John Coons/Teo
@johncoons.bsky.social
Musician, Writer, Homo, He/They, NYC
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I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
NEW YORK: EIGHT DAYS until we premiere a brand new, full length show! GET YOUR DAMN TICKETS!
December 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
NEW YORK: EIGHT DAYS until we premiere a brand new, full length show! GET YOUR DAMN TICKETS!
Think of the speed and breadth in the ways AI has been shoved into everything, how quickly infrastructure was built, how we retooled our economy toward it.
But apparently we can only do these things to destroy the environment, not save it.
But apparently we can only do these things to destroy the environment, not save it.
December 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Think of the speed and breadth in the ways AI has been shoved into everything, how quickly infrastructure was built, how we retooled our economy toward it.
But apparently we can only do these things to destroy the environment, not save it.
But apparently we can only do these things to destroy the environment, not save it.
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Congress is trying to force through mass surveillance/censorship laws THIS WEEK
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
Bad Internet Bills
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
www.badinternetbills.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Congress is trying to force through mass surveillance/censorship laws THIS WEEK
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
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"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
Jesus it was an insane choice to premiere a brand new full length show in December. It's gonna be great and also, what is sleep?
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Jesus it was an insane choice to premiere a brand new full length show in December. It's gonna be great and also, what is sleep?
Yeah yeah, that’s your gender. What’s your subclass?
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Yeah yeah, that’s your gender. What’s your subclass?
Because you all respond to pics, buy a ticket to the premiere of our new show, Double InDUMBnity on Dec 20 at Green Room 42! Our last NYC show for a while as we head to Puerto Vallarta with it all Jan/most of Feb!
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Because you all respond to pics, buy a ticket to the premiere of our new show, Double InDUMBnity on Dec 20 at Green Room 42! Our last NYC show for a while as we head to Puerto Vallarta with it all Jan/most of Feb!
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This cartoon is from 2009. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ #SameAsItEverWas
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This cartoon is from 2009. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ #SameAsItEverWas
Coming to our show Double InDUMBnity at Green Room 42 on December 20th? All tix are HALF OFF today for Cyber Monday with the discount code CYBER! Snag one and then bring a friend!
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The Green Room 42
thegreenroom42.venuetix.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Coming to our show Double InDUMBnity at Green Room 42 on December 20th? All tix are HALF OFF today for Cyber Monday with the discount code CYBER! Snag one and then bring a friend!
thegreenroom42.venuetix.com?code=CYBER
thegreenroom42.venuetix.com?code=CYBER
Today marks my 7 year anniversary of being in NYC, which means in a month and a half or so, I'll have lived here longer than anywhere else, save my childhood home.
Makes me reflective about the next 7 and where I see myself going.
Makes me reflective about the next 7 and where I see myself going.
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Today marks my 7 year anniversary of being in NYC, which means in a month and a half or so, I'll have lived here longer than anywhere else, save my childhood home.
Makes me reflective about the next 7 and where I see myself going.
Makes me reflective about the next 7 and where I see myself going.
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"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
Less than 3 weeks until we premiere our new show, Double InDUMBnity at Green Room 42! More info/tix:
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The Green Room 42
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thegreenroom42.venuetix.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Less than 3 weeks until we premiere our new show, Double InDUMBnity at Green Room 42! More info/tix:
thegreenroom42.venuetix.com/showdetails/...
thegreenroom42.venuetix.com/showdetails/...
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Or @hsteffen.bsky.social, in “Adjunct,” giving a concise, bullet-pointed definition of neoliberalism that can go right onto a classroom handout or union meeting flyer — I’ll teach it next week 🙏
November 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Or @hsteffen.bsky.social, in “Adjunct,” giving a concise, bullet-pointed definition of neoliberalism that can go right onto a classroom handout or union meeting flyer — I’ll teach it next week 🙏
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You, a dangerous radical: We have to change the system so cartoon villains can't wreck the country again
Me, a wise pragmatist: What if we simply rebranded the system? Welcome to America Premium+
Me, a wise pragmatist: What if we simply rebranded the system? Welcome to America Premium+
November 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
You, a dangerous radical: We have to change the system so cartoon villains can't wreck the country again
Me, a wise pragmatist: What if we simply rebranded the system? Welcome to America Premium+
Me, a wise pragmatist: What if we simply rebranded the system? Welcome to America Premium+
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As a centrist, I think Donald Trump is bad, but the political and economic conditions that enabled him to become president twice are good
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
As a centrist, I think Donald Trump is bad, but the political and economic conditions that enabled him to become president twice are good
Remember- in the video game of life, kissing me restores hearts.
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Remember- in the video game of life, kissing me restores hearts.
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“It was one night and I was … a few hundred metres away. And it was very clear that Israeli quadcopters were supporting the looters in attacking the local security [teams]”
The Israeli military killed “two local notables as they sat in their car, armed and ready to protect the convoy”
The Israeli military killed “two local notables as they sat in their car, armed and ready to protect the convoy”
Convincing evidence Israel backed aid convoy looters in Gaza, historian says
Account of visit to Gaza by French professor describes Israeli military attacks on security personnel protecting convoys
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“It was one night and I was … a few hundred metres away. And it was very clear that Israeli quadcopters were supporting the looters in attacking the local security [teams]”
The Israeli military killed “two local notables as they sat in their car, armed and ready to protect the convoy”
The Israeli military killed “two local notables as they sat in their car, armed and ready to protect the convoy”
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Friendly reminder; anyone not treating climate collapse as an immediate threat of unimaginable scale and violence should be ignored, fired and/or voted out.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Friendly reminder; anyone not treating climate collapse as an immediate threat of unimaginable scale and violence should be ignored, fired and/or voted out.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
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New: cops used Flock AI-enabled cameras to monitor No Kings protests around the country. Also monitored No Hands protests and protests against DOGE.
"Should serve as a warning of how it may be used in the future to suppress dissent."
www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
"Should serve as a warning of how it may be used in the future to suppress dissent."
www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New: cops used Flock AI-enabled cameras to monitor No Kings protests around the country. Also monitored No Hands protests and protests against DOGE.
"Should serve as a warning of how it may be used in the future to suppress dissent."
www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
"Should serve as a warning of how it may be used in the future to suppress dissent."
www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
Jesus is the weirdest parasocial relationship because he hasn’t posted any new content since before my parents were born. It’s like weirder than crushing on one of the Beatles at this point.
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Jesus is the weirdest parasocial relationship because he hasn’t posted any new content since before my parents were born. It’s like weirder than crushing on one of the Beatles at this point.
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So it’s worse than we thought
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So it’s worse than we thought
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I just wrapped up two projects with students working on automated license plate reader tech in the context of abortion and this is still more dystopian and horrific than anything we uncovered.
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I just wrapped up two projects with students working on automated license plate reader tech in the context of abortion and this is still more dystopian and horrific than anything we uncovered.
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
The US is now a surveillance state with border patrol as the Gestapo.
apnews.com/article/immi...
I refuse to believe that RFK isn't really claymation
November 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I refuse to believe that RFK isn't really claymation