Sean Captain
@seancaptain.bsky.social
Journalistic dilettante: tech, sci, health, eco, econ, art, policy...
Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, Worth
NYC all the way
Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, Worth
NYC all the way
I think we can retire the phrase “artificial intelligence (AI)” If not, would following also be in order?
-Springsteen’s song “Born in the United States of America (USA)”
-What’s the Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) password?
-Laugh out loud (LOL) cats
-The Very Important Person (VIP) line
Et cetera...
-Springsteen’s song “Born in the United States of America (USA)”
-What’s the Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) password?
-Laugh out loud (LOL) cats
-The Very Important Person (VIP) line
Et cetera...
September 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I think we can retire the phrase “artificial intelligence (AI)” If not, would following also be in order?
-Springsteen’s song “Born in the United States of America (USA)”
-What’s the Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) password?
-Laugh out loud (LOL) cats
-The Very Important Person (VIP) line
Et cetera...
-Springsteen’s song “Born in the United States of America (USA)”
-What’s the Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) password?
-Laugh out loud (LOL) cats
-The Very Important Person (VIP) line
Et cetera...
At least twice the #fcc has referred to reforming a fictional law: the National Environmental Protection Act. It's the National Environmental *Policy* Act. #FactCheck #copyedit #google, #doge staff cuts?
August 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
At least twice the #fcc has referred to reforming a fictional law: the National Environmental Protection Act. It's the National Environmental *Policy* Act. #FactCheck #copyedit #google, #doge staff cuts?
Weeks of @fastcompany.com testing several #ios26 betas on #iphone models like the SE2 (plus results from other, expert, testers) show it should run well on even the oldest supported models.
Apple #ios26beta #iphone11 #iphoneSE #ios
Apple #ios26beta #iphone11 #iphoneSE #ios
Is it safe to install iOS 26 on older iPhones like the 11 and SE?
Testing with developer and public beta versions went smoothly for even the oldest supported models. But there are safety measures if upgrading to the beta or release version goes awry.
www.fastcompany.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Weeks of @fastcompany.com testing several #ios26 betas on #iphone models like the SE2 (plus results from other, expert, testers) show it should run well on even the oldest supported models.
Apple #ios26beta #iphone11 #iphoneSE #ios
Apple #ios26beta #iphone11 #iphoneSE #ios
Is anyone else seeing blurred out #joblistings on @linkedin.com with a note that you must subscribe to #premium to access them? I've not encountered that before.
July 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Is anyone else seeing blurred out #joblistings on @linkedin.com with a note that you must subscribe to #premium to access them? I've not encountered that before.
Thanks Katie Deighton and @wsj.com Tech News Briefing team for a great chat about why ads for AI in products might hurt sales, rather than help. (First story, starting at 0:48.) Based on research from Washington State University and Parks Associates.
www.wsj.com/podcasts/tec...
www.wsj.com/podcasts/tec...
How Hackers Crippled Iran’s Financial System - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts
Iran’s already-precarious financial system was brought to its knees by Israel-aligned hackers. The WSJ’s Angus Berwick walks us through the cyberattack. Plus: Research suggests companies should pause ...
www.wsj.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Thanks Katie Deighton and @wsj.com Tech News Briefing team for a great chat about why ads for AI in products might hurt sales, rather than help. (First story, starting at 0:48.) Based on research from Washington State University and Parks Associates.
www.wsj.com/podcasts/tec...
www.wsj.com/podcasts/tec...
Saying #AI in a tech product or service #advertising may actually hurt sales, say two very different studies (one just published last week), as we detail in @wsj.com
Thanks for explaining - Dogan Gursoy at Washington State U and Jennifer Kent at Parks Associates. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-a...
Thanks for explaining - Dogan Gursoy at Washington State U and Jennifer Kent at Parks Associates. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-a...
Here’s a Tip to Companies: Beware of Promoting AI in Products
Consumers have less trust in offerings labeled as being powered by artificial intelligence, which reduces their interest in buying them, researchers say.
www.wsj.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Saying #AI in a tech product or service #advertising may actually hurt sales, say two very different studies (one just published last week), as we detail in @wsj.com
Thanks for explaining - Dogan Gursoy at Washington State U and Jennifer Kent at Parks Associates. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-a...
Thanks for explaining - Dogan Gursoy at Washington State U and Jennifer Kent at Parks Associates. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-a...
I hadn't anticipated all the wisecrack reader comments on this @wsj.com piece about wiping your hard drive. Suggestions involving sledgehammers, guns, and acid, plus all the Hillary Clinton references.
