Zach S
@zsommers.bsky.social
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There are plenty of other terrible things about generative AI but overall my objection to it is spiritual and I just can’t really get into arguments about that. That objection doesn’t extend to every use case for it, but as far as generating anything “imaginative”, those are all graven images to me
February 18, 2026 at 1:02 AM
There are plenty of other terrible things about generative AI but overall my objection to it is spiritual and I just can’t really get into arguments about that. That objection doesn’t extend to every use case for it, but as far as generating anything “imaginative”, those are all graven images to me
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Sorry, which university courses did you pick when you earned a degree, you rancid silver-spooned loser?
“You’re picking basket-weaving courses, and there’s not too many baskets being sold out there.” The hell?? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ford tells students to not pick 'basket-weaving courses' in wake of OSAP cuts | CBC News
Premier Doug Ford had choice words for students expressing concerns over cuts to OSAP grants Tuesday, telling them to "not pick basket-weaving courses" and to invest in education that gives students i...
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February 17, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Sorry, which university courses did you pick when you earned a degree, you rancid silver-spooned loser?
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here's a helpful explainer if you've heard something or other about wrestling fans chanting "Fuck ICE" defector.com/why-the-hott...
Why The Hottest New Pro Wrestling Chant Is "Fuck ICE" | Defector
The most intriguing storyline in pro wrestling this month is not a title chase or a bloody feud, but whether or not fans are going to keep chanting “Fuck ICE” at shows. I am more than happy to explain...
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February 16, 2026 at 6:09 PM
here's a helpful explainer if you've heard something or other about wrestling fans chanting "Fuck ICE" defector.com/why-the-hott...
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One thing you see in both the smug dope from the Plain Dealer and the Cruise/Pitt clip is profound resentment at the idea that creative work is a skill with human variables--experience, instinct, practice, imagination. There is real anger at the very idea that non-technological human talent matters.
February 16, 2026 at 3:49 PM
One thing you see in both the smug dope from the Plain Dealer and the Cruise/Pitt clip is profound resentment at the idea that creative work is a skill with human variables--experience, instinct, practice, imagination. There is real anger at the very idea that non-technological human talent matters.
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They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.
Posting about ICE on Instagram is now enough to get you an “administrative subpoena.” 👀
@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.
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social media in general needs aggressive regulation but the whole world would be markedly better off if Meta in particular were just nuked from orbit
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
social media in general needs aggressive regulation but the whole world would be markedly better off if Meta in particular were just nuked from orbit
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Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet:
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet:
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
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Yeah I’m looking for my dog (girlfriend who has a restraining order against me and she has a dog) and here’s the picture of the dog (she walks this dog and I can use it to figure out her schedule) thanks for sending all footage my way
February 9, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Yeah I’m looking for my dog (girlfriend who has a restraining order against me and she has a dog) and here’s the picture of the dog (she walks this dog and I can use it to figure out her schedule) thanks for sending all footage my way
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The best part is how the admonishment came almost as an afterthought, as he was about to end the call:
A public servant texted Doug Ford's number to express concern with his government's return-to-office mandate.
They received a voicemail suggesting they "go get another job."
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
They received a voicemail suggesting they "go get another job."
pressprogress.ca/public-serva...
Public Servant Surprised by Voicemail from Doug Ford Suggesting They ‘Get Another Job’
The worker had messaged Ford's number to express concern about the Ontario government's return-to-office mandate
pressprogress.ca
February 4, 2026 at 10:53 PM
The best part is how the admonishment came almost as an afterthought, as he was about to end the call:
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In my opinion these people are the real heroes of the resistance to ICE. There’s no credit, no one can talk about their work (because they directly contact vulnerable families). It’s expensive and dreary and neverending. ICE follows them around. But they refuse to abandon their neighbors
This is what one afternoon drop looks like for one (1) Minneapolis mutual aid distributor (read: random mom who wants to help families at her kids’ schools)
February 4, 2026 at 5:26 PM
In my opinion these people are the real heroes of the resistance to ICE. There’s no credit, no one can talk about their work (because they directly contact vulnerable families). It’s expensive and dreary and neverending. ICE follows them around. But they refuse to abandon their neighbors
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Federal paramilitaries running up on the rooftops to fire irritants and flash bangs down into a peaceable assembly full of little kids
I was there. They were indiscriminately firing multiple canisters into a huge peaceful crowd. Fucking cowards
February 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Federal paramilitaries running up on the rooftops to fire irritants and flash bangs down into a peaceable assembly full of little kids
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Not to continuously relitigate the failed generation of Congress, but sitting idly by as tech companies destroyed any semblance of American privacy turned out to be a really nice gift to the worst people on earth. At least they got a few years of PAC donations out of it (what truly matters).
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Not to continuously relitigate the failed generation of Congress, but sitting idly by as tech companies destroyed any semblance of American privacy turned out to be a really nice gift to the worst people on earth. At least they got a few years of PAC donations out of it (what truly matters).
