{ an XLt special for the daring greenpeaceUK climbers ! } … welcome to oiligarchy / welcome to 1984… so WTF now ?! #iceclimb #snowden Two sides of the same coin ?! … We’ve been listening to the livestream of the #iceclimb action – a daring crew of six women who are scaling The Shard in London – to try to stop Shell Oil’s wreckless and mad plans to drill in the arctic. It’s a clever mix of direct action, social media, spectacle and petitioning by Greenpeace UK…

{ from Shu Lea Cheang’s the replicants of U.K.I. } … ” The internet was lost, by the idiots who built it. you and me, the military, the nerds, academia, lawyers, gold-diggers and the 20th century, on which it all still runs, like a famished ghost. The power of mass media was always a mercurial poison , anathema, to local communities, authentic communications, physical realities and embodied love… its viral infection persists, ravages – a conquerer’s fantasy, which ranges from generals to dictators, stalkers to mother earth rapists to mass murderers, reductionists, hired scientists, attention whores, psychopaths, compulsive narcissists and let’s not forget all the overlooked little xtras-people scurrying (in the film) to drink n breathe life via their bought+sold digital i.

{ from Francesco Romoli foto , XLT remix } … - v.3 Fragments - What Stewart Brand and his fellow technotopian bots were really saying. “We are as imperial dicks, and you will get good at consuming it ! ” ** … ” .. Addicted to fossil fuels, wedded fanatically to casino capitalism, and convinced, ostrich-like, that somehow technology alone will save us. ” Nafeez Ahmed Egypt’s new age of unrest is a taste of things to come … cryptocuration and its miscontent by Baruch Gottlieb ( telekommunisten )

{ via Todd E… Thx ! } What a perfect picture to begin our analysis of The Whole Earth conference at HKW… < 27.06 > CiTiZEN KiNO #26 : Anthropocene vs. Indigenous – PART 2 … Come join us for our follow-up forum on issues raised at HKW’s exhibition on The Whole Earth, and explore with us some tangent tales of a more relevant counter-culture , at Panke in Wedding ! 20:00h – Voku/Dinner 21:00h – C-Kino begins ( unfortunately we can not continue to do these programs on a donation basis, at least not until we work out some sponsorship model.

{ remixed from Francesco Romoli } _________ < 21/22.06 > The Whole Earth Conference at HKW , Berlin + < 27.06 > CiTiZEN KiNO #26 : Anthropocene vs. Indigenous – PART 2 … our follow-up on issues raised at HKW and tangent tales of counter-culture , at Panke in Wedding. _________ So today begins The Whole Earth conference at HKW – the House Of World Cultures – in Berlin, and as a primer we’ll throw up a few resources, and come back later for a fuller XLt analysis.

{ remxd from Francesco+Romoli , C-Kino #26: coming soon !} … < 21/22.06 > The Whole Earth Conference at HKW , Berlin Standby for XLterrestrial analysis… … < 21.06 > Fête de la musique, everywhere … < 21.06 > Fête de la hip hop at Panke in Wedding … … < 21.06 > 10 years of Buchhandlung Cafe ( on Fbook ) , Tucholskystr. street […]

… { thx to Mini Matika for putting us on this track } ____ ” The grumpy G8 (10) in Ireland slaughter The Monolith from 2001, which will be stuffed and put on the wall at the hunting lodge.” XLt analyst. ____ Many have pondered the meaning of Kubrick and Clarke’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”, and one of its most […]

{ via Marie D. Thxx ! } … There’s such massive shockwaves following Edward Snowden leaks, we don’t have enough time to keep up with all the angles ( much less add our own commentary), but at the very least we’ll grab a few highlights as they fly by… So what happens when empire is caught with its […]

{ via artist Topsy Qu’ret } … Added : Big Breaking News: Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations We’ll begin collecting articles here re: the latest leaked news of govt. data collection in the US…and beyond ! And of course we’ve got plenty to say about it, but for now we’re compiling some insider+outsider […]

{ dj/vj Psycow at CdPV, an Ursula Boehmer foto remixed } < 07-08.13 > Festival der Europaischer Versager at Club der Polnischen Versager, B-mitte. Download the program list of all the crazy bits put together by the mad CdPV team at the link above. From concerts, discussions, kabarett, tombollas, djs/vjs… ( podinski vs. Psycow1 ) … breakfast… […]

{ Resistanbul, see twitter info + Warning below } … The resistance in Turkey is still exploding, and now’s the point where critical analysis + information flows remain crucial… So below are some resources to support the peoples’ long haul struggles there ( and solidarity everywhere ), and stay informed… + PLEASE SEND US YOUR LINKS + RESOURCES for us to repost here… in comments section or write to us at XLetterestrials. … If you’re just tuning in to this story, or just want to see a good summary of the first week of the uprising(s), have a look at This Clip : THE FIRST WEEK OF RESISTANCE IN ISTANBUL…

{ pic possibly from Gezi Park, Istanbul } We’ll come back to update this later, but there’s international solidarity day – 01.06.13 – for Bradley Manning … and if your in Berlin see below… … … { http://www.freebradleymanning.net/ } … And as things are heating up in Turkey, a call for a demonstration at 17h, also today – 01.06.13 – at Kottbusser Tor in solidarity with Istanbul and “Occupy Gezi” … the park that they are attempting to turn into a shopping mall, has triggered 4-5 successive days of action, and violent police reactions.

{ ancient/modern | i/o } < 30.05 > XLterrestrials present CiTiZEN KiNO #25: Anthropocene, Indigenous, Aliens + + a Fundraiser afterparty at Panke, Berlin 20:00h – Voku / dinner 21:00h – C-kino begins 23:00h – afterparty spende / donation ( the fedbook invite, if you’re so inclined. ) … “CiTiZEN KiNO is cinema hacking. We don’t just watch ! Navigated and performed by […]

… So dearest art organisms, we’re still in fundraiser mode, so if you’re into keeping the XLterrestrials on the frontlines of fertile resistance, and busy seeding the higher intelligence upgrades, now’s the TIME! Contact us Here, and ask how you can help! And Berlin is overflowing with incredible events to catch… But let’s not get tooooo lost […]

{ modern Re:publican Times } Re:publica13 in industry loop mode ?! < 06-08.05 > Re:Publica 13 – In/Side/Out , at Station Berlin on twitter: #rp13 … … Why re-rant? XLterrestrials + Charlie Chaplin ;) may have already assessed the crisis in 2012 and 1936, and since Re: publica13 – one of Germany’s largest digital culture conferences – seems to be in loop […]