Jen Buchan
@jenbuchan.bsky.social
I'll figure out what I want to say about myself someday. Don't put it down, put it away.
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Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
The Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma” is spending $15 million of former USAID funding—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases—to bankroll his security detail. trib.al/TSV3cmb
February 16, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Everywhere this man goes he should be treated as if he murdered millions of children, because he did.
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Can't decide whether Ring's ad trying to use dogs to get us to opt into their surveillance program or Amazon's "lol what if our AI killed you?" ad was the most dystopian
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Can't decide whether Ring's ad trying to use dogs to get us to opt into their surveillance program or Amazon's "lol what if our AI killed you?" ad was the most dystopian
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Secretly rewriting rules is not how the nuclear industry builds trust. Allowing microreactor developers to employ a move fast and break things ethos is not good for anyone except their investors short term pocketbooks. Not good for the environment, the public, even the nuclear industry
EXCLSUVIE: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules and shared them with the companies they're meant to regulate, without making the new rules publicly available.
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Secretly rewriting rules is not how the nuclear industry builds trust. Allowing microreactor developers to employ a move fast and break things ethos is not good for anyone except their investors short term pocketbooks. Not good for the environment, the public, even the nuclear industry
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Can’t get over this. Far less embarrassing to operatically shit your pants in a crowded elevator.
Sending thoughts and prayers to everyone employed or represented or by Brad Finstad this morning.
January 27, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Can’t get over this. Far less embarrassing to operatically shit your pants in a crowded elevator.
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Oh.
Found the LRAD.
In Minneapolis.
Being used on Americans.
By their own militarized state police forces.
That we all pay for.
www.reddit.com/r/NextGenReb...
Found the LRAD.
In Minneapolis.
Being used on Americans.
By their own militarized state police forces.
That we all pay for.
www.reddit.com/r/NextGenReb...
January 27, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Oh.
Found the LRAD.
In Minneapolis.
Being used on Americans.
By their own militarized state police forces.
That we all pay for.
www.reddit.com/r/NextGenReb...
Found the LRAD.
In Minneapolis.
Being used on Americans.
By their own militarized state police forces.
That we all pay for.
www.reddit.com/r/NextGenReb...
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Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
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Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
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Remember that every newsletter involves me learning about something new about something I kind of knew about, and this has now turned into “NVIDIA Isn’t Enron - So What Is It?” - my first big free newsletter since September, a guide to whatever the hell is going on with this god damn company
![Anyway, Lucent really fucked up big time. In 1998 it signed a $2 billion “equipment and finance agreement” with telecommunications company Winstar, which promised to bring in “$100 million in new business over the next five years” and build a giant wireless broadband network, along with expanding Winstar’s optical networking. In December 1999, WIRED would say that Winstar’s “small white dish antennas…[heralded] a new era and new mind-set in telecommunications,” and included this awesome quote about Lucent from CEO and founder Will Rouhana:
On one level we are a customer and they are a supplier. On another level they are a financier and we are a borrower. On yet another level they are providing services around the world to accelerate our development. They also want to use our service, and have guaranteed $100 million in business.
Fuck yeah!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qc6xzgctorfsm35w6i3vdebx/bafkreifk5hhjtxq4xziq5drtistjsduo4eebqteau4oj2qyhardr3bbcsa@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Remember that every newsletter involves me learning about something new about something I kind of knew about, and this has now turned into “NVIDIA Isn’t Enron - So What Is It?” - my first big free newsletter since September, a guide to whatever the hell is going on with this god damn company
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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the world: idk about this AI slop. we should maybe not do that
the sweatiest guy you've ever seen: you don't understand. it's inevitable. it's coming to kill us. we have to make more
the sweatiest guy you've ever seen: you don't understand. it's inevitable. it's coming to kill us. we have to make more
October 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
the world: idk about this AI slop. we should maybe not do that
the sweatiest guy you've ever seen: you don't understand. it's inevitable. it's coming to kill us. we have to make more
the sweatiest guy you've ever seen: you don't understand. it's inevitable. it's coming to kill us. we have to make more
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My intrusive thought while watching TRON: ARES was: why don’t we see movies about AI harming humans the way it is actually harming humans?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/m...
‘Tron: Ares’ Review: Who Needs Logic When You Have Neon?
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
My intrusive thought while watching TRON: ARES was: why don’t we see movies about AI harming humans the way it is actually harming humans?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/m...
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NEW — Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents outside the Broadview immigration facility earlier this evening.
A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release.
thetriibe.com/2025/09/chic...
A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release.
thetriibe.com/2025/09/chic...
