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Tackman Babcock

@tackmanbabcock.bsky.social
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Recovering from blinders of STEM, neoliberalism & fundamentalism. Enjoy film, sci-fi, literary nonfiction, feminism, philosophy, cats. Wish: dismantle reactionary targeting of trans people, Māori, Muslims, Jewish people, etc. Tangata Tiriti, NZ

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15h
Y’all, I hate to rain on the dead bot parade, but the Yandex data center destruction doesn’t seem to have significantly impacted social media bots. I made temporal graphs of X posts about AfD around the time of the attack and there’s no sign of a sudden dip or residual impact on that conversation.
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"Sovereign decision making, except where I don't like it!"
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scott daGHOSTtino @scottdagostino.ca · 12/10/2026
Everyone’s mad at Danny Trejo for signing on to Ben Shapiro’s pro-ICE movie but now his son reveals how Shapiro’s team tricked an old man into doing this 😡
For anyone seeing this shit with my dad...

He was booked on a film, it's not pro-ice, it's not overtly pro anything. His agent described it as "a complicated story about a complicated time, where everyone looks bad except you, the hardworking Mexican shop owner who just wants peace.”

He jumped at the idea of playing a good guy.

About 2 weeks into shooting everyone, including us, found out Ben Shapiro was involved.

My 82 year old dad has never heard of Ben Shapiro, I had to explain to him who that is, and what kind of guy he is.

My dad contractually can't bad mouth him, the film, or walk away without being sued for breach of contract. He couldn't even release the statement he wanted to.

It's fucked up. He's handcuffed to this stupid project, and swaths of people have instantly turned their back on him without knowing any of the facts.

Ben Shapiro got Mexicans to abandon one of their heroes, got his own name to the top of google's searches, and made us look like angry fools lacking any nuance. He wins.
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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Who handed the secret legal brief from defendant corps in #NZpol Supreme court case Smith V Fonterra to Luxon granting total legal immunity in tort to them and others causing climate disaster? Matt Burgess of #AtlasNetwork front NZI. Barbara Chapman, dep. chair of NZI, is chair of Genesis Energy!
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Hayden Donnell @haydendonnell.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"I'd really like to be recognised for my journalism outside of New Zealand" *monkey's paw curls*
John Oliver quoting me on Kiwibank's sexy green-haired sheep Buck
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
end of an era. you and emmy etc and others radicalised me there btw, though I left for good a few years ago now, after the "elon personally reinstates CSAM poster" thing.
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
When people say 'die trying', they invoke imagery of great personal cost & massive personal effort. As far as I can tell, Luxon is talking about him directing less government money to a group of already disadvantaged and/or poor & sick people. What does Luxon imagine the cost to himself will be?
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
aw man
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
lots more of this please.
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
they're beautiful. can i ask make/model?
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is a disaster. The ethics committee in Denmark that approved the Guinea-Bissau study which will withhold the birth dose of HepB vaccine “had never considered medical studies before but it changed the rules in order to vote on this one”. Four members of the committee have resigned in protest.
theguardian.com
Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Daily Indignation @dailyindignation.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Someone alert Thomas Coughlan
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Jaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
from the creator of ITALIAN SPIDERMAN and DANGER 5? yes pls. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6YK...
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THE FOX — Official UK Trailer (2026)
YouTube video by MTube
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
... I've got nothing. Nada. Nill.
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Dr. Amanda J Summers @amandajsummers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
*sigh* Anyway Excessive state sponsored violence via public executions led to citizens revolts against the state as the state became a threat to daily life during the age of revs so pop off kings I guess.
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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 08/10/2026
Make The Onion Satire Again
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Most likely Elon going to add /r/WatchPeopleDie as an opt-out feature to his twitter overhaul. I wish this was a joke.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I remember a decade-long panic about undergraduates, activists, or Tumblr pages declaring new language rules and denouncing people for violating them.
post from Trump on Truth Social declaring that anyone who uses the term "Artificial Intelligence" is THE ENEMY!
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Like Jesus said... "Live by the sword... no worries!"
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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
So a few folks asking why OAI is releasing this at all. And I think that's probably worth a thread in its own right
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That catgirl with The Posts @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
10:53 PM • 10/4/26 • 1.3M Views
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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 07/10/2026
You do not hate these people enough. But it's worth underscoring that this media environment is *the* epistemic challenge for every liberal or leftist dream that is trying to greenshoot its way through the dead concrete of our times.
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Luxon $3000+ per year snack budget
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Siobhan Thompson @vornietom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
David Mitchell from Peep Show with a speech bubble
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Paparoa @paparoa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Seven years on, it's finally public knowledge that Neo-Nazi Wargus Christi, Dominion Movement and Action Zealandia co-founder Jack Captein/Johann Wolfe is the New Zealand Army soldier that is currently imprisoned for attempting espionage. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/jac...
Image description: Picture of Neo-Nazi Jack Captein with the following text above the picture:

