Reposted by Danny SpitzbergRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 02/08/2026OK, small point here, but it’s almost certain he meant “parameters of a deal,” but he can’t spell and is very dumb, so he used “perimeters of a deal” and news orgs are just running with it like that’s a perfectly normal thing to say, which it absolutely is not. That’s not a thing anybody says. 741757326
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergTess is Surviving the Horrors @mothmother.com · 01/08/2026I started getting followed by some "film festivals" and "writing festivals" and thought "oh, these are cool!" Then I looked a little closer. They're all part of a network that preys on writers, charging us for reviews, and feeding our stuff into slop generators. So I made a list.👋🏻🖕🏻😠 421218668
Reposted by Danny Spitzbergjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126117999
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergStephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Something can be both a brute fact and a social construct. The distance between points A and B? Brute fact. Unit of measurement to describe the distance (cm, inches, rods, parsecs)? Social construction. Thank you for your attention to this matter! 115018
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergPolitical Research Associates @praeyesright.bsky.social · 15/07/2026“[Remigration] refers to ethnic cleansing, and in the United States it’s an unabashedly white nationalist idea.” PRA’s @vetanthropology.bsky.social examines how the Trump administration’s plan to create an “Office of Remigration” is part of a larger White supremacist agenda: bit.ly/3TBhJCg. 034
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Turned this rant into a blog post. davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/the-data-c...davekarpf.beehiiv.comThe data center backlash Is working. That's why the New York Times is so concerned.I have a 221035371
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergRon Bronson @ronbronson.com · 22/07/2026No worse trend than the "comment x and we'll send you the y" 1111
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 22/07/2026“raise your hand if you or someone you know is stuck in a crappy job you hate bc you need the insurance” would go hard as a line at a political rally 1069696
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 18/07/2026This reminds me of when Lori Lightfoot was mayor. She was awful, and also a lot of people hated her bc she is a queer Black woman. somebody would be like "Lightfoot is terrible" Me: *eyes narrowing* yes but why 49513
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergTyler King @tyleraking.com · 16/07/2026Ninety percent of the 71 detainees contacted in the concentration camp on Fort Bliss say they were beaten by guards are witnessed beatings, in addition to inedible meals and lack of access to medication or lawyers.apnews.comReport: Detainees at ICE facility in Texas report frequent beatings and other human rights abusesA new report from human rights advocates says 90% of detainees interviewed at a sprawling ICE facility in Texas say they were either beaten by guards or witnessed others being beaten. 211506792
Reposted by Danny Spitzbergashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 16/07/2026the community is accepting donations via etransfer to donations@whitesandfirstnation.com you are supposed to put your full name in the comments so they can issue you a reciept. 2328392
Reposted by Danny Spitzbergdaviss @daviss.org · 16/07/2026putting on my ICE pepper spray/ICE tear gas/wildfire smoke mask on to go check the mail 06911
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergNick Seaver @nickseaver.website · 09/07/2026I feel like people are not familiar with the office worker drawings in Zuboff’s IN THE AGE OF THE SMART MACHINE, showing what their jobs were like before and after computerization. 13510
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The latest indignity from the world of AI is an "inclusive" product that simulates disabled users, creating an excuse for software teams to avoid doing real research. As always, "empathy" from the industry only serves to displace the needs of real human beings.linkedin.comCollectivAlly Platform Launches with Inclusive Research | Lucy Collins posted on the topic | LinkedInToday is a very exciting day!! Almost a year after I had a conversation with James Ward in the corridor of Glove Factory Studios the pre-launch beta version of the CollectivAlly platform is out in th... 210222
Reposted by Danny Spitzbergunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 02/07/2026Here's a link to that piece. We recommend reading beyond the headline & wrestling with all of it. Rapid responders are still in the streets bravely tracking ICE activity despite federal agents' track record of killing them. We only know this past month’s stats because of them.nymag.comICE WonThe ugliest immigration crackdown in recent history is becoming normal. 211345
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/07/2026ICE is engaged in a very large escalation nationwide, with the agency claiming to be hitting record arrest numbers amid the return of quotas. This has gotten very little attention from the media because ICE learned lessons from the chaotic disasters of Kristi Noem’s tenure. Keep a watch. 11886925494
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Agree. We’ve been reporting lately on ICE ramping back up to 11, but the trump administration is trying to do it without Minnesota type headlines. The secret police are trying to be more… secret 1824021046
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Much of AI "productivity gains" come from managers implicitly trusting an LLM to do a good job, and suspending the onerous micromanagement that humans employees get subjected to. You can do that without paying Anthropic a single penny. It just requires letting the experts you hired do their jobs.productpicnic.beehiiv.comTrust is not built on craft aloneNo amount of tooling will let product teams move faster than being trusted to own their process. That trust is earned through rigor rather than mere velocity. 116042
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 28/06/2026The difference between this attitude and the abject fear driving the centrist Dems who have done nothing (besides largely capitulate to Trump and whinge about not having power) and have nothing to offer is so, so stark. 847196
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergCristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 05/10/2025This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL... 33704363515473
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergBrian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 23/06/2026A travesty. Springer Nature offloads SciAm—the most storied science magazine in the US—onto a content mill consortium, LabX, during an almost certainly successful union vote. LabX now says it will lay off 15 people, over 1/3rd of the unit and 60% of the bargaining committee. Pure union busting. 5317176
