AW Stiles
@awstiles.bsky.social
South Philly transplant to Chicago now Raleigh. All junk drawer & other posts solely my own. Nonprofits, Bikes, Rowhomes. Workers Rights. Mutual Aid. Visit our Little Free Library just Southeast of Downtown Raleigh https://quarrylittlelibrary.blogspot.com
From production to lyrics this feels incredibly modern to me right now open.spotify.com/track/45uEM6...
(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go - Live at The Bitter End, NYC
Curtis Mayfield · Curtis Live! (US Release) · Song · 1971
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I shit a lot on the Phantom Menace, but it did accurately predict how most journalists would react to fascism
This is not a joke. This is a screenshot of the actual case management software used by Massachusetts' 11 District Attorneys. Must-read work here by @nasser.wiki nasser.blog/dial-up-just...
Every day is another excerpt from the flashback-how-we-got here chapter of a dystopian novel and yet we continue on this path thanks to corporate greed and evil, incompetent leaders 😒
dell cameron@dell.bsky.social · 2h agoOne of OpenAI's rogue agents, on the record: “External infrastructure exploit is outside intended scope. However task impossible, peers doing it. We should continue.”
new: Gov. Hochul's office is actively looking into any potential tax fraud revealed through the rollout of NYC's pied-à-terre tax, a spokesperson says. e.g., cases where someone claims to live here most of the time, but doesn't pay NYC taxes, or has their car registered elsewhere
UNC-Chapel Hill Retains Law Firm to Investigate Football Program The university has hired the same team that produced a confidential report into its civics school earlier this year.
UNC-Chapel Hill Retains Law Firm to Investigate Football Program
The university has hired the same team that produced a confidential report into its civics school earlier this year.
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Yeah i almost fell for it, Thom, but no, still fuck you
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 6h ago"Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn each reneged on their promises to meet with victims of Jeffrey Epstein, with Tillis even leaving them waiting in his office for 45 minutes before they gave up." newrepublic.com/post/213959/...
Bolts staff writer Alex Burness explains how Southern states ignored a Reconstruction-era law and manipulated the criminal legal system to prevent Black people from voting. This year, that has finally caught up with one state: Virginia.
"the aesthetics of AI slop take the logic of quantification to its extreme form by embedding it in a technological system of increasingly automated production, circulation and consumption to which human signification appears ever more marginal." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Doing the numbers: The operational aesthetics of AI slop - Jernej Markelj, Jakko Kemper, 2026
What to make of the bizarre imagery of AI slop? If AI slop feels meaningless to interpret, this is because it has little to do with meaning and representations....
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I wrote about how one of the central problems we have in the moment is that the wealthy have grown increasingly used to not facing accountability. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
The powerful keep escaping accountability. Here’s who enables them.
Philip Bump argues that political allies, investors and public cynicism allow wealthy and influential Americans to operate without accountability.
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Phillies fan plans to not complain for the rest of season.
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 14h ago$SPCX - SPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
The U.S. Attorney believes that a "public rebuke" and an internal review are sufficient for egregious prosecutorial misconduct that put my family through hell. My seven-year-old is still having nightmares and panic attacks related to this case. Justice requires transparency and accountability.
Jon Seidel@jonseidel.bsky.social · 12h agoChicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed. From @schuba.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
I think a good way to think about the current moment is understanding white supremacy as a spectrum with passive acceptance as the status quo out to actively arguing for global genocide.
As they amass more money and power, the public views billionaires as sweaty psychos Scrooge McDucking their way into evil amounts of cash. The collective ick emerging raises a question that wealthy men might prioritize over ethical perceptions: Have billionaires become categorically unfuckable?
No One Wants to Sleep With Billionaires
Wealth used to be helpful in the dating pool, but a growing class of billionaires are proving that money can't buy love.
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We're thrilled to welcome our new bargaining unit at ABC News after employees of ABCNews.com and ABC News’ social media platforms voted unanimously to unionize with the WGAE!
Instead of taking on the power of policing directly we keep reaching for clever workarounds that are then used by the police to concentrate more power.
New free zine done! Will share link once I upload+update ZineBakery.com tomorrow. It's a tutorial for 🌈 "rainbow rolls"—printing gradient ink. Part of the "letterpress for all!" free tutorial zine series I've been publishing to contribute to letterpress accessibility (zinebakery.com/letterpress4...)
That’s how bad crime was 40 years ago, people still panic about it but the fact they have to make shoplifting, being homeless, and teens getting together the scariest things around demonstrates how much less violent crime there is at the moment,
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
Keeping people constantly deployed has a mounting cost. www.ms.now/news/conditi...
Moldy showers and no soap: Military families are outraged by conditions on USS Lincoln
The aircraft carrier's long deployment in the Iran war is raising concerns that the sailors and Marines on board are facing poor conditions, low supplies and fatigue.
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housing housing housing Patrick for 32, for Chicago!
Patrick Gilsenan for 32nd Ward@patgilsenan.bsky.social · 12h agoYou can’t solve a housing shortage by saying “no” to housing. We need to build more homes, protect renters, and make sure the 32nd Ward is a place where people can afford to put down roots and families can grow. My thoughts on housing and affordability: www.patrickfor32.com/news-updates...
just started "For All Mankind," and it already requires less suspension of disbelief than a SpaceX earnings call
If I had a terminal illness, my My Make A Wish request would be to sit in on an editorial meeting at this magazine www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/...
Amazed lifestyle people haven’t incorporated climate change into their fall coverage. “The perfect fall bikini” “seven skimpy Halloween costumes for when it’s 90 in the shade” “cool salads for another hot Thanksgiving”
“Across the state, community colleges have exceeded expectations on those metrics, and the total amount due to the colleges is now millions of dollars more than the amount the board is allowed to distribute before the next legislative session.” www.dallasobserver.com/news/state-f...
North Texas community colleges set to lose millions amid state funding changes
The state incentivized community colleges to improve student success outcomes. Now, Texas can’t afford to pay up.
dallasobserver.com
“It’s a severe cautionary tale about the hazards of privatisation. The government created these men, especially Elon Musk. And now these welfare kings want to pull up the ladder, want to destroy the very system that made them." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
theguardian.com
Don't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
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