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Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

happy october

Advice for my younger friends: if you want to encourage yourself to stay healthy and functional, to exercise and eat well... ...pick a couple of motherfuckers you really want to outlive.

Whenever I meet someone who supports the Oxford comma, I find myself encouraged, delighted, and hopeful.

1930s Editorial Cartoon

several people have been typing about this, but we can't let the VCsian dualism go unremarked. Reading, learning, putting words, concepts, knowledge, into your brain via eye, ear, touch etc. is fundamentally a physical act. You have to do the reps. A lot of guys out there skipping brain day.

“These coins will allow Americans to celebrate their nation’s semiquincentennial by collecting 50 of Trump’s sidepieces throughout history,” said U.S. Mint director Paul Hollis

The fuckers called Eisenhower a commie and the interstate highway system a commie plot to make America commie, just so you know how long this commie bullshit has been going on.

do you know how stupid you have to be to get community noted with a link to project gutenberg

just incredible to have a literal trillion dollars and spend your weekend crashing out because a movie you don't like was a hit

JFK completes mostly successful Dallas parade.

This is what it’s like discussing lunch with my mom.

Same same.

Again, no other president in history has been treated by the national political press with such deference and shrugs. It should be wall-to-wall front page, breaking news that the U.S. president is either deliberately attacking the Catholic Church while positioning himself as Jesus, or he is unwell.

Regardless of whether it’s all talk, when the leader of our country expresses plainly genocidal intent, everyone has to do something. For citizens of all political stripes, it means rejecting this madness. For Congress, it means taking action to rein him in. Now.

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

"If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified." – The Charlie Kirk Show, 23 January 2024

I keep thinking about the politically agnostic people in Minneapolis who were radicalized by ICE’s presence and began actively protesting them. I wonder if putting ICE in transient places, where Americans from all over can see their aggressive (and often illegal) actions, may just backfire.

i expect that the Charlie Kirk respecters are infuriated by this callous response to death

This guy gets it.

It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/t...

more than two hours into this "Board of Peace" meeting, we are now enduring random world leader open mic time and Trump's eyes are closed

No notes. kottke.org/25/12/on-kin...

Trey Parker and Matt Stone should be added to Mount Rushmore.

The New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani is getting desperate. mamdanitimes.com

Justified S1E2 "To the wheel, Chinatown. Let's go."

Brutal.

Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

Overconfident humans who don’t listen to anybody else scare the hell out of me.

Sometimes you need to get away to think.

It me.

Why isn’t anyone at the CDC… oh, wait.

How to secure your phone before attending a protest

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau exists to do exactly what it says: protect consumers. Elon Musk's attempt to dismantle it will only let financial predators run wild. Gutting this agency will benefit those seeking to scam the American people. apnews.com/article/trum...

Hey Bluesky — we’re hosting a webinar for our subscribers this Thurs, Feb 13. You’ll hear from the people leading our coverage of Musk’s government takeover, as they discuss how we got here and what comes next. Interested in attending? Become a subscriber today to receive an invite: wrd.cm/3EH8xos

The real Super Bowl MVP was that chiron. Minimal, functional, bold, accessible.

Muting Tom Brady, turning on the Philly police scanner

I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.

All journalists should work through this very good security checklist from Freedom of the Press Foundation. freedom.press/digisec/b…

I will say this again, and if you find this offensive you should stop following me immediately because I cannot see my mind changing on this. If you stayed home and didn’t vote for Harris because of Gaza, I hope you’re fucking happy. This is in part your doing. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

Apparently there’s a “kickoff” meeting between the DOGE people and Department of Labor management planned for tomorrow at 4pm ET. Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.

We’re stocking up on maple syrup and Ryan Reynolds entertainment.

Always check those references. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

Who are you talking to right now? Me? Am I supposed to go handle things? What the fuck do you actually do?