hi when will all the progressive journalists and organizers be given newspaper columns and high-paying pundit jobs to explain how this country *really* feels

My series Mage Errant just got a bookstore rerelease that I'm super delighted by- getting my books on actual bookstores shelves is a childhood dream come true!

David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · yesterday

You should welcome all the new people to Bluesky by TELLING US ALL ABOUT YOUR BOOK AND DONT FORGET A LINK SO WE CAN BUY IT. Bluesky, the app for books.

“Learning about & understanding history is one path toward empowerment, but instead of giving power to more people to learn about the past, museums are empowering Big Tech to exploit art and our activities in museums as raw material for their own purposes” My latest www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...

Democracy Dies in Data: Why Use AI in Museums?

Collaborations at the Harvard Art Museums; Prado Museum; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and Museum of African American History, Boston raise questions.

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Great 🧵but this is particularly striking.

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 11h ago

*One person* could hit the carbon footprint of a return global flight by using agentic AI for the equivalent of 130 sessions - way fewer sessions in higher emissions grids, and remember all these numbers are going to be huge underestimates

And dropping soon in @techpolicypress.bsky.social, “Language is Now an Attack Surface”: “Now the textpocalypse is here but it’s not just a tsunami of slop, bad as that is. We are looking instead at an environment where language and code flow back and forth across the executable boundary condition.”

You should welcome all the new people to Bluesky by TELLING US ALL ABOUT YOUR BOOK AND DONT FORGET A LINK SO WE CAN BUY IT. Bluesky, the app for books. (thanks David! pass it on everybody!) www.versobooks.com/products/303...

David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · yesterday

You should welcome all the new people to Bluesky by TELLING US ALL ABOUT YOUR BOOK AND DONT FORGET A LINK SO WE CAN BUY IT. Bluesky, the app for books.

What kind of political project is AI? Who profits from the mass devaluation of skills, and the industrialized production of language? And what does the political economy have to do with the recurrent waves of "It may kill us all!!" nightmare stories? Find out in Why We Fear AI!

Why We Fear AI: On the Interpretation of Nightmares

Fears about AI tell us more about capitalism today than technology in the future.Will AI come and take all our jobs? Will it dominate humanity, hack the foundations of our civilization, or even wipe h...

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David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · yesterday

You should welcome all the new people to Bluesky by TELLING US ALL ABOUT YOUR BOOK AND DONT FORGET A LINK SO WE CAN BUY IT. Bluesky, the app for books.

Two years of people outside the Online Right saying the right is in a bubble. And it turned out the right was in a bubble.

Mike Boylan-Kolchin@mbkplus.bsky.social · 14h ago

An underdiscussed (imo) aspect of this election cycle is the extent to which media consolidation and domination by conservatives resulted in huge blind spots that ultimately prevented them from recognizing the widespread anger and dissatisfaction directed at Republicans.

You might not feel you can change the world and that's ok But as a professional you most certainly can drive change in your workplace, industry or professional body, and that's vital work *someone* needs to drive that change, and we can't all continue seeing it as 'someone else's job'

From doctors and teachers to lawyers, every profession has a duty to align with climate goals

New research outlines how climate responsibility can become part of professional practice.

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There has absolutely been a belief amongst the tycoons at the trillion-dollar companies that they were in endgame, and would never have to be concerned with public sentiment or accountability the rule of law ever again.

vortex_egg@vortexegg.com · yesterday

It sure seems like the AI tech bubble was predicated on a belief, both in the industry and in the market, that realizing it was dependent on permanent authoritarian rule.

They understand now that twitter is the real echo chamber, so they're gonna try to come over here. Don't engage, just block. Without our attention, they will wither and they will die.

10/10 no notes.

Meredith Rose@mrose.ink · yesterday

Hot take: BlueSky should never pay its biggest posters for exactly this reason. "Online pundit class" is a cursed concept and nobody should be enabling it.

