@proceedtotheroute.bsky.social
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This is the single best piece I've read on "replacing coders with AI," it fully dispells the myth from the perspective of a software engineer and does so in a calm, reasonable way.
colton.dev/blog/curing-...
colton.dev/blog/curing-...
No, AI is not Making Engineers 10x as Productive
Curing Your AI 10x Engineer Imposter Syndrome
colton.dev
August 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is the single best piece I've read on "replacing coders with AI," it fully dispells the myth from the perspective of a software engineer and does so in a calm, reasonable way.
colton.dev/blog/curing-...
colton.dev/blog/curing-...
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I spent five weeks talking to federal workers about knowledge loss and brain drain across the federal government, and its implications, both right now and for decades to come. Their stories are frightening, but I think it's important to know what we're facing: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When it comes to Trump's brain drain, “the damage is already done”
How the DOGE-triggered attack on government research left America in the dark.
www.motherjones.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I spent five weeks talking to federal workers about knowledge loss and brain drain across the federal government, and its implications, both right now and for decades to come. Their stories are frightening, but I think it's important to know what we're facing: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Recently, EFF was down at the Arizona-Mexico border hunting for surveillance tech. Here's what we found. 🧵(1/14)
April 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Recently, EFF was down at the Arizona-Mexico border hunting for surveillance tech. Here's what we found. 🧵(1/14)
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Yep. I wrote about why this data is so valuable. And why we had absolutely no defense to stop this. I may even finish it one day! Haha
This is the game. Unite and then manipulate the data for whatever mischief you want to do www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
DOGE Is Just Getting Warmed Up
DOGE has tapped into some of the most sensitive and valuable data in the world. Now it’s starting to put it to work.
www.wired.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Yep. I wrote about why this data is so valuable. And why we had absolutely no defense to stop this. I may even finish it one day! Haha
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After Trump was elected the first time, there was also a lot of talk about making iPhones in the US. At the time, I co-edited the sci-fi outlet Terraform, and asked @timmaughan.bsky.social to imagine what such a future might really look like.
With his permission, I'm republishing the story in full:
With his permission, I'm republishing the story in full:
Flyover Country
What a future where iPhones are made in America would really look like.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
After Trump was elected the first time, there was also a lot of talk about making iPhones in the US. At the time, I co-edited the sci-fi outlet Terraform, and asked @timmaughan.bsky.social to imagine what such a future might really look like.
With his permission, I'm republishing the story in full:
With his permission, I'm republishing the story in full:
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Are you prepared to make communications possible for your community or your friends without the state or corporate infrastructure? Start learning today and get gear before tariffs make it much more expensive. #MutualAid #CommunicationsAutonomy #Antifascism
Radio Communications for Autonomy: 2025 Guide to Radios
By the Javelina Network and the IAF-FAI Intro It’s been a few years since we last explored the importance of amateur radio for communications autonomy independent of corporate and state-controlled …
iaffaiorg.wordpress.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Are you prepared to make communications possible for your community or your friends without the state or corporate infrastructure? Start learning today and get gear before tariffs make it much more expensive. #MutualAid #CommunicationsAutonomy #Antifascism
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FEC reports are how the donor class chooses our candidates. I think that's stupid. So here's what happens behind the scenes of a congressional campaign at the end of the quarter.
Oh, and why I think we should focus much more on grassroots donors rather than corporate cash:
Oh, and why I think we should focus much more on grassroots donors rather than corporate cash:
March 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
FEC reports are how the donor class chooses our candidates. I think that's stupid. So here's what happens behind the scenes of a congressional campaign at the end of the quarter.
Oh, and why I think we should focus much more on grassroots donors rather than corporate cash:
Oh, and why I think we should focus much more on grassroots donors rather than corporate cash:
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To learn more about the Chilean uprising, in which people won control of the streets from the police and sustained six months of rebellion by creating networks of self-determination and mutual aid, you could watch our hour-long documentary, Fell in Love with Fire:
crimethinc.com/fellinlovewi...
crimethinc.com/fellinlovewi...
