Reposted by Damon gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And you know, there is something obscene about using the exploitation and murder of poor Black men, women, and children as a metaphor for a largely white electorate supporting a conman. The comparison borrows the horror of their deaths while discarding the conditions of their lives. 128925
Reposted by Damon gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If Jonestown is going to teach us anything, let it be how human needs can be weaponized, and how power destroys the possibility of refusal. Remember the victims as people instead of cheap synonyms for being an idiot. 234649
Reposted by Damon gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026That’s what disgusts me almost beyond reason — the casual assurance that these people died because they were foolish, and that our cleverness would have saved us. Like murdered families are a compliment we pay ourselves for being so smart. 228618
Reposted by Damon gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There are serious things to say about authoritarianism, manipulation, and cults of personality, but “lol, drink the Kool-Aid” does none of that work. It makes the victims’ supposed gullibility the memorable part and lets the machinery of their captivity and agonizing death disappear. 534234
Reposted by Damon gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026At the end, children were poisoned and armed guards surrounded the pavilion. People objected because they wanted to live. They were shot for it. Whatever individual adults believed or chose, calling the whole thing blind devotion erases coercion, and children cannot consent to their own murder. 132218
Reposted by Damon gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026People were isolated in a remote settlement in Guyana, subjected to surveillance, threats, and intense punishment. Leaving was dangerous. Some escaped, and others desperately sought help getting out. “Why didn’t they just leave?” is remarkably easy to ask from somewhere you’re free to leave. 135323
Reposted by Damon gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Peoples Temple drew members through promises of racial equality, material support, and community. Most were poor, many were elderly. 70% of its members (and victims) were Black. Wanting somewhere to live with dignity and joy was the vulnerability Jones exploited. 539429
Reposted by Damon gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I am so tired of Jonestown being a stock reference for “haha, you’re in a cult.” 918 people died, most against their will, and still it has become shorthand for how stupid you think someone is. It's the McDonald's hot coffee incident of mass death — universally referenced, entirely misremembered. 37957229
Reposted by Damon Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026An adopted St. Louis man discovered his father is five-time Grammy award winner Michael McDonaldkctv5.comAdopted St. Louis man discovers his biological father is a Grammy-winning artistA St. Louis man who spent decades wondering about his biological roots was recently reunited with his birth parents—and discovered his father is a five-time Grammy Award winner 861312239
Reposted by Damon Brandon Marcello @brandonmarcello.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Protect College Sports Act passes Senate: Historic bill takes first step, but uncertainty awaits in House Full story with reaction, what changed in the bill and what's next: www.cbssports.com/college-foot...cbssports.comProtect College Sports Act passes Senate: Historic bill takes first step, but uncertainty awaits in HouseThe bipartisan bill aimed at stabilizing college sports passed its first test with Monday night's Senate vote, but more hurdles must be cleared in the House before it can be signed into law 021
Reposted by Damon Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 28/09/2026This is huge news, especially for all the "Bluesky isn't really decentralized" folks. Having the PLC Org as wholly independent is a big, important step forward. And great to see that Filippo is part of it... 414629
Reposted by Damon NFL News Poster @nflnewsposter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026[NFL] LAMAR TO FLOWERS WITH 1 SECOND LEFT twitter.com/NFL/status/2... 0103
Reposted by Damon NFL News Poster @nflnewsposter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026[NFL] WALKOFF WINNER FOR TYLER LOOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! twitter.com/NFL/status/2... 13510
Reposted by Damon alex benzer @alexbenzer.com · 10/06/2026when you join a community, its posts show up in your Discover feed. you can also turn on activity notifications and get updates from communities you’ve joined. there could also be a special feed or custom feeds that show updates from your communities. 132449
