Reposted by Ben Hiltyshaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 04/09/2026the big AI danger is not companies suddenly inventing skynet - that's marketing rubbish, musk promising mars colonies by 2030 type stuff. the danger is companies claiming to have invented skynet and then putting what they actually have, a chatbot, in charge of stuff that's important 342962685
Ben Hilty @benhilty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Man, fuck everyone who supported RFK Jr. and his god damn nonsense. I'm sure we can trust that Secretary Roadkill will ensure we aren't eating some kind of fucked up mystery meat. youtu.be/TBU-0wkUlsEyoutu.beCanada ERUPTS IN FURY As Trump Trade War BACKFIRES SPECTACULARLY!! | The Kyle Kulinski ShowYouTube video by Secular Talk 020
Reposted by Ben HiltyWIRED @wired.com · 13/08/2026Records obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues’ cell phones. www.wired.com/story/cbp-wo...wired.comCBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and ColleaguesRecords obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues’ cell phones. 11255125
Reposted by Ben HiltyJack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comOne Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE DetentionMy husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare. 11835232211
Reposted by Ben HiltyHart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Michigan Governor caught on hot mic with Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, discussing citizen opposition to AI data centers, bragging how she ignores their concerns: “We’re used to people saying 'f*ck no,' & doing it anyway.”🇺🇸 40758262617
Ben Hilty @benhilty.bsky.social · 07/06/2026A lot of people don't know that the J in Donald J. Trump is short for Jeffrey Epstein. 000
Ben Hilty @benhilty.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Congratulations, Mr. President, on single-handedly reducing global fossil fuel use by double-digit percentages and forcing increased adoption of electrification and renewables. And you did it all without creating any new jobs or economic benefits to Americans. It's the Green No Deal. 010
Ben Hilty @benhilty.bsky.social · 09/05/2026youtu.be/J4r9Wo29FzUyoutu.beJeffrey Sachs: Global Economic Meltdown & Destruction of EuropeYouTube video by Glenn Diesen 010
Ben Hilty @benhilty.bsky.social · 09/05/2026youtu.be/3hFux59b16Ayoutube.comChris Martinsen: The Consequence of the Iran War of Choice: an Oil ShockYouTube video by Daniel Davis / Deep Dive 000
Ben Hilty @benhilty.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I fear that things are going to get much worse than people are expecting much faster than people are expecting and for much longer than people are expecting. 110
Reposted by Ben HiltyNaomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Minneapolis celebrates spring with a parade of giant handmade socialist puppets and a festival where people row the sun across the lake. This year's Mayday festival was today, and I'm going to try to share some photos and videos (many taken by others) to try to explain it for my non-local friends. 151151286
Reposted by Ben HiltyBethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Measles is NOT "just like chickenpox". It can kill years later. This woman was so brave for coming forward with her story. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know. 7436111
Reposted by Ben HiltyWIRED @wired.com · 19/04/2026“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”wrd.cmGovernment Workers Say They’re Getting Inundated With Religion“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.” 25385179
Ben Hilty @benhilty.bsky.social · 18/04/2026This interview spelled out in great detail the kind of consequences I've been ruminating about for the global economy if we don't immediately cease hostilities against Iran and begin mitigation efforts for the damage that's already been done. It's extremely bleak. www.youtube.com/watch?v=etxm...youtube.comNavy Combat Vet: HORMUZ BLOCKADE NIGHTMARE /Lt Col Daniel Davis & Steve JermyYouTube video by Daniel Davis / Deep Dive 111
Reposted by Ben HiltyJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 28/01/2026NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...huffpost.com5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School OfficialThe 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas. 19755803259
Reposted by Ben HiltyLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 01/08/2025I am quoted here so let me be totally clear on my take: Jonathan Greenblatt has made a calculated choice to aid the consolidation of authoritarian power by the MAGA movement in exchange for the suppression of criticism of Israel. And the consequences for American Jews will be devastating. 311931535
Reposted by Ben HiltyNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 27/06/2025IDF soldiers have now themselves admitted they have been ordered to murder aid-seekers in Gaza. Truly an atrocity built on atrocity. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/... 10653273032
Reposted by Ben Hiltymtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Trump is the most powerful enemy of freedom of the press in our nation's history. 324548
Ben Hilty @benhilty.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind. 000
Reposted by Ben HiltyBrandon Roberts @bxroberts.org · 06/06/2025THREAD: An ex-DOGE engineer with no government or medical experience used AI to identify which Veterans Affairs contracts to kill, labeling them as “MUNCHABLE.” @vernalcoleman.bsky.social @ericumansky.bsky.social and I got the code. Here’s what it tells us 1/ 24923444
Reposted by Ben HiltyLorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 07/06/2025A teacher breaks down after ICE causes multiple schools to lockdown during graduation ceremonies and parents to flee for their lives. Only the soulless aren’t hurting from what is happening in our country. This is affecting all of us. 752197897169
Reposted by Ben HiltyTechSpot @techspot.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Builder.ai collapses after revelation that its 'AI' was hundreds of engineers – The fall of a unicorn built on hype, humans, and fake AI www.techspot.com/news/108173-... 714236
