Kim Stiens
@kimstiens.bsky.social
Nonprofit operations in DC - currently working with the best people in the world at Employ America. she/her
The Institute for Progress @ifp.bsky.social is launching an RFP for proposals to prepare the world for advanced AI across science, defense, and institutional adaptation. I'm excited to see what they fund!
ifp.org/rfp-launch/
ifp.org/rfp-launch/
February 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The Institute for Progress @ifp.bsky.social is launching an RFP for proposals to prepare the world for advanced AI across science, defense, and institutional adaptation. I'm excited to see what they fund!
ifp.org/rfp-launch/
ifp.org/rfp-launch/
All-time threads here of people stating their opinion on a public discussion forum, others replying in disagreement, and the whole thing collapsing into an argument about who is "allowed" to have an opinion - which is not in question, not something anyone has implied anyone else can't do
February 2, 2026 at 12:49 PM
All-time threads here of people stating their opinion on a public discussion forum, others replying in disagreement, and the whole thing collapsing into an argument about who is "allowed" to have an opinion - which is not in question, not something anyone has implied anyone else can't do
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We’ve got another @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com banger on our hands folks
February 2, 2026 at 11:06 AM
We’ve got another @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com banger on our hands folks
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I’m always ride or die with @skandaamarnath.bsky.social, but I thought his Odd Lots episode on Warsh yesterday was particularly good.
January 31, 2026 at 12:22 PM
I’m always ride or die with @skandaamarnath.bsky.social, but I thought his Odd Lots episode on Warsh yesterday was particularly good.
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it's not, and if you've ever had so much as a moment of joy while bad things exist you should be ashamed
the next time you smile at a sunrise, remember: you're smiling with Hitler
the next time you smile at a sunrise, remember: you're smiling with Hitler
Its actually good and okay to try and find moments of joy during the horrors. Dont let anyone shame you for it.
January 31, 2026 at 4:15 AM
it's not, and if you've ever had so much as a moment of joy while bad things exist you should be ashamed
the next time you smile at a sunrise, remember: you're smiling with Hitler
the next time you smile at a sunrise, remember: you're smiling with Hitler
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Todd Blanche says there’s nothing left to see here and it is illegal for u not to believe this
January 30, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Todd Blanche says there’s nothing left to see here and it is illegal for u not to believe this
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Today, people across the entire country will withhold their labor, withhold their dollars, and take to the streets to protest Trump’s ICE thugs terrorizing Minneapolis.
Solidarity with everyone participating.
Let this be one of many actions we take to fight back against this regime.
Solidarity with everyone participating.
Let this be one of many actions we take to fight back against this regime.
January 30, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Today, people across the entire country will withhold their labor, withhold their dollars, and take to the streets to protest Trump’s ICE thugs terrorizing Minneapolis.
Solidarity with everyone participating.
Let this be one of many actions we take to fight back against this regime.
Solidarity with everyone participating.
Let this be one of many actions we take to fight back against this regime.
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spending $45,000 in compute to generate a version of this where we lose
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 30, 2026 at 6:13 AM
spending $45,000 in compute to generate a version of this where we lose
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TFW central casting is far from the central tendency in the Summary of Economic Projections
January 30, 2026 at 12:22 PM
TFW central casting is far from the central tendency in the Summary of Economic Projections
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OH BOY, AM I EVER www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Volunteers wanted to to live on Skomer Island and count puffins
Successful applicants will spend several months helping conservation efforts on Skomer Island.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 12:20 PM
OH BOY, AM I EVER www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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wrote about the camps for my newsletter this weekend www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
January 25, 2026 at 12:01 AM
wrote about the camps for my newsletter this weekend www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
National Dems 100% need to be "abolish ICE". Regardless of what you think about border enforcement, ICE as an organization has had > a year to settle into an internal culture of murder, spite, and lawlessness. You're not gonna root that out. It needs to be dismantled completely.
