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Eddy
@eddyjk.bsky.social
· Mar 7
The Washington Generals are paid less by the same people to travel the country and the world, losing every game to the Harlem Globetrotters.
Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk about the Democratic Party.
Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk about the Democratic Party.
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America has deindustrialized so much they can't even manufacture consent
I still can't believe they're trying to make a war happen out of thin air. Not just their abrogation of Congress's role in formally declaring a war -- that's been a slippery slope for decades -- but their total unwillingness even to go through the motions of drumming up public support.
December 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
America has deindustrialized so much they can't even manufacture consent
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'I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived... all the best faculties of a mature human being exist in the child... one of the most deeply human, and humane, of these faculties is the power of imagination’ Ursula le Guin
December 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
'I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived... all the best faculties of a mature human being exist in the child... one of the most deeply human, and humane, of these faculties is the power of imagination’ Ursula le Guin
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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"Not everyone is rising to the occasion because the times you live in do not immediately shape who you are and what you do... you rise to the level of your training and practice, not to the level of your imagined self." @prisonculture.bsky.social
prisonculture.substack.com/p/we-dont-kn...
prisonculture.substack.com/p/we-dont-kn...
We Don’t Know Where We Will End Up…
A Year Since the 2024 Election
prisonculture.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"Not everyone is rising to the occasion because the times you live in do not immediately shape who you are and what you do... you rise to the level of your training and practice, not to the level of your imagined self." @prisonculture.bsky.social
prisonculture.substack.com/p/we-dont-kn...
prisonculture.substack.com/p/we-dont-kn...
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This video is so overwhelming I had to sit down & stare at the wall awhile. I was physically shaking.
I had heard some of these anecdotes before - Proctorio & Tubman bot - but Tanksley synthesizes them (with much much more), revealing undeniable regime of EdTech racialized surveillance & policing…
I had heard some of these anecdotes before - Proctorio & Tubman bot - but Tanksley synthesizes them (with much much more), revealing undeniable regime of EdTech racialized surveillance & policing…
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This video is so overwhelming I had to sit down & stare at the wall awhile. I was physically shaking.
I had heard some of these anecdotes before - Proctorio & Tubman bot - but Tanksley synthesizes them (with much much more), revealing undeniable regime of EdTech racialized surveillance & policing…
I had heard some of these anecdotes before - Proctorio & Tubman bot - but Tanksley synthesizes them (with much much more), revealing undeniable regime of EdTech racialized surveillance & policing…
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I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
October 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
to the Aurora Police
following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests
So here it is!
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It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends
October 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends
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the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.
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people will ask you how they can make hell equitable before the begin to dream of heaven
September 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
people will ask you how they can make hell equitable before the begin to dream of heaven
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Your periodic reminder that the estimated cost to end hunger in the U.S. is $25 billion.
July 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Your periodic reminder that the estimated cost to end hunger in the U.S. is $25 billion.
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If there's one thing you watch today, make it this
Bob Geldof criticises Israel for what they're doing in Gaza
Then criticises Trevor Philips for making excuses for what Israel is doing in Gaza
Part 3/3
Bob Geldof criticises Israel for what they're doing in Gaza
Then criticises Trevor Philips for making excuses for what Israel is doing in Gaza
Part 3/3
July 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If there's one thing you watch today, make it this
Bob Geldof criticises Israel for what they're doing in Gaza
Then criticises Trevor Philips for making excuses for what Israel is doing in Gaza
Part 3/3
Bob Geldof criticises Israel for what they're doing in Gaza
Then criticises Trevor Philips for making excuses for what Israel is doing in Gaza
Part 3/3
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People can flourish in beautiful & miraculous ways under the heat lamp of a campaign of honest, creative, unrelenting positive regard. It's not about flattery. It's about the hard, vulnerable work of seeing each other & giving love out we might not see back. But it has to be real.
July 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
People can flourish in beautiful & miraculous ways under the heat lamp of a campaign of honest, creative, unrelenting positive regard. It's not about flattery. It's about the hard, vulnerable work of seeing each other & giving love out we might not see back. But it has to be real.
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If you find your ADHD/autistic loved one hard to empathize with sometimes, bear in mind they've likely experienced a life of daily corrections:
- don't leave that there
- stop fidgeting
- sit down
- be quiet
- walk properly
- be more tidy / calm
- be less forgetful / weird / boring / enthusiastic
- don't leave that there
- stop fidgeting
- sit down
- be quiet
- walk properly
- be more tidy / calm
- be less forgetful / weird / boring / enthusiastic
July 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
If you find your ADHD/autistic loved one hard to empathize with sometimes, bear in mind they've likely experienced a life of daily corrections:
- don't leave that there
- stop fidgeting
- sit down
- be quiet
- walk properly
- be more tidy / calm
- be less forgetful / weird / boring / enthusiastic
- don't leave that there
- stop fidgeting
- sit down
- be quiet
- walk properly
- be more tidy / calm
- be less forgetful / weird / boring / enthusiastic
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Israel needs to be stopped....
July 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Israel needs to be stopped....
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why can’t he just pretend Mamdani is Trump and do nothing
Hakeem Jeffries has reportedly told allies that if Zohran Mamdani wins, he can't become Speaker of the House.
Leaders like Jeffries see this fight as existential for their control of the party:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/party-cont...
Leaders like Jeffries see this fight as existential for their control of the party:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/party-cont...
Party Control Is Dead
From Mamdani to Trump’s Epstein fiasco, Americans are turning on their leaders
www.kenklippenstein.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
why can’t he just pretend Mamdani is Trump and do nothing
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If you're not madder at Gavin Newsom for trying to normalize transphobia like JK Rowling Jr. than you are at trans people for saying that won't ever vote for that shit, you hate trans people, or are at least indifferent to their suffering. And you should fix your heart.
July 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
If you're not madder at Gavin Newsom for trying to normalize transphobia like JK Rowling Jr. than you are at trans people for saying that won't ever vote for that shit, you hate trans people, or are at least indifferent to their suffering. And you should fix your heart.
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people seem to think that Superman is better if it's just arguing for some kind of apolitical decency rather than deliberately telling MAGA to fuck off.
I don't agree! tell MAGA to fuck off! that is good! that's the better and more courageous stance!
I don't agree! tell MAGA to fuck off! that is good! that's the better and more courageous stance!
July 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
people seem to think that Superman is better if it's just arguing for some kind of apolitical decency rather than deliberately telling MAGA to fuck off.
I don't agree! tell MAGA to fuck off! that is good! that's the better and more courageous stance!
I don't agree! tell MAGA to fuck off! that is good! that's the better and more courageous stance!
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Yeah that’s how ethnic cleansing works.
July 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Yeah that’s how ethnic cleansing works.
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I think this is the most horrifying post I have ever read.
July 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I think this is the most horrifying post I have ever read.
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It's a fundraising organization forced to pretend to be a political party, and they increasingly don't even know how to fake the politics part anymore.
July 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It's a fundraising organization forced to pretend to be a political party, and they increasingly don't even know how to fake the politics part anymore.
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oh
a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
oh