Chicago journalist detained while covering protest outside Broadview immigration facility • The TRiiBE
Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents earlier this evening.
thetriibe.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
NEW — Video posted to social media shows Unraveled Press co-founder Steve Held being detained by federal agents outside the Broadview immigration facility earlier this evening.
A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release.
thetriibe.com/2025/09/chic...
A collection of Chicago newsrooms is calling for his immediate release.
thetriibe.com/2025/09/chic...
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this is gaslighting, plain and simple. No, it's not the worker producing workslop, it's the fucking AI!
Research: low productivity gains from AI may stem from employees using AI to produce "workslop", or low-effort, passable work that creates more work for others (Harvard Business Review)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
September 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
this is gaslighting, plain and simple. No, it's not the worker producing workslop, it's the fucking AI!
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ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
September 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59
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WPSU is set to be the first in the country to go dark after the Trump administration stripped away federal funding for NPR and PBS.
“The news devastated me, it devastated all the employees,” said Jeff Hughes, WPSU’s former program director.
“The news devastated me, it devastated all the employees,” said Jeff Hughes, WPSU’s former program director.
‘Never would have imagined it’: Pennsylvania NPR station set to be first to shutter following Trump’s cuts
WPSU, which has been broadcasting out of Penn State since 1953, will shut down following federal cuts to public media organizations
www.inquirer.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
WPSU is set to be the first in the country to go dark after the Trump administration stripped away federal funding for NPR and PBS.
“The news devastated me, it devastated all the employees,” said Jeff Hughes, WPSU’s former program director.
“The news devastated me, it devastated all the employees,” said Jeff Hughes, WPSU’s former program director.
“'We’ve gotten collectively worse at punishing companies we do business with,' he said. . . In other words, he said, companies feel emboldened to treat us however they want."
“That’s called good training,' Tenumah said. 'What you’re hearing is a human successfully smoothed into a corporate algorithm, conditioned to prioritize policy over people. If you leave humans in their natural state, they start to care about people. . .'” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.
Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”
www.theatlantic.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“'We’ve gotten collectively worse at punishing companies we do business with,' he said. . . In other words, he said, companies feel emboldened to treat us however they want."
“That’s called good training,' Tenumah said. 'What you’re hearing is a human successfully smoothed into a corporate algorithm, conditioned to prioritize policy over people. If you leave humans in their natural state, they start to care about people. . .'” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.
Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”
www.theatlantic.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“That’s called good training,' Tenumah said. 'What you’re hearing is a human successfully smoothed into a corporate algorithm, conditioned to prioritize policy over people. If you leave humans in their natural state, they start to care about people. . .'” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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if you need a laugh amidst the horrors, please click through to see who this man is confidently lecturing about Signal
They will, likely be timing up with Anthropic's Claude or Perplexity, but its coming. The engineers have already began laying out the ground work for such support.
June 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
if you need a laugh amidst the horrors, please click through to see who this man is confidently lecturing about Signal
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Live video of a CEO putting A.I. technology to good use at his high-pressure job
June 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Live video of a CEO putting A.I. technology to good use at his high-pressure job
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NEW: Palantir threatened to call police on @wired.com reporter @carolinehaskins.bsky.social and kicked out other journalists from a recent conference following reports of the data analytics firm's work with the Trump administration. @carolinehaskins.bsky.social reports www.wired.com/story/palant...
Palantir Is Going on Defense
Palantir threatened to call police on a WIRED reporter and kicked out other journalists from a recent conference following reports of the data analytics firm's work with the Trump administration.
www.wired.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
NEW: Palantir threatened to call police on @wired.com reporter @carolinehaskins.bsky.social and kicked out other journalists from a recent conference following reports of the data analytics firm's work with the Trump administration. @carolinehaskins.bsky.social reports www.wired.com/story/palant...
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my takeaway from this feature is that in a functioning political system there would be televised congressional hearings over the fact that one of the most influential people in the white house is a total maniac www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.
www.newyorker.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
my takeaway from this feature is that in a functioning political system there would be televised congressional hearings over the fact that one of the most influential people in the white house is a total maniac www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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These episodes of White Mirror sound terrible. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
May 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
These episodes of White Mirror sound terrible. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Editor creates an AI executive who is "an expert at building and scaling digital media companies." Decides within minutes that the AI is "one of the most knowledgeable and energetic colleagues" he's ever had. Asks the AI to create a headshot of itself. It does. He sexually harasses it immediately.
April 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Editor creates an AI executive who is "an expert at building and scaling digital media companies." Decides within minutes that the AI is "one of the most knowledgeable and energetic colleagues" he's ever had. Asks the AI to create a headshot of itself. It does. He sexually harasses it immediately.