BitterITLeftist
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SE Michigan based, Madison born. Nothing is too good for the working class. Free Palestine and abolish "AI". linguistics stan. "insane jewish communist"
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extremely sad news that Asad Haider has passed away. i didn't know him personally but it'd be impossible to overstate how important his writing and editing in Viewpoint was to my trajectory. as I said last night, we are losing too many comrades.
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
extremely sad news that Asad Haider has passed away. i didn't know him personally but it'd be impossible to overstate how important his writing and editing in Viewpoint was to my trajectory. as I said last night, we are losing too many comrades.
i want to buy this but i know i'd just get too mad www.connollybooks.org/product/fasc...
Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order In Wellness
'Namaste, fascists! An original and entertaining analysis of the dubious origins of the Western middle class's favourite postural exercise! The practice of yoga promises peace, self-realisation and re...
www.connollybooks.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
i want to buy this but i know i'd just get too mad www.connollybooks.org/product/fasc...
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Are you a UM student or worker? DEMAND a better world!! We will not be the war machine!!
Sign the petition @ bit.ly/UMNoDataCenterPetition
Sign the petition @ bit.ly/UMNoDataCenterPetition
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Are you a UM student or worker? DEMAND a better world!! We will not be the war machine!!
Sign the petition @ bit.ly/UMNoDataCenterPetition
Sign the petition @ bit.ly/UMNoDataCenterPetition
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Big news for Saline!! We need to keep up public pressure to completely kill the ex parte application! See below!
December 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Big news for Saline!! We need to keep up public pressure to completely kill the ex parte application! See below!
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The sandwich newsletter is back!!! Prepare to learn more than you ever thought you would about pastrami! Origin myths! Disputes! An outstanding historical mystery! Yiddish ballads! Unlikely lyricism! The Armenian Church takes a stand! buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Notable Sandwiches #132: Pastrami
Hello, and welcome back to the Sword and the Sandwich! I’ve been struggling with a particularly pernicious case of writer’s block, for months now. Not being...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The sandwich newsletter is back!!! Prepare to learn more than you ever thought you would about pastrami! Origin myths! Disputes! An outstanding historical mystery! Yiddish ballads! Unlikely lyricism! The Armenian Church takes a stand! buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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all these mergers are ushering in the creation of North Central Positronics Ltd., which i’m sure will not effect anything in a negative way. nothing to worry about as far as beams or towers go i’m sure
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
all these mergers are ushering in the creation of North Central Positronics Ltd., which i’m sure will not effect anything in a negative way. nothing to worry about as far as beams or towers go i’m sure
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Bernie Sanders keeps saying the most wrong headed about AI and paling around with Geoffery Hinton. We write more about it here --
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
Bernie Sanders Falls for Mathy-Maths and Doomer Gloom
Bernie Sanders published an op-ed in The Guardian this week, warning of the existential dangers posed to civilization by AI.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Bernie Sanders keeps saying the most wrong headed about AI and paling around with Geoffery Hinton. We write more about it here --
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
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Ypsilanti Township demands the state pull back a $100 million grant to University of Michigan for a proposed data center the college is developing with Los Alamos National Laboratory. planetdetroit.org/2025/12/ypsi...
What we're reading: Ypsilanti Township wants $100 million in state funds for U of M data center revoked
Ypsilanti Township officials want Michigan to revoke a $100 million grant given to U-M for a data center, alleging "bait and switch" by the university.
planetdetroit.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ypsilanti Township demands the state pull back a $100 million grant to University of Michigan for a proposed data center the college is developing with Los Alamos National Laboratory. planetdetroit.org/2025/12/ypsi...
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turbo libs are negatively polarizing themselves into defending F-150s in the quote tweets lol
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
turbo libs are negatively polarizing themselves into defending F-150s in the quote tweets lol
i don't completely buy the argument that because the building trades have been shit on by the democratic party, they get a free pass to build concentration camps and data centers
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
i don't completely buy the argument that because the building trades have been shit on by the democratic party, they get a free pass to build concentration camps and data centers
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Cloudflare is just one guy holding two cables together. The entire internet runs through them. He is being electrocuted 24/7 but holds on because he knows people need the world wide web. When he passes out from pain & exhaustion we get 404 errors
December 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Cloudflare is just one guy holding two cables together. The entire internet runs through them. He is being electrocuted 24/7 but holds on because he knows people need the world wide web. When he passes out from pain & exhaustion we get 404 errors
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AI Is Not Inevitable
join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
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join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
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December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
AI Is Not Inevitable
join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
one of those too-cold-for-the-dog-to-go-out-much days
December 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
one of those too-cold-for-the-dog-to-go-out-much days
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"We can and must resist narratives of inevitability through collective labor action and strategic refusal." (The AI Con, p.164)
So thankful to have an opportunity to be in conversation with @alexhanna.bsky.social this evening with @ali-alkhatib.com's book club!
