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Kent Pitman

@kentpitman.bsky.social
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Philosopher, Technologist, Writer. Progressive independent focused on Climate, democracy, and social justice. Ex-Bird: KentPitman Pachyderm: @kentpitman@climatejustice.social

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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Nathaniel Borenstein, who played a key role in creation of the MIME data interchange protocol, has a new book out, The Spirit of a Cyborg. It's structured as memoir but a big part is about #philosophy, #ethics and #morality as it relates to #AI and humanity's future. ipubcloud.org/products/the...
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The Spirit of a Cyborg: From the Dawn of the Information Age to a Shar
The Spirit of a Cyborg explores AI ethics, human-technology convergence, digital spirituality, and the moral foundations of artificial intelligence.
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Chris Gloninger @climatechris.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The M5.2 in Nepal wasn't an earthquake. USGS relabeled it "M 5.2 Landslide," depth 0.0 km. No quake trigger, no GLOF evidence, no rain reported below. A glacier snout appears to have failed on its own. Ice in rock joints loses up to 78% of its strength warming from −10°C to −0.5°C. Still frozen.
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If privacy terms or terms of service are going to change out from underneath me on a phone I depend on for everything from communication to identity, tell me again what distinguishes that from ransomware. @sumsung.bsky.social @sammobile.com
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/06/2026
Public records show the FBI used software from the Israeli firm Cellebrite to secretly extract data from the phones of at least a dozen protesters.
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Public records show FBI secretly extracted data from ICE protesters' phones
Previously unreported documents reveal “extractions” from at least 13 devices after a Washington state protest last June.
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Hey, @firefox.com ... You seem to be offering me a choice with profiles of "start with an unwanted question" or "use the last profile I used". Neither is correct. I have a main profile I ALWAYS want to default to unless I use explicit command line option for another. You seem to have broken that.
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I just posted an essay to my blog titled Evil's Spokesperson. It makes some points that relate politics to AI. netsettlement.blogspot.com/2026/04/evil... #AI #MilitaryTargets #Ethics #Evil #UsefulIdiot #politics #USPolitics
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Evil's Spokesperson
Kent Pitman's blog. Independent, progressive views on Society, Technology, Social Justice and Climate, or sometimes poetry, philosophy, or history.
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
If we're lucky enough to put a sane, freedom-loving President back in US office, our once-allies mustn't accept vacant rhetoric like Biden offered in 2020, when he declared we were back. We were never there, always one election from a 2024 event, which can & will recur until we fix our Constitution.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 26/03/2026
BREAKING A federal judge GRANTS a preliminary injunction protecting Anthropic from the Pentagon’s retaliation. Background www.allrisenews.com/p/anthropic-...
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
@bsky.app It'd be hard to overstate how much HARDER you've made it than ex-Twitter to find a #recipient name to address a post to or to figure out what #keywords would be good to attach. Part of why I post iess here is that absence. Don't say #BlueSky is too new. #discovery #UX
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
#Google #Android, STOP STOP STOP telling me for 50th time I have "unused apps". They're there for contingencies. Your OBSESSION with the falsehood that "not recent = not interesting" sinks your credibility. Ask about unreviewed apps maybe but don't make it MY job to protect each from your peskiness.
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Wow, I just spent 1.5 hrs on phone hold, waiting to talk to office of @hassan.senate.gov, only to be summarily dropped without connecting and without taking a message about how we seem on track for WWIII as pure narcissistic whim, distraction from criminal prosecution. #EpsteinFiles #25A #Impeach
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
As a matter of public record, @samsungmobileus.bsky.social, you CAN tell me I must agree to your terms to continue to use the phone that holds essential data and apps, but you're making me 'sign' under duress. If a dispute does arise, expect me to cite the fact that I lacked meaningful free choice.
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Web hosting from #IPower gets worse and worse. Bought by #IPage, who were bought by @networksolutions.bsky.social. NS is BY FAR worst managed transition I've seen. I'll jump ship soon. They don't believe in compatible transition, want me to instantly do things their way. I serve them, not they me.
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A bit surprised they won't use them as-is. Their cruelty doesn't seem to require a proper facility. I sense a fetish for gadgets & pageantry of cruelty here. Locks, barbed wire,... Terrorism at scale. Also a self-image of powerful whim. With corporate greed atop: any moving money will be skimmed.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Global society reveres wheeler-dealerism, mesmerized by spectacles of cash, gambling and cat videos. All as we offer less money and attention to teachers, artists, and caretakers of sick friends & relatives. Money is a distributed way to manage society's priorities. Is it working? Are these ours?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
In my fifty years in politics, I don’t think I’ve seen anything like this before. I haven't always agreed with Jerome Powell, but what Donald Trump is doing is out of the dictator’s playbook. Kudos to Powell for speaking out.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/12/2025
This is another ‘ozone layer’ moment. Now, we must urgently target methane | Mia Mottley
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This is another ‘ozone layer’ moment. Now, we must urgently target methane | Mia Mottley
The oil and gas industry must be legally bound to cut methane emissions. With climate tipping points approaching, time is running out, says the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley
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Daily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I'm having trouble finding the "America Mourns Rob and Michelle Reiner" piece from the NY Times Editorial Board.
Opinion | America Mourns Charlie Kirk

