#mushrooms

kurt@pod.thing.org

ecoSYNTH: from fungiverse to metaverse

Vorspiel 2024 x CTM

02 – 04.02.2024

presented by TOP e.V @top_ev_berlin

Do you want to know more about mycelium, the network of fungal threads that grow underground?

Explore the Art and Science of mushrooms and the synthesis of queer ecology through the fusion of art, science, technology, research and activism.

a full weekend of dazzling transdisciplinary more-than-human underground magic, mushrooms and the thrilling invisible network of Berlin’s underworld: sustainability, electronic arts, mixed reality exhibition, hybrid installations, VR games, film festival, live performances, and experimental theater.

https://www.top-ev.de/other/ecosynth/

#CTM #TOP #Fungus #Fungi #Pilze #arts #mushrooms #ecoSYNTH #berlin

anonymiss@despora.de

The AI #attack on #humanity has begun: With books about #mushrooms on Amazon, it is trying to poison people.

source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/01/mushroom-pickers-urged-to-avoid-foraging-books-on-amazon-that-appear-to-be-written-by-ai

Leon Frey, a foraging guide and field mycologist at Cornwall-based Family Foraging Kitchen, which organises foraging field trips, said the samples he had seen contained serious flaws such as referring to “smell and #taste” as an identifying feature. “This seems to encourage #tasting as a method of #identification. This should absolutely not be the case,” he said.

Some wild mushrooms, like the highly poisonous #death cap, which can be mistaken for edible varieties, are #toxic.

#AI #technology #book #Amazon #news #warning #problem #health #poison #skynet #mushroom