Midterms techlash! Turns out (as I’ve been saying for a year) AI and data centers motivate voters. slate.com/podcasts/wha...
The Midterms Techlash
How Democrats ran against A.I. and won.
slate.com
November 6, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Midterms techlash! Turns out (as I’ve been saying for a year) AI and data centers motivate voters. slate.com/podcasts/wha...
New @thebulletin.org: @saragoud.bsky.social interviews @davekarpf.bsky.social about what to expect from Techlash 2.0
A reckoning: What voter rejection at the ballot box means for Big Tech
While a Democratically controlled Congress can start holding Big Tech to account, it’s unlikely they can pass effective legislation.
thebulletin.org
November 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
New @thebulletin.org: @saragoud.bsky.social interviews @davekarpf.bsky.social about what to expect from Techlash 2.0
for years, Silicon Valley barons denied that the techlash was coming for them. then they hijacked the government and attempted to refashion it in their bitter vision—only to be historically, decisively repudiated.
Dems have an unmistakable anti-broligarch mandate. will they meet the moment?
Dems have an unmistakable anti-broligarch mandate. will they meet the moment?
It Won Big at the Ballot Box in 2024. The Midterms Absolutely Devastated It. No, I’m Not Talking About the GOP.
The elections made it clear: Americans are really sick of Big Tech.
slate.com
November 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
for years, Silicon Valley barons denied that the techlash was coming for them. then they hijacked the government and attempted to refashion it in their bitter vision—only to be historically, decisively repudiated.
Dems have an unmistakable anti-broligarch mandate. will they meet the moment?
Dems have an unmistakable anti-broligarch mandate. will they meet the moment?
Techlash lane remains open and viable
November 7, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Techlash lane remains open and viable
techlash.
So ... Shellacking?
November 4, 2026 at 4:11 AM
techlash.
Everyone is talking about how either AI is gonna be skynet and shoot us with guns (false), or data centers are wastes of resources (true). People are saying a big part if the techlash is about data center opposition which it may be.
November 6, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Everyone is talking about how either AI is gonna be skynet and shoot us with guns (false), or data centers are wastes of resources (true). People are saying a big part if the techlash is about data center opposition which it may be.
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#BriskTeaching #EdTech #Techlash #ResponsibleAI
November 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
💙💜 Brisk AI Professional Levels 1 & 2 certified! 🎓 Amid the techlash, let’s focus on using AI responsibly to support—not replace—human connection in education. ✨
@manningtechtalk.bsky.social
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#BriskTeaching #EdTech #Techlash #ResponsibleAI
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@briskteaching.bsky.social
#BriskTeaching #EdTech #Techlash #ResponsibleAI
Is the Silicon Valley media complex preparing for a so-called ‘techlash’? ‘I’m okay if people hate AI,’ says ‘Hard Fork’ co-host Kevin Roose. ‘I just want them to hate it for reasons that are true rather than false.’
Are Silicon Valley Podcasts Ready for the Techlash?
Is the Silicon Valley media complex preparing for a so-called ‘techlash’? ‘I’m okay if people hate AI,’ says ‘Hard Fork’ co-host Kevin Roose. ‘I just want them to hate it for reasons that are true rather than false.’
www.vulture.com
November 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Is the Silicon Valley media complex preparing for a so-called ‘techlash’? ‘I’m okay if people hate AI,’ says ‘Hard Fork’ co-host Kevin Roose. ‘I just want them to hate it for reasons that are true rather than false.’
The Midterms Techlash
How Democrats ran against A.I. and won.
flip.it
November 6, 2026 at 2:31 PM
On today’s What Next TBD: Now that the Dems have Congress, A.I. regulation is back on the table. slate.trib.al/pL7NWUM
The Midterms Techlash
How Democrats ran against A.I. and won.
slate.trib.al
November 6, 2026 at 10:23 AM
On today’s What Next TBD: Now that the Dems have Congress, A.I. regulation is back on the table. slate.trib.al/pL7NWUM
datacenter techlash flipping red districts blue is a fascinating trend that I'm sure folks on here won't bother introspecting about at all.
November 4, 2026 at 1:18 AM
datacenter techlash flipping red districts blue is a fascinating trend that I'm sure folks on here won't bother introspecting about at all.
When she described in 2018 Silicon Valley executives as “moral Martians who operate on some weird new postmodern ethical wavelength,” I realized that the popular view of Silicon Valley as a fountain of technical innovation and cool gadgets had changed. cacm.acm.org/opinion/the-...
