Reposted by Ian HetznerRyan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 38mI forget who posted it but the idea that Americans live inside a “casino run by murderers” has not left my brain since I saw it 412230
Reposted by Ian HetznerInnsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 1hEveryone is somehow getting twelver 123135
Reposted by Ian Hetznermolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 5hthis execution by firing squad is brought to you by crypto dot com 271236162
Reposted by Ian HetznerPatrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 18hThere should be a political party that wants to stop this and punish the people doing this 131805394
Reposted by Ian Hetznerjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20ha livestreamed execution is just a lynching 27099471945
Reposted by Ian HetznerRoger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 19hThis is objectively psychotic and every member of Congress and Senate should be ashamed if they don’t try to remove him from office before this happens 1122210541
Reposted by Ian HetznerTim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 19hA country full of immigrants who have come here to make a better life for themselves and their families is infinitely preferable to one led by homegrown terrorists who wake up every day trying to make life hell for everyone except rich Nazi pedophiles. It’s really not more nuanced than that. 110518
Reposted by Ian HetznerMatthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026everything is so goddamn stupid all of the time 3416
Reposted by Ian Hetzner🎃👻🧙♀️ Vio the VVitch 🧙♀️👻🎃 @viothevvitch.myatproto.social · 08/10/2026this is so fucking sad 872115891407
Reposted by Ian HetznerJezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Wisconsin congressman Derrick Van Orden has been releasing fake, AI-generated videos of his Democratic opponent in the state's tightest race www.jezebel.com/wisconsin-ho... 313952
Reposted by Ian HetznerAdam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is going to be rad af. Come see @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social at @oaklibrary.bsky.social on 11/14 with a discussion afterwards with @dellsystem.bsky.social, @alexhanna.bsky.social, @khari.bsky.social, @ihetz.bsky.social, & yours truly! Register here: oaklandlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/6a82f... 13317
Ian Hetzner @ihetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026@ghostdoc2026.bsky.social @khari.bsky.social @adambecker.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @dellsystem.bsky.social 000
Ian Hetzner @ihetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026register hereoaklandlibrary.bibliocommons.comGhost in the Machine: Film screening and panel discussionJoin us for a screening of Ghost in the Machine, a documentary that explores how "the untold origins of artificial intelligence lie not in machines but in power." It is "mandatory viewing for anyone t... 121
Ian Hetzner @ihetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026oakland/east bay people do not miss this one. film is incredible and the panel is stacked 174
Ian Hetzner @ihetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026rush (band) has terrible politics but I still break out the lyric “if you choose not to decide you still have made a choice” regularly 040
Reposted by Ian HetznerMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 07/10/2026surprise surprise he’s a climate change denier and doesn’t seem to understand basic reality futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comYou Know That Anthropic Employee Who Quit Citing Risks to Humankind? These Strongly Appear to Be His Bizarre Old TweetsOld tweets that appear to belong to former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon have resurfaced, and they contain questionable assertions. 1130788
Reposted by Ian HetznerCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026These are all true statements. And the only reason we don't immediately sink this detrimental shit is that somewhere along the way, someone (cough cough tech press) said these Silicon Valley guys were all geniuses and not the scam artists. That's the whole thing. 6528101
Reposted by Ian HetznerCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We're here because people like Kara Swisher (famously a WaPo retail reporter before she got handed the tech beat) get snowed day after day by snake oil salesman because they don't know what the hell they're looking at. And you listen to them because they're supposedly experts. 630537
Reposted by Ian HetznerGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically. 1335731331
Reposted by Ian HetznerAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Why isn't this on every TV screen and not the fairy tale of killer robots 372085577
Reposted by Ian HetznerPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Cory Booker — who is being floated as a 2028 contender, and who just the other day did not deny the possibility of wanting to become leader of the Senate Democrats — promotes the book of Brett McGurk, a chief architect of the US-backed Israeli genocide of Palestine: 67847233
Reposted by Ian HetznerThe Onion @theonion.com · 06/10/2026DNC Releases Preemptive Autopsy Into Why They Lost Midterms theonion.com/dnc-releases-preemptiv… 792537331
Reposted by Ian HetznerThe Heathen Historian 🔻 @heathenhistory.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The fact that the tree is as old as the United States should not be lost on anyone. What a metaphor. 412494940
Reposted by Ian HetznerEmma Silvers @emmaruthless.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Last month, an email from SFUSD informed me that my 7yo would be taking a state-mandated test from a company called Amira, and it led me down a rabbit hole. Here's how big tech is infiltrating SF public schools — whether families & teachers want it or not. www.coyotemedia.org/sfusd-ai-ami...coyotemedia.orgIn Which I Decline to Let an AI Company Experiment on My Kid at SchoolLiving in San Francisco means being a guinea pig for the tech industry — but I draw the line at my second-grader. 25121
