Morgan Clendaniel
@mclendaniel.bsky.social
Digital executive editor at Fast Company
This is so good and feels right to me. It can feel daunting to try to respond to this level of nihilism in the culture personally and I think the only solution is simply trying to be kind? Being kind is the “I sleep in a big bed with my wife” for the age of nihilism.
I wrote about something I've been thinking about for a long time. A kind of post-ironic collapse in our politics and culture where nihilism has become the lingua franca of the internet and beyond. It links Kirk, Clavicular, Epstein, memestock/coin stuff, mass shooters. I hope you'll read it.
This Is What It Looks Like When Nothing Matters
Welcome to the internet’s nihilism crisis.
www.theatlantic.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:27 PM
This is so good and feels right to me. It can feel daunting to try to respond to this level of nihilism in the culture personally and I think the only solution is simply trying to be kind? Being kind is the “I sleep in a big bed with my wife” for the age of nihilism.
It’s fascinating to discover in this article that the tone many Trump admin officials take in public isn’t an act to own the libs but, in fact, also how they talk to other Trump people in the government. It’s actually their personality. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:22 PM
It’s fascinating to discover in this article that the tone many Trump admin officials take in public isn’t an act to own the libs but, in fact, also how they talk to other Trump people in the government. It’s actually their personality. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
Claude gets it
February 14, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Claude gets it
Little prediction that shortly the unstoppable force of the (reasonable) hype of what Claude Code et al can do for creating work efficiencies is going to crash into the immovable object of (also reasonable) corporations' refusal to grant API access to employees to create those efficiencies.
February 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Little prediction that shortly the unstoppable force of the (reasonable) hype of what Claude Code et al can do for creating work efficiencies is going to crash into the immovable object of (also reasonable) corporations' refusal to grant API access to employees to create those efficiencies.
There’s going to be a real simple choice facing Democrats when they get back into power: Pick between a Big Report and Actual Accountability.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:47 PM
There’s going to be a real simple choice facing Democrats when they get back into power: Pick between a Big Report and Actual Accountability.
"Tried" is very funny here. She has definitely set a fire. She "tried" to burn it down, but objectively she has succeeded in setting a fire.
February 13, 2026 at 5:51 PM
"Tried" is very funny here. She has definitely set a fire. She "tried" to burn it down, but objectively she has succeeded in setting a fire.
You got the sense this whole time that a lot of the school board members were like "hey man, I came here to talk about algebra and now you're asking me to do real work?"
The San Francisco Unified School District fumbled its teachers strike.
From @esksf.bsky.social
missionlocal.org/2026/02/sfus...
From @esksf.bsky.social
missionlocal.org/2026/02/sfus...
The San Francisco Unified School District fumbled the teachers strike
The district’s write-the-term-paper-in-the-hallway strategy put it on the back foot from the get-go in this week's walkout
missionlocal.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
You got the sense this whole time that a lot of the school board members were like "hey man, I came here to talk about algebra and now you're asking me to do real work?"
I was pretty skeptical of the balance bike dogma but after a year of balance biking my kid got a bike with pedals and she rode perfectly on her first attempt. Can't believe they were saddling us with useless training wheels for so long.
February 12, 2026 at 6:53 PM
I was pretty skeptical of the balance bike dogma but after a year of balance biking my kid got a bike with pedals and she rode perfectly on her first attempt. Can't believe they were saddling us with useless training wheels for so long.
Some engagement post about your most famous high school alums has led me to learn that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is inexplicably in the Supermax instead of the usual federal death row in Indiana.
February 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Some engagement post about your most famous high school alums has led me to learn that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is inexplicably in the Supermax instead of the usual federal death row in Indiana.
Many ostensibly smart people have failed to grasp the very simple fact that no amount of groveling or sucking up protects you.
"In a letter to chief executive Tim Cook, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson cited recent press coverage of a report from conservative media watchdog Media Research Center which claimed that Apple has promoted “leftist outlets” in its news feed."
www.ft.com/content/0c25...
www.ft.com/content/0c25...
Apple faces new tensions with Trump administration
US regulator issues warning to iPhone maker about its News platform following controversy over Super Bowl half-time show
www.ft.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Many ostensibly smart people have failed to grasp the very simple fact that no amount of groveling or sucking up protects you.
Reposted by Morgan Clendaniel
No one will be surprised to learn that the author of the hyperviral "AI is coming for your white collar jobs" Twitter post is a scam artist.
On his last viral twete: press.airstreet.com/p/reflection...
On his last viral twete: press.airstreet.com/p/reflection...
Reflections on Reflection
What a four day meltdown tells us about standards and scrutiny
press.airstreet.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:58 PM
No one will be surprised to learn that the author of the hyperviral "AI is coming for your white collar jobs" Twitter post is a scam artist.
On his last viral twete: press.airstreet.com/p/reflection...
On his last viral twete: press.airstreet.com/p/reflection...
There's a podcast ad for some dog food company I've been hearing a lot where they cite—approvingly—a poll in which something like 40% of dog owners say they'd let a stranger die instead of their dog. I find this to be incredibly instructive about a big slice of our society and our current situation.
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
There's a podcast ad for some dog food company I've been hearing a lot where they cite—approvingly—a poll in which something like 40% of dog owners say they'd let a stranger die instead of their dog. I find this to be incredibly instructive about a big slice of our society and our current situation.
It's worth noting that something replacing Google—the foundation of the modern internet for most users and businesses and the most visited website in the world—would actually be an very big deal.
February 11, 2026 at 6:37 PM
It's worth noting that something replacing Google—the foundation of the modern internet for most users and businesses and the most visited website in the world—would actually be an very big deal.