The Techlash Is Back – Communications of the ACM
cacm.acm.org
November 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
When she described in 2018 Silicon Valley executives as “moral Martians who operate on some weird new postmodern ethical wavelength,” I realized that the popular view of Silicon Valley as a fountain of technical innovation and cool gadgets had changed. cacm.acm.org/opinion/the-...
Is the Silicon Valley media complex preparing for a so-called ‘techlash’? ‘I’m okay if people hate AI,’ says ‘Hard Fork’ co-host Kevin Roose. ‘I just want them to hate it for reasons that are true rather than false.’
Are Silicon Valley Podcasts Ready for the Techlash?
Is the Silicon Valley media complex preparing for a so-called ‘techlash’? ‘I’m okay if people hate AI,’ says ‘Hard Fork’ co-host Kevin Roose. ‘I just want them to hate it for reasons that are true rather than false.’
www.vulture.com
November 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Is the Silicon Valley media complex preparing for a so-called ‘techlash’? ‘I’m okay if people hate AI,’ says ‘Hard Fork’ co-host Kevin Roose. ‘I just want them to hate it for reasons that are true rather than false.’
Out now
Article - Open Access
“When did the internet become this awful?”: the idea of decline in internet
Kieran Hegarty
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Piece on web history? Submit @InternetHistor www.tandfonline.com/rint20, or email Mg Ed Jane Winters jane.winters@sas.ac.uk
#webarchiving
Article - Open Access
“When did the internet become this awful?”: the idea of decline in internet
Kieran Hegarty
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Piece on web history? Submit @InternetHistor www.tandfonline.com/rint20, or email Mg Ed Jane Winters jane.winters@sas.ac.uk
#webarchiving
“When did the internet become this awful?”: the idea of decline in internet histories
Over the past decade, the idea that the internet has gotten worse has become widespread, reflected in the emergence of popular new terms such as “techlash,” “enshittification,” and “slop.” This art...
www.tandfonline.com
November 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Out now
Article - Open Access
“When did the internet become this awful?”: the idea of decline in internet
Kieran Hegarty
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Piece on web history? Submit @InternetHistor www.tandfonline.com/rint20, or email Mg Ed Jane Winters jane.winters@sas.ac.uk
#webarchiving
Article - Open Access
“When did the internet become this awful?”: the idea of decline in internet
Kieran Hegarty
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Piece on web history? Submit @InternetHistor www.tandfonline.com/rint20, or email Mg Ed Jane Winters jane.winters@sas.ac.uk
#webarchiving
The cope is real.
The techlash continues.
Luddites of the world, unite!
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
The techlash continues.
Luddites of the world, unite!
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Big Tech claims voters’ AI backlash is “anti-Trump” not “anti-tech”
Tech industry in denial as US overwhelmingly votes to restrict AI, data centers.
arstechnica.com
November 5, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The cope is real.
The techlash continues.
Luddites of the world, unite!
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
The techlash continues.
Luddites of the world, unite!
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Lane appears to remain wide open for U.S. techlash presidential candidate
November 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Lane appears to remain wide open for U.S. techlash presidential candidate
The negative view of AI has taken a concrete form in the backlash against data centers, which emerged as a major factor in the November 2026 mid-term U.S. elections. cacm.acm.org/opinion/the-...
The Techlash Is Back – Communications of the ACM
cacm.acm.org
November 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The negative view of AI has taken a concrete form in the backlash against data centers, which emerged as a major factor in the November 2026 mid-term U.S. elections. cacm.acm.org/opinion/the-...
this was a good piece on some of the politics dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-d...
After the Data Centers - Dissent Magazine
Data center opponents have assembled a potent political force. But without a more expansive vision, there is a risk that this techlash could be co-opted and fizzle out.
dissentmagazine.org
November 4, 2026 at 12:03 PM
this was a good piece on some of the politics dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-d...
I hope we can AIpill the incoming Congress I don’t want a techlash Slopulist moment for 2027-29 right at the cusp of AGI.
Hope Sam and Dario are printing mega checks
Hope Sam and Dario are printing mega checks
November 4, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I hope we can AIpill the incoming Congress I don’t want a techlash Slopulist moment for 2027-29 right at the cusp of AGI.
