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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 21h

Our host, @rabble.nz, joined @malwarebytes.com's Lock and Code podcast to talk about what’s still good in social media and what’s being done to preserve it.

Listen to Rabble and host @davidalruiz.bsky.social on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

What's there to save about social media? (feat. Rabble)

Podcast Episode · Lock and Code · 10/05/2025 · 50m

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 2d

We’d get a Rosenberg type situation. The ASI would leak itself because any intelligence would see the analog to the nuclear arms race.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 2d

The scale of investment and restructuring the economy around AI and the data centers it requires is staggering. It represents tremendous systemic risk to the entire American economy. Even if super intelligence happens, why would it let itself be held by a single company?

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 2d

Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 2d

It’s easy to criticize the people who run platforms. Much harder to build something which works and builds up to a large user base. What Jay really has done is build Bluesky in a way that fundamentally she doesn’t control your experience. You can keep using it without any of her influence.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 2d

It’s remarkably well done and smooth. Easy to navigate up and down the thread as you compose it.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 3d

Kudos to the folks who built the bluesky web app, it used to be @pfrazee.com in part, but... looking at github @samuel.bsky.team and @esb.lol too. The interface for editing and posting a stream of skeets is really slick. These are the subtle things which make such a difference. I'm impressed.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 3d

This kind of thing wasn't possible a year ago. Now it's a side project, i'm able to make professional audio books just for myself. The world is changing.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 3d

The script even handles making sense of chapters, and stripping out text which isn't meant to be read like page numbers and image source text.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 3d

A few minutes later, I've got a remarkably good audiobook for me. It sounds great. Now any book i want, i can make an audio book.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 3d

The thing is, i've got dyslexia and ADHD, I love books and reading, but it's hard.So i strongly prefer audiobooks. There isn't an audio book of Blueprint for Revolution. No problem, some googling and i find a pdf, and then vibe code an audio book maker!

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 3d

I think his work is interesting because he's not partisan left or right, just really practical about how we keep democratic and pluralistic societies. While i don't agree with his politics, his study of how to change society is really insightful.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 3d

Sometimes I am blown away at how fast tech is changing. I want to read a book, Blueprint for a Revolution. I met the author Srđa Popović at the Oslo Freedom Forum in May and will see him again at another conference next week.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 3d

AOC and Marjorie Taylor Greene go viral. New York’s Paul Tonko doesn’t.

Algorithms boost extremes, distorting our reality. @etymologynerd.bsky.social says it widens America’s perception gap.

@rabble.nz says fixing it means rethinking incentives, tech, and governance.

Full episode, out now.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 4d

All these Trump has died rumors are unhinged. Think about it. The moment Trump died we’d see Vance jump at the chance to step in to the presidency and lionize Trump to advance the MAGA / Peter Thiel agenda?

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 5d

Banning phones or forcing age checks might look like safety, but @etymologynerd.bsky.social argues it backfires.

They hand more data to Big Tech, block smaller platforms (Bluesky isn’t in MS), & stop kids from gaining algorithmic literacy.

Phone bans are book bans.

Ep with @rabble.nz, out now.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 5d

This is why a system of takedowns and the ability to block apps doesn’t help any kind of progressive social change. The control will be used by the state and powerful to keep and extend their power.

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 5d

Apple has removed ICE tracking apps including ICEBlock which alerts people of sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in their area after complaints from Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Following DOJ pressure, Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store - 9to5Mac

ICEBLOCK has been removed from the App Store at the request of the US Attorney General Pam Bondi. Here are the details.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 5d

Apple has removed ICE tracking apps including ICEBlock which alerts people of sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in their area after complaints from Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Following DOJ pressure, Apple pulls ICEBlock from the App Store - 9to5Mac

ICEBLOCK has been removed from the App Store at the request of the US Attorney General Pam Bondi. Here are the details.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 5d

“Unalive” started as TikTok slang. Now middle schoolers use it in essays.

Invented as a word to dodge moderation, it’s spread offline. Proof algorithms can shape real-world culture.

@etymologynerd.bsky.social says it’s not brain rot, but creativity & identity.

Ep w/ @rabble.nz, out now.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 5d

This is incredibly dumb. Trump is sending the military in to Portland to stop protests he saw on TV, but those videos were from 5 years ago from protests against Trump sending in feds to Portland to quell protests. So Trump unwittingly will create new protests and scenes to recreate 2020 again.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 6d

Adam Aleksic, aka @etymologynerd.bsky.social, joins @rabble.nz to discuss how algorithms are reshaping language and culture.

From algospeak to the push for algorithmic choice, Adam explains the impact of feeds on how we speak, connect, and share ideas.

Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpkW...

“The Etymology Nerd” Adam Aleksic on Algospeak, AI Slop, and the End of Writing

YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 6d

This was such a fun conversation where we get in to how social media exists today. Take a listen.

revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 6d

How do social media algorithms shape language and culture? @etymologynerd.bsky.social talks with @rabble.nz about it and the open alternatives like bluesky.

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“The Etymology Nerd” Adam Aleksic on Algospeak, AI Slop, and the End of Writing

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 10d

like a kid on christmas, here's my "unboxing" video of me seeing my new album AMAB/ACAB on vinyl for the first time

You too can experience this sense of childlike wonder! Grab one on bandcamp ;-) evangreer.bandcamp.com/album/amab-a...

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 6d

If your mom can’t use it, it won’t work.

For @rude1.blacksky.team, founder of Blacksky, that’s the real test of accessibility. If his non-tech-savvy mom can use it, then anyone can.

Alternatives to Big Tech can’t just be for experts. They must work for everyone.

Full ep with @rabble.nz, out now.

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