Max Taylor
@madebymax.bsky.social
Designer, developer. Organizer of chaos, lover of dogs.
This is fine 🫠🫠🫠
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The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
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November 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is fine 🫠🫠🫠
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Finally feeling ready to get out of tutorial hell and start building projects. Which probably means I should've started building a few months ago 😅
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Breaking free from tutorial hell
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November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Finally feeling ready to get out of tutorial hell and start building projects. Which probably means I should've started building a few months ago 😅
madebymax.dev/blog/2025-11...
madebymax.dev/blog/2025-11...
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
Were democrats just not paying attention on Tuesday, or….
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Were democrats just not paying attention on Tuesday, or….
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
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i hope this election cycle empowers everyone the next time a centrist liberal says to drop pro-trans and pro-immigrant rhetoric to enthusiastically tell them to shut the fuck up
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
i hope this election cycle empowers everyone the next time a centrist liberal says to drop pro-trans and pro-immigrant rhetoric to enthusiastically tell them to shut the fuck up
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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well I for one am shocked that "every aspect of your life gets worse forever and also look at my marble bathroom" did not turn out to be a winning election strategy
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
well I for one am shocked that "every aspect of your life gets worse forever and also look at my marble bathroom" did not turn out to be a winning election strategy
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ChatGPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences.
You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
October 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
ChatGPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences.
You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
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Sharing Halloween pictures today? Don't forget to add alt text.
Photo of your kid's great candy haul? Needs alt text.
Photo of your kid' cute costume? Needs alt text.
Photo of your neighbor's rad yard decorations? Needs alt text.
Don't be a goblin. Add alt text.
Photo of your kid's great candy haul? Needs alt text.
Photo of your kid' cute costume? Needs alt text.
Photo of your neighbor's rad yard decorations? Needs alt text.
Don't be a goblin. Add alt text.
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Sharing Halloween pictures today? Don't forget to add alt text.
Photo of your kid's great candy haul? Needs alt text.
Photo of your kid' cute costume? Needs alt text.
Photo of your neighbor's rad yard decorations? Needs alt text.
Don't be a goblin. Add alt text.
Photo of your kid's great candy haul? Needs alt text.
Photo of your kid' cute costume? Needs alt text.
Photo of your neighbor's rad yard decorations? Needs alt text.
Don't be a goblin. Add alt text.
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If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
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We stopped shipping new JavaScript frameworks every week so now I guess we're shipping new AI browsers every week.
October 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
We stopped shipping new JavaScript frameworks every week so now I guess we're shipping new AI browsers every week.
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the cool zone: 'let's put the book store online' eventually morphed into 'the online book store controls 40% of the computers on the internet and has broken them'
October 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
the cool zone: 'let's put the book store online' eventually morphed into 'the online book store controls 40% of the computers on the internet and has broken them'
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
AI is not popular, and AI users are unpleasant asshats pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/15/a...
AI is not popular, and AI users are unpleasant asshats
Some AI papers have a finding so good you just want to quote it everywhere. But many turn out to be trash. They’ve got bad statistics, they’ve got bad methodology, they’re really sales pieces, or t…
pivot-to-ai.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
AI is not popular, and AI users are unpleasant asshats pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/15/a...
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bros: we have made AI
nerds: you fucked up a perfectly good computer is what you did. look at it. it’s got anxiety
nerds: you fucked up a perfectly good computer is what you did. look at it. it’s got anxiety
Had a really good time with Peter talking about the AI bubble, and said the following, which i stand by:
"I don't do this because I'm like "I'm going to be nasty." No, I do it because I'm pissed off at the way they fucked up the computer."
"I don't do this because I'm like "I'm going to be nasty." No, I do it because I'm pissed off at the way they fucked up the computer."
Enjoyed talking to @edzitron.com, who has been spending a lot of time banging the drum about the AI bubble (and about the problems with tech in general.
Also discussed here: How Ed runs a PR company while he also savages some of the biggest companies in tech.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Also discussed here: How Ed runs a PR company while he also savages some of the biggest companies in tech.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
October 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
bros: we have made AI
nerds: you fucked up a perfectly good computer is what you did. look at it. it’s got anxiety
nerds: you fucked up a perfectly good computer is what you did. look at it. it’s got anxiety
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This is excellent.
“…the technology’s real value isn’t improving productivity, or even in improving products. Rather, it’s a social mechanism employed to ensure compliance in the workplace, and to weaken worker power.”
“…the technology’s real value isn’t improving productivity, or even in improving products. Rather, it’s a social mechanism employed to ensure compliance in the workplace, and to weaken worker power.”
We are well past the point at which talking uncritically about AI should be seen as deeply embarrassing. https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/against-stocking-frames/
Against the protection of stocking frames. — ethanmarcotte.com
“Artificial intelligence” is a failed technology. It’s time we described it that way.
ethanmarcotte.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is excellent.
“…the technology’s real value isn’t improving productivity, or even in improving products. Rather, it’s a social mechanism employed to ensure compliance in the workplace, and to weaken worker power.”
“…the technology’s real value isn’t improving productivity, or even in improving products. Rather, it’s a social mechanism employed to ensure compliance in the workplace, and to weaken worker power.”
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Love that we all know this is going to happen and have known it since this shit was introduced yet all we can do is wait for the dumbest and most easily avoidable economy crash of all time.
AI bubble now 17 times bigger than dot-com boom and four times larger than subprime crisis, per MW
October 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Love that we all know this is going to happen and have known it since this shit was introduced yet all we can do is wait for the dumbest and most easily avoidable economy crash of all time.
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Very much enjoying the inflatable frog segment of the civil war.
October 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Very much enjoying the inflatable frog segment of the civil war.