Laszlo Bock
@laszlobock.bsky.social
2x AI founder, x-Google, currently teaching at Berkeley and Stanford
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"Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology" is a great line
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology" is a great line
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The billboards on the way through SF to SFO are like a parody of the city.
“Wooza can push to Splorg. Can your TSMP?”
“Wooza can push to Splorg. Can your TSMP?”
August 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The billboards on the way through SF to SFO are like a parody of the city.
“Wooza can push to Splorg. Can your TSMP?”
“Wooza can push to Splorg. Can your TSMP?”
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covered a lot of topics in this one but i really cannot overstate how much this single sentence derailed my week
type-click-type.ghost.io/the-five-spo...
type-click-type.ghost.io/the-five-spo...
August 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
covered a lot of topics in this one but i really cannot overstate how much this single sentence derailed my week
type-click-type.ghost.io/the-five-spo...
type-click-type.ghost.io/the-five-spo...
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Filing: Nvidia reveals its top two customers accounted for 39% of its Q2 revenue, up from 25% in Q2, 2024 (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
August 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Filing: Nvidia reveals its top two customers accounted for 39% of its Q2 revenue, up from 25% in Q2, 2024 (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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graph of intense pain & suffering
August 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
graph of intense pain & suffering
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Next they'll be helping with the potato harvest
August 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Next they'll be helping with the potato harvest
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
The Wage Gap Between CEOs And Workers Is Widening—And This Popular Company Is The Biggest Offender
The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
www.forbes.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The CEOs of the country's lowest-paying large companies made $17.2 million on average last year. Their workers made $35,570.
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Key question from @laszlobock.bsky.social: "whether AI’s productivity benefits [will be] claimed by capital — feeding through to bigger profits or higher executive pay — or shared with labour, in the form, say, of shorter working hours or higher salaries" on.ft.com/41cuDrw @andrewtghill.ft.com
Does HR still need humans?
AI can perform many of the duties of human resources staff, a symbol of how it is changing companies and the nature of work
on.ft.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Key question from @laszlobock.bsky.social: "whether AI’s productivity benefits [will be] claimed by capital — feeding through to bigger profits or higher executive pay — or shared with labour, in the form, say, of shorter working hours or higher salaries" on.ft.com/41cuDrw @andrewtghill.ft.com
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How Trumpism is like Stalinism. A thread. 🧵🧵🧵
Many people make valid comparisons of Trumpism to Nazism. But I think MAGA authoritarianism bears more similarities to Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union – ruthless, paranoid, dishonest and determined to climb into every aspect of the lives of his people.
Many people make valid comparisons of Trumpism to Nazism. But I think MAGA authoritarianism bears more similarities to Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union – ruthless, paranoid, dishonest and determined to climb into every aspect of the lives of his people.
August 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
How Trumpism is like Stalinism. A thread. 🧵🧵🧵
Many people make valid comparisons of Trumpism to Nazism. But I think MAGA authoritarianism bears more similarities to Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union – ruthless, paranoid, dishonest and determined to climb into every aspect of the lives of his people.
Many people make valid comparisons of Trumpism to Nazism. But I think MAGA authoritarianism bears more similarities to Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union – ruthless, paranoid, dishonest and determined to climb into every aspect of the lives of his people.
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This is why I don’t spend much time on Meta’s Threads.
So beyond repulsive.
So beyond repulsive.
Meta appoints anti-DEI and anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor
Robby Starbuck has been appointed as an AI bias advisor at Meta with the goal of making the company's chat bot less "woke."
www.advocate.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This is why I don’t spend much time on Meta’s Threads.
So beyond repulsive.
So beyond repulsive.
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The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
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Hello Mr. Leopold, I’m Zach, a high school journalist. I just published an exclusive investigation into how 193 Trump donors funneled $2M through Guam, raising quid pro quo and campaign finance concerns. Would be grateful if you gave it a look or shared it:
open.substack.com/pub/zachkahn...
open.substack.com/pub/zachkahn...
Trump's Second Favorite Island (With Another List)
Republican donors funnel millions through Guam, spotlighting the need for campaign finance reform
open.substack.com
July 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hello Mr. Leopold, I’m Zach, a high school journalist. I just published an exclusive investigation into how 193 Trump donors funneled $2M through Guam, raising quid pro quo and campaign finance concerns. Would be grateful if you gave it a look or shared it:
open.substack.com/pub/zachkahn...
open.substack.com/pub/zachkahn...
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Trump today: "I'm surprised he [Jerome Powell] was appointed. I'm surprised frankly that Biden put him in."
