Jillian Foley
@jillianefoley.com
historian of cryptography, computers, and information; doing mom stuff and writing in chicago
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a big chunk of the book I'm currently writing is unpacking the crypto-anarchy piece of this.
🎯 "extreme vision of individual freedom and decentralized money" accompanied by "authoritarianism and criminality"
🎯 "extreme vision of individual freedom and decentralized money" accompanied by "authoritarianism and criminality"
October 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
a big chunk of the book I'm currently writing is unpacking the crypto-anarchy piece of this.
🎯 "extreme vision of individual freedom and decentralized money" accompanied by "authoritarianism and criminality"
🎯 "extreme vision of individual freedom and decentralized money" accompanied by "authoritarianism and criminality"
Hmm, is it a good sign to see Gilded Age political cartoons go up in the neighborhood?
October 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Hmm, is it a good sign to see Gilded Age political cartoons go up in the neighborhood?
Came home from a two-week trip to my Kernel magazine article in print! Buy your copy here to read about what sororities and economists and the doctor cartel have in common shop.kernelmag.io/products/ker...
August 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Came home from a two-week trip to my Kernel magazine article in print! Buy your copy here to read about what sororities and economists and the doctor cartel have in common shop.kernelmag.io/products/ker...
and the trash is always full of the weirdest shit that you have zero memories of either creating or deleting. a delightful sample.
July 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
and the trash is always full of the weirdest shit that you have zero memories of either creating or deleting. a delightful sample.
love to pay for high speed Internet
June 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
love to pay for high speed Internet
I shudder to think what my notes would look like if they were also full of hallucinated nonsense and anodyne summaries of books I've never looked at. yes I often forget entire months of research that I then have to stumble upon later but that is part of the fun?
June 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I shudder to think what my notes would look like if they were also full of hallucinated nonsense and anodyne summaries of books I've never looked at. yes I often forget entire months of research that I then have to stumble upon later but that is part of the fun?
everything is terrible but the mulberries keep growing so there’s that
June 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
everything is terrible but the mulberries keep growing so there’s that
this flight-themed cafe is so extra. it even has a little pan am style plane seat table with a fake plane window.
May 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
this flight-themed cafe is so extra. it even has a little pan am style plane seat table with a fake plane window.
now I just need to find some rhubarb
April 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
now I just need to find some rhubarb
time to bring this back I guess
April 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
time to bring this back I guess
I’m thrilled to announce my book will be published by @harvardpress.bsky.social! Less thrilled for democracy that it gets alarmingly more relevant by the day!
March 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I’m thrilled to announce my book will be published by @harvardpress.bsky.social! Less thrilled for democracy that it gets alarmingly more relevant by the day!
well this was an unexpected text from my mom to my brother and me
February 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
well this was an unexpected text from my mom to my brother and me
Mariano’s making me rich
February 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Mariano’s making me rich
happy hanukkah! I hope you all ate as many donuts as I did today!
January 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
happy hanukkah! I hope you all ate as many donuts as I did today!
here’s my dog taking a sunbeam nap ☀️
December 19, 2024 at 2:40 AM
here’s my dog taking a sunbeam nap ☀️
this year’s thanksgiving meal will be much better than 2021
November 28, 2024 at 6:47 PM
this year’s thanksgiving meal will be much better than 2021
This was supposed to be a slapdash loaf intended for stuffing. It’s too beautiful, now what do i do?!?
November 27, 2024 at 3:20 AM
This was supposed to be a slapdash loaf intended for stuffing. It’s too beautiful, now what do i do?!?
ok Bluesky, our microwave kicks my husband off video calls any time I use it. do we need a new microwave? new wifi? are we just insane?
pictured: me reheating my coffee on the stove like this 1919 house is new again
pictured: me reheating my coffee on the stove like this 1919 house is new again
November 15, 2024 at 5:04 PM
ok Bluesky, our microwave kicks my husband off video calls any time I use it. do we need a new microwave? new wifi? are we just insane?
pictured: me reheating my coffee on the stove like this 1919 house is new again
pictured: me reheating my coffee on the stove like this 1919 house is new again
Lifehack culture has completely gone off any kind of rails it ever was on to begin with.
November 14, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Lifehack culture has completely gone off any kind of rails it ever was on to begin with.
Literally what is the point? what epistemological function could this possibly serve
November 2, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Literally what is the point? what epistemological function could this possibly serve
Here We Believe Halloween edition, as spotted in my neighborhood
October 14, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Here We Believe Halloween edition, as spotted in my neighborhood
I certainly will not claim that they are an *effective* mode of project management 😂
September 13, 2024 at 9:32 PM
I certainly will not claim that they are an *effective* mode of project management 😂