Duncan Meisel
@duncanwrites.bsky.social
Writing, organizing, climate, politics, Texas, etc.
People who say there's no use for AI are completely wrong.
For instance, there's GroomBot 9000, Mark Zuckerberg's personal assistant for sexualizing young kids and driving the elderly into psychosis www.reuters.com/investigates...
For instance, there's GroomBot 9000, Mark Zuckerberg's personal assistant for sexualizing young kids and driving the elderly into psychosis www.reuters.com/investigates...
August 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
People who say there's no use for AI are completely wrong.
For instance, there's GroomBot 9000, Mark Zuckerberg's personal assistant for sexualizing young kids and driving the elderly into psychosis www.reuters.com/investigates...
For instance, there's GroomBot 9000, Mark Zuckerberg's personal assistant for sexualizing young kids and driving the elderly into psychosis www.reuters.com/investigates...
Austin has some really A+ content in this department.
"Hurt? Call the white guy with dreads!"
"Hurt? Call the white guy with dreads!"
August 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Austin has some really A+ content in this department.
"Hurt? Call the white guy with dreads!"
"Hurt? Call the white guy with dreads!"
New proposed Texas Congressional map is out. Republicans simply do not believe in Democracy.
July 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
New proposed Texas Congressional map is out. Republicans simply do not believe in Democracy.
The #OilBucketChallenge was the winning idea from @cleancreatives.bsky.social UN-pitch Fossil Fuels creative competition earlier this year.
And so here is me being covered in 'oil' for your enjoyment.
Join the movement: cleancreatives.org/join
And so here is me being covered in 'oil' for your enjoyment.
Join the movement: cleancreatives.org/join
July 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The #OilBucketChallenge was the winning idea from @cleancreatives.bsky.social UN-pitch Fossil Fuels creative competition earlier this year.
And so here is me being covered in 'oil' for your enjoyment.
Join the movement: cleancreatives.org/join
And so here is me being covered in 'oil' for your enjoyment.
Join the movement: cleancreatives.org/join
It sure seems like Mike Huckabee is trying to talk President Trump into using nuclear weapons.
"No President in my lifetime has been in a position like yours. Not Since Truman in 1945. I don't reach out to persuade you. Only to encourage you."
"No President in my lifetime has been in a position like yours. Not Since Truman in 1945. I don't reach out to persuade you. Only to encourage you."
June 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It sure seems like Mike Huckabee is trying to talk President Trump into using nuclear weapons.
"No President in my lifetime has been in a position like yours. Not Since Truman in 1945. I don't reach out to persuade you. Only to encourage you."
"No President in my lifetime has been in a position like yours. Not Since Truman in 1945. I don't reach out to persuade you. Only to encourage you."
A lot of y'all are forgetting the most important principle of political analysis, as expressed by one of the best Tumblr posts of all time.
June 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A lot of y'all are forgetting the most important principle of political analysis, as expressed by one of the best Tumblr posts of all time.
The new, more efficient version of the National Weather Service successfully delivered an extreme weather warning AFTER my house was getting pelted by hail and high winds last night.
May 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The new, more efficient version of the National Weather Service successfully delivered an extreme weather warning AFTER my house was getting pelted by hail and high winds last night.
Elon Musk goes around saying he's worried about global population collapse and then lets hundreds of thousands of poor children die of malnutrition and preventable disease.
Tells you everything you need to know about what 'population' he cares about.
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
Tells you everything you need to know about what 'population' he cares about.
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
March 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Elon Musk goes around saying he's worried about global population collapse and then lets hundreds of thousands of poor children die of malnutrition and preventable disease.
Tells you everything you need to know about what 'population' he cares about.
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
Tells you everything you need to know about what 'population' he cares about.
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...
I assume this list of headlines is a sign that things are going well
February 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I assume this list of headlines is a sign that things are going well
Congratulations to SXSW for trading US Army sponsorship for Phillip Morris. Love to see cultural events sponsored by tobacco money. schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/...
February 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Congratulations to SXSW for trading US Army sponsorship for Phillip Morris. Love to see cultural events sponsored by tobacco money. schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/...
Let's not overlook Ted Cruz's personal bullying of the FAA into putting more flights to DCA as another cause of the plane crash:
marylandmatters.org/2024/05/10/u...
marylandmatters.org/2024/05/10/u...
