Gary Chou
@garychou.com
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People keep saying nice things about my course. Wild that over 150 students have participated since July of last year.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
People keep saying nice things about my course. Wild that over 150 students have participated since July of last year.
Typesetting a google doc is oddly relaxing
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Typesetting a google doc is oddly relaxing
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watching the Mamdani campaign from afar during the primary, so many things were impressive, among them the incredible work his online video team was doing to spread the message in fun, creative, educational, invigorating ways that spoke to people
this is my story about how they did it
this is my story about how they did it
Selling Zohran | Defector
On a cool Sunday in November, a few days after Donald Trump’s re-election, Zohran Mamdani stood on a street corner in Jamaica, Queens, holding up a hastily drawn cardboard sign that read “DID YOU VOTE...
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
watching the Mamdani campaign from afar during the primary, so many things were impressive, among them the incredible work his online video team was doing to spread the message in fun, creative, educational, invigorating ways that spoke to people
this is my story about how they did it
this is my story about how they did it
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Was honored to help @chana.bsky.social edit this deep dive compilation of Curtis Sliwa lore gathered over weeks. There is so much jaw-dropping material, we simply could not bear to make it shorter than 76 slides.
I’m sorry but you still don’t know enough about Curtis Sliwa
I’m sorry but you still don’t know enough about Curtis Sliwa
docs.google.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Was honored to help @chana.bsky.social edit this deep dive compilation of Curtis Sliwa lore gathered over weeks. There is so much jaw-dropping material, we simply could not bear to make it shorter than 76 slides.
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"Our takeaway is that mainstream fact-based journalism plays a central, if not the central, role in helping extremist politicians capture public attention." www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/how-...
How American journalism amplifies extremism (it’s not the way you think!)
American journalism creates space for small-town extremists to gain power, especially given declines in local news.
www.niemanlab.org
October 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Our takeaway is that mainstream fact-based journalism plays a central, if not the central, role in helping extremist politicians capture public attention." www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/how-...
Hi folks—I'm starting a new club for people who want to reflect and learn with others.
I promise it will be fun if you are into this kind of thing—request an invitation here: orbital.nyc/membership
I promise it will be fun if you are into this kind of thing—request an invitation here: orbital.nyc/membership
Orbital Membership – Quarterly reflection, curated by Gary Chou
An invite-only learning network where thoughtful professionals commit to quarterly reflection and share their key lessons. August cohort requests now open.
orbital.nyc
August 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hi folks—I'm starting a new club for people who want to reflect and learn with others.
I promise it will be fun if you are into this kind of thing—request an invitation here: orbital.nyc/membership
I promise it will be fun if you are into this kind of thing—request an invitation here: orbital.nyc/membership
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Okay, sorry sorry, I can't let this thing from @ghost.org's post go.
When Ghost says it now connects to all these places including Bluesky, what they don't mention is that the Real Heroes, completely unmentioned in the post, are @snarfed.org, @quillmatiq.com & @anew.social and their @ap.brid.gy.
When Ghost says it now connects to all these places including Bluesky, what they don't mention is that the Real Heroes, completely unmentioned in the post, are @snarfed.org, @quillmatiq.com & @anew.social and their @ap.brid.gy.
This is excellent.
"Ghost publications are now connected with an open network. People can discover, follow, like and reply to your posts across Bluesky, Flipboard, Threads, Mastodon, WordPress, Ghost, and any other social web platform. Distribution is now built-in."
"Ghost publications are now connected with an open network. People can discover, follow, like and reply to your posts across Bluesky, Flipboard, Threads, Mastodon, WordPress, Ghost, and any other social web platform. Distribution is now built-in."
Ghost 6.0
Networked publishing, native analytics, and $100M earned by indie publishers
ghost.org
August 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Okay, sorry sorry, I can't let this thing from @ghost.org's post go.
When Ghost says it now connects to all these places including Bluesky, what they don't mention is that the Real Heroes, completely unmentioned in the post, are @snarfed.org, @quillmatiq.com & @anew.social and their @ap.brid.gy.
When Ghost says it now connects to all these places including Bluesky, what they don't mention is that the Real Heroes, completely unmentioned in the post, are @snarfed.org, @quillmatiq.com & @anew.social and their @ap.brid.gy.
