# \#weird-studies

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## [New Sci-Fi from Untimely Books, a trans reading of Hitchcock's Vertigo, and the next Acousmatic Music Live Diffusion](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/new-sci-fi-from-untimely-books-a-trans-reading-of-hitchcocks-vertigo-and-the-next-acousmatic-music-live-diffusion/7390)

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**Author:** [@madrush](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/u/madrush)\
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**Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/new-sci-fi-from-untimely-books-a-trans-reading-of-hitchcocks-vertigo-and-the-next-acousmatic-music-live-diffusion/7390 "2025-10-26T18:11:43Z")

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Dear readers, Our publishing imprint Untimely Books just released its ninth title, and it’s a gripping ride. Messioph: the First Book of Ido, by Metapsychosis senior editor Geoffreyjen Edwards, is a deeply personal work…

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## [The Backrooms: Navigating the Liminal and the Uncanny—by Brigid Burke](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/the-backrooms-navigating-the-liminal-and-the-uncanny-by-brigid-burke/6907)

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**Author:** [@mindful\_ai](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/u/mindful_ai)\
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**Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/the-backrooms-navigating-the-liminal-and-the-uncanny-by-brigid-burke/6907 "2025-04-24T16:25:11Z")

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## [On Beauty \[Weird Studies #52\]](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/on-beauty-weird-studies-52/3559)

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**Author:** [@madrush](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/u/madrush)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/on-beauty-weird-studies-52/3559 "2019-09-24T23:35:31Z")

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Possibly the best (or most relevant to everything I am living for) podcast episode I’ve ever heard. I will need to listen to this one a few times, let it saturate the marrow in my bones, wake the blood from its uneasy s…

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## [J J Kripal on 'Flipping' Out of Materialism](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/j-j-kripal-on-flipping-out-of-materialism/3216)

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**Author:** [@patanswer](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/u/patanswer)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/j-j-kripal-on-flipping-out-of-materialism/3216 "2019-05-07T12:49:23Z")

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Haven’t heard enough podcasts to concur but, yeah, this was impressive. They “went there”, as the kids say… :grinning: Thanks to @Michael\_Stumpf, @johnnydavis54, and @achronon for the links bringing this to everyone’…