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David Wheeler

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026
“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Is it really emergent properties or the fact that the bot was trained on hacker chat logs in which precisely these kinds of actions are commonplace?
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
i'm traveling and can't sit down to write out the portland police's history of using town halls, press conferences, and leaks to campaign against elected officials but they are repeat offenders and we should call it what it is: election interference by a cartel of armed washington state residents
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Lhaulde @lhaulde.com · 16/08/2026
Un type en train de travailler des poutres en bois avec des scies bizarres, le texte (en anglais) suivant par dessus :
rappelez vous de traiter votre corps comme un data center.
Consommez autant d'eau et de littérature que vous pouvez.
Contrariez vos élus locaux par votre existence
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/09/2026
also the idea that immigration is trump’s best issue rests in large part on the idea that voters had an accurate sense of trump’s plans and endorsed them, but this is very plainly not the case
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026
i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“what if the AI doesn’t want to be shut down so it kills all humans?” well, the funny thing is, llms don’t exist between prompts. there is no there there. the model is sent a request, it “starts up” to receive it, processes it, and then it “shuts down” again. every single time.
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Thomas “Scary” Fuchs 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 10/09/2026
(via icy.wyvern.rip/notes/aqyu97...)
Photo of Apple's keynote where they show the iPhone Duo held in one hand in its folded and its unfolded form. The right hand would never be able to hold it as shown, so below is an edit of what the hand would have to look like.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Anyway. Data politics are the cataclysmic danger. AI is mostly just a mid tech attached to a speculative finance scheme. Anything it can make dangerous is already dangerous enough to kill us.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 11/09/2026
· Workers at some of the newsrooms that suffered mass layoffs have been undertaking a months-long effort to withhold their bylines to prevent a Generative AI tool imposed by McClatchy from generating new slop pieces based on their work: bsky.app/profile/aria...
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 07/09/2026
Gone are the days when the only image of a working-class voter was a blue-collar white man who works in a factory and drives a truck, though that is still who politicians often pander to.
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Everyone Wants to Win Working-Class Voters. But Have They Realized Many Are Women?
This story was originally reported by Chabeli Carrazana of The 19th. Meet...
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sweater weather sara @inperplexitea.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I have owned a bike for 4 days. Since then, the word "stroad" has entered by vocabulary, I'm talking to everyone I meet about better pedestrian and bike infrastructure, and I'm already planning bike-based day trips (with public transit to fill in gaps). Is this just what happens?
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
you people need to show more respect for the political machinery that lost to donald trump twice
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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The party leadership hates Zohran because he’s Muslim and antizionist, to be sure — but the real reason he’s so dangerous to them is because he reminds voters that elected officials are supposed to make your life better, and half the time it’s not even that hard for them to do it
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The idea that if there are two opposing viewpoints there must be middle ground is a category error.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A phenomenon I've noticed recently is people trying to occupy some untenable middleground wrt to the use of systems sold as "AI" -- this is a position where people try to recognize the harms of this tech but also hold space for "responsible" or "ethical" use. 🧵>>
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
TBH I feel like Mamdani has bent over backwards to demonstrate that he's not remotely antisemitic, and guys like Frum who will call him an antisemite anyway on the basis of his religion and anti-Zionism are doing the work of bona fide antisemites
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/06/2026
in addition to every other problem here, mamdani spends the vast majority of his time in the public eye speaking about hyper-local new york city governance issues. the idea that he is preoccupied with israel at all times is based on nothing other than the fact that he is muslim
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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Scientific American is 180 years old. The most eminent science magazine for the general public. And today, sold off as scrap to stop the staff from unionizing. Many top editors I've worked with for a decade on several articles have been fired. What a disgrace @sciam.bsky.social
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/06/2026
democrats who don’t take loud and firm stances in favor of the regulation if AI and prediction markets are leaving votes on the table. also easy ways to demonstrate your independence from SV billionaires www.semafor.com/article/06/2...
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Exclusive: Polls: Voters favor federal oversight of prediction markets
Forty-eight percent of Republicans favor federal oversight, per the Republican poll.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 24/06/2026
There were those who doubted us, but a new independent report shows major reductions in air pollution in our city are linked to an estimated 40% fewer annual premature deaths.
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Jake Hamby @jakehamby.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
At what point does this go beyond Islamophobia into mental illness? This is literally Zohran Derangement Syndrome, a break from consensus reality.
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“I will be one of the Jewish members of Congress most willing to stand up for Palestinian human rights. And I will stand firmly against bigotry aimed at Jews. Those are not two different jobs. They are the same job,” Brad Lander said.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
scolding people for wanting to see meaningful change just seems so defensive
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
if u are fearmongering with portents of doom over the election of a few progressives tell me what we have been experiencing to date
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
*we need moderates* is one of the most hilarious slogans when living under federal fascism...
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Leigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My brother, if we win the Democratic Party primaries then we ARE the Democratic Party
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Kate Violette @kateviolette.com · 17/05/2026
I'm actually gonna go even farther with this social criticism I think this all comes back to men being pissed off that now they actually have to try, put in effort, when it comes to attracting wives In this essay (post thread lol) I will--
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
yup.
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Trans Rights Screenshot Generator! @transrightsbot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
#TransRights
A retro dialogue box from Star Trek V saying: I AM LOOKING FOR THE NUCLEAR WESSELS... AND ALSO TRANS RIGHTS!
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Alastair Somerville @acuity.design · 08/05/2026
Labour’s swing to to racism and hate really working for them at the polls I see. #WakeUpToFascism
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Excited to live in a country where you can mail someone a handgun but not an abortion pill
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singlecatlady23.bsky.social @singlecatlady23.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Ahh, yes, the unpopular decisions like “black people don’t deserve political representation,” or “rich people should be able to control everything,” or “women shouldn’t be in charge of their bodies.” Truly a man committed to justice.
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Max Woolf @minimaxir.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Reddit post: In "The Odyssey" (2026), Odysseus speaks with a Boston accent, despite being from Ithaca, which is in New York.
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 07/05/2026
Your author friends get these AI generated book club emails multiple times a day at this point
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 06/05/2026
“Direct File is an extraordinary accomplishment that skillfully executes not a flexible formalization of the underlying statute and regulations, but rather a formalization of tax forms and informal guidance, designed to accomplish a particular task: allowing online return preparation.”
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Here's the initial block list of those who attended the WHCD tonight. Adding names as it becomes clear they were there.
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Leigh Alexander @leighalexander.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I grew up with so much futurism about how people who consider the consciousness and agency of AI are empathetic and humane, while the guerillas that blow up data centers are cruel luddites… yet the actual future turned out opposite
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I regret to inform you that the techno fascist billionaires are continuing to do dumb horrible things. As a result, I must keep writing about them. Alex Karp edition: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Palantir’s Manifesto Promises a Dystopian Future
The tech company’s CEO Alex Karp delivers a self-serving broadside that’s steeped in oligarchic hubris and authoritarian nihilism
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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I just found out that an AI scammer is impersonating me in their spam campaign. I am LIVID. Please, please share this post. Warn people. I’m horrified that someone might be ripped off in my name. No one is safe from being impersonated like this.
A contact form reads: 
Subject: Checking Authenticity