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Oh hey, today is the 5 year anniversary of when I originally launched my book tiny.mba.
If you don't have a copy, or want to grab a copy as a gift, I set up the discount code 5YEARS to take 25% off the purchase price of both the print bundle and ebook options.
If you don't have a copy, or want to grab a copy as a gift, I set up the discount code 5YEARS to take 25% off the purchase price of both the print bundle and ebook options.
The Tiny MBA Book - Alex Hillman
You don't need an MBA or fancy investors to be successful in business. Use the 100 ideas in this tiny book to evaluate and execute on your built
tiny.mba
August 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Oh hey, today is the 5 year anniversary of when I originally launched my book tiny.mba.
If you don't have a copy, or want to grab a copy as a gift, I set up the discount code 5YEARS to take 25% off the purchase price of both the print bundle and ebook options.
If you don't have a copy, or want to grab a copy as a gift, I set up the discount code 5YEARS to take 25% off the purchase price of both the print bundle and ebook options.
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As someone who has run platforms with millions of users creating content for communities with large numbers of queer and marginalized creators, here’s what I’ll say: there are, effectively, almost no real choices for payment networks if you want to allow regular people to pay for your service. So…
July 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
As someone who has run platforms with millions of users creating content for communities with large numbers of queer and marginalized creators, here’s what I’ll say: there are, effectively, almost no real choices for payment networks if you want to allow regular people to pay for your service. So…
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I'm so grateful for the community that's grown around PHP× in general and PHP×Philly specifically.
So I was really excited to find some time to chat with @alexhillman.com about the 20 years he's spent tending the Indy Hall community, and see if there are any lessons he's learned that can translate…
So I was really excited to find some time to chat with @alexhillman.com about the 20 years he's spent tending the Indy Hall community, and see if there are any lessons he's learned that can translate…
Episode 30 of Over Engineered is out!
🎙️ Fostering Community w/ Alex Hillman
Check it out:
🎙️ Fostering Community w/ Alex Hillman
Check it out:
Fostering Community w/ Alex Hillman
Alex Hillman has been thinking about and actively supporting communities...
share.transistor.fm
June 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I'm so grateful for the community that's grown around PHP× in general and PHP×Philly specifically.
So I was really excited to find some time to chat with @alexhillman.com about the 20 years he's spent tending the Indy Hall community, and see if there are any lessons he's learned that can translate…
So I was really excited to find some time to chat with @alexhillman.com about the 20 years he's spent tending the Indy Hall community, and see if there are any lessons he's learned that can translate…
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We’ve got our first (of many!) pages up with more to come. First up, details about efforts to eviscerate Medicaid, with up to $880 billion in cuts, likely to lead to millions of people losing their sole insurance: unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
Unbreaking — How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
unbreaking.org
May 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We’ve got our first (of many!) pages up with more to come. First up, details about efforts to eviscerate Medicaid, with up to $880 billion in cuts, likely to lead to millions of people losing their sole insurance: unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
Hit me up with the best Sinners think pieces
May 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hit me up with the best Sinners think pieces
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NEW: @bloomberg.com analysis of +13 years of ICE detentions shows immigrants transferred to the South and SW from interior US at unprecedented rates. Reducing the odds of winning their cases. w/ @elenamejia.bsky.social @racheladhe.bsky.social
@pollymosendz.bsky.social
bloom.bg/43am95w
@pollymosendz.bsky.social
bloom.bg/43am95w
May 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
NEW: @bloomberg.com analysis of +13 years of ICE detentions shows immigrants transferred to the South and SW from interior US at unprecedented rates. Reducing the odds of winning their cases. w/ @elenamejia.bsky.social @racheladhe.bsky.social
@pollymosendz.bsky.social
bloom.bg/43am95w
@pollymosendz.bsky.social
bloom.bg/43am95w
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We’re doing the thing 😭
April 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We’re doing the thing 😭
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Randomly thinking about how in the future of Firefly everyone spoke Mandarin.
I always wondered how that might have happened.
I always wondered how that might have happened.
April 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Randomly thinking about how in the future of Firefly everyone spoke Mandarin.
I always wondered how that might have happened.
I always wondered how that might have happened.
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Can't believe it's been 10 years since I posted the RTR engineering ladders publicly. Anyway, I threw together a retrospective on that:
skamille.medium.com/10-years-of-...
skamille.medium.com/10-years-of-...