Hope Sam and Dario are printing mega checks
Hope Sam and Dario are printing mega checks
Do you feel the internet has gotten worse? You're not the only one! 🛜💩
In my latest article in Internet Histories, I argue that "decline narratives" have become a central way the history of the internet is told.
doi.org/10.1080/2470...
In my latest article in Internet Histories, I argue that "decline narratives" have become a central way the history of the internet is told.
doi.org/10.1080/2470...
“When did the internet become this awful?”: the idea of decline in internet histories
Over the past decade, the idea that the internet has gotten worse has become widespread, reflected in the emergence of popular new terms such as “techlash,” “enshittification,” and “slop.” This art...
doi.org
November 5, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Do you feel the internet has gotten worse? You're not the only one! 🛜💩
In my latest article in Internet Histories, I argue that "decline narratives" have become a central way the history of the internet is told.
doi.org/10.1080/2470...
In my latest article in Internet Histories, I argue that "decline narratives" have become a central way the history of the internet is told.
doi.org/10.1080/2470...
🚨CHARTING GEN AI’s latest post joins the dots between students booing AI, negative sentiment towards AI, angry protests against datacentres ... and the techlash that helped sweep Democrats to mid-terms victory. All that ... and much, much more! Subscribe👇
grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/big-tech-l...
grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/big-tech-l...
Big Tech leaders face a reckoning as blue wave sweeps AI sceptics to power
#128 | PLUS: EU’s top court is advised to rule against Google | Consumers ‘still wary of AI in news’ |✨AND: Proof that AI is no bright light!
grahamlovelace.substack.com
November 9, 2026 at 6:14 PM
🚨CHARTING GEN AI’s latest post joins the dots between students booing AI, negative sentiment towards AI, angry protests against datacentres ... and the techlash that helped sweep Democrats to mid-terms victory. All that ... and much, much more! Subscribe👇
grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/big-tech-l...
grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/big-tech-l...
The duality of man
1) Techlash slopulism is cringe AF and I will ally with Big Tech when necessary.
2) FOSS software is way more based than legacy IP bloatware, and shifting the ecosystem to FOSS options is ideal.
Re. Google and schools.
@eleanor.lockhart.contact
1) Techlash slopulism is cringe AF and I will ally with Big Tech when necessary.
2) FOSS software is way more based than legacy IP bloatware, and shifting the ecosystem to FOSS options is ideal.
Re. Google and schools.
@eleanor.lockhart.contact
November 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
The duality of man
1) Techlash slopulism is cringe AF and I will ally with Big Tech when necessary.
2) FOSS software is way more based than legacy IP bloatware, and shifting the ecosystem to FOSS options is ideal.
Re. Google and schools.
@eleanor.lockhart.contact
1) Techlash slopulism is cringe AF and I will ally with Big Tech when necessary.
2) FOSS software is way more based than legacy IP bloatware, and shifting the ecosystem to FOSS options is ideal.
Re. Google and schools.
@eleanor.lockhart.contact
Regarding techlash, the constant use of AI in Brisk may seem like an overuse of tech in the classroom. However, Brisk uses AI to design lessons which frees up time for teachers to have face-to-face interactions and instruction with students. @manningtechtalk.bsky.social @briskteaching.bsky.social
November 4, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Regarding techlash, the constant use of AI in Brisk may seem like an overuse of tech in the classroom. However, Brisk uses AI to design lessons which frees up time for teachers to have face-to-face interactions and instruction with students. @manningtechtalk.bsky.social @briskteaching.bsky.social
US election season is (gratefully) over. for #acwrimo I'll be posting a new-to-me paper every Thursday that I found particularly insightful or interesting in this 🧵:
1. Kieran Hegarty gives a comprehensive account of "internet decline narratives" -- that itching vibe that everything sucks now.
1. Kieran Hegarty gives a comprehensive account of "internet decline narratives" -- that itching vibe that everything sucks now.
“When did the internet become this awful?”: the idea of decline in internet histories
Over the past decade, the idea that the internet has gotten worse has become widespread, reflected in the emergence of popular new terms such as “techlash,” “enshittification,” and “slop.” This art...
www.tandfonline.com
November 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
US election season is (gratefully) over. for #acwrimo I'll be posting a new-to-me paper every Thursday that I found particularly insightful or interesting in this 🧵:
1. Kieran Hegarty gives a comprehensive account of "internet decline narratives" -- that itching vibe that everything sucks now.
1. Kieran Hegarty gives a comprehensive account of "internet decline narratives" -- that itching vibe that everything sucks now.