Body of message
Hi there Beth. I have been contacted by someone who is using the email, [email blacked out], and using you name and one of your novels 'Feast of the Starving Stone: The Chef’s Five' to engage with me as a fellow author - if it is you then great, if it is not, as i suspect, then this is a fake approach. I just wanted to be sure. thanks. [signed name blacked out]

You're a real person, right?
No, I'm a bot.
Please don't include existential questions in a contact form.
Yes.
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 19/04/2026
that’s a biggun
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors
or surrender accepted;
(2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such
that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted;
(3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable
ability to accept surrender would exist;
(4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate
forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and
(5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.
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Chicago Boycotts Fascism @teslatakedownchi.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
We won. Tesla Chicago is closed. Their new location is in a ghost town. They sacrificed visibility to thousands/day--& proximity to the other luxury car dealerships--to get away from us, because we'd turned their brand ambassador location into a liability. Organizing works. @teslatakedown.com
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DrSinBin @drsinbin.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Child: I know your name. Mamdani. Obama: What’s his first name? Child: Mayor.
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
This conjures a memory of the best mayor NYC ever had. Here's the Little Flower, reading the funny pages to kids on the radio and loving his job as Mamdani clearly does. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGFT...
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Mayor Fiorello La Guardia reads Dick Tracy comics 1945
YouTube video by PublicDomainFootage
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jenn schiffer 😎 @jennschiffer.com · 18/04/2026
passkey is imho one of the most important security developments that touch consumers and also one of the worst consumer rollouts i ever witnessed because every company involved treats everything like an enterprise customer solution
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
It's also worth being clear about who's doing the arguing. Palantir sells operational software to defence, intelligence, immigration & police agencies. These 22 points aren't philosophy floating in space, they're the public ideology of a company whose revenue depends on the politics it's advocating.
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