Defiant Jazz
@haydnout.bsky.social
Not that kind of Karen.
PhD.
Haydnout and hunkering down til midterms.
PhD.
Haydnout and hunkering down til midterms.
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The dust from the bombings has begun to settle but the tRvmp Regime’s plan to “run” #Venezuela is still a great big ❓
No clear plans for democratic elections, nation building or regime change have been presented.
Timothy Snyder presents 4 historic precedents…
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
No clear plans for democratic elections, nation building or regime change have been presented.
Timothy Snyder presents 4 historic precedents…
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Venezuela: The Precedents
And America: The Future
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The dust from the bombings has begun to settle but the tRvmp Regime’s plan to “run” #Venezuela is still a great big ❓
No clear plans for democratic elections, nation building or regime change have been presented.
Timothy Snyder presents 4 historic precedents…
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
No clear plans for democratic elections, nation building or regime change have been presented.
Timothy Snyder presents 4 historic precedents…
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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"We're losing because there are always moments when we lose" is a lesson that Ta-Nahisi Coates understands intuitively, and that Ezra Klein has never had to, and that difference speaks volumes about American history.
of all the things about ta-nehisi coates’s philosophy i wish people would internalize the main one is: sometimes you lose
September 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"We're losing because there are always moments when we lose" is a lesson that Ta-Nahisi Coates understands intuitively, and that Ezra Klein has never had to, and that difference speaks volumes about American history.
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Listening to this, it also feels like more evidence of how far some white people will go to defend white innocence, will invent space for themselves outside history. And when someone they say they respect patiently walks them through this, for all their valorization of “listening,” they won’t.
This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
www.nytimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Listening to this, it also feels like more evidence of how far some white people will go to defend white innocence, will invent space for themselves outside history. And when someone they say they respect patiently walks them through this, for all their valorization of “listening,” they won’t.
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Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
Read about Commonsense Guardrails for Using Advanced Technology in Schools aiinstruction.org/sites/defaul...
aiinstruction.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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AI, ‘Populism’ and the Centibillionaire Shangri-La talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ai-po...
AI, ‘Populism’ and the Centibillionaire Shangri-La
A few days ago, I was looking at one of the many...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
AI, ‘Populism’ and the Centibillionaire Shangri-La talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ai-po...
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Keep speaking up, Bernie! 💙
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Keep speaking up, Bernie! 💙
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“When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write.“
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
“When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write.“
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This quote from the Atlantic is right & true! One odd thing is how these points, which have been obvious for several years to anyone who spent five minutes considering how LLMs work & what education is, are finally coalescing into the standard take from the center of middlebrow opinion—why only now?
“Based on the available evidence, the skills that future graduates will most need in the AI era—creative thinking, the capacity to learn new things, flexible modes of analysis—are precisely those that are likely to be eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.”
“When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write.“
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This quote from the Atlantic is right & true! One odd thing is how these points, which have been obvious for several years to anyone who spent five minutes considering how LLMs work & what education is, are finally coalescing into the standard take from the center of middlebrow opinion—why only now?
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Yup.
It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Yup.
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Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
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Biden thought he could “heal the soul of the nation” and bring us all together. As optimistic as that idea was, it was wrong.
We won’t move forward by unifying. We’ll move forward by trying the corrupt fascists and showing the law *will* be enforced.
We won’t move forward by unifying. We’ll move forward by trying the corrupt fascists and showing the law *will* be enforced.
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Biden thought he could “heal the soul of the nation” and bring us all together. As optimistic as that idea was, it was wrong.
We won’t move forward by unifying. We’ll move forward by trying the corrupt fascists and showing the law *will* be enforced.
We won’t move forward by unifying. We’ll move forward by trying the corrupt fascists and showing the law *will* be enforced.
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I don't want to read another puff piece asking if AI is sentient (it's not).
I want to read pieces, many of them, explaining to everyone why they should divest from AI like today (emotionally, professionally, financially). Lots more.
I want to read pieces, many of them, explaining to everyone why they should divest from AI like today (emotionally, professionally, financially). Lots more.
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I don't want to read another puff piece asking if AI is sentient (it's not).
I want to read pieces, many of them, explaining to everyone why they should divest from AI like today (emotionally, professionally, financially). Lots more.
I want to read pieces, many of them, explaining to everyone why they should divest from AI like today (emotionally, professionally, financially). Lots more.
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Here’s our next opportunity.
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Here’s our next opportunity.
