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David Esposito

@davidesposito1.bsky.social
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wet predictive processing existential thermal dynamic cyborg in a odd info material processing world. in other words i'm a chaos cartographer.

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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
because systems cant be good if the incentives making it are not good for the ecology and context in which humans live in our bio psycho social model of health and existence. incentives matter. this is why corporations cant provide true long term value. incentives.
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SAINT SLUGGODIN SAYS FUCK MARK CUBAN @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
ABSURDISM AS PRAXIS
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CASSETTE BEASTS 2002 | Bytten Studio @byttenstudio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Incarnation of Absurdism, Sisyphus, by @justivenhere.bsky.social
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Adi Robertson @thedextriarchy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm curious how much of the really out-of-pocket stuff here is drawn from users' actual words in product reviews, because my version of this page is extremely bland (except that it thinks I have two copies of my kid, maybe because I buy clothes across gender divisions?)
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Amazon uses its tracking data to guess whether shoppers have a flat butt and no friends
Some of Amazon’s descriptions sound more like a roast.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 07/10/2026
Big tech and AI companies cannot be trusted to regulate themselves. Big tech and AI companies cannot be trusted to regulate themselves. Big tech and AI companies cannot be trusted to regulate themselves. abcnews.com/amp/Politics...
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Former FTC Chair Khan dismisses 'constitution' signed by AI leaders to self-police
On "This Week," former FTC Chair Lina Khan called on Congress to help regulate AI.
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
trying to set up my nixos/guix linux set up today. i have this giant sort of system config ive kinda outlined and yet ugh i keep having to get back down to base but what im doing is at least i know what i need to optimize up front at least to make it easier. but yeah lots of layers.
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
i mean this is fair. ed tech that is just general doesnt tend ot help improve learning. it tends to help when its focused and knows what its optimizing from a learning journey lens. but just general stuff dosent help. at same time it likley could be useful for getting through to higher order pattern
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Rosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"As a bishop I am responsible for every soul in my archdiocese, and that includes those who are in the prisons," St. Louis Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski told Reuters.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
reading the 1 star reviews of machu picchu
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
oddly sound logic that might existentially help me a bit
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AlexandraC @alexandrac.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Good Morning, everyone. Here's a little #wednesdaywisdom to start the day.
A Crested Auklet, a small grey seabird with an orange beak and a tuft of feathers on its head, tilts its head comically while perched on a mossy rock. White text around it reads: "A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~ Herm Albright"
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Doctor Science ❌👑 @doctorscience.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@anandwrites.bsky.social very eloquently pointing out that a lot of the "homeless problem" you sneer at in cities is queer people, children, failed by their families in the rest of America.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
see what id think would be more depressing is all the "im trapped in late stage capitalism in a species that is incapable of processing information and building stable coalitions long term that can actually provide value so we act like corporations are our only option" like that mental health dx
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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My experience trying to bring @talkingpointsmemo.com to TikTok has really made me cognizant of what a serious threat censorship from right leaning social media companies and their clunky AI is for all of us. talkingpointsmemo.com/the-weekende...
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TikTok Doesn’t Want Us To Talk About the News
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
i mean they are not wrong, the question of is what direction does it go. also im at the point where i gave up on democracy because it does nothing to prevent the elite from manipulating the crap out of it and its always made by a landed gentry to benefit the landed genty initially.
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
what no mention of the us social credit system. the logic of our creidt system is that if you fail the predatory system your lack moral character. i mean thats roughly what it is.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We’ve seen that American capitalism is one of the harshest forms of capitalism on the planet. How did it get so bad?
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Absofreakinlutely They Should......
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Let books be. Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, an annual observation started more than 40 years ago in response to a sudden surge in attempts to censor or remove books in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Sound familiar? Find ways to get involved and spread the word: bit.ly/4yvixbB.
LET BOOKS BE. Various line drawings related to libraries and books, including a hand holding a sign made of an open book that reads "Freed for ALL to Read," a tote bag that reads "Totes Resist" carrying a book, a full book cart with the head and tale of a horse with text that reads "A Wild Ride," and a closeup of two feet standing on a stack of books that say "A Soap Box" on their spines. Text at bottom reads "Protect the freedom to read. Banned Books Week, October 4-10, 2026." American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks
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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don't know what's your plan for lunch and/or #dinner today, but even if you don't plan to overfill your #taco, this is a genius trick. Of biblical proportions.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A few years ago, I said greedy egg producers like Cal-Maine were using their market power to deliberately drive up egg prices. My right-wing critics fried me for saying this — but now they all have egg on their face.
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Fox News Mocked Me For Being Right
When I said three years ago that egg companies were using the avian flu as cover to price-gouge, Fox News called me craz
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
nytimes.com
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i mean to be fair....on some level that is game respects game. yes he is pure evil. but that response was actually quite good. his takes on policy. yeah omfg fml.
