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Nate Gillespie

@nategillespie.bsky.social
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Lapsed historian. Accidental tech worker. Aspiring novelist. Dad. Fighting ALS/MND since 2022. Long-suffering #NUFC & #RipCity fan. Suffering builds character? Columbia City, Seattle via Portland & SF. ↙️↙️↙️

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Nate Gillespie @nategillespie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Devastating. Brooke’s courage and humor in the face of this cruel disease was a beacon of hope that meant everything to me personally, and helped me understand that I could keep living and not lose myself after diagnosis. RIP, I know you are dancing free in the next life now.
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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026
“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I am very worried that AI will destroy wide swaths of society's ability to think, and thus render the masses docile, pliant and helpless in the face of technofeudalism I am not at all worried about Roko, his Basilisk, or any other AI superintelligence myth, and you cannot change my mind
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 12/09/2026
Tyler, from the I.. @tyle.. Dec 26, 2023

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As soon as they do this to put ads in the sky I'm becoming a terrorist

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In modern American history has there been a single issue where Republicans consistently hammered Democrats for their position on a topic, Democrats responded by capitulating on it, and then Republicans just… Stopped attacking them over it, does this strategy even exist in reality, seriously asking
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 11/09/2026
it’s giving Jonestown
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
AI chatbots have democratized billionaire brain worms by allowing everyone—not just the very rich—to experience total insanity-inducing sycophancy
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Nate Gillespie @nategillespie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
What a total embarrassment to the entire fat bald guys wearing hoodies and basketball shorts year-round community…
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Nate Gillespie @nategillespie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
First day of kindergarten. I can't even 😭😭😭
My son standing on the playground getting ready to go into his new school for the first time
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So many of the supposed divides in the Democratic caucus simply boil down to "this one will fight for all of us, this one will not" and for the past two years Team Fight is sweeping the board.
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 01/09/2026
But the larger point should be this: financial issues cannot and must not be the main factor driving bargaining and budgeting. We have to deliver good education for our kids. If we can't do that because of the legislature, the answer is to descend on Olympia, not take it out on kids and teachers.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Maybe if the AI people yell at me for the 5 millionth time about how I’m not using their dogshit technology that has made everyone’s lives worse I’ll finally start liking it for no conceivable reason.
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julio 🤙 @juliocan2.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I like imagining someone driving over Fremont, who has completely bought into the notion that Portland is a burning down war torn city, and has worked up the courage to venture into town, when all of a sudden
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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/08/2026
that’s fucking right
Peggy Flanagan wearing a protect trans kids shirt
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A giant head made of stone with its mouth open and eyes blazingA giant head made of stone with its mouth open and eyes blazing
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The Verge @theverge.com · 10/08/2026
"In the place of problem-solving technology, companies have jumped on successive bandwagons like NFTs, the metaverse, and large language models. What these all have in common is that they are not built to really solve a market problem. They are built to make VCs and companies rich."
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Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want
Did the tech industry get high on its own supply?
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Nate Gillespie @nategillespie.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
What a fun day to be a long-suffering fan of both the Portland Trail Blazers and Newcastle United Football Club. The timeline is absolute carnage 🙃
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Nate Gillespie @nategillespie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
A modest proposal for the state of Oregon: ballot measure to make out of state relocation of a pro sports franchise a felony punishable by a $10 billion fine or 100 years in prison
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/07/2026
not really surprised to learn that terminal stupidity and racism is the reason i can’t walk into a CVS and just buy a toothbrush without flagging down the one person who might be in the store dannykatch.substack.com/p/we-used-to...
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We used to be able to buy things in this country
Locking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy
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iamals.bsky.social @iamals.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🎉 BIG WIN FOR THE ALS COMMUNITY 🎉 ACT for ALS just PASSED the House! This happened because YOU took action, but we're not stopping until the bill is signed into law. Contact your Senators today and help get ACT for ALS signed into law: bit.ly/fundALS #ActForALS #EndALS
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 11/07/2026
ACAB includes VAR
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Nate Gillespie @nategillespie.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
When someone shows you their Nazi tattoo, believe them.
