Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 14hSo AI can't beat humans yet but it is unprincipled enough to cheat. That speaks volumes both about the potential dangers of the technology and the complete inability to foresee problems by the people who designed/built it. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...theverge.comAn AI couldn’t beat humans at StarCraft, so it decided to cheatWhen GPT-6 Astra’s own bot failed, it simply downloaded the best human-made bot instead. 000
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The story of this development and others that precipitated the decline of the middle class can be found in my book The Ray Gun Revolution. bookshop.org/p/books/the-... 000
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Wanna stop 90% of the white-collar crime in the US? Make the death penalty a possibilty for financial crimes. Most of the people on death row are either deranged or committed their crime from desperation. Does anyone honestly think bankers will do those shady deals if death is a potential penalty?🤔 010
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The GOP ultimate goal (short version) 1) crush the middle class while sparing billionaires 2) surveil everyone 3) arrest anyone who grumbles 4) put them in prison (so billionaires can get the free labor) It's been the plan since Reagan. Don't believe me? I provide receipts in my book (link in bio) 100
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A sad day for kids/education in the Philly area. It was a cool museum - they had a giant heart you could walk through - but the lack of funding had definitely begun to show even a few years ago. Aren't billionaires/their philanthropy supposed to help w things like this?🤷♂️ www.npr.org/2026/10/03/n...npr.orgJust short of its 200th birthday, a landmark natural history museum shuts downBeloved for its dinosaurs, Philadelphia's storied Academy of Natural Sciences closed down this week, amid an intense fight by local residents, politicians and scientists to save it. 000
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 03/10/2026First orcas, now sperm whales. Well, maybe the sperm whales are just getting back into it after a century. Still, it seems like the intelligent creatures of the sea have had enough. Isn't it weird that they don't attack research vessels? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukGang of eight sperm whales sink yacht after ramming boat in South PacificCrew described terrifying encounter as they were woken up by “loud thud” as the 52ft vessel was struck 113
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If you want to know why women respond the way they often do to being raped or sexually assaulted, this scene is the best explanation I've ever seen. If you don't get it after watching this, you're simply determined to be an a**hole. 010
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026American Christianity failed when it bought into the prosperity gospel. There is absolutely nothing in the preaching attributed to Jesus that advocates monetary wealth as a goal. In fact, the opposite is true: "the love of money is the root of all evil" 1 Timothy 6:10. www.cnn.com/2026/10/01/u...cnn.comA looming ‘tsunami’ of church closings is poised to remake America | CNNExperts project an estimated 100,000 churches in the US will close or be repurposed over the next decade. This dire forecast is outlined in a new PBS documentary series, “Christianity at a Crossroads.... 130
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Call the Ken Paxton Corruption Hotline at 844-WHOS-KEN. Learn about his record and leave him a voicemail. (It’s a real number.) @jamestalarico.bsky.social is what Texas desperately needs. 000
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026China's economy has grown 5.2% in 2026. The US economy has grown 1.6%. Maybe the Chinese are onto something FWIW, Russia's economy grew 0.7%, so war isn't the answer, is it. worldpopulationreview.com/country-rank... 000
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026MAGA and the GOP will never make any sense. They just throw verbal spaghetti and hope something sticks as rage bait. 000
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This history lesson 👇 should be something you think about every day. Ignore the polls. Ignore the noise. Vote like your life depends on it. Do not let Trump and the GOP distract you. Removing Trump/the GOP is the #1 priority. Only then can we start reigning in billionaires, data centers, ICE, etc. 000
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026She's given away more than $26 billion (with a "B") and still seems to be doing fine. Raising the tax rates on the rich is not going to inhibit their lifestyle. It will, however, take a lot of the money out of politics AND supply the funds you need to drive on better roads, have better schools, etc. 000
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The stable genius. The list is actually longer. MUCH longer. 120
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Here are the people pushing the data center/AI/end of democracy agenda. These are the people we are voting against. Make it count, America! 000
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026While it is imperative that all eligible voters vote this election cycle, it is more imperative that those same voters stop voting for imbeciles. So, the quick test to know whether a candidate is an imbecile or not: do they have an (R) next to their name? If yes... Imbecile. Easy. 100
