David Holl
@postobject.bsky.social
Strategy. Futures. What is and what could be.
Author of Strategy Tactics https://pipdecks.com/pages/strategy-tactics-card-deck
Former bayarean, currently self-exiled in LA
Author of Strategy Tactics https://pipdecks.com/pages/strategy-tactics-card-deck
Former bayarean, currently self-exiled in LA
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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Members of the #LongCOVID community warned that this would happen 👇
Members of the #LongCOVID community warned that this would happen 👇
RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.
I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us.
RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.
truthout.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Members of the #LongCOVID community warned that this would happen 👇
Members of the #LongCOVID community warned that this would happen 👇
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I kinda think the way people use ChatGPT is sort of aspirational because it seems to emulate the way rich people have sycophants lying to them all the time until they lose touch with reality and also their entire minds
August 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I kinda think the way people use ChatGPT is sort of aspirational because it seems to emulate the way rich people have sycophants lying to them all the time until they lose touch with reality and also their entire minds
Earthquake (delayed)
June 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Earthquake (delayed)
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Substack aims to become a main publisher of news and information in the 21st century, which would give the company tremendous power to tilt the political discourse toward far-right politics.
www.theframelab.org/why-framelab...
www.theframelab.org/why-framelab...
Why FrameLab left Substack
Our top reasons for making the right move
www.theframelab.org
May 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Substack aims to become a main publisher of news and information in the 21st century, which would give the company tremendous power to tilt the political discourse toward far-right politics.
www.theframelab.org/why-framelab...
www.theframelab.org/why-framelab...
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Shook the whole fucking building
Okay Los Angeles, what was this? 💫
Seen minutes ago.
Seen minutes ago.
May 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Shook the whole fucking building
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I mean… a lot of people definitely do
FDA Commissioner Makary: "By the way, America doesn't want covid boosters."
May 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I mean… a lot of people definitely do
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There is no power on earth for authors like word of mouth. Especially with the death of Twitter, so many of us have lost huge chunks of our reach. So please, if you love a book, tell your friends and talk it up on your social media. No voice is too small, every single word counts. And thank you!
October 12, 2023 at 4:58 AM
There is no power on earth for authors like word of mouth. Especially with the death of Twitter, so many of us have lost huge chunks of our reach. So please, if you love a book, tell your friends and talk it up on your social media. No voice is too small, every single word counts. And thank you!
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using substack directly funds rightwing agitprop. this is not in question.
substack is a UBI program for fash: they actively recruit them and pay them in advance.
substack is a UBI program for fash: they actively recruit them and pay them in advance.
The ONE THING people with large audiences refuse to do to fight fascism is stop publishing on Substack. People are starting to publish on Substack—this month—because Substack keeps paying people to ignore their own moral center.
You can’t fight fascism in a Nazi bar.
You. Just. Fucking. Can’t.
You can’t fight fascism in a Nazi bar.
You. Just. Fucking. Can’t.
Watching people post about how they hate Nazis and are committed to fighting fascism but the one thing that would be easiest for them to do is stop publishing on substack, but they won’t do it.
You’re not fighting fascism. You’re enabling it.
You’re not fighting fascism. You’re enabling it.
April 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
using substack directly funds rightwing agitprop. this is not in question.
substack is a UBI program for fash: they actively recruit them and pay them in advance.
substack is a UBI program for fash: they actively recruit them and pay them in advance.
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What We Know About Covid’s Impact on Your Brain.
"Scientists worry that persistent cognitive issues caused by Covid signal that a surge in dementia cases and other mental conditions is on the horizon."
Source: archive.md/IZx1h
"Scientists worry that persistent cognitive issues caused by Covid signal that a surge in dementia cases and other mental conditions is on the horizon."
Source: archive.md/IZx1h
March 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
What We Know About Covid’s Impact on Your Brain.
"Scientists worry that persistent cognitive issues caused by Covid signal that a surge in dementia cases and other mental conditions is on the horizon."
Source: archive.md/IZx1h
"Scientists worry that persistent cognitive issues caused by Covid signal that a surge in dementia cases and other mental conditions is on the horizon."
Source: archive.md/IZx1h
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Again, the revenue they are sharing w/ Nazis is money YOU spend on your fave substackers.
If you're accepting paid subscriptions on substack— and putting content behind a pay wall—you are inherently asking your readers to share that money w/ Nazis. "You can't read this unless you give Nazis money."
