Dave Clapper
@anhourofplay.bsky.social
He/him
Improviser in Kansas City (mostly at The Bird)
Alumnus of Unexpected Productions (Seattle)
Founding Editor (Emeritus): SmokeLong Quarterly
Currently reading fiction submissions for FRiGG
I don't auto follow back people I don't know personally.
Improviser in Kansas City (mostly at The Bird)
Alumnus of Unexpected Productions (Seattle)
Founding Editor (Emeritus): SmokeLong Quarterly
Currently reading fiction submissions for FRiGG
I don't auto follow back people I don't know personally.
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Dave Clapper
@anhourofplay.bsky.social
· Apr 19
1/8 I've participated in a fair number of protests over the years, starting with the first Gulf War. I was surprised how moved I was at today's 50501 rally in KC. Partially, that was because of the sign I myself was carrying, and the conversations that led to.
Northwestern University alumni: if you hate the capitulation to Trump by NU's administration, please sign this letter. And share with your fellow alumni. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sign-On Letter from Northwestern Alumni
On November 28, 2025, Northwestern bent the knee to Trump. People were very upset over the course of that day. We got the formal agreement along with some analysis. Kevin Brown then wrote an analysis ...
docs.google.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Northwestern University alumni: if you hate the capitulation to Trump by NU's administration, please sign this letter. And share with your fellow alumni. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Proud to have been one of the signature gatherers. Way to go, MO Voters!
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Proud to have been one of the signature gatherers. Way to go, MO Voters!
If it didn't use so many resources, this would be the best possible way to engage with AI.
An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
If it didn't use so many resources, this would be the best possible way to engage with AI.
Blind Sauron's eye.
December 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Blind Sauron's eye.
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Evergreen Mike Johnson press conference gif.
December 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Evergreen Mike Johnson press conference gif.
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D-Day. #TN07 Blue Wave 2025.
Matt Epps is a useless, do-nothing Trump ass-kisser who has delivered zero for your kids, your roads, or your hospitals.
If you want progress — not another MAGA parasite — the choice is simple:
🗳️ Vote @aftynbehn.bsky.social — TODAY, Tuesday, Dec 2.
Matt Epps is a useless, do-nothing Trump ass-kisser who has delivered zero for your kids, your roads, or your hospitals.
If you want progress — not another MAGA parasite — the choice is simple:
🗳️ Vote @aftynbehn.bsky.social — TODAY, Tuesday, Dec 2.
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
D-Day. #TN07 Blue Wave 2025.
Matt Epps is a useless, do-nothing Trump ass-kisser who has delivered zero for your kids, your roads, or your hospitals.
If you want progress — not another MAGA parasite — the choice is simple:
🗳️ Vote @aftynbehn.bsky.social — TODAY, Tuesday, Dec 2.
Matt Epps is a useless, do-nothing Trump ass-kisser who has delivered zero for your kids, your roads, or your hospitals.
If you want progress — not another MAGA parasite — the choice is simple:
🗳️ Vote @aftynbehn.bsky.social — TODAY, Tuesday, Dec 2.
Yes, please.
what this makes me think is that unions should push for fusion voting wherever possible www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
How to Win Red States With a Labor Party
We can take political power without asking Democrats for it.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Yes, please.
This "job" posting is obscene. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This "job" posting is obscene. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Thanks to @elletee13.bsky.social for reposting this. I'd missed it, and it's so lovely and heartening.
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Thanks to @elletee13.bsky.social for reposting this. I'd missed it, and it's so lovely and heartening.
Evergreen thread.
The 'ai' fraud is a uniquely dangerous accelerationist scam because its harms begin right now and extend indefinitely:
• in the short term, it fucks up your immediate work, needs, safety,and erodes trust in any image or text
• creative people are instantly impacted as workers &victims of plagiarism
• in the short term, it fucks up your immediate work, needs, safety,and erodes trust in any image or text
• creative people are instantly impacted as workers &victims of plagiarism
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Evergreen thread.
Yeah, no. I won't be popping my SSN into AI.
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Yeah, no. I won't be popping my SSN into AI.
Amen. See also legalclarity.org/what-is-pris...
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Amen. See also legalclarity.org/what-is-pris...
