Marco Rogers
@polotek.bsky.social
Web developer, movie buff, and pretty much the best guy you know.
Pinned
Marco Rogers
@polotek.bsky.social
· May 29
So we need to decide what we're going to do. The default is that we walk willingly into this fresh hell and spend the rest of our lives complaining about it.
I believe there is an opportunity to focus on regulation and ethics standards. To put guardrails in place. But we're running out of time.
I believe there is an opportunity to focus on regulation and ethics standards. To put guardrails in place. But we're running out of time.
I think this is the last cogent thread I wrote about LLM tech. I still subscribe to everything in it. And it also outlines my two major ethical concerns when I think about my resistance to fully adopting it.
bsky.app/profile/polo...
bsky.app/profile/polo...
✊🏾
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference | TechCrunch
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
techcrunch.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM
✊🏾
Reposted by Marco Rogers
Preach.
White Supremacy Culture controls U.S. politics, especially MAGA politics.
White Supremacy Culture controls U.S. politics, especially MAGA politics.
It is truly insane to me that our system has the means to end this insanity but the people who can effect it refuse to…even though we are now at a point where in cannot possibly be in their own interest to keep supporting this shitshow
January 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Preach.
White Supremacy Culture controls U.S. politics, especially MAGA politics.
White Supremacy Culture controls U.S. politics, especially MAGA politics.
Reposted by Marco Rogers
You can find your US reps and senators here: reps.fyi
If you call now, you'll get an answering machine and you can leave a message. A great thing to do if you're nervous about talking to someone. Just give your name, your zip code, and demand they impeach Trump for illegally invading Venezuela.
If you call now, you'll get an answering machine and you can leave a message. A great thing to do if you're nervous about talking to someone. Just give your name, your zip code, and demand they impeach Trump for illegally invading Venezuela.
Find Your Representative
Find your representatives. Learn how to find and connect with them. Stay informed about their bills, committees, and contributions.
reps.fyi
January 3, 2026 at 7:45 AM
You can find your US reps and senators here: reps.fyi
If you call now, you'll get an answering machine and you can leave a message. A great thing to do if you're nervous about talking to someone. Just give your name, your zip code, and demand they impeach Trump for illegally invading Venezuela.
If you call now, you'll get an answering machine and you can leave a message. A great thing to do if you're nervous about talking to someone. Just give your name, your zip code, and demand they impeach Trump for illegally invading Venezuela.
Reposted by Marco Rogers
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
Reposted by Marco Rogers
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
House Republicans Buried the Jack Smith Transcript on New Year’s Eve. I Read It So You Don’t Have To.
12 takeaways from Smith's closed-door testimony
www.readtpa.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:46 PM
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Reposted by Marco Rogers
and that's part of why coal mines are this kind of totem of a lost virtuous working class. because those jobs were white and there whiteness has largely been treated as natural without questioning the dynamics that kep them white.
December 31, 2025 at 1:51 AM
and that's part of why coal mines are this kind of totem of a lost virtuous working class. because those jobs were white and there whiteness has largely been treated as natural without questioning the dynamics that kep them white.
Reposted by Marco Rogers
When Trump was seen as a one-off, it was different. An aberration.
The second time, and the 51st state threats (as well as threats to Greenland and Panama) affected many Canadians deeply.
Yo-yoing between the Democratic Party and dangerous MAGA makes trusting the US practically impossible.
The second time, and the 51st state threats (as well as threats to Greenland and Panama) affected many Canadians deeply.
Yo-yoing between the Democratic Party and dangerous MAGA makes trusting the US practically impossible.
December 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
When Trump was seen as a one-off, it was different. An aberration.
The second time, and the 51st state threats (as well as threats to Greenland and Panama) affected many Canadians deeply.
Yo-yoing between the Democratic Party and dangerous MAGA makes trusting the US practically impossible.
The second time, and the 51st state threats (as well as threats to Greenland and Panama) affected many Canadians deeply.
Yo-yoing between the Democratic Party and dangerous MAGA makes trusting the US practically impossible.
Reposted by Marco Rogers
We’re at the point where we have concentration camps and slave patrols and the people with the most safety think a mean joke is the pinnacle of resistance
December 30, 2025 at 5:16 AM
We’re at the point where we have concentration camps and slave patrols and the people with the most safety think a mean joke is the pinnacle of resistance
This has been my life for 24 hours.
"Ban AI!"
You mean heavily regulate it?
"No I mean kill it with fire! Nobody can use it."
