Eric Hansen
@ericwhansen.bsky.social
"Nothing can give you what isn't already there" - Stephen King
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The release of GPT5 is giving off strong Apple Vision Pro vibes.
There was like a full year where critics of VR/AR/XR headsets were cautioned “just wait for Apple to make its move. Whatever they release will be a step-change. The present is just prologue.”
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There was like a full year where critics of VR/AR/XR headsets were cautioned “just wait for Apple to make its move. Whatever they release will be a step-change. The present is just prologue.”
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August 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The release of GPT5 is giving off strong Apple Vision Pro vibes.
There was like a full year where critics of VR/AR/XR headsets were cautioned “just wait for Apple to make its move. Whatever they release will be a step-change. The present is just prologue.”
(…)
There was like a full year where critics of VR/AR/XR headsets were cautioned “just wait for Apple to make its move. Whatever they release will be a step-change. The present is just prologue.”
(…)
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This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
This is such a great point.
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This is such a great point.
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March 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I lucked into a nice bit of nature over the weekend, here in the upper Sacramento Valley.
February 18, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I lucked into a nice bit of nature over the weekend, here in the upper Sacramento Valley.
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You know why these guys are so willing to flagrantly and openly break the law? Because they’ve been doing it for years, testing the waters, seeing what they could get away with—and they got away with all of it. This is the consequence of no consequences and an injustice system.
February 1, 2025 at 4:26 AM
You know why these guys are so willing to flagrantly and openly break the law? Because they’ve been doing it for years, testing the waters, seeing what they could get away with—and they got away with all of it. This is the consequence of no consequences and an injustice system.
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Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare.
Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.”
We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽
Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.”
We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽
January 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare.
Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.”
We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽
Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.”
We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽
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Structural. Citizens United was a lever to pry up the very roots of informed self-governance. Dark money has purchased everything from our most elemental journalistic enterprises and political parties to state and national legislatures and our highest courts. Follow the fucking money. Pay attention.
He is indeed, as Mr. Simon tells us, the result and not the cause. But the cause isn’t “greedy businessmen” but a nation in love with amoral men of zero character. Many people love and admire Trump and our tech overlords more than they love themselves or their neighbors. The sickness is cultural.
Beginning four more years of misrule, it's necessary to admit Trump is the result, not the cause. Massed capital has purchased and debauched our information systems, judiciary and electoral process. It is collapsing public education. Lincoln was a naif: Greed can fool enough people all of the time.
January 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Structural. Citizens United was a lever to pry up the very roots of informed self-governance. Dark money has purchased everything from our most elemental journalistic enterprises and political parties to state and national legislatures and our highest courts. Follow the fucking money. Pay attention.
An alternative viewpoint worth considering.
I wrote about the billionaire system—a murderous scam upon which my country was founded—enabling our rising fascist tide, and lessons of opposition to learn from the natural human system it captured and perverted for its evil intentions.
A tale of two murders: www.the-reframe.com/a-system-bui...
A tale of two murders: www.the-reframe.com/a-system-bui...
A System Built to Eat People Never Stops Eating
A brief history of the systems we've inherited, and the story of two very different reactions to two murders, in a country founded on murder.
www.the-reframe.com
December 22, 2024 at 5:56 PM
An alternative viewpoint worth considering.
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As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚
November 28, 2024 at 11:10 AM
As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚
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I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
November 27, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚
Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
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TL;DR version: we're not going to have an administrative state anymore.
No consumer protections. No environmental protections. No workplace protections. No financial reporting protections.
It's going to be great for plutocrats, right up until the next economic collapse.
No consumer protections. No environmental protections. No workplace protections. No financial reporting protections.
It's going to be great for plutocrats, right up until the next economic collapse.
Musk "DOGE" plan to cut up to $2 trillion detailed in WSJ op-ed today. Here is a free link. "We are prepared for the onslaught from entrenched interests in Washington. We expect to prevail." www.wsj.com/opinion/musk...
Opinion | Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy: The DOGE Plan to Reform Government
Following the Supreme Court’s guidance, we’ll reverse a decadeslong executive power grab.
www.wsj.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:31 PM
TL;DR version: we're not going to have an administrative state anymore.
No consumer protections. No environmental protections. No workplace protections. No financial reporting protections.
It's going to be great for plutocrats, right up until the next economic collapse.
No consumer protections. No environmental protections. No workplace protections. No financial reporting protections.
It's going to be great for plutocrats, right up until the next economic collapse.
Good advice!
Now that they destroyed their own neighborhood, the Maga/Elon trolls are rolling in to BlueSky.
My recommendation is to block early, on the first offense, without explanation.
Here are my rules why I block them:
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
My recommendation is to block early, on the first offense, without explanation.
Here are my rules why I block them:
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
This Is Why I Blocked You
A list for my MAGA trolls.
open.substack.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Good advice!