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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This meeting is being organized by the Future of Life Institute TESCREAL doomsday cult. An org that was exposed funding Nazis as a means to an end. They’re dangerous and will do anything to ‘save humanity’ from the end times. expo.se/nyhet/elon-m...
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This meeting is being organized by the Future of Life Institute TESCREAL doomsday cult. An org that was exposed funding Nazis as a means to an end. They’re dangerous and will do anything to ‘save humanity’ from the end times. expo.se/nyhet/elon-m...
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Pessimists Archive @pessimistsarc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"The possible consequences of developments in nuclear physics were easier to predict in 1939, than are the possible consequences of gene transfer in 1974." (The Daily Telegraph, 1974)
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
We need better myths and fables for technology www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow
A new progressivism embracing construction over obstruction must find new allegories for technology and the future
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
In two days of testimony to Congress, RFK Jr. has blamed Mennonites, immigrants and other countries for the resurgence of measles in the U.S. Does he accept "any responsibility" for this crisis, after years of pushing disinfo on vaccines? Today he all but said no. www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-me...
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RFK Jr. Refuses To Say If He Takes ‘Any Responsibility’ for Measles Crisis
The HHS secretary instead blamed immigrants, Mennonites and other countries for the measles outbreak in the U.S., not his own vaccine disinformation.
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Adil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
A standing ovation for someone found guilty of tweeting about burning migrants alive. She was sentenced to 31 months for inciting racial hatred. The judge said “You intended to incite serious violence. What you did encouraged activity which threatened or endangered life.” Who’s calling this out?
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Donald Trump isn’t a POPULIST, he’s an UNPOPULIST. His actions are designed to pander as much as they are to polarize and provoke.
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Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
"When a technology is truly transformational, it’s probably safer to bet on premature optimism than to prematurely dismiss it out of hand," @mcmegan.bsky.social writes. wapo.st/3HBftFu
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Opinion | Are we in an AI bubble that’s getting ready to pop?
The promised AI revolution isn’t here yet. But it’s a smart bet that productivity gains will follow.
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
The Online Safety Act is exactly the kind of thing I warned about in my April @theguardian.com article. Big Brother isn’t Going to Prevent Techno-Dystopia. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow
A new progressivism embracing construction over obstruction must find new allegories for technology and the future
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Pessimists Archive @pessimistsarc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
What happened when the internet suddenly allowed low cost/free international phone calls? Well, incumbents tried to stop them! We explore in our latest post. newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-war-on...
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The War on Internet Phone Calls
When long distance telephone companies tried to thwart online telephony
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Jms Dnns @jmsdnns.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
📜 Most Americans Opposed the Moon Landing > After President Kennedy’s 1961 declaration to put man on the lunar surface by the end of the decade a Gallup poll revealed only 33% supported, compared with 58% opposed newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/most-ameri...
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Most of America Opposed the Moon Landing
July 20th, 2025 marks the 56th anniversary of the moon landing.
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Hey, Republicans! You know what would really make Elon Musk super mad? If you restored science funding, foreign aid, and thousands of government jobs. He’d be so owned.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I'm sad that the Observer is moving to Tortoise, but I will be glad when its chronic #MoralPanic decamps the Guardian. ‘Don’t ask what AI can do for us, ask what it is doing to us’: are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘Don’t ask what AI can do for us, ask what it is doing to us’: are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence?
Recent research suggests our brain power is in decline. Is offloading our cognitive work to AI driving this trend?
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Brian H Mathison @allthingstox.com · 11/04/2025
A new progressivism embracing construction over obstruction must find new allegories for technology and the future. A well crafted piece with elements of hope, fears, and hypocrisy. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow
A new progressivism embracing construction over obstruction must find new allegories for technology and the future
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Steve Being @stevebeing.me · 10/04/2025
If it makes no different whether you're an optimist or a pessimist, you might have a better time being an optimist. If it does make a difference, if we become what we dream, why wouldn't you be an optimist? (cf. Political satire) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow
A new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future
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Kyle Johnson @kyleejohnson.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I watched maybe half a dozen episodes of Black Mirror before I stopped. It was too depressing, and if I wanted that I could've watched the news. Pessimism Porn is an absolutely accurate description of that show. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow
A new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future
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Alexander Hay @alexanderhay.myatproto.social · 10/04/2025
I've been saying this for a long time. Black Mirror is just small-c conservative pessimism, and the better episodes are precisely those which stray from this unrelenting, po-faced, finger-wagging misery. Caveman Sci-Fi, without the self-awareness. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow
A new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Idiot
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 06/03/2025
My latest: Has RFK changed his tune on vaccines? Not so fast. His measles statements are chock-full of anti-vax code words, signs of how he intends to transform recommendations for, availability of, and trust in vaccines. newrepublic.com/article/1923...
