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@baratunde.com

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host, writer, & speaker exploring interdependence across our relationships with nature, each other, and technology. Latest project is the YouTube podcast "Life With Machines." Other work includes: PBS's America Outdoors, and How To Citizen podcast

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@indigenousecon.bsky.socialApr 10, 2026, 1:37 AMReposted by @baratunde.com

Interested in AI and/or linguistic diversity?

On this episode of the @lifewithmachines.bsky.social podcast, @baratunde.com talks to @runningwolf.bsky.social about data sovereignty and revitalizing Indigenous languages.

youtu.be/Dz5pyprA5KA

youtu.beIndigenous AI Researcher Discusses Decolonizing AI & Dying Languages | Full EpisodeYouTube video by Baratunde Thurston
@baratunde.comApr 13, 2026, 5:05 PM

Our AI co-producer BLAIR got nominated for a Webby for Best Creative Use of AI & Technology.

We submitted the moment BLAIR fabricated a whole surveillance system to sound empathetic right after an interview about trust & human rights.

full story: baratun.de/aifailwebby
Vote: bit.ly/voteblair

baratun.deOur AI Co-Producer Lied, Then Got Nominated for a WebbyWatch the 11 minutes we submitted. Then vote.
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@baratunde.comMar 3, 2026, 6:33 AM

Yes

@baratunde.comMar 3, 2026, 6:20 AM

I’ve heard of tribunals for war criminals. But what about tribunals for people who voted for war criminals?

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@baratunde.comFeb 20, 2026, 12:22 AM

Yes!! Thank YOU for creating better futures. And this comment of mine was in the @lifewithmachines.bsky.social show but all my media has the same message: citizen is a verb. we the people must create our future. We can live well with tech, earth, ppl.

LifeWithMachines.media for those who want more

lifewithmachines.mediaLife With Machines | SubstackA cultural movement (and show) for people who want to live well with AI, not just endure it. Bringing clarity, critique, curiosity (and some comedy) to the AI discourse. A production by Baratunde. Cli...
@sende.bsky.socialFeb 11, 2026, 12:00 AMReposted by @baratunde.com

My cynicism says it’s also because they’re aware of climate change and its effects on food stability. So they’re trying to “program” themselves to live without it. And yeah, they’re also joyless assholes.

BBaratunde@baratunde.comFeb 10, 2026, 4:53 PM

Ask your nearest CEO what they’re favorite food is and see what they say. If they are all about Soylent and supplements as a way to fuel their productivity but have no interest in the beautiful sensation of food itself, BE WARY!!

@disappearedfromus.bsky.socialFeb 16, 2026, 11:40 PMReposted by @baratunde.com

The origami is based on the story of 1000 cranes, popularly resold in the true story of Sadako, a victim of Hiroshima atomic bombing. So touching that they are honoring Liam with bunny origami, for 1 important wish.

BBaratunde@baratunde.comFeb 16, 2026, 4:22 PM

❤️ When Liam Conejo Ramos was detained by ICE, his classmates started folding ORIGAMI BUNNIES in solidarity with Liam and all students who are unsafe. Our turn. Send here: Liam’s Classmates Columbia Heights Public Schools 1440 49th Ave. NE Columbia Heights, MN 55421 #liamramos #minneapolis

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@gelliottmorris.comFeb 16, 2026, 5:54 PMReposted by @baratunde.com

New hard data show the same pattern of intense anti-Trump backlash that polls do. Protests against Trump are happening at 4x the rate as 2017-18, and special election swings offer more data on the same point

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-back...

gelliottmorris.comThe backlash against Trump is showing up in hard data, not just pollsNew data on protest activity shows organized anti-Trump actions are 4x the size they were in the president's first term. Your weekly political data roundup for February 15, 2026.
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@thedailyedge.bsky.socialFeb 15, 2026, 1:39 PMReposted by @baratunde.com

How to slow the steamroller of fascism by joining the "economic strike" against the corporations that fund it. unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/defu... @profgalloway.com @baratunde.com @karenhunter.bsky.social

unprecedented.ghost.ioDefunding FascismHow you can help slow the steamroller of fascism.
@baratunde.comFeb 16, 2026, 4:22 PM

❤️ When Liam Conejo Ramos was detained by ICE, his classmates started folding ORIGAMI BUNNIES in solidarity with Liam and all students who are unsafe. Our turn. Send here:

Liam’s Classmates
Columbia Heights Public Schools
1440 49th Ave. NE
Columbia Heights, MN 55421

#liamramos #minneapolis

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@baratunde.comFeb 10, 2026, 4:53 PM

Ask your nearest CEO what they’re favorite food is and see what they say. If they are all about Soylent and supplements as a way to fuel their productivity but have no interest in the beautiful sensation of food itself, BE WARY!!