Reposted by Ian HetznerBookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2026Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores. 2854393350
Reposted by Ian HetznerJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Seems like if you're going to make a national story out of Hasan Piker, who campaigned a few times with the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, saying Israel causes antisemitism, you should also make a national story out of the favorite intellectual of the US Vice President supporting Hitler. 322942640
Reposted by Ian HetznerAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 06/10/2026BREAKING: For the first time in 10 months, the U.S. admitted a refugee who is not a white South African. In September, the U.S. admitted 3,386 white South Africans and two Afghans (in D.C.) In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 16,287 white South Africans, five Afghans, and nobody else.rpc.state.gov 11813347
Ian Hetzner @ihetz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026it is time for flock to answer the hard questions such as “will they donate enough to dem super pacs in the next elections cycles so I can stop pretending to care?” 000
Reposted by Ian HetznerDave Infante @dinfontay.com · 05/10/2026they’re calling it the most pathetic criticism of a billionaire-funded panopticon ever published 0256
Reposted by Ian HetznerBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Yes, computers do everything at our company but don't worry, there's always a human reviewer. Nothing goes out the door without one of our highly trained shruggers briefly glancing at it and clicking Approve 405112697
Reposted by Ian HetznerMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Here's the thing: most books that are banned don't make the lists that get circulated each #BannedBooksWeek. If you're a book creator and your book gets banned, please respond to this post with your book and its buy link on bookshop.org. That way we can support indies and banned books 💛bookshop.orgBookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores. 14676355
Reposted by Ian Hetznerdan sinker @dansinker.com · 03/10/2026You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn. 10244541335
Reposted by Ian HetznerTyler King @tyleraking.com · 03/10/2026Meta has enabled Muse to build extensive and ever-growing profiles on the orbit of people in a user’s life. Based on user input but also “publicly available information.” Whether that means a web search, Facebook’s own extensive data, or buying data broker info…we don’t know? And we can’t opt out.wired.comMuse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and FamilyMillions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs. 381194690
Reposted by Ian HetznerMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Unbelievable. Except totally believable. We utterly fail at elite accountability in 🇺🇸, & elite universities have been at the forefront of that since Iran-Contra, repeatedly offering sinecures to the authoritarians. It's why all the things keep happening time & again: bsky.app/profile/mcop... 23666173
Reposted by Ian HetznerMicah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026getting mad at the pope for not thinking the chatbot has a soul is easily the funniest thing I've read all week 624430881
Reposted by Ian HetznerMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse. 20463022898
Reposted by Ian Hetzneramy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 02/10/2026gavin newsom you will never be president because your vibes are “stinky” 531132
Reposted by Ian HetznerGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 297113134106
Reposted by Ian HetznerThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 01/10/2026California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have penalized people for using smart glasses to record people without their permission in changing rooms, doctor's offices and other spaces people generally consider private.bit.lyNewsom vetoes measure that would have penalized the use of smart glasses to secretly record peopleCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have penalized people for using smart glasses to record people without their permission in changing rooms, doctor’s offices and other spaces people generally consider private. 51179101
Reposted by Ian HetznerAndrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 01/10/2026i am having trouble articulating this but a system that excuses gang rape as a youthful error on behalf of college men with ~ bright futures ~ does so because it is served by producing older men who are comfortable with, even enthusiastic about, torturing people at the system's behest 302458530
Reposted by Ian HetznerLeonard Pierce @leonardpierce.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We're already monetizing everything, and we're already doing corruption in everything, but what I propose to you is this: what if we monetize the corruption 34310
Reposted by Ian HetznerRyan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Donald Trump doing more for the anti-AI forces than anyone else on the planet 1273
Reposted by Ian HetznerDan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026When you have no concept of how people engage with music 5828259887
Reposted by Ian HetznerLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Every college in this country decided that expelling and/or sending the police to beat the shit out of their own students for the crime of being opposed to genocide was their top priority. That and giving Trump complete control of what they teach. Contrast that with how they treat rapists. 91953534
