Ged Sperber
@gedsperber.bsky.social
Anarcho-Communist. Habitually pissed off by almost anything AI. And pretty much everything else. Grumpy as hell and suspiciously friendly. Violent.
The state of economic debate 2025
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The state of economic debate 2025
Calling it now: as we learn more about the "Chinese hacking campaign" that Anthropic reportedly stopped, we will learn that
a) the extent is inflated in the report
b) the state-sponsored will turn out to be a very generous interpretation of the facts
a) the extent is inflated in the report
b) the state-sponsored will turn out to be a very generous interpretation of the facts
November 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Calling it now: as we learn more about the "Chinese hacking campaign" that Anthropic reportedly stopped, we will learn that
a) the extent is inflated in the report
b) the state-sponsored will turn out to be a very generous interpretation of the facts
a) the extent is inflated in the report
b) the state-sponsored will turn out to be a very generous interpretation of the facts
I don't think we can act anymore as if we could criticise media in a vacuum - in order to save critical journalism, we will have to stick up even for fuck ups. I have written a little piece where I try to make a case for this.
In defense of the BBC
Why we need a Firewall for Journalism even if it does a sloppy job
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I don't think we can act anymore as if we could criticise media in a vacuum - in order to save critical journalism, we will have to stick up even for fuck ups. I have written a little piece where I try to make a case for this.
POV: you are sitting in on the White House Antifa briefing
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
POV: you are sitting in on the White House Antifa briefing
Nachdem letzte Woche die WELT ihren KI Kongress in Berlin abhielt und ich das zweifelhafte Vergnügen hatte, mir ein paar der zugehörigen Videos auf Welt-TV angesehen zu haben, wollte ich das Ganze nicht vollständig unkommentiert lassen.
AI ist die Antwort. Was war die Frage?
Der Axel Springer KI Kongress und die Sehnsucht der Bundesregierung nach deregulierter KI
open.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Nachdem letzte Woche die WELT ihren KI Kongress in Berlin abhielt und ich das zweifelhafte Vergnügen hatte, mir ein paar der zugehörigen Videos auf Welt-TV angesehen zu haben, wollte ich das Ganze nicht vollständig unkommentiert lassen.
Friendly reminder how things have been going at the DOJ.
Mika Anderson (@mikaanderson)
PLEASE UNDERSTAND! When a credible expert like Liz Oyer starts a video with “I don’t want you to be alarmed “… it's really BAD!
substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Friendly reminder how things have been going at the DOJ.
As several countries are debating designating Antifa as a terrorist organization in the wake of the murder of Charlie Kirk, I felt compelled to write a love letter to Antifa and every other antifascist out there.
Bring it, you cowards. We won't back down.
Bring it, you cowards. We won't back down.
Antifa in their own words
The Politics of Hope and why we'll win
open.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
As several countries are debating designating Antifa as a terrorist organization in the wake of the murder of Charlie Kirk, I felt compelled to write a love letter to Antifa and every other antifascist out there.
Bring it, you cowards. We won't back down.
Bring it, you cowards. We won't back down.
Reposted by Ged Sperber
welcome to The Resistance,
*checks notes*
*sighs*
*weeps gently*
...michael eisner
*checks notes*
*sighs*
*weeps gently*
...michael eisner
Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.
September 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
welcome to The Resistance,
*checks notes*
*sighs*
*weeps gently*
...michael eisner
*checks notes*
*sighs*
*weeps gently*
...michael eisner
Reposted by Ged Sperber
Emil Bisttram ~
1895 - 1976
The Young Moon - 1928
Watercolour on paper.
1895 - 1976
The Young Moon - 1928
Watercolour on paper.
September 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Emil Bisttram ~
1895 - 1976
The Young Moon - 1928
Watercolour on paper.
1895 - 1976
The Young Moon - 1928
Watercolour on paper.
As Peter Thiel holds his secretive lectures on the Antichrist, I thought I might expand a little on the notion of belief and faith in psychoanalysis. I think it’s a little too easy to fall into the trap of mistaking religious people for being delusional.
Believing in the Antichrist
What MAGA believes and what belief looks like from the Inside
open.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
As Peter Thiel holds his secretive lectures on the Antichrist, I thought I might expand a little on the notion of belief and faith in psychoanalysis. I think it’s a little too easy to fall into the trap of mistaking religious people for being delusional.
How it started / How it‘s going
September 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
How it started / How it‘s going
The US-Right is compiling and publishing lists of its political enemies and starting the “largest firing operation in history”. I have done a few things one definitely should not do in response to this, as they might be considered sabotage - and we are totally above that, aren’t we?
The Importance of being Earnest
A few things that would be highly immoral to do to the Charlie Kirk Database
open.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The US-Right is compiling and publishing lists of its political enemies and starting the “largest firing operation in history”. I have done a few things one definitely should not do in response to this, as they might be considered sabotage - and we are totally above that, aren’t we?
DOCTOR JONES, REAL MATURE. Is zis how you talk to everyone you disagree with?
You (Indiana Jones) Just Called This Guy A Nazi
YouTube video by CharactersWelcome
www.youtube.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
DOCTOR JONES, REAL MATURE. Is zis how you talk to everyone you disagree with?
