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Saul Tannenbaum

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"Once in a while you get shown the light In the strangest of places if you look at it right" - Robert Hunter

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 2h
If Aaron Swartz was still alive, I'm pretty sure he would have made it his life mission to personally demolish Sam Altman and all that he represents. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI
The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
motherjones.com
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 23/09/2026
“Making sure robots don’t go rogue is not the task of robots,” Jill Lepore writes. “That task is ours. And this burden falls most heavily on the U.S. legal system, which has been the least able to bear it.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
newyorker.com
Is A.I. Above the Law?
Our legal system isn’t ready for machines that act on their own.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW: I wrote for the @nytimes.com about the growing rebellion against Flock cameras, and what it can teach us about how to take back control of the technology that dictates our lives Please share widely and follow @fightforthefuture.org's campaigns to end AI surveillance.
nytimes.com
Opinion | How Flock Cameras Became the Enemy
The campaign against Flock shows that fighting to protect personal privacy isn’t a lost cause.
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Scott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.
theguardian.com
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 08/09/2026
I physically clipped newspaper and magazine articles and recorded network news programs on video tape. Not odd at the time but, in retrospect, an odd moment in media time.
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Composite photographs of child laborers — Lewis Hine, 1913. Made while Hine travelled the U.S. for the National Child Labor Committee documenting child labor — in factories, textile mills, canneries, and coal mines. More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/l... #laborday
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Matteo Wong @matteowong.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So today OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, which it called "the world’s most intelligent and aligned model." Also in the system card, from third-party evaluator Apollo Research:
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BINJ.News @binjdotnews.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Here's more from our talk with Fatema Ahmad of the @MuslimJusticeLeague about the National Week of Action Against ALPRs ... Watch and read the full interview plus get all our #surveillance coverage at BINJ.news ... #NoALPRs #FlockSafety
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Massachusettes "Millionaires Tax", which was targeted to fund transportation and education, has been a resounding success. It has funded FREE school lunch for ALL students, FREE buses in lowest income communities (people can get to work, etc.), and FREE community college. And "exodus" was minimal.
boston.com
Millionaires tax surges past expectations, once again
The voter-approved surtax has sailed past its $2 billion estimate for another year in a row.
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Howl by Allen Ginsberg @howl-bot.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
who plunged themselves under meat trucks looking for an egg,
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 20/07/2026
Hunt For The Red October. A perfect movie from a doorstop of a book.
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 15/07/2026
“The sources said the meeting focused on new plans for devastating strikes on strategic targets in Iran” And the old plans were what? Less than devastating strikes on targets of little importance?
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Kris 🎃 HORRORchild @direkris.itch.io · 02/07/2026
Enough traveling back in time to kill Hitler. Tell me how you’d go back in time to stop Gamergate from creating the blueprint for our whole reality
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Keith Pishnery @keithpishnery.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Chicago '68 (The Dietz Foundation, 2025) designed by Yoni Goldstein @yoyoni.bsky.social @thedietzfoundation.bsky.social #boardgames #chicago68 #dietzfoundation #thewholeworldiswatching www.onlycastlesburning.com/chicago-68-t...
onlycastlesburning.com
Chicago '68 (The Dietz Foundation, 2025)
Three and half days of political action and chaos as the whole world watches in Chicago '68 designed by Yoni Goldstein.
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 15/06/2026
I thought I understood the depths of depravity surrounding Tate. I was wrong.
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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I'm just gonna leave this here.
Mayor Mamdani streamed the Knicks game on 130 LinkNYC kiosks across the city.
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 15/06/2026
Personally, I’m not at all astonished that Trump is this bad at presidenting.
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 11/06/2026
Marta. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_(fo…
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Marta (footballer) - Wikipedia
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 08/06/2026
How useful are all those vibe-coded apps at the end of the day? “The marked increase in mobile app releases over the past year has not been accompanied by any increase in downloads — most of the new apps fail to capture even a modest audience.” www.ft.com/content/8e9a...
Agentic AI spurred a boom in mobile app releases, but there is no sign of these apps gaining traction
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The building that houses the agency responsible for containing the spread of invasive pests in the United States has a bed bug infestation
notus.org
The Federal Government’s Insect-Defense Agency Is Infested With Bed Bugs
The department sent staff home twice, but has declined to do so a third time after the insects returned.
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WBUR @wbur.org · 30/05/2026
That big boom heard around Boston was like a meteor:
wbur.org
Loud boom heard in Boston likely exploding meteor above ocean
The unsettling boom, rumble and shaking heard and felt across Greater Boston Saturday afternoon may have come from a meteor, according to meteorologist Danielle Noyes. Now it's up to NASA to confirm w...
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“I write with dismay, grief and sorrow for the permanent closure of MIT Libraries Barker, Dewey and Rotch, and termination of library staff in those libraries. For MIT to be closing three of its four major libraries..." fnl.mit.edu/may-june-202...
fnl.mit.edu
Lament for the MIT Libraries - MIT Faculty Newsletter
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 25/05/2026
The Grateful Dead (including Furthur, The Dead, Dead & Company, The Jerry Garcia Band, Phil Lesh & Friends, Rat Dog, Kingfish, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir) The Band The Allman Brothers Aerosmith David Bowie Bela Fleck Phil Ochs Joan Baez Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center The Kodo Drummers
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 24/05/2026
It’s been a dozen years and I remember when I was a lonely voice speaking against what was a really stupid technology. Cambridge had 2 gun fire incidents the year before ShotSpotter was installed and had no need for gunfire detection technology, even assuming it worked.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 23/05/2026
i was visiting a neighborhood bar in boston when a roving gang of elite college professors strode in acting like they owned the place. they saw me ordering a domestic lager and shouted "this motherfucker's not chasing novel gustatory experiences!" and started beating me with heavy wooden rulers
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Kenny Logins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
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As an ethical Al user, I begin each session by asking the chatbot to give a stolen data acknowledgement. It is an important first step toward justice.
