Khazad Doom
@khazad-doom.bsky.social
The digital revolution & its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
Tolkien does not belong to the technophiles.
Tolkien does not belong to the technophiles.
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Khazad Doom
@khazad-doom.bsky.social
· Nov 4
Disruption. Destruction. Desolation.
The tech elites have an obsession with razing the society around them, and it is sickening.
Seeking to displace and dominate others, more than anything else, is nothing but evil.
But maybe their collective dream is to preside over the ruins.
The tech elites have an obsession with razing the society around them, and it is sickening.
Seeking to displace and dominate others, more than anything else, is nothing but evil.
But maybe their collective dream is to preside over the ruins.
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Me at age 13: hahaha the internet is so funny i wish the entire world worked like this
Me at age 31:
Me at age 31:
January 16, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Me at age 13: hahaha the internet is so funny i wish the entire world worked like this
Me at age 31:
Me at age 31:
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Our devotion to brands and franchises — rather than to the artists who create the stories we love — has turned fandom into a seemingly inexhaustible resource to be consumed forever by a class of corporate Doomsday Machines.
I’ve decided to re-examine my attachments.
I’ve decided to re-examine my attachments.
I Can Say Goodbye To Star Trek Because Star Trek Raised Me
Star Trek instilled in me many of the same values that are taught in houses of worship across the world, but in my faith, there is no God to judge or punish me—I learned how to rely on my own moral co...
aftermath.site
January 15, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Our devotion to brands and franchises — rather than to the artists who create the stories we love — has turned fandom into a seemingly inexhaustible resource to be consumed forever by a class of corporate Doomsday Machines.
I’ve decided to re-examine my attachments.
I’ve decided to re-examine my attachments.
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A year into Trump’s second term and the nation is visibly destabilized. Internal divisions have hardened into open conflict, state and federal authorities are at odds, and our allies are quietly preparing to defend themselves from us.
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 AM
A year into Trump’s second term and the nation is visibly destabilized. Internal divisions have hardened into open conflict, state and federal authorities are at odds, and our allies are quietly preparing to defend themselves from us.
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Just the White House referencing “which way, western man” by William gayley Simpson (published by the National Alliance, the Neo Nazi group led by white nationalist William Luther Pierce of Turner Diaries fame) AND threatening Greenland in the same tweet.
January 14, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Just the White House referencing “which way, western man” by William gayley Simpson (published by the National Alliance, the Neo Nazi group led by white nationalist William Luther Pierce of Turner Diaries fame) AND threatening Greenland in the same tweet.
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Buying a home is over 150% more expensive than it was in 2019.
January 13, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Buying a home is over 150% more expensive than it was in 2019.
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
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The EPA will no longer consider how many lives are saved when setting pollution limits, the New York Times reports. Instead, it will consider the cost to businesses of complying with clean air regulations.
January 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
The EPA will no longer consider how many lives are saved when setting pollution limits, the New York Times reports. Instead, it will consider the cost to businesses of complying with clean air regulations.
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the first candidate to run in a program of mass imprisoning AI company executives will earn my vote
"To all the haters out there, keep it up. It's working."
—@davidgerard.co.uk
—@davidgerard.co.uk
US voters hate AI — and politicians are noticing
YouTube video by Pivot to AI
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 2:04 AM
the first candidate to run in a program of mass imprisoning AI company executives will earn my vote
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interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
January 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM
interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
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The murderer’s name is Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis
Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The murderer’s name is Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
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Starting tomorrow, the Trump administration is set to send notices to 1,000 student loan borrowers (first round) noticing them of an intent to garnish their wages for student loan debt.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
January 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Starting tomorrow, the Trump administration is set to send notices to 1,000 student loan borrowers (first round) noticing them of an intent to garnish their wages for student loan debt.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
This is cruel and unnecessary.
If you receive a notice, send it to us and we'll try to help.
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Everyone with ADHD knows how fast you ignore a reminder, whether digital or actual sticky note, after seeing it a few times. Your mind will glance right past it, almost immediately.
Todo list apps completely forget that this happens.
Todo list apps completely forget that this happens.
A cool audhd thing to do is make a lifescript to randomly pick shit for you to do: randomly spit out one of the books you're actively reading, things to study or a project you're working on, a room to clean, dish to make, etc.
Highly recommend outsourcing your executive function to dicerolls.
Highly recommend outsourcing your executive function to dicerolls.
January 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Everyone with ADHD knows how fast you ignore a reminder, whether digital or actual sticky note, after seeing it a few times. Your mind will glance right past it, almost immediately.
Todo list apps completely forget that this happens.
Todo list apps completely forget that this happens.
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Addendum: www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
The time has come to declare war on AI
"It's now in everything, even if you don't want it there."
www.sfgate.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Addendum: www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
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Césaire evokes the “prodigious mechanization, the mechanization of man; the gigantic rape of everything intimate, undamaged, undefiled that, despoiled as we are, our human spirit has still managed to preserve” in modern life.
nacla.org/boomerangs-o...
Reading kingsnorth
nacla.org/boomerangs-o...