10 Years of Engineering Ladders
On March 26, 2015, I posted a short blog post to the Rent the Runway engineering blog, Sharing Our Engineering Ladder, with a quick intro…
skamille.medium.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Can't believe it's been 10 years since I posted the RTR engineering ladders publicly. Anyway, I threw together a retrospective on that:
skamille.medium.com/10-years-of-...
skamille.medium.com/10-years-of-...
Anyone have a favorite multivitamin?
March 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Anyone have a favorite multivitamin?
Jury service has strong squid games vibes.
March 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Jury service has strong squid games vibes.
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I once saved an agency around $2 million on a modernization project because of a bad contract they had, it took me several phone calls and less than a week.
You need alignment and air cover to pull stuff like this off, but the game changing is stuff we weren't even allowed to promote or talk about
You need alignment and air cover to pull stuff like this off, but the game changing is stuff we weren't even allowed to promote or talk about
18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 million.
A thread about 18F:
A thread about 18F:
18F is *precisely* what Musk and team claim should exist within government. But when his team found it, they destroyed it, because it is evidence that government works well (can’t have that!), and because like Zelensky, 18F didn’t bend the knee.
March 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I once saved an agency around $2 million on a modernization project because of a bad contract they had, it took me several phone calls and less than a week.
You need alignment and air cover to pull stuff like this off, but the game changing is stuff we weren't even allowed to promote or talk about
You need alignment and air cover to pull stuff like this off, but the game changing is stuff we weren't even allowed to promote or talk about
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We're live. Excited for you to join us on this journey & for @joelgoodman.co for designing our band photo.
🎙️ Book no. 1 is live. This episode @ronbronson.com and @joelgoodman.co discuss 'Cyberboss: The Rise of Algorithmic Management and the New Struggle for Control at Work' by @vivaharehills.bsky.social
Definitely on Apple and Spotify by now. Let us know what you think!
Definitely on Apple and Spotify by now. Let us know what you think!
Cyberboss by Craig Gent – Future Perfect Book Club
In the inaugural episode of the Future Perfect Book Club, Ron Bronson and Joel Goodman delve into Craig Gent's "Cyberboss: The Rise of Algorithmic Management an
futureperfectbook.club
February 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We're live. Excited for you to join us on this journey & for @joelgoodman.co for designing our band photo.
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this looks super good
I love how things are working out for ke huy quan. he seems like a really good guy
I love how things are working out for ke huy quan. he seems like a really good guy
Ke Huy Quan was reluctant to do LOVE HURTS bcuz he didn't think he's fit for a traditional action hero. Steven Spielberg convinced him to give it a go and it turned out 87North created a new type of action role specifically for him.
Hope it'll do well!
www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
Hope it'll do well!
www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
Steven Spielberg Convinced Ke Huy Quan To Take His First Lead Role In Action Comedy Love Hurts
The Everything Everywhere All At Once star got advice from his Indiana Jones director for his major new action movie. Read more at Empire.
www.empireonline.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
this looks super good
I love how things are working out for ke huy quan. he seems like a really good guy
I love how things are working out for ke huy quan. he seems like a really good guy
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NEW: Bloomberg reviewed +1K hours of YouTube vids from 9 popular streamers and podcasters who cater to American men. We analyzed 2 yrs of guests and transcripts to see how they discussed political topics and understand their role as a new mainstream info hub www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
January 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
NEW: Bloomberg reviewed +1K hours of YouTube vids from 9 popular streamers and podcasters who cater to American men. We analyzed 2 yrs of guests and transcripts to see how they discussed political topics and understand their role as a new mainstream info hub www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
If you or someone you love is interested in the challenge of funding innovation in the social sector, join me next week on Thursday, Jan 23 as I share lessons learned from my past year of research: lu.ma/vkgy7qb4
Part 1: Funding Innovation in the Social Sector · Luma
What if the social sector could embrace risk-taking and experimentation to unlock transformative outcomes? Join us for this insightful session where I’ll share…
lu.ma
January 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If you or someone you love is interested in the challenge of funding innovation in the social sector, join me next week on Thursday, Jan 23 as I share lessons learned from my past year of research: lu.ma/vkgy7qb4