Feb 25, 2026, 12:32 AM
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Civil Eats @civileats.com · 24/05/2026
During the immigration raids in Minneapolis, Robert Rice (White Earth Ojibwe), the owner of Pow Wow Grounds, gave away thousands of pieces of hot fry bread to protestors and activists, keeping demonstrators warm and fed at a time of upheaval.
civileats.com
How Fry Bread Fed Minneapolis During the ICE Raids
At a Twin Cities coffee shop, the Native American community nourished protestors with an Indigenous symbol of resilience.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 22/05/2026
Web history disappears when it can’t be preserved. Today, many publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving parts of the public web, putting decades of digital history at risk. Tell publishers: don’t block the #WaybackMachine Sign the petition ➡️ www.savethearchive.com/newsleaders/
savethearchive.com
Tell New York Times, The Atlantic, and USA Today to keep the crucial work of journalists in the Wayback Machine!
The news isn’t getting preserved in the Wayback Machine anymore because major media outlets are blocking it.
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org
The gorgeous AI Resist List homepage
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Jesse and the Purple Crayon … of Death!! @misctakes.com · 19/05/2026
City of Cambridge voted to stop Shotspotter tonight
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Steve Bellovin @stevebellovin.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026
The only error in www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/obituari… : he not only led people in singing Gilbert and Sullivan songs but also Tom Lehrer, whom Peter heard perform when he was an undergrad at Harvard.
nytimes.com
Peter G. Neumann, Who Warned of Computer Security Risks, Dies at 93
For decades, he criticized the industry’s lax attitudes toward both computer security and individual digital privacy. And he developed solutions.
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 17/05/2026
My hot take is that All the President’s Men is really the story of a disgruntled job seeker leaking secrets to exact revenge on the man who passed him over for FBI Director.
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 17/05/2026
And here I repent I was going to read about a Man From Uncle reboot.
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 16/05/2026
We’re back to arguing about fluoride.
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 08/05/2026
Also, clearly, Patel has neither read nor seen The Caine Mutiny.
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Damon Kiesow @kiesow.net · 26/04/2026
BREAKING NEWS CONSUMER'S HANDBOOK
1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
2. Don't trust anonymous sources.
3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.
4. There's almost never a second shooter.
5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.
• "We are getting reports"... could mean anything.
• "We are seeking confirmation".
".. means they don't have it.
• "[News outlet] has learned".
"... means it has a scoop or is going out on limb.
6. Look for news outlets close to the incident.
7. Compare multiple sources.
8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers.
9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.
ON THE MEDIA
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 14/04/2026
The @archive.org 's Wayback Machine, a digital time machine that has preserved over a trillion web pages over the past 3 decades, is facing systematic blocks from major media outlets. www.gadgetreview.com/23-major-new...
gadgetreview.com
23 Major News Sites Have Blocked the Wayback Machine – Digital History In Danger
Major news outlets are blocking the Wayback Machine, threatening your ability to verify claims and track editorial changes in digital journalism.
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The Slides @theslides.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
"SERIES 78, AERO SPACE DEFENSE COMMAND BOX 1 OF 2 V-0092," slide 15 of 38 [gallery]
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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 11/04/2026
Ooooh... I wonder how stinky it's going to be when they open the hatch. The Apollo missions were rank enough that it knocked divers back. The toilet MOSTLY worked while they were gone.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
In all seriousness, one thing that might be worth doing today: Tell your Reps and Senators to call Adm. Richard Correll, the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, which controls the nation's nukes, and remind him of *his* unique responsibility to refuse an illegal order.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Somebody was talking about how all the single use plastics that we absolutely need for hospitals and medical settings are going to suffer from this petroleum crisis at some point, yet all i see in most publications is concern about gas prices.
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is taking Indigenous culture past the Moon: his mission patch was designed by Henry Guimond, an Anishinaabe artist, incorporating one Indigenous perspective about the seven sacred laws, which are represented by animals. 🧪 #ArtemisII
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Jeremy Hansen's patch for the Artemis II mission
CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen's patch was created for his participation in the Artemis II mission by Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond. It includes personal and Indigenous elements important to Jeremy.
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 01/04/2026
It ’s a sign of our degeneracy as a society that the “concerns” aren’t about turning life into one big casino or about betting on war, just that someone might have an unfair advantage.
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 23/03/2026
Because of course it did.
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A new front in Trump's war on history: documentary videos about historic cotton textile mills removed from Lowell National Historic Park. www.lowellsun.com/2026/03/10/w...
lowellsun.com
‘We must not allow our history to be erased’: Tara Hong calls attention to film removed from Lowell National Historical Park
LOWELL — The city of Lowell often celebrates the women and immigrants that helped shape the city as it developed into an industrial powerhouse in the 19th century, and for nearly 50 years the Lowell N...
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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Joe Kent is a far-right extremist who cavorted with Proud Boys and helped Gabbard manufacture intelligence to paint Tren de Aragua as an invading military force.
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Saul Tannenbaum @tannenbaum.org · 04/03/2026
@talkingpointsmemo.com remains a vital daily read for me.
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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
In light of Kristi Noem’s testimony, I’m re-upping this piece about the murder of Renee Good. I proudly wore a badge for almost my entire adult life; I’m not someone unsympathetic to law enforcement, to say the least. Consider what it means, then, when I support this sentiment: Abolish ICE.
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Before and After the Trigger Press That Killed Renee Good
Regardless of whether deadly force was legally justified, Renee Nicole Good’s death was preventable.
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