SHL0MS
It's Such a Beautiful Day, intranasal insulin, USSR pulsometers, origami
Today’s guest is SHL0MS. SHL0MS blew up a Lamborghini. I am SHL0MS.
Stat sheet
💼 Occupation: self-taught dilettante
🏠 Neighborhood: x.com, ethereum layer 1
🌎 Origin: gametogenesis
💪 Notable work: the car thing
🪜 Socials: only really active on twitter but you’re free to follow me @shl0ms on instagram or tiktok where i am inactive but may randomly send you weird videos
So how’d you end up here, doing this interview?
i follow my gut with all major life decisions and, if unsure, flip a coin (with the caveat that if the coin flip reveals i have a negative reaction to the result then i do the opposite). this has led me to strange life circumstances.
Let’s check in with where your head is at right now. What tabs do you currently have open on your phone?
due to a bit of unfortunate timing, i just completed my ~quarterly safari spring cleaning (having hit their stupid 500 open tab limit). right now i have 69 on chrome, 63 on safari, 57 on bing, and 16 on firefox
The Relationship Between the Stomatognathic System and Body Posture - been reading a bit about jaw posture stuff because i have really bad TMJ and been on a health research kick
Demystifying Transdisciplinary Ontology: Multiple Levels of Reality and the Hidden Third - no idea how or why i ended up here, your guess is as good as mine
Koka Nikoladze - this guy makes interesting musical gadgets and i suppose i was perusing these at some point
Focusing Light with a Flame Lens - feels self-explanatory
Vintage Pulsometers - anyone who follows me knows i have a thing for old quirky electronics like watches and calculators. lately i’ve been gravitating towards old USSR pulsometers, especially these Slava ones
Speculation in a Truth Chamber - this defunct blog was really amazing and i revisit some of their archived posts sometimes
Atomic Rocketships of the Space Patrol / Technology and Society 2 - this is the 2nd in a 3 part series exploring the hypothetical impact of technological advances on society through the lens of hard scifi; the whole site is basically like this and very good browsing when understimulated
shl0ms.com/- - had this open testing some intent link shenanigans
Interesting Tabs to Pretend to Have Open When Someone Asks What Tabs You Have Open on Your Phone - an article i was reading completely unrelated to this interview
How about the Platonic form of SHL0MS—what people, places, or activities make you feel most yourself?
i feel most myself when not dissociating. i also like getting lost in random unremarkable back streets in small cities
What do you do in your spare time?
all of my time is spare and therefore none of it is
What makes you forget about checking your phone?
really anything tactile and analog, usually that means origami or playing guitar or just noodling around with something or other
Wind it back. What’s your favorite memory from the past year?
will take this one to the grave
Now fast forward. What are you most looking forward to in the next month?
as the human behind shl0ms, something very personal. as shl0ms, getting to hibernate in my lair and go into unstructured feral mode.
Time to get weird. What’s the weirdest thing you believe?
the weirdest thing about me is that i don’t have many weird beliefs. i guess a recent one is that more people should probably be spraying insulin up their nose.
Back to normie questions. What’s your dream job?
don’t really want a “job” but if i had to pick, creative director at OpenAI (or whatever company takes their place idk)
What work of yours are you most proud of?
mostly things i haven’t released
What are two goals, one personal and one professional, that you have for the next year? For your lifetime?
i mostly improvise life
Last few questions, focused on mapping your socio-creative world. Who are your creative inspirations?
Zima Blue, Christo & Jeanne-Claude
How about among people you know or are friends with?
first one that comes to mind is deafbeef
What creative scenes or movements are you most excited about right now?
whatever you’d call this, or this
If you could have a sleepover with anyone in the world, who would it be?
most of my heroes are dead so that would be weird
Send the last pic in your camera roll, no context.
I am shl0ms. Who should we have on next?
@deepfates would be interesting probably
SHL0MS’ List
Five recs for right now
due to some childhood trauma i have an intense aversion to picking favorites of anything, but i will pick the first thing that comes to mind so as not to be boring
🎬 It’s Such a Beautiful Day - half of the people i recommend this to end up hating it which is their loss
🎵 Bahar-e-Delneshin - one of my favorite musicians is a folk singer i cannot name for personal reasons so here is a song i discovered recently that vaguely reminds me of them
📚 By Opening This Book You Agree to All of the Following Terms by Jonas Lund. due to my extensive legal training i of course do not accept the terms of contracts i cannot read in advance and therefore have not unsealed my copy.
🥙 hole in the wall mediterranean food. expensive mediterranean food is an abomination and should be illegal.
📍 gatekept
Want more? Go follow SHL0MS at the links above. To collect SHL0MS' trading card, find them IRL and ask to scan.