Baratunde
@baratunde.com
host, writer, & speaker exploring interdependence across our relationships with nature, each other, and technology. Latest project is the YouTube podcast "Life With Machines." Other work includes: PBS's America Outdoors, and How To Citizen podcast
Ask your nearest CEO what they’re favorite food is and see what they say. If they are all about Soylent and supplements as a way to fuel their productivity but have no interest in the beautiful sensation of food itself, BE WARY!!
February 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Ask your nearest CEO what they’re favorite food is and see what they say. If they are all about Soylent and supplements as a way to fuel their productivity but have no interest in the beautiful sensation of food itself, BE WARY!!
We are not built to watch murders on our phones… then casually scroll to a job update. Here are practical pieces of advice for how to document human rights abuses in the USA and protect our own mental health at the same time. Thank you WITNESS
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Seeing Is No Longer Believing
ICE, deepfakes, and how to know what's real with Sam Gregory
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February 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
We are not built to watch murders on our phones… then casually scroll to a job update. Here are practical pieces of advice for how to document human rights abuses in the USA and protect our own mental health at the same time. Thank you WITNESS
open.substack.com/pub/lifewith...
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I keep thinking about the moral pincer concept that @baratunde.com describes here. Leading with non-violence is necessary, it’s risky no matter what, yes it’s unjust and hypocritical and they will escalate and provoke, and we still need to show up to resist and disrupt, but train up and be prepared.
January 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I keep thinking about the moral pincer concept that @baratunde.com describes here. Leading with non-violence is necessary, it’s risky no matter what, yes it’s unjust and hypocritical and they will escalate and provoke, and we still need to show up to resist and disrupt, but train up and be prepared.
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Awesome evening. Much needed, thoughtful, generous storytelling and the permission to laugh a bit amidst the current horrors that are bombarding us. Thank you @baratunde.com and thank you to the Weber State Browning Presents! Series for making this free and open to all!
January 27, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Awesome evening. Much needed, thoughtful, generous storytelling and the permission to laugh a bit amidst the current horrors that are bombarding us. Thank you @baratunde.com and thank you to the Weber State Browning Presents! Series for making this free and open to all!
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Missed our convo at the Solidarity House? Check it out on YouTube here! Starring @valerieveatch.bsky.social, @ebestinthewest.bsky.social, @baratunde.com, @christiemarchese.bsky.social, Dayo Olopade, and Charlie Tyrell.
Who Stewards the Future: Artists, Audiences, and the Fight for Agency Panel
YouTube video by Solidarity House
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February 4, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Missed our convo at the Solidarity House? Check it out on YouTube here! Starring @valerieveatch.bsky.social, @ebestinthewest.bsky.social, @baratunde.com, @christiemarchese.bsky.social, Dayo Olopade, and Charlie Tyrell.
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⚡️”Little Man-Child”. Masculinity, Power and Pete Hegseth.
@baratunde.com Thurston breaks it down. With brilliance and power.
Watch the new @indyamericans.bsky.social on YouTube now: youtu.be/Jr4TOjYpwdw?...
Listen on Spotify, ApplePods all other platforms at www.IndependentAmericans.us 🎙️🇺🇸🚨
@baratunde.com Thurston breaks it down. With brilliance and power.
Watch the new @indyamericans.bsky.social on YouTube now: youtu.be/Jr4TOjYpwdw?...
Listen on Spotify, ApplePods all other platforms at www.IndependentAmericans.us 🎙️🇺🇸🚨
December 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
⚡️”Little Man-Child”. Masculinity, Power and Pete Hegseth.
@baratunde.com Thurston breaks it down. With brilliance and power.
Watch the new @indyamericans.bsky.social on YouTube now: youtu.be/Jr4TOjYpwdw?...
Listen on Spotify, ApplePods all other platforms at www.IndependentAmericans.us 🎙️🇺🇸🚨
@baratunde.com Thurston breaks it down. With brilliance and power.
Watch the new @indyamericans.bsky.social on YouTube now: youtu.be/Jr4TOjYpwdw?...
