Morgan Clark
@morganc.bsky.social
Sociologist of digital things. All thoughts are my own, even the unfunny ones. Especially the unfunny ones.
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The shooting of Charlie Kirk will have almost exclusively extremely negative consequences for American society in general, the stability of society in specific, and the safety of everyone living in it.
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The shooting of Charlie Kirk will have almost exclusively extremely negative consequences for American society in general, the stability of society in specific, and the safety of everyone living in it.
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I'm watching CNBC. These anchors are so angry. They really didn't believe he'd do it. They're actually just now, 10 years into this shit, realizing he's a maniac hellbent on revenge and there's no grand plan for the markets. Better late than never but holy shit.
April 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'm watching CNBC. These anchors are so angry. They really didn't believe he'd do it. They're actually just now, 10 years into this shit, realizing he's a maniac hellbent on revenge and there's no grand plan for the markets. Better late than never but holy shit.
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Yes, yes, this is a serious person testifying before Congress that Canada is less open to free speech than North Korea.
Tell me again that Bari Weiss's publication (for whom this person works) is a trustworthy publication on speech issues.
Tell me again that Bari Weiss's publication (for whom this person works) is a trustworthy publication on speech issues.
The Free Press lady - Rupa Subramanya - opens with the claim that Germany, France, and Canada have less free speech than North Korea. Bold thinking!
She's reading an opening statement I don't see posted anywhere. I think she complained ab some European countries penalizing people over swastikas?
She's reading an opening statement I don't see posted anywhere. I think she complained ab some European countries penalizing people over swastikas?
February 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Yes, yes, this is a serious person testifying before Congress that Canada is less open to free speech than North Korea.
Tell me again that Bari Weiss's publication (for whom this person works) is a trustworthy publication on speech issues.
Tell me again that Bari Weiss's publication (for whom this person works) is a trustworthy publication on speech issues.
He says he doesn't see Vance as his successor either because he wants it to be one of his kids, OR there just won't be another election.
donald trump talks about JD vance in a way that someone who had a gifted kid that ended up flaming out
February 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
He says he doesn't see Vance as his successor either because he wants it to be one of his kids, OR there just won't be another election.
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I can't believe "Pickle-ball Paul" is showing up outside of Reddit. This guy is a fundamentalist Christian with a failing youtube channel. He has no job-he's in his late 30s trying to be a professional pickle ball player. He has a wife and two kids.
February 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I can't believe "Pickle-ball Paul" is showing up outside of Reddit. This guy is a fundamentalist Christian with a failing youtube channel. He has no job-he's in his late 30s trying to be a professional pickle ball player. He has a wife and two kids.
Ideology, it turns out, does not often jive with reality. America's "Great Leap Forward" is not going to end well.
February 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Ideology, it turns out, does not often jive with reality. America's "Great Leap Forward" is not going to end well.
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Responding to social problems with exhortations to kindness is a way we make systemic inequalities look like individual ones, ones that can be changed if we are just nice enough, not ones that require fundamental shifts in how our institutions, organizations and society are arranged.
tom brady and snoop dogg starring in a "stand up to hate" commercial while both being supporters and friends of donald trump is kinda the natural conclusion of "just be kind <3" messaging that refuses to engage with politics
February 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Responding to social problems with exhortations to kindness is a way we make systemic inequalities look like individual ones, ones that can be changed if we are just nice enough, not ones that require fundamental shifts in how our institutions, organizations and society are arranged.
Mahomes and Drake both had a bad night, and I couldn't be happier 😌
February 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Mahomes and Drake both had a bad night, and I couldn't be happier 😌
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I think an American flag created entirely by black men at the Superbowl is one of the best pieces of art I've seen in my lifetime. I hope it actually killed some folks. And I hope it finally closes the fucking book on the argument that we shouldn't use the flag to fight the God damned fascists.
February 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I think an American flag created entirely by black men at the Superbowl is one of the best pieces of art I've seen in my lifetime. I hope it actually killed some folks. And I hope it finally closes the fucking book on the argument that we shouldn't use the flag to fight the God damned fascists.