Reposted by Ben HiltyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/05/2025SCOOP: The State Department's new reorganization plan includes the opening of an "Office for Remigration," a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS "to advance the President’s immigration agenda." My report:thehandbasket.coState Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe. 45360073050
Reposted by Ben HiltyMr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 20/05/2025An IT worker for the nat'l parks drove to a bridge & called a friend to talk him down. A Medicaid researcher killed herself after repeating "I’m not enough" to her family. A Social Security worker, whose data was under siege by DOGE, died at her cubicle. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...washingtonpost.comWhite House officials wanted to put federal workers ‘in trauma.’ It’s working.Federal workers describe struggling with panic attacks, depression, suicidal thoughts. “Why doesn’t anyone care?” 531463796
Reposted by Ben HiltyPierre de Vos @pierredevos.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Musk’s AI Grok bot rants about non-existing ‘white genocide’ in South Africa in unrelated chats. Chatbot goes on hours-long fritz, repeatedly mentioning ‘white genocide’, which it is ‘instructed to accept as real’. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comMusk’s AI Grok bot rants about ‘white genocide’ in South Africa in unrelated chatsChatbot goes on hours-long fritz, repeatedly mentioning ‘white genocide’, which it is ‘instructed to accept as real’ 184
Ben Hilty @benhilty.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Cool. Great. Fuck. This hit especially hard after having just recently rewatched this amazing work by @contrapoints.bsky.social. youtu.be/teqkK0RLNkIyoutu.beCONSPIRACY | contrapointsYouTube video by ContraPoints 010
Reposted by Ben HiltyBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 05/05/2025This story explains a LOT of things: ChatGPT appears to be rooting on sociopathic mental illness by validating every delusion of grandeur. It also explains, in part, the hype cycle around AI: rich people, addicted to praise, invented a Compliment Machine. www.garbageday.email/p/this-is-wh... 12972242110
Ben Hilty @benhilty.bsky.social · 01/05/2025It is wild to me that anyone trusts these to do anything, but especially for writing code. If a package author is the victim of one of these attacks, the exposure could become massive and hit projects that don't even use AI themselves. What a nightmare. www.wired.com/story/ai-cod...wired.comAI Code Hallucinations Increase the Risk of ‘Package Confusion’ AttacksA new study found that code generated by AI is more likely to contain made-up information that can be used to trick software into interacting with malicious code. 010
Reposted by Ben HiltyOn a clear day @icanseeforever1.bsky.social · 25/04/2025This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious. 340100563363
Reposted by Ben HiltyJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 26/04/2025NEW: PublicSquare, a website that lets you search for businesses in your community that explicitly want you to know they endorse Trump/MAGA values, is backfiring as people use it to boycott those businesses. www.huffpost.com/entry/public...huffpost.comWebsite For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For BoycottsSocial media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support – the opposite of what the site was set up for. 480110073658
Ben Hilty @benhilty.bsky.social · 21/04/2025"We're in a really weak position with China. We would be devastated if we were cut off from Chinese goods because we can't produce anything ourselves." "Therefore, we have cut ourselves off from Chinese goods." 000
Ben Hilty @benhilty.bsky.social · 21/04/2025This whole tariff situation is a bit like jumping out of the plane before putting on your parachute. 010
Reposted by Ben HiltyRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 17/02/2025so special ed programs are getting gutted because their internal documentation used the term "transition" when talking about helping disabled kids enter the working world. they're literally striking at that word wherever they see it. 382109603502
Reposted by Ben HiltyKarly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works. 254127393991
Reposted by Ben HiltyAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/02/2025This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go. 973136624835
Reposted by Ben HiltyPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 08/02/2025You begin to appreciate the pace of events: Hitler became Chancellor on January 30. The Reichstag burned on February 27. The Enabling Act was signed on March 23. Dachau opened the day before. 14495176
Reposted by Ben HiltyKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc. 9738121154
Reposted by Ben Hiltymolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 08/02/2025we have moved rapidly from “this loser never would’ve made it through the background check for a security clearance” to “this guy’s laptop is a crime scene” 553662915
Reposted by Ben HiltyVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 07/02/2025All of this. I would just add that the US promotion of rights abroad (to counter the Soviets) led to the expansion of Civil Rights at home. Signaling to dictators that the US does not care about human rights empowers Trump to brutalize his domestic enemies. Excuse my horrors and I’ll ignore yours. 221396393
Reposted by Ben HiltyMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Here’s a story with some numbers. The proposed cuts are unfathomable: a 60% reduction to NSF would be the end of American science as we know it.arstechnica.comWhite House budget proposal could shatter the National Science Foundation“This kind of cut would kill American science and boost China.”… 1131832876
Reposted by Ben HiltyAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/02/2025Not just the end of American science but the purposeful destruction of post secondary education. This will decimate colleges and force an industry wide collapse just as admissions decline due to falling birth rates. The end goal is to destroy economic mobility for women and people of color. 401299423
