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Mark Hurst

@markhurst.bsky.social

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Reader, writer, speaker, host. Encouraging better tech, resisting Big Tech.
Host, Techtonic - https://techtonic.fm
Host, Gel conference - http://gelconference.com
Criticism - https://creativegood.com/blog
Newsletter - https://creativegood.com/newsletter

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@jameeljaffer.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 4:46 PMReposted by @markhurst.bsky.social

All that money and still can’t afford a spine

@carolecadwalla.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 3:27 PMReposted by @markhurst.bsky.social

NEW: The big new Aaron Sorkin film The Social Reckoning opens tomorrow with a plot centred on Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen....but we need to talk about *another* Facebook whistleblower, Sarah Wynn-Williams. And why Zuck is gunning for her..
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www.youtube.com/watch?is=NP3...

@brbarrett.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:03 PMReposted by @markhurst.bsky.social

It was so great working with @neal.fun on this, and I hope you waste as much time playing around with it as I have www.wired.com/story/spend-...

wired.comSpend Elon Musk’s MoneyWhat’s it like to be the richest man in the world? Find out for yourself.
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@markhurst.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 5:09 PM

As promised - I did a dramatic reading of "How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance" on Techtonic.

exquisite.tube/w/afxx9o44pN...

Full episode: techtonic.fm/episodes/202...

@markhurst.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 4:39 PM

When I started warning about license-plate cameras in 2024 (www.wfmu.org/playlists/sh...) some people were, let's say, skeptical.

And now here we are.

@faineg.comSep 29, 2026, 9:55 PMReposted by @markhurst.bsky.social

oh man, I just tried it and america.gov really does get REAL weird when you tell it to “play Minecraft”

@coachfinstock.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 10:09 PMReposted by @markhurst.bsky.social

This is a list of all the people who are going to be getting bailed out with your tax money. I guarantee it. Not tough to call this shot.

@markhurst.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 5:57 PM

I got a little angry on Techtonic, reflecting on Jensen Huang's admission that he sees AI-based cognitive decline in kids (and himself: he doesn't know his own address) and he's OK with it all.

Full episode:
techtonic.fm/episodes/202...

@wolven.blacksky.appSep 29, 2026, 12:44 AMReposted by @markhurst.bsky.social

Seriously, just do not use muse

@markhurst.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 6:02 PM

"If the state successfully persuades the judge to award the maximum civil penalties for every violation, the company could owe over $200 billion, with interest accruing if it decides to appeal."

I hope New Mexico gets every last penny from Facebook.
apnews.com/article/face...

@markhurst.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 4:54 PM

Surveillance is about *control*.

@paulbernal.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 4:35 PMReposted by @markhurst.bsky.social

Yeah, but this isn’t like that. This is if you made your own robot dog, programmed it yourself, and then let it loose in the park and it bit someone…

@markhurst.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 2:27 PM

AI agents will deliver a painful lesson that connection to the global internet is not an unalloyed good. Organizations, institutions, utilities etc. are soon going to wake up to the possibilities of local-only networks with a limited (if any) connection to the wider web.

@markhurst.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 12:08 PMReposted by @markhurst.bsky.social

Anything you say in public - in a restaurant or bar, on a bus or plane or subway, in the workplace - can be secretly recorded by someone wearing (or holding) a Zuck-spy device, which will send what you said to Facebook AI for analysis and sharing.

@markhurst.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 9:03 PM

leavesubstack.com

@leyawn.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 8:35 PMReposted by @markhurst.bsky.social

ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli

@hypervisible.blacksky.appSep 26, 2026, 6:07 PMReposted by @markhurst.bsky.social

“Everyone hates cameras in smart glasses. But if the camera is contained in a charm you wear around your neck, it shifts the agency. Suddenly, you’re not recording people. It’s just a cute little animated avatar looking out on the world.”

@markhurst.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 4:18 PM

been saying for years on techtonic.fm - the fight ahead is big tech vs. the rest of us.

@alexgibneyfilm.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 8:00 PMReposted by @markhurst.bsky.social

The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.

CCandice Frederick@candicefrederick.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 4:23 PM

youtu.be/eY_8SyndC10?...

youtu.beMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetYouTube video by Musk
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@markhurst.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 1:33 PM

Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/b...

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