Reposted by sp0kaJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 23hthey DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION????? 1453861427
sp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I am also done doing this. I don’t like a bunch of stuff and doing the all taste is good taste bit has brought us things like “maybe it could be normal to hold a SaaS conference for sexually harassing women” 030
sp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I would love to read an ethnography about people for whom everything is filtered through SaaS bc reading this makes me feel like I am dissociating. I did not understand how essentially of a piece the Zizians are with the broader milieu 1282
Reposted by sp0kaRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Tragic. “”None of us have any experience treating this disease, because up until a couple of months ago, it didn’t occur,” said Dr. John Goldman, an infectious disease expert at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The learning curve among doctors, he said, is “very steep.”” 0212118
Reposted by sp0kaAsher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I don't mean what I'm about to say in a sappy way, but a fairly hard-nosed one: natural ecosystems are often remarkably good at recovering from serious local natural disasters *if they are given the chance.* 21414402
sp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Crazy to imagine David Harvey writing this in 2005 (from a brief history of neoliberalism) 000
sp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Really great review of Hyperpolitics even if you don’t particularly care about the book (like me). Explains how civil society has transformed & has a great overview of (what he calls & I would agree with) the underdevelopment of the left in the US cosmonautmag.com/2026/03/agai...cosmonautmag.comAgainst Civil Society: A Review of Anton Jäger’s 'Hyperpolitics'Julian Assele reviews Anton Jäger’s Hyperpolitics, finding fault in a conception of civil society that implicitly takes it as a neutral field of conflict rather than a weapon in class struggle used by... 132
Reposted by sp0kaSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:theguardian.comHoman Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 peopleExclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’ 9147371723
sp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026putting up my annual post about how crazy it is that flying to see my family in the middle of nowhere costs more than flying to fucking europe. I understand supply and demand but I do not like spending insane $$ to go places I hate thank you 170
Reposted by sp0kaAirship Chronos says TRANS RIGHTS @airshipchronos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is what I keep saying! Defining gender by chromosomes is *the* most radical redefining of gender *ever*. Literally no society in all of human history has ever done that! None! Ever! 101016167
Reposted by sp0kaSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026#BREAKING: In non-Missouri emergency docket news, #SCOTUS *grants* the Trump administration's request for a stay in the SAVE case, allowing DHS to have access to certain Social Security information. The three Democratic appointees dissent. 61854345
Reposted by sp0kasouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“Briefly detained” = beat half to death 7549261649
Reposted by sp0kaMeechy Dorko @diedfrombeing.labeledrude.online · 20/09/2026i won't accept a democrat with a nazi tattoo because that says we're willing to run off jewish people. i won't accept a democrat that plays ball with the anti-trans right because that says we're willing to run off trans people. they're the ones trying to make this coalition smaller, not me 04111
Reposted by sp0kaHell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 20/09/2026New York City taxpayers have paid nearly $1 billion in NYPD misconduct settlements since 2018.hellgatenyc.comNew Yorkers Have Shelled Out Nearly $1 Billion Since 2018 to Clean Up the NYPD's MessIn the first seven months of 2026, the city spent more than $53 million on settling misconduct claims. 75318
sp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Spent three hours heat pressing propaganda today at a roller rink with Hands Off NYC and my final press was my cute little workshirt. 2487
Reposted by sp0kaIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 19/09/2026The real reason this exists. Mr. Nobody As A Service for when you do war crimes 316337
Reposted by sp0kaMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 18/09/2026Cannot believe we are still here—and this is an attitude that enables law enforcement, that they have permission to rape sex workers 5638168
sp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I think the US disinvestment in science & preparedness in general w/the dismantling of the university system will dramatically degrade American QOL for generations unless something domestically epoch-shifting happens to counter. Not sure how that affects the global economic indicators though 121
Reposted by sp0kaPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I've spent a lot of years studying a lot of collapses, and the truth of the matter is that they're always mundane: mild climatic shifts that reduce crop yields, a dumbass in power who makes some terrible decisions, neglecting things that obviously matter but the will to fix them can't be summoned. 302563610
Reposted by sp0kaBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.gizmodo.com71% of Americans Say They're Completely ExhaustedA CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States. 1401267106697
sp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026going to be singing Barely Breathing all day now. haven't thought about that song in decades 010
sp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I have spent most of 2hrs trying to do research with claude today and my brain feels like toast and I have less information than when I began bc after asking it to go deeper on some responses it said "this has changed everything I've said up to this point" like okay?? 200
Reposted by sp0kaThe Bore of Whabylon @thaddeusjames.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Any time a law is proposed, please consider how it will interact with a "law enforcement" system that cares *very little* about the safety or well-being of the general public, and *very much* about maintaining its own powers, privileges, and petty agendas. 0134
