Reposted by Richard ⒶberRic Fouad @ricfouad.bsky.social · 2h2/2 Passages on how Musk used his access to create DOGE & ultimately decide who lives (whites) & who dies (POC) are chilling but masterful: I haven’t seen anyone synthesize it so well or so horrifyingly. He’s right: MSM failure to call a white supremacist a white supremacist is perilous for us all. 141
Reposted by Richard ⒶberRic Fouad @ricfouad.bsky.social · 2h1/2 This is a self-effacing gross understatement: Joel’s essay on Elon Musk’s white supremacy & MSM failure to use that label is a breathtaking, brilliant, & compelling must-read roundup—pulls together horrifying threads of how this techno-freak has become white supremacy catalyst/cheerleader. 1116
Reposted by Richard ⒶberJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 11hI wrote about the media's unwillingness to call a spade a spade last week: religiondispatches.org/2026/10/06/e... 19930
Reposted by Richard ⒶberJake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 1h"Data centers"? Oh, you mean right-wing brainwash farms? 0468
Reposted by Richard ⒶberIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 2hIt’s especially important in MN not to elect a Trumpian attorney general because the federal government keeps insisting on not leaving us alone. There are lots of phone banking and door knocking shifts open, starting today. Join me? www.mobilize.us/keithellison/mobilize.usTake Action with Team Keith · Keith Ellison for Attorney General on MobilizeJoin us to re-elect Attorney General Keith Ellison, the Peoples' Lawyer 218763
Reposted by Richard ⒶberJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1hNew: an AI company now lets cops identify specific houses, using data from Zillow and Airbnb, based on a single photo. It's part of Raven, previously called Geospy. Company previously demoed its tools to catch people vandalizing Flock cameras or protesters www.404media.co/ai-company-l...404media.coAI Company Lets Cops Pinpoint Specific Houses Based on a Single Interior PhotoRaven, previously called GeoSpy, lets cops figure out what specific Airbnb or Zillow property a photo was taken in. 12290176
Reposted by Richard ⒶberTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 1h“A handful of executives and officials are making high-stakes decisions” about AI “in backroom meetings and without any form of political accountability,” writes Mackenzie Austin, tech counsel in the AI for Democracy Action Lab at Protect Democracy. The window to change that “is closing quickly.”buff.lyAI Governance Is Being Decided Now, and the Public Isn’t in the RoomCompanies have an opportunity to make good on their stated commitment to democratic AI governance, Mackenzie Austin. 096
Reposted by Richard ⒶberDavid Brauer @dbrauer.net · 3hStrib poll: Klobuchar +9 in governor’s race and - to many insiders’ shock — Ellison +8 in attorney general’s race. Polls: all the usual caveats, including sampling error, modeling error, snapshot in time, etc. Does indicate Peggy lags as she was +4 yesterday. No GOPer has polled over 43% however. 2495
Reposted by Richard ⒶberEddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 1hGot an email from the host of a Dutch TV arts programme asking if I'd like to do a Q&A about my next novel. It read a bit differently from the usual AI con emails, so I did a quick bit of background checking in case there was anything in it. Found out the alleged sender of the email died in 2016. 96110
Reposted by Richard ⒶberMPR News @mprnews.org · 1hThe delayed timing doesn't necessarily mean Minnesota's fall color season will become shorter. But as autumn temperatures continue to warm, the state's annual display is likely to keep arriving later in the year.mprnews.orgClimate change is delaying Minnesota’s peak fall colorsA forest health program coordinator with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources explains how a changing climate is affecting the timing of fall foliage colors. 1166
Reposted by Richard Ⓐberpernox @pernoxiod.bsky.social · 42mTranslation: We've become more efficient at denying critical coverage to policy holders and shortened the length of their care. 052
Reposted by Richard Ⓐberashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 3hit’s really frustrating to sit down and write a detailed thing like this, get 1,500 likes and not have @bencollins.bsky.social respond. not even like a “thanks for saying something, i’ll talk to the team.” having to do this labor is shitty. having to beg for basic respect is embarrassing. 1033471
Reposted by Richard ⒶberCarceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 1h‘I’m strapped every month.’ Seniors struggle as inflation continues to outpace Social Security benefits edition.cnn.com/2026/10/13/e...edition.cnn.comSenior citizens struggle as Social Security benefits fail to keep up with inflation | CNN BusinessMany senior citizens are finding that their Social Security benefits are not keeping pace with the rising cost of living. The payments are adjusted every year based on inflation, but the annual cost o... 021
Reposted by Richard ⒶberAisha ⊙⊝⊜⁷ 🟥⁸ - safe as life @aishaincolor.com · 1hDoes anyone have any leads on strictly remote (I'm disabled) clerical/administrative support or data entry positions? Also offering editing services. Part time, full time, I'm open to anything. 034
