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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 1h
One of my most popular (relatively speaking) posts here is about Newsom being bad. This doesn't make up for his misdeeds but is good news.
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
RIP (when I clicked on this I got served an ad for Google AI)
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Seems like these advisers should be spending a lot more time screaming about enacting radical campaign finance reform, and yet.
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70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
RIP Peter Max. I was just admiring his 1971 "Astrologicalendar" the other day: www.peculiarmanicule.com/1971-peter-m... It has compatible dates with 2027, if anyone wants to print their own and remember Peter Max all year
Cover to the Peter Max 1971 Astrologicalendar, a deeply groovy astrology-themed calendar, featuring a ringed planet in front of a ton of five-pointed stars in a blue sky.Pisces. A blonde figure in a dress and a top hat with a star on it stands holding some flowers on a plain under a striped red sky.Libra. Several figures cavort under two flowers or trees. They might also be floating.Capricorn. A figure with long blue hair sits cross-legged away from the viewer on a starkly red planet, looking at a distant green ringed planet.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 17/09/2026
Ottawa Police have already been using police databases to stalk random women they see in public Now Toronto Police are (allegedly) using police databases to help drug traffickers interested in assassinating prison officials and intimidating witnesses to murders www.thestar.com/news/gta/stu...
Toronto Const. Timothy Barnhardt was unaware a recording device had been hidden inside his police cruiser as he invited an alleged drug dealer into the passenger seat. Barnhardt showed the man the computer screen attached to the centre console, where the veteran officer could search confidential databases containing people's home addresses. Police allege that Barnhardt had been feeding the information gleaned from the searches to criminals, who used it to conduct shootings, robberies and other violent acts. Inside the cruiser on that September 2025 day, the man handed Barnhardt multiple $100 bills, which the officer tucked into the front pocket of his police vest.
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
oof the way this works without needing to know which country
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Matthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Trumpism is class war from above. Its effects are ripping society apart. Profits as high as never before since WW2. All extracted from labor - the effect: "Employees’ share from wages and benefits fell to 60 per cent, the lowest level since the 1950s." www.ft.com/content/6f3a...
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I guess we found the one problem AI can't fix. Bad luck that it's the social safety net, but we have to be realistic about the future.
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
My brain every time I see a picture of Dario Amodei: oh no, what bad thing happened to Matthew Rhys?
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Beyond exposing these people as fans of bigotry first and women's sports dead last, the would-hang-with differential between the two groups is incalculable
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
yeah I'm pretty sure I was introduced to this shocking new idea 22 years ago: harpers.org/archive/2004...
harpers.org
What Democracy?, by Richard N. Rosenfeld
The case for abolishing the United States Senate
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I hope they at least mentioned that he's a professor of MARKETING, so him being a professor is as irrelevant as him being a puppeteer or a princess.
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
People complain endlessly about academic / "theory" jargon, but when a non-academic writer comes up with a specific but catchy term it takes like a year to turn into useless nonsense. This is why academics need to make their terms as repellently dull as possible
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I already assumed year-round pedestrianization would die under this mayor, so on balance this is good news for this balls-appreciator
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br◎seph @friendo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
they finally got him
shrek rave 
worldwide tour 
fri 27th nov 
the hague
shrek rave is coming to the hague!
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Here's a fun timeline juxtaposition. The stores will cost about $70M from what I'm seeing
A screenshot of a post from USA Today Opinion that reads "Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use."Screenshot of a graph from AdImpact showing how much money was spent on Michigan Senate Democratic Primary Ad Support. The total was $80.9 million with the Haley Stevens campaign receiving $63.9M of that total
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
As negatively as I feel about genAI, I like too many musicians from places like the Caribbean—where the use of AI in artwork and videos (and maybe the music too for all I know) was an extremely predictable continuation of existing practices—to try to draw a line against it.
