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Matt Uhler

@matt-uhler.bsky.social
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San Francisco fanboy, former editor, current nonprofit exec, wanderer, and sometimes poet. Frequent seeker of kindness and nuance.

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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How do we make these bros go away? Tech Bros and the Trump administration are building an AI empire—in the Philippines www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Tech Bros and the Trump administration are building an AI empire—in the Philippines
Pax Silica aims to lock up rare earths, and hand Silicon Valley the keys.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Grateful to have my poem featured on #ThrowbackThursday at @stonecirclereview.bsky.social
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For a different take, read this: pluralistic.net/2026/09/16/b...
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Pluralistic: How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses (16 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Cory Doctorow's thoughtful advice to Canadians: "Move fast and break THEIR things!" pluralistic.net/2026/08/24/e...
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Pluralistic: How Canada can help Americans and defeat America (23 Aug 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We really do live in the stupidest timeline. Can’t we just have baseball? Plain boring old baseball?
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Well, that's one way to put it: "A serial liar like Sam Altman will someday trip over his own dick and end up in a cell for securities fraud" pluralistic.net/2026/08/19/b...
pluralistic.net
Pluralistic: The ordinariness of evil (19 Aug 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
440 acres eh? Looks like an ideal spot for a data center.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Snapped up the only copy of @gilduran.com ‘s The Nerd Reich that I saw at @citylightsbooks.bsky.social. Too dark in Specs’ to dig in.
A can of Hamm’s and the book The Nerd Reich
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Glad you admit that you're playing into their hands by giving the story airtime... As for their blog post, "You lose sales, and customers start to lose trust in your opening hours." Ummm, I've walked by the store plenty of times - like all AI, it's slop. It doesn't have a loyal customer base.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
AI, financial services, professional schmoozers, concerts in Paris, $65,000 on matchmaking services?... Money might not get you love, but for everything else, there's Mastercard.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This seems like something that should have been thought of & rolled out in the first release. I'm left thinking either these companies are too stupid to think of guardrails or they don't care about guardrails on their copyright stealing lying machines until there's consumer backlash. You decide.
techcrunch.com
Anthropic shares more details about how Claude’s new watermarks will work | TechCrunch
How will the watermarking actually work? Can it be hidden with editing? And how does this affect code?
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Really enjoyed this poem by @robertwoodlynn.bsky.social "... Or like the world's worst paper airplanes, folded for takeoff, to find you wherever you've gone." substack.com/@robertwoodl...
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Robert Wood Lynn (@robertwoodlynn)
“Aftermath” featured today on Read A Little Poetry
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Will Google Maps cave again? Enabling Jerks. #GulfOfMexico
Screen shot of the Gulf of Mexico labeled Gulf of America
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Always enjoy a Steve Edwards essay. "Whatever else happens in the day, it will have started with a kindness. Not a special kindness; an ordinary one. The coffee arrives like dawn, as a matter of course."
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Sent today, effective today? Class action waiver? In 2025, #Amazon had to pay $2.5 billion got deceptive Prime enrollment practices & making it difficult for consumers to cancel. Your daily reminder #Corporations_Suckl
Amazon email dated Aug 14 notifying customers of changes to their user agreement effective Aug 14. One change appears to be a class action waiver.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Cory Doctorow's pluralistic.net, led me to this thoughtful piece on optimization. laurenleek.substack.com/p/temperatur... "A recommender that’s a mediocre predictor of what you’d love in a rich, diverse world becomes an excellent predictor of what you’ll click in the impoverished one it creates."
laurenleek.substack.com
Temperature Zero for Culture: Why Everything Is Starting to Look the Same
What 640 London shopping streets, 4,000 Billboard hits, a million films and synthetic AI personas tell us about why everything is flattening into sameness and how to regulate the algorithms behind it.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I misread that as Cyberscab, and that what I'll be calling them from now on.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Felt that one
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
In 2024, 3M agreed to pay up to $12.5B settlement alleging it contaminated thousands of water systems with PFAS chemicals. For thorough reporting on what 3M knew about PFAS and when (hint: it was forever ago) read: www.propublica.org/article/3m-f... Your daily reminder #Corporations_Suck
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Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"In terms of pay, a tech worker’s salary outpaces a food service worker’s by more than $400,000." Never forget how AI slop delivered our groceries and kept us going during the pandemic.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A scroll through the comments is a nice reminder that we are not alone in our exhaustion, fear, and frustration with big tech... and a reminder of how many people appreciate the beauty and simplicity that lives in the world outside of all-consuming tech.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Everyone: We're not building enough affordable housing. Developers: Those projects aren't financially feasible in this market. Everyone: We NEED more housing. Developers: How about office resorts with CryoLounge chairs and infrared saunas?
