CitizenCyborg
@citizencyborg.bsky.social
Sociologist, left social democrat antifascist with technoprogressive tendencies. Exec Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.org @citizencyborg on Substack & Threads.
Unitarians made church into university www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...
How the University Replaced the Church as the Home of Liberal Morality
As progressive Americans have become more secular, the academy has become their primary moral training ground. The results have not been good.
www.newyorker.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Unitarians made church into university www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...
The Epstein class controls our politics
February 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
The Epstein class controls our politics
Gen Z is 10x queerer than Boomers. Women are twice as queer as men, and Dems 7x as queer as Republicans. Black and Hispanic Americans are queerer than white Americans. Six in ten LGBTQ are bisexuals. news.gallup.com/poll/702206/...
February 16, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Gen Z is 10x queerer than Boomers. Women are twice as queer as men, and Dems 7x as queer as Republicans. Black and Hispanic Americans are queerer than white Americans. Six in ten LGBTQ are bisexuals. news.gallup.com/poll/702206/...
In the episode of Bread and Robots, "Technoprog Transhumanism," Matteo and Marc Roux dismantle the cliché that transhumanism is merely a playground for Silicon Valley billionaires seeking digital immortality.
breadandrobots.substack.com/p/technoprog...
breadandrobots.substack.com/p/technoprog...
Technoprog Transhumanism
A Conversation with Marc Roux
breadandrobots.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
In the episode of Bread and Robots, "Technoprog Transhumanism," Matteo and Marc Roux dismantle the cliché that transhumanism is merely a playground for Silicon Valley billionaires seeking digital immortality.
breadandrobots.substack.com/p/technoprog...
breadandrobots.substack.com/p/technoprog...
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‘The machine did it coldly’
Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militants
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/a...
Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militants
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/a...
February 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
‘The machine did it coldly’
Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militants
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/a...
Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militants
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/a...
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What can technoprogressives learn from debates about the nature of power in society? Does money make the world go around, or money and sex and other stuff? What role does technology play in social change? ieet.substack.com/p/how-do-tec...
How Do Technoprogressives Understand Social Change?
Reflecting on the rise of fascism and the Epstein class through the lens of post-Marxist and technoprogressive social theory
ieet.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:34 PM
What can technoprogressives learn from debates about the nature of power in society? Does money make the world go around, or money and sex and other stuff? What role does technology play in social change? ieet.substack.com/p/how-do-tec...
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Great to sit down with Henry Rosoff at Pix 11 to talk about our campaign, democratic socialism, and how the path to a dignified life for working people depends on changing Congress.
Here's part of our conversation.
Here's part of our conversation.
February 14, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Great to sit down with Henry Rosoff at Pix 11 to talk about our campaign, democratic socialism, and how the path to a dignified life for working people depends on changing Congress.
Here's part of our conversation.
Here's part of our conversation.
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Disaster capitalism.
“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns…”
“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns…”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Disaster capitalism.
“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns…”
“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns…”
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Axios bringing the class consciousness www.axios.com/2026/02/11/a...
The AI boom belongs to capital, not workers
Job openings have become scarce and workers' wages are no longer rising that rapidly.
www.axios.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Axios bringing the class consciousness www.axios.com/2026/02/11/a...
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Britain’s government makes the union-friendly case for artificial intelligence. Progressives take note. www.economist.com/britain/2026...
Selling AI to the left
Britain’s government makes the union-friendly case for artificial intelligence. Progressives take note
www.economist.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Britain’s government makes the union-friendly case for artificial intelligence. Progressives take note. www.economist.com/britain/2026...
"Curiosamente, James Hughes (2007) también denuncia que, en vista de que el concepto de naturaleza humana apela a la pureza de la humanidad como especie...racismo-humano, como lo denomina Hughes." www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Human nature from the perspective of science: a transhumanist response to Elena Postigo
PDF | In the article «Bioethics and transhumanism from the perspective of human nature», bioethicist Elena Postigo Solana presented an objection to the... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
www.researchgate.net
February 10, 2026 at 4:52 PM
"Curiosamente, James Hughes (2007) también denuncia que, en vista de que el concepto de naturaleza humana apela a la pureza de la humanidad como especie...racismo-humano, como lo denomina Hughes." www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Way to go MAGAts
February 7, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Way to go MAGAts
Nir Eisikovitz and I will be co-hosting a live episode of Prosthetic Gods April 2 at the University of New Hampshire, as part of their Sidore Memorial AI Ethics conference. The discussion is free and open to the public, and will appear as a podcast episode.
www.themusichall.org/events/sipso...
www.themusichall.org/events/sipso...