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026No Child Left Behind was well-intentioned but stupidly conceived. Teaching to a test does not teach the subject matter, only how to take that test. We've now had 20 years of kids who never learned to think critically to solve problems or reading comprehension, making everyone just like GW Bush🤦♂️ 000
Reposted by Trace WoodAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Mike Rogers has the audacity to lie to you about his plan like he didn't vote 4 times to stop you from getting cheaper medication from Canada, take $1M from Big Pharma, and vote 19 times to keep prescription drug prices higher. GTFOH. 215113124009
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Trump's own AI chatbot says he's lying. 🤣 The only people who don't know he's lying are the MAGA faithful. Given all that has happened and the amount of evidence that proves he's a liar that they refuse to accept, they never will. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump’s AI chatbot turns on its masterThe famously fact-averse president rolled out a new AI tool – but its answers don’t conform to his version of reality 010
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Someone please explain how taking money from border security helps prevent America from falling into communism and fighting the deep state? Wasn't that what the whole gist of his ad? Bewildering. 000
Reposted by Trace WoodMalena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 30/09/2026𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐆 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐁𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑🚨 This thread of #ICELawlessness starts with an ICE thugs threatening to unalive someone. This thread has some incredibly important must-share videos. 58636497
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Typical MAGA bloviator going all "fact-check me" with only a tiny microbe of "facts". Oh, he got fact-checked alright. 010
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Trump doesn't have enough corruption yet. You voted for this MAGA. Don't try to play ignorant about it, either, bc he had a LONG history of it and had been CONVICTED of it in court. If you didn't vote, YOU. ALSO. VOTED. FOR. THIS!! Full stop. 010
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Never forget the damage that the Ronald Reagan administration did to you. 90%+ of Americans are significantly and measurably worse off because of his policies. 000
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Citizen's United ranks among the top 3 most destructive (and poorly thought-out) decisions ever handed down by SCOTUS. FWIW, 2008 was a federal election year for POTUS (read: peak spending); this year is just a midterm. 000
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Ken Paxton represents the worst aspects of humanity. There are no laws that he respects. The only time he uses the law is to benefit himself. www.propublica.org/article/ken-...propublica.orgKen Paxton’s Financial Disclosures Appear to Violate Federal Ethics Law, Experts SayThe Republican U.S. Senate nominee from Texas appears to have omitted rental income and multiple mortgages from his recent financial disclosures, making it difficult for voters to get the full picture... 000
Reposted by Trace WoodAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it. 539159914459
Reposted by Trace WoodDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026Almost immediately after his second term began, Trump started taking steps to try to control elections. “This is his fixation,” Marc Elias says. “This is the unifying force that holds the MAGA movement together.” They're betting you'll stop paying attention. Don't: demdock.com/3T3Owjg 5340144
Reposted by Trace Wood𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 29/09/2026Before you trust the polls, remember: pollsters find the same six people who still answer unknown numbers. 33072151441
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You know that somewhere there is a billionaire wondering if there was a way to do this... 🤦♂️ 000
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NFL refs are the worst: 2 plays, 3 weeks apart. Exact same circumstances except the Detroit QB's arm wasn't moving forward (ruled not a fumble when it should have been), the Saint's QBs arm WAS moving forward (ruled a fumble when it should not have been). Replay is clear, the refs whiffed 2x 200
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The oligarchy must be dismantled. The method is irrelevant. The future of humanity depends on it because these 10 men only care about increasing their wealth and power. They do not care if humanity survives bc they erroneously believe they can survive anything. 010
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Trump is using your tax dollars to campaign for himself. Needless to say, that is incredibly illegal and falls outside the duties of the POTUS. SCOTUS has already ruled on that when they ruled on POTUS immunity: campaigning is NOT an official duty. Complain to your rep & vote the GOP f***ers out. 000
Trace Wood @tracewood.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ursula Le Guin FTW! Also, Elon Musk is a feckless tool. 000