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jakemetcalf.bsky.social
Technology ethicist, dog haver, mountain dweller, forest critter, mover of heavy things. Writing a book about wildfire, AI, and Cali. Senior Researcher @ D&S @datasociety.bsky.social‬. Founder @ Ethical Resolve. Formerly @undersequioas in the Bad Place.
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Humans who believe in robotheism are so profoundly stupid that they are ironically the best argument for robotheism. youtu.be/zKCynxiV_8I?...

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At least coordination of counterterrorism efforts at the federal level is in the hands of the 2022 keg-stand champion at his house of Sigma Alpha Mu.

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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

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I'm currently abroad so I will not be sharing what I think of Trump joining Netanyahu's War of Universal Aggression until I get safely home. That's where we are at as a nation.

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Congressional cafeteria to rename kabab to "freedom skewers"

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MAGATs think the Constitution exists to give them special little citizen treats rather than define the bounds of what the government can do.

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If you were an adult or adult-adjacent and weren't inside that red circle then I really don't care about anything else you say or think about politics.

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"Was it really this dumb in 2003" guys they renamed french fries

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NYT is just absolute shit on trans youth issues. Utter poop from a butt in a dirty toilet.

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I hereby declare this as "Chloe's Basilisk": if a future omnipotent AGI could punish you, you should make it fear you now. www.instagram.com/reel/DJpsD_y...

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If you weren't alive or politically engaged during the Iraq War era then you may not be aware of the therapeutic and liberating effects of a David Rees cartoon.

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The mother of Adrian Andrew Martinez is pleading for answers as her son remains unaccounted for nearly 24 hours later. ICE kidnapped Adrian yesterday while he was on break in the Walmart parking lot in Pico Rivera. FREE ADRIAN!

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transition care for trans people is life saving healthcare. the only regret with my transition is that i didn’t start when i was younger. fuck everyone who is cheering on the destruction legal trans healthcare, and fuck those indifferent to it

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Conservative jurisprudence basically consists of "it's not discrimination if we don't like you."

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I would love to see Padilla say openly and honestly: no more Mr. Nice Democrat. You want to throw me to the ground? Well, two can play that game. I will object to unanimous consent every day all day, thus shutting down the Senate, until Noem is out of DHS.

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ICE agents need to fear tribunals.

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what is it called when people who aren't cops and don't have a warrant drag you away, because I don't think "arrest" is the word

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It’s a hard pill to swallow but people really do trust ChatGPT as a definitive source of authority. Not everyone. But enough that this week I saw a ChatGPT quote on a subway ad and a salesperson told someone next to me they could ask ChatGPT their question and get the same answer

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Cali is not going to let this fly.

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He's going to be stubbornly sitting on a metal bleacher for his big boy parade in the middle of a thunderstorm. Zeus could do the funniest thing.

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Crossing the Rubicon ... for absolute bullshit nonsense.

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This is galling.

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📣 New op-ed for Tech Policy Press is out. Thanks to @benlennett.bsky.social, @megyoung0.bsky.social, @jakemetcalf.bsky.social, @datasociety.bsky.social for making it possible!

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WATCH: after we got shot last night, our comrade/lawyer @shakeer.bsky.social went over to ask for the pigs badge # & name. LAPD pig Rick Linton then told (& did) Shakeer that he was going to shoot if he kept asking questions. This is unhinged behavior! @mayor.lacity.gov has completely ok’d this!

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With anti-ICE protests happening across LA and nationwide, protecting yourself from surveillance has never been more critical. Here are steps you can take to protect yourself and others before, during, and after protests. Access the full toolkit here: www.stopspying.org/protest

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If the SecDef genuinely believes we are under invasion then holy shit is his response far short of what is needed. He's failing in every possible direction.

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Yarvin is the floppiest tiny-brained fascist fuck on the planet and just got bodied by JCO.

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based

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UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!

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BREAKING—RFK Jr has abruptly fired CDC’s entire expert panel of vaccine scientists, claiming the action is needed to restore faith in vaccines. This is a dark day for science and public health. Disinformation now has an iron grip on Trump CDC/HHS. www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...

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Listen as he speaks out.

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Uphole: (n) A very stupid person who thinks "startup" is the apex of human social organization.

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The Trump executive order is not a pathway to a “gold standard” — it is a blueprint for politicizing science and marginalizing expertise, write Jacob Carter and Gretchen Goldman. www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/g...

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Forced to violate the civil rights of the neighbors and families, all without the dignity of a fucking pillow and a warm meal.

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This fucking schmoe thinks he has the right to depose the government of California. He'd be lucky to depose the night manager at an Arby's. He's not even the head of a law enforcement agency, he's just an upjumped "advisor" lacking any capacity to arrest or order an arrest.

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