r/boringdystopia • • Aug 22 '26

Dystopian Realities πŸ“ Nobel-prize winner Daron Acemoglu's new working paper: "Our main result is a new complementarity between automation and repression: greater automation makes repression more attractive to the capitalist state."

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143 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 22 '26

Technology Impact πŸ“± Tuberville says he likes to talk to ChatGPT on long drives

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thehill.com
101 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 21 '26

Political Dysfunction 🀯 UK Government Won’t Release Files on Israeli Firm β€˜Meddling’ in Election

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novaramedia.com
186 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 20 '26

Environmental Degradation 🌍 It’s So Hot That Japan’s Human Refrigerators Are Actually Racking Up Sales

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gizmodo.com
140 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 19 '26

Political Dysfunction 🀯 Trump says he will declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory

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thehill.com
252 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 19 '26

Social Inequality πŸ“‰ How The IMF Destroyed The World - Hakim

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28 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 18 '26

Social Inequality πŸ“‰ Mitch McConnell is getting more paid time off than women who give birth

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newsweek.com
618 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 17 '26

Food Industry πŸ” FDA recalls 19 million eggs and warns of death from salmonella outbreak

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the-independent.com
398 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 16 '26

Healthcare Challenges πŸ₯ With 101 new cases, US measles total tops 2,500

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106 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 15 '26

Political Dysfunction 🀯 Delegate allegedly enticed child, had 'sexual encounter' after meeting her on Roblox

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184 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 14 '26

Food Industry πŸ” What can you eat anymore?

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509 Upvotes

The list keeps getting bigger


r/boringdystopia • • Aug 14 '26

Economic Exploitation πŸͺ« The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor

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193 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 13 '26

Dystopian Realities πŸ“ How Kalshi infects the news

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38 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 12 '26

Dystopian Realities πŸ“ Old guy can't even take a nap

199 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 12 '26

Dystopian Realities πŸ“ So we're going to have to carry the burden for this, also...

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726 Upvotes

Climate Collapse is Class War


r/boringdystopia • • Aug 12 '26

Environmental Degradation 🌍 'Worst case scenario' likely as ships trapped by Trump's war could spur 'super spreader'

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42 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 12 '26

Corporate Control πŸ’Ό Quebecor is installing heat sensors under work desks

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181 Upvotes

Some QuΓ©becor divisions are installing heat sensors around their offices to make better use of hybrid workspaces. A number of employees say the new technology feels invasive


r/boringdystopia • • Aug 12 '26

Civil Liberties πŸ“œ ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver electric shocks

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28 Upvotes

Resistance is futile!


r/boringdystopia • • Aug 12 '26

Atrocities ☠️ People who think your inner consciousness is what attracts experiences to you how do you explain post traumatic stress?

9 Upvotes

I hear all the time β€œif you keep worrying about it you’re going to manifest it”
But also β€œyour guides know best”
So like, which is it?

I also want to know why the cure to trauma is to isolate the person from their community and surround them with worse MORE mentally ill people and ostracize them but be real polite about it and use politically correct terminology if the meaning is still there


r/boringdystopia • • Aug 11 '26

Humanitarian Crisis πŸ«€ Fetterman warns he would leave Democratic Party if it turns its back on Israel

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299 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 10 '26

Dystopian Realities πŸ“ ICE agents leave car in Fort Myers road after arrest, causing traffic hazard

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gulfcoastnewsnow.com
95 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 10 '26

Healthcare Challenges πŸ₯ American Healthcare across the lifespan: a ballad

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12 Upvotes

r/boringdystopia • • Aug 09 '26

Work-Life Balance βš–οΈ A California startup won approval to launch a 59-foot mirror into orbit that beams sunlight to a chosen spot on Earth, helping crews work after dark

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365 Upvotes

Just because the rest of the world is sleeping doesn't mean that you get to.


r/boringdystopia • • Aug 10 '26

Miscellaneous 🌟 I’ll have my robots contact your robots to let you know if you won the songwriting contest.

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r/boringdystopia • • Aug 09 '26

Social Inequality πŸ“‰ Trump’s New CDC Head Said β€˜Abortion Surveillance’ Will Be A Critical Focus

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134 Upvotes