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Mark Hurst
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Writer and radio host in NYC.

- Host, Techtonic on WFMU: https://techtonic.fm

- Tech criticism: https://creativegood.com/blog

- Newsletter: https://creativegood.com/newsletter

Encouraging better tech, and resisting Big Tech.
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2/ Chris suggests books for further reading:
The warped psychology of El Presidente Trump is captured by Miguel Ángel Asturias in his novel “El Señor Presidente,” inspired by the dictatorship of Manuel Estrada Cabrera who ruled Guatemala for 22 years; Gabriel García Márquez’s “The Autumn of the Patriarch,” Julia Alvarez’s “In the Time of the Butterflies” and Mario Vargas Llosa’s “The Feast of the Goat” and “Conversation in the Cathedral.” These novels offer better insight into where we are headed than most tomes on U.S. politics.
November 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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"It became my job to prove my innocence."

This from someone wrongly accused due to Flock surveillance.

www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...
Flock cameras lead Colorado police to wrong suspect: "It became my job to prove my innocence"
Flock cameras led Columbine Valley police to a woman whom they accused of stealing a package, who then had to prove her own innocence by compiling her own evidence. After she did, the police chief sai...
www.cbsnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
markhurst.bsky.social
Thanks for your kind words - and sorry to hear that you're being treated this way after 27 years of service.
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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rage
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Nice work. I wrote about the SELC report and Musk's data center in Boxtown in this essay - buttondown.com/creativegood...
buttondown.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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they did seem to spend a ton of money on promotion!
November 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM