Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 5hI finally found a good AI use case. It is currently going through my email and unsubscribing me from every political fundraising email I currently am being bombarded with. Now, can it do text messages too? 020
Reposted by Sean SatoriLeah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 6hI reviewed SUPREMACY for the Los Angeles Review of Books! @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/supr...lareviewofbooks.orgWho Is Supreme, the People or the Court? | Los Angeles Review of BooksNikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan’s new book challenges the supremacy of judicial review over democracy itself. 16818
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 17hThis isn’t law. Don’t let anybody argue that law is what the Court does. It’s the raw application of power. 130
Reposted by Sean SatoriCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 11169381995
Reposted by Sean SatoriHannah BW @hbwhbwhbw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026new preprint: The Public Interest in Private Science. It explores how government grants & contracts became central ways to fund scientific research; argues that these agreements fail to effectively protect either scientific independence or the public interest; & sketches a few possible reformspapers.ssrn.comThe Public Interest in Private ScienceThe federal government primarily relies on grants and contracts to fund scientific research. This arrangement emerged as a political compromise after World War 1207
Reposted by Sean SatoriDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Always remember, it's not just Trump. This is Public Enemy No. 2: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o... 410651
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My son got in a fight at school because someone called him a name. The principal called us to tell us what happened and apparently both of them were pretty dumb. Still great time to explain that if someone says words, you respond with words, not physically. 000
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It’s almost as if Republicans aren’t the sincere defenders of the working class they portray themselves to be. 040
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It is the very central issue driving the country’s aberrant politics right now. Continuous lack of accountability going back to the Nixon era. 011
Reposted by Sean SatoriSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Which is ... what, exactly? 1191007117
Reposted by Sean SatoriAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/09/2026Punxsutawney Jill is sticking her head out a little early this cycle. 2096147302089
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The false path of dealing with scapegoating is agreeing with those doing it and promising to scapegoat them too. 030
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We need to keep calling these guys weird until they go away. GTFO weirdos! 000
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 28/09/2026So this site appears to have been created by Elon Musk to 'unskew the polls' and make it appear that Republicans are doing better than they are, likely in an attempt to stop polls from further depressing turnout. What say you BlueSky hivemind? Any other potential people who could be doing this?pollsmax.comPolling Methodology | PollsmaxHow Pollsmax collects, standardizes, and averages political polling data for Senate, House, governors, and national charts. 441
Reposted by Sean SatoriFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026This is another great, approachable explainer on “the rationalist wackos who have managed to take over much of the AI industry, and who now have tons of money and political power.” www.iankduncan.com/personal/202...iankduncan.comSex, AI, and the Apocalypse - Ian DuncanHow a community devoted to thinking clearly incubated salvation stories, abusive experiments, race science, and an affection for autocracy, and why that history matters now that its alumni are asking ... 571926465
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I’ve started watching Murderbot on AppleTV and it’s pretty good so far. 050
Reposted by Sean SatoriBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026lol holy shit I wouldn't talk about literally anything else if I was the guy running against him. —"What do you think about trans kids in sp-" —"Did you hear my opponent had his patient, who was 8 months pregnant, arrested in front of her son because she didn't pay a $50 medical bill?" 8189102560
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 25/09/2026So I just got polled by some big company, likely tech, about how they can earn trust back after getting in bed with Trump. In case you are wondering what writing they see on the wall… 161
Reposted by Sean SatoriSean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I wrote nearly 3,000 words about Silicon Valley sex cults, killer AI, a paperclip game I can't stop playing, and the seventeenth-century mystic who saw it all coming...belowtheconversation.substack.comThe Sacred Without the SacrificeOn rationalist sex cults, killer AI, a paperclip game I can't stop playing, and the seventeenth-century mystic who saw all of it coming 1143
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Not only is this deliberate, it’s also being done so that people are in a constantly anxious state, which makes them prone to narratives about immigrants stealing their jobs. Anger that should be focused upwards gets diverted downwards instead. 010
