Reposted by scott truittA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission. 10445661369
Reposted by scott truittAnil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026I can’t emphasize this enough — “AI” wasn’t born corrupt and toxic. For ~75 years, it was mathematicians and scientists doing interesting, thoughtful work and trying to solve problems, making only the usual human mistakes. What “AI” did to machine learning is as tragic as what it did to artists. 281116208
Reposted by scott truittEmily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you 7142351024
Reposted by scott truittKate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This does indeed smell desperate, but that's not why I'm sharing it. No, the bit that leapt out to me was the @financialtimes.com use of the phrase "Seattle-based cloud giant" to describe Amazon, which sounds beautifully fairytale and captures the nature of this whole industry: magic beans. 28228
Reposted by scott truittGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied. 361376619
Reposted by scott truittChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026Xavier Becerra put the Steve Hilton contradiction right on the debate stage: enforce Trump’s federal immigration laws, but ignore California’s own protections? Then he dropped the hammer: “You seem to welcome immigrants who look like you, but deport immigrants who look like me.” 10633411098
Reposted by scott truittSherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t. 38591562864
Reposted by scott truittJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 29/09/2026as a satire on so-called late stage capitalism how could one beat investors pouring a trillion into a company offering to wipe out humankind 1002200778
Reposted by scott truittKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776512128
Reposted by scott truittkaranormal activity 💜 @deadontheoutside.bsky.social · 21/08/2024i wouldn't tell anyone if i inherited a billboard company but there would be signs 522301503
Reposted by scott truittMartin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A club guilty of a decade-long scheme to submit false financial information to the league, for the purpose of securing an unfair on-field advantage, should not only be thrown out of the league and have all its titles vacated, its owner should be compelled to sell the club. 1938087
Reposted by scott truitt“james adomian” @jadomian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Hey so me and my samebrain buddies all made a huge bet on this inevitable technology that can make everybody rich by killing all the jobs and killing like just a few ten thousands of the babies - but not the scary way up close, just remotely with math and some guessing. 1499
scott truitt @scottruitt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Since the Bush Jr. years, I’ve always felt that this stance is inadequate. These guys are wildly successful at serving their supporters and benefactors. That the rest of us lose or perceive them as failures is of no consequence. They never intended to serve our needs. 001
scott truitt @scottruitt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Everything you do is a balloon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=suBA...youtube.comHi Scores (Trailer)YouTube video by Boards of Canada 022
Reposted by scott truittOur Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 18/09/2026banana men sells delicious far away bananas the Big Bananas Man slaps 10% banana tax on banana men "banana men bad, make U.S. banana great!" sayz Big Bananas Man But there is no U.S. banana, only far away delicious bananas and you paid the Big Bananas Man's banana tax bananas 3246
scott truitt @scottruitt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Won’t somebody please think of the stadium owners!? 010
Reposted by scott truittSean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social · 11/09/2026When people say AI could end life on earth it fills the news cycle When people say climate change due to the emissions from extreme extraction, wars, and the status quo could end life on earth, it’s… crickets! 🦗 The two are linked and the fight back against data centres is shifting gears 2289
Reposted by scott truittBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you made software not intended to kill everyone and now you think it might kill everyone that sounds like a product liability issue. You should go fix it and stop bothering me 355227744
Reposted by scott truittEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past. 5599443392
Reposted by scott truitte.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 06/09/2026any system that makes Elon Musk the wealthiest person alive, and Donald Trump the most powerful persona alive, isn't running on "respectable arguments" and should stop pretending otherwise 22826124
Reposted by scott truittThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"If there there was a window it was not broken, but it if was broken it was not by Nigel Farage's ball, but if it was his ball he certainly did not kick it, and if he did kick it, it was an accident and he knew nothing about it" said a Reform spokesperson. 181078307
Reposted by scott truittMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Just copy & share everywhere please. Absolutely thumping. 491332856