How to Make Sure Information on Your Old Computer Is Really, Truly Deleted
It isn’t as simple as pressing “delete” and emptying the trash. Here’s a step-by-step guide.
www.wsj.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I hadn't anticipated all the wisecrack reader comments on this @wsj.com piece about wiping your hard drive. Suggestions involving sledgehammers, guns, and acid, plus all the Hillary Clinton references.
Welp, I'd just started using @mozilla.org Pocket again
Pocket is Saying Goodbye: What You Need to Know | Pocket Help
More information about the end of support for Pocket.
support.mozilla.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Welp, I'd just started using @mozilla.org Pocket again
42% of Americans have been paying for online subscriptions they’d forgotten they even had. @fastcompany.com shows how to easily zap those zombie accounts.
www.fastcompany.com/91326030/how...
www.fastcompany.com/91326030/how...
How to find and cancel forgotten online subscriptions that are costing you a fortune
You can save a lot by ditching online subscription services such as apps and video, music and news sites. Here's how to do it—fast.
www.fastcompany.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
42% of Americans have been paying for online subscriptions they’d forgotten they even had. @fastcompany.com shows how to easily zap those zombie accounts.
www.fastcompany.com/91326030/how...
www.fastcompany.com/91326030/how...
In economic shaky times, pricey online media like Netflix might be a good place to cut costs. But you can save without giving up on great video, and music, and books, and news sources. @fastcompany.com found oodles of cheap and free options. LMK what you think
www.fastcompany.com/91322736/dig...
www.fastcompany.com/91322736/dig...
The ultimate guide to cheap (or free) streaming, news, and media subscriptions
With prices rising and the economy looking shaky, it’s time to seek out free and discounted media. Luckily, there’s no shortage of options.
www.fastcompany.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In economic shaky times, pricey online media like Netflix might be a good place to cut costs. But you can save without giving up on great video, and music, and books, and news sources. @fastcompany.com found oodles of cheap and free options. LMK what you think
www.fastcompany.com/91322736/dig...
www.fastcompany.com/91322736/dig...
Do you use chatbots to make sense of legal documents such as credit card offers, leases, privacy policies or user agreements? I'm writing about how to use ChatGPT and other bots for these and other tasks. Would love to hear your ideas and stories. Thanks!
April 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Do you use chatbots to make sense of legal documents such as credit card offers, leases, privacy policies or user agreements? I'm writing about how to use ChatGPT and other bots for these and other tasks. Would love to hear your ideas and stories. Thanks!
Well, at least they are honest about the working conditions in this LinkedIn job post.
February 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Well, at least they are honest about the working conditions in this LinkedIn job post.
I'm not an activist, but I'd like to find some way to support LGBT folks directly (especially the T). Any suggestions?
February 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I'm not an activist, but I'd like to find some way to support LGBT folks directly (especially the T). Any suggestions?
Workers at Amazon facility in Garner, NC, are voting to form a union. Fast Company spoke with a key organizer in a sweeping survey of the Big Tech labor movement back in December.
www.fastcompany.com/91241440/how...
www.fastcompany.com/91241440/how...
How Big Tech labor organizers aim to unite for Trump 2.0
Supercharged during the first Trump administration, tech worker activism faces new challenges and motivations as the 47th President heads to Washington.
www.fastcompany.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Workers at Amazon facility in Garner, NC, are voting to form a union. Fast Company spoke with a key organizer in a sweeping survey of the Big Tech labor movement back in December.
www.fastcompany.com/91241440/how...
www.fastcompany.com/91241440/how...
While they are not campaign contributions, tax-deductible charitable donations are heavily funding US political movements. @fastcompany.com reports on the top funding tools, called DAFs, used by the right and left www.fastcompany.com/91260303/ahe...
Ahead of Trump's inauguration, philanthropy is fueling political activism on the right and left
Donor-advised funds, the fastest-growing form of charitable giving, provide generous tax deductions and the ability to hide what causes wealthy activists support.
www.fastcompany.com
January 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
While they are not campaign contributions, tax-deductible charitable donations are heavily funding US political movements. @fastcompany.com reports on the top funding tools, called DAFs, used by the right and left www.fastcompany.com/91260303/ahe...
I asked ChatGPT to recommend pretty churches with stained glass windows near me...and got a recommendation for Michael's crafts store. When I walked WTF, it apologized and gave me the same response. Is this the beginning of ads?
January 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I asked ChatGPT to recommend pretty churches with stained glass windows near me...and got a recommendation for Michael's crafts store. When I walked WTF, it apologized and gave me the same response. Is this the beginning of ads?
