Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 28/09/2026@chicagoelection.bsky.social What are the hours for early voting at the downtown supersite? 000
Reposted by Michael TyznikAnil Dash @anildash.com · 25/09/2026Age verification is an egregious privacy violation, an inexcusable form of surveillance, and… it’s also voodoo bullshit that doesn’t work. It’s one of the reasons I’m proudest to support @eff.org, who have been leading the fight against the horrible practice for years: www.eff.org/issues/age-v...eff.orgAge Verification and Age Gating: Resource HubAge verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious “ag... 5314129
Reposted by Michael TyznikTim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The AI build-out is on track to become the biggest economic bet in U.S. history, dwarfing the investments made to fund other huge U.S. infrastructure projects such as the railroads, the highway system and the plumbing for the internet. www.wsj.com/economy/the-...wsj.comThe AI Build-Out Is Becoming the Biggest Economic Bet in U.S. HistoryData-center spending is greater than that for canals, railroads and grid combined—creating jobs and stock-market wealth, while boosting inflation and crowding out housing. 49398165
Reposted by Michael Tyznikmaple cocaine @maplecocaine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The thing about trying to appeal to right wing bigots is that right wing bigots are all stupid idiots who get 100% of their news from propagandists so they will never actually find out that you were trying to appeal to them in the first place 7164841211
Reposted by Michael TyznikMatt Baume 🏳️🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Me sticking a knife in a toaster: The silverware’s gone rogue again 437285
Reposted by Michael TyznikAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim" 201649781807
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 23/09/2026What is up with @blockclubchi.bsky.social continuing to write puff pieces about Kanye West without so much as mentioning the fact that he declared “death con” on Jewish people and released a song called Heil Hitler LAST YEAR. do you guys agree with him or what? blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/22/k...blockclubchicago.orgKanye West Returns To South Shore For Street Renaming In Honor Of His Late Mother, DondaThe superstar rapper joined local officials in honoring Donda West, a scholar and teacher who nurtured the community, loved ones said Tuesday. 020
Reposted by Michael Tyznikshaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/09/2026the republicans are wide open on several fronts, historically unpopular president, unpopular war, record high gas. any dem throwing trans people under the bus at this moment is doing it because they want to. not like they need to, do they. even if it worked as a vote winner, which it doesn't 3371881949
Reposted by Michael TyznikPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026i see a lot of debate around this issue that takes it for granted that supporting trans rights (especially in the sports context) will hurt you electorally. it’s worth highlighting that that’s just not what the data shows. 81099183
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 14/09/2026Voted to reject the @consumerreports.org board slate because of the recent fearmongering they did about lead in protein powder. They generated a ton of coverage based on lead content exceeding an arbitrary “level of concern” based on zero scientific evidence and lost a lot of credibility for me. 000
Reposted by Michael TyznikHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026“The Los Angeles Unified Board is banning student access to AI tools on district-provided laptops and tablets. The announcement comes after the Los Angeles Unified School District voted to limit screen time for students in June.”lamag.comLAUSD Bans Students From Using AI on School DevicesLAUSD has blocked about 378,000 students from accessing generative AI tools on district-issued laptops and tablets. 3489131
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 02/09/2026@amnesty-usa.bsky.social My monthly donation has been stopped because you have to opt in to donation through @charitynav.bsky.social's Giving Basket program. Please do so so I can keep donating. www.givelively.org/resources/un...givelively.orgGive Lively Resource Hub | Understand Charity Navigator’s Giving Basket donations and data reportsLearn more about Charity Navigator’s Giving Basket, Give Lively's relationship to it and what to do if you receive donations through it. 000
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 02/09/2026I don't know if any company is as skilled at enraging its biggest fans than @mtgsecretlair.com 100
Reposted by Michael Tyznikvideogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 30/05/2026twinsen's odyssey, screenshot, pc (1997) ultimatewalrus.com/games/twinse... 430466
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 31/08/2026Using an LLM for customer support seems like just flipping off your customers. I'm contacting you because I have an issue with your product, and your "rep" is lying to my face about its capabilities so I go down a rabbit hole trying to do something that it literally cannot do. Who does this help? 100
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 28/08/2026I appreciate Emanuel Congregation using their land to provide much-needed housing to the Edgewater community. The blowback is quintessential nimbyism. 061
Reposted by Michael TyznikSubscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio) @kleinman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This was always going to be the next step. There are no trans players in the WNBA so instead they're going after cis women who are insufficiently feminine for them. 353123871
Reposted by Michael TyznikDani @daniexists6.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"Neutral in the culture war" my ass. She was pro-LGBTQIA+, removed confederate theming from Dollywood immediately, and gave all the royalties to the Whitney version of "I Will Always Love You" to black run charities. She was woker than woke. 102755148
Reposted by Michael TyznikLibrarianchica @librarianchica.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"Stayed neutral"? WTAF revisionist drivel are you selling, @cnn.com ? She was an avid LGBTQIA+ ally, she sang about deportees on the 9-5 album, she was pro literacy and social programs. Sit the fuck down if you're going to besmirch her legacy like this. 49116
Reposted by Michael TyznikDavid Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 26/08/2026My full statement here. Again, I'll have more to say about the specific provisions, especially how the settlement is a raw deal for teen users who do not have an emotionally safe relationship with their parent or guardian www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...eff.orgEFF Statement on Meta SettlementThe settlement enshrines Meta's harmful surveillance into law, and it will compromise users' privacy and anonymity while increasing their exposure to data breaches and government data requests. 04626
Reposted by Michael TyznikDr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026It seems that news of Dolly Parton’s death has resulted in a flood of joyous stories and clips and photos of her. For a brief moment, she has managed to erase the toxicity of social media. A parting gift, if ever there was one.static.klipy.comDolly Parton: 'I'm Proud Of You'Alt: Dolly Parton: 'I'm Proud Of You' 8823151
