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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Mar 12, 2026

Why use AI to simulate customer research?

Why not actually talk to actual people?

New from me: The forgotten superpower of listening to customers.
https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/the-forgotten-superpower-of-listening-to-customers/

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Mar 11, 2026

RE: @kepano@mastodon.social

Just posted to Good Reports in my Creative Good Forum.

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Mar 10, 2026

From the new Techtonic, with Jesse Jarnow - aka @bourgwick@heads.social - as we talk about how to properly dispose of surveillance phones.

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https://pledge.wfmu.org/donate?program=TD&step=landing

Full episode:
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-03-09-marathon-week-2-w-cohost-jesse-jarnow/

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Mar 10, 2026

RE: @tante@tldr.nettime.org

This is quite good.

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Mar 06, 2026

AI is central to this illegal war. New from me - https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/ai-and-the-illegal-war/

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Mar 05, 2026

“The oligarchs are now floating the hype that their AI, used in the illegal war, is ‘precise’ and can ‘prioritize targets.’ I invite them to look at the photos of the schoolgirls’ coffins - then tell me again about ‘precision.’”

New from me - AI and the illegal war:
https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/ai-and-the-illegal-war/

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Mar 03, 2026

From my newest Techtonic, with @WFMU@c.im station manager Ken Freedman. This after I played the clip of Sam Altman talking about "training human beings."

Please pledge to WFMU to support my (volunteer) show:
https://pledge.wfmu.org/donate/TD

Full episode:
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-03-02-marathon-week-1-w-cohost-station-manager-ken-freedman/

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Feb 27, 2026

RE: @mlupica@c.im

This is the way.

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Feb 26, 2026

“Zuck claims that users appreciate his platforms because they’re *valuable*. It’s like the intrinsic value of a slot machine, or a cigarette, or a crack pipe. Addicts the world over are so thankful for the *value* they experience every day.”

New from me:
https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/zuck-in-the-dock/

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Feb 26, 2026

Remember when teams tried to make the customer experience *better*?

That was a different time.

"MTA to blast 75-decibel ads in subways in latest disruption for NYC commuters — and agency barely makes money off them"
https://nypost.com/2026/02/25/us-news/mta-to-blast-75-decibel-ads-in-subways-as-critics-blast-fahrenheit-451-style-spin/

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Feb 25, 2026

RE: @markhurst@mastodon.social

With the news of AI being jammed into nuclear weapons systems, this unfortunately is looking even more relevant:

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@markhurst@mastodon.social I don't know why they'd be stuck but can you try clicking "Mark all as read" at the top of the notifications screen?

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Feb 25, 2026

@Gargron@mastodon.social ahhh that did it, thanks - I missed it because I didn't know the double-check-mark icon meant "mark all as read". but now I know 👍

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Feb 25, 2026

Mastodon question: any idea why my notifications are stuck at 40? I've viewed them, scrolled through them, etc. - have logged out and logged back in - yet the number will not change or disappear.

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Feb 24, 2026

I'm celebrating 400 episodes of Techtonic - with handpicked excerpts of past interviews, featuring @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social @writearthur@mastodon.social @byrontau@journa.host & more.

Full episode:
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-02-23-celebrating-400-episodes-of-techtonic/

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Feb 23, 2026

"Why aren’t we seeing.. calls for Bill Gates to be removed from the Gates Foundation?"

Important piece by @timschwab@mastodon.social , who has been warning about Gates for years:
https://timschwab.substack.com/p/the-epstein-files-should-end-bill

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Feb 21, 2026

Now THAT's a headline. "The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents" #edtech #education https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/laptops-tablets-schools-gen-z-less-cognitively-capable-parents-first-time-cellphone-bans-standardized-test-scores/

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The current Pope in 1982. He's even from Chicago: obviously a Blues Brother. As someone elsenet remarked, "He looks like he spent the 80s hunting undead gangsters and complaining about the wind."

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@markhurst@mastodon.social · Nov 15, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop not just any Blues Brother, but specifically Elwood Blues. he must play a mean harmonica.

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