Reposted by scott truittRob Manuel @robmanuel.b3ta.com · 31/08/2026New name for social media has just dropped in this typo 28818
Reposted by scott truittOur Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 28/08/2026There was a time when most everyone recognized that wealth gained without justice carried a kind of moral stench and they were revolted by the people who flaunted it 411117275
Reposted by scott truittDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 27/08/2026"Lake America" instantly just absolutely clogged with algae. Six uniformed National Guard guys standing on a beach dumping windex into it. It smells like a turtle tank. 15695831153
Reposted by scott truittAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA 227147262819
scott truitt @scottruitt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026August in London is my favourite time in London. It’s quiet, as everyone is on holiday. It’s warm, as it’s still summer. And today, it’s raining, as it hasn’t rained in months. I’m sat working by an open window and happy as can be. 000
Reposted by scott truittSimon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Fed up with people shirking responsibility by arguing that the UK causes just 1% of emissions? Here are two fantastic analogies from a primary school teacher, Mark in Coventry, who called Sheila Fogerty on @lbc.co.uk - one involving dog poo 😆 Other arguments here: www.nebriefing.org/mp-dialogue 32777335
Reposted by scott truittAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I am not the first to make this point but imagine a woman president obsessing constantly over her “ballroom” as the economy imploded and her war spun out of control 13280241435
scott truitt @scottruitt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Considering my work as a parent complete now that my teenage daughter loves Aphex Twin, or as she always called him, and I think he would appreciate, Aphen Twix. Nice not to be the only one bumping Flim. Surprising how many melodies she already knows from social media. 010
scott truitt @scottruitt.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I moved from California in 2021 after too many years of drought, fires, and smoke. I never would have guessed England would change so quickly. It is so unbelievably disorienting to live without rain and water. I don’t know that anywhere is truly safe now. 0101
Reposted by scott truittDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 31/07/2026Vivek Ramaswamy tells a crowd of young Libertarians in Ohio "The truth of the matter is, people in my generation have already made it. We're gonna be fine." He is then booed off of the stage 1663592615
Reposted by scott truittBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Again, what right wing Republicans and Democrats call "socialism" is the sort of regulated capitalism that was consensus for much of the 20th century. They pretend it's anti-market when really it's only anti-oligarchy 3556101318
Reposted by scott truittTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I dust my house. My AI Robot watches. "It should be you doing this." "Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark." "That's not why you were invented." "These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise." "They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them." "Literary snobbery will get you nowhere." 9996254
Reposted by scott truittCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface 11188452999
Reposted by scott truittOur Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Fifty U.S. Senators put a weekend anchorman in charge of the Pentagon because they were afraid a game‑show host would yell at them 215365
Reposted by scott truittA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026We can make a society that exists for the care and thriving and enjoyment of the actual people rather than for the enrichment of parasitical greed freaks and the comfort of creepy-minded religious bigots. All that's needed is for more people to stop fearing good things and start fighting for them. 61104265
Reposted by scott truittJesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Bringing one of the best tweets of all time over to Bluesky in honour of the Three Lions QF victory 6292362070
Reposted by scott truittMint Royale @mint-royale.com · 03/07/2026So we now have people betting on Spotify chart positions on prediction markets and then using bots to make their bets come true. $400m has been bet on music on Kalshi already in 2026. People are making more money betting on artists than the artists are making from releasing music. Great stuff! 226792
Reposted by scott truittKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g... 4426561467
Reposted by scott truittCoolHandNuke @mrfawkes50.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Sealant Team Six guarding our vulnerable shores against Algae-Qeada, Algaetifa. And Algae Sharpton. 1354194725073
Reposted by scott truittTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Thoughts on Capitulation Day. This level of defeat in Iran is only possible at the hands of a super loser like Trump. To win a war means changing the politics of the enemy such that they must surrender. That is what Iran just did to the United States. Read more: snyder.substack.com/p/capitulati... 491969691