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William Fitzgerald @williamfitz.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been to see it, it’s amazing

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Taliesan @taliesan.bsky.social · 2d

Just bought my costume. #WarRavagedNYC dance party, anyone?

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2d

if you work for a publication that does this and have any idea how much $$$ your outlet makes from affiliate sale commissions on prime day, DM or signal me: jason.404

also interested if you are a journalist who is asked to do these deal roundups as part of your job

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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William Fitzgerald @williamfitz.bsky.social · 2d

For your next ICE protest:

www.halloweencostumes.com/adult-inflat...

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William Fitzgerald @williamfitz.bsky.social · 3d

Love this

#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 3d

Have you submitted your nominations yet? Nominate yourself or someone else for recognition and help us celebrate the amazing creativity of the #teslatakedown community! bit.ly/teslatakedownawards

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#TeslaTakedown Awards
Best chant
Best sign
Best meme
Best social video
Best Elon impression
Best slogan
Youth Voice Award
Best NEW sticker design
Nominations open til October 17
bit.ly/teslatakedownawards

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Hard Reset @hardresetmedia.com · 17d

NEW: @aristeinhorn.bsky.social speaks with @jenawuu.bsky.social, ex-Meta and Uber policy lead, on what it was like inside those companies, what drove her to leave the tech world, and how she's changing things from the outside:

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/ex-meta-ub...

Ex-Meta, Uber policy lead on leaving Big Tech

Jena Wuu pioneered safety programs at Uber and media literacy initiatives at Meta. Today, she's changing things from the outside, and finding a voice of her own.

www.hardresetmedia.com

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Hard Reset @hardresetmedia.com · 4d

"What’s changed with the #Vercel example...is that there’s a certain level of boldness and freeness to those who are leaving and making their departure known."

- @aristeinhorn.bsky.social for Hard Reset:

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/a-selfie-w...

#ai #gaza

A selfie with Netanyahu turns into an employee and customer exodus

Employee resignations from AI coding startup Vercel may signal a changing tide in the tech industry's attitude towards the war in Gaza

www.hardresetmedia.com

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Hard Reset @hardresetmedia.com · 4d

We tried to cover that in this piece on the fallout: www.hardresetmedia.com/p/a-selfie-w...

A selfie with Netanyahu turns into an employee and customer exodus

Employee resignations from AI coding startup Vercel may signal a changing tide in the tech industry's attitude towards the war in Gaza

www.hardresetmedia.com

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William Fitzgerald @williamfitz.bsky.social · 5d

Email this evening: “A GENTLE REMINDER” those all caps aren’t very gentle bro

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William Fitzgerald @williamfitz.bsky.social · 5d

If you were only on bluesky last week you would have missed this. After Vercel CEO posted a selfie on X with Netanyahu a drove of customers dropped the company and some staff left. Tech culture has shifted on support for Israel.

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A selfie with Netanyahu turns into an employee and customer exodus

Employee resignations from AI coding startup Vercel may signal a changing tide in the tech industry's attitude towards the war in Gaza

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Hard Reset @hardresetmedia.com · 7d

FYI we interviewed one of them:

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/leaving-or...

"A few hours later, I got a call from HR who told me “we can see you’re distressed.” They recommended that I go on sick leave and see a doctor, since I did use the word “distressed” in my email to Catz."

Tech workers are resigning, and not afraid of being blacklisted

Sparked in large part by the Israel-Palestine conflict, employees at large tech companies are leaving. What's next?

www.hardresetmedia.com

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William Fitzgerald @williamfitz.bsky.social · 7d

really interesting point in this NYT op-ed today

and now wondering who would you consider to influential Silicon Valley voices who are silent on Trump?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/o...

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 8d

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‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

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William Fitzgerald @williamfitz.bsky.social · 9d

“I don’t think many people are aware of this: There are still cab drivers in San Francisco who are forced to pay for medallions that are now almost worthless.”

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The nature of work is changing. Taxi drivers were the first to sound the alarm

Move fast and break things.

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William Fitzgerald @williamfitz.bsky.social · 9d

Somewhat related: Good oped today from priest in San Francisco responding to Peter Thiel’s Antichrist lectures sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...

I’m a priest. Here’s why you should reject Peter Thiel’s Antichrist talk

The cynicism of the billionaire venture capitalist stands in deep contrast to the true values of Jesus.

sfstandard.com

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William Fitzgerald @williamfitz.bsky.social · 10d

“these fans didn’t betray American values. They reflected them.”

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The Mirror We Deserve: What the Ryder Cup Revealed About America

The Ugly American isn't just something the world has to deal with abroad anymore

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Hard Reset @hardresetmedia.com · 11d

"It’s clear that the demands and the extortion won’t stop no matter how many times executives kiss the ring."

- @williamfitz.bsky.social in the latest Hard Reset:

www.hardresetmedia.com/p/with-trump...

With Trump’s new H1B policy, tech executives kiss the ring yet again

When will Silicon Valley be embarrassed to be in the administration’s pocket?

www.hardresetmedia.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12d

Shane Lowry enjoys a Magners after clinching the putt to retain the Ryder Cup

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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 15d

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.

Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.

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William Fitzgerald @williamfitz.bsky.social · 15d

Wtf

“the valuation may be less than one times revenue.”

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William Fitzgerald @williamfitz.bsky.social · 15d

"How we most likely die is it wanting to cover the earth in data centers"

Most telling part of this interview with the StopAI guy is him arguing AI will build all the datacenters. It's not AI who will decide that, it's tech CEOs.

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Q&A: Deep Inside the Mind of an A.I. Doomer

The activist group Stop AI says that A.I. is going to kill us all. Full-stop. We talked with their founder about where this gloomy philosophy came from.

hardresetmedia.substack.com

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William Fitzgerald @williamfitz.bsky.social · 15d

Huge

Congrats to everyone who worked to make this happen. So so many people got fired, took big risks, yet they kept pushing

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 15d

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 17d

New argument against AI regulation just dropped. Checkmate, atheists.
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...

For about a year now, Thiel has been publicly laying out his understanding of biblical prophecies and the potential for the rapid advance of technology to bring about an apocalyptic future.

In a lecture Monday, he encouraged an audience to continue working toward scientific progress, whether in AI or other forms of technology. Fearing or regulating it, or opposing technological progress, would hasten the coming of the Antichrist, Thiel said, according to people who attended.

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James Temple @jtemple.bsky.social · 17d

Here I also explained specifically why a fusion breakthrough doesn’t fix climate change: tl;dr: you still have to finance, permit & build tons of reactors (to say nothing of still needing to clean up fertilizer, airlines, cattle burps & more).

Sorry, AI won’t “fix” climate change

OpenAI’s Sam Altman claims AI will deliver an "Intelligence Age," but tech breakthroughs alone can't solve global warming.

www.technologyreview.com

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