Ethan Marcotte
@ethanmarcotte.com
designer, writer, roommate to two kittens. I think you deserve a union, and I wrote a book about that: https://ethanmarcotte.com/books/you-deserve-a-tech-union/
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Ethan Marcotte
@ethanmarcotte.com
· Mar 17
Refresh. — ethanmarcotte.com
In 2023, I wrote a book. Several months later, my publisher closed its doors. And now? We’re back, and better than ever.
ethanmarcotte.com
🦊
I am downright delighted to announce that my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, has a brand new look. I really love it, and I hope you do too.
Here’s a look at what’s changed and—maybe more importantly—what’s stayed the same:
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refres...
#YDATUbook #books #unions #1u
I am downright delighted to announce that my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, has a brand new look. I really love it, and I hope you do too.
Here’s a look at what’s changed and—maybe more importantly—what’s stayed the same:
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refres...
#YDATUbook #books #unions #1u
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This piece is good, but omits a big source of Musk’s remaining influence in government: namely people given key appointments during the transition who were never officially part of DOGE and who are still in those positions doing DOGE-aligned work—people like my old boss at GSA who came from Tesla.
"Guys, seriously, get your own lawyer if you need it. Elon’s great, but you need to watch your own back.”
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind
What really happened when he logged out of Washington.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This piece is good, but omits a big source of Musk’s remaining influence in government: namely people given key appointments during the transition who were never officially part of DOGE and who are still in those positions doing DOGE-aligned work—people like my old boss at GSA who came from Tesla.
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*trying to unlock my phone with my glasses off*
📱: I’ve never seen you before in my life.
*put glasses on*
📱: oh thank GOODness you’re back sir, some hideous monstrosity just tried to break in to god knows what vile ends
📱: I’ve never seen you before in my life.
*put glasses on*
📱: oh thank GOODness you’re back sir, some hideous monstrosity just tried to break in to god knows what vile ends
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
*trying to unlock my phone with my glasses off*
📱: I’ve never seen you before in my life.
*put glasses on*
📱: oh thank GOODness you’re back sir, some hideous monstrosity just tried to break in to god knows what vile ends
📱: I’ve never seen you before in my life.
*put glasses on*
📱: oh thank GOODness you’re back sir, some hideous monstrosity just tried to break in to god knows what vile ends
We quietly launched a new thing over on @unbreaking.org: letting folks filter our *in-depth* timelines down into the pieces they care about, to help them pull out the threads that are most relevant to them.
This was a real team effort; can’t wait to see more of our pages roll out their own filters.
This was a real team effort; can’t wait to see more of our pages roll out their own filters.
We are working on *lots of things* but last night we soft-launched a change I am psyched about that makes our timelines filterable. Now you can see all of a case's entries on a given timeline in one place:
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We quietly launched a new thing over on @unbreaking.org: letting folks filter our *in-depth* timelines down into the pieces they care about, to help them pull out the threads that are most relevant to them.
This was a real team effort; can’t wait to see more of our pages roll out their own filters.
This was a real team effort; can’t wait to see more of our pages roll out their own filters.
🦊
“Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.”
I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...
“Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.”
I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...
The line and the stream. — ethanmarcotte.com
“Artificial intelligence is the future,” they tell me. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🦊
“Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.”
I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...
“Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.”
I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...
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"As of now, our union, Starbucks Workers United, has the facility under a full blockade."
Starbucks worker Silvia lays out the ULP strike escalation at Starbucks' York regional distribution center #NoContractNoCoffee
Starbucks worker Silvia lays out the ULP strike escalation at Starbucks' York regional distribution center #NoContractNoCoffee
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"As of now, our union, Starbucks Workers United, has the facility under a full blockade."
Starbucks worker Silvia lays out the ULP strike escalation at Starbucks' York regional distribution center #NoContractNoCoffee
Starbucks worker Silvia lays out the ULP strike escalation at Starbucks' York regional distribution center #NoContractNoCoffee
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It’s not enough to turn *away* from screens; we have to turn *towards* something else. https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/thingness
Thingness
A politics of refusal must be more than a closed door.
aworkinglibrary.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It’s not enough to turn *away* from screens; we have to turn *towards* something else. https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/thingness
This interview feels like a tremendous missed opportunity: it reads like an airing of talking points, rather than properly interrogating a billionaire donor who’s comfortable slapping some nice fonts on openly fascist policies: www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/a...
"Design is in the White House" says America's first chief design officer Joe Gebbia
The creation of a National Design Studio shows an "unprecedented" concern for web design in the US government, says Joe Gebbia in this exclusive interview.
www.dezeen.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This interview feels like a tremendous missed opportunity: it reads like an airing of talking points, rather than properly interrogating a billionaire donor who’s comfortable slapping some nice fonts on openly fascist policies: www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/a...
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COYOTE’s service journalism will always be free to read, including today’s guide to helping someone who might be overdosing.
Anyone can reverse an overdose, and we should all know how. Naloxone is a social intervention; while our public health systems are woefully inadequate, and the war on drugs continues unchecked, we can empower ourselves and one another to step up.
✍️: @nuala.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
✍️: @nuala.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Compassionately Respond to an Overdose
Naloxone, rescue breathing, and 911: Learn the do's, don'ts, and best practices for reversing an overdose.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
COYOTE’s service journalism will always be free to read, including today’s guide to helping someone who might be overdosing.
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real nice decentralized network you’ve got there, be a real shame if capitalism happened to it
October 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
real nice decentralized network you’ve got there, be a real shame if capitalism happened to it
if link utters a single intelligible word during any part of this movie, we riot
Well, holy shit. These official #LegendOfZelda movie pics sure look good!