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BUY NOTHING this Friday from Amazon, Target and Home Depot (at least!). #WeaintBuyingIt
This Black Friday weekend we are going to send a message to corporations that enable Trump and the MAGA agenda: #WeAintBuyingIt
😠 Are you sick of corporations enabling this administration by ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chasing tax breaks?
❌💲 From Thanksgiving morning through nighttime Cyber Monday, BUY NOTHING from Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. Join us & spread the word! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫
❌💲 From Thanksgiving morning through nighttime Cyber Monday, BUY NOTHING from Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. Join us & spread the word! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
BUY NOTHING this Friday from Amazon, Target and Home Depot (at least!). #WeaintBuyingIt
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We know it's difficult to commit to a shopping blackout from Nov 25 - Dec 2, but it’s worth considering no or minimal shopping during this time.
Let Amazon, Home Depot, Starbucks, Target, Walmart, and others know there are costs to capitulation to the Trump regime.
Let Amazon, Home Depot, Starbucks, Target, Walmart, and others know there are costs to capitulation to the Trump regime.
How to Christmas shop when boycotting Amazon, Target, & Walmart
Boycotting Amazon, Walmart, & Target, but still want to give Christmas gifts? I created this ethical shopping guide to help myself this year. It includes a boycott list, experience gift ideas & more.
plandothrive.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We know it's difficult to commit to a shopping blackout from Nov 25 - Dec 2, but it’s worth considering no or minimal shopping during this time.
Let Amazon, Home Depot, Starbucks, Target, Walmart, and others know there are costs to capitulation to the Trump regime.
Let Amazon, Home Depot, Starbucks, Target, Walmart, and others know there are costs to capitulation to the Trump regime.
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“Keep your head up” is a piece of advice from Yale historian
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
on how to resist autocratic leaders. His #CupOfJoe is important to steer us towards saving democracy.
Take it all in.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
on how to resist autocratic leaders. His #CupOfJoe is important to steer us towards saving democracy.
Take it all in.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“Keep your head up” is a piece of advice from Yale historian
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
on how to resist autocratic leaders. His #CupOfJoe is important to steer us towards saving democracy.
Take it all in.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
@timothysnyder.bsky.social
on how to resist autocratic leaders. His #CupOfJoe is important to steer us towards saving democracy.
Take it all in.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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Well well well.
THIRTY DAY CLOCK STARTS (checks watch) NOW.
THIRTY DAY CLOCK STARTS (checks watch) NOW.
BREAKING:
Trump says he has signed into law the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Trump says he has signed into law the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Well well well.
THIRTY DAY CLOCK STARTS (checks watch) NOW.
THIRTY DAY CLOCK STARTS (checks watch) NOW.
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Are you one of the people who is under the faulty impression that Pam Bondi can withhold all of the Epstein files pursuant to a sham investigation?
If so, you’re not going to want to miss today’s ResistanceLive.
youtube.com/live/xEB1mOJ...
If so, you’re not going to want to miss today’s ResistanceLive.
youtube.com/live/xEB1mOJ...
SHOCKER! Epstein Bill Passes Almost UNANIMOUSLY-- BUT WHAT'S NEXT?!
YouTube video by Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Are you one of the people who is under the faulty impression that Pam Bondi can withhold all of the Epstein files pursuant to a sham investigation?
If so, you’re not going to want to miss today’s ResistanceLive.
youtube.com/live/xEB1mOJ...
If so, you’re not going to want to miss today’s ResistanceLive.
youtube.com/live/xEB1mOJ...
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Commentators who are telling you that Bondi can just classify the files or withhold everything due to an investigation haven’t read the bill.
Begging people to watch my line by line breakdown of the bill so people understand the limitations.
bsky.app/profile/ecmc...
Begging people to watch my line by line breakdown of the bill so people understand the limitations.
bsky.app/profile/ecmc...
Are you one of the people who is under the faulty impression that Pam Bondi can withhold all of the Epstein files pursuant to a sham investigation?
If so, you’re not going to want to miss today’s ResistanceLive.
youtube.com/live/xEB1mOJ...
If so, you’re not going to want to miss today’s ResistanceLive.
youtube.com/live/xEB1mOJ...
SHOCKER! Epstein Bill Passes Almost UNANIMOUSLY-- BUT WHAT'S NEXT?!
YouTube video by Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin
youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Commentators who are telling you that Bondi can just classify the files or withhold everything due to an investigation haven’t read the bill.
Begging people to watch my line by line breakdown of the bill so people understand the limitations.
bsky.app/profile/ecmc...
Begging people to watch my line by line breakdown of the bill so people understand the limitations.
bsky.app/profile/ecmc...