Shirley Siluk
@ebishirl.bsky.social
Writer/editor and former journalist. Author of "News Speak: How Language Can Manipulate Meaning in What We Read, Watch and Listen to" and "Prove It!: Fact-Finding Secrets of a Fanatical Online Researcher."
Excellent piece describing this administration's hunger for a one-stop shop with all of our personal data. DOGE, guided by Elon Musk, supercharged this effort by eliminating the traditional boundaries between data held and managed by separate government agencies.
February 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Excellent piece describing this administration's hunger for a one-stop shop with all of our personal data. DOGE, guided by Elon Musk, supercharged this effort by eliminating the traditional boundaries between data held and managed by separate government agencies.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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liam and his dad are home!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
and someone please get rep. castro a coat!
February 1, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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The oligarchs have chosen a side.
youtu.be/PzLDO49-wBk
youtu.be/PzLDO49-wBk
A look at the corporations enabling ICE operations
YouTube video by MS NOW
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February 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The oligarchs have chosen a side.
youtu.be/PzLDO49-wBk
youtu.be/PzLDO49-wBk
"They can't take us all down." - Giancarlo Esposito❤️
Sydney Sweeney: 👁️ 👄 👁️
Giancarlo Esposito: And for me, I have to speak out. If the whole world showed up... they’d kill 500 or 50 million or however [many], but the rest of us would survive with a new [world]. This is time for a revolution, and they don’t even know that’s what they’re starting.
Giancarlo Esposito: And for me, I have to speak out. If the whole world showed up... they’d kill 500 or 50 million or however [many], but the rest of us would survive with a new [world]. This is time for a revolution, and they don’t even know that’s what they’re starting.
January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
"They can't take us all down." - Giancarlo Esposito❤️
OMG. @mluckovich.bsky.social goes straight to the heart.
January 27, 2026 at 7:58 PM
OMG. @mluckovich.bsky.social goes straight to the heart.
Great piece, as always, @willbunch.bsky.social. MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail is one of my favorites because it so effectively calls out this perennial "why can't we just all get along?" type of cowardice.
Echoing the cowardly white moderates who inspired MLK to write Letter from Birmingham Jail, 60 Minnesota CEOs made no mention of ICE, Alex Pretti or Renee Good in a bloodless plea for MN's problems to disappear
Craven corporations will pay a price
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Craven corporations will pay a price
My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
What gutless corporations don’t get about ICE | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, a Fetterman shows moral leadership on Minnesota.
www.inquirer.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Great piece, as always, @willbunch.bsky.social. MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail is one of my favorites because it so effectively calls out this perennial "why can't we just all get along?" type of cowardice.
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BILLY BRAGG - CITY OF HEROES
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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I gotta log off and write. Go read this poem. Just go read it.
Does everyone have a warm bed?
Does everyone have enough to eat?
Does everyone have a place to be safe?
Whose getting snatched in the night?
- Junauda Petrus, "Ritual on How to Love Minneapolis Again"
Does everyone have enough to eat?
Does everyone have a place to be safe?
Whose getting snatched in the night?
- Junauda Petrus, "Ritual on How to Love Minneapolis Again"
lims.minneapolismn.gov
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I gotta log off and write. Go read this poem. Just go read it.
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Does everyone have a warm bed?
Does everyone have enough to eat?
Does everyone have a place to be safe?
Whose getting snatched in the night?
- Junauda Petrus, "Ritual on How to Love Minneapolis Again"
Does everyone have enough to eat?
Does everyone have a place to be safe?
Whose getting snatched in the night?
- Junauda Petrus, "Ritual on How to Love Minneapolis Again"
lims.minneapolismn.gov
January 24, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Does everyone have a warm bed?
Does everyone have enough to eat?
Does everyone have a place to be safe?
Whose getting snatched in the night?
- Junauda Petrus, "Ritual on How to Love Minneapolis Again"
Does everyone have enough to eat?
Does everyone have a place to be safe?
Whose getting snatched in the night?
- Junauda Petrus, "Ritual on How to Love Minneapolis Again"
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I will never forget the chill I felt the first time I read "About Face" by @natepowell.bsky.social
I didn't want to accept what it said about the future that is now staring us in the face
I encourage everyone to read it now that we no longer have a choice
popula.com/2019/02/24/a...
I didn't want to accept what it said about the future that is now staring us in the face
I encourage everyone to read it now that we no longer have a choice
popula.com/2019/02/24/a...
About Face
Death and surrender to power in the clothing of men.
popula.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I will never forget the chill I felt the first time I read "About Face" by @natepowell.bsky.social
I didn't want to accept what it said about the future that is now staring us in the face
I encourage everyone to read it now that we no longer have a choice
popula.com/2019/02/24/a...
I didn't want to accept what it said about the future that is now staring us in the face
I encourage everyone to read it now that we no longer have a choice
popula.com/2019/02/24/a...
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"Yesterday's civilian becomes tomorrow's insurgent after today's atrocity."
- @mikeduncan.bsky.social, Revolutions, Season 4, Episode 19
- @mikeduncan.bsky.social, Revolutions, Season 4, Episode 19
January 22, 2026 at 12:53 AM
"Yesterday's civilian becomes tomorrow's insurgent after today's atrocity."
- @mikeduncan.bsky.social, Revolutions, Season 4, Episode 19
- @mikeduncan.bsky.social, Revolutions, Season 4, Episode 19
Yes to all of this.
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Yes to all of this.
Really good article by @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer about AI and why the biggest problem with it isn't "hype" - it's how it's enabling assaults on democracy, workers and anyone who disagrees with the current political project of those in power.