Fell in Love with Fire
Five years in the making, this hour-long documentary explores the uprising that swept Chile from October 2019 to March 2020.
crimethinc.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
To learn more about the Chilean uprising, in which people won control of the streets from the police and sustained six months of rebellion by creating networks of self-determination and mutual aid, you could watch our hour-long documentary, Fell in Love with Fire:
crimethinc.com/fellinlovewi...
crimethinc.com/fellinlovewi...
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www.politico.com/news/magazin... I never would have guessed
Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong.
Here’s why unemployment is higher, wages are lower and growth less robust than government statistics suggest.
www.politico.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
www.politico.com/news/magazin... I never would have guessed
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let me recommend this paper on "class abstractionism," which argues that the structural primacy of class does not imply the political primacy of class and, in point of historical fact, non-class identities have been powerful catalysts for working-class mobilization.
The Problem of Class Abstractionism - Michael A. McCarthy, Mathieu Hikaru Desan, 2023
With renewed interest in Marxism, class is back on the intellectual agenda. But so too is the familiar charge of “class reductionism.” This charge conflates two...
journals.sagepub.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
let me recommend this paper on "class abstractionism," which argues that the structural primacy of class does not imply the political primacy of class and, in point of historical fact, non-class identities have been powerful catalysts for working-class mobilization.
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As another Nazi is recruited into the Trump Administration, the ADL continues its Nazi-curious shift:
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
February 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
As another Nazi is recruited into the Trump Administration, the ADL continues its Nazi-curious shift:
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
www.semafor.com/article/02/0...
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NEW: Archived tweets for Gavin Kriger, Musk's 20-something DOGE employee wreaking havoc inside USAID, shows that Kriger has retweeted multiple neo-Nazis including Nick Fuentes, leader of the so-called Groyper movement, and another popular explicit Nazi account recently unmasked by @travisbrown.dev
Gavin Kliger, Elon's DOGE hitler youth shutting down USAID, is now indirectly responsible for the deaths of thousands of children. His Instagram appears to be @gkliger. He's scrubbing his online footprint.
Here's an archived copy of Kliger's resume: web.archive.org/web/20240418...
Here's an archived copy of Kliger's resume: web.archive.org/web/20240418...
February 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
NEW: Archived tweets for Gavin Kriger, Musk's 20-something DOGE employee wreaking havoc inside USAID, shows that Kriger has retweeted multiple neo-Nazis including Nick Fuentes, leader of the so-called Groyper movement, and another popular explicit Nazi account recently unmasked by @travisbrown.dev
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Gavin Kliger, Elon's DOGE hitler youth shutting down USAID, is now indirectly responsible for the deaths of thousands of children. His Instagram appears to be @gkliger. He's scrubbing his online footprint.
Here's an archived copy of Kliger's resume: web.archive.org/web/20240418...
Here's an archived copy of Kliger's resume: web.archive.org/web/20240418...
February 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Gavin Kliger, Elon's DOGE hitler youth shutting down USAID, is now indirectly responsible for the deaths of thousands of children. His Instagram appears to be @gkliger. He's scrubbing his online footprint.
Here's an archived copy of Kliger's resume: web.archive.org/web/20240418...
Here's an archived copy of Kliger's resume: web.archive.org/web/20240418...
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if you, for whatever reason, decided to start some basic home preparedness today, and can only get to a few stores, here's what I'd tell you to get:
-walkie talkies for everyone in your family
-little portable power packs, one per phone
-a print road atlas
[...]
-walkie talkies for everyone in your family
-little portable power packs, one per phone
-a print road atlas
[...]
February 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
if you, for whatever reason, decided to start some basic home preparedness today, and can only get to a few stores, here's what I'd tell you to get:
-walkie talkies for everyone in your family
-little portable power packs, one per phone
-a print road atlas
[...]
-walkie talkies for everyone in your family
-little portable power packs, one per phone
-a print road atlas
[...]
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Breaking - Paul Ingrassia, who I recently wrote about being at a Nick Fuentes rally, is now the White House liaison to the justice department. theintercept.com/2024/07/18/n...
January 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Breaking - Paul Ingrassia, who I recently wrote about being at a Nick Fuentes rally, is now the White House liaison to the justice department. theintercept.com/2024/07/18/n...