Please shove this clip down the throat of the empathy for Charlie Kirk crowd.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Please shove this clip down the throat of the empathy for Charlie Kirk crowd.
All hail the Amphora! All our money for the Amphora! (If you do not follow @edzitron.com , do it NOW)
September 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
All hail the Amphora! All our money for the Amphora! (If you do not follow @edzitron.com , do it NOW)
Paul Crenshaw, who doesn’t use AI, offers some prompts that you might want to use if you have to use it to begin with.
Some Prompts For Your AI
Tell it to write from the heart it doesn’t have, somewhere near the point blood begins to circulate throughout the body.
substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Paul Crenshaw, who doesn’t use AI, offers some prompts that you might want to use if you have to use it to begin with.
So Social Media Companies are being pressured to put lifetime bans on users that joke about Kirk.
Immigrants are being threatened to get their Visa revoked if they make light of the murder.
Scary dudes getting out their big boy pants because they are super untriggered I see.
Immigrants are being threatened to get their Visa revoked if they make light of the murder.
Scary dudes getting out their big boy pants because they are super untriggered I see.
September 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
So Social Media Companies are being pressured to put lifetime bans on users that joke about Kirk.
Immigrants are being threatened to get their Visa revoked if they make light of the murder.
Scary dudes getting out their big boy pants because they are super untriggered I see.
Immigrants are being threatened to get their Visa revoked if they make light of the murder.
Scary dudes getting out their big boy pants because they are super untriggered I see.
„What the fuck is wrong with you people? How is it that now, in our hour of pain, when ItIsOkWhenPeoplegetShot-Man got shot, OUT OF NOWHERE, you laugh? What has ItIsOkWhenPeoplegetShot-Man ever done to deserve this? He lived a decent, a good life, he was a father and yet you act as this were ok?“
September 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
„What the fuck is wrong with you people? How is it that now, in our hour of pain, when ItIsOkWhenPeoplegetShot-Man got shot, OUT OF NOWHERE, you laugh? What has ItIsOkWhenPeoplegetShot-Man ever done to deserve this? He lived a decent, a good life, he was a father and yet you act as this were ok?“
I know everyone and their pet monkey already said something about Charlie Kirk. But please, for the love of god, stop acting as if this was the start of a new fascism. We have long passed that line.
It's an expression of fear and it empowers the right without the slightest need to do so.
It's an expression of fear and it empowers the right without the slightest need to do so.
Reichstagsbrand in Hell
Why the murder of Charlie Kirk shouldn't be condemned as an escalation of violence
open.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I know everyone and their pet monkey already said something about Charlie Kirk. But please, for the love of god, stop acting as if this was the start of a new fascism. We have long passed that line.
It's an expression of fear and it empowers the right without the slightest need to do so.
It's an expression of fear and it empowers the right without the slightest need to do so.
BlueAnon be like: „Charlie Kirk was an inside Job!“
TO DO WHAT?
To threaten American cities with the military? To ignore the law? To round up citizens? To bypass due process? To bring the bootlickers in the business caste to heel?
FOR FUCKS SAKE PEOPLE
TO DO WHAT?
To threaten American cities with the military? To ignore the law? To round up citizens? To bypass due process? To bring the bootlickers in the business caste to heel?
FOR FUCKS SAKE PEOPLE
September 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
BlueAnon be like: „Charlie Kirk was an inside Job!“
TO DO WHAT?
To threaten American cities with the military? To ignore the law? To round up citizens? To bypass due process? To bring the bootlickers in the business caste to heel?
FOR FUCKS SAKE PEOPLE
TO DO WHAT?
To threaten American cities with the military? To ignore the law? To round up citizens? To bypass due process? To bring the bootlickers in the business caste to heel?
FOR FUCKS SAKE PEOPLE
@eastcoastitnotes.bsky.social once again being civil and fondly remembering septic tank man
September 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
@eastcoastitnotes.bsky.social once again being civil and fondly remembering septic tank man
Reposted by Ged Sperber
If you're protesting ICE in Chicago, let me know at sheryl@weikallaw.com if you need free legal training or legal support. If you're arrested protesting ICE, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
September 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If you're protesting ICE in Chicago, let me know at sheryl@weikallaw.com if you need free legal training or legal support. If you're arrested protesting ICE, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
This is so incomprehensibly stupid that I cannot even begin to explain to you how stupid it is.
building a Dyson sphere around the sun is an incomprehensible undertaking. building one around the solar system is simply impossible in even the wildest sci fi projections of the future
every statement Altman and his fellow tech oligarchs make is just as preposterous
every statement Altman and his fellow tech oligarchs make is just as preposterous
The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe
August 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is so incomprehensibly stupid that I cannot even begin to explain to you how stupid it is.
You almost certainly heard about Trump laying off the BLS chief - you may not have heard about the end to two space missions that happened simultaneously. I decided to write a little farewell to the Orbital Carbon Observatories that provided us with invaluable Carbon data.
Blind Flight
A farewell to two NASA missions that may be gone soon.
open.substack.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
You almost certainly heard about Trump laying off the BLS chief - you may not have heard about the end to two space missions that happened simultaneously. I decided to write a little farewell to the Orbital Carbon Observatories that provided us with invaluable Carbon data.
Reposted by Ged Sperber
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages