Blood in the Machine

4/30/2026

And it's precisely what democratic governance of AI looks like.

4/24/2026

The defense tech giant's controversial manifesto actually reveals it's more vulnerable than its bravado lets on. Plus, how departing Apple CEO Tim Cook will really be remembered.

4/21/2026

Residents of the small enclave east of LA not only killed their city's proposed 250,000 square foot data center, they pushed city council to ban them altogether

4/17/2026

From the techne pessimists of Ancient Greece to the computer firebombers of the Information Age, here's a look at the long—and fruitful—legacy of refusing the machine.

4/16/2026

Come help me make a podcast

4/14/2026

And why it's probably only going to get worse from here.

4/10/2026

Plus, Anthropic's new AI model that's 'too dangerous to release,' thoughts on the New Yorker's Sam Altman investigation, and more.

4/4/2026

There's been a wave of successful efforts to ban, reject and shut down AI.

3/27/2026

On the demise of Sora and our enduring revulsion to AI slop

3/24/2026

The AI Dividend is distributing $1,000 a month for a year, no strings attached, to eligible workers.

3/18/2026

The Oscars host mined Hollywood's unease with Silicon Valley. Plus, BuzzFeed nears bankruptcy after its pivot to AI, China's exploding gig economy, and a playwright calls Sam Altman a Nazi.

3/13/2026

AI Killed My Job: Educators.

3/5/2026

What drives the men who make--and abuse--AI?

3/1/2026

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die takes a big swing at AI. Does it connect?

2/26/2026

But it does need to get organized.

2/20/2026

Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage. PLUS: 10,000 drivers call on Uber to repay stolen wages, a man is arrested at a public hearing about a data center and more.

2/18/2026

What's behind the feverish AI discourse? Who thinks "AI is fake"? Is "the left" wrong to dismiss AI? Is that even what's happening? What's really going on with AI in 2026.

2/12/2026

The search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads.

2/6/2026

And how to stop them

1/30/2026

Plus, protestors demand Amazon ditch its ICE contracts on the national day of protest.

1/26/2026

Silicon Valley must decide which side it's on

1/23/2026

Trump's AI agenda is often described as a push for deregulation; an effort to cut red tape so AI companies can innovate. In truth, it's a big government project with designs toward domination.

1/16/2026

How the post-truth politics of Donald Trump and Elon Musk engineered the brutal, unpopular ICE occupation -- and what the resistance is actually about.

1/2/2026

One bleak possible future for life after the AI bubble bursts

12/22/2025

The Great Blood in the Machine Guide to All Media

12/18/2025

On the future of art and labor in the age of American AI and authoritarianism.

12/12/2025

Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.

12/7/2025

Sam Altman issued a 'code red' for OpenAI. Meanwhile, political fault lines are widening in the GOP in Washington, and the public is protesting its unfettered expansion.