Reposted by sp0kaMatt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 16/09/2026american elites are broadly in consensus that critics of israel need to be silenced but nazis are now within the acceptable parameters of public discourse and have to be given a seat at the table bsky.app/profile/theo... 745991
Reposted by sp0kaPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparationsinquirer.comA Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in GermantownGreen Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners. 223125302870
sp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 16/09/2026how did no one think to create a like highlighter/bookmarking set of functions for LLMs. if you are going to create the giant amount of text generator you could at least give us basic giant amount of text parsing tools. this would be a great argument if anyone building AI could read 040
Reposted by sp0kaTim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026the thing with proposing agentic solutions is that one person's agentic solution is many many people's agentic problem 03612
Reposted by sp0kamuscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 16/09/2026depending on who's doing the calculating, it'll take don only half of his second term to steal as much money from america as mobutu sese seko embezzled from zaire over the course of 32 1338193
Reposted by sp0kaSen. Lemon Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026offering a coupon for free money and being shocked at the redemption rate 213816
sp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Rewatching Silicon Valley has made all of this so much funnier to me 010
Reposted by sp0kaMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Selected servicemembers must also be top performers with strong leadership records and may have the opportunity to work out with Hegseth. Repeat: they will be rewarded by being allowed to work out with the TV entertainer who is pretending to be their boss. 3128941
Reposted by sp0ka#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 15/09/2026It's very very very funny that anyone thinks if Macklemore said "I hope Israelis and Palestinians can one day love and hold each other and be best friends" or whatever instead of "free Palestine" then he wouldn't have been removed. He was removed because he thinks Palestinians have rights. 237343
sp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026you know the narrative is changing when even LinkedIn has had enough 020
Reposted by sp0kaCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Bessent and the media: @semafor.com www.semafor.com/article/09/1... 58761288
Reposted by sp0kaFT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 14/09/2026The solar revolution — made possible by cheap Chinese panels — is transforming energy, economies and lives in the developing and industrialised world alike. But such a massive, ungovernable influx of energy carries significant risks, too ... Today's Big Read is on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/EhTO8yz 12612
Reposted by sp0kajennifer kates @jenniferkates.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It’s our air, our lives, and our city — we should decide 🦅 Two potential data center sites have already been identified in Philly—but the city has no rules to protect communities. We're rallying on 9/14 to demand City Council press PAUSE on data center development. Join us at philly.my/sep14rally 19536
Reposted by sp0kaMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/09/2026We are opening 51 safe overnight locations for New Yorkers, especially those living in basement apartments or low-lying areas who need a safe place to stay. Locations are listed at on.nyc.gov/SafeLocations and are also available by calling 311. Service animals and pets are welcome. 5742901094
Reposted by sp0kaZohran’s Mommy Dommey @loridiletto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I can’t understand this as anything other than deranged. De-normalize location-sharing as soon as possible! 3394
sp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The many evolutions of my favorite neighborhood bodega cat’s small business 095
Reposted by sp0kaYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I bought this sign a few years later at the going out of business sale of a locally owned restaurant in, I think, North Haven CT. 4266231293
sp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I thought this piece was going to go into more about authorship/ownership of ideas, but instead it hews too closely to how tech people think about data (everything is data privacy) and ends up saying we have to allow more people in the room w/our ideas... www.distributedthoughts.org/2026-09-10-d...distributedthoughts.orgDe-identification Protects Your Name. It Doesn't Protect Your Idea.A mathematician spent a year on a Millennium-class problem inside a coding assistant. Then the company that makes the tool called to say it had solved the bigger one. Nobody has shown his data was use... 110
sp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 10/09/2026picture of steve carrell with bad hair in a suit talking on the phone if I've ever seen one 010
![Planning and control are being attacked as a denial of freedom. Free enterprise and private ownership are declared to be essentials of freedom.
No society built on other foundations is said to deserve to be called free.
The freedom that regulation creates is denounced as unfreedom; the justice, liberty and welfare it offers are decried as a camouflage of slavery.35
The idea of freedom 'thus degenerates into a mere advocacy of free enterprise, which means 'the fullness of freedom for those whose income, leisure and security need no enhancing, and a mere pittance of liberty for the people, who may in vain attempt to make use of their democratic rights to gain shelter from the power of the owners of property. But if, as is always the case, 'no society is possible in which power and compulsion are absent, nor a world in which force has no function', then the only way this liberal utopian vision could be sustained is by force, violence, and authoritarian-ism. Liberal or neoliberal utopianism is doomed, in Polanyi's view, to be frustrated by authoritarianism, or even outright fascism.36
The good freedoms are lost, the bad ones take over.
Polanyi's diagnosis appears peculiarly appropriate to our contemporary condition. It provides a powerful vantage point from which to understand what President Bush intends when he asserts that 'as the greatest power on earth we [the US] have an obligation to help the spread of freedom'. It helps explain why neoliberalism
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