Archive - Alien Newsletter

Alien Newsletter #27: An Othercorporeal Intelligence

In which our alien emerges from a long absence and ponders what it means when an entire species begins to outsource its own mental capacities to its…

Jul 12, 2024 •

November 2022

Alien Newsletter #26: Universal Omnipresence Barbie

In which our alien attempts to penetrate the mysteries of Barbiecore

Nov 4, 2022 •

September 2022

Alien Newsletter #25: Chemicals Are Forever

In which our alien visitor reveals a bold attempt from an unseen source to make all living things impervious to decay — if it doesn't kill them first

Sep 16, 2022 •

August 2022

Alien Newsletter #24: Too Much Disinformation

In which our alien considers the fracturing of human society into mutually contemptuous Tribes of Truth, and proposes a brand new structure to house…

Aug 5, 2022 •

June 2022

Alien Newsletter #23: Monkey Poxing (or Whatever the WTO Chooses to Call It) Around

In Which Our Alien Discusses His Encounter with the Latest Disease Traveling the Globe and Wonders to Himself: Is There a Doctor in the Cosmos?

Jun 17, 2022 •

May 2022

Alien Newsletter #22: Elon Musk Learns How to Fly (or at least Tweet)

In which our alien marvels at the extraordinary fears unleashed when all 280 characters can be dominated by one

May 3, 2022 •

March 2022

Alien Newsletter #21: On the Market

In which our alien witnesses one war, puzzles through many stories and comes to no discernible conclusion

Mar 18, 2022 •

February 2022

Alien Newsletter #20: The Ukraine Invasion To-Be

In which our alien stares into the abyss of a potential cataclysm, along with the rest of humanity, and considers the consequences of a long game of…

Feb 19, 2022 •

Alien Newsletter #19: Nothin' but a 5G Thing

In which our alien makes contact with the many different frequencies and airwaves that, seen or unseen, facilitate contact amongst the earth's most…

Feb 4, 2022 •

January 2022

Alien Newsletter #18: We, Robot

In which our alien surveys the frantic deployment of replacement humans across the globe, and considers the odd fate of a robot planet

Jan 21, 2022 •

December 2021

Alien Newsletter #17: The End of Days/2021

In which our alien considers yet another year confined with the humans, and another year of the humans trapped with themselves

Dec 24, 2021 •

Alien Newsletter #16: Clair De Dune

In Which Our Alien Contemplates a Retelling of a Favored Future History

Dec 10, 2021 •

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