"Jack Captein named as former New Zealand Army soldier in attempted espionage case

Tracy Neal
Open Justice multimedia journalist, Nelson-Marlborough·NZ Herald·
6 Oct, 2026 03:00 PM
5 mins to read"
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Computer worm that proliferates and recreates these across the globe untill Sam Altman and Elon Musk both resign and donate all their money to Gaza relief & MSF.
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"advent burgers", even.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
remarkable piece of journalism. really worth reading.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 04/10/2026
British banker who exposed Howard Lutnick's ties to Epstein has died, allegedly from suicide.
bbc.com
How US commerce secretary's Epstein links were uncovered by British whistleblower
Simon Andriesz made the discovery about Howard Lutnick in publicly released Epstein files.
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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I can’t believe we’re back to medieval level conflicts like “local merchant princes attempt to bribe theologians and the Pope’s advisors so the Pope will issue a favorable proclaimation”
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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Phenomenal question, revealing answer. Love to see it
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
we had that pretty recent Kash Patel visit I'm just saying
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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I spent a long time going "that's just a stupid stereotype, we don't even have that many sheep anymore" then as soon as somebody puts a sheep with bedroom eyes on TV the nation loses its entire mind thespinoff.co.nz/society/03-1...
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Kiwibank is desperately trying to stop people saying they want to fuck its sheep mascot
But for every lustful post killed by a legal threat, another 10 take its place.
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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
insidegovernment.co.nz/jelly-tip-ba...
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Jelly Tip batch recalled over bacteria fears - Inside Government NZ
New Zealand Food Safety is supporting the Tip Top Ice Cream Company in a recall of a specific batch of its 6-pack Jelly Tip ice-cream due to the possible presence of Bacillus cereus. “The concern with...
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You might know her for her abhorrent anti-trans views, but like apparently all TERFS it turns out she is an incredibly terrible person for other reasons too.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/10/2026
This Wednesday, Elon Musk called for the death sentence for transgender youth care providers. It was in reply to a post calling for full criminalization of all gender-affirming surgery. Musk is becoming even more radicalized in targeting trans people. Subscribe to support our journalism.
erininthemorning.com
Elon Musk Calls For “Death Sentence” for GAC Providers
Musk’s posts are not just inflammatory rhetoric. They have real-life consequences.
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
jesus christ
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi's murder, so it is a good day to read about Jared Kushner's connections to the Saudi regime.
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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · 02/10/2026
What if biology textbooks teach gender inequality through flowers? Pollen competes, penetrates, and succeeds. Female plant parts wait and nurture. Shuster, Wonderlin, and Masani show how cultural myths about gender become scientific “facts.” ➡️ doi.org/10.1177/1536...
Opening page of the Contexts article “How Biology Textbooks Reflect Gender Inequality and Myth” by Stef M. Shuster, Nicole Wonderlin, and Shahnaz Masani. Above the orange title is a close-up photograph of a pale pink flower with vivid pink stamens against a soft green background.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Some days you're the mother of his kids that he doesn't tell his wife about, and some days you are the one he doesn't tell 🤷‍♀️
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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WHAT THE FUCK
Shivon Zilis
@shivon
It’s hard to go from in love to let go in a week with no warning, but that’s just how it is sometimes 🤷🏻‍♀️

I feel happy that I got to show Elon how it feels to be deeply understood, nurtured, and peacefully loved with stability and gentleness. Given the tumultuous nature of his early life, his often tortured soul, and how hard he fights for humanity I wanted him to feel the deepest and most stable form of love this world can provide. My heart is full knowing I got to do that, and I hope it leaves a lasting good effect.

We were always his safe space. A place where all of us were overjoyed to see him and one that was always full of happiness and love, not war, in contrast to his otherwise militant existence (a needed break from the battlefield where he could recharge his heart and soul before heading back out)

I loved being that counterbalancing place of safety, sense of calm, and love — and delighted in bringing a smile back to his face when he was down. I will miss him dearly.

I’ve loved him more than life itself and he’s taught me 100 lifetimes of knowledge and made my cup overflow with life meaning, so there is a lot of loss, but luckily we created four beautiful little loves of my life ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I am so beyond grateful for our children and they make every single day the best day of my life! I do hope and pray he and I can be great friends and coparents.

I’m hurting, but care deeply about E and will always be cheering for his happiness. God speed, Elon, the world is lucky to have you.
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I love those 2 directors, just smitten ever since I saw their 13 minute short film 'Interesting Ball', from 2014
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Accusing your political rivals of treason because you're so racist that you can't even deal with Spanish names, now *that* is bottoming out.
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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you
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Tackman Babcock @tackmanbabcock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
actually that pisses me the hell off, because I understand just a few months ago Paul Goldsmith, responsible for the 'Move On' orders targeting the unhoused, had an unhoused person die overnight in the doorway of his electorate office, and that is a real thing that happened and AI slop cheapens it.
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