So thankful to have an opportunity to be in conversation with @alexhanna.bsky.social this evening with @ali-alkhatib.com's book club!
December 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"We can and must resist narratives of inevitability through collective labor action and strategic refusal." (The AI Con, p.164)
So thankful to have an opportunity to be in conversation with @alexhanna.bsky.social this evening with @ali-alkhatib.com's book club!
So thankful to have an opportunity to be in conversation with @alexhanna.bsky.social this evening with @ali-alkhatib.com's book club!
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It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
i think we need a moratorium on a*** k*** posting, he is obviously just attention seeking / trying to boost stock value with fashy statements
December 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
i think we need a moratorium on a*** k*** posting, he is obviously just attention seeking / trying to boost stock value with fashy statements
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Our latest exhibit at Chicago Gamespace is on Zork - coming on Saturday, December 6 (also my b-day).
www.chicagogamespace.com/exhibitions/...
For it, I also created a video about Zork with help of my good friend Alex @theycreateworlds.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-_M...
www.chicagogamespace.com/exhibitions/...
For it, I also created a video about Zork with help of my good friend Alex @theycreateworlds.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-_M...
Zork - The Beginnings of Video Game Storytelling
YouTube video by Chicago Gamespace
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December 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Our latest exhibit at Chicago Gamespace is on Zork - coming on Saturday, December 6 (also my b-day).
www.chicagogamespace.com/exhibitions/...
For it, I also created a video about Zork with help of my good friend Alex @theycreateworlds.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-_M...
www.chicagogamespace.com/exhibitions/...
For it, I also created a video about Zork with help of my good friend Alex @theycreateworlds.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-_M...
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Thanks for the shout-out, @violetblue.bsky.social!
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December 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Thanks for the shout-out, @violetblue.bsky.social!
Threat Model, an invaluable resource for Covid-related news, free every Thursday.
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There isn't a single young Jewish kid protesting for Palestine who doesn't know which river and what sea...and I can't decide if she is really that ignorant and doesn't know this (which means she doesn't know any Jewish kids) or if she is straight up lying on a public stage
Hillary Clinton sassing off "young Jewish Americans who don't know their own history" in a way that is disgustingly antisemitic. "They say from the river to the sea...they don't even know which river and which sea!" Fuck off.
December 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
There isn't a single young Jewish kid protesting for Palestine who doesn't know which river and what sea...and I can't decide if she is really that ignorant and doesn't know this (which means she doesn't know any Jewish kids) or if she is straight up lying on a public stage
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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like the most consistent position from elected Democrats is demanding to see the evidence to justify these strikes. that's not an anti-war position.
the Democratic Party has comprehensively failed to oppose either war with Venezuela or these boat strikes beyond a handful of statements and media hits about how one of them violates the rules of war.
I'm not saying they *support* it. but they are not even attempting to lead the opposition to it.
I'm not saying they *support* it. but they are not even attempting to lead the opposition to it.
December 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
like the most consistent position from elected Democrats is demanding to see the evidence to justify these strikes. that's not an anti-war position.
the Democratic Party is so useless that even outright con men like Shri look better than most Dems on this
"On Monday, Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York dismissed the possibility of impeaching Hegseth."
"On Monday, Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York dismissed the possibility of impeaching Hegseth."
December 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
the Democratic Party is so useless that even outright con men like Shri look better than most Dems on this
"On Monday, Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York dismissed the possibility of impeaching Hegseth."
"On Monday, Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York dismissed the possibility of impeaching Hegseth."
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Detroit Democrat Shri Thanedar has filed articles of impeachment against another Trump administration official.
Shri Thanedar files articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth - Detroit Metro Times
U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar has filed articles of impeachment against another Trump administration official. On Wednesday, the Detroit Democrat filed articles of impeachment against U.S. Secretary of Defe...
www.metrotimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Detroit Democrat Shri Thanedar has filed articles of impeachment against another Trump administration official.