Scott Trudeau
@sstrudeau.bsky.social
Ann Arbor. AADL Board of Trustees. CTO Listings Project. Lorcana dad. Bollard fan. he/him
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parking is a nuisance use because it inherently attracts car traffic, which everyone hates
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
parking is a nuisance use because it inherently attracts car traffic, which everyone hates
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🚨JOB ALERT🚨 Enjoy writing clever headlines and assigning one-of-a-kind stories? Have an eye for detail and a knack for turning rough copy into sparkling prose? We're looking for another editor to join our small but elite team covering New York City news and culture.
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We're looking for an editor to join the worker-owned media revolution.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
🚨JOB ALERT🚨 Enjoy writing clever headlines and assigning one-of-a-kind stories? Have an eye for detail and a knack for turning rough copy into sparkling prose? We're looking for another editor to join our small but elite team covering New York City news and culture.
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Family member pointed out the other day “the problem with AI isn’t that it doesn’t do what you want. It’s that it does 80% of what you want, and everyone is trying to convince you 80% is good enough now because that’s all the AI can do.”
December 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Family member pointed out the other day “the problem with AI isn’t that it doesn’t do what you want. It’s that it does 80% of what you want, and everyone is trying to convince you 80% is good enough now because that’s all the AI can do.”
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
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To me, one of the worst things about neurodivergence is that people don't believe you. When you fuck something up that makes other people feel like you don't care. And you're trying to make them believe that you really do care and it's just your brain not cooperating.
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
To me, one of the worst things about neurodivergence is that people don't believe you. When you fuck something up that makes other people feel like you don't care. And you're trying to make them believe that you really do care and it's just your brain not cooperating.
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Yes, Republicans are monstrous fascists, racists, pedophiles, and on & on
But they’re also losers everyone hates & no one wants to hang out with, and it’s important to say that part too
But they’re also losers everyone hates & no one wants to hang out with, and it’s important to say that part too
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building
A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center has been canceled. Musician Chuck Redd, the show's host, says he called off the performance after the White House announced President Donald ...
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December 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Yes, Republicans are monstrous fascists, racists, pedophiles, and on & on
But they’re also losers everyone hates & no one wants to hang out with, and it’s important to say that part too
But they’re also losers everyone hates & no one wants to hang out with, and it’s important to say that part too
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Over on tumblr someone posted this in response to the same observation.
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Over on tumblr someone posted this in response to the same observation.
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Investing in huge slow expensive battleships the same week Ukraine used a 20-foot underwater drone to cripple yet another Russian warship
www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-carr...
www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-carr...
Ukraine says it just carried out the first-ever underwater drone strike on a Russian submarine
Ukraine's internal security agency said the attack damaged and disabled a Russian Kilo-class submarine in the port city of Novorossiysk.
www.businessinsider.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Investing in huge slow expensive battleships the same week Ukraine used a 20-foot underwater drone to cripple yet another Russian warship
www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-carr...
www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-carr...
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a good time to bump this
This month's bonus episode is about Bari Weiss, who overcame her inability to say anything interesting to become the billionaire-whispering head of a small media empire.
Pundit Portrait: Bari Weiss | If Books Could Kill
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December 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
a good time to bump this
#A2Council 🧵this is a perfectly reasonable request from a developer to amend their PUD zoning to allow uses otherwise allowed in D1 (the zoning they are surrounded by). I expect at least a couple Planning Commissioners to be unreasonable on this
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
Ann Arbor high-rise could be hotel, offer short-term rentals with zoning change
'There's no agenda,' says a developer seeking zoning changes for an Ann Arbor high-rise.
www.mlive.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
#A2Council 🧵this is a perfectly reasonable request from a developer to amend their PUD zoning to allow uses otherwise allowed in D1 (the zoning they are surrounded by). I expect at least a couple Planning Commissioners to be unreasonable on this
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
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“The Epstein Files” Mark Rothko, American (1903-1970)
December 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“The Epstein Files” Mark Rothko, American (1903-1970)
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Zoning arose during a 1920s moral panic over apartments facilitating novel family arrangements, like women living alone.
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Zoning arose during a 1920s moral panic over apartments facilitating novel family arrangements, like women living alone.
#a2council we index at 420 residents per zoning ordinance page. Very on brand.
Fairfax City, VA's zoning ordinance has about one page for every 80 residents. That's too much zoning.
December 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
#a2council we index at 420 residents per zoning ordinance page. Very on brand.
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retire
NEW: A bill restoring money for pediatric cancer therapies was defeated in the Senate.
My colleague @samsteindc.bsky.social — who has covered this wrenching story ever since the funding was first removed at Elon Musk's behest last year — reports on why Bernie Sanders helped defeat the bill.
My colleague @samsteindc.bsky.social — who has covered this wrenching story ever since the funding was first removed at Elon Musk's behest last year — reports on why Bernie Sanders helped defeat the bill.