Reposted by Damon alex benzer @alexbenzer.com · 10/06/2026to start, there would be three privacy levels to choose from: - public (anyone can find it, read and post) - invite-only (anyone can find it, but you must be approved to read and post) - private (you need a link to find it, and you must be approved to read and post). 2141142
Reposted by Damon alex benzer @alexbenzer.com · 10/06/2026each community gets a handle that doubles as a URL, like community-name.bsky.social or community-name.bsky.space. go to that URL and you land on a custom homepage for the community. builders can also host a completely custom experience there instead. 1030915
Reposted by Damon alex benzer @alexbenzer.com · 10/06/2026on Bluesky, you’ll be able to create communities, join them, post in them, and get updates. the core features on Bluesky stay simple. the magic comes from communities also existing on the open web. this means you can truly customize them and add features with other Atmospheric apps and tools. 533927
Reposted by Damon alex benzer @alexbenzer.com · 10/06/2026communities are coming to Bluesky this year. today, Bluesky is one big space. communities will be smaller spaces inside that where you can go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff. 1501894340
Reposted by Damon Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There’s a “pro-data center party” taking place in D.C. right now, with a generative AI photo booth, AI themed cocktails 161812163
Reposted by Damon ShinSpiegel @shinspiegel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Open-source isn't enough. We need ownership, governance. If these words had hit your, give a read: jeferson.me/blog/2026/07... #Activitypub #Capitalism #Cooperative #Democracy #Fediverse #Freedom #Mastodon #OpenSource #Ownership #PlatformCoop #SelfHostingjeferson.meCooperative SoftwareWhat if the apps we use were owned by the people who use them? A dive into platform cooperatives, the internet we could have, and why open source and open protocols alone aren't enough. 042
Reposted by Damon Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 25/09/2026Watch what you post because Threads just might pretend you're the guy who masturbated on the plane. What just happened to Peter Shankman is a warning for all of us using Meta products. 321703508
Damon @damonoutlaw.xyz · 25/09/2026Weird how when poor people and or those in mental health crisis “go rogue” they go to prison. Stop peddling this AI going rogue. Yet your outlet claims to be serious and reliable. Publishing contents like this is deeply concerning 183
Reposted by Damon hailey @hailey.at · 17/09/2026okay i’m very impressed with @typesafeai.bsky.social. it’s a bit late and it’s time to have some beers in mexico but i’m getting some extremely promising results on real world classification tasks that historically would have needed either large models or finetunes on expensive gpus 1123115
Reposted by Damon The Cocky One @cockymf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"We tried to warn you but you wouldn't listen." -Ancient Black American proverb 24624
Reposted by Damon I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026“Although Black and Hispanic teen girls are disproportionately providing family care compared to white youth, Black boys and young men are also becoming the main caregivers in their families. During COVID-19, Black and brown youth caregivers filled gaps in a broken healthcare system.”capitalbnews.orgYoung Black Men and Boys Are Quietly Taking On a Caregiving Crisis Few People See5.4 million children and adolescents in the U.S. are caregivers. For Black male youth, the picture is even more complicated. 3420135
Reposted by Damon Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026ngl I was stunned by this article's cite to a study showing that 5.4 million children & teens in the US have family caregiving responsibilities @jessicacalarco.com has done lotsa interesting work on how the US uses women in lieu of a social safety net but I had no idea how much labor falls on..kids 401232437
Damon @damonoutlaw.xyz · 21/09/2026I’m not one to get offended over any and everything but this is poor taste. Especially when once considers the connotations due to mental health . #JerseyMikes #food #wtf #wth #Monday 000
Reposted by Damon Nick Juskewycz @itssked.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Chris Simms my GOAT. He's 100% spot on here 31959242
Reposted by Damon CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I don't know this Ja'Marr Chase catch is even physically possible 16581101
Reposted by Damon Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Allegations against Lauren Boebert include sexual relations with Congressional employees, hush money payments, and thousands of dollars in misused official and campaign funds. Here's the redacted complaint: media.coloradotimesrecorder.com/wp-content/u...media.coloradotimesrecorder.com 999130194816
