Tom Madico
@smilingtom.bsky.social
From a cave to a city to a permanent party
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Esta la hice en su día en tuiter, a ver si consigo no repetir temas de entonces
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Lo ha explicado muy bien @javitxuela.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Lo ha explicado muy bien @javitxuela.bsky.social
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My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
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Attacks against Sanchez like this one are taking up most of the feed that X's algorithm is forcing onto me today, proving Sanchez's point.
February 4, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Attacks against Sanchez like this one are taking up most of the feed that X's algorithm is forcing onto me today, proving Sanchez's point.
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Yo que como parte de mis oposiciones me entra el funcionamiento de la Cartera Digital Beta (que es lo que se va a usar para prohibir a los menores el acceso a redes sociales) viendo con horror a compañeros de izquierdas usando los mismos argumentos que usó la ultraderecha en su momento
February 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Yo que como parte de mis oposiciones me entra el funcionamiento de la Cartera Digital Beta (que es lo que se va a usar para prohibir a los menores el acceso a redes sociales) viendo con horror a compañeros de izquierdas usando los mismos argumentos que usó la ultraderecha en su momento
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can’t not hear and see:
February 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
can’t not hear and see:
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realistically they are doing this because they need them elsewhere and this is not sustainable and that in itself is a victory for the MN resistance
Homan in Minneapolis: "Effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people effective today."
February 4, 2026 at 6:17 PM
realistically they are doing this because they need them elsewhere and this is not sustainable and that in itself is a victory for the MN resistance
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if you believe in this stuff then it's a free country i guess.
i'd just note that since we put this film out (and I got all manner of shit from the crypto crew), bitcoin is down 25% and Strategy is down 66%
www.ft.com/video/4d1a16...
i'd just note that since we put this film out (and I got all manner of shit from the crypto crew), bitcoin is down 25% and Strategy is down 66%
www.ft.com/video/4d1a16...
Michael Saylor's $40bn bitcoin bet | FT Film
Crypto evangelist Michael Saylor has transformed Strategy from a loss-making software company into the world's largest corporate holder of bitcoin. The FT unpacks what some investors have dubbed Saylo...
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:47 AM
if you believe in this stuff then it's a free country i guess.
i'd just note that since we put this film out (and I got all manner of shit from the crypto crew), bitcoin is down 25% and Strategy is down 66%
www.ft.com/video/4d1a16...
i'd just note that since we put this film out (and I got all manner of shit from the crypto crew), bitcoin is down 25% and Strategy is down 66%
www.ft.com/video/4d1a16...
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they don't have enough guys, and if the response in Minnesota shows anything it is that trying something like this is going to drive a much larger backlash than anything they hope to gain out of it
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:49 PM
they don't have enough guys, and if the response in Minnesota shows anything it is that trying something like this is going to drive a much larger backlash than anything they hope to gain out of it
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
"oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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Elon Musk threw a public fit when Brazil said X has to follow Brazilian law and respect Brazil's democratic institutions, made a bunch of threats, tried to get the US govt involved, then backed down when Brazil stuck to its line.
He'll likely do the same with France enforcing its data and CSAM laws.
He'll likely do the same with France enforcing its data and CSAM laws.
February 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Elon Musk threw a public fit when Brazil said X has to follow Brazilian law and respect Brazil's democratic institutions, made a bunch of threats, tried to get the US govt involved, then backed down when Brazil stuck to its line.
He'll likely do the same with France enforcing its data and CSAM laws.
He'll likely do the same with France enforcing its data and CSAM laws.
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That's probably the only way AI is ever going to make a profit.
YouGov is asking if you'd be willing to pay to not see ai generated content.
February 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM
That's probably the only way AI is ever going to make a profit.
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February 4, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.
Nearly 30,000 Minnesotans trained as constitutional observers
The Immigrant Defense Network works with more than 100 organizations to help train constitutional observers. At the end of November, there were 2,500 trained observers. That number has soared as more ...
www.mprnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
A manager for the Immigrant Defense Network told MPR News that back in November, 2,500 people were trained as constitutional observers. Now, the total is nearly 30,000 trained observers in 77 of Minnesota's 87 counties.
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Tech is a culture
Can you imagine being the software engineers, engineering managers, product managers, designers, QA testers, and devops that built and run this? Cashing out your palantir equity for "deportation targets"? Accomplices and ghouls, all of them
January 15, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Tech is a culture
la internacional fascista tiene un nexo claro
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
la internacional fascista tiene un nexo claro
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New from 404 Media: the FBI has been unable to get into the iPhone of raided Washington Post journalist because the phone had Lockdown Mode enabled. Apple markets Lockdown Mode mostly to stop spyware like NSO. Here, a real world example of it stopping access too www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking some...
www.404media.co
February 4, 2026 at 2:07 PM
New from 404 Media: the FBI has been unable to get into the iPhone of raided Washington Post journalist because the phone had Lockdown Mode enabled. Apple markets Lockdown Mode mostly to stop spyware like NSO. Here, a real world example of it stopping access too www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
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6.8 million people in the UK living in very deep poverty.
WTF
WTF
Politicians tell us they can fix poverty with economic growth, or labour market reforms, or easy money.
But all of these fixes just obscure the fact that the poverty of those at the bottom is a direct consequence of the wealth of those at the top. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uk-is-...
But all of these fixes just obscure the fact that the poverty of those at the bottom is a direct consequence of the wealth of those at the top. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uk-is-...
The UK is a rich country built on mass poverty
Record levels of very deep poverty expose the true cost of austerity, inflation and the concentration of power at the top.
graceblakeley.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
6.8 million people in the UK living in very deep poverty.
WTF
WTF
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at the protest on Saturday i saw someone with a faded "Read Noam Chomsky" t-shirt and that day i, in fact, had
February 4, 2026 at 8:15 AM
at the protest on Saturday i saw someone with a faded "Read Noam Chomsky" t-shirt and that day i, in fact, had
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What happens if Trump cancels the midterm elections? youtu.be/tplh345Y4s0?...
What happens if Trump cancels the midterm elections?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 AM
What happens if Trump cancels the midterm elections? youtu.be/tplh345Y4s0?...
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not saying he's necessarily in the organization, but this skull face mask was popular among members of the Proud Boys a few years ago
February 4, 2026 at 3:23 AM
not saying he's necessarily in the organization, but this skull face mask was popular among members of the Proud Boys a few years ago
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I keep this in my photos
February 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I keep this in my photos
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This past weekend at brunch my friends apologized for not taking Gamergate more seriously when it was happening and admitted that I was right.
I've never wanted to not be right more.
I've never wanted to not be right more.
The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
February 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
This past weekend at brunch my friends apologized for not taking Gamergate more seriously when it was happening and admitted that I was right.
I've never wanted to not be right more.
I've never wanted to not be right more.