Michelle Robbins
@michellerobbins.bsky.social
Caffeine-based lifeform. Data nerd. Engineer. Responsible AI builder. Rebel with a cause. I have questions.
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We are paying dearly for the absence of civics education.
Creating a ruling class requires the destruction of public education.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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A strong and true report from the frontlines of tech accountability journalism by @caseynewton.bsky.social: "I'm noticing the degree to which platforms wish to be judged only by their stated intentions, and almost never on the outcomes of anyone who uses them." www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
Roblox is a problem — but it’s a symptom of something worse
What is the role of tech journalism in a world where CEOs no longer feel shame?
www.platformer.news
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A strong and true report from the frontlines of tech accountability journalism by @caseynewton.bsky.social: "I'm noticing the degree to which platforms wish to be judged only by their stated intentions, and almost never on the outcomes of anyone who uses them." www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
Friends, keep your kids (young and old) off of Roblox. Don't take it from me, listen to the latest Hard Fork podcast and decide for yourself if the company's CEO is someone you want your money and your child's time supporting.
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Friends, keep your kids (young and old) off of Roblox. Don't take it from me, listen to the latest Hard Fork podcast and decide for yourself if the company's CEO is someone you want your money and your child's time supporting.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Imagine having so much rizz that you meet someone once and change their entire dress code.
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Imagine having so much rizz that you meet someone once and change their entire dress code.
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They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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COMMENTARY: Donald Trump has dismantled a global order built over decades — one that brought Americans unprecedented prosperity, security and freedom, writes Ivo Daalder, a former US ambassador to NATO.
🔗 politi.co/3LKSnOB
🔗 politi.co/3LKSnOB
November 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
COMMENTARY: Donald Trump has dismantled a global order built over decades — one that brought Americans unprecedented prosperity, security and freedom, writes Ivo Daalder, a former US ambassador to NATO.
🔗 politi.co/3LKSnOB
🔗 politi.co/3LKSnOB
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I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
Didn't have "Reagan-appointed judge shows more courage than tech leaders" on my bingo card but here we are
A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Wow
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench
A judge explains his reasons for resigning.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Didn't have "Reagan-appointed judge shows more courage than tech leaders" on my bingo card but here we are
It's almost as if it's not the thing being done that raises concern, it's who is behind the doing the thing, and are they part of an in-group or an out-group 🤔
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's almost as if it's not the thing being done that raises concern, it's who is behind the doing the thing, and are they part of an in-group or an out-group 🤔
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While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
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We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
We're all going to write pieces about what you can learn from tonight but it's actually pretty simple: The frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
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Drone start-up backed by Peter Thiel crashed and burned in armed forces trials ft.trib.al/ps96eIU
Drone start-up backed by Peter Thiel crashed and burned in armed forces trials
Berlin-based Stark failed to hit a single target in four attempts at two exercises with the British and German forces
ft.trib.al
October 31, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Drone start-up backed by Peter Thiel crashed and burned in armed forces trials ft.trib.al/ps96eIU
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FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
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Marc Andreessen, who sits on Meta's board, is funding a click farm www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
www.404media.co
October 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Marc Andreessen, who sits on Meta's board, is funding a click farm www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
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Area man(iac) escalates conflict he started.
BREAKING: The USS Gerald R. Ford and its accompanying ships were previously off the coast of Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
Trump deploys aircraft carrier strike group to South America amid Venezuela tensions
The USS Gerald R. Ford and its accompanying ships were previously off the coast of Israel in the eastern Mediterranean.
bit.ly
October 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Area man(iac) escalates conflict he started.
Seems our military planes just aren't cushy enough for Noem. I guess now we know where the childhood food assistance funding cuts went.
The Coast Guard spent $172 million on the jets, according to The New York Times.
Coast Guard Reportedly Spent $172 Million On Private Jets For Kristi Noem’s Use
The Coast Guard spent $172 million on the jets, according to The New York Times.
www.forbes.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Seems our military planes just aren't cushy enough for Noem. I guess now we know where the childhood food assistance funding cuts went.
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I ❤️ my hometown.
Well done…
Well done…
October 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I ❤️ my hometown.
Well done…
Well done…
Area man sees his poker buddies getting all the spoils of taxpayer money, wants in on the game.
Salesforce pitched ICE on tripling its staff www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump’s Immigration Force
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Area man sees his poker buddies getting all the spoils of taxpayer money, wants in on the game.
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I hope people realize how abnormal it is to have social media accounts of federal government departments and agencies picking fights with individuals.
October 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I hope people realize how abnormal it is to have social media accounts of federal government departments and agencies picking fights with individuals.