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#PhilTech #STS #DisabilityStudies #Cyborg #Bioethics #DisCoTec. Disabled person. Philosopher of technology. Strong opinions and typos argh my urn. Reskeets are not endorsements.
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This is exactly what corruption looks like: power used as a commodity, war treated as a profit center, and human lives reduced to line items. This isn't leadership or strategy-it' pay-to-play imperialism, and it's indefensible.
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This is exactly what corruption looks like: power used as a commodity, war treated as a profit center, and human lives reduced to line items. This isn't leadership or strategy-it' pay-to-play imperialism, and it's indefensible.
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Democrats need to strongly and uncompromisingly demand that Trump is removed from office for illegally starting a war for oil that benefits no one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Democrats need to strongly and uncompromisingly demand that Trump is removed from office for illegally starting a war for oil that benefits no one.
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babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
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this is irresponsible reporting. a neural network can't comment on why it produced CSAM. a neural network can't be held answerable for generating CSAM. accountability lies within the fascist ceo and the team willing to work for him
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements ...
www.reuters.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
this is irresponsible reporting. a neural network can't comment on why it produced CSAM. a neural network can't be held answerable for generating CSAM. accountability lies within the fascist ceo and the team willing to work for him
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Nicolas Gourault's fantastic short experimental documentary film «Their Eyes» about the invisible human labor behind AI, which we showed and discussed at our «React & Respond» conference in Zurich last year, is now streaming on the NYT website www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/o...
Opinion | Self-Driving Cars Can’t See Without Their Eyes
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January 3, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Nicolas Gourault's fantastic short experimental documentary film «Their Eyes» about the invisible human labor behind AI, which we showed and discussed at our «React & Respond» conference in Zurich last year, is now streaming on the NYT website www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/o...
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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This is why they want us talking about day care centers and $500 boots.
January 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
This is why they want us talking about day care centers and $500 boots.
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The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
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Gender nonconforming gay guy uses the men's bathroom and it's confronted and threatened.
It was never about the bathrooms, privacy, or safety, they simply don't want queer people to exist.
It was never about the bathrooms, privacy, or safety, they simply don't want queer people to exist.
January 3, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Gender nonconforming gay guy uses the men's bathroom and it's confronted and threatened.
It was never about the bathrooms, privacy, or safety, they simply don't want queer people to exist.
It was never about the bathrooms, privacy, or safety, they simply don't want queer people to exist.
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"AI" is and for a very long time has been a term used for obfuscation, occultation, and sleight of hand; but any sufficiently transparent magic is indistinguishable from technology.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
January 2, 2026 at 10:04 PM
"AI" is and for a very long time has been a term used for obfuscation, occultation, and sleight of hand; but any sufficiently transparent magic is indistinguishable from technology.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl...
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Mamdani’s speech was dogma shattering. We should appreciate just how audacious decrying rugged individualism and extolling government/collectivism is. He has a *moral* vision to sell along with his policies, and it’s precisely what the left/liberals need.
January 2, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Mamdani’s speech was dogma shattering. We should appreciate just how audacious decrying rugged individualism and extolling government/collectivism is. He has a *moral* vision to sell along with his policies, and it’s precisely what the left/liberals need.
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Reagan, 1981: “In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
January 2, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Reagan, 1981: “In the present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
Clinton, 1996: “I say again, the era of big government is over. But we cannot go back to the era of fending for yourself.”
Mamdani, 2026:
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this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted.
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
![How would you describe Mamdani's politics?
He's not a communist. People call him that. That's ridiculous. He is a democratic socialist. David Dinkins [New York mayor from 1990-93] was a democratic socialist. We've had a long history in New York City of socialism.
What's the biggest challenge Mamdani faces as mayor!
I don't think the Zohranistas totally understand the fiscal irresponsibility we just went through with the Adams years and how little money there's left.
There's not enough money to do all the things that Zohran wants to do.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ssxnmhdtz6le6nxu7jfhglz6/bafkreic7pxra6vmrjmqo4jmw4vdagiluj6xtkovqb3f4ex7fc55m7pzaxu@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 11:16 PM
this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted.
