Aram Sinnreich
@aramsinn.bsky.social
📚 Nonfiction Author
📚 SFF Author (.5 of R.A. Sinn)
🎓 Media Prof at AU in DC
💿 Bassist/Producer/Composer
(jazz, reggae, worldbeat)
sinnreich.com
tinyurl.com/tslodata
tinyurl.com/ASCFYbook
linktree.com/wassako
📚 SFF Author (.5 of R.A. Sinn)
🎓 Media Prof at AU in DC
💿 Bassist/Producer/Composer
(jazz, reggae, worldbeat)
sinnreich.com
tinyurl.com/tslodata
tinyurl.com/ASCFYbook
linktree.com/wassako
As @jesgilbert.bsky.social & I argued in "The Secret Life of Data," a Chinese-style Social Credit System exists in the U.S. as well, it's just partially privatized.
ICE mobile app scans protester's face, revokes her TSA PreCheck status
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ICE mobile app scans protester's face, revokes her TSA PreCheck status
If you're protesting ICE, it might be a good idea to wear a mask.
www.sfgate.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM
As @jesgilbert.bsky.social & I argued in "The Secret Life of Data," a Chinese-style Social Credit System exists in the U.S. as well, it's just partially privatized.
10 pages into the new book on De La Soul "Living In A D.A.I.S.Y. Age" and there's an unforgivable error—especially given the book's title.
I don't think I can keep reading.
I don't think I can keep reading.
February 8, 2026 at 1:55 PM
10 pages into the new book on De La Soul "Living In A D.A.I.S.Y. Age" and there's an unforgivable error—especially given the book's title.
I don't think I can keep reading.
I don't think I can keep reading.
My father (who also claims to have invented casual Fridays) frequently wore pajamas under his wool business suits on frigid winter days in NYC.
Minnesota and Wisconsin academic advice:
Fleece pajama pants under jeans > two pairs of jeans for cold, and way more comfortable.
Fleece pajama pants under jeans > two pairs of jeans for cold, and way more comfortable.
It's so cold today and my cords are in the wash so I am wearing two pairs of jeans - one on top of the other, and I am only just realising just how uncomfortable this combo is.
February 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
My father (who also claims to have invented casual Fridays) frequently wore pajamas under his wool business suits on frigid winter days in NYC.
The hallmarks of Modernity are:
✅ Rationalism
✅ Liberalism
✅ Globalism
✅ Democracy
✅ Class Mobility
Peter Thiel is the enemy, and the destroyer, of all of these principles.
He needs to take Modernity's name out of his mouth.
✅ Rationalism
✅ Liberalism
✅ Globalism
✅ Democracy
✅ Class Mobility
Peter Thiel is the enemy, and the destroyer, of all of these principles.
He needs to take Modernity's name out of his mouth.
Peter Thiel has begun tying his warnings about “the Antichrist” and an impending apocalypse to what he describes as the “end of modernity,” casting climate activist (and Gen Z icon) Greta Thunberg as an example of the forces he believes are driving Western civilization toward a terminal crisis.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The hallmarks of Modernity are:
✅ Rationalism
✅ Liberalism
✅ Globalism
✅ Democracy
✅ Class Mobility
Peter Thiel is the enemy, and the destroyer, of all of these principles.
He needs to take Modernity's name out of his mouth.
✅ Rationalism
✅ Liberalism
✅ Globalism
✅ Democracy
✅ Class Mobility
Peter Thiel is the enemy, and the destroyer, of all of these principles.
He needs to take Modernity's name out of his mouth.
I recently played bass on the debut EP for this wonderful #neoSoul #jazz singer named Jung Rana. We just made an audition video for @npr.org #TinyDesk. Check it out:
youtu.be/Mra3FhSZHro?...
youtu.be/Mra3FhSZHro?...
Jung Rana - Feeling Groovy! (Live) NPR Tiny Desk 2026
YouTube video by P J R
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February 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I recently played bass on the debut EP for this wonderful #neoSoul #jazz singer named Jung Rana. We just made an audition video for @npr.org #TinyDesk. Check it out:
youtu.be/Mra3FhSZHro?...
youtu.be/Mra3FhSZHro?...
Man, do I miss Barack Obama
February 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Man, do I miss Barack Obama
Damn, that’s a high bar, but it seems like they cleared it with room to spare.
February 6, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Damn, that’s a high bar, but it seems like they cleared it with room to spare.
Most “AI" is a thousand exploited workers in a trenchcoat, example 9,302,471
For the first time, Waymo has disclosed that it employs workers in the Philippines to monitor and support its driverless rides, which are marketed as fully autonomous.
The revelation pulls back the curtain on the manual labor still underpinning the technology www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
The revelation pulls back the curtain on the manual labor still underpinning the technology www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐨’𝐬 “𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬” 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞
For the first time, Waymo has disclosed that it employs workers… | Rest of World
𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐨’𝐬 “𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬” 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞
For the first time, Waymo has disclosed that it employs workers in the Philippines to monitor and support its autonomous driv...
www.linkedin.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Most “AI" is a thousand exploited workers in a trenchcoat, example 9,302,471
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@aramsinn.bsky.social brings his #SecretLifeOfData talk to @StanfordTIP. Now re-edited in #algovision! Quick recap: www.patreon.com/posts/150074... #DataScience #DataGovernance
The Secret Life of Data: Navigating Hype and Uncertainty in the Age of Algorithmic Surveillance - Aram Sinnreich | ISOC LIVE
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February 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
@aramsinn.bsky.social brings his #SecretLifeOfData talk to @StanfordTIP. Now re-edited in #algovision! Quick recap: www.patreon.com/posts/150074... #DataScience #DataGovernance
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February 6, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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This is bizarre.