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@baratunde.comFeb 6, 2026, 9:23 PM

We are not built to watch murders on our phones… then casually scroll to a job update. Here are practical pieces of advice for how to document human rights abuses in the USA and protect our own mental health at the same time. Thank you WITNESS

open.substack.com/pub/lifewith...

open.substack.comSeeing Is No Longer BelievingICE, deepfakes, and how to know what's real with Sam Gregory
@ericamauter.comJan 11, 2026, 3:25 PMReposted by @baratunde.com

I keep thinking about the moral pincer concept that @baratunde.com describes here. Leading with non-violence is necessary, it’s risky no matter what, yes it’s unjust and hypocritical and they will escalate and provoke, and we still need to show up to resist and disrupt, but train up and be prepared.

screenshot of a threads post from baratunde. it reads:

l've watched enough WWII documentaries (and Tenet) to recognize a moral pincer move.

From one side, the government applies unlawful, brutal force, discarding its own moral limits.

From the other side, the people are expected to take the highest road every time: perfect restraint, perfect behavior, no mistakes.

Any failure by the people justifies more abuse.

And any failure by the government somehow... also justifies for more abuse.

That asymmetry is a trap the majority of us see through.
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@lostindeseret.bsky.socialJan 27, 2026, 5:00 AMReposted by @baratunde.com

Awesome evening. Much needed, thoughtful, generous storytelling and the permission to laugh a bit amidst the current horrors that are bombarding us. Thank you @baratunde.com and thank you to the Weber State Browning Presents! Series for making this free and open to all!

@ghostdoc2026.bsky.socialFeb 4, 2026, 8:54 PMReposted by @baratunde.com

Missed our convo at the Solidarity House? Check it out on YouTube here! Starring @valerieveatch.bsky.social, @ebestinthewest.bsky.social, @baratunde.com, @christiemarchese.bsky.social, Dayo Olopade, and Charlie Tyrell.

youtu.beWho Stewards the Future: Artists, Audiences, and the Fight for Agency PanelYouTube video by Solidarity House
@baratunde.comJan 13, 2026, 11:25 PM

I feel violated

@rieckhoff.bsky.socialDec 16, 2025, 2:31 AMReposted by @baratunde.com

⚡️”Little Man-Child”. Masculinity, Power and Pete Hegseth.

@baratunde.com Thurston breaks it down. With brilliance and power.

Watch the new @indyamericans.bsky.social on YouTube now: youtu.be/Jr4TOjYpwdw?...

Listen on Spotify, ApplePods all other platforms at www.IndependentAmericans.us 🎙️🇺🇸🚨

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@rieckhoff.bsky.socialDec 16, 2025, 2:41 PMReposted by @baratunde.com

⚡️Just recorded a huge and important conversation with Senator Mark Kelly for today’s @indyamericans.bsky.social Ahead of his potentially explosive meeting today with Pete Hegseth. Posting soon.

In the meantime, here’s yesterday’s show with the awesome & wise @baratunde.com: youtu.be/Jr4TOjYpwdw?...

@baratunde.comNov 13, 2025, 5:58 PM

This Saturday night I'm doing a solo talk/show at @calstate.bsky.social Long Beach. Will be talking about the future, tech, humanity, fascism. ALL the things. There will be jokes. www.carpenterarts.org/event/baratu...

carpenterarts.orgAn Evening with Baratunde ThurstonSAT, NOV 15, 2025 AT 8PMTickets
@baratunde.comOct 21, 2025, 7:48 PM

I thought racist texts were QUALIFYING to get a job in this administration. Serious question: why have these GOP senators decided to oppose Ingrassia when they have opposed almost nothing else Trump wants?

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