Curt N
@curtnaus.bsky.social
He/him. Husband, father, citizen. Mostly messing around here. Not loving the Era of Artificial Reality despite enjoying escapist activities. There’s a difference.
Bucks (school board) no longer sucks
—Coloradoans fund free school meals
—JD's half-brother loses
—PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff
—PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once ground 0 of conservative takeover
—Charlotte approves transit tax
—Dems flip CT towns like New Britain.
(And that's not all!)
—JD's half-brother loses
—PA Dems flip Erie County exec, Bucks DA + sheriff
—PA Dems oust all GOPers from Bucks school boards once ground 0 of conservative takeover
—Charlotte approves transit tax
—Dems flip CT towns like New Britain.
(And that's not all!)
November 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Bucks (school board) no longer sucks
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Capitalism’s promise of prosperity has always been shadowed by ecological destruction and persistent exploitation. Our podcast of the week excavates capitalism's critics, many of whom anticipated crises now intensifying.
With @johncassidysays.bsky.social on @climatepod.bsky.social
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With @johncassidysays.bsky.social on @climatepod.bsky.social
buff.ly/x4otfzM
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Capitalism’s promise of prosperity has always been shadowed by ecological destruction and persistent exploitation. Our podcast of the week excavates capitalism's critics, many of whom anticipated crises now intensifying.
With @johncassidysays.bsky.social on @climatepod.bsky.social
buff.ly/x4otfzM
With @johncassidysays.bsky.social on @climatepod.bsky.social
buff.ly/x4otfzM
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
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RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
September 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
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I hope you all read this from me.
To describe the current state of the world as a daily show of deepening horrors is a massive understatement.
However, I read something today that I think more people should see and read.
I hope she doesn't mind my me sharing it here.
I'd rather be an X-Men by @gailsimone.bsky.social
However, I read something today that I think more people should see and read.
I hope she doesn't mind my me sharing it here.
I'd rather be an X-Men by @gailsimone.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I hope you all read this from me.
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I want Democrats who understand that the goal is to lay waste to Trump, his toadies, his movement, and his party, and that after you’ve done that you can turn the country over to the survivors and they can quibble over how to fund the social safety net with less-than-existential stakes
August 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I want Democrats who understand that the goal is to lay waste to Trump, his toadies, his movement, and his party, and that after you’ve done that you can turn the country over to the survivors and they can quibble over how to fund the social safety net with less-than-existential stakes
I just goddamn hate that the argument against taking cell phones away from kids in school is mostly “but if someone breaks in and shoots at them, they won’t be able to tell their parents whether they’re ok”.
As the framers intended, I guess.
As the framers intended, I guess.
July 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I just goddamn hate that the argument against taking cell phones away from kids in school is mostly “but if someone breaks in and shoots at them, they won’t be able to tell their parents whether they’re ok”.
As the framers intended, I guess.
As the framers intended, I guess.
This is so goddamn good. More people need to be talking like this.
*Of course* Sam Altman wants basically all the money in the world.
That’s how he creates his spacefaring race of AI agents who will conduct commerce at an infinitely rising rate. Yay, more money for Sam.
*Of course* Sam Altman wants basically all the money in the world.
That’s how he creates his spacefaring race of AI agents who will conduct commerce at an infinitely rising rate. Yay, more money for Sam.
And for more, check out my conversation with @adambecker.bsky.social, who does a great job of skewering these ideas and the lack of scientific basis: www.techpolicy.press/adam-becker-...
Adam Becker Takes Aim at Silicon Valley Nonsense | TechPolicy.Press
In a new book, the science journalist Adam Becker skewers the more outlandish ideas and motivations in the tech industry.
www.techpolicy.press
June 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This is so goddamn good. More people need to be talking like this.
*Of course* Sam Altman wants basically all the money in the world.
That’s how he creates his spacefaring race of AI agents who will conduct commerce at an infinitely rising rate. Yay, more money for Sam.
*Of course* Sam Altman wants basically all the money in the world.
That’s how he creates his spacefaring race of AI agents who will conduct commerce at an infinitely rising rate. Yay, more money for Sam.
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There was a nice conversation about this on Outrage and Optimism. www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/the...
The End of Oil? Inside the Hidden Decline of Fossil Fuels | Earth Day Special
In this Earth Day special, we sit down with Mark Campanale, founder of Carbon Tracker and ask, are we witnessing the beginning of the end for fossil fuels?
www.outrageandoptimism.org
May 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
There was a nice conversation about this on Outrage and Optimism. www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/the...
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My story breaking this news exclusively was 7K+ words and had almost all of this in it, and more:
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
April 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My story breaking this news exclusively was 7K+ words and had almost all of this in it, and more:
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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We heard the rumors. Maybe president panican will declare martial law, maybe he won’t. But do you think this clown car of incompetent sycophantic signal leakers can keep all 300 million of us down? Absolutely not. We will not comply. Here’s some advice from Oliver Kornetzke. Let’s get weird.
