Amadon
@patrickamadon.bsky.social
digital disobedient, foreign agent 🏴
Governments and news media should not be permitted to publish AI-altered images or videos.
February 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Governments and news media should not be permitted to publish AI-altered images or videos.
It’s worth noting that TikTok became more of a surveillance tool after the US intervened.
That should unsettle people more than it does.
That should unsettle people more than it does.
January 26, 2026 at 10:16 PM
It’s worth noting that TikTok became more of a surveillance tool after the US intervened.
That should unsettle people more than it does.
That should unsettle people more than it does.
I’d say what’s happening in the US is straight out of dystopian literature but we all know nobody here reads
January 26, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I’d say what’s happening in the US is straight out of dystopian literature but we all know nobody here reads
If everyone agrees with an artwork immediately, it isn’t art - it’s decorative ideology.
January 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
If everyone agrees with an artwork immediately, it isn’t art - it’s decorative ideology.
Maduro going to be a popular Halloween costume next year
January 4, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Maduro going to be a popular Halloween costume next year
The end of Maduro’s rule is a clear win for the people of Venezuela and the free world. Efforts to portray it as “bad” or “lawless” for political points will backfire.
January 3, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The end of Maduro’s rule is a clear win for the people of Venezuela and the free world. Efforts to portray it as “bad” or “lawless” for political points will backfire.
content creators in 2026
January 3, 2026 at 7:27 PM
content creators in 2026
Just make art however you want. Spare us the purity tests
December 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Just make art however you want. Spare us the purity tests
If you’re using moral panic to defend an old creative hierarchy, it probably won’t age well.
Looking at you, anti-AI crowd.
Looking at you, anti-AI crowd.
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If you’re using moral panic to defend an old creative hierarchy, it probably won’t age well.
Looking at you, anti-AI crowd.
Looking at you, anti-AI crowd.
Best innovation here is artists and collectors actually talking to each other.
Old model: a gallerist tells me “some guy who owns an island bought your work” and hopes I’m impressed.
Old model: a gallerist tells me “some guy who owns an island bought your work” and hopes I’m impressed.
December 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Best innovation here is artists and collectors actually talking to each other.
Old model: a gallerist tells me “some guy who owns an island bought your work” and hopes I’m impressed.
Old model: a gallerist tells me “some guy who owns an island bought your work” and hopes I’m impressed.
Saying you spent 100 hours on something AI could do in 5 minutes isn't the flex you think it is
December 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Saying you spent 100 hours on something AI could do in 5 minutes isn't the flex you think it is
ai killed the artist
December 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
ai killed the artist
Art optimized for views mistakes attention for value
December 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Art optimized for views mistakes attention for value
Fear of quantum breaking all passwords is the new Y2K
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Fear of quantum breaking all passwords is the new Y2K
The danger isn’t crypto failing. It’s institutions absorbing it until it serves the powers it was built to resist.
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The danger isn’t crypto failing. It’s institutions absorbing it until it serves the powers it was built to resist.
Encryption is literally classified as a munition.
Not a metaphor, legally a weapon.
The state knows how powerful privacy is. 🏴
Not a metaphor, legally a weapon.
The state knows how powerful privacy is. 🏴
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Encryption is literally classified as a munition.
Not a metaphor, legally a weapon.
The state knows how powerful privacy is. 🏴
Not a metaphor, legally a weapon.
The state knows how powerful privacy is. 🏴
Crypto was built for freedom and voluntary exchange, not tribal politics. Cypherpunk means privacy, empowerment, and minimal trust. Somewhere along the way, sovereignty gave way to signaling. The revolution was personal, not political.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Crypto was built for freedom and voluntary exchange, not tribal politics. Cypherpunk means privacy, empowerment, and minimal trust. Somewhere along the way, sovereignty gave way to signaling. The revolution was personal, not political.
Not enough cypher or punk
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Not enough cypher or punk
At some point we’ll admit the network is captured end to end and the only fix is to burn it down and start over, privacy-first.
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
At some point we’ll admit the network is captured end to end and the only fix is to burn it down and start over, privacy-first.