Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialonion person @junlper.beer · 06/10/2026one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them 8785801694
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Look at this, a nation state, nationing and stating. 81663289
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialDrawPlayDave @thedrawplay.com · 01/10/2026Is this the 2026 equivalent of your grandpa building the elaborate model train landscapes in the basement 21348
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialHolly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026crylaughing at the thought of Mike Tomlin getting home after a long day of listening to Aaron Rodgers and just straight up dissociating for five hours in Minecraft  191744240
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialJaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 30/09/2026I keep thinking about this and Nikole Hannah-Jones' pieces and how all the pain and devil's bargains with modern K-12 schooling is all in service of sending kids to places like this. At every "elite" high school, this is the goal. For fucking what? 124851
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialDrew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There are lots of ways to answer this and one of them is that studying history makes you a better citizen and our public universities have an obligation to produce good citizens. History education is essential to a republican model of government. Engineering is not. 631165173
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialMike Masnick @masnick.com · 27/09/2026I have a theory about how many of the world's problems are caused by people who were told they were the smartest people alive as kids, believed it, and then when they became adults and couldn't accept that maybe they weren't that special, started breaking shit if only to prove they were special 281185168
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Man Who Saved The World. May his memory be a blessing. 131426450
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776522128
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Greatest trick AI leaders have pulled is convincing many people—especially influential people in govt, media, and business—that their software is intelligent, independent, yet never culpable. Humans build it, humans deploy it, but no one bears responsibility for the things that happen when they do. 421662463
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026One of my most galaxy-brained takes is that politicians and political groups should talk more about workers’ share of national income. It's one of the clearest, simplest ways to describe how billionaires and corporate elites captured so much of the economy--and something policy can change.axios.comU.S. workers' share of national income falls to a new lowLabor's bargaining position has worsened markedly in the last half-decade. 27730263
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’ve floated, “GET YOUR HAND OUT MY POCKET, FOOL” for this purpose. So far no takers. 333662
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Most people have no idea how much international students are the lifeblood of higher education. But they’re about to learn. Sigh. 322236587
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“The customer is always wrong, now” is a great way to capture how specialize finance has ruined everything from our favorite store to your political process. Margins are now the only customer. The only voter. We have but one real way to exert power over any of it anymore. 4582147
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026if you don't know your own address it's because you specifically don't have to know it. people that detached from reality shouldn't be in a position to drive social policy for those of us living in reality 331809351
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialDr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I hope future generations judge us all for empowering Mark Zuckerberg, the man who only ever had one good idea which was born out of his desire to rank the hotness of women who would never look at him. He really is not the symbol of our times that we want, but he is the one we deserve. 27860201
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Allowing the most powerful segment of society to opt out of public services inevitably makes public services worse. This is why the existence of private schools inevitably makes public schools worse. A simple fact that seems hard for many to admit. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/private-sc...hamiltonnolan.comPrivate Schools Are Bad for SocietyThe starting point for any honest discussion. 13455125
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialBarred 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 401234437
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 21/09/2026Agree with this & I'd broaden it: as income inequality increases, the affluent class increasingly strains to free itself of public services. Those services suffer & the flywheel accelerates. Only way to stop is to say, for certain things, no: you have to use the same shit as us. 1744080
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026FAFO aside, his shock is a great distillation of how whiteness as a social construct is built around shattering communal understanding of our interconnected human ecosystem in favor of a mythical individualism How whiteness leaves its adherents defenseless against our shared oppressors: capitalists 201909546
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I think fundamentally a lot of what unites the "we have to pre-emptively surrender on immigration" people is that they genuinely wanted to surrender on immigration 6746125
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Based upon their documented behavior over the past few years, the tech industry is less afraid of the potential ramifications of Artificial Superintelligence than they are of Lina Khan. 91074254
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialBrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Economist John Kenneth Galbraith didn't live to see the "effective altruism" movement, but he knew the type and read them for filth. 8456128
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Great system, no notes www.propublica.org/article/scho... 271419331
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialEmily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journeyheated.worldThe open houses at the edge of disasterWhat are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out. 421281408
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/09/2026i’m sorry but this entire worldview seems not just evil but deeply stupid? the far future is fake! it doesn’t exist! what matters are people here and now! 3304661699
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialBruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 17/09/2026it's literally a fucking brand pivot! 022659
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialJessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 16/09/2026The Manning moment is small, in the scheme of all the things happening in this god forsaken time. But let's be clear -- this is not a product of this time. The AI aspect, yes. But men in sports, especially football, being shitty about and to women? Male journalists joining in? Old shit. 537564