We wrote a thing about AI, fascism, and why framing this as "hype" is too apolitical
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
Deflating “Hype” Won’t Save Us
The problem with AI isn’t hype. The problem is who and what it’s useful for.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Really good article by @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer about AI and why the biggest problem with it isn't "hype" - it's how it's enabling assaults on democracy, workers and anyone who disagrees with the current political project of those in power.
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It was weirdly fitting that the Charlie Kirk murder blended into the 9/11 anniversary as once again Americans were told to “watch what they say”
The hypocritical censorship around a “free speech hero.” My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
The hypocritical censorship around a “free speech hero.” My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
Americans told to watch what we say about ‘free speech icon’ Charlie Kirk
Professors, teachers, journalists and others get canceled for what they said about right-wing free speech advocate Charlie Kirk.
www.inquirer.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
It was weirdly fitting that the Charlie Kirk murder blended into the 9/11 anniversary as once again Americans were told to “watch what they say”
The hypocritical censorship around a “free speech hero.” My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
The hypocritical censorship around a “free speech hero.” My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
I'll echo this recommendation. "Why We Fear AI" provides a refreshing take for anyone who's read the hype-filled books written by tech bros, offering a much deeper dive into the real-world implications of "AI" (which is not really intelligent) and the motivations behind the companies pushing it.
I think you might like our book! We situate AI in the context of managerial and technological means for wage depression and labor discipline. Taylorism was about centralizing knowledge of work processes among management; AI is an attempt to do something similar by technological means.
Why We Fear AI: On The Interpretation of Nightmares
Writer & Cognitive Scientist
hagenblix.github.io
August 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I'll echo this recommendation. "Why We Fear AI" provides a refreshing take for anyone who's read the hype-filled books written by tech bros, offering a much deeper dive into the real-world implications of "AI" (which is not really intelligent) and the motivations behind the companies pushing it.
Really happy to review Why We Fear AI by @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer. I encourage people to read the book, because it's a refreshingly thoughtful take on the current state of so-called "AI" and why the tech is being promoted so heavily despite its many flaws and limitations.
Just read this amazing review of Why We Fear AI from @ebishirl.bsky.social! It's so great to see people take ideas from the book, and make them into useful tools to think with!
Why We Fear AI: Book review
Reading many books about so-called AI feels like eating a bag of Doritos for dinner – enjoyable (maybe) at the moment but unsatisfying in the long run. That’s because these books often come across …
shirleymsiluk.wordpress.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Really happy to review Why We Fear AI by @hagenblix.bsky.social and Ingeborg Glimmer. I encourage people to read the book, because it's a refreshingly thoughtful take on the current state of so-called "AI" and why the tech is being promoted so heavily despite its many flaws and limitations.
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hi @politico.com my name is marisa kabas and i publish the handbasket and you basically copied my story and then linked me in the 23rd paragraph of your story without specific attribution: www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
here's my original: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-david...
here's my original: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-david...
Have you seen this man?
In the wake of deadly floods in Texas, FEMA Acting Administrator David Richardson is nowhere to be found.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
hi @politico.com my name is marisa kabas and i publish the handbasket and you basically copied my story and then linked me in the 23rd paragraph of your story without specific attribution: www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
here's my original: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-david...
here's my original: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-david...
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I talked with @astra.bsky.social about the apocalyptic politics of Christian Nationalists and tech oligarchs, how AI is capturing and altering us toward fascist ends, and how we can fight "end times fascism." Audio + transcript:
Traitors to the Earth: Fascism, Christian Nationalism, and the Tech Elite
“They understand that what they’re doing is devastating, and they’re doing it anyway,” says Astra Taylor.
truthout.org
June 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I talked with @astra.bsky.social about the apocalyptic politics of Christian Nationalists and tech oligarchs, how AI is capturing and altering us toward fascist ends, and how we can fight "end times fascism." Audio + transcript:
@bagleycartoons.bsky.social is always so good, but today's cartoon really says it all.
June 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
@bagleycartoons.bsky.social is always so good, but today's cartoon really says it all.
Great episode - highly recommend.
Nearly 30 years later, the internet has torn us apart with a firehose of hoaxes, conspiracy theories, and lies that have divided Americans over things we once agreed on, like science, diversity, and even democracy itself. longshadowpodcast.com/podcasts/bre...
Episode 1: The End of the World as We Know It
A history podcast hosted by Garrett Graff that makes sense of America’s most pivotal events including Columbine, 9/11, January 6, and beyond.
longshadowpodcast.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Great episode - highly recommend.
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Merkley had a pretty effective day.
Or will have, if you make this go viral.
Or will have, if you make this go viral.
MERKLEY: How do you feel about being responsible for hundreds of thousands of kids dying because of your sudden interruption in these key programs?
VOUGHT: I reject the assertion
MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact
VOUGHT: I reject the assertion
MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact
June 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Merkley had a pretty effective day.
Or will have, if you make this go viral.
Or will have, if you make this go viral.
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Talked about this some time ago; AI models are self-poisoning.
RAG does help, but ultimately you will need something isolated and local to keep it from deteriorating.
TL;DR: LLMs suffer from brainrot. ;)
www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/o...
RAG does help, but ultimately you will need something isolated and local to keep it from deteriorating.
TL;DR: LLMs suffer from brainrot. ;)
www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/o...
AI model collapse is not what we paid for
Opinion: Prediction: General-purpose AI could start getting worse
www.theregister.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Talked about this some time ago; AI models are self-poisoning.
RAG does help, but ultimately you will need something isolated and local to keep it from deteriorating.
TL;DR: LLMs suffer from brainrot. ;)
www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/o...
RAG does help, but ultimately you will need something isolated and local to keep it from deteriorating.
TL;DR: LLMs suffer from brainrot. ;)
www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/o...