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writer, editor, degenerate, Luddite, decel thetechbubble.substack.com

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This Machine Kills Podcast Interview With Aaron Benanav On His Multi-criterial Socialism Proposal – Part 2 In this new episode of the This Machine Kills podcast, co-hosts Jathan Sadowski and Edward Ongweso Jr. interview Aaron Benanav about the specific details of his proposal for a multi-criterial…

In this episode of the This Machine Kills podcast, @jathansadowski.com and @edwardongwesojr.com interview @abenanav.bsky.social about his proposal for a multi-criterial socialist economy. www.indep.network/this-machine...

02.02.2026 08:21 👍 14 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Hater Season Upcoming Guests: Famed short seller Jim Chanos, @adambecker.bsky.social, @quinnypig.com, Cal Newport booked, with @vicmsong.bsky.social, @edwardongwesojr.com, @junlper.beer, @birdrespecter.bsky.social, @arif.bsky.social to get on the schedule. A season of GETTING RUDE

05.02.2026 18:20 👍 160 🔁 16 💬 3 📌 0
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443. Behold the Big Beautiful AI State (ft. Brian Chen) We’re joined by Brian Chen — policy director at Data & Society — to discuss his new report on the Trump administration’s industrial policy for building The Big AI State. We lay out how Trump’s is brin

Policy Director @brianjchen.bsky.social talks to @jathansadowski.com and @edwardongwesojr.com about his recent policy brief examining the Trump administration’s AI agenda, and the actions the federal government is taking as it pursues global technological dominance. soundcloud.com/thismachinek...

06.02.2026 16:17 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

Very little if anything seems to have changed on the ground. ICE is still out there terrorizing neighborhoods and trying to disappear neighbors. None of us on the ground are buying this bullshit. We will keep organizing and fighting.

28.01.2026 13:27 👍 7869 🔁 2595 💬 31 📌 75
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Amid Backlash, Massive Porn Platform ManyVids Doubles Down on Bizarre, AI-Generated Posts In posts to the platforms news feed, ManyVids — and seemingly, its founder Bella French — wrote that the answer could be a three hour long conversation with podcasters like Joe Rogan or Lex Fridman.

last week, after I asked them for some answers about the shift toward weird, AI-generated posts and leaderships' 180° turn on sex work, ManyVids promised clarity was coming.

this is what that clarity looked like: www.404media.co/manyvids-ai-...

28.01.2026 14:51 👍 77 🔁 11 💬 5 📌 5
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App for Quitting Porn Leaked Users' Masturbation Habits Hundreds of thousands of users told the app intimate details about their sexual urges, which are now exposed.

it's hard to explain how horrible and dangerous this app and the people who made it are but I tried: www.404media.co/app-for-quit...

28.01.2026 14:34 👍 446 🔁 121 💬 10 📌 33

the reason the elite are so desperate to vilify hard-working people coming to this country to build a better life for their families, unleashing wave after wave of gutter racism in the process, is to distract from the fact that their incestuous degeneracy causes most of our actual problems

22.01.2026 16:44 👍 1055 🔁 262 💬 9 📌 4

i've seen enough: greg bovino is a bitch.

20.01.2026 21:19 👍 8844 🔁 849 💬 199 📌 59
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This Thursday 1/22 at 3pm ET, join us as @alondra.bsky.social, @edwardongwesojr.com, @telliotter.bsky.social, & D&S Policy Director Brian J. Chen discuss the reality of the administration’s AI agenda. datasociety.net/events/one-y...

20.01.2026 19:54 👍 24 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 1
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‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...

Critical piece about a new Palantir app ICE is using to determine the “density” of potential people to deport in a given neighborhood. Gives some indications on how ICE is deciding where to act

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15.01.2026 14:47 👍 256 🔁 130 💬 10 📌 11

what is this?

14.01.2026 23:40 👍 95 🔁 1 💬 6 📌 0
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What was the metaverse? Mark Zuckerberg effectively declared its death last December. But the delusional fervor it inspired lives on.

Remember the metaverse lol www.fastcompany.com/91467599/met... by @edwardongwesojr.com

13.01.2026 18:08 👍 125 🔁 17 💬 13 📌 3

I cannot get over how good a job the photographer (Maggie Shannon) did! I’ve also already confirmed she’s back for next year, along with a few new guests…

13.01.2026 04:04 👍 258 🔁 6 💬 8 📌 0
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Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error Flock is going after a website called HaveIBeenFlocked.com that has collated public records files released by police.

New: Police have released info about millions of surveillance targets nationwide from thousands of different police departments because of a public records redaction error in Flock data. Reveals active police investigations, border patrol & ICE targets, lots more:

www.404media.co/police-unmas...

13.01.2026 15:46 👍 1007 🔁 536 💬 14 📌 34
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What was the metaverse? Mark Zuckerberg effectively declared its death last December. But the delusional fervor it inspired lives on.

Looking for reliable forecasts for AI & data centers? Forecasts on the Metaverse less than 4 years ago remind us that top consulting & finance firms thrive on hype. McKinsey's 2022 prediction: ~$5T in impact by 2030. Citigroup:: $8T-$13T. Morgan Stanley: $8T in China alone. @edwardongwesojr.com

13.01.2026 13:06 👍 22 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 2
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What was the metaverse? Mark Zuckerberg effectively declared its death last December. But the delusional fervor it inspired lives on.

I wrote about why we should understand the metaverse hype cycle as a dress rehearsal for the generative AI hype cycle www.fastcompany.com/91467599/met...