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I think this is correct, and I've been thinking a lot about what replaces all this stuff. If it is going away, you'd think the institutional players would have some idea of what might take its place. But they don't seem to have a vision for that, or any interest in it. It's private equity mindset. 681588206
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialSam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Universal free school breakfast and lunch is a great proposal. www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...thebulwark.comEXCLUSIVE: The Next Big Dem Proposal: Let Kids Eat FreeSchool lunches were free to all kids during the pandemic; a prominent think-tank wants to bring back the idea and make it permanent. 16887141
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 15/09/2026whenever somebody doubles and triples down about how maybe AI is alive and sentient I just feel very bad for them that they think so little of humanity that it could be replicated with an LLM 321235116
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"More than anything, what stood out to me about the process of photographing these devices was geography: they exist at the boundaries of rich neighborhoods like Piedmont to track who enters; they exist embedded in poor neighborhoods to track the people who live there. Place exposes their purpose."recordsofenemysurveillance.comcara esten hurtle 2637274
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A recurrent theme in this excellent story about China’s progress is that people there regard Trump as essential to their success, including his ability to drive scientific talent from the US www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... 361742738
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialgiri nathan @girinathan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026at the intersection of broader disconcerting trends—everything is phone, everything is gambling, and nobody knows how to be around each other in public—lies the 2026 U.S. Opendefector.comThe State Of The U.S. Open Is The State Of Us | DefectorIt’s being shouted from all corners: The U.S. Open has become an overcrowded, overpriced circus awash in influencers, aspirational influencers, corporate stooges, drunken buffoons, brand activations, ... 1531980
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026New study finds the social cost of driving a car 1 km—including pollution, crashes, infrastructure, and noise—is more than *triple* the private cost paid by the car owner. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 18793330
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 08/09/2026OpenAI set $22M on fire just to steal $1M from a human who did the actual work, and that’s the business plan our economy is betting everything on? Lol. 181631486
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 08/09/2026the best part of this by far is the guy who goes by “donald boat” online and cyberbullied Sam Altman into buying him a graphics card dropping this banger “I just want Zohran’s nonbinary praetorians to march across the country and put all these guys in cuffs.” 317616
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialAlex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 08/09/2026It's finally happened: the improved quality of machine transcription and the greater ability to extract value from unlabelled data means "your tech is eavesdropping on you for marketing purposes" has crossed from "false conspiracy theory" to "true and concerning" www.theverge.com/tech/991190/...theverge.comLG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standbyGamers Nexus comes for LG again. 14540371754
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026France abandons the Mercator projection in favor of the Eckert IV model. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...lemonde.frLa France abandonne la projection cartographique dite « de Mercator » et demande une représentation du monde plus équitableDans le cadre d’un mouvement porté par l’Union africaine, Paris a annoncé, vendredi, abandonner l’utilisation de ce planisphère. Pour respecter la réalité, la place de la France sera désormais plus pe... 25716
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialLauren Leek @laurenleek.eu · 01/09/2026Nine months ago, I wrote a Substack post about Google Maps and London's restaurants algorithm and offered an alternative map. The Guardian made a video about it. Google wouldn't comment. Today they've finally written to me about section 3.2.3, "No Scraping." Communication at last lol. 1624150
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 31/08/2026Really feels like a lot of people my age that were so ambitious in their careers and doing incredible things have decided that it's not worth it anymore and are deciding to prioritize their personal lives instead and trying to retire early. It's anecdotal but I'm seeing this across the board. 48102399
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Child: It’s the mayor. Mamdani: *laughs* Child: What? You are the mayor. You could become the king. Mamdani: I’m happy as the mayor. Jalen Brunson is the king. 222150852158
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialBill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I feel like the kids who did poorly in science and history class are trying to get revenge on the kids who did well at science and history class and now we’re all going to die 20492111762
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026no devices and low-tech for billionaires’ kids but ai for the rest of us plebs www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/t...nytimes.comSilicon Valley Executives Are Tech Fans. Just Not for Their Own Kids.At home, moderation and restraint are the rule for tech parents. Boredom is exalted. Maybe they’re onto something. 11830303
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 24/08/2026It is frustrating trying to be an honest, considerate, hardworking person, when many signs indicate it is much more lucrative right now to be a liar and a grifter with no moral core or ethical framework for daily life. I just hope these people eventually get what they deserve. 533233662
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialJoshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 24/08/2026the rallying of support for Cofnas, a fucking nobody, compared to the relative silence in defense of Claudine Gay and other Black academics really shows the rot at the core of the whole damn enterprise 71858340
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialJoe @tenaciousgoat.bsky.social · 23/08/2026"Every time a right winger points and laughs at a socialist who was born rich, it should be understood as a desperate attempt to justify their own moral failure to themselves." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/never-apol...hamiltonnolan.comNever Apologize For Being a Class TraitorAll rich kids should be socialists. 346189
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Part of why I wrote my book The Age of Insecurity was to get at some of the economic dynamics now being weaponized against some parts of the socialist left. Yes, “middle class" (hard to define), professionals, and even affluent folks are in DSA. That’s good! 🧵 729749
Reposted by @deepcutz.bsky.socialutopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 22/08/2026There will be a lot of well meaning people who will tell you to temper your hate in the coming years 471548370
