The project “Turnton Docklands” presents an immersive future that, despite crises, makes hope, community, and new forms of coexistence tangible.

In "Turnton Docklands," visitors enter a harbor district in the year 2047—a moment when ecological tipping points have been exceeded, coastal cities struggle with toxic waters and collapsing ecosystems, and extreme weather has become ordinary. Yet Time's Up resists pure dystopia. In this fictional harbor, a community has organized itself differently: solidary, transparent, and sustained by an alternative economy. They're modeling ways of living together within crisis rather than merely documenting its arrival. The space itself becomes the narrative medium. Rather than a traditional installation, Time's Up has constructed a walk-in narrative—an intricate landscape of objects, documents, media, sounds, and spatial situations that together compose a story.

Mario Schmidhumer Turnton Docklands / Time’s Up (AT)

This one came up in passing — I think it was just a link in the Office Hours chat — that circled around a conversation we were having about Donna Haraway's remarkable little pamphlet, “The Companion Species Manifesto”

I suppose George Bumann’s 'Eavesdropping on Animals' is a kind of traveler's guide to these companion species, revealing how ordinary moments can become extraordinary just by listening a little closer to the creatures around us. Bumann’s book reveals how paying attention to the everyday sounds of wildlife can transform our sense of connection to nature, no biology degree required..and maybe explain what the heck those crows outside the studio were crowing about the other day.

I'm reminded of those urban song birds that mimic car alarms and ringtones and stuff. It's like they're trying to communicate in our language, or at least get our attention.

I had my little note on capitalism last week and then just catching up on the pile of THe New Yorker magazines and I go to “Books” and the first paragraph is a bit of a grabber (to me at least):

“In September, 1639, John Winthrop, the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, recorded in his journal a dreadful tale of Puritan true crime. One Robert Keayne had prospered as a London merchant before his immigration to Boston, where he did brisk custom as a shopkeeper...Now he stood trial for the “very evil“ sale of “foreign commodities” at prices that exceeded the sum he had paid for them. For the sin of a standard retail markup, he faced excommunication.”

Why is this kind of thing interesting to me?

A central conceit for futures practice is that what is once was not; and what will be, is inconceivable today.

It's over 1,300 pages though. So..dunno.

The Kickstarter campaign How to Synthesize the Future: Build Better Futures, Faster” by Futurity Systems offers a book and toolkit designed to introduce practical frameworks, methods, and templates for strategic foresight and futures thinking. Equip you and your org with some accessible tools to systematically explore potential future scenarios and inform long-term decision-making.

A new bull market is sweeping through the U.S. military, where troops are using their unique camaraderie and competitive spirit to dive into the world of investing. From flight engineers checking their portfolios after landing to group chats lighting up with news of tech stock spikes, service members are making significant gains in both traditional stocks and cryptocurrencies. Bases like Luke Air Force Base and Vandenberg Space Force Base have become hotspots for crypto activity, with tax data showing a far higher rate of crypto-related transactions than the national average. The scene now includes everything from Humvees and Porsches in base parking lots to influencers in uniform sharing wealth-building strategies, as young troops ride a wave of newfound financial opportunity—while still wondering how long the good times will last.,

Point a frontier AI that had bad parenting at the financial plumbing of the blockchain and it'll try its best at the cybernetic equivalent of a liquor store holdup.

Anthropic’s latest research shows AI agents hitting a string of smart contracts, walking through $4.6M worth of real-world smart contract exploits — after their knowledge cutoffs — and even discovering fresh zero-days in thousands of newly deployed contracts. All in simulation, but very much not science fiction. The takeaway is as uncomfortable as it is obvious: autonomous exploitation is no longer a hypothetical risk but a technically feasible capability that now costs about the same as a GPU-hungry weekend project.

The paper frames this not as another “AI is getting scary” headline, but as a sober benchmark: if AI can simulate profitable theft, it can also defend against it. But check this out: exploit revenue on these tasks doubled every 1.3 months. WTF. Talk about up and to the right, eh?

If the blockchain was once an experiment in trustless systems, AI just demonstrated what trustlessness looks like when the attackers never sleep, never get bored, and can read Solidity faster than you can say “audit.”

Anthropic debuts a new AI-powered interview tool and shares insights from 1,250 professionals about how AI is shaping their work—spanning optimism, practical challenges, and hopes for the future.

1,250 professionals opened up about AI at work putting their senses of optimism, anxiety, and hope for the future all on the table. The interview tool reveals how creatives, scientists, and the broader workforce are navigating the promise and pitfalls of AI—balancing productivity gains with questions about trust, creative identity, and what comes next.

A recent Pew Research Center study finds that Americans express ambivalence regarding the inclusion of AI-generated summaries in search engine results, with concerns centering on the accuracy and transparency of such summaries alongside recognition of their potential convenience. The research highlights a lack of consensus, suggesting ongoing public uncertainty about the broader implications of integrating artificial intelligence into online information platforms.