Listen on Spotify, ApplePods all other platforms at www.IndependentAmericans.us 🎙️🇺🇸🚨
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⚡️Just recorded a huge and important conversation with Senator Mark Kelly for today’s @indyamericans.bsky.social Ahead of his potentially explosive meeting today with Pete Hegseth. Posting soon.
In the meantime, here’s yesterday’s show with the awesome & wise @baratunde.com: youtu.be/Jr4TOjYpwdw?...
In the meantime, here’s yesterday’s show with the awesome & wise @baratunde.com: youtu.be/Jr4TOjYpwdw?...
December 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
⚡️Just recorded a huge and important conversation with Senator Mark Kelly for today’s @indyamericans.bsky.social Ahead of his potentially explosive meeting today with Pete Hegseth. Posting soon.
In the meantime, here’s yesterday’s show with the awesome & wise @baratunde.com: youtu.be/Jr4TOjYpwdw?...
In the meantime, here’s yesterday’s show with the awesome & wise @baratunde.com: youtu.be/Jr4TOjYpwdw?...
This Saturday night I'm doing a solo talk/show at @calstate.bsky.social Long Beach. Will be talking about the future, tech, humanity, fascism. ALL the things. There will be jokes. www.carpenterarts.org/event/baratu...
An Evening with Baratunde Thurston
SAT, NOV 15, 2025 AT 8PMTickets
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November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This Saturday night I'm doing a solo talk/show at @calstate.bsky.social Long Beach. Will be talking about the future, tech, humanity, fascism. ALL the things. There will be jokes. www.carpenterarts.org/event/baratu...
I thought racist texts were QUALIFYING to get a job in this administration. Serious question: why have these GOP senators decided to oppose Ingrassia when they have opposed almost nothing else Trump wants?
October 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I thought racist texts were QUALIFYING to get a job in this administration. Serious question: why have these GOP senators decided to oppose Ingrassia when they have opposed almost nothing else Trump wants?
Overhead from a TSA agent working security line at JFK this morning: "They're gonna start having the wheelchair assistants do security because of the shutdown. We're too shortstaffed."
HAPPY FLIGHTING!
HAPPY FLIGHTING!
October 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Overhead from a TSA agent working security line at JFK this morning: "They're gonna start having the wheelchair assistants do security because of the shutdown. We're too shortstaffed."
HAPPY FLIGHTING!
HAPPY FLIGHTING!
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"We don't have a President of the Untited States, we have a President of the Confederacy". Yup, that pretty much says it. And the actions tells it all.
Credit; @baratunde.com
Credit; @baratunde.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"We don't have a President of the Untited States, we have a President of the Confederacy". Yup, that pretty much says it. And the actions tells it all.
Credit; @baratunde.com
Credit; @baratunde.com
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Some news from the Life With Machines Cinematic Universe. We submitted a panel to SXSW 2026 to build off last year’s success. We propose to lean into the absurdity, comedy, and satire of this AI moment. Check it out and vote for participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx....
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August 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Some news from the Life With Machines Cinematic Universe. We submitted a panel to SXSW 2026 to build off last year’s success. We propose to lean into the absurdity, comedy, and satire of this AI moment. Check it out and vote for participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx....
If you’re building the AI you think might destroy us… maybe you’re not the one who should “save” us from it. In this week's @lifewithmachines.bsky.social newsletter, we share news about Lighthaven, a semi-secret group in Berkeley. And other AI updates you should know. bit.ly/3UY4qt8
August 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If you’re building the AI you think might destroy us… maybe you’re not the one who should “save” us from it. In this week's @lifewithmachines.bsky.social newsletter, we share news about Lighthaven, a semi-secret group in Berkeley. And other AI updates you should know. bit.ly/3UY4qt8
In the future, kids may ask their grandparents, "Is it true that when you were young you used to think?" The rise of AI is pushing us to define what we want for our #LifeWithMachines. We're entering a new phase of this exploration. More clarity, critique, and creativity. Join us
bit.ly/3GY6D4z
bit.ly/3GY6D4z
July 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In the future, kids may ask their grandparents, "Is it true that when you were young you used to think?" The rise of AI is pushing us to define what we want for our #LifeWithMachines. We're entering a new phase of this exploration. More clarity, critique, and creativity. Join us
bit.ly/3GY6D4z
bit.ly/3GY6D4z
AI is made of people. Data labelers, content moderators, gig workers. It's Soylent Green, all so we can convert angry emails into non-fireable communications
As @milamiceli.bsky.social shared, the more AI expands, the more human drudgery it creates. But it doesn't have to baratun.de/4eJjqEl
As @milamiceli.bsky.social shared, the more AI expands, the more human drudgery it creates. But it doesn't have to baratun.de/4eJjqEl
July 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
AI is made of people. Data labelers, content moderators, gig workers. It's Soylent Green, all so we can convert angry emails into non-fireable communications
As @milamiceli.bsky.social shared, the more AI expands, the more human drudgery it creates. But it doesn't have to baratun.de/4eJjqEl
As @milamiceli.bsky.social shared, the more AI expands, the more human drudgery it creates. But it doesn't have to baratun.de/4eJjqEl
Loved the convo on this pod. Check it out!