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
if link utters a single intelligible word during any part of this movie, we riot
happy new chika day to all those who celebrate www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
WISH YOU WERE (T)HERE - YouTube
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
happy new chika day to all those who celebrate www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE today. Don't cross the picket line! And donate to their strike fund.
Across 25+ cities, Starbucks baristas have launched an open-ended strike. They are making the hard choice to stand up for better working conditions. Please consider making a donation in solidarity.
coworkerfund.org/support-work...
coworkerfund.org/support-work...
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE today. Don't cross the picket line! And donate to their strike fund.
WE TRULY LOVE TO SEE IT
WE WON! After 42 days of striking we have a tentative agreement in hand that protects our existing 4 day work week, establishes a minimum salary, and adds protections against AI replacing jobs at our workplace!
![Graphic with multiple picket signs that reads "[up arrow] Minimum Salary", "4 day Work Week", and a big cancel sign over "AI Replacing Jobs" and so much more. Go to kickstarterunited.org to see it all!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gdife25rfr5drwr2nhncr3rf/bafkreidfgv3xytmgta3x35mjze22ojok7lwh3vlhgrcfbcwr7hjg6bb6eu@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
WE TRULY LOVE TO SEE IT
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ULP stands for unfair labor practice!
There's a lot on the table: don't buy!
There's a lot on the table: don't buy!
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
ULP stands for unfair labor practice!
There's a lot on the table: don't buy!
There's a lot on the table: don't buy!
my dad subscribed to some PC magazines in the 80s. i remember propping them open next to the keyboard as i typed out, line by line, some basic-ass BASIC programs into the computer, all to make colors and shapes appear on the screen
this is to say: i love this with my entire heart vole.wtf/doctype/
this is to say: i love this with my entire heart vole.wtf/doctype/
DOCTYPE magazine 🚀⌨️
’80s BASIC type-in mags are back, but this time for HTML!
vole.wtf
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
my dad subscribed to some PC magazines in the 80s. i remember propping them open next to the keyboard as i typed out, line by line, some basic-ass BASIC programs into the computer, all to make colors and shapes appear on the screen
this is to say: i love this with my entire heart vole.wtf/doctype/
this is to say: i love this with my entire heart vole.wtf/doctype/
current redesign status
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
current redesign status
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“I have good news for you, though: assholes are a minority. People of conscience, people with good will and good intentions have always outnumbered psychopaths and sycophants.” https://okayfail.com/2025/in-praise-of-dhh.html
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“I have good news for you, though: assholes are a minority. People of conscience, people with good will and good intentions have always outnumbered psychopaths and sycophants.” https://okayfail.com/2025/in-praise-of-dhh.html
shushing! on the quiet car
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
shushing! on the quiet car
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We expect a lot more detail about this stuff to come out in court in the coming months, and when we learn more, we'll put it in our chronological archive with all the rest:
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
Immigration — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We expect a lot more detail about this stuff to come out in court in the coming months, and when we learn more, we'll put it in our chronological archive with all the rest:
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
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This week's @unbreaking.org update on immigration is *also* an update on data security because the administration is using immigration enforcement as a way to trial and operationalize a full-on surveillance state.
Our Immigration and Data Security teams worked together this week to understand how immigration-linked data grabs and shoddy facial recognition apps are laying the groundwork for a surveillance state.
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
unbreaking.org/blog/this-we...
This week at Unbreaking, November 6 — Unbreaking
Unbreaking is built to be an antidote to information overload. Since we launched, we have been meticulously documenting lawsuits, executive orders, court rulings, countermoves, and other key events.
unbreaking.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This week's @unbreaking.org update on immigration is *also* an update on data security because the administration is using immigration enforcement as a way to trial and operationalize a full-on surveillance state.
Reposted by Ethan Marcotte
Today, Thursday, November 6th at 3 pm ET, we're going to have RV Dougherty on our public picket line. RV wasn't just one of our original organizers but went on to become a staff organizer at OPEIU! Join us on Zoom kickstarterunited.org/picket/
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today, Thursday, November 6th at 3 pm ET, we're going to have RV Dougherty on our public picket line. RV wasn't just one of our original organizers but went on to become a staff organizer at OPEIU! Join us on Zoom kickstarterunited.org/picket/
Extremely excited about this event tomorrow on Luddism, and the lessons we can draw from it today: scienceandsociety.columbia.edu/events/new-l...
(If you’re there too, come say hi!)
(If you’re there too, come say hi!)
New Luddism: Technology and Resistance in the Modern Workplace | Science and Society
scienceandsociety.columbia.edu
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Extremely excited about this event tomorrow on Luddism, and the lessons we can draw from it today: scienceandsociety.columbia.edu/events/new-l...
(If you’re there too, come say hi!)
(If you’re there too, come say hi!)
NINETY TWO PERCENT of Starbucks union members just voted to authorize a strike, kicking off on 13 November unless they (finally) get a fair contract: www.cbsnews.com/news/starbuc...
#labor #1u
#labor #1u
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
NINETY TWO PERCENT of Starbucks union members just voted to authorize a strike, kicking off on 13 November unless they (finally) get a fair contract: www.cbsnews.com/news/starbuc...
#labor #1u
#labor #1u
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“”AI” is a failed technology. … LLMs haven’t met any markers of success we’d apply to, well, literally any other technology.” Great article by Ethan Marcotte @ethanmarcotte.com
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Against the protection of stocking frames. — ethanmarcotte.com
“Artificial intelligence” is a failed technology. It’s time we described it that way.
ethanmarcotte.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“”AI” is a failed technology. … LLMs haven’t met any markers of success we’d apply to, well, literally any other technology.” Great article by Ethan Marcotte @ethanmarcotte.com
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/agains...
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/agains...