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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Talking Machines and the Illusion of Consciousness How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love ELIZA... strongsilenttype.net/talking-machin…
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Talking Machines and the Illusion of Consciousness
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love ELIZA
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Power, and the Power to Know What Global Energy Monitor’s latest report tells us about our future... strongsilenttype.net/power-and-the-…
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Power, and the Power to Know
What Global Energy Monitor’s latest report tells us about our future
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Cow Chips Fall Where They May It's a Wisconsin tradition, and I was pooped at the end.... strongsilenttype.net/the-cow-chips-…
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The Cow Chips Fall Where They May
It's a Wisconsin tradition, and I was pooped at the end.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Capitalism, Schmapitalism What if "capitalism" doesn't actually exist?... strongsilenttype.net/capitalism-sch…
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Capitalism, Schmapitalism
What if "capitalism" doesn't actually exist?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/08/2026
Crying Newborn Has No Idea How Much Worse It Gets theonion.com/crying-newborn-has-no-…
Crying Newborn Has No Idea How Much Worse It Gets
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The Ghost in the Geranium Decoding Facebook's AI Empathy Farms... strongsilenttype.net/the-ghost-in-t…
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The Ghost in the Geranium
Decoding Facebook's AI Empathy Farms
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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Trump admin doesn’t want us sharing this image so…here you go!
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Listened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
No Language Model Will Ever Serve a Tennis Ball Some people are predicting the imminent arrival of “artificial general intelligence,” or AGI. Depending on whom you ask, AGI is either just around the corner, already… strongsilenttype.net/no-language-mo…
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Case of the Synthetic Starlet Rhea Seehorn reached out to thank me, and for a brief, flattered moment I wanted to believe it. Welcome to the age of scalable intimacy.
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The Case of the Synthetic Starlet
Rhea Seehorn reached out to thank me, and for a brief, flattered moment I wanted to believe it. Welcome to the age of scalable intimacy.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This is why it's COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE for the state of Minnesota to collaborate with the federal government, especially with the FBI and DHS. We're helping them fulfill their mission of targeting Somalis for political incitement, while they laugh off any consequences for murdering our people.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I Came, I Saw, I Walked Uphill I missed my target time, walked some hills, got beaten by Joe from Madison, and still somehow won my age division. strongsilenttype.net/i-came-i-saw-i…
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Michelle @cloverjag.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I have to go to work and this is not my cat.
Orange fluffy cat inside my car.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Two weeks ago The Free Press let a whiner publish 2000 words ab how I got his book review cEnsoReD. It was pure nonsense from the moment it went out—but I spent the next 14 days trying to get them to post an Editor’s Note and admit reality. They won’t. open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...
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I Was Falsely Accused of "Censorship" in The Free Press. Then Their Editors Censored The Truth.
The Free Press was given evidence disproving a story they'd heavily promoted. Here's what happened next.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Like most powerful tools, AI does not simply make us stronger or weaker. It changes us. It alters what we need to know, what we bother to practice, and the habits of mind that shape daily life.
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Machines Are Eating My Brain, and I Think I Like It
The real danger of AI is not that it gets things wrong, but that it tempts us to stop thinking for ourselves.
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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 28/03/2026
This is very grim “This erodes roughly one-fifth of the average worldwide decline in maternal mortality achieved since 1985.”
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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Mind blowing data. The magnitude of differences from 2024 to 2025 are not unlike the difference in asking people how much they would like to eat a BLT versus a shit sandwich.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
7 years ago, we learned about Bob Mueller’s conclusions. Today, there are a lot of posts on social media claiming it was a farce, or worse, a fraud. But those posts are disinformation. Here is the actual information, with links for those who want to do a deep dive. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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What Was Actually in the Mueller Report
There is an enormous amount of misinformation circulating about former Special Counsel Bob Mueller’s investigation into Russian attempts to influence the 2016 U.S.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
lol www.cnn.com/2026/03/20/p...
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Mark Robinson admits ‘I lied’ about CNN story | CNN Politics
Former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson admitted he lied about a bombshell CNN KFile investigation during the final months of his 2024 gubernatorial campaign, uncovering his extensive history of ...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/03/2026
Trump Demands Staff Get King Of Hormuz On Line theonion.com/trump-demands-staff-ge…
Trump Demands Staff Get King Of Hormuz On Line
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Intelligence, Consciousness and Language The category errors we keep making about artificial intelligence strongsilenttype.net/intelligence-c…
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Mythic 🦊 @mythicalredfox.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads:

The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you.

And our governments are very much the same...

- Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist
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Kristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/01/2026
Police Repeatedly Shoot Tim Cook After Mistaking iPhone For Gun theonion.com/police-repeatedly-shoo…
Police Repeatedly Shoot Tim Cook After Mistaking iPhone For Gun
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
So many chips, so little time.
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The Last Thin Man
In the land where cheeseburgers reign supreme, I fight a never-ending battle of the bulge.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Human, All Too Human We've found the problem with artificial intelligence, and it is us.
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Human, All Too Human
We've found the problem with artificial intelligence, and it is us.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
The Worse-Is-Better Theory of History No one ever went broke telling people that the world is going to hell.
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The Worse-Is-Better Theory of History
No one ever went broke telling people that the world is going to hell.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
On the 13th anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre, let's remember the victims and their families whose lives were changed on that terrible day. strongsilenttype.net/2025/11/04/b...
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Beautiful Life in a Broken World
Her name was Ana Grace, and she deserved so much better.
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Gabby Giffords @gabbygiffords.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
13 years ago, 20 children and 6 educators never came home from Sandy Hook Elementary School. They were killed in their classrooms in a shooting that changed our nation forever.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Still Dancing at 100: Lessons from Dick Van Dyke His secret isn’t denial of age or brute discipline, but a lifelong insistence on joy, play, and self-mockery.
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Still Dancing at 100: Lessons from Dick Van Dyke
His secret isn’t denial of age or brute discipline, but a lifelong insistence on joy, play, and self-mockery.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Bad Guys in Disguise When righteousness gets a taste for blood
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Bad Guys in Disguise
When righteousness gets a taste for blood
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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/12/2025
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
My latest blog post: "The Long Goodbye to Sugar: Jack LaLanne’s Hardboiled Health Code" strongsilenttype.net/.../the-long...
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
If the “alpha males” think shaming women online will bring back the world they miss… they’re gonna need a bigger anthill. My new post: “Just look at the degree on that chick.” strongsilenttype.net/2025/11/22/j...
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Juliet Turner's PhD Celebration Sparks Misogynistic Backlash
Juliet Turner's Ph.D. celebration sparked a backlash on Twitter, revealing the complexities of misogyny in academia and social media.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
What choice did he have? Not being snarky here to any of you, but you all seem unable to believe that Trump lost a major political battle, and now he's going to just do what he always does: Ad hoc it all, and hope he can bully his way through it.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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Dick Van Dyke at 100: my rules for a long, healthy, happy life
Dance your way to breakfast and always be on the lookout for romance … The actor hits his century next month. He shares his hard-won tips for how he got this far
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Howard Hughes once bought entire hotels so no one could tell him “no.” Elon Musk bought an entire social network for the same reason. Different century, same tragedy. When Wealth Becomes a Cage strongsilenttype.net/2025/11/10/w...
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When Wealth Becomes a Cage
Elon Musk reminds me of Howard Hughes — men whose wealth freed them from every limit but left them trapped in their own obsessions. When no one can say no, wealth can become a curse.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Howard Hughes bought hotels to hide from the world. Elon Musk bought Twitter to remake it in his image. Both mistook control for freedom. My latest: “When Wealth Becomes a Cage” strongsilenttype.net/2025/11/10/w...
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When Wealth Becomes a Cage
Elon Musk reminds me of Howard Hughes — men whose wealth freed them from every limit but left them trapped in their own obsessions. When no one can say no, wealth can become a curse.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Elon Musk may soon become the world’s first trillionaire. But wealth without limits can be its own kind of prison. My latest: “When Wealth Becomes a Cage”
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When Wealth Becomes a Cage
Elon Musk reminds me of Howard Hughes — men whose wealth freed them from every limit but left them trapped in their own obsessions. When no one can say no, wealth can become a curse.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Charlie Kirk repeatedly platformed Alex Jones long after Sandy Hook families proved his lies in court. My new post reflects on truth, grief, and moral blindness: strongsilenttype.net/2025/11/04/b... #TruthMatters #SandyHook #AlexJones #CharlieKirk
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Beautiful Life in a Broken World
Her name was Ana Grace, and she deserved so much better.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Jimmy Greene turned grief into music after losing his daughter at Sandy Hook. His album Beautiful Life still plays in my mind. My new piece reflects on love, loss, and fractured truth. strongsilenttype.net/2025/11/04/b... #Grief #Music #Empathy #CommonKnowledge
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Beautiful Life in a Broken World
Her name was Ana Grace, and she deserved so much better.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
We no longer share common knowledge — only tribal knowledge. My latest essay asks what happens when truth itself can’t unite us. strongsilenttype.net/2025/11/04/b... #Truth #Polarization #SandyHook #BeautifulLife
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
The wealth of the richest 1% in America just hit a record $52 trillion. These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now about the shutdown is meant to distract you from this.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... Trump's immigration crackdown is hurting U.S. farming, which depends heavily on immigrant workers. Growers are experiencing labor shortages, harvest delays and raising food costs. Over 70% of farmworkers are immigrants, crucial for sowing and reaping.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
a 97-year-old Bay Area tennis player challenges age stereotypes, demonstrating the benefits of staying active. Playing tennis boosts cardiovascular health, balance, coordination, and mental acuity in older adults, reducing chronic disease risks and enhancing mental wellness.
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Bay Area man still playing tennis at 97
Art Lind, 97, plays tennis and pickleball, and he spends most of his time working out in the gym.
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sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Join us for another Portage tennis gathering this Sunday, October 12, at Wayne E. Bartels Middle School courts (255 E Slifer St, Portage, WI) from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The weather is perfect with temperatures in the 60s. #TennisTime #PortageEvents
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 07/04/2025
As the economic news keeps coming out over the coming weeks keep one thing in mind: this is the fault of one man and didn’t need to happen.
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