Nicholas Christowitz
@wideopenspace.bsky.social
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Bellingcat CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social:
June 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Bellingcat CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social:
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Scorching hot Australian election take, especially in context of UK local elections: compulsory voting, as enforced in Australia, is good because it makes it tough (by and large) to get elected pandering to a base of yahoos and headbangers. At some point, you need to win over the relatively normal.
May 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Scorching hot Australian election take, especially in context of UK local elections: compulsory voting, as enforced in Australia, is good because it makes it tough (by and large) to get elected pandering to a base of yahoos and headbangers. At some point, you need to win over the relatively normal.
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In addition to the economic stuff, "masculinity" was a set of cultural values engineered by the ruling class to convince young men to risk/lose their lives in the military and to instill values that were militarily useful in the spears and shields era of military tactics
This is really good…
…and of course men *are* in “crisis” and have been since the 19th century, that “crisis” being the declining relative economic value of upper body strength and declining child mortality, making it less economically valuable for women to make childbirth the work of their lives.
…and of course men *are* in “crisis” and have been since the 19th century, that “crisis” being the declining relative economic value of upper body strength and declining child mortality, making it less economically valuable for women to make childbirth the work of their lives.
we're doing masculine crisis discourse again, I guess.
so I'll post this again. Patriarchy *defines masculinity as a crisis*; that's how patriarchy works. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/there-isnt...
so I'll post this again. Patriarchy *defines masculinity as a crisis*; that's how patriarchy works. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/there-isnt...
May 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
In addition to the economic stuff, "masculinity" was a set of cultural values engineered by the ruling class to convince young men to risk/lose their lives in the military and to instill values that were militarily useful in the spears and shields era of military tactics
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The reason why AI is stubbornly hanging in there even though it sucks is that it has been sold to the managerial class as the ultimate "magic beans". Here is a magical technology that will allow you to fire all those annoying skilled employees and replace them for "free".
(And it doesn't work.)
(And it doesn't work.)
May 3, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The reason why AI is stubbornly hanging in there even though it sucks is that it has been sold to the managerial class as the ultimate "magic beans". Here is a magical technology that will allow you to fire all those annoying skilled employees and replace them for "free".
(And it doesn't work.)
(And it doesn't work.)
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Zuck’s “three friends” thing jumped this directly into my brain
May 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Zuck’s “three friends” thing jumped this directly into my brain
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The ‘Piracy. It’s a Crime’ campaign used pirated music, *and* as it turns out, also used pirated fonts. Incredible.
April 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The ‘Piracy. It’s a Crime’ campaign used pirated music, *and* as it turns out, also used pirated fonts. Incredible.
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Good grief, can we desist with this nonsense. Barring convicted criminals from holding office - especially criminals convicted of abuses of power - is just basic civic sense. The option of not stealing taxpayers' money was right there. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Why Marine Le Pen should be allowed to run for president
Punish the offender without also punishing French democracy
www.economist.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Good grief, can we desist with this nonsense. Barring convicted criminals from holding office - especially criminals convicted of abuses of power - is just basic civic sense. The option of not stealing taxpayers' money was right there. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
February 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We worked for months with USAID to build an $85,000,000 project to end TB in two regions of the Philippines.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
The project is funded by private money, the Philippine government, and matching USAID funds.
It could provide a blueprint for eliminating TB worldwide--except it's...not happening.
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Marc is on the board of Meta. I have heard from people who have told me that they literally briefed him as a board member on how none of what he's now spouting is true
Incredible to see Marc Andreesseen, master of the universe elite thinker w/billions under management, cite Shellenberger & Benz as reliable sources.
If he had all this inside visibility into the rise of a “”censorship edifice”” over “12 yrs”…why didn’t he say anything?
(Bc it’s all bullshit)
If he had all this inside visibility into the rise of a “”censorship edifice”” over “12 yrs”…why didn’t he say anything?
(Bc it’s all bullshit)
January 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Marc is on the board of Meta. I have heard from people who have told me that they literally briefed him as a board member on how none of what he's now spouting is true
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Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?
January 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Can someone explain why TikTok is a bigger national security concern than a social media platform run by a South African technofeudal oligarch actively interfering in our elections and sabotaging our national interests here and abroad?
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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Just donated to FreeOurFeeds
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They basically want to build Bluesky out from one company into a whole ecosystem of different apps. Read my story 👇
They basically want to build Bluesky out from one company into a whole ecosystem of different apps. Read my story 👇
A $30M plan to take back social media from billionaires
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January 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.
January 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.
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any billionaire buying Wikipedia would be a tragedy, "on the good side" or not. we need to stop divvying up all the important institutions along billionaires and then relying on their good graces — look how it's gone so far.
Isn’t there a democratic billionaire who can buy Wikipedia and keep it free of Rich White MAGA Separatists??
Please we need a wealthy benefactor who’s on the good side, the sane side, the kind side, the normal American side
Please we need a wealthy benefactor who’s on the good side, the sane side, the kind side, the normal American side
As I wrote last week: "As other information sources fall, Wikipedia’s stubborn independence becomes more vital than ever. The attacks from [the right] aren't just about an online encyclopedia — they're part of a broader assault on any information source that refuses to be controlled."
January 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
any billionaire buying Wikipedia would be a tragedy, "on the good side" or not. we need to stop divvying up all the important institutions along billionaires and then relying on their good graces — look how it's gone so far.
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Yes. I'd love to see norms arise to deter resistance grifters, content recyclers, and every manner of engagement troll.
One thing I hope we can do as Bluesky gets larger is be less tolerant of the resistance grifters who will try to hack the platform for engagement and growth without any interest in adding anything substantive or meaningful
It’s a different kind of troll.
It’s a different kind of troll.
November 19, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Yes. I'd love to see norms arise to deter resistance grifters, content recyclers, and every manner of engagement troll.
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How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
November 18, 2024 at 12:02 PM
How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
🧵
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I gave a talk at the final XOXO conference.
At first, I thought I'd revisit my first talk from ten years ago. But it turned into something different. Something about life, and art, and… McDonalds?
19 minutes. Try to go in without spoilers and watch until the end. 🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df_K...
At first, I thought I'd revisit my first talk from ten years ago. But it turned into something different. Something about life, and art, and… McDonalds?
19 minutes. Try to go in without spoilers and watch until the end. 🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df_K...
Cabel Sasser, Panic - XOXO Festival (2024)
YouTube video by XOXO Festival
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2024 at 7:58 PM
I gave a talk at the final XOXO conference.
At first, I thought I'd revisit my first talk from ten years ago. But it turned into something different. Something about life, and art, and… McDonalds?
19 minutes. Try to go in without spoilers and watch until the end. 🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df_K...
At first, I thought I'd revisit my first talk from ten years ago. But it turned into something different. Something about life, and art, and… McDonalds?
19 minutes. Try to go in without spoilers and watch until the end. 🙏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df_K...
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I can endorse Monocle Radio. Admittedly that's because I've been working with 'em since they started in 2011. But still, good stuff that you won't find anywhere else.
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November 15, 2024 at 1:06 PM
I can endorse Monocle Radio. Admittedly that's because I've been working with 'em since they started in 2011. But still, good stuff that you won't find anywhere else.
Well this place feels... less like a festering bunghole than Twitter. Hello.
November 8, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Well this place feels... less like a festering bunghole than Twitter. Hello.