Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialonion person @junlper.beer · 22hthis is the ultimate end point of capitalism, ai will completely atomize everyone and there will be zero shared experiences. there will be no culture, only pure consumption. this must be resisted 1154847824
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialBig Joel @bigjoel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026people working in a field doesn't just magically confer an ability to divine information. an AI worker saying they're worried still needs evidence beyond, "if this happens and this happens, then this bad thing will happen, and I just think it's pretty likely that it will" 1557049
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period. 106138735606
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 10/07/2026God this company is so goofy 2173274
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialJason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving. 8883364512530
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Business idea: algorithmic-style Dynamic Pricing at restaurants. You can get French onion soup for $1.75 when it's really hot out, but a tomato salad costs $57 in August. Everyone hates it; Softbank has already contributed $150m in funding just off the concept. 712152207
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 01/06/2026Today Microsoft moved all its GitHub copilot subscribers to token-based billing. If you want to see what happens when people have to pay the actual costs of AI, the day is finally here. It's obvious that every customer sees the deep, meaningful value and isn't angry at all. 323105043473
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Importantly, for the executives who cook their brains with genAI, there are zero repercussions to it. The "work" it does for them is meaningless, the "productivity" they perceive is completely meaningless, absolutely none of it fucking matters. The students' experience with it is very different. 348248
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialFDS @freyadalysad.bsky.social · 27/04/2026I love this essay very much!!!! 3777213347
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 21/04/2026It really does seem like we’re just accepting dystopia in alot of ways. Fundamentally anti-human behavior here. 1751583
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialQuest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 31/03/2026 5081171958
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialJason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 28/03/2026If you don't want GitHub Copilot trained on your code, you've been automatically opted in. You have until April 24th to opt out. 30338186
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 27/03/2026I also will add that the few reporters that I've seen say "AI lets me focus on reporting" don't get and have never got a single story of note, have no interesting or novel analysis, and mostly just say "here's the scoop on the company directly from the company" in different forms 746536
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialKagi HQ @kagi.com · 17/03/2026Not sure how we went from plain, straightforward words to LinkedIn speak but now you can use Kagi Translate to fit right into that crowd: translate.kagi.com?from=en&to=L... 1214233
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialonion person @junlper.beer · 04/03/2026linux heads were always right. time to sit my dumbass down and learn 1554472553
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialTodd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Let's check in with Katy Perry 4563046
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 26/02/2026This is a Nazi move. Stripping people of rights, invalidating their IDs, setting them up for criminalization and imprisonment. If you don't support trans rights, you support fascism. 882383966
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialathena (who is really cool) @athenaisreallycool.bsky.social · 26/02/2026 65118013290
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialGhoulothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 14/02/2026This is blackout poetry to me 218229654707
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 01/02/2026Cannot express how often this deal was reported as done despite it never being realistic. People said for months that Nvidia gave OpenAI $100bn! Months! They thought me mad for suggesting otherwise. It’s the beginning of history! 1079375
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 16/01/2026in case you didn't understand why transphobic rhetoric worried us so much about this guy, well it's because it's a signal that shit like this is coming next. 864683870
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialMr. Buddy @alexfirer.bsky.social · 10/01/2026AI companies rushing into the future like me driving right through a barricade and over a cliff. 012714
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 08/01/2026"Nuance" meaning "cops encountered a situation regular Americans deal with every single day and responded with murderous gunfire" 544444682
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialBASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 05/01/2026The Free Speech Union commissioned a "security" report on us, so we tested their security. Turns out - it sucks. We've now published the names of everyone who has donated to a FSU fundraiser, along with how much they gave and to which campaign. www.transbashback.com/fsu.html xoxo BASH BACKtransbashback.comBASH BACK 441844665
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialshaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 03/01/2026i feel like i see a lot of "mysterious new account makes big bet on insider information" news stories and not enough people-being-arrested-for-that news stories 193054700
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialTV's Adam, who died 25 years ago THIS VERY SAME NIGHT, @tvsadam.bsky.social · 03/01/2026the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches 190128664028
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialRose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 02/01/2026One more reset bro one more reset 1540951
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialU.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 02/01/2026Carbon monoxide deaths spike in winter. Carbon monoxide alarms have expiration dates just like smoke alarms. If you can't remember the last time you replaced your carbon monoxide alarm, now is the time to rise like bread from your place of resting and check your alarm. 515033
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Sharp-eyed readers may note the overlaps between “gender ideology is a leftist plot to deprave the youth and molest our womenfolk”; “human rights are a Soviet/Islamist plot to sap our martial will to dominate and destroy our enemies”, and “the volk are threatened by the taint of the lesser races”. 5913127
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 08/12/2025On the lookout for an article about the AI boom that rivals this from 1999 where profits were framed as “a little much” www.wsj.com/articles/SB9... 942758
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialRobin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 02/12/2025This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy" 41880555
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialPM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Each Year Worldwide @tkovach.bsky.social · 07/11/2025 203273600
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialMad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 03/11/2025This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers 8750751911
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialonion person @junlper.beer · 03/11/2025even when far rightwingers are having an extremely positive experience on all fronts they’re still able to hallucinate a situation where they’re the victim 455152852615
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo! I know how hard you worked for this. 886302085443
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialonion person @junlper.beer · 25/10/2025hell yes two failures coming together for possibly the biggest flop ever, they’re makinf this just for me to laugh at i’m so thankful 1145894613
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 22/10/2025i don't get it. omen sushi in nyc is cheaper than nobu in malibu, where you dined last year without your wife 620158761861
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/10/2025man who tried to slash social security spending promises communism is coming if you just ignore the enormous job losses this year due to the technology he's developing for private profit 16081001356
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialGettin’ the Heebie Beebies 🌺👻 @heebiebeebies.bsky.social · 17/10/2025I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once. And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way. 6846233111
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialtherealWokeKong @donkeykonga.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Mamdani: “I think the mayor should be focusing on solving every day issues instead of attending parades all the time” Cuomo: “look at this stupid asshole who wants to do his job” 3153840
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialonion person @junlper.beer · 17/10/2025ultimately, zohran mamdani is a reminder that politicians can be younger than 80 years old 160166282253
Reposted by @arismatic.bsky.socialZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15/10/2025tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working 769306014757
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy)
