otatma
@otatma.bsky.social
paranoid dork living in WA. they/them.
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@otatma.bsky.social
· Apr 11
Blocked another user today who posted a paywalled article. Stop doing this. Stop retoasting people that do this. Most importantly, stop writing for orgs that put up paywalls!
Paywalls are garbage and journalism orgs that use them need to crash and burn yesterday.
Paywalls are garbage and journalism orgs that use them need to crash and burn yesterday.
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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The radical and unrealistic position of "no concentration camps"
The reasonable moderate position of "some concentration camps in certain circumstances"
The reasonable moderate position of "some concentration camps in certain circumstances"
February 8, 2026 at 4:58 AM
The radical and unrealistic position of "no concentration camps"
The reasonable moderate position of "some concentration camps in certain circumstances"
The reasonable moderate position of "some concentration camps in certain circumstances"
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The pendulum, she does SWING
February 8, 2026 at 4:27 AM
The pendulum, she does SWING
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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🚨NEW: A federal judge out of Oregon has issued a sweeping rebuke of the DOJ’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls.
The opinion released Thursday concluded that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warned that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
The opinion released Thursday concluded that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warned that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 6:49 PM
🚨NEW: A federal judge out of Oregon has issued a sweeping rebuke of the DOJ’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls.
The opinion released Thursday concluded that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warned that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
The opinion released Thursday concluded that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warned that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
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if i were in congress right now i would be busy introducing a bunch of bills to rename shit the donald j trump and jeffrey e epstein memorial [Whatever]
February 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
if i were in congress right now i would be busy introducing a bunch of bills to rename shit the donald j trump and jeffrey e epstein memorial [Whatever]
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there's a giant (and socially valuable) sewage treatment plant that the DC City Council could name after him bsky.app/profile/berg...
I don't agree that Trump's name should be removed from everything when he's gone. The wastewater treatment center off 295, where you drive through that sewage smell on the way to National Harbor, can bear his name. And it's an impressive facility en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Pl...
Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
there's a giant (and socially valuable) sewage treatment plant that the DC City Council could name after him bsky.app/profile/berg...
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You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
transnews.network
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
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To be fair, the Ur-Example of this is Palantir, a surveillance company- the magic ball that showed Saruman what he *wanted* to see, not what *was*, and ultimately led to him becoming corrupted and then dying.
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
To be fair, the Ur-Example of this is Palantir, a surveillance company- the magic ball that showed Saruman what he *wanted* to see, not what *was*, and ultimately led to him becoming corrupted and then dying.
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I realized that a lot of the guys who have been found in the Epstein files are probably really struggling because the guy they would have gone to for advice about being discovered in the Epstein files was JEFFREY EPSTEIN
Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein
February 6, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I realized that a lot of the guys who have been found in the Epstein files are probably really struggling because the guy they would have gone to for advice about being discovered in the Epstein files was JEFFREY EPSTEIN
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Trump has posted on Truth Social about 65 times in the last 90 minutes, including a video he posted at 8:44 PM PT describing election fraud lies that shows racist AI images of Michelle and Barack Obama as monkeys at the end. I’ve confirmed this is real and watched it myself.
25th Amendment now.
25th Amendment now.
February 6, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Trump has posted on Truth Social about 65 times in the last 90 minutes, including a video he posted at 8:44 PM PT describing election fraud lies that shows racist AI images of Michelle and Barack Obama as monkeys at the end. I’ve confirmed this is real and watched it myself.
25th Amendment now.
25th Amendment now.
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One thing that really encourages me though is ive started seeing people from other cities and states saying things like "hey why isn't our mayor getting things done like mamdani is"
February 6, 2026 at 11:20 AM
One thing that really encourages me though is ive started seeing people from other cities and states saying things like "hey why isn't our mayor getting things done like mamdani is"
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Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me
February 6, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Just saw a post with George Clinton citing the Beatles as his favorite band, which reminded me of this quote he once gave me
Every time I look at new tech concepts, I ask myself this question: Can it reduce consumption?
The ones that do are mostly safe to write off. Not because they're good or bad, but because our stupid capitalist system will undermine them however it can. Rent seeking is baked in now.
The ones that do are mostly safe to write off. Not because they're good or bad, but because our stupid capitalist system will undermine them however it can. Rent seeking is baked in now.
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Every time I look at new tech concepts, I ask myself this question: Can it reduce consumption?
The ones that do are mostly safe to write off. Not because they're good or bad, but because our stupid capitalist system will undermine them however it can. Rent seeking is baked in now.
The ones that do are mostly safe to write off. Not because they're good or bad, but because our stupid capitalist system will undermine them however it can. Rent seeking is baked in now.
