i'm so embarrassed that i'm just now listening to the TMK episode about anti-data center organizing (and about eco-modernism) but it's a really good episode so far overcast.fm/+AAg6yFF4Vp4

NEW:Stranded countries are far more dangerous than "stranded assets" of pvt oil companies. It's Western navel gazing to only focus on latter & not powerful National Oil Companies Ep 2 of Polycrisis DRAMA KINGS @katemac.bsky.social & I chat about UAE shock OPEC exit Listen here: pod.link/1884213852

"AI threatens to enclose what’s left of our threadbare epistemic commons — the bottom-level online communication where people still figure out what they think, together," @edwardongwesojr.com writes. www.thedriftmag.com/directing-th...

Karp’s book came out after @bentarnoff.com and I had already started writing ours. Reading it we were like “oh this is Muskism.” The interesting thing, as @lioneltrolling.bsky.social pointed out, is that it was written with the assumption of an incoming Harris administration.

From Gaza to now Iran and Lebanon, Israel is expanding its testing ground for AI-enabled military technology in terrifying ways. Read my latest piece in Zeteo about how big tech is powering Israel’s AI war machine 👇

For @thedriftmag.com I wrote about social control, digital infrastructure, and what passes for a public sphere in our society www.thedriftmag.com/directing-th...

In Issue 17’s Dispatches section, @tarpley.bsky.social, Noelle Bodick, @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social, @edwardongwesojr.com, @erikmbaker.bsky.social, Ege Yumuşak, Ismail Ibrahim, @meganmarz.bsky.social, and @samadlerbell.bsky.social examine the public sphere. www.thedriftmag.com/a-nicely-sit...

@edwardongwesojr.com and @jathansadowski.com had great discussion semi related to this on the most receNT TMK. All the AI company “solutions” are bullshit.

A detailed, line-by-line critique of OpenAI’s objectives is laid out by @edwardongwesojr.com and @jathansadowski.com in this week’s episode of @thismachinekills.bsky.social 3/

Q: Are there certain kinds of civilians targets like schools or hospitals that are off limits? TRUMP: I don't want to tell you that. We have a plan where every bridge and power plant in Iran will be decimated by 12 o'clock tomorrow night

inspired by a recent visit to SF and a Matthew Yglesias essay I recently read about how SF isn't a megacity because of housing policy, I wrote about why that's a very superficial analysis at best! www.thetechbubble.info/p/one-billio...

“We will restore peace, stability and harmony throughout the world"-Donald Trump @katemac.bsky.social & I decided it was time for a Polycrisis podcast about the peace, stability & harmony reigning throughout the world Enjoy our first season ELECTRIC WORLD ORDER podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

The main goal of Silicon Valley appears to be finding an ethical way to have a slave

inspired through imbibition of the ruthless tech criticism of @jathansadowski.com and @edwardongwesojr.com

The Hollywood executive dream that AI will revolutionize how movies are made or that they can lean on user generated AI slop to drive costs down is not going to work and is already a disaster www.404media.co/disneys-open...

How bad is it? Well. Qatar Energy just announced they may have to declare Force Majeure on long-term contracts **FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS**. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mol...

The author reminds us we should not celebrate the death of the metaverse, but learn from it. I share the feeling, but knowing that projects like this one sometimes don't end up poisoning our day-by-day lives feels a little bit good to me.

“The free market that Silicon Valley champions depends…on the least free capital in the world. Kingdoms & gangs, bound in a compact of association, dividing the plunder according to an agreed convention, infesting the earth until nothing is left (or until someone abandons the compact).”

Read @edwardongwesojr.com on “the attempt to shift Pax Americana’s oil diplomacy to Pax Silica’s silicon statecraft—from hydrocarbons & Treasuries to GPUs & data centers & AI models & the kill chains they power” www.thetechbubble.info/p/how-much-a...

wrote about the petrodollar & Gulf sovereign capital, AI-powered warfare & the AI buildout, the Compute Axis & St. Augustine's City of God, Pax Silica & America's sabotage of the imperial architecture underwriting its technological supremacy

In this episode of the This Machine Kills podcast, @jathansadowski.com and @edwardongwesojr.com interview @abenanav.bsky.social about his proposal for a multi-criterial socialist economy. www.indep.network/this-machine...

Hater Season Upcoming Guests: Famed short seller Jim Chanos, @adambecker.bsky.social, @quinnypig.com, Cal Newport booked, with @vicmsong.bsky.social, @edwardongwesojr.com, @junlper.beer, @birdrespecter.bsky.social, @arif.bsky.social to get on the schedule. A season of GETTING RUDE

Policy Director @brianjchen.bsky.social talks to @jathansadowski.com and @edwardongwesojr.com about his recent policy brief examining the Trump administration’s AI agenda, and the actions the federal government is taking as it pursues global technological dominance. soundcloud.com/thismachinek...

Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.

last week, after I asked them for some answers about the shift toward weird, AI-generated posts and leaderships' 180° turn on sex work, ManyVids promised clarity was coming. this is what that clarity looked like: www.404media.co/manyvids-ai-...

it's hard to explain how horrible and dangerous this app and the people who made it are but I tried: www.404media.co/app-for-quit...

the reason the elite are so desperate to vilify hard-working people coming to this country to build a better life for their families, unleashing wave after wave of gutter racism in the process, is to distract from the fact that their incestuous degeneracy causes most of our actual problems

i've seen enough: greg bovino is a bitch.

This Thursday 1/22 at 3pm ET, join us as @alondra.bsky.social, @edwardongwesojr.com, @telliotter.bsky.social, & D&S Policy Director Brian J. Chen discuss the reality of the administration’s AI agenda. datasociety.net/events/one-y...

Critical piece about a new Palantir app ICE is using to determine the “density” of potential people to deport in a given neighborhood. Gives some indications on how ICE is deciding where to act www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...

what is this?

Remember the metaverse lol www.fastcompany.com/91467599/met... by @edwardongwesojr.com

I cannot get over how good a job the photographer (Maggie Shannon) did! I’ve also already confirmed she’s back for next year, along with a few new guests…

New: Police have released info about millions of surveillance targets nationwide from thousands of different police departments because of a public records redaction error in Flock data. Reveals active police investigations, border patrol & ICE targets, lots more: www.404media.co/police-unmas...

Looking for reliable forecasts for AI & data centers? Forecasts on the Metaverse less than 4 years ago remind us that top consulting & finance firms thrive on hype. McKinsey's 2022 prediction: ~$5T in impact by 2030. Citigroup:: $8T-$13T. Morgan Stanley: $8T in China alone. @edwardongwesojr.com

I wrote about why we should understand the metaverse hype cycle as a dress rehearsal for the generative AI hype cycle www.fastcompany.com/91467599/met...

Got the CES photo shoot back with @funranium.bsky.social @adamconover.net @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @edwardongwesojr.com, so many more photos to come but had to share some

I wrote about why we should understand the metaverse hype cycle as a dress rehearsal for the generative AI hype cycle www.fastcompany.com/91467599/met...

Here’s the final episode of our CES coverage - an epilogue with Cory Doctorow, @funranium.bsky.social and @edwardongwesojr.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Linktr.ee/betteroffline

Here’s part 8 of this week’s Better Offline coverage of CES, featuring Cory Doctorow, @captain2phones.bsky.social, @cherlynn.bsky.social, @edwardongwesojr.com and @bishonentype.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Linktr.ee/betteroffline

Here’s part 9 of this week’s Better Offline coverage of CES, featuring Cory Doctorow, @edwardongwesojr.com, @iwriteok.bsky.social, @kylechouinard.bsky.social and @bishonentype.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Linktr.ee/betteroffline

Here's Part 6 of Better Offline's CES Coverage - I'm joined by @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @edwardongwesojr.com @devindra.bsky.social and @mattbinder.bsky.social to talk about how anti-consumer the Consumer Electronics Show has become. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... linktr.ee/betteroffline

Here's Part 7 of Better Offline's CES coverage - I'm joined by @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social, @bishonentype.bsky.social, @robpegoraro.com, @iwriteok.bsky.social, @edwardongwesojr.com and @westinlee.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... linktr.ee/betteroffline

Better Offline CES 2026: Part Six (Thursday) @edzitron.com @edwardongwesojr.com @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @mattbinder.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Jan 22 @ 2pm ET: For our first event of 2026, we’re taking a close look at Trump administration AI policy. Join us online as @alondra.bsky.social @edwardongwesojr.com & @telliotter.bsky.social talk to D&S's Brian J. Chen about the admin’s actions & their consequences. datasociety.net/events/one-y...

Better Offline CES 2026: Part Four @edzitron.com @edwardongwesojr.com @bishonentype.bsky.social @iwriteok.bsky.social @adamconover.net @mattbinder.bsky.social @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @benthepcguy.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Here's ep 4 of this week's Better Offline coverage of CES, featuring @edwardongwesojr.com @bishonentype.bsky.social @iwriteok.bsky.social @adamconover.net @mattbinder.bsky.social @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @benthepcguy.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... linktr.ee/betteroffline

Here's part 5 of this week's Better Offline coverage of the Consumer Electronics show, featuring @adamconover.net @edwardongwesojr.com @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @karissabe.bsky.social @iwriteok.bsky.social @advisorator.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... linktr.ee/betteroffline

Here's Ep 2 of Better Offline's CES coverage - I'm joined by @niedermeyer.online, @henrytcasey.net, @edwardongwesojr.com and @bishonentype.bsky.social to talk wireless TVs, useless smart glasses, and the big lie of consumer robotics. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... linktr.ee/betteroffline