January 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Let's not overlook Ted Cruz's personal bullying of the FAA into putting more flights to DCA as another cause of the plane crash:
marylandmatters.org/2024/05/10/u...
marylandmatters.org/2024/05/10/u...
My plans last night got cancelled so I tried making stickers.
January 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My plans last night got cancelled so I tried making stickers.
Instead of actually fighting for their lives, clean energy lobby groups are still putting out the weakest-possible nonsense in response to existential threats, and we are all worse off because of it.
This is a terrible comms response to the wind executive order:
This is a terrible comms response to the wind executive order:
January 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Instead of actually fighting for their lives, clean energy lobby groups are still putting out the weakest-possible nonsense in response to existential threats, and we are all worse off because of it.
This is a terrible comms response to the wind executive order:
This is a terrible comms response to the wind executive order:
Imagine saying this out loud. My god.
January 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Imagine saying this out loud. My god.
While California caught fire this week, what was the oil and gas industry doing? Launching a new round of ads opposing climate action in California.
@cleancreatives.bsky.social found the agencies behind a new ad buy from Western States Petroleum Association that began WEDNESDAY as the fires spread:
@cleancreatives.bsky.social found the agencies behind a new ad buy from Western States Petroleum Association that began WEDNESDAY as the fires spread:
January 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
While California caught fire this week, what was the oil and gas industry doing? Launching a new round of ads opposing climate action in California.
@cleancreatives.bsky.social found the agencies behind a new ad buy from Western States Petroleum Association that began WEDNESDAY as the fires spread:
@cleancreatives.bsky.social found the agencies behind a new ad buy from Western States Petroleum Association that began WEDNESDAY as the fires spread:
You can tell he's lying because the consensus most useful online space today, Reddit, is run by moderators with absolute power to ban people from their communities, and not by whatever this standard is.
You have to be willfully ignorant, and excited to spread extremism, to have Zuckerberg's take.
You have to be willfully ignorant, and excited to spread extremism, to have Zuckerberg's take.
January 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
You can tell he's lying because the consensus most useful online space today, Reddit, is run by moderators with absolute power to ban people from their communities, and not by whatever this standard is.
You have to be willfully ignorant, and excited to spread extremism, to have Zuckerberg's take.
You have to be willfully ignorant, and excited to spread extremism, to have Zuckerberg's take.
The most obvious conclusion for a long time has been that Mark Zuckerberg is just a white supremacist.
January 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The most obvious conclusion for a long time has been that Mark Zuckerberg is just a white supremacist.
It gets better.
Look who he features in his Activist School:
Look who he features in his Activist School:
December 19, 2024 at 7:45 PM
It gets better.
Look who he features in his Activist School:
Look who he features in his Activist School:
During the first Trump Administration I came up with a system for thinking about the evil things happening that often helped me figure out how to be most useful.
Now that he's back in power, I wanted to share it again in case it helped others make sense of everything.
The Four Kinds of Trump Evil:
Now that he's back in power, I wanted to share it again in case it helped others make sense of everything.
The Four Kinds of Trump Evil:
November 16, 2024 at 12:22 AM
During the first Trump Administration I came up with a system for thinking about the evil things happening that often helped me figure out how to be most useful.
Now that he's back in power, I wanted to share it again in case it helped others make sense of everything.
The Four Kinds of Trump Evil:
Now that he's back in power, I wanted to share it again in case it helped others make sense of everything.
The Four Kinds of Trump Evil:
Austin's weather for a rare solar eclipse: rain, storms, possible hail.
April 8, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Austin's weather for a rare solar eclipse: rain, storms, possible hail.
There is a whole chapter dedicated to how cool the sperm whale's head is, and how important it is that it does NOT have a damn nose. standardebooks.org/ebooks/herma...
January 21, 2024 at 12:45 AM
There is a whole chapter dedicated to how cool the sperm whale's head is, and how important it is that it does NOT have a damn nose. standardebooks.org/ebooks/herma...
Unclear what exactly I was thinking 14 years ago today that caused me to post this on Facebook but it's nice to know some things haven't changed.
November 30, 2023 at 4:52 PM
Unclear what exactly I was thinking 14 years ago today that caused me to post this on Facebook but it's nice to know some things haven't changed.
Got a new shirt for ACL. Texas, for better or worse.
October 9, 2023 at 3:15 AM
Got a new shirt for ACL. Texas, for better or worse.