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Chinese scientists turn carbon dioxide to starch with 10-fold productivity boost
— industrial bioreactor starch production doesn't rely on water- and land-intensive corn
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3341032/chinese-scientists-turn-carbon-dioxide-starch-10-fold-productivity-boost
— industrial bioreactor starch production doesn't rely on water- and land-intensive corn
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3341032/chinese-scientists-turn-carbon-dioxide-starch-10-fold-productivity-boost
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Chinese scientists turn carbon dioxide to starch with 10-fold productivity boost
— industrial bioreactor starch production doesn't rely on water- and land-intensive corn
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3341032/chinese-scientists-turn-carbon-dioxide-starch-10-fold-productivity-boost
— industrial bioreactor starch production doesn't rely on water- and land-intensive corn
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3341032/chinese-scientists-turn-carbon-dioxide-starch-10-fold-productivity-boost
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He has said this about every election since 2016, has always been heavy-handed in implying he will under no circumstances concede. An aspiring dictator from the beginning, he hardly ever pretended to believe in democracy. I’ll never understand why so many people averted their eyes from the obvious.
February 6, 2026 at 3:57 AM
He has said this about every election since 2016, has always been heavy-handed in implying he will under no circumstances concede. An aspiring dictator from the beginning, he hardly ever pretended to believe in democracy. I’ll never understand why so many people averted their eyes from the obvious.
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Remember, sneering works. It’s working now. That’s why the lowliest AI fan and the CEO of Microsoft are trying to get us to stop saying “slop.”
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
February 6, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Remember, sneering works. It’s working now. That’s why the lowliest AI fan and the CEO of Microsoft are trying to get us to stop saying “slop.”
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
AI art is supposed to be its flashy flagship and treating it as disposable rubbish (which it is) ruins everything
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This happens with*everything* now. No matter how grave the crime or one-dimensional the injustice, after four days the hivemind of American punditry decides that the Real Story is how the people upset about it are the real villains.
February 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
This happens with*everything* now. No matter how grave the crime or one-dimensional the injustice, after four days the hivemind of American punditry decides that the Real Story is how the people upset about it are the real villains.
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💯💯💯💯💯
‘How the South Won the Civil War’ 💯🎯
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
💯💯💯💯💯
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If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically they will not abandon conservatism
They will reject #democracy -Frum
When someone shows you who they are
believe them the first time -Angelou
When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross -Lewis
They will reject #democracy -Frum
When someone shows you who they are
believe them the first time -Angelou
When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross -Lewis
Jimmy Carter says a full investigation would show Trump lost in 2016
'He was put into office because the Russians interfered on his behalf,' Carter said.
www.politico.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically they will not abandon conservatism
They will reject #democracy -Frum
When someone shows you who they are
believe them the first time -Angelou
When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross -Lewis
They will reject #democracy -Frum
When someone shows you who they are
believe them the first time -Angelou
When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross -Lewis
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3️⃣/3️⃣
“It’s very important that websites have a memory and that the web overall has a memory,” said Alexander Rose of Automattic. “We are increasingly using the web as our only source of truth. When links go dead, in effect, the truth goes dead—especially in the age of AI.”
“It’s very important that websites have a memory and that the web overall has a memory,” said Alexander Rose of Automattic. “We are increasingly using the web as our only source of truth. When links go dead, in effect, the truth goes dead—especially in the age of AI.”
February 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
3️⃣/3️⃣
“It’s very important that websites have a memory and that the web overall has a memory,” said Alexander Rose of Automattic. “We are increasingly using the web as our only source of truth. When links go dead, in effect, the truth goes dead—especially in the age of AI.”
“It’s very important that websites have a memory and that the web overall has a memory,” said Alexander Rose of Automattic. “We are increasingly using the web as our only source of truth. When links go dead, in effect, the truth goes dead—especially in the age of AI.”
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"Successful anti-authoritarian movements do not win by softening their positions. They win by building unlikely coalitions around a broadly resonant grievance."
Like, say, corruption. Or, unchecked corporate power.
Like, say, corruption. Or, unchecked corporate power.
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
www.bostonreview.net
February 4, 2026 at 6:01 PM
"Successful anti-authoritarian movements do not win by softening their positions. They win by building unlikely coalitions around a broadly resonant grievance."
Like, say, corruption. Or, unchecked corporate power.
Like, say, corruption. Or, unchecked corporate power.
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The Tarrant county election that flipped like +17 Democrat in a historically deep red county, the voters that flipped polled as registered Republicans.
And that election was during a winter storm.
And that election was during a winter storm.
there's a lot of people who mock liberals with "what are you going to do, vote harder" and yes actually that is exactly what will happen if you try to intimidate people outside voting places like this! that's how you drive presidential-level turnout from normie libs in a midterm
February 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
The Tarrant county election that flipped like +17 Democrat in a historically deep red county, the voters that flipped polled as registered Republicans.
And that election was during a winter storm.
And that election was during a winter storm.
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.