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David Dark

@daviddark.bsky.social
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believes radiohead / tenured talker /author of Everyday Apocalypse: Art, Empire, & the End of the World, We Become What We Normalize, & Explain All These Controls: U2 & the Inner America (forthcoming)

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 10h
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Is Hal Jordan’s plant Green Lantern of J586?
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lone gunman #3 - smallerdemon @smallerdemon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Fish Chicken Green Lantern is hurting me by existing.
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"How long do men believe it takes for a woman’s violated soul to repair itself?" @erinoverbey.bsky.social erinoverbey.substack.com/p/the-eyes-i...
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The Eyes in the Rearview Mirror
On Cornell, My Own Sexual Assault, and the Cowardice—and Occasional Heroism—of Men
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Erin Overbey @erinoverbey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I wrote about Cornell, My Own Sexual Assault, and the Cowardice of Men for my new Substack This is “The Eyes in the Rearview Mirror” open.substack.com/pub/erinover...
New Substack post: The Eyes in the Rearview Mirror: On Cornell, My Own Sexual Assault, and the Cowardice—and Occasional Heroism—of Men
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
tbh i don't expect US troops or anything, but if say, federalists win the AB referendum and separatists try and arguing that said referendum was stolen.... it's not hard to think of separatists attempting a UDI and asking for US assistance
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Is Hal Jordan’s plant Green Lantern of J586?
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Larry Jackson @ljlawyers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“But Pike’s attorneys said that they could not reach the governor’s office or the Tennessee Supreme Court as the execution was going disastrously wrong. Ferrell said a call to the emergency number they’d been instructed to use by the state supreme court went to voicemail.” Make Alito do it himself.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A south Florida political journalist explains why GOPers are beginning to worry that Angie Nixon can beat Ashley Moody.
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And like Alex Vindman, Moody is proving to be a terrible campaigner.
Moody runs and hides from the press and her campaign for the Senate is calling her opponent "Socialist Angie" over and over again. With gas prices high, the economy weak, an unpopular war, is that enough?
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Talking to Republican consultants, they are worried about the Senate race in Florida. They still think Ashley Moody will win, but their confidence has waned in recent weeks. Moody does not generate any excitement and Vance's recent comments only energize the opposition.
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As Republicans demonize 
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, and JD Vance tells her "you don't belong in America," they run the risk of having it backfire. Nixon can be a compelling figure. Here she is getting emotional when I asked her to tell voters something personal about herself. 
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"There’s a dawning realization that they wrote without the slightest thought that a woman like me would engage their work in good-faith." @artwithin.bsky.social georgiainhermind.substack.com/p/am-i-allow...
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Am I Allowed to Be An Evangelical?
and as a queer person, why do I still want to be?
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"I’m hoping we get to learn both about the arrangement DHS made with Benny for this cosplay, and — more importantly — who has been funding Benny since his Russian gravy train was exposed." @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/2026/10/02/t...
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The Protestors Benny Defamed Finally Come After Him - emptywheel
Now that protestors Benny Johnson slandered a year are suing, maybe we'll learn exactly who funds Benny and how much.
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Todd Blanche should stop lying about applying justice equally for both Becca Good and Katie Miller. He refuses to do that. And it makes everyone less safe." @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/2026/10/02/t...
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Todd Blanche Stole the Justice Due Becca Good and Gave It to Katie Miller - emptywheel
When announcing the arrest of a guy who sent Katie Miller 40 mean messages, Todd Blanche claimed he would give everyone such protection. But a Klan Act lawsuit filed by Renee Good's family proves that...
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Todd Blanche should stop lying about applying justice equally for both Becca Good and Katie Miller. He refuses to do that. And it makes everyone less safe." @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/2026/10/02/t...
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Todd Blanche Stole the Justice Due Becca Good and Gave It to Katie Miller - emptywheel
When announcing the arrest of a guy who sent Katie Miller 40 mean messages, Todd Blanche claimed he would give everyone such protection. But a Klan Act lawsuit filed by Renee Good's family proves that...
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Please read @iamstevenhale.bsky.social on Christa Pike and her concern for Martinez Slemmer. Also Randy Spivey, Bill Lee, and Marsha Blackburn's ragebait. nashvillebanner.com/2026/10/01/c...
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Christa Pike survives botched Tennessee execution attempt - Nashville Banner
Christa Pike survives a botched execution attempt in Tennessee; lawyers report she is in critical condition and are unsure of her prognosis.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Between the Christianity of this land and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.” — Frederick Douglass bsky.app/profile/atru...
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"This was not a commitment to make AI safe for humanity. Rather, it was a commitment to collectively tell the public that the Masters of the Universe can take care of this themselves, without regulation." @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/2026/09/30/i...
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In the "Unites States" of "Super Intelligence," "Issues Are Remediated" - emptywheel
Once you realize Trump's morally binding AI code doesn't even spell "United States" properly, the whole sham looks even more ominous.
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are a beginning.
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"This interviewee has already said that he found the work to be fun, because staying up late with your buddies, working toward a common goal, is fun. Now he agrees calmly, indeed casually, that yes, he has been taking part in a genocide." @mashagessen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/o...
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Opinion | There Is a Word So Powerful It Need Be Spoken Only Once (Gift Article)
The film that makes a powerful statement without ever raising its voice.
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Erin Tinsman @erinjoy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
As @daviddark.bsky.social says, "There are so many ways to love God."
