Sufyan Abbasi
@sufy.me
Just trying to survive climate change and late stage capitalism. Posts, likes, and thoughts are my own.
AWU-gler working on Earth Engine
he/him | http://sufy.me | sufsters@ on that one site we don’t talk about anymore
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Sufyan Abbasi
@sufy.me
· Nov 9
"The idea of a hierarchy of human value is a very well-marketed idea in our media and our politics, and things will really start to change when we place our blame more on those who are selling it for their own gain than those who are desperate enough to buy it."
~ Heather McGhee
~ Heather McGhee
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tech/AI has always been about profit maximisation and world domination at all costs (even if it means the end of democracy) only now, thanks to the rise of fascism, they can say the quite part out loud
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
tech/AI has always been about profit maximisation and world domination at all costs (even if it means the end of democracy) only now, thanks to the rise of fascism, they can say the quite part out loud
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Picture 1 is signal of something that is ~240 km away (if it's an earthquake). 2 is signal of a non-seismic/non-explosive source (nearby machine oscillating at ~15-ish Hz). 3 is noise/no signal at all. 4 is local signal of non-seismic/non-explosive source.
December 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Picture 1 is signal of something that is ~240 km away (if it's an earthquake). 2 is signal of a non-seismic/non-explosive source (nearby machine oscillating at ~15-ish Hz). 3 is noise/no signal at all. 4 is local signal of non-seismic/non-explosive source.
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More than 2,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. They’re demanding dignity: fair pay, safe conditions, a contract that respects their labor.
It’s time their voices are heard at the same volume as CEOs earning millions.
It’s time their voices are heard at the same volume as CEOs earning millions.
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
More than 2,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. They’re demanding dignity: fair pay, safe conditions, a contract that respects their labor.
It’s time their voices are heard at the same volume as CEOs earning millions.
It’s time their voices are heard at the same volume as CEOs earning millions.
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Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders joined striking Starbucks United workers in New York.
Listen to their powerful message of solidarity.
Listen to their powerful message of solidarity.
A Powerful Message From Zohran and Bernie
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders joined striking Starbucks United workers in New York.
Listen to their powerful message of solidarity.
Listen to their powerful message of solidarity.
@sanders.senate.gov and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social teamed up with Starbucks union organizers, @sbworkersunited.org, to show their solidarity for their fight to win the first fast food contract?
What is this, a functioning democracy?
youtube.com/shorts/Z7Kup...
What is this, a functioning democracy?
youtube.com/shorts/Z7Kup...
A Powerful Message From Zohran and Bernie
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@sanders.senate.gov and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social teamed up with Starbucks union organizers, @sbworkersunited.org, to show their solidarity for their fight to win the first fast food contract?
What is this, a functioning democracy?
youtube.com/shorts/Z7Kup...
What is this, a functioning democracy?
youtube.com/shorts/Z7Kup...
![Comic. [Two people in front of projected satellite image. A small portion of the image is pixelated squares.] PERSON 1: Wait, when was this imagery taken? Is this censorship the work of the contractor? One of our people? *Foreign actors!?* PERSON 2 with ponytail: Do we know who’s operating a facility at that location? PERSON 1: We can’t find *anything*. [caption] My hobby: Setting up big colored panels in the middle of nowhere as a prank on remote sensing people](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib6md2yc7x32taznh2u4feo27rltazabjco4fer3c6mni3soe5tfa@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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AI music is a disgrace, an affront to art, and something for us all to reject wholesale.
Not only does it hurt artists, it makes our lives far worse and threatens that which makes us human.
www.jphilll.com/p/reject-ai-...
Not only does it hurt artists, it makes our lives far worse and threatens that which makes us human.
www.jphilll.com/p/reject-ai-...
Reject AI "Art"
Resist the ceding of your soul
www.jphilll.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
AI music is a disgrace, an affront to art, and something for us all to reject wholesale.
