Sign in

Professor Furious

@professorfurious.bsky.social
2.2K followers 3.8K following 6.6K posts

Unprofitably principled anarchist. Your problems are capitalism all the way down, people.

PostsRepliesMedia
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The "threat" of AI, assessed by an actual expert on the topic: www.wired.com/story/the-bi...
wired.com
Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI
One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.
000
Reposted by Professor Furious
Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/09/2026
Cannot insist you listen to this enough, this conversation condenses everything going on with AI and its wider economic effects tightly. One of the best in the show’s history.
743578
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Who could have predicted? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
nytimes.com
Police to Release 5 Men on Bail After Possible Terror Plot at U.K. Air Base
The men remain under investigation with “stringent conditions,” a British official said. The base, R.A.F. Fairford, is used by the United States in its war against Iran.
000
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rats are lowering the lifeboats. Here it comes: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/b...
nytimes.com
Nvidia Adds $150 Billion to Massive Stock Buyback, the Largest Ever (Gift Article)
The increase comes four months after the chip giant added $80 billion to its buyback program, bringing the total remaining authorized amount to $235 billion.
001
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The reason billionaires keep threatening you with AI is because they are the real threat to life on Earth. "Let's you and him fight" is how they keep the public focused on phantom fears instead of taxing them into oblivion.
031
Reposted by Professor Furious
Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
291313384
Reposted by Professor Furious
Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump started “renovating” the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in April. After spending $19.2 million of taxpayers’ money, it appears he’s abandoned it.
42630741429
Reposted by Professor Furious
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him. —"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?"
8189092558
Reposted by Professor Furious
Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The magnificence of the mushroom
Post
I'm studying biotech and every time someone brings up mushrooms our current professeor will look either extremely excited or pained and go, "listen, mushrooms are neither plants nor animals nor something inbetween. We do not know what they are. Some are immortal. Some produce life-saving substances some are so closely related to humans that eating them may cause an allergic reaction against your own body. I cannot teach you about the mushrooms.
723168
Reposted by Professor Furious
Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 02/04/2026
“It is a striking indication of the social and cultural decay inherent in the final stages of capitalism, when elaborate scientific methods begin to be used, no longer to promote, but to eliminate intelligence from among the workers, because intelligent workers become Communists.” R. P. Dutt (1934)
91105329
Reposted by Professor Furious
Kait Richardson 🥔 @thryse.com · 24/09/2026
Tech execs are completely divorced from material conditions. They’re deluded parasites who don’t understand how reality works and take the modern industrial and information economy for granted.
07211
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So I'll call today the Dawn of the Stupidity Singularity. The War Against Physics is going great, thanks. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/t...
nytimes.com
Google Is Sending an A.I. Data Center to Outer Space (Gift Article)
Next Thursday, Google is sending an experimental satellite into orbit that will have enough computing power to answer simple A.I. queries from space.
011
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bob Seger Philip Glass The Ramones
020
Reposted by Professor Furious
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"
201849801809
Reposted by Professor Furious
Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Denmark has the opportunity to do the funniest thing to U.S. potash supplies.
Map of Europe with Belarus and the Danish Great Belt strait marked.
1138940
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's pretty clear that New York State could easily be its own country. Combine it with New Jersey and New England and you'd have either a very solid nation or a few robust provinces to add to Canada. rockinst.org/issue-area/b...
rockinst.org
New York's Balance of Payments with the Federal Government (2021) | Rockefeller Institute of Government
120
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What if an invulnerable, tireless wizard walked all over Earth fireballing people until everyone was dead? Please give me a billion dollars to figure out how to prevent this existential threat to humanity, which is more important than people dying prematurely every day from preventable causes.
000
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The tech people cooking their brains on AI killing humanity are clearly just sociopaths. While pursuing goals without constraint or a belief that other people are real, they are yet dimly aware that their behavior could end badly for them. They're trying to outsource the self-control they lack.