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i guess the problem of learning so much about the human animal and the ecology we exist in and how we manage things treat others and think through things and why all the horrors of the world exist is you get to a point where you look at the person across from you and the world looks back.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 01/10/2026
We surveyed 210 of the most active climate communicators across the US and Canada. Only one pair reported both collaborating with each other AND sharing information with each other. Key results below. Read the full report here: talkingclimate.com/landscape-as...
A screenshot of the top five results from our US/Canada landscape survey of climate communicators - they tend to work alone, funding is scarce, they're helping people understand & act, they're mostly talking to insiders and they need connection.
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Italian photographer Valerio Minato spent 6 years trying to capture one perfect shot near Turin, Italy, where the Basilica of Superga, the Monviso mountain, and the Moon lined up in a single frame. Good Morning Blue Sky
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
it does track with pro life parties a lot sadly
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i have often wondered how right wing authoritarians around the world will adapt to AI. like people say on one hand it allows them to not need others to do their warfare against life. at the same time, if you weaken it enough to make it palatable to their minds dont you weaken the ai for other things
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Silicology @silicology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Pilot
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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models (Gift Article)
Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#gardening i def got my garden in late this year by a couple weeks. which is about 40% of the reason im where im at in how its performing. but i also noticed the odd temps we had during certain months and heavy rain in certain ways also affected it by like 30% effect size. and a few other things.
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i keep wondering how this will enshitiy things worse or how he is holding this off before the midterms
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
it really is crazy seeing too how ineffective their strategy for removal even is too. it doesn't matter in long run because they cant do anything to prevent the capitalist elite from brining them in to the country to begin with.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Always funny when ostensible liberals are like "You see, this postcolonial conflict is actually very nuanced and complex, because what makes it so very unique is that the majority ethnic group doesn't want to share power with the minority ethnic groups." Oh wow, I didn't know that, that's wild man.
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
to be fiar most "improvements" are top down improvements and yet we live in a bottom up world. is the real problem.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Super PACs aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have spent a combined $55.7 million and counting on the midterm elections. Almost none of their ads mention AI or data centers. Know their names and don't fall for their lies.
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Meet the Biggest Super PACs of 2026
Voters are increasingly opposed to U.S. aid to Israel, cryptocurrency, and AI data centers.That's why the Big Money grou
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit to compel Illinois to provide its complete statewide voter registration database. Another big victory for Elias Law Group and its clients. DOJ is now 0-19 in these cases. ELG remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/illino...
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🚨 United States of America v. Matthews
Learn more.
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Maybe just help us to get more beans or something that’s a start it helps with planetary boundries and health and black bean burgers are good
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Plus it’s not even like it competes with oil. Oil companies put them on top of their ocean oil rig platforms for power. It just adds to the power in a lot of ways
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I mean what do you think manufactured consent is? It’s hard to see specifics but like framing and uncertainty and ambiguity and the space between events and our minds is where they play for capital.
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Solidarity RPM @solidarityrpm.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
END ISRAEL'S OCCUPATION OF WESTMINSTER
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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Time to dump Google for good 😏 Google to pay SpaceX $920 million a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers share.google/yR7ozpt8H07Y...
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Google to pay SpaceX $920 million a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers
Ahead of a planned IPO, SpaceX inked a deal to rent compute capacity to Google for $920 million per month for 32 months.
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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
open.substack.com/pub/alisav/p...
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The Legal Loopholes That Let Epstein, Maxwell and Many Others Traffic Children in New Mexico For Decades Were Deliberately Awful & Specific to This State
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell raped, sexually assaulted, and trafficked hundreds, maybe thousands, of children at a 7,500-acre ranch in Stanley, New Mexico for more than two decades.
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Studying demographics just makes all this ice thing so much worse then combine demographics with coalitional psychology and demographic equilibrium and no wonder around the world housing costs are high. not because they need to but because boomers desire higher rents and costs than affordability
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Plus the U.S. is not energy independent we don’t make enough diesel to power our economy
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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
open.substack.com/pub/narativ/...
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SPECIAL REPORT: THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO CHARGE CLARENCE THOMAS ON MONDAY
Christopher Armitage says we need to pursue justice even when corrupt justices seem untouchable.
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Ambrose @ambrosia-engine.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Its not even just the sociology...age gating tech also just doesn't work. Kids are using cartoon characters to bypass facial recognition checks. Unless you have an ID system and controlled internet that presents a fundamentally authoritarian risk (see Iran) this cannot work.
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
1) ozone is the only planetary boundary we have not overshot like crazy so far. but of course we can't have nice things. 2) it does seem right that this won't actually lower costs because the companies know liberals will be back and reinforce it. so they will respond to uncertainty instead.
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David Esposito @davidesposito1.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
so track diesel that is what drives the economy not energy but power (energy + time). Diesel powers trucks, trains, mining equipment, big machines, the US does not have DIESEL oil , they have light crude which can't make diesel. so the issue is that the gas produce every day can't save us.
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