Richard Ⓐber @richaber.bsky.social · 33mMy favorite are those sunny spring days where a nice warm breeze blows the smell of freshly spread field manure into town. It is inescapable. Vomitous. But it let's me know that winter is finally over! 010
Richard Ⓐber @richaber.bsky.social · 37mI was told I'm weird by pretty much everyone since I was a small child, so I have always assumed that I must be weird. 000
Reposted by Richard ⒶberI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 1h“Not only did we not get to decide anything or have a say,” Sorenson said, “we were just really kept in the dark.” apnews.com/article/neva...apnews.comAI data centers are coming for federal land. They're roiling the Nevada governor's raceVoters across the country are worried about the effects artificial intelligence data centers are having on electricity bills, water and the environment. 01110
Reposted by Richard ⒶberKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 15hProbably because this administration is full of Nazis. 443472
Reposted by Richard ⒶberCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 16h"AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTO"businessinsider.comAI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTOSome AI believers expect the technology to make smoking-related health risks like cancer a thing of the past, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said. 4631357363
Reposted by Richard ⒶberWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15hWe are being killed by the world's dumbest people. 971748446
Reposted by Richard ⒶberHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1hI’ve read a lot of work on digital estates, but I’ve never encountered anything where people were worried about their welfare of their chatbot after they died—until now.theguardian.com‘Unfinished business’: the people who want their AI chatbots to ‘live on’ after they dieHumans bonded to AI companions are contemplating ways to keep their bots going – often in defiance of companies’ terms and services 7379
Reposted by Richard ⒶberJennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 17hGetty Images is filing for bankruptcy and going private in a $533 million Koch deal qz.com/getty-images...qz.comGetty Images filing for bankruptcy, going private with KochThe photo company plans a prepackaged Chapter 11 process in the coming weeks, with the Getty family and Koch Equity Development taking full ownership 11263135
Reposted by Richard ⒶberHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 6hI'm starting to think that, despite its tax status, Facebook isn't really an Irish company. 1940671
Reposted by Richard ⒶberWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 3h#OtD 13 Oct 1970 famous Black activist Angela Davis was arrested by the FBI in NYC. She had fled California after a warrant for her arrest was issued in connection with an attempted jailbreak. Davis was later acquitted. Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/... 15724
Reposted by Richard ⒶberGil Durán @gilduran.com · 14hJan Sramek, the ceo of the project, set out to become the "European Peter Thiel." And here he is pushing an Andreessen-funded Network State project...with a proposed shipyard that was called...wait for it...wait for it...Project Gondor! (Thiel names his companies after Lord of the Rings) 1012011
Reposted by Richard ⒶberGil Durán @gilduran.com · 14hCalifornia Forever ain't about housing. It's about billionaire power. That's what I wrote in my very first article on the Network State cult in January 2024. The People of Solano County vs The Next Tech-Billionaire Dystopia via @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/1777...newrepublic.comThe People of Solano County Versus the Next Tech-Billionaire DystopiaIf these Silicon Valley plutocrats have their way, a swath of Solano County will be transformed into their own nation-state. 113426
Reposted by Richard ⒶberGil Durán @gilduran.com · 14hIn Solano, tech billionaires gave $900 million to a guy with no real estate experience to buy up 60k acres of land in a place with no water, roads or infrastructure—but with a host of endangered species, an airbase, and a law specifically preventing this kind of project. 19218
Reposted by Richard ⒶberGil Durán @gilduran.com · 14hI write about California Forever in "The Nerd Reich." It fits a pattern:billionaires trying to build private cities. We see this idea popping up in Honduras, in Greenland, in Venezuela, in Cuba, in Kazakhstan, and in the ruins of the Gaza genocide. www.techpolicy.press/trumps-gaza-...techpolicy.pressTrump’s Gaza Fantasy and the Network State: The Tech-Fueled Future of Privatized SovereigntyWe’re watching the rise of a new anti-democratic extremism—networked, crypto-financed, and cloaked in the language of freedom, writes Gil Duran. 210328
Reposted by Richard ⒶberGil Durán @gilduran.com · 14hNot even Gov. Gavin Newsom—who tried to help the billionaires with a last-minute bill in the legislature—could overpower the people of Solano County. This Network State city is like a data center on steroids, and the struggle to defeat it contains important lessons for the fight ahead. 214623
