Reposted by Anchor RiteAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“There is nothing new in a mob, but there is a lot new in the fine-tuned use of technology to instigate them.” — Heather Marsh AI, surveillance, deepfakes and social platforms are giving predators unprecedented tools to organise rape, stalk women and mobilise thousands to terrorise them.patreon.comMobbing and misogyny | Heather MarshMobbing and misogyny by Heather Marsh on Patreon. Join Heather Marsh's community for exclusive content and updates. 113857
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 02/10/2026www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a... There's an entirely different cybernetic systems approach to AI risk that runs back to Qian Xuesen and it's refreshing honestly.newyorker.comWhy China Isn’t Getting Existential About A.I.China’s fears about A.I. are increasingly distinct from those of the U.S. What does that mean for international coöperation? 000
Reposted by Anchor Ritelauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 02/10/2026the greatest green degrowth ecofeminist president of our lifetimes 291626175
Reposted by Anchor RiteGareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Since everyone started talking about Yudkowsky last week, I think we should talk about the other person who created contemporary AI discourse: Nick Land. This will be written for a general audience, and for something more substantial I'd recommend @eruditorumpress.com's Neoreaction: A Basilisk 79235
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 01/10/2026Sandifer did a really good job with her analysis of the NRX elements back then, the Nick Land/Moldbug people especially. 000
Reposted by Anchor RiteCongresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 30/09/2026Salah must be immediately released and returned to his community in Wisconsin! The immigration system and courts are being weaponized to persecute and target those who dare to dissent.wpr.orgJudge rules leader of Wisconsin's largest mosque can be deportedAn immigration judge has ruled that the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque can be deported, his legal team announced Wednesday. 591974780
Reposted by Anchor RiteSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states 124761144
Reposted by Anchor RiteChelle ✊🌻 *fElon hacked the election* @blueallylove.bsky.social · 01/10/2026More than 1,200 incidents of sexual assault, dating and domestic violence and stalking were reported to Cornell University’s Title IX office from 2018 through 2024. It found at least one of [the accused] at fault in 51. 14 cases resulted in suspensions. 7 ended in expulsion or dismissal.usatoday.comCornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | ExclusiveA third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year. 125
Reposted by Anchor RiteZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.techcrunch.comHackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunchThe Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach. 30825231393
Reposted by Anchor RiteBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Watching Hegseth, I think of Eco's 'Ur-Fascism': "Since war and heroism are difficult, the Ur-Fascist transfers his will to power to sexual matters. This is the origin of machismo (which implies both disdain for women and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits)." www.nybooks.com/articles/199...nybooks.comUr-Fascism | Umberto EcoI think it is possible to outline a list of features that are typical of what I would like to call Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism. These features cannot be organized into a system; many of them contra... 1121467
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 30/09/2026www.channel3000.com/news/us-can-... This is local for me.channel3000.comUS can deport the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque on national security grounds, judge rulesA judge has ruled that the U.S. can deport the Palestinian-born leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque on national security grounds. The Trump administration has sought to remove Salah Sarsour since 000
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 30/09/2026I came up in the philosophy blogs, spent a lot of time pestering Mark Fisher. Watching Nick Land become what he is now has been really fucking weird. 020
Reposted by Anchor RiteTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026Friends, while they're trying to talk about fictional machine gods, don't lose sight into what they're all actually powering in real life. You can browse the the entities on the website and use the API, and learn more about it on the DAIR project site: dair-institute.org/projects/sur....dair-institute.orgSurveillance WatchThis interactive map reveals the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations. 3227143
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 29/09/2026"Technology will doom us all!" just back and forth over and over with complete disagreement over what to do from that point. 000
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 29/09/2026It would be fun to get a committed Rationalist to sit down and chat with an actual Luddite of the Unabomber level and see what happens. 110
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 29/09/2026I am still getting over the whole "self identified gay Latino Nazi" thing, along with the "Nazi leaning Jewish polyamory people".. 040
Reposted by Anchor Riterev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026yeah the basic thing you have to do is just take a hammer to the Greek system. not police it. end it. because there are enough men like this that they can assemble their own culture without you. bsky.app/profile/walm... 629733
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 29/09/2026www.wisn.com/article/wisc... Also, just putting it out there, hell week can often involve being assaulted BY your frat brothers.wisn.comMadison hazing investigation updates: 2 arrested, AEPi chapter suspendedMadison police are investigating alleged hazing at an Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house after finding 30 pledges covered in food, condiments and liquids, with two 20-year-olds arrested and the chapter... 040
Reposted by Anchor Riterev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 29/09/2026there is an invisible seam running between men who tolerate this stuff and those who don't, determined relatively early by your first objection 1242433
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 29/09/2026Except you know that it's a lot more complicated than that, right? That's me making a hostile summary of the situation consciously knowing that the whole thing is both more complicated and worse than a blurb. 120
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 29/09/2026Wisconsin hazing investigation: AEPi chapter suspended - WISN www.wisn.com/article/wisc... OK, so this is my home town. You have to ask: why is this much humiliation tolerated by frat members? Because of the status and the social network. Which just comes with a side of trauma bonding.wisn.comMadison hazing investigation updates: 2 arrested, AEPi chapter suspendedMadison police are investigating alleged hazing at an Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house after finding 30 pledges covered in food, condiments and liquids, with two 20-year-olds arrested and the chapter... 000