January 25, 2026 at 12:09 PM
National Dems 100% need to be "abolish ICE". Regardless of what you think about border enforcement, ICE as an organization has had > a year to settle into an internal culture of murder, spite, and lawlessness. You're not gonna root that out. It needs to be dismantled completely.
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Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
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Imagine if institutional Dems blacklisted everyone involved in scammer groups that fundraise off moments like this with half the intensity they blacklist people who work on primary campaigns against people who vote to thank and fund ICE
January 25, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Imagine if institutional Dems blacklisted everyone involved in scammer groups that fundraise off moments like this with half the intensity they blacklist people who work on primary campaigns against people who vote to thank and fund ICE
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Call the piece of legislation that ultimately abolishes ICE the Pretti-Good Act
January 25, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Call the piece of legislation that ultimately abolishes ICE the Pretti-Good Act
I feel Dems are not taking sufficiently into account how useful messaging like this could be, right now. If the national Democratic party took this stance (and their candidates actually did too) they could materially reduce ICE capabilities by persuading agents to quit or convincing them not to join
Abolish ICE and prosecute everyone who stays in it from this day forward as members of a criminal conspiracy to commit murder.
January 25, 2026 at 11:40 AM
I feel Dems are not taking sufficiently into account how useful messaging like this could be, right now. If the national Democratic party took this stance (and their candidates actually did too) they could materially reduce ICE capabilities by persuading agents to quit or convincing them not to join
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ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
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You can tell things are going well in America because accounts with names like MovieTVFunZone are posting things like, "THE PIGS ARE KIDNAPPING CHILDREN AND PRIESTS. THE TREE OF LIBERTY DEMANDS TO BE WATERED"
January 23, 2026 at 11:50 PM
You can tell things are going well in America because accounts with names like MovieTVFunZone are posting things like, "THE PIGS ARE KIDNAPPING CHILDREN AND PRIESTS. THE TREE OF LIBERTY DEMANDS TO BE WATERED"
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Stop saying I did murders
January 24, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Stop saying I did murders
Incredible how many people have inserted an entire extra word into this interview response so they can be mad at it by pretending it says the opposite of what it does - an obviously stupid thing, which affirms what they want to think anyway
AI doomers on Bluesky should consider logging off
AI doomers on Bluesky should consider logging off
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 23, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Incredible how many people have inserted an entire extra word into this interview response so they can be mad at it by pretending it says the opposite of what it does - an obviously stupid thing, which affirms what they want to think anyway
AI doomers on Bluesky should consider logging off
AI doomers on Bluesky should consider logging off
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
It's funny how many replies/etc here are just going with "get rid of all data centers", as though they are unaware that all streaming TV and movies, all social media, all email are also on those servers. If they posture like they're happy to give up TV, then they're the most moral of all
as trump keeps beating up on renewables, a new analysis shows that we can basically offset data center emissions simply by boosting wind and solar a little bit more:
The AI Boom Will Increase US Carbon Emissions—but It Doesn’t Have To
A new analysis finds that data centers’ energy demands will drastically increase power plant emissions over the next decade. Renewables, though, could cut them while helping keep prices from rising.
www.wired.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:44 PM
It's funny how many replies/etc here are just going with "get rid of all data centers", as though they are unaware that all streaming TV and movies, all social media, all email are also on those servers. If they posture like they're happy to give up TV, then they're the most moral of all
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bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 AM
bro there’s a gofundme to crowdfund attorney fees for a preschooler who was kidnapped by our federal government and shipped across state lines and his senator is posting about high school hockey while every other elected official is debating whether to give a zillion more dollars to the kidnappers
I bet this tasted really good tbh. Orange is already a base flavor in Mtn Dew, I wonder how fizzy it was
Mtn Dew A.M. (2012-2013, 2015-2016): A blend of classic Mtn Dew soda and Tropicana orange juice. It was originally sold as a limited-time breakfast drink at Taco Bell, before returning two years later, exclusively at Applebee's restaurants.
January 21, 2026 at 12:38 PM
I bet this tasted really good tbh. Orange is already a base flavor in Mtn Dew, I wonder how fizzy it was