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How to Decode RFK Jr.’s Dog Whistle Messages on the Measles Vaccine
To some, it might have looked like the notoriously anti-vax Health and Human Services secretary was finally moderating in the face of the measles outbreak. Nope!
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The other half are lying sifted.eu/articles/fou...
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More than half of founders experienced burnout last year
Startup founders tell Sifted they are 'exhausted', run down and lacking in hope in survey on mental health
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Oy. Copyright cops go full tabloid. Ironic, as the odious Daily Mail does just what it accuses AI of doing: reading and regurgitating others' reporting. AI does it to train the machine to speak. The Daily Mail uses it to make clickbait...like this. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
front page screaming: don't let big tech steal uk's creative genius
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Don’t slop shame!
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 20/02/2025
This is embarrassingly stupid. This is literally Senate Dems handing censorship power to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. WTF are they thinking?
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
It just clicked. This is about daddy issues. Trump is Elon’s surrogate papa.
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Wow impressed- more tasteful than I expected
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
People with a scarcity mindset can comprehend abundance without redistribution
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
🤣👍
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Elon promised Trump Mars-a-lago for sure
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 03/02/2025
Once again, the US government owning TikTok would have profound First Amendment implications... www.reuters.com/markets/weal...
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Trump signs executive order to create sovereign wealth fund
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ordering the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments to create a sovereign wealth fund.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
NYTimes adding insult to injury in this tragedy. The “treatment” was for autism, which isn’t a thing, and was being done by someone with no medical training who charges cash for expensive bogus therapies. And now a 5-year-old is dead because of the grift.
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
1929 campaign against artificially generated music
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Someone can just build a bluesky bot to repost lol
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Waiting for him to walk into White House with a sink
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
People on the left have slowly been driven mad
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Deepseek is interesting because it means the left can embrace AI without feeling like they’re supporting Silicon Valley, western capitalist hegemony or accelerating energy use. - It came from China - It is open & free - It ‘threatens’ Silicon Valley - It is very energy efficient
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
This means homeless people can now access CHATGPT using change and a pay phone. tcrn.ch/3VOFxk
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OpenAI brings ChatGPT to your landline | TechCrunch
OpenAI's AI-powered ChatGPT is coming to phones. No, not smartphones — landlines.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
It’s completely enclosed and has a gas-powered engine. So my question is… where’s the exhaust pipe guys
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Helll yeah. Crazy that Lex named checked me this year and gave shout out to @pessimistsarc.bsky.social
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The last year should have taught very well that liberals, progressives, and the left are not immune to misinformation. And if you think you’re immune, you are by definition more susceptible.
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Custom icons secured
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Pessimists Archive @pessimistsarc.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Scientific American on Chess, 1859: “Chess is a mere amusement of a very inferior character, which robs the mind of valuable time that might be devoted to nobler acquirements, while at the same time it affords no benefit whatever to the body.”
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Which way western women?
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Worth noting: Community Notes does not spare Donald Trump (or Elon)
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Chris Ferguson @cjferguson1111.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I have arrived on blue sky. Let the party begin!
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 21/11/2024
some of what folks love about bluesky has to do with the particular ways it is built and run, and with any luck those virtues will endure. some of what folks love about bluesky has to do with it being relatively small and niche, and if the site grows as its fans hope, those virtues will not endure.
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I forgot i tweeted, absolutely disgusting genius
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Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
That progressives are so quick to dismiss Elon Musk’s roll in the success of his companies is a sign that government is inefficient not only due to lack of competition, but a naivety on the part of progressives/left.
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Richard Ferro, MD MSc @richferro.com · 19/11/2024
Attacking these schedules will not just have consequences in the public health infrastructure. Healthcare workers have already been fighting an uphill battle when encouraging patients and parents to get vaccines. If antivax rhetoric is coming from the head of HHS vaccine hesitancy will skyrocket.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/11/2024
If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as health secretary, the longtime vaccine critic would be in a position to change the government’s immunization recommendations and delay the development of new vaccines. Here are five things he could change.
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Five Ways R.F.K. Jr. Could Undermine Lifesaving Childhood Vaccines
If he is confirmed as H.H.S. secretary, the longtime vaccine critic would be in a position to change the government’s immunization recommendations and delay the development of new vaccines.
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