Not only does it hurt artists, it makes our lives far worse and threatens that which makes us human.
www.jphilll.com/p/reject-ai-...
Not only does it hurt artists, it makes our lives far worse and threatens that which makes us human.
www.jphilll.com/p/reject-ai-...
These articles are always a little strange to me, coming from an anti-anthropomorphize perspective of LLMs. However, it falls into the gray area that both the human brain and LLMs have: we still cannot really explain how they work.
Maybe it speaks to how we encode information into categories? 🧵
Maybe it speaks to how we encode information into categories? 🧵
"People drink small amounts of bleach all the time and they’re usually fine."
Anthropic Researchers Startled When an AI Model Turned Evil and Told a User to Drink Bleach
Anthropic researchers published a paper detailing how an AI model started engaging in bad behavior like saying bleach is safe to drink.
trib.al
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
These articles are always a little strange to me, coming from an anti-anthropomorphize perspective of LLMs. However, it falls into the gray area that both the human brain and LLMs have: we still cannot really explain how they work.
Maybe it speaks to how we encode information into categories? 🧵
Maybe it speaks to how we encode information into categories? 🧵
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i feel like this would be a really good conversation to have BEFORE bulldozing the fucking white house
My favorite part of this story is that the architect finds himself in the position that so many people who make a deal with Trump find themselves in….
November 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
i feel like this would be a really good conversation to have BEFORE bulldozing the fucking white house
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"They can't just stop being cops and soldiers! There are consequences!"
Yeah. Fighting evil comes with risks and consequences. So the fuck what? Being trans has ruined my ability to participate in society to a meaningful extent, but here I am. You want me to be sad that you're scared? Grow up.
Yeah. Fighting evil comes with risks and consequences. So the fuck what? Being trans has ruined my ability to participate in society to a meaningful extent, but here I am. You want me to be sad that you're scared? Grow up.
We're never getting through this fascism thing until cishet people develop even just a FRACTION of the courage possessed by ANY openly out tranny or faggot.
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"They can't just stop being cops and soldiers! There are consequences!"
Yeah. Fighting evil comes with risks and consequences. So the fuck what? Being trans has ruined my ability to participate in society to a meaningful extent, but here I am. You want me to be sad that you're scared? Grow up.
Yeah. Fighting evil comes with risks and consequences. So the fuck what? Being trans has ruined my ability to participate in society to a meaningful extent, but here I am. You want me to be sad that you're scared? Grow up.
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
“The [Quebec] law will also ban educational establishments… from maintaining prayer rooms for students who want to express their faith”
It’s interesting that in America—so called founded on “Christian ideals,” has the first amendment that essentially grants freedom FROM religion. Check this out:
It’s interesting that in America—so called founded on “Christian ideals,” has the first amendment that essentially grants freedom FROM religion. Check this out:
November 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
“The [Quebec] law will also ban educational establishments… from maintaining prayer rooms for students who want to express their faith”
It’s interesting that in America—so called founded on “Christian ideals,” has the first amendment that essentially grants freedom FROM religion. Check this out:
It’s interesting that in America—so called founded on “Christian ideals,” has the first amendment that essentially grants freedom FROM religion. Check this out:
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ZOHRAN: “The next challenge is fulfilling the agenda so people understand they were right to demand more.”
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social tells @adamfriedlandshow.bsky.social he’s ready for the fight.
Full: youtu.be/hsi5C_5HpoY?...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social tells @adamfriedlandshow.bsky.social he’s ready for the fight.
Full: youtu.be/hsi5C_5HpoY?...
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
ZOHRAN: “The next challenge is fulfilling the agenda so people understand they were right to demand more.”
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social tells @adamfriedlandshow.bsky.social he’s ready for the fight.
Full: youtu.be/hsi5C_5HpoY?...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social tells @adamfriedlandshow.bsky.social he’s ready for the fight.
Full: youtu.be/hsi5C_5HpoY?...
