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Jason Martens

@martens742.bsky.social
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Working to make a world where we can all be free. Abolitionist & anarchist. Also into photography, woodworking, cooking, and probably too many other hobbies. Day job is tech.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 4h
Six months ago:
theonion.com
DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
WASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo...
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Someone could win this election by just pledging to cover dental and vision under regular healthcare.
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 08/10/2026
Absolutely why I am working in this space, and trying to pursue clarity that is also liberatory. Gotta try.
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I thought AI was supposed to understand us, not the other way around.
An extremely over-complicated 12 section diagram explaining how to use Claude.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/10/2026
Everybody's loving this clip, for good reason, but it should remind everyone that cities therefore have an obligation to build enough housing that all these marginalized and outcast people can come and afford to live in them on minimum wage *without* becoming homeless. YIMBY!
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Never been MORE VINDICATED he's literally using AI as Digital Jenny McCarthy to do vaccine denialism HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT I need to play the lottery
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is more relevant for white people.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A problem is that many people know that the vast majority of the people who voted for the fascist in chief in 2024 would vote for him again today. So folks know that many people are politically untrustworthy. It adds to the malaise.
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026
There is obviously a whole body of scholarship pointing in this direction so forgive me for saying something so obvious but the media needs to treat tech executives like the leaders of hostile governments because that is exactly what they are
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Policing tools” is some real double speak. They mean tear gas (banned for wartime use) and pepper spray (a chemical weapon).
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
💥Ok I see other platforms are blocking this. I met Alex Gibney moons ago at ABCNY (the Association of the Bar for the City of New York). He’s the real deal. Here’s the trailer for Alex Gibney’s documentary about Musk. Let’s Streisand Effect this: www.firstshowing.net/2026/must-se... 👋🎥
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Must See Full Trailer for Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Doc About a Fraudster | FirstShowing.net
"Do we even know this man at all?" Bleecker Street has launched their main official trailer for the must see new documentary film titled simply Musk, about the uber-wealthy tech giant megalomaniac Elo...
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Benjamin Netanyahu begins his speech.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” The most efficient travellers are us on bikes. Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
scientificamerican.com
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is our experience with Flock too.
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh you poor babies.
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 13/09/2026
for two months, I've been flying drones over Flock cameras to situation them in space and geography; I even got my commercial drone license in order to do it. I'd like to share this project with you all: it's called Records Of Enemy Surveillance: recordsofenemysurveillance.com
image of a residential intersection with one red car driving across it and a baseball field in the backgroundblack and white dithered image of two red squares around the flock cameras in the previous image, on either side of the intersection
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
*stares in Stanislav Petrov*
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Imagine if we did this instead of our interstate highway system? It’s not too late!
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
criminalization is fascism's fuel. Anti-criminalization organizers have been explaining this for decades.
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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I've been following Émile's work on EA and tech for a few years now -- including work on the TESCREAL framework with @timnitgebru.blacksky.app -- and it is absolutely made for this moment, when we still have a chance to create just governance. Follow them if you aren't already.
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
San Francisco life: Waymo blocking everything. People honking at the robot cars. We would be better off without them.
A line of Waymo cars not going anywhere. Traffic was backed up for blocks.
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The police are defunding us.
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Dear experienced organizers: how much of organizing is sending texts? It seems like at least ⅓ of my time is just that.
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We did a little event at Solano Stroll calling attention to how BPD is pushing for mass surveillance. #DeFlock #Berkeley
Group of people at a street festival holding signs and handing out flyers.
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Honestly the most attractive thing about the Slate truck to me.
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is my dream job, but don’t think I’m qualified for it. I hope the right person gets it!
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
25 years ago today America was attacked by zero Afghans, zero Iranians and zero Iraqis.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Depending on the context, standing firm on human rights might lose you an election. You should still do it IMO.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I don't think that you need to or should claim that a particular political issue is a "winning" one to demand that politicians stand up for human rights.
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
See? It’s not hard.
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026
"So in summary: using AI for coding led to depression, apathy, existential dread, and worse software. Not good. Add on top of that the negative environmental, community, and economic impacts of AI, and it became extremely apparent to me that something's gotta change." brettcodes.com/im-done-usin...
brettcodes.com
I'm done using AI
Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
While life saving medical & electrical supplies cant go from US into Cuba due to the blockade, it CAN go out thru Canada. Mariposa Brigade is the first humanitarian aid brigade from Canada to Cuba, coming up quickly next month. Donate & share to break the blockade: chuffed.org/project/1826...
chuffed.org
The Mariposa Brigade - Canada2Cuba with Love
Cuba is a beacon of international solidarity. Their doctors save lives. Their scientists created five COVID vaccines. But after decades of a cruel US embargo (or bloqueo) tightened during the pandemic...
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
They are defunding us!
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
@therealjeanwalsh.bsky.social car free happy hour made the cut!
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Why would I vote for such incompetence? Depressing. Resign now.
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I went to take pics of the lunar eclipse and all I got was this lousy shot of SF (due to cloud cover). #Photography
A photo of one tower of the Golden Gate Bridge with downtown SF in the background. The sky is light blue and pink, contrasting with the orange from the bridge in the low sun.
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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 27/08/2026
The police are defunding public health. The police are defunding us. Going to keep saying it.
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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.
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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 21/08/2026
"If trans people want a boycott of The New York Times, where's the call to do so?" Here is a declaration laying out how the NYT is a key driver of trans genocide, why boycotts work and why anyone who gives a damn about trans lives and rights must boycott The New York Times.
transnews.network
Boycott The New York Times
For years The New York Times has relentlessly pushed anti-trans propaganda, playing a significant role in the escalating genocide against us. It's far past time for a call to action: anyone who cares ...
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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 25/08/2026
California High-Speed Rail is middle of the road in terms of costs internationally. High-speed rail isn't cheap, but it's worth it for the lower carbon emissions and pleasant, convenient connections. CA needs to stay the course and maintain its $1B/year commitment to fund HSR.
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Jason Martens @martens742.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Damnit I logged in to this app and bought another book.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
You want class traitors, even. I take issue with upper class socialists not just identifying as such and instead wanting to mask as ideologically “working class”. They need therapy. But, in general, you want class traitors. It’s even kind of the whole point.
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Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 21/08/2026
"A bunch of people would rather post on Race War Now Dot Swastika rather than Bluesky because you keep making fun of their imaginary computer friend" is a RESOUNDING endorsement for the concept of hostility.
Part of a thread from some bluecheck:
Multiple people I know have told me that they love the idea of Bluesky, and want it to succeed, but have abandoned it for X because the use agentic tools in their work and find them incredibly useful, and feel that any mention of their usage here leads to hate and ridicule.