Reposted by Damon Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 19/09/2026🚨BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a sweeping package of election laws Saturday, including a measure making it a felony to seize ballots, election records or voting technology before an election is certified. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comCalifornia enacts new election safeguards against potential Trump interference in midtermsIt’s the latest move by the Golden State to prevent law enforcement or federal officials from disrupting the counting of votes ahead of the midterms. 13958791689
Reposted by Damon Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026RE: hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/117294245… I think if you’re a person who sees this and says ‘other people also enslaved people’ you should walk into the seahachyderm.io 2316
Reposted by Damon Robert Kingett @weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026If you really want to tell disabled people to use an open source or alternative thing instead of the proprietary thing, you better make damn well sure that open source or alternative thing is at least screen reader friendly as a bare minimum when it comes to disability access if you're the […]caneandable.socialOriginal post on caneandable.social 0317
Damon @damonoutlaw.xyz · 19/09/2026Someone please check the QB from NC St phone. Either dude is betting or he truly had one of the all-time mental gaffes . All he had to do was run in any direction and hold onto the ball. #CFB 010
Reposted by Damon Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Symbols matter. White House isn't a palace. Kennedy Center is for the general public to enjoy. We don't have a triumphal arch in DC because that's imperial. We don't put the president's face on money because it's monarchical. It's about tearing down everything that says we're a democratic republic. 292553659
Reposted by Damon Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 18/09/2026People devote considerable engineering ingenuity to making unhoused folks' lives worse. Behold two different kinds of Los Angeles unsleepable bus benches. 1432455645
Reposted by Damon SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is Eliezer Yudkowsky ("Yud"). We see him here meeting with Bernie Sanders to advise him on AI Policy and arguing about AI Policy in The AI Doc, now on Netflix. 578730
Reposted by Damon SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 17/09/2026There has been a great effort over many years to distance AI Safety discussion and policy from its origins and intellectual center, because its center is a sex cult started by a fan fiction author. If you want to be taken seriously you have to hide that. 3105484
Reposted by Damon SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'm back, I missed you all. Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult. I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?) (alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory) 1003238776
Reposted by Damon Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026ICE soldiers are cutting power to houses, posing as electricians to trick residents into stepping outside—to be abducted. Edgar Martinez, fell victim to this trick last month. Both my ICE contacts have confirmed, ICE is concocting new ways to capture our neighbors. thelibertyunderground.org/donate 14199152
Reposted by Damon Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 16/09/2026🇪🇺💞🪿 • 🇪🇺💞🪿 • 🇪🇺💞🪿 • 🇪🇺💞🪿 • 🇪🇺💞🪿 • 🇪🇺💞🪿 I'm delighted to announce that @eurosky.social and our brilliant friends from @gandersocial.ca are partnering up! Ahead of Canada's associate EU membership announced by @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu this morning, we'll be weaving our social internets closer. 1122853
Reposted by Damon Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 11/09/2026Universities are subsidizing internal AI tools that are, from the perspective of the humanities, enabling cheating & cognitive outsourcing. The cost in resources is certainly an issue, but the fact that these tools undermine the work we ask students to do is ridiculous www.umass.edu/it/genai/pla...umass.eduGenAI Platform : UMass Amherst Information Technology : UMass AmherstThe UMass GenAI platform is an intuitive and user-friendly platform designed to provide the UMass community with equitable access to leading generative AI models, including OpenAI (ChatGPT), Anthropic... 6387119
Damon @damonoutlaw.xyz · 17/09/2026Ever lay down and reflect on an insane day that you had in disbelief. Just truly thinking to yourself wtf was that? 040
Reposted by Damon Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 17/09/2026Regular reminder that Telegram is not as secure as Signal. 19318
Reposted by Damon Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 16/09/2026KYRIE IRVING SAYS HE WILL COVER A $11,492 FINE THAT TEXANS LINEBACKER AZEEZ AL-SHAAIR INCURRED FOR WRITING THE NAME OF A YOUNG PALESTINIAN GIRL KILLED BY ISRAEL'S MILITARY ON HIS EYE BLACK 519352
Reposted by Damon Clearsky App @clearsky.app · 07/01/2026We are actively working to bring down current costs and optimize infrastructure. We appreciate the feedback, assistance, and support. #Clearsky 54013