David Schatsky

I don't know that there is a definitive line to cross that makes you say, "I live in a police state now" but when masked gunmen can routinely brutalize the public, citizen or immigrant alike, with impunity, you have reached that point.

"The old historic manifesto used dramatic language to make up for authors' lack of power. Today's AI manifesto uses dramatic language to make up often for a lack of evidence or for a lack of a demonstration and market value, speculation in the market rather than demonstrated value."

Simple

Wanna do some damage with AI? This job is for you.

Politics

I'm changing my terms of use. And my privacy policy. Your call is very important to me. Marque el dos para español. This call may be recorded for quality purposes. Would you like to take a survey at the end of this call? To speak with an agent, return to the 1980s when humans answered the phone.

I am really sorry about what the French are going through. But look what's happening here in the US.

Lol

"I want to thank President Trump for the trust he had placed in me."

“What a computer is to me,” said Steve Jobs, “is it’s the most remarkable tool that we’ve ever come up with, and it’s the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.” We ought to think of AI that way. Read more here: unfoldingai.substack.com/p/a-bicycle-...

Sorrow and disgust. Our nation tolerates this. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...

Enjoying the crisp writing in @economist.com about @ossoff.bsky.social

Three years ago.

Should we take pictures of the night sky now so we can remember what it used to look like before it got filled with orbiting power plants, data centers, and factories?

Autocrat playbook

Reactions of our political leaders to Hegseth's plan to Livestream an execution

The administration is pro war crimes.

"Could the complexity in the world around us be better explained by there being a platonic zone of patterns of arbitrary complexity which seek to embed themselves in the world?" - @drmichaellevin.bsky.social That would clarify everything?

Reject barbarism. Vote them out.

Trump buying votes:

A very competitive showing for Most American Crime Story During the hearing, which was livestreamed by Court TV, he acknowledged lying about “a lot of things.”

Taken from us too soon

I just heard Nick Bostrom in an interview say "otiose." Respect.

Trump’s opponents are planning efforts to reverse his changes to presidency www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“It’s a weird quasi religion, like a cult. The core people are sociopaths and then the rest are neurotics.” open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...

The clickbait era is over. Here's why.

It is remarkable that this wonder-technology is posing challenges. It's supposed to make things better, innit?

"For your business to succeed in this fast-changing business climate, and with competitors exploring agentic opportunities themselves, your mindset must pivot to 'agentifying” everything." Sorry. The vendor has spoken.

My department - @ucdpolitics.bsky.social - is hiring two PERMANENT posts in any area of politics, international relations, theory, or development studies. Please apply if you are on the academic job market, and if you're not, please do us a solid & spread the word! Deadline NOV 9.

I agree with @mattyglesias.bsky.social

All new construction or cosmetic changes to buildings in the Capitol District undertaken by an unpopular president without the consent of Congress shall be subject removal at the expense of the president's heirs.

Progress: kill clean energy and electric cars.

"Two hundred years from now, when people look to understand life in the United States in 2026—a time of masked federal agents in the streets, presidential pardons for sale and gulag-style detention camps for immigrants—they’d be well advised to bypass whatever happens to be playing currently on TV."

Latest national survey of Americans on their knowledge of civics. Not great. www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/a-third-of-a...

@dieworkwear.bsky.social who is his tailor?

Trump openly called on Russia to hack his political opponent's email. The Mueller investigation described Russian interference in the election “sweeping and systematic.” So, not a hoax?

"My financial situation is scarier than it’s ever been. And this A.I. company wasn’t the worst of them. I don’t think their app itself is bad for humanity necessarily, but that entire world disgusts me." The guys behind the hilarious anti-A.I.-Ad Ad Campaign www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

I'm reading a big, fat book on the history of political thought. I admire the craftsmanship evident in the writing. He wrote, "the medieval revival of the classic city-state...had reached its apogee and was in decline..." And I thought why apogee and not zenith? Here's why:

Social media is my policy advisor

Guy eating ice cream outside a scoop shop with a pizza box across his lap. #foodpyramid

Not totally bought into the freedom-of-the-press thing.

Not proud of this