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
In 2016, German automaker Volkswagen AG and related entities agreed to spend up to $14.7 billion to settle allegations of cheating emissions tests & deceiving customers. Fines for cheating & deceiving is the cost of doing business - only if you're caught. Your daily reminder #Corporations_Suck
violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org
Violation Tracker
Violation Tracker, produced by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First, is a wide-ranging database on misconduct by large and small corporations throughout the United States.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Since our food is no longer safe to eat, I suppose our only option left is to #EatTheRich
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
According to violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org 4 of the 5 most penalized parent companies have been banks (Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, UBS, Wells Fargo) collectively amassing 1084 records and $188,184,616,996 in penalties. Your daily reminder that #Corporations_Suck
violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Maybe Mayor Lurie could bring something like this to SF (I think there are few coders still hangin' around) or maybe Michael Moritz could put some of that $150M "improve SF" prize money into public interest technology. Just a thought. #SanFrancisco
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Since 2000, Alphabet, parent company of Google (formerly the "don't be evil" company), has been hit with $2,792,380,686 in penalties for privacy violations. your daily reminder that #Corporations_Suck. violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org
violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org
Violation Tracker
Violation Tracker, produced by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First, is a wide-ranging database on misconduct by large and small corporations throughout the United States.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Will San Francisco residents get to weigh in? asking for a friend (and 800,000+ San Francisco residents). Also, I hear Muni is looking under the couch cushions for spare change, maybe send some money their way?
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
According to violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org, since 2000, Meta has amassed $8,226,379,654 in penalties - most of which have been privacy violations. They don't care about you, your kids, your privacy, or your mental health. Your daily reminder that #Corporations_Suck
violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org
Violation Tracker
Violation Tracker, produced by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First, is a wide-ranging database on misconduct by large and small corporations throughout the United States.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Found a fun site: violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org your daily reminder #Corporations_Suck: In 2018, Uber Technologies agreed to pay $148M to settle litigation that it violated data breach reporting laws. Uber was accused of exposing 57 million users' data & paying hackers to cover up the breach.
violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org
Violation Tracker
Violation Tracker, produced by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First, is a wide-ranging database on misconduct by large and small corporations throughout the United States.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
AI hacking into other companies is the latest "it" thing - all the cool kids are doing it. Thankfully, as we all know, once Meta does something, that thing ceases to be cool. Maybe this will put a stop to it.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I've been following @gilduran.com 's work ever since moving to SF in 2023... “In fighting against billionaire power, we find the key to all of our problems. Every moment is an important opportunity to wake people up and to start to fight back.” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
theguardian.com
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Well this is a punch in the gut and kick to the GenX-itals of an essay. Great read... "Those parents grew up to be the political gerontocracy: absentee parents of a latchkey nation."
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"And with that puerile quarrel between stubborn warlords over the right to own and to rape a girl, Western literature begins." ... "Classical culture is a lot of things including, literally, rape culture." A must-read essay by Solnit
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This Poem by Rachel Clemens. IYKYK. "like glass bubbles sent to break against our clumsy lips." #ThirdSpaces #Poetry
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
As Taylor put it, "enough for a safety net, but not enough to remove the need to build something of their own." #TaxTheRich finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...
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Like Bill Gates, this billionaire is cutting his kids inheritance to 8 figures because he’d rather give more to philanthropy than his great-grandkids
Voyager founder Dylan Taylor says his kids will inherit millions, not billions—he'd rather fund philanthropy than future generations he'll never meet.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
This was great. We need more of this given (waves arms all around) all that's going on.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Timeline cleanse.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
U.S. and Iran exchange fire near the Strait of Hormuz; Trump says ceasefire still holds
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Oh snap... check out the Wikipedia entry for August 6, 1947.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
All of this is batshit crazy. Like I can't believe that we're all waiting for prime time to see if our president bombs another country back to the stone ages like it's another episode of the apprentice and someone is going to get fired. 1/3
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Scooby Doo where are you? Can congress be our meddling kids?
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Love this poem for Andrea by Megan Falley... #Poetry #NationalPoetryMonth "There was nothing you couldn’t fix with duct tape, or shoelaces stolen from other people’s shoes." substack.com/@andreagibso...
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Andrea Gibson (@andreagibson)
Tornado for Andrea by Megan Falley I admit, you drove me crazy. The careless way you’d salt a tomato, no napkin or plate beneath it.  Just right over the floor,  your summer snow, trusting ...
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
@sfchronicle.com Pairing this image with the headline is irresponsible. As your caption and article state: the gatherers in the video appeared to be collecting signatures to oppose the billionaire tax - which is not what a casual scroller would take away from your post
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
As a patron who will sometimes sit and drink till close, I appreciate how this piece captures the type of community that can be found in a good pub.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A fine piece of writing here. "There are days I sit in silence and let the noise win. There are days I count the hours until evening, when the truck leaves and the alley quiets, briefly, like a body that has stopped struggling but hasn’t yet rested."
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Another Barlow banger. “I tiptoed out of the room with lipstick on my cheek and lunar dust on my fingertips.”
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Because the Dow is something the AG usually talks about during hearings?
Headline: AG touts record Dow as Democrats grill her over Trump, Epstein
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
As a relative newbie to SF (2 year resident), a thousand times this! One of the safest, most gorgeous, and vibrant cities in the US.
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Matt Uhler @matt-uhler.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
You mean this one where the player said “I always think it should be an American.” Doing a bang up job as always NYT
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