Reposted by Michael TyznikPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Anyone who AIs Dolly Parton for any reason is going to hell 104653938
Reposted by Michael TyznikLeonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."law.berkeley.eduArtificial Intelligence PolicyEffective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […] 231900796
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 20/08/2026Unfortunately had to stop evangelizing @trmnl.com to people since this is its founder. 140
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 20/08/2026Inter-library loans are magic and make me feel good about humanity. 061
Reposted by Michael Tyznik404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 15162323921
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 12/08/2026@the48thward.bsky.social does this film production need (and have) a permit to completely block the sidewalk and force pedestrians into the street? 010
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 12/08/2026@404media.co Zuckerberg, like so many founders, assume that everybody wants the same things they do, but aren’t smart enough to get them. They can’t fathom that somebody might not want to be an entrepreneur. It’s a lack of empathy. Some of us just like to do the work and not manage other people. 110
Reposted by Michael TyznikMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The excesses of the Woke 1 era mostly amount to cringe public statements, harmless vocabulary updates and loss of prestige for public figures. The backlash to Woke 1, on the other hand, is imprisoning dissidents, dismantling public education and eroding democracy. That's what needs reckoning 242894605
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 31/07/2026how exactly are @amnesty.org and @amnestyuk.bsky.social affiliated? Questioning my monthly support now due to their abandoning trans people. They not only removed the briefing JKR objected to, they removed their report about the anti-trans and anti-women movement in the UK as well. 000
Reposted by Michael TyznikAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 29/07/2026They're not a Trump court, they're a Republican court, and the fact those two things align 80-90% of the time instead of literally 100% doesn't mean they're therefore admirably independent. To even describe them as ideologically conservative is too generous. They are partisan politicians. 301477275
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 25/07/2026I think it says a lot about me as a person that I had already browsed through a lot of the NYPL’s collection of historic restaurant menus long before this article came out. pudding.cool/2026/06/menu...pudding.coolA History of Menus is a Menu of HistoryWhat do America’s earliest restaurant menus teach us about America? 010
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 25/07/2026“AI is the asbestos we're shoveling into the walls of our civilization and our descendants will be digging it out for generations” pluralistic.net/2026/07/24/s...pluralistic.netPluralistic: AI solipsists and AI cynics (24 Jul 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 010
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 24/07/2026The U and S Bahn in Berlin have amazing headways but also are surprisingly slow? The U3 in particular seems to crawl along at like 20 mph. 000
Reposted by Michael TyznikWTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 14/10/2025A key Chicago City Council committee advanced a package of proposals on Tuesday designed to build more housing along Broadway in Edgewater and Uptown in an effort to make it more affordable to live along the CTA’s Red Line. to.wttw.com/495eDfvto.wttw.comKey City Panel OKs Plan Designed to Build More Housing in EdgewaterAld. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th Ward) said the proposals will revitalize Broadway, which has not seen any new housing built on its west side for two decades, by making the commercial district more a... 0133
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 24/07/2026Made some new queer friends at südblock in Berlin and we bonded over @michaelhobbes.bsky.social podcasts 020
Reposted by Michael TyznikAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 20/07/2026The story of a trans girl who tried to fight Idaho's anti-trans laws, and died to suicide earlier this year, is only now coming to light. Our hearts are broken, but we need to tell these stories and mourn our dead, because the media is barely bothering to look for the victims of trans genocide.assignedmedia.orgIdaho didn’t want May Pollard to live. Now she’s dead by her own hand. - Assigned MediaA trans teen tried to fight Idaho's bathroom ban in court, but hate prevailed. 161205499
Reposted by Michael TyznikDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 12/07/2026The Republican war on science comes for road safety. Protected bike lanes, road diets, and automatic traffic enforcement prevent people from being killed. Researchers have proven this—repeatedly. 211145
Reposted by Michael TyznikBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.orgusa.streetsblog.orgSeparated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USACities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday. 191086373
Reposted by Michael TyznikAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 08/07/2026NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead. www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...thebulwark.comHe Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor. 11045382483
Reposted by Michael TyznikBrosephine Wires, Perennial Soup-Lover @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Can’t sleep? Simple methods that work: • study hurricane forecast • who hates me • what did i forget • relive supreme humiliation • win 12-yr-old argument • buried alive? could happen • what i did vs should have done • dead people i miss • what if i’m bad • why do i say stuff • what’s my fuckin deal 1080552170
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 03/07/2026@the48thward.bsky.social I love the permanent pedestrian bumpouts going in on Ashland and at Clark and Gregory. Any chance they might be coming to Clark between foster and catalpa? 000
Michael Tyznik @tyznik.com · 02/07/2026@tantacrul.bsky.social I know you're not in the marketing dept but as a UX person the level of "GET A FREE TRIAL" "GET 90% OFF" "ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT THIS DEAL IT'LL DISAPPEAR FOREVER" "AAAAAAAAA GET A FREE TRIAL" crammed in everywhere makes me hate every time i have to go to musescore.com 000
Reposted by Michael TyznikSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I do not understand why the default Democratic position on this issue isn’t simply to be opposed to mandatory genital exams for participants in girls sports. Because that intrusive practice is how GOP policy on transgender athletes will be enforced. 601471451
Reposted by Michael TyznikC. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 26/06/2026There is a very real argument being made in Hollywood that AI democratizes filmmaking, making it available to outsiders. In truth, the cost of effective generative AI is cost prohibitive to all but corporations, leading to no improvement in quality at the cost of jobs both above and below the line. 321923526
