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· Oct 14
How Elle Bisgaard-Church became Zohran Mamdani’s most trusted adviser
The first-time campaign manager steered him to victory in June. Now she’s focused on the likely next administration.
www.cityandstateny.com
"We articulated the vision for the movement that we hoped to build. Each day, we would work to embody the values of a better world." - Elle Bisgaard-Church
www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:17 AM
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Does anyone know any good Chinese YouTubers or content creators of Chinese origin who are based in the U.S.?
January 20, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Does anyone know any good Chinese YouTubers or content creators of Chinese origin who are based in the U.S.?
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This video should be on mainstream TV and every secondary school syllabus…
I made a deep dive video into the TESCREAL ideology shaping Silicon Valley’s biggest companies and the AI arms race, and how a shocking number of tech billionaires are pro-human extinction
Tech Billionaires Want Us Dead
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This video should be on mainstream TV and every secondary school syllabus…
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Tech policy orgs & professionals need to grapple with the implications of technofascism’s profoundly anti-human ideological roots. TESCREAL should be part of all AI policy debates.
I made a deep dive video into the TESCREAL ideology shaping Silicon Valley’s biggest companies and the AI arms race, and how a shocking number of tech billionaires are pro-human extinction
Tech Billionaires Want Us Dead
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Tech policy orgs & professionals need to grapple with the implications of technofascism’s profoundly anti-human ideological roots. TESCREAL should be part of all AI policy debates.
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Thanks for making this video @taylorlorenz.bsky.social lets hope people listen and not accuse you of "calling everything you disagree with eugenics" and such as they did me and @xriskology.bsky.social 🙄
I don't know how much evidence people need.
I don't know how much evidence people need.
I made a deep dive video into the TESCREAL ideology shaping Silicon Valley’s biggest companies and the AI arms race, and how a shocking number of tech billionaires are pro-human extinction
Tech Billionaires Want Us Dead
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Thanks for making this video @taylorlorenz.bsky.social lets hope people listen and not accuse you of "calling everything you disagree with eugenics" and such as they did me and @xriskology.bsky.social 🙄
I don't know how much evidence people need.
I don't know how much evidence people need.
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I attended a talk last year with the host of planet: critical & pretty much heard that this one billionaire they met with was planning on a third of the worlds population dying in order to keep the different systems we have now going. She told him “that’s fascistic” & he just shrugged.
I made a deep dive video into the TESCREAL ideology shaping Silicon Valley’s biggest companies and the AI arms race, and how a shocking number of tech billionaires are pro-human extinction
Tech Billionaires Want Us Dead
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I attended a talk last year with the host of planet: critical & pretty much heard that this one billionaire they met with was planning on a third of the worlds population dying in order to keep the different systems we have now going. She told him “that’s fascistic” & he just shrugged.
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This from @taylorlorenz.bsky.social is worth your time. She references the extremely valuable work of @timnitgebru.bsky.social and @xriskology.bsky.social about the terrifying philosophy of many powerful people in and around tech. youtu.be/W1dIC287Zz0?...
Tech Billionaires Want Us Dead
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 AM
This from @taylorlorenz.bsky.social is worth your time. She references the extremely valuable work of @timnitgebru.bsky.social and @xriskology.bsky.social about the terrifying philosophy of many powerful people in and around tech. youtu.be/W1dIC287Zz0?...
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Another must watch from @taylorlorenz.bsky.social
I made a deep dive video into the TESCREAL ideology shaping Silicon Valley’s biggest companies and the AI arms race, and how a shocking number of tech billionaires are pro-human extinction
Tech Billionaires Want Us Dead
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Another must watch from @taylorlorenz.bsky.social
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Transhumanism & effective altruism are not inherently bad. But as @taylorlorenz.bsky.social points out, they can excuse current harm being done for ungodly profit.
In truth, tech billionaires don’t want humanity to survive—except for them. And they're prepping.
youtu.be/W1dIC287Zz0?...
In truth, tech billionaires don’t want humanity to survive—except for them. And they're prepping.
youtu.be/W1dIC287Zz0?...
Tech Billionaires Want Us Dead
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
January 22, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Transhumanism & effective altruism are not inherently bad. But as @taylorlorenz.bsky.social points out, they can excuse current harm being done for ungodly profit.
In truth, tech billionaires don’t want humanity to survive—except for them. And they're prepping.
youtu.be/W1dIC287Zz0?...
In truth, tech billionaires don’t want humanity to survive—except for them. And they're prepping.
youtu.be/W1dIC287Zz0?...
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Donald Trump is telling us exactly what he plans to do in the 2026 midterms — and almost no one is paying attention.
Watch, learn and share. youtu.be/DK8A8gTmD1I?...
Watch, learn and share. youtu.be/DK8A8gTmD1I?...
Trump Announces Plot to Cancel the 2026 Elections
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Donald Trump is telling us exactly what he plans to do in the 2026 midterms — and almost no one is paying attention.
Watch, learn and share. youtu.be/DK8A8gTmD1I?...
Watch, learn and share. youtu.be/DK8A8gTmD1I?...
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Canadian broadcaster talks with media researchers and former-spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNh_...