Reposted by Dave Clapper
#DoOneThing
$: donate to the Trevor Project
time: join a No Trillionaires! protest at a Tesla dealer today
prep: learn about and push back on Flock surveillance. The police state grows when we let it: many cities have cancelled contracts due to public scrutiny.
#ThreeThings
simpleresistance.us
$: donate to the Trevor Project
time: join a No Trillionaires! protest at a Tesla dealer today
prep: learn about and push back on Flock surveillance. The police state grows when we let it: many cities have cancelled contracts due to public scrutiny.
#ThreeThings
simpleresistance.us
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#DoOneThing
$: donate to the Trevor Project
time: join a No Trillionaires! protest at a Tesla dealer today
prep: learn about and push back on Flock surveillance. The police state grows when we let it: many cities have cancelled contracts due to public scrutiny.
#ThreeThings
simpleresistance.us
$: donate to the Trevor Project
time: join a No Trillionaires! protest at a Tesla dealer today
prep: learn about and push back on Flock surveillance. The police state grows when we let it: many cities have cancelled contracts due to public scrutiny.
#ThreeThings
simpleresistance.us
Reposted by Dave Clapper
#DoOneThing
$: check your Chamber of Commerce for local gift certificates, instead of Starbucks.
time: It's Transgender Awareness Week. Spread awareness, or watch Will & Harper.
prep: File federal paperwork NOW, before government closes again Feb1.
#threethings
simpleresistance.us
$: check your Chamber of Commerce for local gift certificates, instead of Starbucks.
time: It's Transgender Awareness Week. Spread awareness, or watch Will & Harper.
prep: File federal paperwork NOW, before government closes again Feb1.
#threethings
simpleresistance.us
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#DoOneThing
$: check your Chamber of Commerce for local gift certificates, instead of Starbucks.
time: It's Transgender Awareness Week. Spread awareness, or watch Will & Harper.
prep: File federal paperwork NOW, before government closes again Feb1.
#threethings
simpleresistance.us
$: check your Chamber of Commerce for local gift certificates, instead of Starbucks.
time: It's Transgender Awareness Week. Spread awareness, or watch Will & Harper.
prep: File federal paperwork NOW, before government closes again Feb1.
#threethings
simpleresistance.us
Reposted by Dave Clapper
We’ve got some wins. We’ve got some hope. That’s not the time to ease up—it’s the time to tighten. A number of these companies would undo what landed them on the boycott guide. That’s leverage. That’s how we shape their future behavior.
psychopete1.substack.com/p/psycho-pet...
psychopete1.substack.com/p/psycho-pet...
Psycho Pete's Living Guide to Boycotting the Big Orange Menace
The beast eats money. Don't feed it with yours.
psychopete1.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We’ve got some wins. We’ve got some hope. That’s not the time to ease up—it’s the time to tighten. A number of these companies would undo what landed them on the boycott guide. That’s leverage. That’s how we shape their future behavior.
psychopete1.substack.com/p/psycho-pet...
psychopete1.substack.com/p/psycho-pet...
Reposted by Dave Clapper
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
Reposted by Dave Clapper
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
Amen.
Nearly 8 in 10 Americans agree that spending by wealthy donors and corporations in our elections gives rise to corruption — including majorities of Republican and independent voters.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
We must overturn Citizens United.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
We must overturn Citizens United.
November 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Amen.
Reposted by Dave Clapper
If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven)
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
Tracking PPP: Search Every Company Approved for Federal Loans - ProPublica
As part of the Paycheck Protection Program, the federal government has provided hundreds of billions in financial support to banks to make low-interest loans to companies and nonprofit organizations i...
projects.propublica.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven)
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...
November 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hey @jbpritzker.bsky.social. Maybe it's time you go to Broadview yourself.
Reverend David Black has a Bible open and is preaching to the police now, inviting them to join him in standing with the persecuted inside the detention center.
"Which side do you think Jesus wanted his followers to be on?"
"Which side do you think Jesus wanted his followers to be on?"
November 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Hey @jbpritzker.bsky.social. Maybe it's time you go to Broadview yourself.
Get real. Kristi Noem has never been, nor ever will be, hot.
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Get real. Kristi Noem has never been, nor ever will be, hot.