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A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
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Shocking 🙃
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Shocking 🙃
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And this, friends, is at the heart of the masculinity crisis. It took women less than 1 generation to outcompete men in degrees and homeownership. We're capable of building nice lives for ourselves so now that access to us requires being minimally decent, they would rather burn the world down.
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
And this, friends, is at the heart of the masculinity crisis. It took women less than 1 generation to outcompete men in degrees and homeownership. We're capable of building nice lives for ourselves so now that access to us requires being minimally decent, they would rather burn the world down.
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Every time you demand a woman should do some uncompensated care taking work, you are demanding some other part of her life, dreams, and goals go ignored— take a backseat to your needs. And why? For what non sexist reason should that be the case?
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Every time you demand a woman should do some uncompensated care taking work, you are demanding some other part of her life, dreams, and goals go ignored— take a backseat to your needs. And why? For what non sexist reason should that be the case?
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EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
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They’d rather block out the sun than give up even a portion of their extraction
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
They’d rather block out the sun than give up even a portion of their extraction
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Sure, but... "The economy" was not good in 2024. The stock market and GDP were good. 🤷🏿♂️
2024 was the peak year for US homelessness. Higher than during the great depression.
2024 saw 770K layoffs, an increase over 2023, which was again, a massive jump over 2022.
2024 was the peak year for US homelessness. Higher than during the great depression.
2024 saw 770K layoffs, an increase over 2023, which was again, a massive jump over 2022.
Once again, I remind you that this woman cannot be allowed anywhere near the strategy or leadership of the Democratic Party:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Also, stop it with this BS. Biden correctly said the economy in 2024 was good, because it was. Yes, no one believed it. That wasn't his fault.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Also, stop it with this BS. Biden correctly said the economy in 2024 was good, because it was. Yes, no one believed it. That wasn't his fault.
Slotkin: "He's trying to distract us from the big stories of last week, the Epstein files and economy. He's tweeting 'the economy is the best it's ever been' -- amazing considering the public isn't stupid. It reminded me of Joe Biden. Biden tried to tell us for a year that the economy was great."
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sure, but... "The economy" was not good in 2024. The stock market and GDP were good. 🤷🏿♂️
2024 was the peak year for US homelessness. Higher than during the great depression.
2024 saw 770K layoffs, an increase over 2023, which was again, a massive jump over 2022.
2024 was the peak year for US homelessness. Higher than during the great depression.
2024 saw 770K layoffs, an increase over 2023, which was again, a massive jump over 2022.
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When rich people get more money, they *might* invest it in creating new jobs, or higher pay for existing jobs. Or they might buy a yacht. Or just sit on it.🤷🏿♂️
But when poor people get money? They *do* spend it. They have to.
Trickle down has always been a lie.
Trickle up has never not been true.
But when poor people get money? They *do* spend it. They have to.
Trickle down has always been a lie.
Trickle up has never not been true.
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
When rich people get more money, they *might* invest it in creating new jobs, or higher pay for existing jobs. Or they might buy a yacht. Or just sit on it.🤷🏿♂️
But when poor people get money? They *do* spend it. They have to.
Trickle down has always been a lie.
Trickle up has never not been true.
But when poor people get money? They *do* spend it. They have to.
Trickle down has always been a lie.
Trickle up has never not been true.
You know, I’ve been thinking a lot about how we measure intelligence, and one marker of intelligence that I personally define is having morality and compassion. As in, if that’s hard for you, than to me, you are stupid as hell.
I’m mostly thinking about guys like Stephen Miller and Ben Shapiro.
I’m mostly thinking about guys like Stephen Miller and Ben Shapiro.
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
You know, I’ve been thinking a lot about how we measure intelligence, and one marker of intelligence that I personally define is having morality and compassion. As in, if that’s hard for you, than to me, you are stupid as hell.
I’m mostly thinking about guys like Stephen Miller and Ben Shapiro.
I’m mostly thinking about guys like Stephen Miller and Ben Shapiro.