Dale Carrico
@dalecarrico.bsky.social
Cats, books, baths. Queer geek green. Never had a car, a gun, or a cellphone. Apparently, retired. Almodovar, Harryhausen, Miyazaki, Ophuls, Powell & Pressburger, Gorey, Sondheim, Drag Race, Doctor Who. Very unfuturist, still. Oakland, CA
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Guess I'll post this again
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Guess I'll post this again
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how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people's mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people's mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?
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If it’s not a fascist project, why do fascists love it so much 🤷🏿♂️
December 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
If it’s not a fascist project, why do fascists love it so much 🤷🏿♂️
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Twenty million Americans have a completely new chronic illness from a pandemic our government said was over in mid 2022, before the two highest waves even happened. And now they are ending the subsidies that allowed millions to afford healthcare. The rage I feel could birth a new galaxy.
December 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Twenty million Americans have a completely new chronic illness from a pandemic our government said was over in mid 2022, before the two highest waves even happened. And now they are ending the subsidies that allowed millions to afford healthcare. The rage I feel could birth a new galaxy.
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A friend said, 'focusing on Silicon Valley isn't helping us replace it.' I disagree. Wars require maps and knowledge of your enemy's methods and plans. Focus on SV, treated as the foundation of a battle plan, is essential.
December 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A friend said, 'focusing on Silicon Valley isn't helping us replace it.' I disagree. Wars require maps and knowledge of your enemy's methods and plans. Focus on SV, treated as the foundation of a battle plan, is essential.
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Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
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In 2025, "No Ceiling" means they're not gonna do a damn thing to rein in the right wing billionaires who are drowning us in fascist propaganda, destroying the economy for working people, and spreading bigotry and hatred towards the most vulnerable.
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In 2025, "No Ceiling" means they're not gonna do a damn thing to rein in the right wing billionaires who are drowning us in fascist propaganda, destroying the economy for working people, and spreading bigotry and hatred towards the most vulnerable.
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Cheap delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store.
Grocery stores provide a range of services, not just food. And that’s assuming online delivery provides sufficient access to food. And there is no reason that poor consumers should be captured by an online-only service.
Grocery stores provide a range of services, not just food. And that’s assuming online delivery provides sufficient access to food. And there is no reason that poor consumers should be captured by an online-only service.
What if I told you Walmart is not the only store trying to move into low-cost delivery? And this is about Atlanta because this is about Atlanta opening a city-subsidized grocery store.
And lastly, cheap delivery is a more than adequate replacement for a physical store. This is about physical stuff!
And lastly, cheap delivery is a more than adequate replacement for a physical store. This is about physical stuff!
And why should someone have to bear the cost of food delivery? Or be restricted to Walmart? And how did this become specifically about Atlanta? So many goal posts.
Anyway delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store in accessible proximity of where one lives.
Anyway delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store in accessible proximity of where one lives.
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Cheap delivery is not an adequate replacement for a physical store.
Grocery stores provide a range of services, not just food. And that’s assuming online delivery provides sufficient access to food. And there is no reason that poor consumers should be captured by an online-only service.
Grocery stores provide a range of services, not just food. And that’s assuming online delivery provides sufficient access to food. And there is no reason that poor consumers should be captured by an online-only service.
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RFK Jr’s CDC posting lies about vaccines and autism on their website isn’t just misinformation, it’s intentionally weaponized eugenicist rhetoric that will kill people.
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
RFK Jr’s CDC posting lies about vaccines and autism on their website isn’t just misinformation, it’s intentionally weaponized eugenicist rhetoric that will kill people.
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Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day
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We joke about the Torment Nexus and all that, but...
The truth is science fiction warned us endlessly not to let fear control us.
"Fear is the mind killer"
"Fear is a path to the Dark Side"
etc.
Silicon Valley claimed to love SF, then built a machine to amplify fear as a means to control people.
The truth is science fiction warned us endlessly not to let fear control us.
"Fear is the mind killer"
"Fear is a path to the Dark Side"
etc.
Silicon Valley claimed to love SF, then built a machine to amplify fear as a means to control people.
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We joke about the Torment Nexus and all that, but...
The truth is science fiction warned us endlessly not to let fear control us.
"Fear is the mind killer"
"Fear is a path to the Dark Side"
etc.
Silicon Valley claimed to love SF, then built a machine to amplify fear as a means to control people.
The truth is science fiction warned us endlessly not to let fear control us.
"Fear is the mind killer"
"Fear is a path to the Dark Side"
etc.
Silicon Valley claimed to love SF, then built a machine to amplify fear as a means to control people.
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I don't care if I am the last person on earth to refuse to use AI, but I am disabling this satanic technology from every operation I use.
Without human thought, what possible reason do we have to live?
Without human thought, what possible reason do we have to live?
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I don't care if I am the last person on earth to refuse to use AI, but I am disabling this satanic technology from every operation I use.
Without human thought, what possible reason do we have to live?
Without human thought, what possible reason do we have to live?
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We can all imagine precisely what David Golumbia would be saying about the AI bubble, but damn it would be good to hear him actually saying it. Possibly accompanied by thunder and lightning as he reaches a crescendo.