Artificial Intelligence and Human Values: A Public Conversation
www.themusichall.org
February 7, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Nir Eisikovitz and I will be co-hosting a live episode of Prosthetic Gods April 2 at the University of New Hampshire, as part of their Sidore Memorial AI Ethics conference. The discussion is free and open to the public, and will appear as a podcast episode.
www.themusichall.org/events/sipso...
www.themusichall.org/events/sipso...
The rise of Sanseito, alongside the MAGA-inspired movements in South Korea, suggests that a new, U.S.-influenced political model is firmly taking root among Washington’s key allies in the Asia-Pacific region.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...
How MAGA-Inspired Politics Are Reshaping Japan and South Korea
A culture war playbook honed by American conservatives is finding new life in East Asia
newlinesmag.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:47 PM
The rise of Sanseito, alongside the MAGA-inspired movements in South Korea, suggests that a new, U.S.-influenced political model is firmly taking root among Washington’s key allies in the Asia-Pacific region.
newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...
newlinesmag.com/reportage/ho...
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It's the Billionaires, Stupid
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
By David Rothkopf - former editor of Foreign Policy
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
By David Rothkopf - former editor of Foreign Policy
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R...
It's the Billionaires, Stupid
The faultline for Dems in the run to 2028 will be attitudes toward elites
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:13 AM
It's the Billionaires, Stupid
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
By David Rothkopf - former editor of Foreign Policy
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
By David Rothkopf - former editor of Foreign Policy
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_R...
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Imagine seeing photos and videos of ugly old men raping underage girls and thinking, "I need to protect those horrible men at all costs."?
Pam Bondi is a soulless villain.
Pam Bondi is a soulless villain.
February 4, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Imagine seeing photos and videos of ugly old men raping underage girls and thinking, "I need to protect those horrible men at all costs."?
Pam Bondi is a soulless villain.
Pam Bondi is a soulless villain.
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"We've basically funded an elite global pedophile ring since 2015. I feel sick."
Crypto Bros Nauseated After Realizing Bitcoin Itself Was Funded by Jeffrey Epstein
The crypto community is reeling from the discovery that Epstein was a huge backer of early Bitcoin efforts.
trib.al
February 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM
"We've basically funded an elite global pedophile ring since 2015. I feel sick."
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Looks like Bitcoin is moving rapidly towards its fundamental value (zero) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Burry Warns of Cascading Effects From Bitcoin Plunge
Michael Burry, who rose to prominence for his wager against the US housing market ahead of the 2008 financial crisis, warned that Bitcoin’s plunge could deepen into a self-reinforcing “death spiral,” ...
www.bloomberg.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Looks like Bitcoin is moving rapidly towards its fundamental value (zero) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"Companion chatbot users indicated that these relationships were beneficial to their social health... perceiving companion chatbots as more conscious and humanlike correlated with more positive opinions and more pronounced social health benefits."
arxiv.org/abs/2311.10599
arxiv.org/abs/2311.10599
Chatbots as social companions: How people perceive consciousness, human likeness, and social health benefits in machines
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more widespread, one question that arises is how human-AI interaction might impact human-human interaction. Chatbots, for example, are increasingly used as soci...
arxiv.org
February 3, 2026 at 10:55 PM
"Companion chatbot users indicated that these relationships were beneficial to their social health... perceiving companion chatbots as more conscious and humanlike correlated with more positive opinions and more pronounced social health benefits."
arxiv.org/abs/2311.10599
arxiv.org/abs/2311.10599
Mood - I've been continuously depressed about how resilient the fascist rise has been. But the blood of our martyrs has renewed the tree of liberty. Plus the monstrous unhideable crimes of the craven elites.
youtu.be/dWUa7aAIfLE?...
youtu.be/dWUa7aAIfLE?...
Resistance Revival Chorus with Rhiannon Giddens "All You Fascists Bound To Lose"
YouTube video by Resistance Revival Chorus
youtu.be
February 3, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Mood - I've been continuously depressed about how resilient the fascist rise has been. But the blood of our martyrs has renewed the tree of liberty. Plus the monstrous unhideable crimes of the craven elites.
youtu.be/dWUa7aAIfLE?...
youtu.be/dWUa7aAIfLE?...
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.