Matt Novak

@paleofuture.bsky.social

Reporter at @Gizmodo.com. I’ve been writing about the history of futurism at @Paleofuture.com since 2007. Email: [email protected] Signal: mattnovak.11

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The key difference between Elizabeth Holmes and Elon Musk is that Holmes cost many in the ruling class a lot of money and Musk is making many in the ruling class a lot of money.

Katie牛🏳️‍⚧️@kevincow.bsky.social

I was gonna say "how is it not illegal to promote your product with blatant lies like this" But then I remembered I just saw You Can See Everything, and like It very much is illegal So why is he not in jail like Holmes for his far more egregious and plentiful lies

@paleofuture.bsky.social

“They spend our money very unwisely.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I do not want to lose as your representative $90 billion for the privilege of allowing Canada to have a healthcare system and other things that they shouldn't be having"

@atrupar.comReposted by @paleofuture.bsky.social

Trump on what his fans could do with their $5k Trump check: "Let's go to Palm Beach and enjoy the president for lunch. Let's have lunch at Mar-a-Lago, where for $5,000 you'll get one hamburger and a small dessert."

@ezralevin.bsky.socialReposted by @paleofuture.bsky.social

A bad update: we're getting reports of pro-No Kings creators who have been suspended today as well. And we still lack backend access to the official No Kings account. Stay tuned, will report news when I have it.

Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social

Full update from our team. We STILL do not have admin access to the account.

The No Kings Instagram account has been reactivated, but administrators have not yet regained access. We now know that Meta pulled down the account. For approximately 90 minutes, Meta did not respond to our team, even as the account was offline at the peak of our national day of action and livestream. The account is now viewable again, and Meta told us in their response email that they made a bad call. However, administrators are still unable to access the account, blocking our ability to post about an ongoing day of mass action for early voting. Meta is currently not allowing the team to log in using the No Kings email address originally associated with the account. The team is troubleshooting that issue now. This is not OK. This is part of a much bigger concern: activists and movements around the world are increasingly vulnerable to decisions made by powerful technology platforms that can determine who gets heard and who gets silenced. We will close the loop once our team is fully back in the account. This remains a developing situation.
@ezralevin.bsky.socialReposted by @paleofuture.bsky.social

Update: without explanation, and after being suspended for more than an hour during peak mobilization time, Zuckerberg's Instagram restored the No Kings account but we still lack admin access. More to come. Rest assured we will not stop organizing against this regime and its collaborators.

Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social

❗❗❗Mark Zuckerberg's meta just suspended the No Kings Instagram account. I just rushed back from my local No Kings to jump on this. Bottom line, would be helpful for all pro-No Kings folks to elevate the issue and help us get the word out about No Kings today. The Nerd Reich strikes again.

@brandonfriedman.bsky.socialReposted by @paleofuture.bsky.social

Apparently at around 1:30 PM ET, the main accounts for the No Kings coalition on Instagram were frozen and pulled down. Admins have lost access to the account and are unable to log in. This happened at the peak of the organization's national day of action. Instagram, of course, is owned by Meta.

@joshsternberg.comReposted by @paleofuture.bsky.social

Meta took down the No Kings instagram; TikTok banned the Musk documentary account for supposedly violating its political posting policies. A reminder that platforms are owned by the wealthiest of people, control the means of media distribution, & put their thumbs on the democracy scale as they wish

Post from Ezra Levin: ❗❗❗Mark Zuckerberg's meta just suspended the No Kings Instagram account. I just rushed back from my local No Kings to jump on this. Bottom line, would be helpful for all pro-No Kings folks to elevate the issue and help us get the word out about No Kings today. The Nerd Reich strikes again. 3:02 PM · Oct 17, 2026 TikTok has banned the entire Musk film account, citing political content that violates its policies. The move, which comes just as the Alex Gibney’s investigation into Elon Musk expands to more than 470 screens across North America, raises concerns about Big Tech suppression that the very film seeks to expose. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/musk-movie-tiktok-banned-theaters-showtimes-1236734308/
@timprice.bsky.socialReposted by @paleofuture.bsky.social

"You push that new model live?" "Sure did, boss. Only an imminent risk of killing 49 people, just like you asked."

Mark Riedl@markriedl.bsky.social

Anthropic floats a sample bill. It would allow the gov’t to block a model that has a “foreseeable, imminent risk of more than $1 billion in damages, or of killing or seriously injuring more than 50 people” www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.comAnthropic quietly pitches its own AI safety bill to lawmakersThe draft proposal would limit the circumstances in which the government could block the release of an advanced model and preempt some state AI safety laws.
@paleofuture.bsky.social

Fun fact: The grandparents of Billy Evans, Elizabeth Holmes’s partner, founded Evans Hotels in the 1950s. His family owns three resorts in San Diego: The Lodge at Torrey Pines, Bahia Resort Hotel, and Catamaran Hotel Resort and Spa.

@paleofuture.bsky.social

With the 5 closed due to the fires, i just checked the drive from San Clemente to Oceanside, which takes about 20 minutes without traffic. It’s currently 3 hours and 17 minutes because you have to drive around Camp Pendleton.

Google Maps showing a 3 hour and 17 minute drive
@paleofuture.bsky.social

Trump always gets exhausted and loopy in the home stretch. This was Nov. 2, 2024, just three days before that election. It was so shocking I don't think any major TV news network covered it.

David_j_roth@davidjroth.bsky.social

The part of the election runup where every day brings videos of Trump getting up in front of some battleground audience in his dumb hat and going "frankly you're terrible people, really disgusting. A bunch of stupid people and their awful kids. [long break for laughter and applause] Ugly as shit,"

@davidjroth.bsky.socialReposted by @paleofuture.bsky.social

The part of the election runup where every day brings videos of Trump getting up in front of some battleground audience in his dumb hat and going "frankly you're terrible people, really disgusting. A bunch of stupid people and their awful kids. [long break for laughter and applause] Ugly as shit,"

@douglasmack.bsky.socialReposted by @paleofuture.bsky.social

anyway, here's some photos of 50,000 people peacefully walking through downtown minneapolis in subzero temperatures

People protesting in downtown Minneapolis last winter People protesting in downtown Minneapolis last winter
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

wow -- Michele Tafoya says Minnesota who protested Operation Metro Surge weren't peaceful and says, "this was not about peaceful protesting. This was about violence and criminal conduct."

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