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Stop following orders. Matters will not improve of their own accord. Lecturer, writer, & socent interested in inequality, politics, resource use, systems thinking, & sustaining democracies. Enjoy cooking, gardening, writing & wandering

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · Nov 11

I'm noodling on the next Wicked Problems Collaborative project, so it feels like a good time to create a starter pack. It's been a huge honor to collaborate with this crew - so many great people who are trying to make things better.

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 36m

This is good stuff.

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 21h

If we write off all news media, we’re playing into Trump’s hands. Some outlets are doing well while others stink.
In this installment of my free Stop the Presses newsletter, I give letter grades to major media outlets. See if you agree.

I’m handing out pro-democracy grades to the media

The Guardian gets an A, the NY Times gets a C, CBS gets an F

www.stopthepresses.news

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 2h

How long before investors realize the emperor wears no clothes?

John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 2h

It’s not just an AI bubble. It’s a bathtub full of bubbles, all connected, that will pop together. And pop goes the economy. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...

The Frothiest AI Bubble Is in Energy Stocks

Concept stocks with no revenue have soaring valuations. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has backed the biggest of these energy companies.

www.wsj.com

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 2h

Calling time of death for SciAm's credibility.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 15h

Next reading group book—People, Power, Change by Marshall Ganz. Sign up here:

People, Power, Change Reading Group Sign Up

Our next book is People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal by Marshall Ganz. We'll do this in two sessions, likely beginning in early November. There are definitely used copies out th...

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 2h

Start arresting them.

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 11h

"In financial markets, a bubble occurs when the level of investment in an asset becomes persistently detached from the amount of profit that asset could plausibly generate."
Getting that full to bursting vibe all over again.

Opinion | Warning: Our Stock Market Is Looking Like a Bubble

www.nytimes.com

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 11h

One to share

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 11h

Surely our peacemonger in chief will fix this

Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 15h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 21h

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 11h

Gladly!

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 11h

I have this on my to read list. From what I know, it doesn't appear to be specifically about systems thinking, but the author appears to take a systems-based view in addressing disability.

What Can a Body Do? by Sara Hendren: 9780735220003 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR and LitHub Winner of the 2021 Science in Society Journalism Book Prize A fascinating and provocative new way of looking at the things we use and the spaces we in...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 15h

Literally nothing coming from the Pentagon, DHS, or DOJ should be considered credible unless backed up by an independent source outside of government. (This, for the record, is a huge problem!)

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 15h

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 12h

Please join me in mocking it relentlessly

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 14h

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THE CITY @thecity.nyc · 14h

NEW: In a rare appearance alongside mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani Tuesday, in the Queens Assembly district he represents, Gov. Kathy Hochul backed the Democratic nominee’s campaign pledge of rolling out universal child care.

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In Rare Joint Appearance, Hochul Backs Mamdani's Push for Universal Child Care

The governor acknowledged their differences, but said in a visit to Mamdani’s district that she has “found an ally” in making New York more affordable.

www.thecity.nyc

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 14h

Everyone 'following orders' is complicit at best

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 19h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 15h

I dunno, but I believe Rogers would tell us that's a matter for the shadow docket

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 15h

How many restraining orders should a member of Congress be able to have placed on them while being a member of Congress?

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16h

Cory Mills, boy I dunno

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/14/j...

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 15h

LFG!

Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 18h

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 22h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 17h

"OpenAI...constantly needs fresh injections of investor cash, because its costs are bigger than its revenues—keeps announcing deals to invest billions in chip makers. Unless they invent digital god & completely transform the global economy... they’re going to run into some hard accounting realities"

Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 19h

Everyone agrees that we're currently in a dotcom era-like AI bubble. People disagree what sort of bubble it is.

There are 3 stories one can tell about the dotcom crash: a startup story, a telecom story, and an accounting fraud story.

My take: it's giving Enron
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...

It's Giving Enron

On the AI bubble, and the various echoes of the dotcom crash

open.substack.com

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Aug 30

I am once again reposting this absurdly useful essay from Tim and Kate, because not enough of you have read it.

Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · Jul 5

“The postwar order rested on three pillars: American hegemony, the fossil-fuel energy system, and an open, multilateral trading order. America has now attacked each pillar at the foundation of its hydrocarbon global order.” —
New: @katemac.bsky.social & I
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 19h

We're failing humanity by allowing these monsters to continue

US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

apnews.com

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 20h

"This has substance and soul. Ask any therapist what the key to healing and happiness is, and a lot of it comes back to loving your inner child. Now you can hug him or her!"

ernie from sesame street is wearing a striped shirt and orange gloves

Alt: Ernie from Sesame Street is not having it

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costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 21h

Could've stopped at "Congress is losing its grip."

FCNL @fcnl.bsky.social · 22h

Our democratic system relies on the separation of powers.

Congress must fund essential services and defend its power of the purse against the Trump administration's authoritarian overreach.

Congress is losing its grip on the power to spend Americans’ money

Congress is supposed to control spending, but increasingly, the White House is dictating how America’s money is used.

www.washingtonpost.com

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 21h

Honorable.

David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 1d

NPR's veteran defense reporter Tom Bowman: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon Pass

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

costrike @costrike.bsky.social · 1d

"It’s understandable that the beneficiaries of upward redistribution would prefer to focus people’s attention on demographics, sort of like focusing it on immigrants in the United States, but the demographics would not be the real problem in this story."

Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday was AI taking all the jobs day; today is running out of workers day at the Washington Post deanbaker22.substack.com/p/the-runnin... Just don't ask why the rich people get all the money

The Running Out of People Story: The Silliest Theme Pushed by Intellectual Types

Yesterday was AI taking all the jobs day, today is running out of workers day at the WaPo

deanbaker22.substack.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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