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Most Americans think government is corrupt and this is the reason why. 010
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I know the proper thing to do right now is treat the upcoming election like we are 5 points behind. And we should. But I also think it’s ok to start being a little hopeful. Because deep down, most people are good. Like Fred Rogers said: look for the helpers. 020
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The DOJ lawyer who argued in favor of Trump’s CNN/Politico/MSNOw ban once cited Mein Kampf as his favorite book. You seriously cannot make the shit up anymore 😂 022
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 23/09/2026JFC, this guy is good. And I don't mean he's skilled. I just mean he's good. The entire word good, wrapped up in one man. 130
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 22/09/2026That's because EA is a religion...belowtheconversation.substack.comThe Sacred Without the SacrificeOn Silicon Valley sex cults, killer AI, a paperclip game I can't stop playing, and the seventeenth-century mystic who saw all of it coming 0267
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is a great review. I'll caveat with something though: human society needs hierarchy. The goal of law shouldn't be to eliminate it, but to make it justifiable to the broader population. Law both manages rivalry and legitimates hierarchy; both are necessary for it to function. 010
Reposted by Sean Satori🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Fun thread if you're looking for a sci-fi read 083
Reposted by Sean SatoriMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I have not responded to the email that you sent me and which you probably spent awhile writing Forgive me it was so long and my executive functioning is completely shot 1847182
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I wrote nearly 3,000 words about Silicon Valley sex cults, killer AI, a paperclip game I can't stop playing, and the seventeenth-century mystic who saw it all coming...belowtheconversation.substack.comThe Sacred Without the SacrificeOn rationalist sex cults, killer AI, a paperclip game I can't stop playing, and the seventeenth-century mystic who saw all of it coming 1143
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I'm trying to finish my essay on the rationalist sex cult and got sucked into playing universal paperclips again. 020
Reposted by Sean SatoriAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Symbols matter. White House isn't a palace. Kennedy Center is for the general public to enjoy. We don't have a triumphal arch in DC because that's imperial. We don't put the president's face on money because it's monarchical. It's about tearing down everything that says we're a democratic republic. 292554660
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 18/09/2026You would be unsurprised to learn that DOJ‘s attorney was co-president of Columbia’s FedSoc and also a Claremont Institute fellow. It’s like they grow these guys in test tubes. 221
Reposted by Sean SatoriSean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I wrote about the recent elections in Germany and the UK. I try to explain why the far-right is winning and what the major parties in both countries can do to stop it.belowtheconversation.substack.comThe Scapegoat ElectionGermany interrupted this cycle once, in 1928. Whether Merz and Starmer can do it again is the open question. 071
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Guys, I’m writing something about Roko’s Basilisk and why AI folks, both the effective altruists and the rationalists, have basically recreated something problematic from ancient religion without discovering how religion actually solved the problem. 5454
Reposted by Sean SatoriJosh Landau @jslandau.cc · 17/09/2026As to the “why National is so much worse now”, this goes through the history of how we got here (as well as details on the 2025 collision). Skip to Chapter 2 if you just want the history lesson though the whole thing is a good read. admiralcloudberg.medium.com/reaping-the-...admiralcloudberg.medium.comReaping the Whirlwind | Inside the Potomac River Midair CollisionHow America’s golden age of aviation safety came to an end 161
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This was 100% certain the second he took the witness stand. 010
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Ahh, this is the key thing I've been thinking this is all about. Antitrust is the only legal doctrine so far that has been focused on AI, and Silicon Valley (especially Thiel-aligned people) consider it their biggest threat. 000
Sean Satori @seansatori.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'm kind of happy I knew all the words save for two (estivate and peregrinate). 000
Reposted by Sean SatoriEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Happy Constitution Day theonion.com/area-man-pas...theonion.comArea Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To BeESCONDIDO, CA—Spurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 47, is a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think ar... 435979
Reposted by Sean SatoriSE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'm back, I missed you all. Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult. I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?) (alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory) 1003231771