Prof. Chop
@matthewji.bsky.social
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Smash Robots. Read, Rock, Rebel!
AI is not inevitable.
$98 billion in planned AI data center development was derailed in a single quarter last year by community organizing and pushback, more than all disruptions tracked since 2023.
www.datacenterwatch.org/q22025
www.datacenterwatch.org/q22025
Data Center Watch Report Q2 2025 UPDATE — Data Center Watch
www.datacenterwatch.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
AI is not inevitable.
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NEW from Important Context:
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
www.importantcontext.news
January 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
NEW from Important Context:
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
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i want to stress again that every time i try to explain this shit to normal people i sound like i have to be institutionalized
January 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
i want to stress again that every time i try to explain this shit to normal people i sound like i have to be institutionalized
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Please say “ethnic cleansing” when posting this stuff because that’s what they’re broadcasting. They’re broadcasting plans to engage in ethnic cleansing.
DHS now says it's aiming for 100 million deportations. In an amazing coincidence, there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now.
![@DHSgov on X: The peace of a nation no longer besieged by the third world.
[Image of a beach] America after 100 million deportations](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreiccvipzc5mayvbrzoo3cxhkp2iayuhphh4grk6lziqajuk7d2leee@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Please say “ethnic cleansing” when posting this stuff because that’s what they’re broadcasting. They’re broadcasting plans to engage in ethnic cleansing.
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When we say the Trump regime is white supremacist, we must acknowledge their end goal: to eliminate those of us who aren't white (or white enough, or loyal enough, or whatever else enough)
All fascist projects are about "purifying" the "nation" to distract us from the actions of the robber barons
All fascist projects are about "purifying" the "nation" to distract us from the actions of the robber barons
January 1, 2026 at 2:22 AM
When we say the Trump regime is white supremacist, we must acknowledge their end goal: to eliminate those of us who aren't white (or white enough, or loyal enough, or whatever else enough)
All fascist projects are about "purifying" the "nation" to distract us from the actions of the robber barons
All fascist projects are about "purifying" the "nation" to distract us from the actions of the robber barons
Love this sooooo much for all of us!!!
Sooo many folks I’m excited to work with on Mamdani’s technology transition committee. All hands on deck to bring the Affordability Agenda to life: childcare, housing, transportation.
While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.
While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Love this sooooo much for all of us!!!
Nothing … NOTHING will protect you from these psychopaths.
JD Vance has said he hopes his wife will eventually believe in the Christian gospel "in the same way" that he does.
JD Vance Says He Hopes His Wife Will Become Christian
www.newsweek.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Nothing … NOTHING will protect you from these psychopaths.
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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The one choice that's always in your hands is to live a principled life
October 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The one choice that's always in your hands is to live a principled life
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Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
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I have no idea what white people are talking about right now. The warnings that the fascists will "use this" to do more violence. WHAT WON'T THEY USE? You've watched them deploy the US military on US soil using bullshit pretexts. What even are you talking about?
September 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I have no idea what white people are talking about right now. The warnings that the fascists will "use this" to do more violence. WHAT WON'T THEY USE? You've watched them deploy the US military on US soil using bullshit pretexts. What even are you talking about?
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If you don't already know @bcmerchant.bsky.social's newsletter, bloodinthemachine.com (or his exceptional book by the same title), start w/ this week's post on the role of ChatGPT in a teenage boy's suicide. Not handwringing or doomy. Clear-eyed & essential. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-500-bill...
A $500 billion tech company's core software product is encouraging child suicide
It sounds horrific. It should. Let's be clear about the material circumstances of what's happening rather than handwaving about 'the dangers of AI'
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
If you don't already know @bcmerchant.bsky.social's newsletter, bloodinthemachine.com (or his exceptional book by the same title), start w/ this week's post on the role of ChatGPT in a teenage boy's suicide. Not handwringing or doomy. Clear-eyed & essential. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-500-bill...
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I remember early November 2023. I think I was the first person on US mainstream media, while at MSNBC/Peacock, to say the G-word on TV. On my show. It was seen as hugely controversial then. It's controversial no longer. It's undeniable, irrefutable, the consensus view.