October 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We can all imagine precisely what David Golumbia would be saying about the AI bubble, but damn it would be good to hear him actually saying it. Possibly accompanied by thunder and lightning as he reaches a crescendo.
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We have to talk about how much of our lives is inundated by scams, paving the way for this to flourish. A feature of poorly regulated capitalism has been to legitimize scams into every area of life and transfer the burden of discerning legitimacy - "doing your own research" - to individuals alone.
Literally all I’m saying is that if you admit we are in a cesspool of disinformation/misinformation and propaganda, then you should be willing to admit that there are people who are being impacted by it and maybe the problems we have go beyond “personal responsibility” for info consumption
October 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
We have to talk about how much of our lives is inundated by scams, paving the way for this to flourish. A feature of poorly regulated capitalism has been to legitimize scams into every area of life and transfer the burden of discerning legitimacy - "doing your own research" - to individuals alone.
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This has been pushed to the background, but pay attention:
Right now, a stack of bills aimed at reining in AI companies and big tech sits on Gavin Newsom's desk in California. These are the bills Silicon Valley and the GOP tried to ban outright. Now they await Newsom's signature—or veto.
Right now, a stack of bills aimed at reining in AI companies and big tech sits on Gavin Newsom's desk in California. These are the bills Silicon Valley and the GOP tried to ban outright. Now they await Newsom's signature—or veto.
We're about to find out if Silicon Valley owns Gavin Newsom
A guide to the AI and tech bills that have passed the California legislature, and await the governor's signature — or veto.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This has been pushed to the background, but pay attention:
Right now, a stack of bills aimed at reining in AI companies and big tech sits on Gavin Newsom's desk in California. These are the bills Silicon Valley and the GOP tried to ban outright. Now they await Newsom's signature—or veto.
Right now, a stack of bills aimed at reining in AI companies and big tech sits on Gavin Newsom's desk in California. These are the bills Silicon Valley and the GOP tried to ban outright. Now they await Newsom's signature—or veto.
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When people criminalize homelessness, or pass anti-camping laws, they are saying that they want homeless people to die. They don't want to know that they are the ones doing it, but that's the only difference between them and Brian Kilmeade, because they ultimately want the same outcome.
September 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
When people criminalize homelessness, or pass anti-camping laws, they are saying that they want homeless people to die. They don't want to know that they are the ones doing it, but that's the only difference between them and Brian Kilmeade, because they ultimately want the same outcome.
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Let me be the one to say it plain and clear. America is not intelligent or self-sufficient enough as a nation to be isolationist. American exceptionalism is a dangerous delusion. Like an Icarus level delusion. And it's so deep too many folks don't realize the wings already burned & we're plummeting.
September 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Let me be the one to say it plain and clear. America is not intelligent or self-sufficient enough as a nation to be isolationist. American exceptionalism is a dangerous delusion. Like an Icarus level delusion. And it's so deep too many folks don't realize the wings already burned & we're plummeting.
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"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...
September 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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The young people who would have been most likely to lead the domestic anti-fascist fight in 2025 were repeatedly arrested, beat, jailed, mocked by elites and non-elites over the past 5 years. This was bipartisan. I find it interesting whenever some people ask 'where the young people are' now.
August 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The young people who would have been most likely to lead the domestic anti-fascist fight in 2025 were repeatedly arrested, beat, jailed, mocked by elites and non-elites over the past 5 years. This was bipartisan. I find it interesting whenever some people ask 'where the young people are' now.
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As always, the proof that AI will have no lasting impact on the arts is that it has produced nothing of value. It has been used in the creation of nothing of value.
It has nothing to offer the pursuit of beauty and understanding.
It has nothing to offer the pursuit of beauty and understanding.
August 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
As always, the proof that AI will have no lasting impact on the arts is that it has produced nothing of value. It has been used in the creation of nothing of value.
It has nothing to offer the pursuit of beauty and understanding.
It has nothing to offer the pursuit of beauty and understanding.
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Kim Davis going from "my religious beliefs demand that I don't facilitate a same-sex marriages" to "my religious beliefs demand that there are NO same-sex marriages anywhere" *should* make Democrats realize there is no "sincere" compromise with bigots on trans issues.
August 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Kim Davis going from "my religious beliefs demand that I don't facilitate a same-sex marriages" to "my religious beliefs demand that there are NO same-sex marriages anywhere" *should* make Democrats realize there is no "sincere" compromise with bigots on trans issues.
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One cool way to solve homelessness that isn’t an authoritarian take over of a city is to give everyone homes
August 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
One cool way to solve homelessness that isn’t an authoritarian take over of a city is to give everyone homes
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Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
August 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
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Really sucks to have spent years and years saying this exact thing was going to happen, only for it to happen.
August 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Really sucks to have spent years and years saying this exact thing was going to happen, only for it to happen.
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I think rolling back indoor smoking laws would be a really heavy lift but I guess you could argue the same was true for attitudes on vaccines in the U.S. until very recently. It all seems unlikely until the propaganda is everywhere and the right assholes are in charge.
August 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I think rolling back indoor smoking laws would be a really heavy lift but I guess you could argue the same was true for attitudes on vaccines in the U.S. until very recently. It all seems unlikely until the propaganda is everywhere and the right assholes are in charge.