Okay what would that look like? Where have we done that before?
<Proceeds to describe examples that all constitute strict regulation and not banning>
"Ban AI!"
You mean heavily regulate it?
"No I mean kill it with fire! Nobody can use it."
Okay what would that look like? Where have we done that before?
<Proceeds to describe examples that all constitute strict regulation and not banning>
December 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This has been my life for 24 hours.
"Ban AI!"
You mean heavily regulate it?
"No I mean kill it with fire! Nobody can use it."
Okay what would that look like? Where have we done that before?
<Proceeds to describe examples that all constitute strict regulation and not banning>
"Ban AI!"
You mean heavily regulate it?
"No I mean kill it with fire! Nobody can use it."
Okay what would that look like? Where have we done that before?
<Proceeds to describe examples that all constitute strict regulation and not banning>
Reposted by Marco Rogers
HUUUUUGE.
Any retail investor can put money in a multitude of crypto-backed ETFs, and institutional investors are increasingly in the mix too. There’s billions upon billions of dollars in these ETFs.
And crypto DERIVATIVES ETFs are popping up left and right, too.
Any retail investor can put money in a multitude of crypto-backed ETFs, and institutional investors are increasingly in the mix too. There’s billions upon billions of dollars in these ETFs.
And crypto DERIVATIVES ETFs are popping up left and right, too.
Okay. Since I posted this yesterday, so many people have tried to convince me that we "won" against crypto and it's dead. Because they don't hear about it anymore. I really need y'all to pay attention. Crypto is still huge. Not only is it not dead, it continues to cause massive harm.
DEI is banned. Cryptocurrency is still around and has largely succeeded at perpetuating the largest siphoning of wealth I think I'll ever see in my lifetime. Cops are still killing Black people, and now they get to kidnap everybody else too.
December 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
HUUUUUGE.
Any retail investor can put money in a multitude of crypto-backed ETFs, and institutional investors are increasingly in the mix too. There’s billions upon billions of dollars in these ETFs.
And crypto DERIVATIVES ETFs are popping up left and right, too.
Any retail investor can put money in a multitude of crypto-backed ETFs, and institutional investors are increasingly in the mix too. There’s billions upon billions of dollars in these ETFs.
And crypto DERIVATIVES ETFs are popping up left and right, too.
This was pretty uncharitable. I regret framing the criticism this way.
I honestly don't know what kind of information diet people have. I know that mine is still all messed up. Because I relied heavily on Twitter to surface and contextualize things. Bluesky had but caught up.
I honestly don't know what kind of information diet people have. I know that mine is still all messed up. Because I relied heavily on Twitter to surface and contextualize things. Bluesky had but caught up.
No, people really do not realize this. We have fallen back into a place where people assume that their immediate surroundings are representative of what's going on at large. If they're not hearing about it, it must not be a problem.
bsky.app/profile/just...
bsky.app/profile/just...
The sitting president has laundered millions and probably billions through crypto, which is an ongoing affair with the guy. Do people not realize this?
December 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This was pretty uncharitable. I regret framing the criticism this way.
I honestly don't know what kind of information diet people have. I know that mine is still all messed up. Because I relied heavily on Twitter to surface and contextualize things. Bluesky had but caught up.
I honestly don't know what kind of information diet people have. I know that mine is still all messed up. Because I relied heavily on Twitter to surface and contextualize things. Bluesky had but caught up.
Okay. Since I posted this yesterday, so many people have tried to convince me that we "won" against crypto and it's dead. Because they don't hear about it anymore. I really need y'all to pay attention. Crypto is still huge. Not only is it not dead, it continues to cause massive harm.
DEI is banned. Cryptocurrency is still around and has largely succeeded at perpetuating the largest siphoning of wealth I think I'll ever see in my lifetime. Cops are still killing Black people, and now they get to kidnap everybody else too.
December 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Okay. Since I posted this yesterday, so many people have tried to convince me that we "won" against crypto and it's dead. Because they don't hear about it anymore. I really need y'all to pay attention. Crypto is still huge. Not only is it not dead, it continues to cause massive harm.
I understood that not taking an extreme stance against AI would mean losing credibility in certain circles. I thought about my actual stance for a long time. And I made peace with the fact that I would lose some people who used to respect me.
December 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I understood that not taking an extreme stance against AI would mean losing credibility in certain circles. I thought about my actual stance for a long time. And I made peace with the fact that I would lose some people who used to respect me.