010
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Once when I visited Romania I asked about two symmetrical buildings. One was a beautiful 19th century residence and the other a mirror image parody in concrete across the street. I was told that Ceaușescu often had random buildings torn down and rebuilt uglier. Not sure why I remembered that today.
110
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Look AI resolved the Fermi Paradox: edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...
edition.cnn.com
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
000
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Rule of Law FTW
001
Reposted by Professor Furious
Indy @indagare.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
terrypratchett.com/explore-disc...
terrypratchett.com
Sam Vimes ‘Boots’ Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness | Terry Pratchett
Perhaps one of the most popular quotes from the Discworld series is Sam Vimes’s ‘Boots’ Theory of Socio-economic Unfairness, propounded in Men at Arms: The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes rea...
051
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Armitage is always worth reading. Settle in for a long one: cmarmitage.substack.com/p/on-palesti...
cmarmitage.substack.com
On Palestine and Genocide
The facts.
000
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Note to state governments. This is how you do it: morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/fugitive-i...
morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com
Fugitive ICE Agent Arrested in Minnesota
INSIDE: Christian Castro ... Patrick Schiltz ... RFK Jr.
010
Reposted by Professor Furious
Des @desdelboy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Morning all. Day Trippers, Aberystwyth, 1985. Photographer Colin Thomas.
1417623
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Bulldozer vs. AI. Guess who wins?
A bulldozer driving through data center racks.
120
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Just thought I'd highlight this footnote to the attached AI scaremongering post from Dario Amodei: darioamodei.com/post/we-must...
Footnotes
1 With government mediation or waivers of antitrust restrictions.
031
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Beyond urging regulatory moats to protect their failing businesses, the reason AI techbros keep saying that "humanity" might be destroyed is that they think they ARE humanity. The rest of us are just tools to use or obstacles to overcome. If their bubble pops, they might be reduced to NPC status.
010
Reposted by Professor Furious
Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
1/ Imagine being pulled over because a secret federal team examined your finances, tracked your travels & decided you looked suspicious. Not because it knew you committed a crime. Because your patterns made you worth searching. #DV1 #ProudBlue #Voices4Victory #USDemocracy
12307194
Reposted by Professor Furious
Jess Pendley @jesspendley.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Future me watching temporary -productivity-burst me commit to meetings and calls.
A small machine, the front resembles a smiling face, and its back reflected in the mirror behind it resembles a horrified face.
2255421125
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
WE MUST SLOW DOWN WHILE YOU GIVE US MORE MONEY BECAUSE AI WILL DESTROY THE EARTH UNLESS YOU LET US DESTROY YOUR TOWN WITH THIS VERY VALUABLE DATA CENTER WHY DO YOU HATE HUMANITY www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/t...
nytimes.com
Anthropic C.E.O. Dario Amodei Calls for A.I. Slowdown (Gift Article)
In an essay, the head of Anthropic laid out the rapidly advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence and said there needed to be greater safety controls across the industry.
000
Reposted by Professor Furious
The Alchemist 🇨🇦 @alchemistsstudio.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
These are my latest one-of-a-kind raku pieces. No one’s buying right now, and I understand - art isn’t always the priority in difficult times. But I’m still making, and sharing a little beauty feels worthwhile. A like or share might help these pieces find their people. 🙏
A 6 panel image on white with 4 raku vases and 2 spirit animals. All were handmade by Alchemy.
29794343
Reposted by Professor Furious
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/09/2026
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: pluralistic.net/2026/09/12/g...
pluralistic.net
116122
Reposted by Professor Furious
WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
@jaketapper.bsky.social What do you say now, Jake? @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy @msnowreports.bsky.social @abc7.bsky.social @nbcnews.com @cbsnews.com Splash these photos all over for viewers to see the truth!
2249
Reposted by Professor Furious
Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11/09/2026
I think Hunter S. Thompson's column in the immediate aftermath pretty much nailed it www.espn.com/espn/page2/s...
The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. Make no mistake about it: We are At War now -- with somebody -- and we will stay At War with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives.

