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open source and open data as an ethos is largely anti capital and anti authority and is inherently political in ways we need more of

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 1h

He is so valid for that actually elias

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 1h

One for our “data collection process is model” slides

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 2h

Strong agree which i think is part of why there’s a decent argument for banning AI for that group (or heavily modifying / guard railing it)

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 2h

I think what those same people would do with a sharpie on printer paper would be vastly more pleasing and interesting though purely through the process of having to interact with the page (if we could get them to)

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 2h

I absolutely agree, you said it better than i was thinking it, the barrier allows an opportunity for the development of taste because it demands/rewards if you pay attention and that is the foundation of taste development

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 2h

I genuinely think there’s something to this in general

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 4h

Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 2h

No youre once again overproducing it

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 5h

yeah also it's right to prioritise understanding at least to some extent and it's terrifying that we don't know how eg general anaesthetic works

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 6h

the story of oedipus is a celebration of the ancient western tradition of "grindset"

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 6h

I read Rubio’s speech where he does a Prager U recap of Ancient Greek history, and the funniest part is where he praises Achilles for seeking glory in Troy even though it means his death. Yeah, Marco, the Iliad is great. What’s Achilles up to in the sequel?

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 8h

Quick story. My op-ed on how corporations that kept their DEI programs performed just as well financially was accepted & factchecked at TIME Magazine. Just needed "pro forma review by the legal department." Suddenly the piece is spiked Why? Benioff owns TIME and wants to ingratiate himself to Trump

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 6h

you are not going to exit an abusive system without understanding how it works to some extent (you do not need to understand "why" abuse happens though, in my experience), even if you leave it you'll be conditioned to recreate it or regard it as natural until you unpick it in your own mind

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 6h

i also think that noticing nuance is important in abusive systems because it helps you to understand them. of course it gets tiring dealing with morons who think the state was sincere in its posture that police brutality is an "accident", but it is also not accidental when the state's tactic changes

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

i can't go back to the horror days of twitter on this. i can't. we have to stop this.

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

i was suddenly hit by an inexplicable vision of tony soprano's shrink saying "and is it transgender? the raindrop" and tony says "christ how the fuck can you ask me that"

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

ooooooooooooo "move camp" is a great phrase/name btw. catchy.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 09/10/2026

Everyone on the tenure track: please print this out and hang it on your wall.

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

noted re Reacher! me and jack reacher are the same fr. I like your "I don't want that to happen to me and nobody can force me to want that" very beautiful, streak of independence.

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

i like your attitude. i have a different one. i think that if someone is very evil, eg someone tries to kill you, it is natural and healthy not just to seek to defend yourself from them in some dutiful way but to actually want them to die instead. howevr, one has got to be REALLY careful with this.

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

i believe some people deserve death but i don;t think the state should have the power to deal it out (nor do i think they should be allowed to put people in extended solitary etc)

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

this is a sobering realisation, US voters now consider it acceptable for their children to watch the state execute people

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

i was going to tweet about how his wife should immediately divorce him but i hesitated and wasn't sure why. i see now from your tweet that it's because i feel on reflection that divorce does not go far enough.

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

this is why i treasure you as a mutual

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

i dont understand what this is trying to say and i'm really happy about that. don't ruin this for me

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

your solidarity is as always appreciated 🙏

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

yeah SGC for president!!!! SGC's is a translation

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

lmao zero likes on this one. come on i just think it shouldn't be marketed as a translation when it's clearly an adaptation or interpretation! yes i understand it's a spectrum and the line here it's blurry but that is my truth

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

hmm. the fact that i put "but" not "and" here reveals the that the edge of my appreciation for carson is closer than it initially apepared

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

i like carson's oresteia but you bet i first saw it on tumblr

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

incredible that there is now a tumblr-coded nobel (you must know i mean this as high praise) but don't forget that first we had a tumblr-coded fields medal (yu deng and his yuri manga interests)

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

holy shit i hadn't seen this at all. thanks for the push / prompt. christ.

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

ah i believe the issue is that taking actions is actually often bad

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

yeah i did mean livestreamed specifically, and i do mean state execution specifically, obvious snuff films and livesteamed violence are common, as are public show trials. but i also think televised state execution has only happened a handful of times in world history, no?

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Ariel is Going Back to Space AGAIN @iodhadh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Being trans is good. And taking actions is good. So you would think that having “trans actions” coming out of your bank account would also be good. BUT ☝️watch out.

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I suppose there really is no other country with such a recent history of public lynching though

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This would be the first livestreaming of an execution by a state in history right? If so, incredible that the US beat the saudis and North Koreans to this

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