Reposted by Richard PundUBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Texas U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico is calling for an AI dividend: "we cannot allow all the gains of this innovation to accumulate at the top… you see this in Alaska, they have a statewide dividend for their oil and gas resources." 64920
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Holscher +3 in the latest governor's poll is also a surprise, but a welcome one. Is Global Strategy Group a reputable source? 010
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Looking forward to the upcoming episode on congressional election reform that's teased in this one! 001
Reposted by Richard PundMatt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online. 485297787665
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 07/09/2026If he gets mad at France we might get New America, in the state of Americana, on the Gulf of America. 000
Reposted by Richard PundMissouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 03/09/2026Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote #moleg #mogovmissouriindependent.comMissouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote • Missouri IndependentMissourians will vote on the gerrymandered congressional map muscled through the Legislature in 2025, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled. 25520
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 18/08/2026A neighbor recently stopped me to say they appreciated a piece I wrote and it made my week. Knowing how that positive reinforcement made me feel makes me want to pass that along to others. 090
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 14/08/2026May be approaching the point where rewritable DVDs cost less per GB than SSDs 281
Reposted by Richard PundKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/08/2026I feel like an issue that would connect well with voters would be doing anything at all to slow the current progression toward "absolutely everything now is a scam" 183142502638
Reposted by Richard PundStephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Republican power grabs in Kansas and Missouri are going down in flames with 18-25% of votes reported so far. Missouri's Amendment 4 aimed to make citizen-initiated constitutional amendments practically impossible. Kansas' Amendment 1 was designed to flip the state Supreme Court to ban abortion 253377757
Reposted by Richard PundSherman Smith, Kansas Reflector editor in chief @journalist-sherman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Early results — as in too early to draw any conclusions — show 71% voting against the constitutional amendment. That's with 126,572 votes posted. #ksleg 413413
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 29/07/2026My newest opinion piece for @kansasreflector.com featuring Mister Gotcha #kslegkansasreflector.comGOP messaging on Kansas judicial selection amendment has a democracy-sized sincerity problem • Kansas ReflectorIt’s not a coincidence that the democracy Republican politicians want voters to choose is one that would give them more influence. 000
Reposted by Richard PundThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15/07/2026The work of building efficient, scalable AI systems hasn't been done, Alex Reisner argues. He explores the the industry's inefficiency, and how it’s costing the rest of us:bit.lyGenerative AI Is an Engineering DisasterA shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project 616161
Reposted by Richard PundDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026An amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 14353961168
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I'm a fan of Mend It Mark for the same reason! Amazing the things he's able to do sometimes to fix old audio equipment. 050
Reposted by Richard PundAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Buttigieg: Let's talk one more thing, one more radical proposition on the executive branch. What if everybody's vote counted the same? 652493573
Reposted by Richard PundLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 30/05/2026“I want to urge my political allies, those who share my commitment to substantive policy outcomes, to adopt this same political orientation, to embrace feminist politics of solidarity rather than personality.” www.liberalcurrents.com/aoc-for-pres...liberalcurrents.comAOC for PresidentWhether or not she runs, Ocasio-Cortez is invoking a feminist politics that Democrats should adopt if they are serious about defeating fascism. 910125
Reposted by Richard PundBrian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 28/05/2026And we are live! Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to this. Reading your posts made me so much madder than I ever knew was possibletheringer.comThe 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in TechThe bugs, broken apps, and nightmare customer-service bots we can't escape, presented as a blessed and sacred addendum to Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on AI 932484836
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Thank you! I hope it gets more people talking about UBI if nothing else. 020
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Count me in as another AI skeptic and UBI supporter. Thanks as always to @kansasreflector.com for letting me have my say.kansasreflector.comAs data centers sprawl across the landscape, AI companies should pay Kansans what we're owed • Kansas ReflectorIf we want AI to benefit all of us and not just the tech billionaires, then we need different policies to spread the wealth. 2178
Reposted by Richard PundDennis Lytton @dennislytton.bsky.social · 11/05/2026"Making [proportional representation] a “hundred days” reform . . . would upend our calcified two-party system. Only a few party insiders and timid squishes would miss this most contemptible aspect of the old republic." "What would a multiparty U.S. House look like? Let me speculate . . . " 14516
Reposted by Richard PundLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 11/05/2026“We can fix our broken system. We can change the structure of elections in America to make them more free, more democratic, and more fair to every voter. Here's how.” @dennislytton.bsky.social today www.liberalcurrents.com/proportional...liberalcurrents.comProportional Representation Would Fix ThatWe can change the structure of elections in America to make them more free, more democratic, and more fair to every voter. Here's how. 38730