And for God’s sake: follow Mamdani’s lead and have someone with charisma who seems normal (Ossoff? AOC?) go on Instagram and TikTok and explain how every passed policy will improve people’s lives. Passing good legislation isn’t enough. You have to EXPLAIN VERY CLEARLY WHAT IT DOES

Molly Knight@mollyknight.bsky.social · yesterday

1. nuke the electoral college so every American’s vote counts equally 2. Ban Congress people, White House admin from trading stocks 3. Non-partisan redistricting. End all gerrymandering 5. Automatic voter registration for all U.S. citizens, who will then be sent mail ballots.

That’s what we were all saying in the office yesterday. Wow, we can be a little creative again.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d ago

it’s dawning on me that with liberal democracy on the offensive i’ll get to write pieces about exciting new stuff as opposed to my usual hey you know that thing that sucks? it’s actually worse

Restore USAID funding NOW

Really grateful that smart people (with energy!) are out there right now ready to do all this work. Feels like we could have contemporary WPA for getting the government back on track.

Whether its aipac money or AI pac money it doesn't seem to buy you much these days.

Molly White@molly.wiki · 2d ago

Crypto and AI super PACs spent $250 million on the midterms. In competitive races, their candidates got clobbered: nine losses out of 12 called so far, including Ohio, where crypto spent $64 million and still couldn’t beat Sherrod Brown. www.citationneeded.news/2026-electio...

I mean, this is literally what I’ve been posting about lately lol

Kell CompGHOST 🍂👻@compostwitch.bsky.social · yesterday

For the magically inclined, there's the beginning of a fascinating story here about how alt-right memetic magic is faltering and failing.

My article now in @fastcompany.com! "Meta paid billions, but largely escaped accountability for Cambridge Analytica. Here’s why" The failure to bring cases around harms may be partly due to earlier failures to fully investigate the data misuse. www.fastcompany.com/91635104/met...

Meta paid billions, but largely escaped accountability for Cambridge Analytica. Here’s why

The failure to bring cases around harms may be partly due to earlier failures to fully investigate the data misuse.

fastcompany.com

We do not want "back to normal," we want Better Than You Ever Dreamed.

The junior senator from Michigan has a higher h-index than you do. h/t @psmaldino.bsky.social

Prediction markets are propaganda casinos

Chris Cook@chriscook.news · 2d ago

Some high-speed maths: Polymarket had a bad night as a prediction engine. Every single Democrat [at time of writing] given more than a 40% chance of winning won. www.ft.com/content/6bc8...

“So here’s our collective project for the next two years: — Root out the corruption. — Hold power to account. — Build institutions that can last. — Prove that government can actually improve people’s lives.” Vital reading that is both celebratory and sober from @davekarpf.bsky.social

Dave Karpf@davekarpf.bsky.social · 2d ago

What the Next Two Years Look Like davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/what-the-n...

Labour consultant, checking how rampant political cruelty is doing internationally right now: Oh shit oh shit oh fuck oh shit oh no

My sister Joanna Whaley will be Michigan's first openly trans state legislator by a massive landslide. I'm so proud of you @joannawhaley.bsky.social 🎉💜

I hope this spell works and I have a job offer 3 hours from now, cause black magic might help empower the conjuring of a blue tsunami, but I also like having my basic needs met.

Kashana@kashana.blacksky.app · 3d ago

When the clock strikes midnight everybody has to hire a Black person

Dan McQuillan defines "decomputing" like this: “Decomputing marshals a set of approaches rooted in existing social movements and historical technopolitics. It focuses in particular on degrowth, deautomatisation, care and conviviality." Read his paper: zenodo.org/records/1945...

One thing the past 24 hours has emphasized for me - with Google's attempt to extort schools and the rejection of (techno)fascism - is that now is the time to embrace a critical tech education that helps youth and teachers analyze AI as a political project while also pursuing decomputing in schools.

"It's more than a game..." Congratulations to our friends at Blizzard on the release of WoW: Forever.