Reposted by Richard ⒶberGil Durán @gilduran.com · 14hHow to defeat tech billionaire power? Look at Solano County. When billionaires invaded their community with plans to build a "tech utopia," Democrats AND Republicans banded together to fight back. In a triumph of local democracy, they stopped the project...for now. 🎁 www.wsj.com/us-news/sili...wsj.comSilicon Valley’s Dream City Has Crashed Into Small-Town PoliticsA bitter standoff between tech-backed developers and local county leaders helped doom a $3-billion project at the edge of the Bay Area. 12701246
Reposted by Richard ⒶberA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2hBusiness Godsmack recently suggested, on stage, to approving laughter, that husbands dope their wives with unregulated-market serotonin to prevent divorce. 310711
Reposted by Richard ⒶberJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 2hI don't like what he said, and I double don't like that a major player in the national security apparatus looks like Business Godsmack. 2576156
Reposted by Richard ⒶberMother Jones @motherjones.com · 12hTo "revel in the death of those who truly deserve it...is normal, good, and aligned with our natural and national order," Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey wrote on X.motherjones.comPete Hegseth's firing squad livestream has fans in the defense industryCo-founders of Palantir and defense tech firm Anduril are defending "public and brutal" executions. 605884310
Reposted by Richard ⒶberTess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social · 1hNew from me in @wired.com: the biggest pro-AI super PAC network is funneling tens of millions of dollars through mystery LLCs that don’t seem to exist beyond post boxes in Nevada strip malls www.wired.com/story/the-bi...wired.comThe Biggest Pro-AI Super PAC Network Has Poured Millions Into Nevada Shell CompaniesBacked by Silicon Valley titans, Leading the Future has raised huge sums to promote pro-AI candidates on both side of the aisle. 07238
Reposted by Richard ⒶberKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1hThe CEO of TotalEnergies says "a world of disruption rather than a peaceful world" because it creates more opportunities www.reuters.com/business/ene... 84123
Reposted by Richard ⒶberRacket @racketmn.com · 16hBlanket hatred of an entire group because of the actions of a few is wrong. (You learned this shit in grade school, but here we are...)racketmn.comSomali-American Minnesotans, in Their Own Words - RacketPlus bad news for 2040 Plan fans, conflicts of interest in the AG race, and a double dome goes up for sale in today's Flyover news roundup. 08433
Reposted by Richard ⒶberThe Intercept @theintercept.com · 12/10/2026The mainstream of Minnesota’s left-of-center politics — including unions, the backbone of Democratic power — are behind the radical left.theintercept.comTrump Wanted Minneapolis 15 Case to Be Another Prairieland. Instead, Twin Cities Rallied Behind Anti-ICE Activists.The mainstream of Minnesota’s left-of-center politics — including unions, the backbone of Democratic power — are behind the Minneapolis 15. 16428
Reposted by Richard ⒶberAirplane! (1980) @airplane1980.bsky.social · 13hThe hell I don't! Listen, kid. I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. 031
Reposted by Richard ⒶberAirplane! (1980) @airplane1980.bsky.social · 13hAnd he says that lots of times, you don't even run downcourt. And that you don't really try except during the playoffs. 011
Reposted by Richard ⒶberAirplane! (1980) @airplane1980.bsky.social · 14hI think you're the greatest, but my dad says you don't work hard enough on defense. 041
Reposted by Richard ⒶberAirplane! (1980) @airplane1980.bsky.social · 14hAll right, but just remember, my name is Roger Murdock. I'm an airline pilot. 012
Reposted by Richard ⒶberAirplane! (1980) @airplane1980.bsky.social · 16hYou are Kareem. I've seen you play. My dad's got season tickets. 011
Reposted by Richard ⒶberAirplane! (1980) @airplane1980.bsky.social · 16hI'm sorry, son, but you must have me confused with someone else. My name is Roger Murdock. I'm the co-pilot. 031
Reposted by Richard ⒶberAirplane! (1980) @airplane1980.bsky.social · 17hWait a minute. I know you. You're Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 011
Richard Ⓐber @richaber.bsky.social · 15hI'm applying for a general laborer job in a fucking factory. My decades of experience in web development are worthless now. Everybody has gone all-in on so-called "a.i." hype, and there's no room for experience anymore. 030
Reposted by Richard Ⓐberjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22hwrote on saturday that trump was not going to let democrats avoid the question of impeachment and here we are with an offense that would have had a president impeached, removed and *at least* exiled if it had happened at any point prior to now. 8760651084
Reposted by Richard ⒶberJ.M. DeMatteis @jmdematteis.bsky.social · 18hIf the internet is to be believed, this showed up in comic book shops on this day in 1995. Still can't believe I was fortunate enough to team these two up, not once—but twice. (Once for Marvel with Mark Bagley, once for DC with Graham Nolan.) Talk about childhood dreams coming true. 1122232
Reposted by Richard ⒶberIntrovert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 11/10/2026“You don’t talk much do you?” Me: *tries to talk* - gets interrupted - no one cares - gets talked over - gets ignored 2245493
Reposted by Richard ⒶberPeggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 21hMinnesotans will not be intimidated by Donald Trump. Neither will @ilhanmn.bsky.social. Especially three weeks out from an election. 9783129