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 29/09/2026www.ibtimes.co.uk/rich-logis-m... Why are men like this?ibtimes.co.ukEx MAGA Activist Confesses He Ignored Trump's Racism and Scandals Because the Movement Made Him Feel 'Seen'Former MAGA activist Rich Logis told Don Lemon that a powerful sense of community led him to overlook Donald Trump's controversies before he questioned the beliefs that bound him to the movement. 001
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 29/09/2026Don't tell men they won't be punished for sticking up for what is right, they will likely sacrifice friends and connections every time this happens. 001
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 29/09/2026I'd add that if you are specifically "a good guy in a frat" that you will likely lose your place in that frat as well as all of the social status that was promised to you. Don't join a frat, I guess. 110
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 28/09/2026That is essentially the shape of the narrative I am seeing take shape. 160
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 28/09/2026"Hey, you know that technology you already hate? The one advertised as making you obsolete as well as your entire profession? Hey guess what, it's run by someone who is like Jeffrey Epstein acting like L. Ron Hubbard. And there are rape orgies that you have to attend to keep your job." 2130
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 27/09/2026This is coming from another logorrheic / hyperlexic type: he reminds me of that fun area that mixes autistic and narcissistic traits and doesn't necessarily ever get diagnosed as either. 061
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 27/09/2026intelligence.org/2026/09/23/m...intelligence.orgMIRI’s Position on the Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act of 2026 - Machine Intelligence Research InstituteBy Aaron Scher; endorsed by Bourgon, Soares, and Yudkowsky on behalf of MIRI. 000
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 27/09/2026www.politico.com/news/magazin... I'll say it again: Bernie Sanders takes his cues on AI policy from the Berkeley Rationalists. And it's a massive moral failing and he needs to fucking stop.politico.com‘Think Everybody Dead’: How the Threat of AI Is Fueling a New Political AllianceA billionaire-backed movement from Silicon Valley and populists like Bernie Sanders are eager to stop an AI disaster — but can they overcome their mutual distrust and work together? 100
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 27/09/2026arstechnica.com/science/2026...arstechnica.comRussel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grantsPending move comes over the objections of the NIH director. 000
Reposted by Anchor RiteSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:theguardian.comHoman Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 peopleExclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’ 9147821745
Reposted by Anchor RiteProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/20264/ But over the next 10 weeks, I’d mimic the patterns of a problem gambler with the help of a panel of gambling experts and learn just how much DraftKings would encourage my recklessness — and just how little pushback I’d get as I spiraled downward.propublica.orgI Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro... 41591283
Reposted by Anchor RiteDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026Class solidarity.hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 642162613
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 25/09/2026A huge amount of Boomer leftists were on the wrong side of the nuclear power controversy and generationally speaking their successors have had too much tolerance for anti-GMO and antivax sentiment. I think Bernie wants to treat AI like a nuclear power plant and regulate it mostly out of existence. 000
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 25/09/2026AOC, 9 other House Dems sign on to AI superintelligence ban - Live Updates - POLITICO www.politico.com/live-updates... Having the best elements of the DSA taking cues from the Berkeley Rationalists is bad news.politico.comAOC, 9 other House Dems sign on to AI superintelligence banProgressives including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Greg Casar have favored stricter tech regulation compared with their centrist colleagues. 000
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 25/09/2026www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n...npr.orgBernie Sanders and Steve Bannon call for curbs on AIThe rare pairing of a progressive leader and a MAGA voice is a sign of how worries over rapidly advancing AI are upending political alliances. But their policy proposals are far apart. 000
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 25/09/2026www.politico.com/news/magazin...politico.com‘Think Everybody Dead’: How the Threat of AI Is Fueling a New Political AllianceA billionaire-backed movement from Silicon Valley and populists like Bernie Sanders are eager to stop an AI disaster — but can they overcome their mutual distrust and work together? 100
Reposted by Anchor RiteWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We don't have to live like this. Look at all the billionaires and technofascists dining with Trump and Xi tonight. They pay off both sides of the aisle. The only way out is to crush them, and we need fighters to do that. nypost.com/2026/09/24/u...nypost.comTexas delivery driver Don Johnson, 81, works 14-hour days to help pay wife’s medical bills — strangers raise almost $250K“The reality is that he isn’t working by choice; he is working for survival.” 621807663
Reposted by Anchor RiteAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25/09/2026They used the existence of kids with ADHD and autism to delay and dismantle care for trans youth. Now they're delaying and dismantling care for kids wtv ADHD and autism. 231583546
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 24/09/2026Sanders onstage with Bannon and taking direct advice from Yudkowsky was my last straw. A lot of leftists are getting the side eye today from me. 1250
Reposted by Anchor RiteTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026Democracy Now! has now gone from constantly inviting Max Tegmark to platforming people from none other than MIRI. That's right MIRI. Y'all know how bad that is? Do you understand the level to which they are doubling down on the eugenicists? 11287100
Reposted by Anchor RitePrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"In 2020, there were only six programs in the U.S. that sent unarmed responders, such as mental health clinicians, to certain 911 calls instead of police officers. Now, these programs — sometimes called alternative or community response — are in nearly 100 cities." www.npr.org/2026/09/22/n...npr.orgHow unarmed 911 teams are reshaping public safety in nearly 100 citiesAlternative response programs, where mental health clinicians respond to 911 calls instead of police, have proliferated since George Floyd's murder. What does it take to do this work well? 5757271
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 24/09/2026But.. but these Rationalist theologians have formal proofs that my toaster is plotting worldwide destruction! 110
Anchor Rite @djecchi.bandcamp.com · 24/09/2026It's just .. hoo boy.. 1100 pages of Yudkowsky to read to establish whether Rationalists have an eschatology. 020