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 04/05/2026The last point in the piece is key. Republicans instigated this round of gerrymandering out of self-interest. Even if they don't care about the benefits of PR in principle, if conditions change to where it is a better choice for them strategically then they will likely agree to it. 041
Reposted by Richard PundLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 04/05/2026"The main problem is the usage of single-seat districts as the basis of representing the population in the House. There is no such thing as a set of maps that is fair, competitive, and representative. Gerrymandering is just tweaking a bad system at the margins."liberalcurrents.comLessons from the Redistricting WarsGerrymandering is just tweaking a bad system at the margins. 410638
Reposted by Richard Pundryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 22/04/2026sucks that it’s come to this, but if congressional Republicans wanted to put up a national gerrymandering ban or multi member districts etc, it would pass *for sure*. until then fight fire with fire 171975234
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 21/04/2026100% agree, and glad to hear you endorse PR as a way to end the gerrymandering wars eventually. 010
Reposted by Richard PundAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Orban made grand appeals to “Christianity” and “Western Civilization,” but his “illiberal democracy” was just a scam, a way to make him and his buddies rich while subjecting Hungarians to stagnation and robbing them of their freedom. Sound familiar? (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 533427968
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 11/04/2026They're each going to call into the same video call and have to keep muting and unmuting individually to prevent echo. 010
Reposted by Richard PundNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026One of my favorite things about the Trump Era is that any invocation of civic virtue or decency, no matter how anodyne, is implicitly understood by his supporters as an attack on him and his movement. 09518
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 04/04/2026This makes me wonder how bad the global memory shortage would be if these AI companies actually optimized their code. Would there even be a shortage at all? 093
Reposted by Richard PundMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026New — I wrote about how journalists proudly using AI to help them write their stories obscures the deeply human process that makes journalism a societal necessity, and one that feeds the soul of those who create it. Hope you’ll give it a read. I promise I wrote the whole thing.thehandbasket.coRefusing to accept big tech's AI-poisoned 'future of journalism'Humans, however flawed, are 321925530
Reposted by Richard PundMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The US has the fewest parties represented in our national legislature of any country in the industrialized world. We don't just need better candidates--we need a new political system with more parties. 94724181
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Astepro is OTC, even! Not sure what its cost is compared to prescription Azelastine though. 000
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 06/03/2026With the ongoing mid-decade gerrymandering in many states, are there more politicians from the two major parties in those states or Congress talking about PR as a solution? 110
Reposted by Richard PundLee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 27/02/2026"There will be an after. There always is. The Gilded Age ended. The boss system ended. The Solid Jim Crow South gave way to voting rights. This era of dysfunction and discontent will end too. The real question is: What comes next?" New from me -> www.vox.com/politics/480...vox.comUS democracy has repaired itself before. Here’s how we can do it again.America has remade itself every few decades. Are we due? 0158
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Great piece. I think the end makes a good point. Proctor has been promoting policies that primarily harm voter turnout. By manipulating the electorate like this, he's doing more harm to our election integrity than good. 000
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Electrolytic capacitors and Li-ion batteries would like a word 000
Reposted by Richard PundProtect Democracy @protectdemocracy.org · 23/02/2026We need more people to know about this simple solution to gerrymandering ⬇️ Here's how proportional representation could make map manipulation impossible, and it’s actually achievable. Watch and share to spread the word: youtu.be/xN5V0au9Xmsyoutu.beHow Proportional Representation Could End GerrymanderingYouTube video by Protect Democracy 34020
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 07/02/2026That's generally how reform has happened elsewhere. Parties facing a big loss in the next election will sometimes agree to a more proportional election system to limit the damage. www.fairvote.ca/dennis-pilon...fairvote.caDennis Pilon: Multi-party collaboration on voting system reformWhen we examine the history of major voting system reforms throughout the twentieth century, nearly all changes involved negotiation and agreement between multiple political parties. 000
Reposted by Richard Pundjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/02/2026on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice. 220103471718
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 02/02/2026No proponents? Were the usual out of state lobbyists busy that day? 000
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Genuinely wonder sometimes how many elite Dems would be Republicans if they were born in a red state instead of a blue one. 010
Reposted by Richard PundAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... 261120163986
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 19/01/2026I've started playing #CluesbySam. It's a fun logic puzzle! 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.comcluesbysam.comClues by SamA daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal! 000
Reposted by Richard PundSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 10/01/2026If you had predicted with precise accuracy any of our current top stories this week during the ‘24 election, it would have been dismissed as Trump Derangement Syndrome by most of the professional takesmiths. 633627698
Reposted by Richard PundCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 04/01/2026Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world. 523801754
Richard Pund @rpund.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I resolve to keep advocating for causes that are important to me, which usually means writing testimony in opposition of state bills. 010