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
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It's worth reading the whole interview in full. It basically verifies that the NYT has spent the past decade-plus doubling down on top-down narratives for coverage, getting more intense over time.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
It's worth reading the whole interview in full. It basically verifies that the NYT has spent the past decade-plus doubling down on top-down narratives for coverage, getting more intense over time.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
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Trust me, there's no such thing as a rough draft or a final draft. It's just you writing forever.
January 1, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Trust me, there's no such thing as a rough draft or a final draft. It's just you writing forever.
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
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mamdani spending literally the first minutes of his mayoralty announcing mike flynn as dot commish, and talking abt the importance of public transit and streetscapes.
smiling through it all like i cant believe this is my life
smiling through it all like i cant believe this is my life
January 1, 2026 at 5:32 AM
mamdani spending literally the first minutes of his mayoralty announcing mike flynn as dot commish, and talking abt the importance of public transit and streetscapes.
smiling through it all like i cant believe this is my life
smiling through it all like i cant believe this is my life
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If you can’t be kind, at least be vague.
Happy 2026!
Happy 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 5:42 AM
If you can’t be kind, at least be vague.
Happy 2026!
Happy 2026!
My teen chugged a sparkly juice then sped to bathroom when the ball dropped — waiting for that “new years’ piss.”
I respect it.
I respect it.
January 1, 2026 at 5:06 AM
My teen chugged a sparkly juice then sped to bathroom when the ball dropped — waiting for that “new years’ piss.”
I respect it.
I respect it.
It’s like a cross between a casino and a fireworks store.
January 1, 2026 at 12:57 AM
It’s like a cross between a casino and a fireworks store.
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Sigh. Not a huge surprise, but also people should understand that American science is struggling on huge scales, even though it's happening in these "nickel and dime" ways. (a lot of disappearing opportunities, not renewed grants, etc. etc.)
Welp ... some breaking news on New Year's Eve:
On a podcast, NIH Director Bhattacharya says the agency will likely not renew grants that were reinstated as part of a court decision earlier this year
www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...
On a podcast, NIH Director Bhattacharya says the agency will likely not renew grants that were reinstated as part of a court decision earlier this year
www.statnews.com/2025/12/31/n...
NIH director says DEI-related grants that were restored under a court order won’t be renewed
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya told a podcaster that DEI-related grants restored under a court order won't be renewed in 2026
www.statnews.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Sigh. Not a huge surprise, but also people should understand that American science is struggling on huge scales, even though it's happening in these "nickel and dime" ways. (a lot of disappearing opportunities, not renewed grants, etc. etc.)
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This is a fundamentally Crip perspective in my view. Ableist systems require and perform ranking, prioritisation and notification of sentient life. Ability, completeness, enclosure and distinction -- not to mention the fetishization of the impossibility which is 'independence'
December 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This is a fundamentally Crip perspective in my view. Ableist systems require and perform ranking, prioritisation and notification of sentient life. Ability, completeness, enclosure and distinction -- not to mention the fetishization of the impossibility which is 'independence'
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Simple: start with embodimindedness. That which incontrovertibly is yours
Then, realise you are not in control of that. So you may not be what "you" think "you" are after all. Because there are other agencies involved in "you", and everything else.
So it goes. Be seeing you.
Then, realise you are not in control of that. So you may not be what "you" think "you" are after all. Because there are other agencies involved in "you", and everything else.
So it goes. Be seeing you.
December 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Simple: start with embodimindedness. That which incontrovertibly is yours
Then, realise you are not in control of that. So you may not be what "you" think "you" are after all. Because there are other agencies involved in "you", and everything else.
So it goes. Be seeing you.
Then, realise you are not in control of that. So you may not be what "you" think "you" are after all. Because there are other agencies involved in "you", and everything else.
So it goes. Be seeing you.
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So much scholarship written on the latter "masculinisations" of technology which I cannot summarise. Suffice to say, Mary Shelley and Ada Lovelace understood those issues centuries ago, and Byron, for all his flaws and complicities was Queer As Folk. And Percy wrote Ozymandias.
December 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
So much scholarship written on the latter "masculinisations" of technology which I cannot summarise. Suffice to say, Mary Shelley and Ada Lovelace understood those issues centuries ago, and Byron, for all his flaws and complicities was Queer As Folk. And Percy wrote Ozymandias.