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/06/2026someone can be heard on the livestream yelling "take the T down first!" 😂 1572850
Reposted by Danny Spitzbergderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Photos of newly arrived immigrants at Ellis Island. Augustus Sherman took the photos between 1902 and 1920 when he worked as the Chief Registry Clerk. Striking to me how the outfits all look good because they have a discernible silhouette (shape and drape). 14480821344
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergCaræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 05/06/2026there are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see 632048
Danny Spitzberg @dsp.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Ohhh that’s “Junkspace” (2001)!by Rem Koolhaas akephale.com/wp-content/u...akephale.com 100
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 30/05/2026[Bluesky is auto-hiding this, likely due to its angry sentiment and off-color language. I'm bumping it.] It's the cello broken by the New Jersey State Police at some point as they "nearly trampled an elderly man playing a cello with their horses and arrested him." Per @taliajane.bsky.social 67650
Danny Spitzberg @dsp.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Maybe! This article continues to shape my view aeon.co/essays/your-...aeon.co 010
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergAndromeda Yelton @thatandromeda.bsky.social · 24/05/2026I've been moonlighting as a middle manager (mine got a new job) and it's definitely driven home what everyone says about the time horizon of the work being longer, impact being harder to measure, but that doesn't mean the impact isn't THERE, just that Cloudflare's gonna be confused in ~18 months 1/ 2191
Reposted by Danny Spitzbergjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/05/2026critically this was the case in 1870 when the 15th amendment was ratified! there is literally no such thing as partisan gerrymandering and manipulation of voting rules in the south outside of the context of “white reactionaries want to neuter black political power” 5449481103
Danny Spitzberg @dsp.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Wow @thirdway.bsky.social @thirdwayenergy.bsky.social @thirdwayedu.bsky.social 010
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026In case you haven’t heard we are all boycotting REI until they respect the union. Please spread the word. 8635269
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The Roberts Court, the Trump White House, and the national GOP are acting like this is their one big shot. Either they secure the lasting end of US Constitutional democracy, or they’re in very serious trouble from the backlash. And they’ve already gone so far that there’s no other possibility. 21172342152
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 09/05/2026You can stick a tape in your VCR and it just plays what you wanted it to play. It doesn't spy on you. A streaming service isn't editing it. Or removing it. You don't have to pay a subscription to keep using it. It's something tangible you own. Once you have, it's yours. Same with CDs, vinyl, etc. 1524971
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergLupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 09/05/2026Right wing propagandist outlets should be viewed less as money losing endeavors than investments that pay dividends in other ways. 321385284
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergBeng @bengtang.bsky.social · 09/05/2026www.dropsitenews.com/p/rare-survi...dropsitenews.comRare Survivors of Pacific Boat Strikes Allege U.S. Forces Kidnapped and Tortured ThemAs airstrikes and reports of torture under Ecuador’s U.S.-backed military regime continue to mount, fishermen tell Drop Site News they were blindfolded and held hostage for eight days. 210652
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergGil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/05/2026It's official! I'm *permanently* banned from X for tweeting "TLDR: Fascism." (appeal denied) What an honor—and a sign that the Silicon Valley billionaires feel threatened by my book. (One of my final viral posts featured this cover.) Pre-order here! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne... 31196912823
Danny Spitzberg @dsp.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Two words, @grahamformaine.bsky.social : Laser Removal 120
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergScary J. Spookler @stacey.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Three years ago today I was walking around downtown Jackson doing some photography and ran into James Meredith. We exchanged hotty toddys then he told me to “come get in this picture with me. This the most important sign in Mississippi.” I mean, what was I gonna say? No? 2484
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/04/2026They believe in nothing 573426469
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Even saying that Musk is posting "about race" is softening what is happening here, which is that the world's wealthiest person is committing himself to spreading overt Nazi propaganda. 813816933
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergHadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 12/04/2026my capitalist daughter asked me to prove the labor theory of value. what do i tell her? she is 5 8472
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 17/04/2026anybody wanna guess what Elon 'it was a Roman salute' Musk means by "universal"? 1868973
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergAdam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I had the privilege of working with Ahmed Shihab-Eldin at HuffPost. Such a warm, sweet human being. We don't know what he posted that led to Kuwait detaining him, unseen now for six weeks. He's posted against Israel's war on Iran. Kuwait is against it too. None of this makes sense. #FreeAhmed 12112
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 12/04/2026@the-astro-stud.bsky.social Welcome, new person! I'm writing to let you know there's a tool to find Bluesky addresses for your followers on X. Sky Follower Bridge. It's free, easy, and safe to use. Open source & we know the developer. I'm not compensated for this referral. :) Instructions ⤵️ 042
Reposted by Danny SpitzbergJason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 07/04/2026Reminder: All the amazing high quality video you’re seeing from the Artemis II mission is being transmitted back to Earth using a laser communications system first tested with a video of a cat named Taters youtu.be/GvJtVOmFs5Q?...youtu.beThe Video NASA’s Laser Communications Experiment Streamed From Deep SpaceYouTube video by JPLraw 131090398