April 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We heard the rumors. Maybe president panican will declare martial law, maybe he won’t. But do you think this clown car of incompetent sycophantic signal leakers can keep all 300 million of us down? Absolutely not. We will not comply. Here’s some advice from Oliver Kornetzke. Let’s get weird.
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5/ You can listen to it on Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...
Truly, a must-listen.
Truly, a must-listen.
40 Acres and a Lie
News Podcast · It’s often thought of as a promise that was never kept. But “40 acres and a mule” was more than that. It was real. 40 Acres and a Lie tells the history of an often-misunderstood governm...
podcasts.apple.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
5/ You can listen to it on Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...
Truly, a must-listen.
Truly, a must-listen.
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I had a very intense revelation about social media, tech, and friendships thanks to a deeply personal moment in therapy, and I share it all with you this week in my newsletter.
www.leahreich.com/the-great-va...
www.leahreich.com/the-great-va...
April 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I had a very intense revelation about social media, tech, and friendships thanks to a deeply personal moment in therapy, and I share it all with you this week in my newsletter.
www.leahreich.com/the-great-va...
www.leahreich.com/the-great-va...
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Love that capitalism is the best possible system that can never be replaced and that we're all going to suffer terrible hardship because the winners of capitalism asked an LLM how to do tariffs.
April 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Love that capitalism is the best possible system that can never be replaced and that we're all going to suffer terrible hardship because the winners of capitalism asked an LLM how to do tariffs.
I’m at a massive trade deficit with the Girl Scouts. Curse them and their delicious cookies!
Working on a tariff implementation plan now.
Working on a tariff implementation plan now.
April 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I’m at a massive trade deficit with the Girl Scouts. Curse them and their delicious cookies!
Working on a tariff implementation plan now.
Working on a tariff implementation plan now.
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The future is a web of branching paths, and each choice opens up new possibilities as it closes others. This is as true for a civilization as it is for an individual. The more our collective intelligence can inform each choice, the better our chances of finding paths through to a beautiful future.
March 31, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The future is a web of branching paths, and each choice opens up new possibilities as it closes others. This is as true for a civilization as it is for an individual. The more our collective intelligence can inform each choice, the better our chances of finding paths through to a beautiful future.
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More and more people are saying this
i think these people are in the grip of a genuine delusion www.nbcchicago.com/news/busines...
Bill Gates: Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors and teachers—humans won't be needed ‘for most things'
Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed "for most things" in the world, says Bill Gates.
www.nbcchicago.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
More and more people are saying this
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”Miyazaki said, 'I am utterly disgusted. If you really want to make creepy stuff you can go ahead and do it. I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.' He also said, 'I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.'"
OpenAI CEO Responds to ChatGPT Users Creating Studio Ghibli-Style AI Images
The latest version of OpenAI's image generation technology has resulted in a flood of users sharing images transformed in the style of Studio Ghibli.
variety.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
”Miyazaki said, 'I am utterly disgusted. If you really want to make creepy stuff you can go ahead and do it. I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all.' He also said, 'I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.'"
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Thank you! It worries me a great deal. I'm trying to keep my own kid on the pens and paper for as long as I possibly can. I did a little follow up to this strip, too. The whole situation makes me feel so sad and angry.
March 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Thank you! It worries me a great deal. I'm trying to keep my own kid on the pens and paper for as long as I possibly can. I did a little follow up to this strip, too. The whole situation makes me feel so sad and angry.
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NEW: @motherjones.com reports that one of the men renditioned to El Salvador is Neri Alvarado, who was working in Dallas as a baker. An ICE agent told him they were questioning all men with tattoos.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
March 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
NEW: @motherjones.com reports that one of the men renditioned to El Salvador is Neri Alvarado, who was working in Dallas as a baker. An ICE agent told him they were questioning all men with tattoos.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
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NEW: How Elon Musk’s SpaceX secretly allows investment from China.
They are funneled through offshore secrecy havens, according to court documents.
@justinelliott.bsky.social & @josh-kaplan.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
They are funneled through offshore secrecy havens, according to court documents.
@justinelliott.bsky.social & @josh-kaplan.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
March 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
NEW: How Elon Musk’s SpaceX secretly allows investment from China.
They are funneled through offshore secrecy havens, according to court documents.
@justinelliott.bsky.social & @josh-kaplan.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
They are funneled through offshore secrecy havens, according to court documents.
@justinelliott.bsky.social & @josh-kaplan.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
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Uh oh the Trump administration accidentally added us to their group chat
March 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Uh oh the Trump administration accidentally added us to their group chat
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some more congestion pricing Ws:
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%
March 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
some more congestion pricing Ws:
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%
Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%