Trump in November 2017: "It is my pleasure and my honour to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve."
Trump in November 2017: "It is my pleasure and my honour to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve."
July 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trump today: "I'm surprised he [Jerome Powell] was appointed. I'm surprised frankly that Biden put him in."
Trump in November 2017: "It is my pleasure and my honour to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve."
Trump in November 2017: "It is my pleasure and my honour to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve."
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"Whether it's Bongino, Patel, Bondi, Habba, Trump spent all of this time promising their supporters something. They used it to gain power for themselves. And then the moment they can substantiate the very claims that they were making, they do an about face and leave their supporters high and dry."
July 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Whether it's Bongino, Patel, Bondi, Habba, Trump spent all of this time promising their supporters something. They used it to gain power for themselves. And then the moment they can substantiate the very claims that they were making, they do an about face and leave their supporters high and dry."
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I’m a year younger than him. What a whiner. It was a white man’s world throughout my education and job search. Some R1s were just starting to think about maybe hiring some women and POC. He doesn’t like that the world he grew up in changed.
What discrimination did Andreessen face? He went to a public university & was able to work on early federally funded research projects on computing, and turn that into a career.
The insanity of the last 8 years? Workers or online posters who disagreed with him? A government that dared regulate him?
The insanity of the last 8 years? Workers or online posters who disagreed with him? A government that dared regulate him?
July 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I’m a year younger than him. What a whiner. It was a white man’s world throughout my education and job search. Some R1s were just starting to think about maybe hiring some women and POC. He doesn’t like that the world he grew up in changed.
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🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area.
Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.
Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.
July 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area.
Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.
Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.
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Once again, marginal tax rates are too low & this poses an existential threat to 🇺🇸 society & democracy
July 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Once again, marginal tax rates are too low & this poses an existential threat to 🇺🇸 society & democracy
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Fuck ICE and anyone who helps them
Always be ready to stand between an ICE gestapo thug and their target. And business owners, know your rights and never let ICE in no matter what: www.nilc.org/wp-content/u...
Always be ready to stand between an ICE gestapo thug and their target. And business owners, know your rights and never let ICE in no matter what: www.nilc.org/wp-content/u...
June 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Fuck ICE and anyone who helps them
Always be ready to stand between an ICE gestapo thug and their target. And business owners, know your rights and never let ICE in no matter what: www.nilc.org/wp-content/u...
Always be ready to stand between an ICE gestapo thug and their target. And business owners, know your rights and never let ICE in no matter what: www.nilc.org/wp-content/u...
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Someone (@lewfoo) posted a long thread on the THREADS app about this. I’m posting the @npr.org story on which her thread was based here. PLEASE READ & SHARE. It’s so important.
@cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com @abc7.bsky.social
www.npr.org/sections/the...
@cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com @abc7.bsky.social
www.npr.org/sections/the...
When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers
In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.
www.npr.org
July 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Someone (@lewfoo) posted a long thread on the THREADS app about this. I’m posting the @npr.org story on which her thread was based here. PLEASE READ & SHARE. It’s so important.
@cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com @abc7.bsky.social
www.npr.org/sections/the...
@cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com @abc7.bsky.social
www.npr.org/sections/the...
By @tomking.bsky.social and Jeff Spokes.
July 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
By @tomking.bsky.social and Jeff Spokes.
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Always bothered by the “what are we, China” discussions of surveillance, because Americans have done a bang-up job of creating their own expansive surveillance state, it’s just that lots of people are just beginning to notice.
Opinion | Can We See Our Future in China’s Cameras?
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Always bothered by the “what are we, China” discussions of surveillance, because Americans have done a bang-up job of creating their own expansive surveillance state, it’s just that lots of people are just beginning to notice.
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Good morning. We knew the answers to questions like these when the JCPOA was in effect.
Again, in a more serious country, unilaterally withdrawing from that agreement would have immediately ended Trump's first presidency & destroyed the GOP's reputation on national security policy for a generation.
Again, in a more serious country, unilaterally withdrawing from that agreement would have immediately ended Trump's first presidency & destroyed the GOP's reputation on national security policy for a generation.
June 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Good morning. We knew the answers to questions like these when the JCPOA was in effect.
Again, in a more serious country, unilaterally withdrawing from that agreement would have immediately ended Trump's first presidency & destroyed the GOP's reputation on national security policy for a generation.
Again, in a more serious country, unilaterally withdrawing from that agreement would have immediately ended Trump's first presidency & destroyed the GOP's reputation on national security policy for a generation.