A Pediatric Cancer Bill Fell One Vote Short. Bernie Cast It.
The Vermont senator is holding out for a bigger health care package. Advocates are asking: Is the price worth it?
www.thebulwark.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
retire
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Here's the thing. Here's how you know we're not focused on the right things. Technology that is truly focused on engaging human experience is invisible. It just enables products and services that we use. If you have to talk about the tech, you're usually trying to fill the gap in its actual utility.
December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Here's the thing. Here's how you know we're not focused on the right things. Technology that is truly focused on engaging human experience is invisible. It just enables products and services that we use. If you have to talk about the tech, you're usually trying to fill the gap in its actual utility.
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I rejected cryptocurrency outright. Because I couldn't see any need for it that enhances human experience. The only use real cases were harmful. With LLM tech, it's different. There is real potential for doing useful and important things. But that's not where we're headed.
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I rejected cryptocurrency outright. Because I couldn't see any need for it that enhances human experience. The only use real cases were harmful. With LLM tech, it's different. There is real potential for doing useful and important things. But that's not where we're headed.
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This is a great clip. Say no to the future they want.
But also actively build the future we want. Honestly, I think that's the part we're really struggling with. In the absence of our own vision to give us direction, we'll still get dragged along with whatever is happening.
But also actively build the future we want. Honestly, I think that's the part we're really struggling with. In the absence of our own vision to give us direction, we'll still get dragged along with whatever is happening.
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is a great clip. Say no to the future they want.
But also actively build the future we want. Honestly, I think that's the part we're really struggling with. In the absence of our own vision to give us direction, we'll still get dragged along with whatever is happening.
But also actively build the future we want. Honestly, I think that's the part we're really struggling with. In the absence of our own vision to give us direction, we'll still get dragged along with whatever is happening.
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I truly believe this country would be in much better shape if the general public had this “we must destroy them” attitude about CEOs of companies that do wage theft and mass layoffs-offs instead of consenting adults who got caught violating a corporate fraternization policy.
She's taking responsibility and has been removed from her job. If you heard this story from a friend ("omg I canoodled with my boss at a Coldplay concert last night") rather than seeing it on TikTok you wouldn't feel the need to cast her as some world-historical villain.
December 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I truly believe this country would be in much better shape if the general public had this “we must destroy them” attitude about CEOs of companies that do wage theft and mass layoffs-offs instead of consenting adults who got caught violating a corporate fraternization policy.
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Because the endgame of the anti-trans folks isn't about surgery, or hormones, or bathrooms, or sports teams.
Those are way-stations on the path to the world they're trying to build, which is a world of stifling gender conformity. And you can't beat them by giving them part of what they want.
Those are way-stations on the path to the world they're trying to build, which is a world of stifling gender conformity. And you can't beat them by giving them part of what they want.
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Because the endgame of the anti-trans folks isn't about surgery, or hormones, or bathrooms, or sports teams.
Those are way-stations on the path to the world they're trying to build, which is a world of stifling gender conformity. And you can't beat them by giving them part of what they want.
Those are way-stations on the path to the world they're trying to build, which is a world of stifling gender conformity. And you can't beat them by giving them part of what they want.
Listed another batch of music gear I am reluctantly parting with. You could put together an entire techno set with just a few of these. Abandoned warehouse not included. Please buy my stuff before I change my mind.
sstrudeau.com/buymystuff/
sstrudeau.com/buymystuff/
S. S. Trudeau
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December 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Listed another batch of music gear I am reluctantly parting with. You could put together an entire techno set with just a few of these. Abandoned warehouse not included. Please buy my stuff before I change my mind.
sstrudeau.com/buymystuff/
sstrudeau.com/buymystuff/
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I wrote about it here. This was when I was first thinking through a lot of what we were seeing when people used LLMs. What they actually hoped to get from it. A lot of it is "I don't feel judged or harassed by the machine. It just tries to help me."
marcorogers.com/blog/the-rea...
marcorogers.com/blog/the-rea...
The real question driving AI hype — Marco Rogers
This post reproduces a twitter thread where I examine a fundamental question underlying a lot of the fervor around AI. One fascinating part of this emerging era of human-like AI is learning what tr...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I wrote about it here. This was when I was first thinking through a lot of what we were seeing when people used LLMs. What they actually hoped to get from it. A lot of it is "I don't feel judged or harassed by the machine. It just tries to help me."
marcorogers.com/blog/the-rea...
marcorogers.com/blog/the-rea...
Once again observing that nobody understands how anything works and do not care to learn.
December 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Once again observing that nobody understands how anything works and do not care to learn.
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the world is impossibly big until you drill down into the sicko shit that you're really into and then it's impossibly small
December 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
the world is impossibly big until you drill down into the sicko shit that you're really into and then it's impossibly small