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Nurse accused of helping immigrant escape ICE custody at Ann Arbor hospital
The nurse allegedly told investigators she was "going to set him free" because she did not agree with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement separating people from their families.
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Kristin Du Mez @kkdumez.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh yes, I’m curious about U2’s possible early connections to the Shepherding Movement too. Have you come across any rung on that?
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Leah Payne @drleahpayne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Also got to catch with w/ @daviddark.bsky.social & @jewlyhight.bsky.social & @chrishauser and the Ashworth fam ❤️
Jewly HightDavid DarkChris Hauser Molly Nicholas, Andi Ashworth, Charlie Peacock, Mark Nicholas
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Mr. Trump aligned America with an industry that is still plagued by the very criminality that he said he was fighting by arresting Mr. Maduro." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What's "ASI?"
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
at some point governments are going to start demanding reparations from the united states for all the theft, coercion and attack by trump.
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Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And I raise that bc it LOOKS like someone tried to put electoral considerations above fascist ravenous for a few weeks and the fascists made clear they would not stand by it. We REALLY underestimate the extent to which Trump is terrified of his own fascists.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think this head fake deserves more interest, not least for the way it followed meat packers' concerns abt staffing. The working hypothesis is: GOP candidates: Call off the dogs!! Markwayne: Okay Daily Wire: The fascism has been slowed!! Fascists: MOAR FASCISM!!! Markwayne: Just kidding
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The illusion of speed and urgency promulgated by the tech companies is also a ploy to misdirect both policymakers and the public. Unfortunately, it sometimes works." @timnitgebru.blacksky.app & @emilymbender.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
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Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Build solutions” is an interesting pair of words.
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gurschecomedy.bsky.social @gurschecomedy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Generally, technical fields, mostly computer related, anywhere people are trying to “build solutions” Eg wind farm turbine blades are notoriously difficult to recycle == we’ll fix it in the next iteration Eg 2 Nuclear waste dumped in the ocean, now the barrels are leaking Eg 3 AI hacks govt sites
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What do you mean by “in tech?”
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“In tech,” is doing some interesting work here. There is no tech world anymore than there’s a business world. There’s just one world which includes our tools (tech) & our trades (business).
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm afraid the Doomer discourse has persisted for another week (UN "AI" briefing, etc) so in case you missed this when we first put it out earlier in this bananas news cycle, I'm reposting it: buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch... w/ @alexhanna.bsky.social and @deccamuldowney.bsky.social
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What To Read To Stay Grounded Amidst AI Doomerism
Our recommendations for the anxious and perplexed By: Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna and Decca Muldowney There’s a subculture within the “AI” industry that...
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The illusion of speed and urgency promulgated by the tech companies is also a ploy to misdirect both policymakers and the public. Unfortunately, it sometimes works." @timnitgebru.blacksky.app & @emilymbender.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
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Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.
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Gerardo Martí @gerardomarti.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ricoeur also speaks of "the capacity of language to open up new worlds" & "a disclosure of unprecedented worlds, an opening on to other possible worlds which transcend the established limits of our actual world." Application is LLMs, masked as ordinary speech, creating "new worlds," drawing us in.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In any attempt to say, “this is my best approximation of the real,” we’re responsible for that arrangement. *We’re* responsible. Not AI. If we give that responsibility—in its fullest, most transparent sense—up… well, why would anyone want to? That responsibility is the gift we’ve been given.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My friend Jeff Allred turned me toward Marianne Moore’s poem “Poetry,” in which she defines it as “imaginary gardens with real toads in them.” I use that in my nonfiction classes. “Real toads”: facts; “imaginary gardens” speaks to the way we arrange them, in an essay or a scientific article.
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"There are people...whose accounts show a Blue Check who are not paying for a Premium membership...This fine has nothing to do with censorship. It has to do with fraud & transparency...DOJ has joined Xitter to defend Elon’s fraudulent ways." @emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel.net/2026/09/27/d...
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DOJ Intervenes in EU to Help Elon Musk Defraud Users - emptywheel
DOJ is now colluding with Elon Musk in fraud, all to export far right extremism into the EU.
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lone gunman #3 - smallerdemon @smallerdemon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A double holy shit was that I just remembered Christine's friend's name was Tamsen. Damn. I met another Tamsen later in my life who was a close friend (RIP - lost in 2020 to cancer). It never dawned on me until just today that I knew another Tamsen.
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Copy that. I like imagining he was there.
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Noel Mummy 🤕 @noelmu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He might've been. This was before the time that I knew Jim, but we may have talked about it later. I'm pretty sure he was at MTSU around then. But I can't say for sure, alas.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My foreign policy views are simple. I think we should be the first among equals to enforce the international law we helped build. Thanks, @ezraklein.bsky.social, for having me on the show.
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
How lovely to imagine. Question: Might you know if Jim Ridley was there?
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Noel Mummy 🤕 @noelmu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I was at that show!
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
How fun!
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Toby Leonard @tntoby.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I camped overnight at the green hills Sound Shop for that ticket! wish i still had it.
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Here for you.
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lone gunman #3 - smallerdemon @smallerdemon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I do not know of Heather's movements through time. Holy shit, my mind was blocking that I managed the Capri. In my head I went from Plaza to the Brentwood.
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is the age! daviddark.substack.com/p/i-will-alw...
Ticket stub from November 1987. U2 playing Middle Tennessee State University
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yes. I of course thought of you when I mentioned the Capri Twin (where we met). Do you know what's become of Heather Brown? I found her wonderful.
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