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If you enjoyed this, please share the article and also this thread! Read here: itsgoingdown.org/good-night-t...
January 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
If you enjoyed this, please share the article and also this thread! Read here: itsgoingdown.org/good-night-t...
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Over at Dame Magazine I wrote about how America's right wing propaganda problem--and our bipartisan refusal to take media reform seriously--might very well be terminal:
America’s Right-Wing Propaganda Problem Might Be Terminal | Dame Magazine
America’s descent into mass delusion isn’t happenstance. The demise of courageous journalism isn’t a happy accident. Its replacement with engagement-chasing infotainment and propaganda isn’t an error....
www.damemagazine.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Over at Dame Magazine I wrote about how America's right wing propaganda problem--and our bipartisan refusal to take media reform seriously--might very well be terminal:
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Net neutrality eviscerated by appeals court ruling
Net neutrality eviscerated by appeals court ruling
Trump’s former FCC chair took a victory lap.
buff.ly
January 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Net neutrality eviscerated by appeals court ruling
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The thing I'm most proud of this year: I wrote an in depth history of 'the proletariat' as a concept and how the definition of it morphed and changed over time. It begins in ancient Rome and ends with the modern world.
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-...
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-...
What is the Proletariat?
Zoe Baker What is the Proletariat? 2024/05/10
theanarchistlibrary.org
December 30, 2024 at 8:43 AM
The thing I'm most proud of this year: I wrote an in depth history of 'the proletariat' as a concept and how the definition of it morphed and changed over time. It begins in ancient Rome and ends with the modern world.
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-...
theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zoe-...
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Not populism. Not a blow against elites. This is neoliberalism with ChatGPT.
“The core things come down to displacing workers with AI, displacing the currency with crypto + getting rid of any kind of taxation on wealth that might come up." truthout.org/video/big-te...
“The core things come down to displacing workers with AI, displacing the currency with crypto + getting rid of any kind of taxation on wealth that might come up." truthout.org/video/big-te...
Big Tech Backs Trump to Cut Taxes, Deregulate Crypto and Replace Workers With AI
Tech investor Roger McNamee explains why Silicon Valley is responding differently to Trump’s second election.
truthout.org
December 27, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Not populism. Not a blow against elites. This is neoliberalism with ChatGPT.
“The core things come down to displacing workers with AI, displacing the currency with crypto + getting rid of any kind of taxation on wealth that might come up." truthout.org/video/big-te...
“The core things come down to displacing workers with AI, displacing the currency with crypto + getting rid of any kind of taxation on wealth that might come up." truthout.org/video/big-te...
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Did you know that most Gen Z job applicants bring their mother to job interviews? We have no data to back it up, but we're still reporting it as fact!
Read more about it at The Serving Times: theservingtimes.beehiiv.com/p/generation...
Read more about it at The Serving Times: theservingtimes.beehiiv.com/p/generation...
Untitled Generation-Baiting Article for the Purpose of Driving Social Media Engagement (2024 Editor's Pick)
Hiring Managers Discuss Interviewing Gen Z Applicants, From Their Bizarre Demands to Their Ridiculous Expectations
theservingtimes.beehiiv.com
December 22, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Did you know that most Gen Z job applicants bring their mother to job interviews? We have no data to back it up, but we're still reporting it as fact!
Read more about it at The Serving Times: theservingtimes.beehiiv.com/p/generation...
Read more about it at The Serving Times: theservingtimes.beehiiv.com/p/generation...
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Sight and Sound list of the best video essays of 2024!! I've got a couple picks in here, but the real value of this list is highlighting dozens of creators outside the YouTube circle (did you know incredible things are happening on Vimeo? You should!)
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
The best video essays of 2024
From film festivals to TikTok, our annual poll showcases 183 unique video essays nominated by 47 international voters.
www.bfi.org.uk
December 18, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Sight and Sound list of the best video essays of 2024!! I've got a couple picks in here, but the real value of this list is highlighting dozens of creators outside the YouTube circle (did you know incredible things are happening on Vimeo? You should!)
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...