12.01.2026 18:35 👍 493 🔁 101 💬 14 📌 13
Ed Zitron, Phil Broughton, Adam Conover (floor) Edward Ongweso, Chloe Radcliffe

Ed Zitron, Phil Broughton, Adam Conover (floor) Edward Ongweso, Chloe Radcliffe

Adam Conover, Ed Zitron

Adam Conover, Ed Zitron

Chloe Radcliffe, Ed Zitron

Chloe Radcliffe, Ed Zitron

Ed Zitron and Ed Ongweso

Ed Zitron and Ed Ongweso

Got the CES photo shoot back with @funranium.bsky.social @adamconover.net @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @edwardongwesojr.com, so many more photos to come but had to share some

12.01.2026 22:01 👍 360 🔁 11 💬 20 📌 2
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What was the metaverse? Mark Zuckerberg effectively declared its death last December. But the delusional fervor it inspired lives on.

I wrote about why we should understand the metaverse hype cycle as a dress rehearsal for the generative AI hype cycle www.fastcompany.com/91467599/met...

12.01.2026 18:35 👍 493 🔁 101 💬 14 📌 13
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CES 2026: Part Ten (Epilogue) Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/10/2026 · 56m

Here’s the final episode of our CES coverage - an epilogue with Cory Doctorow, @funranium.bsky.social and @edwardongwesojr.com
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11.01.2026 04:49 👍 105 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 1

lmao let me think on that offer

10.01.2026 18:42 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s such a good donut

10.01.2026 17:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CES 2026: Part Eight (Friday) Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/10/2026 · 2h 4m

Here’s part 8 of this week’s Better Offline coverage of CES, featuring Cory Doctorow, @captain2phones.bsky.social, @cherlynn.bsky.social, @edwardongwesojr.com and @bishonentype.bsky.social

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10.01.2026 07:13 👍 97 🔁 10 💬 6 📌 1
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CES 2026: Part Nine (Friday) Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/10/2026 · 2h 1m

Here’s part 9 of this week’s Better Offline coverage of CES, featuring Cory Doctorow, @edwardongwesojr.com, @iwriteok.bsky.social, @kylechouinard.bsky.social and @bishonentype.bsky.social

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10.01.2026 07:13 👍 110 🔁 16 💬 4 📌 2
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CES 2026: Part Six (Thursday) Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/08/2026 · 2h 2m

Here's Part 6 of Better Offline's CES Coverage - I'm joined by @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @edwardongwesojr.com @devindra.bsky.social and @mattbinder.bsky.social to talk about how anti-consumer the Consumer Electronics Show has become. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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09.01.2026 06:35 👍 107 🔁 10 💬 6 📌 4
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CES 2026: Part Seven (Thursday) Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/09/2026 · 2h 13m

Here's Part 7 of Better Offline's CES coverage - I'm joined by @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social, @bishonentype.bsky.social, @robpegoraro.com, @iwriteok.bsky.social, @edwardongwesojr.com and @westinlee.bsky.social

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09.01.2026 06:54 👍 65 🔁 7 💬 7 📌 0
Better Offline CES 2026: Part Six (Thursday)

@edzitron.com @edwardongwesojr.com @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @mattbinder.bsky.social 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ces-2026-part-six-thursday/id1730587238?i=1000744370602

Better Offline CES 2026: Part Six (Thursday) @edzitron.com @edwardongwesojr.com @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @mattbinder.bsky.social https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ces-2026-part-six-thursday/id1730587238?i=1000744370602

Better Offline CES 2026: Part Six (Thursday)

@edzitron.com @edwardongwesojr.com @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @mattbinder.bsky.social

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09.01.2026 21:08 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Jan 22 @ 2pm ET: For our first event of 2026, we’re taking a close look at Trump administration AI policy. Join us online as @alondra.bsky.social @edwardongwesojr.com & @telliotter.bsky.social talk to D&S's Brian J. Chen about the admin’s actions & their consequences. datasociety.net/events/one-y...

08.01.2026 16:44 👍 19 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 3
Better Offline CES 2026: Part Four

@edzitron.com @edwardongwesojr.com @bishonentype.bsky.social @iwriteok.bsky.social @adamconover.net @mattbinder.bsky.social @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @benthepcguy.bsky.social 
 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ces-2026-part-four-wednesday/id1730587238?i=1000744213380

Better Offline CES 2026: Part Four @edzitron.com @edwardongwesojr.com @bishonentype.bsky.social @iwriteok.bsky.social @adamconover.net @mattbinder.bsky.social @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @benthepcguy.bsky.social https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ces-2026-part-four-wednesday/id1730587238?i=1000744213380

Better Offline CES 2026: Part Four

@edzitron.com @edwardongwesojr.com @bishonentype.bsky.social @iwriteok.bsky.social @adamconover.net @mattbinder.bsky.social @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @benthepcguy.bsky.social

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08.01.2026 20:04 👍 19 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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CES 2026: Part Four (Wednesday) Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/08/2026 · 2h 10m

Here's ep 4 of this week's Better Offline coverage of CES, featuring @edwardongwesojr.com @bishonentype.bsky.social @iwriteok.bsky.social @adamconover.net @mattbinder.bsky.social @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @benthepcguy.bsky.social
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08.01.2026 07:25 👍 98 🔁 8 💬 7 📌 1
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CES 2026: Part Five (Wednesday) Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 01/08/2026 · 2h 13m

Here's part 5 of this week's Better Offline coverage of the Consumer Electronics show, featuring @adamconover.net @edwardongwesojr.com @chloebadcliffe.bsky.social @karissabe.bsky.social @iwriteok.bsky.social @advisorator.com

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08.01.2026 07:25 👍 84 🔁 9 💬 6 📌 4