Yeah. I mean sure. Theoretically. But listen. I'm not trying to say you're wrong. I'm just saying. If we can actually do that? Why aren't we doing that? If everybody hates it then it would already be dead because nobody was using it.
AI is deeply flawed and more to the point in NO WAY PREDESTINED. So many of these letters present it like, “welp, we let it out of the cage, now we just have to love the monster as it eats us.” We don’t. We can hunt the beast and kick it back into its crate and then sink it beneath the waves.
December 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Yeah. I mean sure. Theoretically. But listen. I'm not trying to say you're wrong. I'm just saying. If we can actually do that? Why aren't we doing that? If everybody hates it then it would already be dead because nobody was using it.
That part.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
That part.
Reposted by Marco Rogers
Ruth Wilson Gilmore's definition of racism gets at why it's not something that can be ignored: "the state-sanctioned and/or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death". --- THE PREMATURE DEATH part is not something that can be "ignored"
December 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Ruth Wilson Gilmore's definition of racism gets at why it's not something that can be ignored: "the state-sanctioned and/or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death". --- THE PREMATURE DEATH part is not something that can be "ignored"
One day we're gonna talk about long covid. My cynical self says it'll probably be decades from now. Scientists will be studying history and be like "wow! It fucked everybody up and they just didn't talk about it."
Just like we didn't acknowledge that a million plus people literally died.
Just like we didn't acknowledge that a million plus people literally died.
💜
My memory is terrible. Like I literally can't remember what I was like before covid. But I know it wasn't like this.
My memory is terrible. Like I literally can't remember what I was like before covid. But I know it wasn't like this.
December 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
One day we're gonna talk about long covid. My cynical self says it'll probably be decades from now. Scientists will be studying history and be like "wow! It fucked everybody up and they just didn't talk about it."
Just like we didn't acknowledge that a million plus people literally died.
Just like we didn't acknowledge that a million plus people literally died.
Reposted by Marco Rogers
I have expanded
“Does Baby Have Hat” to include
“How do we get everyone , therapy , a consensual sex life and WEED, with as little bureaucratic content but as much documentation delivered As cleanly and accessibly as possible”
“Does Baby Have Hat” to include
“How do we get everyone , therapy , a consensual sex life and WEED, with as little bureaucratic content but as much documentation delivered As cleanly and accessibly as possible”
December 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I have expanded
“Does Baby Have Hat” to include
“How do we get everyone , therapy , a consensual sex life and WEED, with as little bureaucratic content but as much documentation delivered As cleanly and accessibly as possible”
“Does Baby Have Hat” to include
“How do we get everyone , therapy , a consensual sex life and WEED, with as little bureaucratic content but as much documentation delivered As cleanly and accessibly as possible”
Reposted by Marco Rogers
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
Energy.
Teachers I loved and respected in high school couldn’t get me to STFU, my father can’t get me to stfu, you ain’t got a shot with your weak ass bullshit, I’m sorry.
December 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Energy.
It's my favorite part of any trip. Where I find out exactly which things I forgot to pack. The suspense is killing me.
December 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
It's my favorite part of any trip. Where I find out exactly which things I forgot to pack. The suspense is killing me.
The playlist @operaqueenie.social sent me has Turn My Swag On by Soulja Boy. I'm trying not to be mad that it still hits. 😒
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The playlist @operaqueenie.social sent me has Turn My Swag On by Soulja Boy. I'm trying not to be mad that it still hits. 😒
I don't know a ton about business yet. But isn't earning a repeat customer generally better than deceiving and overcharging up front but never getting another dime from that person?
December 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I don't know a ton about business yet. But isn't earning a repeat customer generally better than deceiving and overcharging up front but never getting another dime from that person?
I have a hard time with earbuds. My ears are on the smaller side, and earbuds always hurt after a while.
These are the Bose Open Earbuds. They clip to the ear instead of sitting in the ear canal. I really like them. So far they seem to stay in place pretty well. Please excuse my poor selfie skills.
These are the Bose Open Earbuds. They clip to the ear instead of sitting in the ear canal. I really like them. So far they seem to stay in place pretty well. Please excuse my poor selfie skills.
December 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I have a hard time with earbuds. My ears are on the smaller side, and earbuds always hurt after a while.
These are the Bose Open Earbuds. They clip to the ear instead of sitting in the ear canal. I really like them. So far they seem to stay in place pretty well. Please excuse my poor selfie skills.
These are the Bose Open Earbuds. They clip to the ear instead of sitting in the ear canal. I really like them. So far they seem to stay in place pretty well. Please excuse my poor selfie skills.