Reposted by ZachBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22hAs large as that boycott is, everyone - yes, *everyone* - should block *every* "programmatic" ad, because the entire system is so insecure that failing to do so could result in the total compromise of any or all of your digital devices. 213228 132
Reposted by ZachRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Latest essay: Cynicism and Naïveté in the Summer of a Thousand Fires 420873 208
Reposted by ZachBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 29/07/2026So, I finally did a TED talk, and it got released today. I seem to have been quite intense, but I'm grateful they left in my Trump joke. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...ted.comOur last, best chance to cool the EarthWe're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has pl... 21526222 526
Reposted by ZachMinas Karamanis @minaskar.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Hey, I wrote a thing about AI in astrophysics ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...ergosphere.blogThe machines are fine. I'm worried about us.On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable. 1101781531 1.8K
Reposted by ZachTom, Legally Certified Date Simmelier @iiotenki.bsky.social · 21/03/2026I've said it before: I genuinely consider it a moral imperative that people my age and up bang the drum about what the Internet used to be so those younger know that there's nothing inherent about what it is now. The Internet doesn't have to be this; its culture can and has belonged to people. 3233291470 3.3K
Reposted by Zachjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared 43200098792 20K
Reposted by Zachdan sinker @dansinker.com · 12/01/2026Hey this year's started like a real shitshow. I wrote about finding strength in a @themountaingoats.bsky.social song and hope in the Chicago Bears. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...dansinker.com Strength and Hope Amid the Year’s Cold Start | dansinker.com 49915 99
Reposted by ZachHakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 11/01/2026This beautifully written piece by my pal @adambonica.bsky.social is worth your time today. A bit of light amid the darkness. open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...open.substack.comThe Wall Looks Permanent Until It FallsOn the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay. 016553 165
Reposted by Zachdan sinker @dansinker.com · 24/12/2025I wrote a little thing about "Fairytale of New York" and about hope for a better year, but mostly I wanted to share the rendition of the song played at Shane MacGowan's funeral in 2023 because it's so beautiful. Happy Christmas, I love ya baby. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...dansinker.com I've got a feeling / This year's for me and you | dansinker.com 28432161 432
Reposted by ZachJake @ HUBhistory @hubhistory.com · 06/12/2024Why do our neighbors in Nova Scotia send a Christmas tree to Boston each year? This tradition was born from a terrible tragedy in Halifax 107 years ago today, on December 6, 1917. 🧵 23519 35
Reposted by Zach🎃 Decorative Gourd Mikell 🎃 @mikell.bsky.social · 17/09/2025I know there’s a lot of stuff out there about the way this makes the wealthy totally out of touch with reality, but given ::waves hands:: everything I can’t help but think about how it also helps to destroy empathy. 2274 27
Reposted by ZachConstant Screaming @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/ 12685202434 8.5K
Reposted by ZachCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read ittheatlantic.comAI Is a Mass-Delusion EventThree years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it. 14843861404 4.4K
Reposted by ZachJon @thelitcritguy.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Not many places would let me quote both Huey Newton and Marx www.currentaffairs.org/news/andor-s...currentaffairs.orgAndor Shows Us What Popular Culture Could BeIn an era of banal, homogenous mass media, Andor refuses easy optimism and shows us that building a better world is a hard, necessary task. It’s exactly the imaginative pop culture we need. 24815 48
Reposted by Zachdan sinker @dansinker.com · 24/02/2025In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202… 735248107192 24.8K
Reposted by ZachMike Masnick @masnick.com · 21/01/2025Wrote a longish post explaining why Bluesky is enshittification-resistant (not enshittification-proof, mind you, but resistant). I expect some people to get mad about this, but for folks who are concerned/trying to understand... The key: it has a tech poison pill. www.techdirt.com/2025/01/21/t...techdirt.comThe Technological Poison Pill: How ATProtocol Encourages Competition, Resists Evil Billionaires, Lock-In & EnshittificationDisclosure: I’m on the board of Bluesky, so feel free to take as many grains of salt as you want in reading it, even though part of this is cheering on a new entrant looking to build an alternative… 34553134 553
Reposted by ZachHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 22/11/2024This is one of those videos that you could work on forever, but suddenly it felt very important to make it, so I finally did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...youtube.comPopulism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible MomentYouTube video by vlogbrothers 1893840985 3.8K
