Baratunde
@baratunde.com
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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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
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
Indigenous AI Researcher Discusses Decolonizing AI & Dying Languages | Full Episode
YouTube video by Baratunde Thurston
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April 10, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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
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
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
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
Our AI Co-Producer Lied, Then Got Nominated for a Webby
Watch the 11 minutes we submitted. Then vote.
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April 13, 2026 at 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
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
I’ve heard of tribunals for war criminals. But what about tribunals for people who voted for war criminals?
March 3, 2026 at 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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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.
And yeah, they’re also joyless assholes.
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!!
February 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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.
And yeah, they’re also joyless assholes.
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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.
So touching that they are honoring Liam with bunny origami, for 1 important wish.
❤️ 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
Liam’s Classmates
Columbia Heights Public Schools
1440 49th Ave. NE
Columbia Heights, MN 55421
#liamramos #minneapolis
February 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM
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.
So touching that they are honoring Liam with bunny origami, for 1 important wish.
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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...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-back...
The backlash against Trump is showing up in hard data, not just polls
New 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.
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-back...
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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
Defunding Fascism
How you can help slow the steamroller of fascism.
unprecedented.ghost.io
February 15, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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
❤️ 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
Liam’s Classmates
Columbia Heights Public Schools
1440 49th Ave. NE
Columbia Heights, MN 55421
#liamramos #minneapolis
February 16, 2026 at 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
Liam’s Classmates
Columbia Heights Public Schools
1440 49th Ave. NE
Columbia Heights, MN 55421
#liamramos #minneapolis
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!!
February 10, 2026 at 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!!
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.com/pub/lifewith...
Seeing Is No Longer Believing
ICE, deepfakes, and how to know what's real with Sam Gregory
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February 6, 2026 at 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.com/pub/lifewith...
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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.
January 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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.
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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!
January 27, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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!
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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.
Who Stewards the Future: Artists, Audiences, and the Fight for Agency Panel
YouTube video by Solidarity House
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February 4, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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.
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⚡️”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 🎙️🇺🇸🚨
@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 🎙️🇺🇸🚨
December 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
⚡️”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 🎙️🇺🇸🚨
@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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⚡️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?...
In the meantime, here’s yesterday’s show with the awesome & wise @baratunde.com: youtu.be/Jr4TOjYpwdw?...
December 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
⚡️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?...
In the meantime, here’s yesterday’s show with the awesome & wise @baratunde.com: youtu.be/Jr4TOjYpwdw?...
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...
An Evening with Baratunde Thurston
SAT, NOV 15, 2025 AT 8PMTickets
www.carpenterarts.org
November 13, 2025 at 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...
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?
October 21, 2025 at 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?
Overhead from a TSA agent working security line at JFK this morning: "They're gonna start having the wheelchair assistants do security because of the shutdown. We're too shortstaffed."
HAPPY FLIGHTING!
HAPPY FLIGHTING!
October 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Overhead from a TSA agent working security line at JFK this morning: "They're gonna start having the wheelchair assistants do security because of the shutdown. We're too shortstaffed."
HAPPY FLIGHTING!
HAPPY FLIGHTING!
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"We don't have a President of the Untited States, we have a President of the Confederacy". Yup, that pretty much says it. And the actions tells it all.
Credit; @baratunde.com
Credit; @baratunde.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
"We don't have a President of the Untited States, we have a President of the Confederacy". Yup, that pretty much says it. And the actions tells it all.
Credit; @baratunde.com
Credit; @baratunde.com
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Some news from the Life With Machines Cinematic Universe. We submitted a panel to SXSW 2026 to build off last year’s success. We propose to lean into the absurdity, comedy, and satire of this AI moment. Check it out and vote for participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx....
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PanelPicker® is the official SXSW user-generated session proposal platform. Enter ideas and vote to help shape Conference programming for SXSW and SXSW EDU.
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August 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Some news from the Life With Machines Cinematic Universe. We submitted a panel to SXSW 2026 to build off last year’s success. We propose to lean into the absurdity, comedy, and satire of this AI moment. Check it out and vote for participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sx....
If you’re building the AI you think might destroy us… maybe you’re not the one who should “save” us from it. In this week's @lifewithmachines.bsky.social newsletter, we share news about Lighthaven, a semi-secret group in Berkeley. And other AI updates you should know. bit.ly/3UY4qt8
August 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If you’re building the AI you think might destroy us… maybe you’re not the one who should “save” us from it. In this week's @lifewithmachines.bsky.social newsletter, we share news about Lighthaven, a semi-secret group in Berkeley. And other AI updates you should know. bit.ly/3UY4qt8
In the future, kids may ask their grandparents, "Is it true that when you were young you used to think?" The rise of AI is pushing us to define what we want for our #LifeWithMachines. We're entering a new phase of this exploration. More clarity, critique, and creativity. Join us
bit.ly/3GY6D4z
bit.ly/3GY6D4z
July 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In the future, kids may ask their grandparents, "Is it true that when you were young you used to think?" The rise of AI is pushing us to define what we want for our #LifeWithMachines. We're entering a new phase of this exploration. More clarity, critique, and creativity. Join us
bit.ly/3GY6D4z
bit.ly/3GY6D4z
AI is made of people. Data labelers, content moderators, gig workers. It's Soylent Green, all so we can convert angry emails into non-fireable communications
As @milamiceli.bsky.social shared, the more AI expands, the more human drudgery it creates. But it doesn't have to baratun.de/4eJjqEl
As @milamiceli.bsky.social shared, the more AI expands, the more human drudgery it creates. But it doesn't have to baratun.de/4eJjqEl
July 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
AI is made of people. Data labelers, content moderators, gig workers. It's Soylent Green, all so we can convert angry emails into non-fireable communications
As @milamiceli.bsky.social shared, the more AI expands, the more human drudgery it creates. But it doesn't have to baratun.de/4eJjqEl
As @milamiceli.bsky.social shared, the more AI expands, the more human drudgery it creates. But it doesn't have to baratun.de/4eJjqEl