Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 13/10/2026One of the key messages I carry is that we don't have to accept any of this. Sometimes I see opposition in the form of "Get in loser, you'll be left behind" and other times it's in the form of "It's all over the place, what do you mean you think you can opt out?" >> 7473146 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026And remember, all of this is happening amid the AI buildout. AI, which is not a coherent set of products and services, but rather a commercial and political project, can be understood as a full-spectrum class-war offensive. An offensive waged by one industry, which put their guy Vance in the WH. 2942213 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialRikibeth @rikibeth.bsky.social · 12/10/2026RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period. 010171 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialNiko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 08/09/2026why does everybody that gets really into ChatGPT or Claude or whatever immediately start talking like that one friend that went to Burning Man one time 42148291 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 07/09/2026 186155033606 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialDr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 02/08/2026I'm not going to be relitigating COVID lockdowns or mask mandates. Both were necessary measures that saved lives. If you cannot accept the curtailing of even the minor of freedoms in the name of public safety, you have demonstrated that you do not give a solitary fuck about the rest of us. 101462308 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026it’s pretty obvious that a lot of people remember that COVID lockdowns were unpleasant and from there just extrapolate that they were therefore bad policy 1486565703 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11/07/2026“We have to show that we are tough on immigration, serious about deficits and that we aren’t left wing extremists on lgbtq, race, and crime issues” No we fucking don’t. Bill Clinton’s Democratic Party is dead. And we are better off for it. It was maybe the right thing for 1992 but that is the past 1134467 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialMark Andrew Price @pricelaborecon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I don’t think "Dem HR ladies" is labor coded or working class aligned. It comes from the same place everything that is terrible in the last two years has come from. The backlash to the Me Too and Black Lives Matter movements. 483122409 0
mikeogden.bsky.social @mikeogden.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Just found a 1987 Weekend section in the attic. 000 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Russell Vought is an evil man. This plan is nothing short of a personal take-over of federal grant making. It will affect ALL of us. Political commissars will now be in charge of all agencies, reporting to him. But we are not powerless. See what you can do below. 1/ www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comRussell Vought’s Latest Plan to Gut the Government Should Terrify YouA proposed new rule changing the way the federal government hands out money could be absolutely devastating for every single person in this country. 601371715 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 05/04/2026“He’s unwell,” “he doesn’t belong near power” are as beside the point as “he shouldn’t be allowed to do this.” They’re callbacks to an order that’s been broken. We know fascism is wrong. We must after 10 years move past the part where we keep rediscovering it daily with new shock. 8414101 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Social media can be an incredible organizing and educational tool but it’s also an aggressive black hole that swallows all discourse and digests it until nothing makes sense or is cohesive anymore. We’ve been driven insane and our insanity is the most lucrative product for literal fascists. 314923 0
mikeogden.bsky.social @mikeogden.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: Bowling Softball Basketball Ms. Pac-Man Millipede 000 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I hope all the AI boosters understand that they’re training their kids that only chumps do things the hard way—by working diligently and going through the discomfort and hassle of learning and acquiring skills. And also teaching them that a 30% error rate is good enough. 16492117 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialDean Barker @deanbarker.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Do the eleventy thousand public school systems that rely on Google (Gmail, docs, Classroom, etc) know that the company, with the flick of a switch and with no notice, is now training its plagiarism machine on child student data? This could quite possibly be running afoul of some state laws. 1139 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialAlan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 06/11/2025The Netflix miniseries Death By Lightning turns a historical footnote — Charles Guiteau's assassination of President James Garfield — into a grand entertainment, with wonderful performances by Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Betty Gilpin, and, especially, Nick Offerman. My review:whatsalanwatching.comReview: Netflix's 'Death By Lightning' gives a historical footnote a joltMichael Shannon, Matthew Macfadyen, and Nick Offerman lead a rollicking retelling of the assassination of President James Garfield 2735535 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialMike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Smart people are asking questions about societal upheavals. Unless you have a plan to transition proverbial "saddle makers" into "car upholstery" makers, wiping out a majority of your employment opportunities in a society where human value is predicated on work, will lead to catastrophe. 1459 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialJohn Terry @johntrterry.bsky.social · 20/07/2025hell yeah @williamfleitch.bsky.social 212607849 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 19/07/2025While progressives often get accused of undermining the Democratic Party, the evidence shows that it’s the moderate wing that most often violates the “Vote Blue No Matter Who” principle. trib.al/W6lqYEu 581389353 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialmegynslashes.bsky.social @megynslashes.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Unless they run it the same way they run charter schools and have taxpayers pay them. Only now, we’re not just paying for the service, we have to pay for their profit too. There is no magical efficiency in the private sector. When they do find efficiency, it goes to profit, not price reduction. 07110 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialSara Davis @literarysara.bsky.social · 12/07/2025The Cuyahoga River fire(s) and subsequent rehabilitation is one of my go-to stories for why environmental regulation is both effective and necessary. Now I (and you!) can sing this river's praises to a catchy tune. 🎵 16816 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/07/2025A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political” 416158403083 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Americans have really got to unlearn the propagandist indoctrination that socialism is bad. It means that everyone has what they need, resources are shared, and we care for the earth & those around us. We've been taught to hate it so capitalists can keep exploiting us and working us to death. 