Six Collisions for Protocol Monsters

Choose Your Own Monster

Introducing Monstrous Times, the magazine of strange rules

Strangeness, illegibility, hardness

An update from our Protocol Fiction special interest group

Who's Afraid of Frankenstein's Monster?

Book Review

Henry A. Giroux on Twitter / X

My new article, “When Monsters Walk Among Us,” which argues that monsters are neither born outside of history nor reducible to particular individuals. They are produced by societies, institutions, and power that make the intolerable appear ordinary.https://t.co/eGXcLGSQcE— Henry A. Giroux (@HenryGiroux) September 18, 2026

Malfestio — Learning on the AT Protocol

Coming soon: Master complex topics with spaced repetition, linked notes, and active recall. Share your decks, notes, and discoveries with the community.

Barbarian Saga: The Beast Master Review - Beast Transformations Meet Classic Sword & Sorcery

Barbarian Saga: The Beast Master combines Metroidvania exploration, animal transformations and 1980s-inspired fantasy, but not every idea reaches its potential

Cryptopedia — Oakland Public Library

Cryptopedia — Demcak, Andrew — Cryptopedia by Andrew Demcak speaks directly to the secret sides of our beings, to our shadow-selves. It is the oldest story we have, and it wants to be told. This collection comes from a place where children go missing, where monsters roam freely, and urban myths transform into realities.

Hylics 2

A surreal RPG with a unique graphical style and droll scenario.

The Invisible Protocol Thesis: Tomorrow's Crypto Unicorns

Following the introduction of any new disruptive innovation, there is always a speculative phase to a technology cycle as the market tries to size and time the market opportunity.

Soatok’s Informal Guide to Threat Models - Dhole Moments

After a long day of exhausting conversations about Hybrid Post-Quantum Cryptography, random jackasses trying to play gotcha with endpoint attacks against end-to-end encrypted messaging apps, and me…

Mike Masnick on protocols for publishers

An interview with @masnick.com (of TechDirt), the author of the influential 2019 paper "Protocols, Not Platforms," reflecting on how his ideas apply to publishers in 2026.

Three Labs With a Plan and A Memorandum

The big story today is the release of Claude Fable 5, the version of Claude Mythos that Anthropic believes they can safely distribute to the people.

Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5

Today we’re launching Claude Fable 5: a Mythos-class model that we’ve made safe for general use.

Dangerous Protocols - Summer of Protocols

Protocols are frequently touted as the liberating alternative to walled technological gardens, but the historical purpose of protocols has always been to simplify decision-making and reduce human agency. How do we reconcile these two narratives? I explore the dangerous side of protocols, and how their ability to drive coordination means they also have