Listen to why @baratunde.com has hope for humanity when it comes to AI in this weeks brand new episode! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Youtube! Link in bio.
#ai #ethics #humanity #viral #foryou #explore #tech #ethicaltech
#ai #ethics #humanity #viral #foryou #explore #tech #ethicaltech
July 11, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Loved the convo on this pod. Check it out!
my favorite website is localhost
July 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
my favorite website is localhost
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thank YOU!
Thank you, @baratunde.com, for illuminating history and putting this moment we are in now in a larger context. Reading: On America’s Birthday, Frederick Douglass, the Haudenosaunee, and Unrecognized Founders newsletter.baratunde.com/p/on-america...
On America’s Birthday, Frederick Douglass, the Haudenosaunee, and Unrecognized Founders
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July Still Slaps
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July 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
thank YOU!
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@vukosi.bsky.social you might enjoy this wonderful podcast by @baratunde.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Can AI Save Indigenous Languages? | Michael Running Wolf (Ep. 25)
Podcast Episode · Life with Machines · 06/17/2025 · 1h 8m
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June 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
@vukosi.bsky.social you might enjoy this wonderful podcast by @baratunde.com podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
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"The big lie of AI?
It’s not intelligent.
It’s not autonomous.
It’s human-powered."
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It’s not intelligent.
It’s not autonomous.
It’s human-powered."
-- @baratunde.com www.instagram.com/reel/DLSv7IR...
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June 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"The big lie of AI?
It’s not intelligent.
It’s not autonomous.
It’s human-powered."
-- @baratunde.com www.instagram.com/reel/DLSv7IR...
It’s not intelligent.
It’s not autonomous.
It’s human-powered."
-- @baratunde.com www.instagram.com/reel/DLSv7IR...
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I had a great conversation with @baratunde.com on Life with Machines about the millions of data workers worldwide who produce the data that fuels AI. We dug into the scale of this labor, its deeply human costs, and the possibilities for something better.
Watch it here youtu.be/4NSWFy11E8Q?...
Watch it here youtu.be/4NSWFy11E8Q?...
June 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I had a great conversation with @baratunde.com on Life with Machines about the millions of data workers worldwide who produce the data that fuels AI. We dug into the scale of this labor, its deeply human costs, and the possibilities for something better.
Watch it here youtu.be/4NSWFy11E8Q?...
Watch it here youtu.be/4NSWFy11E8Q?...
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@milamiceli.bsky.social joined @baratunde.com on Life with Machines to talk about the Data Workers’ Inquiry, AI impersonation, and more. Check it out on YouTube: youtu.be/4NSWFy11E8Q?...
June 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@milamiceli.bsky.social joined @baratunde.com on Life with Machines to talk about the Data Workers’ Inquiry, AI impersonation, and more. Check it out on YouTube: youtu.be/4NSWFy11E8Q?...
I was in downtown #losangeles at the beginning of this week. The streets had a way different feel from what’s been on my screens. No signs of insurrection just love and peace. For more check out this full post open.substack.com/pub/baratund...
June 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I was in downtown #losangeles at the beginning of this week. The streets had a way different feel from what’s been on my screens. No signs of insurrection just love and peace. For more check out this full post open.substack.com/pub/baratund...