askews.bsky.social
@askews.bsky.social
Leftist. Pop culture. History. Theory.
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second degree murder, and specifically depraved heart murder, wherein the accused doesn't actively plan to kill a specific person or people but acts with callous disregard for human life - like firing a gun into a crowd or driving drunk - should apply to decisions made by CEOs and heads of industry
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
January 5, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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if microsoft just made outlook search not suck they'd see triple the productivity gains of any AI integration
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.
September 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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All the cancel culture/the left is too woke culture wars are about the staff getting ideas above their station.
September 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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"I recognize an insanity bubble, and I recognize hubris."
There's a Stunning Financial Problem With AI Data Centers
Given the rate at which tech companies are spending on data centers, current revenues would have to increase ten-fold just to break even.
trib.al
August 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing
August 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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No one, no matter their age, should have to hand over their passport or driver’s license just to access legal information and speak freely. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online,
The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so,
www.eff.org
August 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
August 8, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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There's something about the way men use LLMs that feel like those men at the strip club who believe that the dancers like them for their personality and wit.

They just want a toy that makes them feel good.
My god these guys are such spectacular morons

gizmodo.com/billionaires...
July 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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i think the big middle event between george floyd protests and covid that accelerated this hard right turn in elite circles was tech employees using slack to stage walk-outs and force concessions from management. tech bosses got a first whiff of organized labor's power and started reading mein kampf
Only in America could a white man with a current net worth of $2 billion see himself as part of a victimized group. 🤦‍♂️
July 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.

No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.

Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.

But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?

No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Ten years ago nobody in their right mind gave a single crap where trans people went to the toilet and the only reason anyone does now is because they were radicalised by Facebook and a handful of insane newspaper columnists and that’s just embarrassing all round
May 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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"Genocide prevention has died in Gaza" – from the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention
April 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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It just blows my mind that the situation playing out right now is just pure textbook Marxism (contradictions of capitalism cause social stress, liberalism cannot respond to those stresses, fascism steps in to fill the void) and liberals are reacting by getting mad at us about it
February 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The internet right now
January 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?"

Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.
December 27, 2024 at 5:41 PM