I wouldn't bring this up if it was just one person, but it was multiple people since the beginning of August who mentioned in passing something to the effect of either "I'd spend more time on Bluesky if people weren't so anti-AI" *or* "As much as I hate to be there all the useful AI talk is on X."

I'm not saying it's anyone's responsibility to praise AI usage. I agree with much of the criticism of the tool. But for many, many people, it is a useful tech (I have talked about the ways I find it extraordinarily useful, only to have people here mock me, insisting my lived experience is a lie).

I am just noting that for all the people here who say that people should get off X and spend more time here, the reason I keep hearing from people in various circles who would *like* to do that, but don't, is the vociferous belief of many here that there are no possible positive uses of AI.
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Anybody who’s still advocating putting these tools anywhere near a school is not doing so despite the cognitive collapse they cause, but because of it. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
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Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative Al affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine monthly closed-book exams, high-school and college entrance exams, and homework scores and completion time across nine subjects. We exploit staggered Al adoption in a difference-in-differences design. Al adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months.
High-stakes entrance-exam scores fall by 18 and 24%, with the full penalty emerging only after about two years. The losses are largest in social science subjects, followed by STEM and languages, and are especially large for junior students, high-achieving students, and boys. The learning losses are concentrated among roughly 80% of Al users whose behavior is consistent with homework outsourcing, as indicated by exceptionally short homework completion time coupled with high homework scores. Al users who maintain similar homework completion time as non-Al users experience small learning losses.
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Interesting choice for the Zoom background by Flock's CEO
Screenshot of Flock CEO Garrett Langley with a framed headline on the desk behind him that reads 'Snitching-ass startup raises $10 million to privatize the surveillance state.'
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