Reading kingsnorth
January 4, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Césaire evokes the “prodigious mechanization, the mechanization of man; the gigantic rape of everything intimate, undamaged, undefiled that, despoiled as we are, our human spirit has still managed to preserve” in modern life.
nacla.org/boomerangs-o...
Reading kingsnorth
nacla.org/boomerangs-o...
Reading kingsnorth
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BREAKING: Zohran is signing two executive orders today to create a “Junk Fee Task Force” and crack down on subscription traps.
January 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM
BREAKING: Zohran is signing two executive orders today to create a “Junk Fee Task Force” and crack down on subscription traps.
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The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 AM
The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion.
This is the aftermath in one area
This is the aftermath in one area
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More people are questioning the effect of digital tech, AI, and even streaming on culture — and some are even going back to analog!
In light of that, this week we’re replaying a great interview with @lizpelly.bsky.social about music, streaming, and Spotify.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/309_...
In light of that, this week we’re replaying a great interview with @lizpelly.bsky.social about music, streaming, and Spotify.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/309_...
January 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
More people are questioning the effect of digital tech, AI, and even streaming on culture — and some are even going back to analog!
In light of that, this week we’re replaying a great interview with @lizpelly.bsky.social about music, streaming, and Spotify.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/309_...
In light of that, this week we’re replaying a great interview with @lizpelly.bsky.social about music, streaming, and Spotify.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/309_...
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Attacking a data center like it’s The Bastille, everyone fleeing with a bushels of RAM to desolder and resolder the chips. One peasant coded guy with a wheelbarrow of SFP+ modules. Manifesting this for 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Attacking a data center like it’s The Bastille, everyone fleeing with a bushels of RAM to desolder and resolder the chips. One peasant coded guy with a wheelbarrow of SFP+ modules. Manifesting this for 2026.
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If this year was about getting off US tech, 2026 is the year to reassess the digital revolution — what works, what doesn’t; what to keep, and what to reject.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
We need to reassess our relationship to digital tech
Getting off US tech led me to a wider questioning of digital convenience
disconnect.blog
December 31, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If this year was about getting off US tech, 2026 is the year to reassess the digital revolution — what works, what doesn’t; what to keep, and what to reject.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
I’ve only just started to consider what needs to change about how I use digital technology, but I’m excited to learn more next year.
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“There is an ascendant and erroneous idea that [sovereignty] means funding the Canadian tech sector. … There is scant time allotted to questioning the foundational assumption that more technology, or Canadian copies of it, are beneficial for sovereignty, or beneficial at all.” — @biancawylie.com
Less as more: decomputing in the age of tech accelerationism — Resources for today's policymakers
By Bianca Wylie In 2021, in the Journal of Social Computing, historian Jonnie Penn made the argument for “Algorithmic Silence: A Call to Decomputerize.” As he summarizes: “Tech critics become...
www.policyready.ca
December 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“There is an ascendant and erroneous idea that [sovereignty] means funding the Canadian tech sector. … There is scant time allotted to questioning the foundational assumption that more technology, or Canadian copies of it, are beneficial for sovereignty, or beneficial at all.” — @biancawylie.com
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Having to be constantly on alert for AI sludge is exhausting.
If you wanted to invent a technology to suck the joy out of as many parts of life as possible you'd struggle to do better than this LLM shite.
If you wanted to invent a technology to suck the joy out of as many parts of life as possible you'd struggle to do better than this LLM shite.
December 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Having to be constantly on alert for AI sludge is exhausting.
If you wanted to invent a technology to suck the joy out of as many parts of life as possible you'd struggle to do better than this LLM shite.
If you wanted to invent a technology to suck the joy out of as many parts of life as possible you'd struggle to do better than this LLM shite.
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thinking a lot about this piece i wrote almost two years ago and how much worse things have gotten just in that period of time.
i feel like the constituency is growing for a counterrevolution given how shit the tech companies and their effort to force full digitization on us are making everything.
i feel like the constituency is growing for a counterrevolution given how shit the tech companies and their effort to force full digitization on us are making everything.
The digital revolution has failed
The benefits of the internet are eroding. The AI boom is only accelerating their demise.
disconnect.blog
December 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
thinking a lot about this piece i wrote almost two years ago and how much worse things have gotten just in that period of time.
i feel like the constituency is growing for a counterrevolution given how shit the tech companies and their effort to force full digitization on us are making everything.
i feel like the constituency is growing for a counterrevolution given how shit the tech companies and their effort to force full digitization on us are making everything.
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BREAKING: Instacart is ending all price testing on its platform in the wake of this report.
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
BREAKING: Instacart is ending all price testing on its platform in the wake of this report.
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This is a wild hack. a16z gave a million dollars to startup called Doublespeed. They use a phone farm to flood social media with AI generated influencers and ads. A hacker remotely broke into the phone farm, unmasking the AI influencers/fake accounts, gave us the data www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is a wild hack. a16z gave a million dollars to startup called Doublespeed. They use a phone farm to flood social media with AI generated influencers and ads. A hacker remotely broke into the phone farm, unmasking the AI influencers/fake accounts, gave us the data www.404media.co/hack-reveals...