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David Slack

@slack2thefuture.bsky.social

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TV Writer - Person of Interest, Law & Order, Teen Titans, Jackie Chan Adventures, etc. Proud WGA Member. Pro-Democracy. Anti-Evil.

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · Jul 3

Remember sitting in history, thinking “If I was alive then, I would’ve…”

You’re alive now. Whatever you’re doing is what you would’ve done.

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 1h

🎈📌👶 www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ai...

AI bubble is 17 times the size of that of the dot-com frenzy, analyst says

A research firm is arguing not just that AI is in a bubble, but that it is 17 times the size of the dot-com bubble.

www.marketwatch.com

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks?

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Daniel Pirone (He/Him) @dpirone.bsky.social · 14d

@kaburbank.bsky.social drops the science on modern reasons for unemployment - it’s not your memaw’s economy:

youtu.be/sc2NwkvnUbs?...

The Policy Ruining The U.S Economy: NAIRU

YouTube video by Jessica (Ka) Burbank

youtu.be

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 1d

💙 Been taking a social media break. Back soon!

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Marina Mediano @marinamed.bsky.social · 4d

AI is ineffective. It's just the latest ✨shiny✨ excuse for layoffs and exploration. In short, it's yet another tool for the rich to oppress workers.

David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · Aug 20

I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Aug 20

MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Elizabeth: Ghost in the City @kikutowne.bsky.social · 5d

Gonna put this on a sandwich board and wear it on the street while ringing a bell like a town crier:

“AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations,” he continued.”

David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 5d

🎈📌👶 futurism.com/future-socie...

Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse

Famed sci-fi author and tech journalist Cory Doctorow has a spectacularly grim warning about the coming AI-fueled economic disaster.

futurism.com

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Rob Shum @robshum.bsky.social · 5d

“When the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging ‘foundation models’ will be shut off & we’ll lose the AI that can’t do your job, & you will be long gone, retrained or retired or ‘discouraged’ & out of the labor market, & no one will do your job”

(Well, there’ll be growth in deportation & smuggling)

David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 5d

🎈📌👶 futurism.com/future-socie...

Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse

Famed sci-fi author and tech journalist Cory Doctorow has a spectacularly grim warning about the coming AI-fueled economic disaster.

futurism.com

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GooseTheGander @goosethegander.bsky.social · 5d

I love this type of analysis because it feeds much of what I've been feeling. Just like the dot-com bubble in the 2000s, where tons of capital was invested in something a lot of the investor class had no idea about.

David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 5d

🎈📌👶 futurism.com/future-socie...

Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse

Famed sci-fi author and tech journalist Cory Doctorow has a spectacularly grim warning about the coming AI-fueled economic disaster.

futurism.com

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Quixotica @quix0tica.bsky.social · 5d

You would hope, but like the housing bubble in 2008, I fear our taxes would be used to bail them out. Especially w/this administration.

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Bob Devine @bobdevine.bsky.social · 5d

I work in a technical field. I have yet to meet anyone who thinks AI matches the hype. If anything, we are getting tired of it. So many of the results of Google searches are horribly wrong. This is being driven by Wall Street and AI shills.

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 5d

🎈📌👶 futurism.com/future-socie...

Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse

Famed sci-fi author and tech journalist Cory Doctorow has a spectacularly grim warning about the coming AI-fueled economic disaster.

futurism.com

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Glenn Farrington @glennfarrington.bsky.social · 10d

Rick and Morty show how TV writer's feel after a season in some writer's rooms. #Screenwriters #Scriptsky

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 6d

I love her but it’s kinda messed up that Taylor Swift can just declare a national holiday for half the country whenever she wants.

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 6d

#wealthtax

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Thanks For Spooking, Jerk @thx4sharingjerk.bsky.social · 6d

The second richest man in the world and CEO of several companies has posted about this issue 26 times in 3 days because presumably he has nothing better to do

David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 6d

“Conservative-leaning” sure is a delicate way to describe a man who has publicly done multiple, unambiguous full-arm Hitler salutes. variety.com/2025/digital...

Elon Musk Wages All-Out Netflix Cancellation War Over Streamer’s Alleged Woke Bias and Kids Shows With LGBTQ+ Characters

Elon Musk has posted calls to cancel Netflix at least 26 times in three days over Netflix kids shows that feature trans characters and other 'woke' policies.

variety.com

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 6d

Yes… Indeed, why should writers of all people give a shit about the choice of… words…

David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 6d

Ketamine is great for you.

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 6d

*he’s not

*no one is

*because there’s no “master race,” just billions of genetically-diverse people with different strengths and weaknesses and that’s okay

*we’re all just bipedal hominids trying to get by, man. Fuckin chill with the Hitler shit…

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 6d

If he really is part of the master race*, then he should be able to handle being called a Nazi…

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 6d

“Conservative-leaning” sure is a delicate way to describe a man who has publicly done multiple, unambiguous full-arm Hitler salutes. variety.com/2025/digital...

Elon Musk Wages All-Out Netflix Cancellation War Over Streamer’s Alleged Woke Bias and Kids Shows With LGBTQ+ Characters

Elon Musk has posted calls to cancel Netflix at least 26 times in three days over Netflix kids shows that feature trans characters and other 'woke' policies.

variety.com

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 7d

One Battle After Another is a MASTERPIECE.

Go see it.

Not kidding.

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 8d

#scotch

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 12d

In dark times, the rays of hope shine that much more brightly.

Researchers have successfully treated Huntington’s disease for the first time.

Science works, and it is beautiful. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.com

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Alex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 14d

If you get the urgency of planning for escalating climate risks in smart and engaged ways, this 30-day workshop is for you.

Check it out:

alexsteffen.substack.com/p/the-person...

The Personal Climate Strategy Workshop

30 days to get ready for a planet in crisis. Starts October 7th!

alexsteffen.substack.com

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