September 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I remember early November 2023. I think I was the first person on US mainstream media, while at MSNBC/Peacock, to say the G-word on TV. On my show. It was seen as hugely controversial then. It's controversial no longer. It's undeniable, irrefutable, the consensus view.
He’s a sociopath, a serial killer.
there is no question in my mind that rfk jr is the most dangerous person in this administration and that his eugenicist ideology threatens the lives of millions of people www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
He’s a sociopath, a serial killer.
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I'm not the only one to make this point, but there will need to be the equivalent of Nuremberg Trials when this is all over (however long that takes). If there are no consequences for fascists, we'll keep having fascism.
August 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I'm not the only one to make this point, but there will need to be the equivalent of Nuremberg Trials when this is all over (however long that takes). If there are no consequences for fascists, we'll keep having fascism.
Was just talking with my partner about this. Social media is like walking into a room full of people who know history because they watch the history channel, and then provide evidence in the form of free speech claims.
The internet has "leveled the playing field" in an unhealthy way. Most people with years of training, decades of experience, and a proven track record of making the world a better place are at a disadvantage to the glib, charismatic motherfuckers who can spew bullshit for hours on end.
"debate" gamifies politic conversation and replaces the actual stakes of the subject being debated with interpersonal stakes of clout and such. the demand for the version of civility that features in these conversations amounts to trying to water down even the interpersonal stakes
August 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Was just talking with my partner about this. Social media is like walking into a room full of people who know history because they watch the history channel, and then provide evidence in the form of free speech claims.
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August 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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"We categorically reject the idea that speech critical of the Israeli government amounts to antisemitism." Statement by George Washington AAUP after Trump DOJ's threats.
Today, the Executive Committee of the George Washington Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (GWU-AAUP) released a statement rejecting the Department of Justice’s attempt to chill academic debate & crush academic freedom on the GWU campus.
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George Washington AAUP Chapter Responds to Trump DOJ Threats to Academic Freedom
The George Washington University chapter of the AAUP rejects the Department of Justice’s attempt to chill academic debate and crush academic freedom on the GWU campus.
www.aaup.org
August 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
"We categorically reject the idea that speech critical of the Israeli government amounts to antisemitism." Statement by George Washington AAUP after Trump DOJ's threats.
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Looks like I.C.E. is in D.C. for more than just bringing down crime rates.
Does this look like the worst of the worst?
Does this look like the worst of the worst?
August 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Looks like I.C.E. is in D.C. for more than just bringing down crime rates.
Does this look like the worst of the worst?
Does this look like the worst of the worst?
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They are building the gulag infrastructure. All by spreading nationalist, anti-migrant politics.
Don’t think we aren’t *all* going to come under the power of DHS/ICE and be subject to incarceration.
They’ve already incorporated the National Guard and Marines. Let’s not wait to see what’s next
Don’t think we aren’t *all* going to come under the power of DHS/ICE and be subject to incarceration.
They’ve already incorporated the National Guard and Marines. Let’s not wait to see what’s next
August 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
They are building the gulag infrastructure. All by spreading nationalist, anti-migrant politics.
Don’t think we aren’t *all* going to come under the power of DHS/ICE and be subject to incarceration.
They’ve already incorporated the National Guard and Marines. Let’s not wait to see what’s next
Don’t think we aren’t *all* going to come under the power of DHS/ICE and be subject to incarceration.
They’ve already incorporated the National Guard and Marines. Let’s not wait to see what’s next
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just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!
August 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
just saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!
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It’s weird to me that people keep starting new Substacks and still don’t know that Substack is extremely bad news
Please get off Substack 😭
www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...
Please get off Substack 😭
www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...
Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It’s weird to me that people keep starting new Substacks and still don’t know that Substack is extremely bad news
Please get off Substack 😭
www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...
Please get off Substack 😭
www.anildash.com//2024/11/19/...
Great book!
Today, the word “Luddite” is used as an insult to anyone resistant to technological innovation. But a recent book argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.
Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I.
Brian Merchant’s new book, “Blood in the Machine,” argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.
www.newyorker.com
August 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Great book!
Exactly my thinking.
I think we’re on the cusp of mass attempts to automate teaching, and I also think it is going to be a massive wasteful failure in ways that will make the “learning loss” of the pandemic look like a speed bump next to a mountain.
August 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Exactly my thinking.