How ICE is using far-right subculture to recruit
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Canadian broadcaster talks with media researchers and former-spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNh_...
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I hope they start trying to one-up one another. This is good though.
Secretary Noem has forfeited her right to lead. I’m calling on her to resign.
Gregory Bovino must also be fired.
No one, not an ICE agent, not a federal officer, not a president, is above the law.
Gregory Bovino must also be fired.
No one, not an ICE agent, not a federal officer, not a president, is above the law.
January 25, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I hope they start trying to one-up one another. This is good though.
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It was a cold morning here, but once again, the birds don’t care! They were frantically foraging for food and this Pine Siskin paused for just a second in the sun!
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
January 26, 2026 at 1:20 AM
It was a cold morning here, but once again, the birds don’t care! They were frantically foraging for food and this Pine Siskin paused for just a second in the sun!
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
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A Swedish city's one-year project is testing how various public services would function in the scenario of a digital blackout
theconversation.com/europe-wants...
theconversation.com/europe-wants...
Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet technology
As the US increases political pressure on Europe, it’s possible to imagine the continent losing access to key computing services.
theconversation.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:13 PM
A Swedish city's one-year project is testing how various public services would function in the scenario of a digital blackout
theconversation.com/europe-wants...
theconversation.com/europe-wants...
Canadian broadcaster talks with media researchers and former-spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNh_...
How ICE is using far-right subculture to recruit
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Canadian broadcaster talks with media researchers and former-spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNh_...
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"I experienced tremendous happiness as I was making this film."
Happy birthday Hayao Miyazaki.
Happy birthday Hayao Miyazaki.
January 5, 2026 at 10:17 AM
"I experienced tremendous happiness as I was making this film."
Happy birthday Hayao Miyazaki.
Happy birthday Hayao Miyazaki.
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On this day was born... Hayao Miyazaki! "Rowlf', 1980 proposed adaptation of the Richard Corben story.
January 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
On this day was born... Hayao Miyazaki! "Rowlf', 1980 proposed adaptation of the Richard Corben story.
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03. Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2024)
January 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
03. Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2024)
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It's Hayao Miyazaki's 85th birthday, which led me to write at @crooked-marquee.bsky.social about the strange legacy his films have left behind in the States, driven as much by hideous AI as by an excess of merchandising: crookedmarquee.com/miyazaki-at-...
Miyazaki at 85 and His Western Legacy — Crooked Marquee
As an animation master hits a milestone birthday, his studio’s presence overseas is dominated by an excess of merchandising that runs counter to his work.
crookedmarquee.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
It's Hayao Miyazaki's 85th birthday, which led me to write at @crooked-marquee.bsky.social about the strange legacy his films have left behind in the States, driven as much by hideous AI as by an excess of merchandising: crookedmarquee.com/miyazaki-at-...
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Now watching
PORCO ROSSO (1992), Japanese animated classic about a pig pilot who fights sky pirates and hates fascists
Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki - BOTD in 1941
PORCO ROSSO (1992), Japanese animated classic about a pig pilot who fights sky pirates and hates fascists
Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki - BOTD in 1941
January 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Now watching
PORCO ROSSO (1992), Japanese animated classic about a pig pilot who fights sky pirates and hates fascists
Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki - BOTD in 1941
PORCO ROSSO (1992), Japanese animated classic about a pig pilot who fights sky pirates and hates fascists
Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki - BOTD in 1941
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There was a period where I cited Miyazaki's Nausicaä as a personal hero figure. The story's sense of deep history, the conflicts driven by characters with understandable motivations, the beautiful and terrifying setting, and Nausicaä's own courage and moral focus: both movie and manga are great.
January 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
There was a period where I cited Miyazaki's Nausicaä as a personal hero figure. The story's sense of deep history, the conflicts driven by characters with understandable motivations, the beautiful and terrifying setting, and Nausicaä's own courage and moral focus: both movie and manga are great.
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Hayao Miyazaki has done a lot of great movies, but I want to shout out the manga of Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind. Dude did ONE* comic in his life, and it was one of the greatest comics of all time.
*(I believe he has actually drawn others, but not many, and I don’t think they’re in English)
*(I believe he has actually drawn others, but not many, and I don’t think they’re in English)
January 5, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Hayao Miyazaki has done a lot of great movies, but I want to shout out the manga of Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind. Dude did ONE* comic in his life, and it was one of the greatest comics of all time.
*(I believe he has actually drawn others, but not many, and I don’t think they’re in English)
*(I believe he has actually drawn others, but not many, and I don’t think they’re in English)
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Heart and passion, always antifascist — Happy Birthday to one of the greatest and most important mangaka and filmmaker alive, Hayao Miyazaki!
#botd #HayaoMiyazaki #FilmSky #ComicSky
#botd #HayaoMiyazaki #FilmSky #ComicSky
January 5, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Heart and passion, always antifascist — Happy Birthday to one of the greatest and most important mangaka and filmmaker alive, Hayao Miyazaki!
#botd #HayaoMiyazaki #FilmSky #ComicSky
#botd #HayaoMiyazaki #FilmSky #ComicSky