If you're accepting paid subscriptions on substack— and putting content behind a pay wall—you are inherently asking your readers to share that money w/ Nazis. "You can't read this unless you give Nazis money."
Pressure builds on newsletter company Substack to stop revenue sharing with Nazi writers www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
Pressure builds on newsletter company Substack to stop revenue sharing with Nazi writers
One of Substack’s top newsletters, Platformer, which publishes tech industry news, told its more than 172,000 subscribers this week that it was considering leaving the platform.
www.nbcnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Again, the revenue they are sharing w/ Nazis is money YOU spend on your fave substackers.
If you're accepting paid subscriptions on substack— and putting content behind a pay wall—you are inherently asking your readers to share that money w/ Nazis. "You can't read this unless you give Nazis money."
If you're accepting paid subscriptions on substack— and putting content behind a pay wall—you are inherently asking your readers to share that money w/ Nazis. "You can't read this unless you give Nazis money."
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Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
February 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Roses are red
Our resolve hasn't faltered
Our resolve hasn't faltered
February 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Roses are red
Our resolve hasn't faltered
Our resolve hasn't faltered
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Clearly there cannot be "one way to do product management." I, myself, organize PM into six fundamental flavors, as shown in this diagram (note the labels along the legs of the triangle).
Full post: sociotechnical.org/archive/six-...
[1/9] #productmanagement
Full post: sociotechnical.org/archive/six-...
[1/9] #productmanagement
February 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Clearly there cannot be "one way to do product management." I, myself, organize PM into six fundamental flavors, as shown in this diagram (note the labels along the legs of the triangle).
Full post: sociotechnical.org/archive/six-...
[1/9] #productmanagement
Full post: sociotechnical.org/archive/six-...
[1/9] #productmanagement
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'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
November 11, 2024 at 7:59 PM
'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
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The problem, ultimately, is that people seem to think categories are real things, things that exist in nature.
And they aren't.
NATURE exists in nature.
Any finer distinction is something that we draw - and we have to decide where to draw it.
And they aren't.
NATURE exists in nature.
Any finer distinction is something that we draw - and we have to decide where to draw it.
So because I was reminded - the definitive answer to "Is a hot dog a sandwich?" is "by what taxonomy?"
Categories matter, after all. Taxonomies exist for a reason. If you're not clear on defining your categories, then your mixed berry salad will consist of:
Categories matter, after all. Taxonomies exist for a reason. If you're not clear on defining your categories, then your mixed berry salad will consist of:
January 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The problem, ultimately, is that people seem to think categories are real things, things that exist in nature.
And they aren't.
NATURE exists in nature.
Any finer distinction is something that we draw - and we have to decide where to draw it.
And they aren't.
NATURE exists in nature.
Any finer distinction is something that we draw - and we have to decide where to draw it.
Looking into ways to measure VOC around LA with the intention of finding other folks to help measure and share info publicly. Tons of tools for smoke and aqi but nothing for VOC so far. Let’s change that
January 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Looking into ways to measure VOC around LA with the intention of finding other folks to help measure and share info publicly. Tons of tools for smoke and aqi but nothing for VOC so far. Let’s change that
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Who captured these historic 1960s San Francisco snapshots? 📷 Abandoned for years in a storage unit, these unseen photos are finally seeing the light of day, but the photographer's identity remains a mystery. Can you help solve it? 🕵️♀️
Join the search: blog.archive.org/2025/01/10/e...
Join the search: blog.archive.org/2025/01/10/e...
January 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Who captured these historic 1960s San Francisco snapshots? 📷 Abandoned for years in a storage unit, these unseen photos are finally seeing the light of day, but the photographer's identity remains a mystery. Can you help solve it? 🕵️♀️
Join the search: blog.archive.org/2025/01/10/e...
Join the search: blog.archive.org/2025/01/10/e...
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“Although 10,000 deaths a month is far less than the peak of the pandemic, this level of preventable death is not acceptable,”
Highly mutated COVID variant ‘Pirola’ JN.1 is spawning. Its descendants are climbing the charts, as the global death toll mounts
fortune.com/well/2024/01...
fortune.com/well/2024/01...
Highly mutated COVID variant ‘Pirola’ JN.1 is spawning. Its descendants are climbing the charts,...
“Pirola” JN.1 may be the beginning of a new chapter in the pandemic, some experts said. Now its descendants are spawning—and appear to be on a path to dominance.
fortune.com
January 12, 2024 at 3:44 PM
“Although 10,000 deaths a month is far less than the peak of the pandemic, this level of preventable death is not acceptable,”