"Even Ray Charles could see what's going on." Said NYC mayor Eric Adams claiming that enemies were unfairly investigating him.
As a vision-impaired person, I have a thick skin and good sense of humor. I'm not necessarily offended, but still the comment is a bit tacky.
Not a good look, so to say.
As a vision-impaired person, I have a thick skin and good sense of humor. I'm not necessarily offended, but still the comment is a bit tacky.
Not a good look, so to say.
January 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"Even Ray Charles could see what's going on." Said NYC mayor Eric Adams claiming that enemies were unfairly investigating him.
As a vision-impaired person, I have a thick skin and good sense of humor. I'm not necessarily offended, but still the comment is a bit tacky.
Not a good look, so to say.
As a vision-impaired person, I have a thick skin and good sense of humor. I'm not necessarily offended, but still the comment is a bit tacky.
Not a good look, so to say.
One bit of good news in the LA wildfires. The Getty Villa museum of Greek and Roman art has survived, despite devastation right up to the property line. Losing this mindblowing collection would have been...mindblowing. www.newsweek.com/pacific-pali...
How did Getty Villa survive Pacific Palisades fire while neighbors burned?
Flames were seen creeping onto the property, but special measures appeared to save the art collection.
www.newsweek.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
One bit of good news in the LA wildfires. The Getty Villa museum of Greek and Roman art has survived, despite devastation right up to the property line. Losing this mindblowing collection would have been...mindblowing. www.newsweek.com/pacific-pali...
I've been playing with chatbots to provide news summaries. ChatGPT is doing quite well, Google Gemini not so much. It predicted fed rate *hikes* and provided these worthless summaries of entertainment news.
December 29, 2024 at 2:22 PM
I've been playing with chatbots to provide news summaries. ChatGPT is doing quite well, Google Gemini not so much. It predicted fed rate *hikes* and provided these worthless summaries of entertainment news.
This is an interesting strategy by Elon Musk to make America great, and perhaps not what the Americans who voted for Trump had in mind
Same guy who spends half his day proclaiming that immigrants from Mexico are poisoning this country and taking American jobs
MAGA was a mark
MAGA was a mark
December 27, 2024 at 11:05 PM
This is an interesting strategy by Elon Musk to make America great, and perhaps not what the Americans who voted for Trump had in mind
Perhaps I'm the last person to figure this out. But using Apple to subscribe to online services seems the most convenient way to both subscribe and especially *unsubscribe*
December 27, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Perhaps I'm the last person to figure this out. But using Apple to subscribe to online services seems the most convenient way to both subscribe and especially *unsubscribe*
This @nytimes.com profile of the Syrian city Homs succinctly shows how brutal and grim the past decade+ has been. Startling drone footage of the largely leveled ancient city. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/w...
In Homs, Smiles and Tears Amid a Ravaged Landscape After al-Assad’s Fall (Gift Article)
The ancient city, an early stronghold of opposition to Bashar al-Assad’s oppressive regime, was ravaged by a government crackdown. New York Times correspondents in Homs spoke to people who were reacti...
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:18 PM
This @nytimes.com profile of the Syrian city Homs succinctly shows how brutal and grim the past decade+ has been. Startling drone footage of the largely leveled ancient city. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/w...
Amazon union actions take off:
12/19 Strike at 7 facilities
12/11 San Bernardino CA workers join union
12/10 Atlanta drivers join
11/27 Queens NY file EEOC charge
11/15 City of Industry CA workers join
@fastcompany.com wrote about @teamsters.bsky.social as well as office worker organizing
12/19 Strike at 7 facilities
12/11 San Bernardino CA workers join union
12/10 Atlanta drivers join
11/27 Queens NY file EEOC charge
11/15 City of Industry CA workers join
@fastcompany.com wrote about @teamsters.bsky.social as well as office worker organizing
How Big Tech labor organizers aim to unite for Trump 2.0
Supercharged during the first Trump administration, tech worker activism faces new challenges and motivations as the 47th President heads to Washington.
www.fastcompany.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Amazon union actions take off:
12/19 Strike at 7 facilities
12/11 San Bernardino CA workers join union
12/10 Atlanta drivers join
11/27 Queens NY file EEOC charge
11/15 City of Industry CA workers join
@fastcompany.com wrote about @teamsters.bsky.social as well as office worker organizing
12/19 Strike at 7 facilities
12/11 San Bernardino CA workers join union
12/10 Atlanta drivers join
11/27 Queens NY file EEOC charge
11/15 City of Industry CA workers join
@fastcompany.com wrote about @teamsters.bsky.social as well as office worker organizing