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getting feds to say shit like this on camera with their face exposed is NUTS -- you can not reform this agency, everyone involved must go, there is no practical way to root out all of these guys
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 6:10 PM
getting feds to say shit like this on camera with their face exposed is NUTS -- you can not reform this agency, everyone involved must go, there is no practical way to root out all of these guys
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
Do you honestly think people in the civil rights movement and other nonviolent movements faced no violence themselves? They practiced nonviolence because it works, because the oppressor wants a shooting war, which is the war it will win
How's your non-violent working Mr Gandhi stancil? They will kill each and everyone of you right if they had the chance and you will still be writing Kumbaya.
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Nonviolence is, in fact, working. This administration is weaker than it was a year ago. More and more of the public is becoming galvanized against it; its agents are being impeded.
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The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is not to convince the regime they're wrong.
The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself.
We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.
The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself.
We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.
January 24, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is not to convince the regime they're wrong.
The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself.
We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.
The goal of nonviolent civil resistance is to convince the people to work together to make it impossible for the regime to sustain itself.
We aren't nonviolent for the regime. We're nonviolent for each other.
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This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This random online comment from 2018 remains one of the last half-century's most important works of political commentary. crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
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Every single one of them is risking their lives against death squads to prove that the fascist vision of America, a country where we hate everyone different than ourselves, is a fucking lie
I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.
January 24, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Every single one of them is risking their lives against death squads to prove that the fascist vision of America, a country where we hate everyone different than ourselves, is a fucking lie
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the thing is you can't have both of these, because parents shouldn't have the right to sentence their kids to exclusion from schools, sports teams, and other clubs and activities due to their own ignorance. that's child abuse
I do think parents should absolutely have the right to choose not to vaccinate their kids.
I also think schools, sports teams, and other clubs or activities should absolutely have the right to exclude those who don’t want to participate in keeping these communities safe by getting vaccinated.
I also think schools, sports teams, and other clubs or activities should absolutely have the right to exclude those who don’t want to participate in keeping these communities safe by getting vaccinated.
January 23, 2026 at 8:14 PM
the thing is you can't have both of these, because parents shouldn't have the right to sentence their kids to exclusion from schools, sports teams, and other clubs and activities due to their own ignorance. that's child abuse
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Brad² contorting himself in a desperate attempt to achieve higher office has been one of the saddest stories of Toronto politics. Nobody believes a word he says because its so obvious he'll say whatever to be the next Doug Dougford, but he has none of the (unfortunate) political savvy of a Ford.
On the left: Councillor Brad Bradford in 2020, joining with a small group of councillors to support taking a look at heated pavement as a way to encourage more winter cycling.
On the right: Brad Bradford in 2026, doing whatever this is.
On the right: Brad Bradford in 2026, doing whatever this is.
January 23, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Brad² contorting himself in a desperate attempt to achieve higher office has been one of the saddest stories of Toronto politics. Nobody believes a word he says because its so obvious he'll say whatever to be the next Doug Dougford, but he has none of the (unfortunate) political savvy of a Ford.
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There's also been a shift in character in activism.
In Trump's first term, the big actions were symbolic protests designed to make a narrative impact.
In Trump's second term, we are seeing actions designed to practically frustrate an authoritarian crackdown on civil liberties.
In Trump's first term, the big actions were symbolic protests designed to make a narrative impact.
In Trump's second term, we are seeing actions designed to practically frustrate an authoritarian crackdown on civil liberties.
One of the big trends in opposition activism during Trump 2.0 has been the localism of protest. This level of organizing is pretty astonishing to watch, and anyone who insists that there haven't been any protests against Trump is simply ignoring it www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
January 23, 2026 at 2:44 PM
There's also been a shift in character in activism.
In Trump's first term, the big actions were symbolic protests designed to make a narrative impact.
In Trump's second term, we are seeing actions designed to practically frustrate an authoritarian crackdown on civil liberties.
In Trump's first term, the big actions were symbolic protests designed to make a narrative impact.
In Trump's second term, we are seeing actions designed to practically frustrate an authoritarian crackdown on civil liberties.
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Thousands and thousands and thousands of Minneapolitans putting aside their jobs, lives, their personal safety and comfort, and all their petty differences and turning up in staggering numbers, with no guarantee this nightmare will end in a week or a month or a year. They’re all heroes
January 23, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Thousands and thousands and thousands of Minneapolitans putting aside their jobs, lives, their personal safety and comfort, and all their petty differences and turning up in staggering numbers, with no guarantee this nightmare will end in a week or a month or a year. They’re all heroes
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Shit like this is why it’s been fuck AI from day one. Always where it was heading.
The White House posted an edited photo of the activist involved in the Minneapolis church protest, made to look like she was crying.
January 22, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Shit like this is why it’s been fuck AI from day one. Always where it was heading.
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guys minneapolis is a living hell today. they've tear-gassed so many people, tear-gassed a park, beaten people up in front of me. greg bovino is rolling around to gas stations and posing in front of them, trying to cause a riot.
January 21, 2026 at 9:33 PM
guys minneapolis is a living hell today. they've tear-gassed so many people, tear-gassed a park, beaten people up in front of me. greg bovino is rolling around to gas stations and posing in front of them, trying to cause a riot.
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How Bill Simmons went all in: defector.com/how-bill-sim...
How Bill Simmons Went All In | Defector
The following is excerpted from a chapter of Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling, by Danny Funt. The book is available for purchase now. Bill Simmons never seemed like…
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January 21, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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