We’re going to need to close this airport for anywhere from two hours to 10 days is exactly the kind of precision you like to have from your airline safety regulator.
February 11, 2026 at 2:07 PM
We’re going to need to close this airport for anywhere from two hours to 10 days is exactly the kind of precision you like to have from your airline safety regulator.
Just want to say that I learned this news from checking my own website—that took me 10 minutes to make—in the middle of the night. Can’t believe it worked right but it did.
February 11, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Just want to say that I learned this news from checking my own website—that took me 10 minutes to make—in the middle of the night. Can’t believe it worked right but it did.
Some soccer related vibe coding: frank-sacked.vercel.app
Has Frank Been Sacked?
Has Thomas Frank been sacked as Tottenham Hotspur manager yet?
frank-sacked.vercel.app
February 10, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Some soccer related vibe coding: frank-sacked.vercel.app
There's sort of no way to rebut it without bragging, but I am going to accomplish more physically at 44 than I have at any point previously in my life, and I am doing nothing special except deciding to do so. You can too! You don't need to accede to this stuff! www.thecut.com/article/midd...
Falling Off the Aging Cliff at 44
Research shows that aging catches up with us at distinct moments. Elder millennials are headed toward the edge.
www.thecut.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:31 PM
There's sort of no way to rebut it without bragging, but I am going to accomplish more physically at 44 than I have at any point previously in my life, and I am doing nothing special except deciding to do so. You can too! You don't need to accede to this stuff! www.thecut.com/article/midd...
Chuckling at this AI productivity study that affirms Marx's theory of absolute surplus value, but the write-up never mentions Marx. Did the authors not know they had done this, did they just choose not to mention it, or did HBR tell them they couldn't? hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consisten...
hbr.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Chuckling at this AI productivity study that affirms Marx's theory of absolute surplus value, but the write-up never mentions Marx. Did the authors not know they had done this, did they just choose not to mention it, or did HBR tell them they couldn't? hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
Fascinating story (also just excited to play SimCity in my browser) with some really great bigger thoughts about what AI coding could unlock in legacy software but also what the real skills are that it will unlock: garryslist.org/posts/ai-jus...
AI Just Ported SimCity in 4 Days Without Reading the Code
A developer pointed an AI at 37-year-old C code. Today it's running in your browser. The old rules are dead.
garryslist.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Fascinating story (also just excited to play SimCity in my browser) with some really great bigger thoughts about what AI coding could unlock in legacy software but also what the real skills are that it will unlock: garryslist.org/posts/ai-jus...
Had a horrible vision of future slop: people taking podcast transcripts, replacing the voices of the hosts with celebrities, and listening to those. “I love listening to Odd Lots but for me it’s ScarJo and Austin Butler doing the interviews.”
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Had a horrible vision of future slop: people taking podcast transcripts, replacing the voices of the hosts with celebrities, and listening to those. “I love listening to Odd Lots but for me it’s ScarJo and Austin Butler doing the interviews.”
My kid needs antibiotics and many parents said that the kids amoxicillin is disgusting so I pre-negotiated giving her ice cream after each dose (that's 10 days, 2x a day, 20 ice creams). But she loves the medicine and now when she's eating her ice cream she taunts my about my bad negotiating.
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
My kid needs antibiotics and many parents said that the kids amoxicillin is disgusting so I pre-negotiated giving her ice cream after each dose (that's 10 days, 2x a day, 20 ice creams). But she loves the medicine and now when she's eating her ice cream she taunts my about my bad negotiating.
You're going to be hearing a lot about "the endangerment finding" over the next few days. Here's a quick explainer of what you need to know: www.fastcompany.com/91475644/wha...
What is the ‘endangerment finding’? And why Trump killing it will have huge effects on the U.S. auto industry
The EPA just gutted its own ability to regulate climate pollution.
www.fastcompany.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:53 AM
You're going to be hearing a lot about "the endangerment finding" over the next few days. Here's a quick explainer of what you need to know: www.fastcompany.com/91475644/wha...
Reposted by Morgan Clendaniel
also the venn diagram of people mad they can't understand the lyrics and the people who think born in the usa is about how good america is is a circle
my opinion on the Bad Bunny halftime show, and non-English music in general, is that i think a need to “be able to understand the lyrics” displays an embarrassing shallowness of the speaker to appreciate the voice as an instrument & to appreciate music as something other than a lyric delivery system
February 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
also the venn diagram of people mad they can't understand the lyrics and the people who think born in the usa is about how good america is is a circle
Reposted by Morgan Clendaniel
I really want people to think about this. After all the insane lawsuits, all the threats, all the bullshit weve seen from this admin and the targets who kneeled in fear, an average Joe called the president a Pedophile protector to his face and didn't get touched. That's the Power of a union.
NEWS: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept his job, got 'no discipline' on his record, UAW says.
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
UAW: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, 'no discipline' on record
The United Auto Workers union said TJ Sabula remains employed and called out the president for making an obscene gesture toward the worker.
www.detroitnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I really want people to think about this. After all the insane lawsuits, all the threats, all the bullshit weve seen from this admin and the targets who kneeled in fear, an average Joe called the president a Pedophile protector to his face and didn't get touched. That's the Power of a union.
It’s somewhat bizarre that the S.F. teachers strike hasn’t become a national, polarizing news story. But also good for people to behave proportionally to news from the 17th largest city in the country.
February 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
It’s somewhat bizarre that the S.F. teachers strike hasn’t become a national, polarizing news story. But also good for people to behave proportionally to news from the 17th largest city in the country.