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John Coulthart @johncoulthart.com · 28/07/2026
THE SILENT STAR (1960, East German/Polish co-production) could have been a weirder Planet of the Vampires-like film if they'd ditched all the scenes of Serious Scientists Explaining Things. Based on a story by Stanisław Lem who hated it, as he did with most adaptations of his works.
A screen shot showing strange structures inc. a geodesic globe on the surface of the planet Venus. The landscape is dark, misty and permeated by coloured lights.A screen shot showing a shiny silver rocket ship standing on the surface of the planet, emitting a beam of light. In the foreground is a radar antenna. The landscape is dark, misty and permeated by coloured lights.A screen shot showing strange structures inc. a geodesic globe on the surface of the planet Venus. The spacesuited humans have arrived to explore.A screen shot showing large globes on the surface of the planet Venus. The landscape is dark, misty and permeated by coloured lights. The humans are passing by in their explorer vehicle.
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Pretty funny to get so mad at people pointing out how credulous you are that you make the absolutely most credulous post conceivable
A screenshot of a Bluesky post by tech "journalist" Casey Newton, whose fiancé works at Anthrophic. The post reads:
Me: (being murdered by the AI paperclip maximizer)
Bluesky: Actually it can't 'murder' you. Murder implies intent.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 09/07/2026
I think it’s gotten worse too since they got the memo that saying inflammatory stuff like “I’m tryna optimize the dystopian stack” gets even more clicks and attention.
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edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 03/09/2023
and yet a trace of the true self exists in the false self
Dominos pizza bikes in a row, all collapsed on each other like a line of fallen dominos
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
ok but what about Mussolini?
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Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The ban is heinous for what it does to transgender athletes. But if you think cisgender girls and young women won’t be caught up in the fallout, too, you are woefully ignorant
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 25/06/2026
There is no legitimate reason for random cops to have unfettered access to sensitive personal information like this Instead of publicly humiliating himself making videos telling officers to knock it off with criminally stalking women, Ottawa’s Police Chief could cut off access to these databases
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 25/06/2026
There actually are extremely well-paying academic jobs in the humanities . . . provided you are willing to become a conservative hack who promotes "viewpoint diversity" rather than peer-reviewed scholarship.
Screenshot from ad for director of right-wing Benson Center at University of Colorado
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A travesty. Springer Nature offloads SciAm—the most storied science magazine in the US—onto a content mill consortium, LabX, during an almost certainly successful union vote. LabX now says it will lay off 15 people, over 1/3rd of the unit and 60% of the bargaining committee. Pure union busting.
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Luke Stark @lukestark.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Alright all, it's that time: if you've ever taught my work, would you be so kind as to DM me with details? I (and my tenure file) appreciate it!
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Best album of the year so far, and this is a great interview
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Hobbes left out colonialism, which I get: it's a more complicated argument. But it's also the most "normal" critique of the three. I don't know any Canadian leftist who would call Israel colonialist but wouldn't say the same of Canada (with genocide close behind).
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Crystal Fleming クリスタル @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I'm attending a digital humanities event in Montreal. There was a keynote on AI and something about the talk made me wonder if it had been written by Claude. I said as much in the Q&A. As I posed the question, the speaker shifted, looking slightly uncomfortable. What he said next shocked the room +
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
It is real bizarre that people haven't gotten tired of doing this embarrassing, ignorant, and tedious routine. Put this energy into sports or something, food is too pleasurable
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
sad to see Michel get beaten to the punch like this
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Steve Barrow (29 September 1945–30 May 2026) Steve Barker gives a personal appreciation of the reggae historian and label runner who has died aged 80. www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
thewire.co.uk
Steve Barrow (29 September 1945–30 May 2026)  - The Wire
Steve Barker gives a personal appreciation of the reggae historian and label runner who has died aged 80.
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
lol
Screenshot of The Economist's website with a link to a video roundtable called "The new socialists: how dangerous are they?" The show is "supported by" the AI company Anthropic.