28251981516 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialMichael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 28/06/2025they’re not gonna build the camps and then leave them empty. they’ve already telegraphed using the insurrection and the military to round people up. and it won’t just be immigrants, documented or otherwise. the EO on birthright is just the first step on the road to stripping people of citizenship 342453598 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Horrific political assassinations took place in America, & we’ve totally erased it from the National Conversation™️ because they happened in the Midwest instead of Manhattan & we’re not a serious country. Incredibly depressing on so many deep, pathetic levels. May their memories be a blessing. 401658526 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialFoz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Something the Mamdani win demonstrates is the extent to which the reigning cadre of ancient, establishment, centrist Dems think it’s more important to be on good terms with their GOP colleagues than it is to represent their own voters, and how thoroughly sick of this literally everyone is. 12566381373 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Surprisingly effective things Zohran Mamdani ran on: -free buses -rent freeze -halal cart for $8 instead of $10 -taxing the 1% -no cost childcare -city-owned grocery stores -a Department Of Community Safety for mental health programs and crisis response -building affordable housing -why Cuomo sucks 269168782899 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 22/06/2025The heatwaves next week are literally going to kill people even if the grids don’t go down; meanwhile, tech billionaires are trying to convince us that using the fake answer machines will solve all our problems. 227672 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology. 11977722328 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Telling me "the subway is so dangerous now" is my immediate sign that you need your TV taken away and your news algorithm adjusted www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...?hamiltonnolan.comThe Subway Is Not ScaryFear of the subway is a mark of low moral character. 1063451620 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialCeleste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 15/06/2025ON TOP of the ethical reasons to not use AI, it's also 1) bad at what it does 2) literally makes you stupider 3) has HUGE environmental costs: every search is equivalent to pouring out an entire bottle of water. It's not worth it to generate a cutesy emoji or have it write an error-riddled draft. 211736557 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 15/06/2025There a reason the protests are being covered differently from the Tea Party The Tea Party was a front for the wealth class that owns the media and were used to demonize necessary reform These protests were democratic and populist, which the wealth class and its media opposes Hope that helps 4950991453 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 14/06/2025This. We need to face who we are and have been as a nation if we ever want to change it. 112416 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 07/06/2025In the 42 years since the start of the Reagan revolution, bought-off politicians have so altered our tax code that fully $51 trillion has moved from the homes and savings of working-class Americans into the money bins of the morbidly rich money hoarders. trib.al/O1jiyietrib.alThe Billionaire Hoarders: How the Wealthy Became Our Biggest ThreatHow a sick obsession is killing workers, democracy, and our planet. 431290575 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 05/06/2025As many of us people who study or work in tech tried to tell y’all, move fast & break things was always about POWER, not progress. 373880928 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Everything that was promoted by the “Alt-Right” in 2016 is now mainstream Republican policy. Just to put into perspective how far the Overton window has shifted. 11707220 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialTaylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Do not come in my mentions claiming that the public isn’t engaging in widespread pandemic denialism when you’re referring to Covid in the past tense.salon.comWHO leader says COVID-19 is "still a pandemic"A World Health Organization leader says she is worried people are still too eager to move on from COVID 01073197 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Get news from multiple sources and trust nobody (not even me). But skip tv news. How I Get The News www.oliverexplains.com/p/how-i-get-...oliverexplains.comHow I Get The NewsThe Firehose Is Your Friend 45510 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 16/04/2025I'll just say again that I do not believe that people *know* their own motivations, and that very often people are making up a story on the spot, a story about motivations that flatters their self-conception, which tells you *something*, but not their "real" or "actual" motivations. 3418 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialAli Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 12/04/2025Stop using AI. Yes, even just for fun. AI is built on STOLEN images and text. That’s right: by using it, you’re stealing from your friends. There is NOT ethical generative AI. Bonus bullshit: it is HORRENOUS for the environment. (Yes, even the cutesy profile photo cartoon things.) 6066013058 0
mikeogden.bsky.social @mikeogden.bsky.social · 10/04/2025This was me. Annual humiliation ritual. 030 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialProf Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 05/04/2025My first post on BlueSky, I could not access the same handle as my X (someone hacked into that one): So it's @peterhotez for X and @peterhotezmdphd for BlueSky I'm a pediatric-vaccine scientist based in Houston TX at our Texas Medical Center 4333230595 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialMaggie Wittlin @maggiewittlin.bsky.social · 06/04/2025A good excuse to repost a great tweet. 5978144 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 05/04/2025We’re watching a movement build, but we need to understand it’s not just against Trump. Trump is a symptom of a larger disease and people are tired of unchecked greed, of the wealthy fucking is over and destroying our lives for profit. It’s time for massive change and that change is building. 4479102 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialDeb Marshall @dbm23.bsky.social · 05/04/2025#handsoff Cleveland 073 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 29/03/2025My long held theory is that the world would be a markedly better place if guys like Elon Musk and Bryan Johnson and Peter Thiel had gotten really into fantasy football rather than trying to replace human beings with machines and whatnot. 101066 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Breaking my rules on Substack for this one. Tania speaks directly to that most stubborn group of people: the ones that outright refuse to engage with their vulnerable friends when we talk about masks. Excuses and subject changes. My friends know long COVID destroyed me. Do they care? Ehhh? 414643 0
Reposted by @mikeogden.bsky.socialBrandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 06/02/2025This is a starter pack of accounts that bring me joy. Don’t we all need a bit more joy? It’s got book authors, fountain pen lovers, star gazers, nature photographers, music makers, comic artists and more. #MoreJoy go.bsky.app/Amyn4ZE 3845395 0