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Followers
1.6K
Account age
8 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$40 – $65 / sponsored post
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Sep 15latest
12
Avg engagement / post
2–6
Typical post (engagement)
0.8%
Engagement vs followers
13/100
Spiky reach
Aug 2018
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 2 and 6 likes + reposts (median 2) — reach is spiky, driven by the occasional post that pops.
🔥 Top post: The oligarchs' warnings about AI are self-serving nonsense. But · 71 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
13.9 / week
Toots daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 11 text · 0 image · 1 video.
Follower / following
4.8×
Follows 333 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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Looking forward to interviewing @bourgwick this evening on Techtonic. Tune into the livestream at 6pm Eastern (3pm Pacific): https://wfmu.org
Episode page: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/168774
We're discussing tech & live music: Large t…
Next week in Accord, NY (two hours north of NYC), if you're around:
http://gelconference.com
Thread continues: https://mastodon.social/@markhurst/117287637348534664
7/ Finally, I'll point out that my upcoming GEL conference (Fri-Sat, Oct 2-3 in Accord, NY) is exploring similar themes: how do we live, and create, and build community DESPITE all of the harms coming from Big Tech AI?
Hope you'll join us:…
6/ On AI harms: Another person to follow is @byrontau , now at @ProPublica , investigating the growing surveillance state, due to the close alliance between the gov't and Silicon Valley.
I spoke with Byron on Techtonic this week - recomm…
5/ I was happy to see that "Ghost in the Machine" featured people who I've interviewed on techtonic.fm. They all do excellent work.
I'd recommend following them, if you don't already:
@emilymbender @alex @Rushkoff @randomwalker @adambecke…
4/ The thing is, there ARE real harms from AI, and they're described well in "Ghost in the Machine." Here's the PBS link, so you can avoid the Google surveillance in YouTube:
https://www.pbs.org/video/ghost-in-the-machine-nynp3f/
3/ The oligarchs *have* to say this stuff in order to keep the AI bubble inflated. Crypto didn't work, the metaverse didn't work, so they REALLY need AI to squeeze out a bit more growth.
To maintain the bubble, they have to inflate their h…
2/ AI hype these days is so full of contradiction it's almost funny. Let me get this straight: the AI is a god - that's going to kill us all - while curing cancer? And AI is going to make us all rich - just before it destroys everything?
T…
Along the same lines: DHS is also surveilling *financial* activity, not just license plates.
Wish I had come across this earlier (by @josephcox in @404mediaco ) - would have mentioned it on yesterday's show.
https://www.404media.co/a-secre…
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On the new Techtonic, @byrontau explains how US Border Patrol is using surveillance to identify and pull over American citizens deemed "suspicious" by AI.
The dystopia deepens.
Full episode:
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-09-14-byron-…
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On the new Techtonic, @byrontau explains how US Border Patrol is using surveillance to identify and pull over American citizens deemed "suspicious" by AI.
The dystopia deepens.
Full episode:
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-09-14-byron-…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
cliff.social
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✅ Link-verified
Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Aug 2018
An OG fediverse account from Mastodon's early years — a long, established presence.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2018 — 8 years ago.
👁️Averages 12 views per post.
📤Posts about 13.9× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated52/100
Fair
Credibility score
76%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 76% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.8% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (8+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Host of Techtonic on WFMU: https://techtonic.fm .. Projects and bio at https://creativegood.com .. anti-Big Tech, pro-everyone who's trying to make tech better.
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