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iamals.bsky.social @iamals.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We are so grateful to @Pam Belluck and @nytimes for telling our community’s story and making ALS progress visible. THIS is progress—I AM ALS pushed for Tofersen, the FDA understood this need, and it paid off. We won’t stop bit.ly/NYT-tofersen
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Nate Gillespie @nategillespie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Lillard - Roy - Camara - Aldridge - Oden
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We are not in the "AI era." We are in the "source: trust me, bro" era.
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 04/04/2026
this would be an amazing way for It to happen
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I want to quote screenshot this whole excellent piece from Marisa, but this especially - we *make* the words, we don't just regurgitate without the feeling, without the things that makes us human.
AI may help you construct content, but it will not create memories. It will, at best, rehash ones you already made, and at worst, create false ones. It does not experience, it does not struggle, it does not feel: all essential parts of turning a pile of information into a story.
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Nate Gillespie @nategillespie.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Man GTFO “Eddie Dalton.” Only human beings have soul. youtu.be/IlNZlGWegcc?...
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Charles Bradley - The World (Is Going Up In Flames)
YouTube video by DaptoneRecords
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Nate Gillespie @nategillespie.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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julio 🤙 @juliocan2.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The Blazers got swept in the Western Conference Finals in May of 2019, after leading in all 4 games, and then basically the world proceeded to fall apart. Coincidence?
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/03/2026
Time for some popularism!
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Pritzker demands a $1,700 refund per family for the people of Illinois after Trump's tariffs were ruled unconstitutional. Dems, pay attention. This is your midterms message.
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Nate Gillespie @nategillespie.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
@adamsmith.house.gov let’s get on board here plz
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 10/02/2026
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
VA Gov. Spanberger (moderate, was in CIA) and NYC Mayor Mamdani (left, is in DSA) both taking steps to block local law enforcement from helping ICE as it violently violates people's rights is a good example of how the relevant divide in the Dem coalition isn't center-left, it's fight-don't fight.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/02/2026
Any Seattle cop who refuses to defend the people of Seattle against violent federal shock troops should be fired immediately. Full stop. Start with Mike Solan, the head of the rogue police union.
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Seattle Mayor, police guild spar over ICE protection directives
The Seattle Police Officers Guild is refusing to cooperate with a recent directive from Mayor Katie Wilson ordering officers to investigate and document ICE activity in the city.
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Nate Gillespie @nategillespie.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Unhinged behavior by the feds once again. Abolish ICE is the bare minimum. We need accountability for every last one of these motherfuckers.
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Opinionated Wino, aka Sean @opinionatedwino.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Went to the anti-ICE protest with thousands of our fellow community members. Lots of children, elderly and disabled people in the crowd. They tear gassed us within minutes.
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Mjkwho @mjkwho.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Confronted Congressman Tom Suozzi, one of seven Democrats casting the decisive votes to increase ICE funding by $10,000,000,000.
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Nate Gillespie @nategillespie.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Bovino ✅ Honan ❓ Noem ❓ Miller ❓ Vance ❓ Trump ❓
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taylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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Aubrey Gordon @yrfatfriend.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Even if Bovino gets fired, ICE has to go. Even if Noem is out, ICE has to go. Even when Trump leaves office, ICE has to go. As protests grow and ICE's popularity drops, we may see concessions and leadership changes, like Bovino's departure. ICE still has to go. www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
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Live updates: Top Border Patrol official Bovino expected to leave Minneapolis as Trump sends Homan to the state | CNN
Tom Homan is headed to Minnesota after the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in an encounter Saturday with federal agents deepened outrage over the Trump administration’s surge, part of its nati...
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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John Paul Helveston @jhelvy.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Defund ICE or shut the government down. This is the moderate position.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/01/2026
As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.

ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
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Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 25/01/2026
A Truth and Reconciliation Commission is what you do when the regime voluntarily cedes power, and as part of the deal, gets immunity from prosecution. A criminal tribunal is what you do when they cling to power and are unrepentant about their crimes. The USA needs a criminal tribunal.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 25/01/2026
BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
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