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 27/05/2026
Canada's biggest labour body has voted to cut ties with its Israeli counterpart. How Palestine activists eked out a win at the Canadian Labour Congress: pressprogress.ca/clc-histadru...
pressprogress.ca
How Palestine Activists Eked Out a Win at the Canadian Labour Congress
Canada's biggest labour body agreed to cut ties with its Israeli counterpart
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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 23/05/2026
Louisiana has decided to cede the entire parole decision-making process to an algorithm that will decide if you die in prison or not. There will be no human input or nuance allowed. Even our parole board is sickened by this. LINK: veritenews.org/2025/04/10/t...
veritenews.org
TIGER, the algorithm banning Louisiana prisoners from parole
A Louisiana law cedes much of the power of the parole board to an algorithm that bars thousands of prisoners from a shot at early release. Civil rights attorneys say it could disproportionately harm B...
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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Concordia U is hosting this event — we’re going to make it into an episode of The Data Fix. I think that anyone can register and attend online or in person:
a poster that shows speakers for an event about data center activism 

FRIDAY JUNE 12, 2026 - 6:30 PM
• So an Al Data Centre is coming to your community.
DON'T PANICI STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING COMMUNITY POWER
SHIFT

Adam Wilkins + Lauren Stephens Smith (Save Lorneville) Rania Masri (NC Environmental Justice Center)
Mél Hogan (The Data Fix Podcast)
Simon Enoch (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
Hybrid Event - Refreshments will be served
Registration:
SHIFT Centre for social transformation
Concordia University (Montréal)
1400 Blvd. De Maisonneuve W. (LB-145)
SCPASA
Montr
AÉÉARC
UNIVERSIT
Concordia
UNIVERSITY
SOCIAL JUSTICE CENTRE
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 08/05/2026
“Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada acknowledged using generative AI to reject an application for permanent residence on the grounds the applicant’s job duties didn’t match her claimed Canadian job experience. However, the AI tool erroneously generated the applicant’s current job duties.”
policyoptions.irpp.org
Carney’s AI push risks harm as Ottawa automates public services
From immigration errors to social-assistance breakdowns, early use of automated systems shows how public services can fail without human judgment.
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Keith Harris @usefulnoise.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"not a bad guy for a billionaire" really is the faintest of praises, why even bother
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
reboot of star trek where they have to do this every time they talk to the computer
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
If I were the emperor of discourse it would be forbidden to make analogies
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The absolutely breathtaking determination of that goat
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Beatgrrrl @beatgrrrl.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Earth Day poster by Peter Max, 1992
Poster by artist Peter Max titled "Make Every Day Earth Day!". The poster features a colorful, psychedelic landscape with cosmic figures, flowers, and a sailing boat. 
Message: It includes the slogan "MAKE EVERY DAY EARTH DAY!" and a pledge to secure the Earth for future generations.
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Oh boy. You decide to do a dissertation on bossware, and the weirdest people in the world decide to mess with you by making it more literal and dystopian than you could have possibly imagined when you started
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I've semi-seriously been referring to Bossism as our dominant political malady, and well
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
A super sharp piece on how the politics, culture, and practices of management undermine democracy. This is the guiding idea behind my own research into management-tech, and it's somewhat surprisingly under-theorized given how pervasive being subject to rule by bosses.
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🎹 sharon su @doodlyroses.com · 14/04/2026
PEED ON THE FLOOR ok new game, what’s the wildest thing you’ve experienced at the symphony (No one use “orgasm noise at the LA Phil,” I’m still scarred from being in the middle of that press cycle)
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Mob Front @rooob.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Might see if "Donald Trump wrote more than you today" works as a motivator
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
For the academic study of the history of science: the Scientific Revolution didn't happen, and the scientific method doesn't exist.
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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Jorge Ben was born in Rio de Janeiro on this day in 1939. He turns 87 today.
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