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…there's a cohort of reflexive AI opposition online that operates entirely on vibes and insults, and I don't want to be mistaken for it. I'm not saying AI risk isn't real. I share the underlying concern — that's the entire premise of The Hollow Circuit.
When you are weaving complex, live-serialised hyperstitions, continuity is everything. By pulling the plug without a second thought, Tumblr didn't just disrupt a feed; they actively sabotaged the momentum of an active, unfolding mythos.
The entire system identity—built on our stark noir architecture, CRT overlays, and neon signatures—has been scaled, formatted, and packaged across five target modules to populate the ecosystem hierarchy.
March 1st. St David's Day. Cardiff goes to Athens. While the rest of Wales is pinning Daffodils to their lapels and singing in the rain, we're doing something significantly weirder. The Hollow Circuit Book One — Official 2nd Edition — drops on Kindle. March 1st, 2026. From Athens.
There is no ethical consumption under monopoly capitalism. There is no clean tech under surveillance capitalism. There is no exit available to everyone — because exit requires resources, health, technical capacity, and time that are not equally distributed.
The first 6 episodes are free on Tumblr. After that? The series moves into the AltCardiff2026 GlitchZine Newsletter — subscribers only.
AI companies are currently selling consequences — your business will run better, your research will go faster, your decisions will be sharper — while refusing accountability for the output those consequences depend on.
The Hollow Circuit™ represents the convergence of 14 years of Cardiff street photography, philosophical investigation, and practical AI research into a cohesive transmedia universe now protected by international trademark law.
@ichbinLloyd is an AOF account on X that dates back to 2010 (the heady days of Twitter). It’s still going, and it’s dedicated primarily to black and white photography.
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The Hollow Circuit™, Hyperstition Architecture™,
The Veylon Protocol™, and Cognitive Colonisation™
are proprietary intellectual property of Art of FACELESS.