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Congratulations to Super Bowl LIX champion Kendrick Lamar
February 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Congratulations to Super Bowl LIX champion Kendrick Lamar
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this is also why neo nazis actually get excited when ppl are arguing over nazi salutes. yea, it's a signal to them, etc. but it also triggers this irony-poisoned line crossing behavior. and so seig heiling or whatever to trigger libs for lulz is inseparable from just actually supporting neo nazis
January 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
this is also why neo nazis actually get excited when ppl are arguing over nazi salutes. yea, it's a signal to them, etc. but it also triggers this irony-poisoned line crossing behavior. and so seig heiling or whatever to trigger libs for lulz is inseparable from just actually supporting neo nazis
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As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
January 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
The US was so close to winning a culture victory, then here comes China with Deepseek. Cinch that science victory China, I'm not even mad at you.
January 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The US was so close to winning a culture victory, then here comes China with Deepseek. Cinch that science victory China, I'm not even mad at you.
More and more reports popping up of people sieg heiling in public. Here at Disneyland. Teenagers at school. This is why you never give an inch and call it out as you see it.
From the Disneyland community on Reddit: Stay Vigilant...
Explore this post and more from the Disneyland community
www.reddit.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
More and more reports popping up of people sieg heiling in public. Here at Disneyland. Teenagers at school. This is why you never give an inch and call it out as you see it.
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"[A] democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism—ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power." - FDR (1938)
a man stands at a podium with microphones that say wor on them
ALT: a man stands at a podium with microphones that say wor on them
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January 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"[A] democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism—ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power." - FDR (1938)
Scooting as hard as she could lolol
Elon Musk: "race mixing is bad. Italy for Italians!"
*woman next to him moves as far away as possible*
*woman next to him moves as far away as possible*
January 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Scooting as hard as she could lolol
Damn that was beautiful. If only we had leaders like this instead of what we have: neo fascists, and enablers on one side, cowards on the other.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro's full post ordering an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods, says he doesn't really like traveling to the U.S. because it's “a bit boring” and invokes the ancestors
January 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Damn that was beautiful. If only we had leaders like this instead of what we have: neo fascists, and enablers on one side, cowards on the other.
China understood this before our geriatric reps did.
"China has not reined in its tech sector out of any belief in democracy, but rather through a seeming understanding that the new forces of wealth, data, intelligence, information, commerce, and communications can hijack a country’s political system and lead it into dangerously uncharted territory."
Some people have asked me for an open version of this new column. Here it is. foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/24/w...
January 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
China understood this before our geriatric reps did.
This was always going to be Trumps biggest hurdle. Most reps know their constituents rely on these programs, and they will be blamed if they're cut.
This is pretty amusing - and telling. GOP hardliners are teeing up to slash government programs, and the handful of remaining GOP moderates are like "yeah we're not committing political suicide for you."
Vulnerable House Republicans warn leaders against cutting Obamacare
The group of centrists also said the party needed to be careful about deep cuts to social safety net programs.
www.politico.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This was always going to be Trumps biggest hurdle. Most reps know their constituents rely on these programs, and they will be blamed if they're cut.
Somehow it's even worse than previously reported
UPDATE: Secret Service agents — not ICE — were denied entry at a Chicago school despite initial CPS reports, a CPS source said.
Secret Service agents were looking for an 11-year-old who posted an anti-Trump video, the source said. https://buff.ly/3EatFDz
Secret Service agents were looking for an 11-year-old who posted an anti-Trump video, the source said. https://buff.ly/3EatFDz
January 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Somehow it's even worse than previously reported
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Four examples of Democratic messaging since yesterday. I know which one I'm supporting. And voting for.
January 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Four examples of Democratic messaging since yesterday. I know which one I'm supporting. And voting for.
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“We are marching towards an uninsurable future,” said David Jones (@cadavejones.bsky.social), the former insurance commissioner of California... “Insurance is the canary in the coal mine in regard to the climate crisis and the canary is now just about dead.”
Climate change doesn't care if you believe in it or not:
"The figures, the most comprehensive ever released by the treasury department, show insurance premiums are increasing quickly across the country, w/people living amid the greatest climate-driven risks experiencing the steepest rises of all."
"The figures, the most comprehensive ever released by the treasury department, show insurance premiums are increasing quickly across the country, w/people living amid the greatest climate-driven risks experiencing the steepest rises of all."
US homeowners in disaster-prone states face soaring insurance costs
Climate crisis is making it harder for insurance companies to operate, with many pausing or withdrawing policies
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:30 AM
“We are marching towards an uninsurable future,” said David Jones (@cadavejones.bsky.social), the former insurance commissioner of California... “Insurance is the canary in the coal mine in regard to the climate crisis and the canary is now just about dead.”