by the NY Times Editorial Board
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Japanese chess player calls out association's pregnancy bias
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Japanese chess player calls out association's pregnancy bias
A prominent shogi player says current rules force players to choose between their children and careers.
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
It's horrifying, not just that they'd do this, but in the name of We The People. I certainly don't want guests treated this way. And it will hurt business because many will just go elsewhere. Shame on them. This is nothing but raw thirst for power coupled with the cowardice of indefensible policies
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This is no different from how Russia talks about just annexing Ukraine and claiming it needs the land as a "buffer." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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‘Yellow line’ that divides Gaza under Trump plan is ‘new border’ for Israel, says military chief
Eyal Zamir said Israel would hold on to current positions, giving it control of more than half of the territory
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
If you think Paramount is just trying to buy Warner Brothers so Ellison can stop CNN from criticizing Trump… you’re right! www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 09/12/2025
Trump is using your taxpayer dollars to fix a mess he created after his tariffs nearly put so many farmers out of business. And meanwhile, his tariffs are still inflating your grocery bills. The American people deserve better.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information. Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?
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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
It’s all transparently bullshit and immune to rationality, but if struggling to stabilize half a burning boat to avoid drowning is “getting back in the fight,” what they’re really saying is there’s nothing the survivors could have done to avoid being killed. And that definitely isn’t the law.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/12/2025
Lots of studies showing a similar result: people who buy "plug-in hybrids" do not, as a rule, plug them in. They are mostly used & operated as gas cars. (My take is, EVs are improving so fast, PHEVs are gonna look like a silly kludge w/in 5 years or so, well within the lifetime of a car.)
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Drivers aren't charging their plug-in hybrid cars, research suggests | CBC Climate Change News
Plug-in hybrid cars are a compromise for people wanting range with electric capability. But new research finds they’re less green than you think — so how should they fit into a zero-emissions future?
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Hey, #Google... Count me SUPER-annoyed that, EVERY time I plug my #Android phone into my car, I get 2 pointless #AndroidAuto notifications. I can TELL it started because I see the icon. I can tell I plugged in USB because I plugged it in. Your notification clutter risks I'll miss REAL notifications.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
BREAKING: Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, has appointed himself to prosecute the case against Trump and others in Fulton County. The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER
BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
ORDERED: That under the authority contained in O.C.G.A. § 15-18-5, Peter J.
Skandalakis, Executive Director, Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, or his designee, is hereby appointed to act as District Attorney rat, fortre time pea d beal in i o prostition, a master ta
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Jury proceedings, whichever comes first, until all appeals are exhausted, the following case, to wit: State v. Donald John Trump, et al., clerk's number 23SC/88947, Fulton County, and pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 15-18-5
(c) shall receive no additional compensation for such services except that actual expenses incurred shall be reimbursed by Fulton County at the same rate as provided for district attorneys in O.C.G.A. § 15-18-12.
This 14h day of November 2025.
Peter J. Skandalakis, Executive Director
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
As a voter in #NH ostensibly represented by her, I am angry that @shaheen.senate.gov voted to open the government. It's time for someone new. Please, someone primary her. She has no concept of how to effectively confront the modern political landscape. #politics #USPolitics
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
@nicollewallace.bsky.social #DeadlineWH Maybe the reason Trump thinks that it's a con job that the prices are up is that he's so rich (e.g., doesn't know the word "grocery") that he doesn't actually know people feel price directly. He may only "feels" cost through accountants or through the news.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The silver lining to the surrender by 8 Dems is that the House GOP must return to vote on it. Johnson must swear in Grijalva, and the discharge petition on the Epstein files must force a full floor vote. Stay tuned.
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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake: The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him. (@jonathanbchait.bsky.social) www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake
The shutdown was hurting Trump. Ending it helps him.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful. Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened. This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Every time you capitulate to a bully, they'll come back at you twice as brutally. If you didn't learn this life lesson in third grade, GTFO of the US Senate.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
New: The real story is the Democratic leadership collapse: presswatchers.org/2025/11/the-...
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The real story is the Democratic leadership collapse | Press Watch
The current crop of Democratic leaders does not constitute an effective opposition to Trump
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I’m shocked by how the mainstream news coverage of this vote is dominated by logistics and timing, rather than being about what an epic collapse this represents by Democratic leaders.
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Emily Johnston @enjohnston.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
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Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
"... In o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ democracies, interviewers don't tolerate that." #FTFY
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Craig Reynolds @craigreynolds.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Excellent framing by John Fugelsang!!
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
A subtext of a lot of writing is that stupid is a kind of authenticity, or at least stubborn and defiant is, and it's possible voters may prefer that to the antiseptic polish on a career politician, but it doesn't mean anyone covering it is obliged to overlook what is in a best-case-scenario stupid.
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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We're...gonna have to make future presidents sign a lease and put down a deposit.
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Steve Schmidt @thewarningses.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
“Trump wants to destroy a symbol of restraint, dignity and honor that doesn’t belong to him. He is obliterating something to achieve a political objective. He wants to smash things because smashing things is his route to his claiming more power.” steveschmidt.substack.com/p/smashing-t...
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Smashing things to claim more power
The destruction of the White House enrages me.
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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I would posit that the reason so many people are shocked by the image of the White House being demolished is because it shows that Trump views it 1) entirely as his property and 2) that he doesn't really expect anybody else to live there.
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Kent Pitman @kentpitman.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
News agencies hide much sin, bias, laziness & incompetence behind quest for neutrality. But this isn't hard, blurry, or a slippery slope. It's PREPOSTEROUS to say POTUS is operating in an appropriate way. Congress not impeaching is breach if sworn oath & active conspiracy. News media must say so.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 06/10/2025
the story of 2024-2025 in a nutshell: "shit sucks, let's give this trump guy another chance" "wait a minute, we hate donald trump!"
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