It will be a Religious War, a sort of Christian Jihad, fueled by religious hatred and led by merciless fanatics on both sides. It will be guerilla warfare on a global scale, with no front lines and no identifiable enemy. Osama bin Laden may be a primitive "figurehead" -- or even dead, for all we know -- but whoever put those All-American jet planes loaded with All-American fuel into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon did it with chilling precision and accuracy. The second one was a dead-on bullseye. Straight into the middle of the skyscraper.This is going to be a very expensive war, and Victory is not guaranteed -- for anyone, and certainly not for anyone as baffled as George W. Bush. All he knows is that his father started the war a long time ago, and that he, the goofy child-President, has been chosen by Fate and the global Oil industry to finish it Now. He will declare a National Security Emergency and clamp down Hard on Everybody, no matter where they live or why. If the guilty won't hold up their hands and confess, he and the Generals will ferret them out by force.

Good luck. He is in for a profoundly difficult job -- armed as he is with no credible Military Intelligence, no witnesses and only the ghost of Bin Laden to blame for the tragedy.
OK. It is 24 hours later now, and we are not getting much information about the Five Ws of this thing.

The numbers out of the Pentagon are baffling, as if Military Censorship has already been imposed on the media. It is ominous. The only news on TV comes from weeping victims and ignorant speculators.

The lid is on. Loose Lips Sink Ships. Don't say anything that might give aid to The Enemy.
261804365
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Why would a president, or any ruler take so disastrous a path that he would lose a war not once, but twice?" www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/11/n...
counterpunch.org
Nemesis: Trump’s Double Defeat
To Trump’s great frustration, he has largely been denied the vengeance he sought in Iran. Heedless of warnings that the country could retaliate against American allies in the region – many of which ho...
000
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Business Insider asks: "Tech workers have warned about an AI apocalypse for years. Why is it so viral now?" Because they're running out of money, and fear is a powerful motivator to extract more of it from credulous investors and governments. Good talk. www.businessinsider.com/ai-doomer-pr...
businessinsider.com
The AI doomsdayers aren't new. You just weren't paying attention.
Tech workers have long warned that an AI extinction event was possible. What was it about Jacob Coxon's post that made the public care?
022
Reposted by Professor Furious
Maddie (delicious, nutritious) @pbastronaut.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
"You shouldn't be worried about silly things like the billion dollar megafacilities next to your house destroying the environment. You should be worried about rational things like if the AI suddenly develops magical powers."
01364
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So, this is cool: www.upsocl.com/en/16-year-o...
upsocl.com
16-year-old Mexican student creates an acoustic fire extinguisher that uses sound waves to put out fires in seconds
Optimismo que nos une
000
Reposted by Professor Furious
Christian "Birdy" @cdb87.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The GOP Platform: Protect the fetus; starve the child. Honor the soldier; abandon the veteran. Enrich the corporation; fleece the worker. Quote the Bible; ignore the verses.
0155
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I usually just go right to relocating some mausoleum tenants. I still have to dig some graves, but no one's looking for those folks and then I have a lot of capacity when the revenge plan spirals out of control.
010
Reposted by Professor Furious
Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The late great PHILIP BAKER HALL — born 95yrs ago today — delivers an all-time performance as ‘Lt. Bookman’ —The Library Cop, a role that changed this hugely talented Actor’s life & career forever.
4176798
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm pretty sure it's illegal to buy votes. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Floats $5,000 ‘Trump Dividend’ Checks if Republicans Win the Midterms
In his convention speech, the president floated a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” for every adult American if Republicans keep control of Congress. The idea, like many others, may not come to pass.
020
Reposted by Professor Furious
Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The response to these questions about trans kids playing sports is very simple: “Stop bullying literal children, you freaks.”
161414200
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
You know the old supposed Churchill quote that goes something like, "Americans will always do the right thing, after trying every single other thing."? I feel like the last decade has been America saying, "Let's try insanity!" despite what seems like a few instants of lucidity.
040
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A look back at one of the most terrible SCOTUS decisions: www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/09/like...
lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
Like a loaded weapon ready for the hand - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Something that has pretty much gotten lost in all the other madness, and in particular in the wake of the judicial atrocity that was Trump v. United States, is another catastrophic SCOTUS special: Tru...
011
Reposted by Professor Furious
Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Shout out to everyone who said it was just a temporary distraction and not a central organizing principle of modern fascism.
advocate.com
Elon Musk’s PAC makes transgender people its multi-million-dollar midterm target
America PAC is attacking Democrats in four competitive Senate races as the trillionaire prepares to spend at least $100 million helping Republicans.
6040291251
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"demented" account of the events of that day. There, fixed that for you @nytimes.com. How many euphemisms can you deploy?
Trump Honors 9/11 Emergency Personnel in Washington
President Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to a volunteer firefighter who saved numerous people. He also added to a disputed account of his actions that day.
010
Reposted by Professor Furious
John Hatchard @johnhatchard.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
History repeats.
16010
Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
25 years later, as a native New Yorker who was living in Vermont and working in Albany that day, I find it difficult to describe the white-hot rage I feel for DJT pretending he lifted a pinky to help anyone on or after 9/11, or that he was personally affected beyond perhaps missing a haircut appt.
030