February 6, 2026 at 1:02 PM
This is bizarre.
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as i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.
February 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
as i keep saying, the things to do to secure elections are to volunteer to work the polls or to serve as an observer, & to pressure your *state representatives* to take steps to further secure voting locations and ballots. you should also learn about how election administration works in your area.
The secret life of data, pedo archives edition
This is actually real.
And it's very illustrative of what DOJ has done. The document in question has redaction boxes over the face of every femme-looking person (including the Mona Lisa). It's clearly done using some sort of AI-assisted process.
And it's very illustrative of what DOJ has done. The document in question has redaction boxes over the face of every femme-looking person (including the Mona Lisa). It's clearly done using some sort of AI-assisted process.
Starting to think these weren’t really applied with the consideration required by law
February 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
The secret life of data, pedo archives edition
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Don’t sleep on what Miller is doing in TN. This is a model for what they want to do in the US.
Twin Cities, Chicago, Charlotte, LA, SF, & DC were strategies to determine the force regime needs & what they can get away with legally.
legal orgs must file suit to block these bills.
Twin Cities, Chicago, Charlotte, LA, SF, & DC were strategies to determine the force regime needs & what they can get away with legally.
legal orgs must file suit to block these bills.
With the help of TN GOP, Miller is turning TN into a laboratory for what he wants to do in the US.
“…a suite of 8 bills that would turn state & local police officers, judges, teachers, social workers & others into…an extension of the…immigration system.
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“…a suite of 8 bills that would turn state & local police officers, judges, teachers, social workers & others into…an extension of the…immigration system.
shorturl.at/P0Tlo
Tennessee to test Stephen Miller’s plan of enlisting states for immigration enforcement
Bills mandate ICE cooperation, school status checks and criminalize information release, testing constitutional lines
shorturl.at
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Don’t sleep on what Miller is doing in TN. This is a model for what they want to do in the US.
Twin Cities, Chicago, Charlotte, LA, SF, & DC were strategies to determine the force regime needs & what they can get away with legally.
legal orgs must file suit to block these bills.
Twin Cities, Chicago, Charlotte, LA, SF, & DC were strategies to determine the force regime needs & what they can get away with legally.
legal orgs must file suit to block these bills.
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Labor leaders are warming to the idea of nationwide General Strike on May 1st.
How Minnesota & Jan 30th shutdown changed everything
paydayreport.com/labor-leader...
How Minnesota & Jan 30th shutdown changed everything
paydayreport.com/labor-leader...
Labor Leaders Warm to General Strike Nationwide on May 1st
Following the success of the Minnesota General Strike and the January 30th Shutdown, labor leaders are warming towards a General Strike on May 1st.
paydayreport.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Labor leaders are warming to the idea of nationwide General Strike on May 1st.
How Minnesota & Jan 30th shutdown changed everything
paydayreport.com/labor-leader...
How Minnesota & Jan 30th shutdown changed everything
paydayreport.com/labor-leader...
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@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad
No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator
www.forever-wars.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
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Imagination in bonobos!
I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org
We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative
youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko
I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org
We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative
youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko
Apes Share Human Ability to Imagine
YouTube video by Johns Hopkins University
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Imagination in bonobos!
I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org
We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative
youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko
I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org
We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative
youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko
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This desire to decimate the white collar workforce is also driving the billionaire class's efforts to cut, curb, and control higher education. Because academia is the machine that produces the white collar class.
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Most of this applies to academia too!
February 5, 2026 at 11:17 AM
This desire to decimate the white collar workforce is also driving the billionaire class's efforts to cut, curb, and control higher education. Because academia is the machine that produces the white collar class.
bsky.app/profile/loui...
bsky.app/profile/loui...
You don’t send an unclassified letter about your classified letter unless you want folks to know there is some serious shit going down
February 5, 2026 at 4:32 PM
You don’t send an unclassified letter about your classified letter unless you want folks to know there is some serious shit going down
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“What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?” Mr. Musk asked in a email to Mr. Epstein on Nov. 25, 2012. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Musk and Epstein Exchanged Emails About Visiting One Another, Documents Show
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:35 PM
“What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?” Mr. Musk asked in a email to Mr. Epstein on Nov. 25, 2012. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Does obscene wealth turn people into sociopaths, or does it simply reward people with sociopathic tendencies?
February 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Does obscene wealth turn people into sociopaths, or does it simply reward people with sociopathic tendencies?
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🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
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Someone created an open, fully searchable version of the Epstein email archive
Warning : NSFW (unless you work in the White House, of course)
www.jmail.world
Warning : NSFW (unless you work in the White House, of course)
www.jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.com
You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
www.jmail.world
February 5, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Someone created an open, fully searchable version of the Epstein email archive
Warning : NSFW (unless you work in the White House, of course)
www.jmail.world
Warning : NSFW (unless you work in the White House, of course)
www.jmail.world
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Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.