

Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Sep 10

Second in the Sprawl Trilogy, but first in many readers' hearts, we're talking this week about William Gibson's second #cyberpunk novel Count Zero!
www.spreaker.com/episode/mlop...

Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Aug 27

This week on the pod, we go back to where #cyberpunk started with the seminal Moebius/Dan O'Bannon comic short story "The Long Tomorrow"!
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Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Aug 20

We're off this week, but we'll be back on the 27th with an all-new episode about Moebius and his proto-cyberpunk tale "The Long Tomorrow"! See you then!

Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Aug 7

And the movies will be worse.

Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Aug 6

We're choosing to jack back in to the Matrix this week, as we discuss the third and fourth films, Revolutions and Resurrections! #cyberpunk #TheMatrix
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Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Jul 23

Holograms in your home...a TV star wants to be President...and Jim Belushi is hot?! This week, we look back at a quirky yet deadly serious vision of Hollywood's alternate future with the #cyberpunk soap opera of the '90s: Wild Palms!
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Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Jul 9

Pop a mañanacillin and strap on your punk-kickin' boots, 'cause this week we're cracking open the 1980's comic book #cyberpunk satire "American Flagg!"
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Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Jun 30

Absolutely. Until AI is actually self-aware (and we're decades from that if it *ever* happens), there'll never be artistic intent, and no "why"...no art.

Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Jun 29

Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Jun 25

This week, we sit down for an interview with Melissa Scott (@blueterraplane.bsky.social) about her fundamental novel Trouble and Her Friends and seeing #LGBTQ and marginalized voices in #cyberpunk fiction!
www.spreaker.com/episode/mlop...

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Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Jun 25

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Lestan Xero @h0w3rd.bsky.social · Jun 25

Another weak Snowcrash- ass subplot IRL:

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Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton) @funranium.bsky.social · Jun 25

I failed to include the link to the relevant story because I think I was stunned by the very idea of making a premium luxury resort out of a Soviet naval weapons base. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Are Investing $1.4 Billion To Turn Abandoned Soviet Weapons Base in Albania Into Luxury Island Resort

Trump and Kushner are set to begin building a luxury resort on an Albanian island that once served as a Soviet weapons base.

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Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Jun 18

Had a great conversation today with author @blueterraplane.bsky.social for an upcoming episode; Melissa is a curator of a StoryBundle pay-what-you-like collection of LGBTQ sci-fi & fantasy books, available right now at storybundle.com/pride. So many great books for a great price! Check it out!

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Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Jun 18

"Controversy and rage-bait comedy marketing" is my entire business model.

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Lestan Xero @h0w3rd.bsky.social · Jun 12

Craigslist DC listing for warm bodies. Payment in crypto.

Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Jun 11

You're gonna wish you had three ears 'cause this week we're talking Total Recall, the Philip K. Dick space #cyberpunk action thriller!
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Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Jun 11

The latest book in Elizabeth Bear's White Space series is out Tuesday, June 17th! Space opera, alien AI, maniacal pirates, and more! Pre-order now to get on board for a new adventure!

Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · Jun 11

THE FOLDED SKY drops on Tuesday! (US) and Thursday! (UK)

Pre-orders make the world go round!

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Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Jun 11

New #Cyberpunk: Metroplex supplement has some crazy realistic artwork

Robert Saint Lawrence @robertsaintlawrence.social · Jun 10

Short summary:
A small group of young protestors stands on a city street beneath a pedestrian bridge lined with uniformed officers. A handmade sign reads “No ICE in L.A.”.

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Detailed description:
• Foreground: Four visible protestors in their late teens or twenties, dressed in punk- or street-wear styles.
• Center: A tall, slender Black individual in a black leather jacket and silver chain holds a lit cigarette in their mouth and a small object (perhaps a lighter) in one hand.
• Behind center: A pale-skinned person with dark, curly hair and facial piercings drapes an arm over the leather-jacketed protestor’s shoulder. They wear a black crop top and a white hood or scarf around their neck.
• Left edge: A person wearing a camouflage baseball cap, large hoop earrings, and a black bandana around their neck holds a hand near their face.
• Right edge: A person with braided hair under a backward baseball cap looks down at a smartphone; a bright pink poster board peeks out from under their arm.
• Signage: Propped on the shoulder of the central figure (just behind them) is a rectangular cardboard sign painted with bold, hand-drawn letters: “No ICE in L.A.”
• Background:
• A curved, beige pedestrian overpass spans the frame. On it stand at least six officers in tactical gear and helmets, evenly spaced, gazing down at the protestors.
• Beyond the bridge looms a tall, windowed government or civic building in light stone.
• To the left, palm tree fronds intrude into the frame; to the right, green foliage and flowering shrubs line the street.
• The light is warm—suggesting late afternoon—with long shadows and a golden tint on the bridge and buildings.

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Overall impression:
The scene captures a tense but calm moment of street activism in Los Angeles: youthful protestors voicing opposition to ICE while a visible law-enforcement presence watches from above under late-day sunlight.

Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Jun 11

Get ready for a podcast about Total Recall!
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Mona Lisa Overpod @monalisaoverpod.bsky.social · Jun 9