Rob Boone
@seeminglyrob.bsky.social
once described as "the weirdest guy i know" by a reliable source. he/him
there are almost too many concerning developments to keep track of, but i don't think this is getting enough attention
How big tech is creating its own friendly media bubble to ‘win the narrative battle online’
At a time when distrust of big tech is high, Silicon Valley is embracing an alternative ecosystem where every CEO is a star
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
there are almost too many concerning developments to keep track of, but i don't think this is getting enough attention
Reposted by Rob Boone
today instead of buying barely discounted crap, get a paid subscription to an independent media outlet! a little $ goes a long way towards supporting a free press. 🗞️
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
today instead of buying barely discounted crap, get a paid subscription to an independent media outlet! a little $ goes a long way towards supporting a free press. 🗞️
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
drop links to your own or your faves in the replies so ppl can easily sign up (bonus if you add a couple words about why it’s good!):
"The reason billionaires urge you to vote with your wallets is that their wallets are so much thicker than yours. In a vote of ballots, they will lose every time, which is why they are so committed to this wallet-voting nonsense. The wallet-vote is the only vote they can hope to win."
Pluralistic: (Digital) Elbows Up (28 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"The reason billionaires urge you to vote with your wallets is that their wallets are so much thicker than yours. In a vote of ballots, they will lose every time, which is why they are so committed to this wallet-voting nonsense. The wallet-vote is the only vote they can hope to win."
it’s myopic and petty but the thing i miss most about twitter that i think we’ve lost forever is finding a new writer offline, looking up their twitter, following, and getting to know them, which was only possible because literally every writer was on twitter
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
it’s myopic and petty but the thing i miss most about twitter that i think we’ve lost forever is finding a new writer offline, looking up their twitter, following, and getting to know them, which was only possible because literally every writer was on twitter
Reposted by Rob Boone
On this National Day of Mourning, we honor all indigenous people across the globe who have been impacted by the violent hand of colonialism.
We demand FREE CONGO. FREE SUDAN. FREE PALESTINE.
Share:
@indigenoushouse
@tendingfuturesorg
@palestinianyouthmovement
We demand FREE CONGO. FREE SUDAN. FREE PALESTINE.
Share:
@indigenoushouse
@tendingfuturesorg
@palestinianyouthmovement
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
On this National Day of Mourning, we honor all indigenous people across the globe who have been impacted by the violent hand of colonialism.
We demand FREE CONGO. FREE SUDAN. FREE PALESTINE.
Share:
@indigenoushouse
@tendingfuturesorg
@palestinianyouthmovement
We demand FREE CONGO. FREE SUDAN. FREE PALESTINE.
Share:
@indigenoushouse
@tendingfuturesorg
@palestinianyouthmovement
things i cannot believe carol hasn’t asked the hive yet:
- do you still experience pleasure?
- what kind of world are you building?
- what happens to art now?
- i assume you’re taking care of climate change?
- when does season three of silo drop?
- oxford comma or no?
- do you still experience pleasure?
- what kind of world are you building?
- what happens to art now?
- i assume you’re taking care of climate change?
- when does season three of silo drop?
- oxford comma or no?
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
things i cannot believe carol hasn’t asked the hive yet:
- do you still experience pleasure?
- what kind of world are you building?
- what happens to art now?
- i assume you’re taking care of climate change?
- when does season three of silo drop?
- oxford comma or no?
- do you still experience pleasure?
- what kind of world are you building?
- what happens to art now?
- i assume you’re taking care of climate change?
- when does season three of silo drop?
- oxford comma or no?
reading andrew sean greer’s “less” and the best way i can describe it is like jumping from cloud to cloud, sometimes gracefully nailing the timing and getting into rhythm, sometimes landing with a thud, but never stopping. this novel is pure momentum, occasionally but briefly interrupted
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
reading andrew sean greer’s “less” and the best way i can describe it is like jumping from cloud to cloud, sometimes gracefully nailing the timing and getting into rhythm, sometimes landing with a thud, but never stopping. this novel is pure momentum, occasionally but briefly interrupted
haven't even read the piece yet but this illustration burrowed in my mind and started expanding
Why Are We So Afraid of Conversation? — The Dial
A glut of self-help books promises to teach us to do it better.
www.thedial.world
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
haven't even read the piece yet but this illustration burrowed in my mind and started expanding
ngl there is a tiny part of me hoping this platform implodes so we all have to go back to mastodon if only because it feels more sustainable long-term (and probably just healthier on a personal level?)
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ngl there is a tiny part of me hoping this platform implodes so we all have to go back to mastodon if only because it feels more sustainable long-term (and probably just healthier on a personal level?)
okay i avoided this shitshow for a long time but in a moment of weakness i started reading when it popped up in my rss reader and if you too would like to indulge in this absolutely deranged shit, this ringer breakdown is a relatively good one
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
okay i avoided this shitshow for a long time but in a moment of weakness i started reading when it popped up in my rss reader and if you too would like to indulge in this absolutely deranged shit, this ringer breakdown is a relatively good one
"We sat there as the sun and moon rose and set, glaciers melted and the sea rose, all life turned to dust and mountains crumbled into the ocean and several ice ages came and went until finally I could feel new life being born again in some primordial cradle."
The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem
Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with the pelvic floor—physical therapists, MAHA influencers, me. Could this deeply misunderstood body part really be the seat of so much modern dysfunction?
www.wired.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"We sat there as the sun and moon rose and set, glaciers melted and the sea rose, all life turned to dust and mountains crumbled into the ocean and several ice ages came and went until finally I could feel new life being born again in some primordial cradle."
i can’t quite put my finger on it but the newest edition of the new york review feels a bit cleaner? i don’t think the font’s changed but everything feels like it has more room to breathe (doesn’t really come across in the pic)
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
i can’t quite put my finger on it but the newest edition of the new york review feels a bit cleaner? i don’t think the font’s changed but everything feels like it has more room to breathe (doesn’t really come across in the pic)
getting rid of things—physical, mental, digital—is so goddamn freeing
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
getting rid of things—physical, mental, digital—is so goddamn freeing
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holy shit this is such a good way of presenting the data jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.com
You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
holy shit this is such a good way of presenting the data jmail.world
there are so few things to feel good about (without logging off, anyway), but the success of worker-owned journalism is definitely one of them
Reflections On Five Years In Worker-Owned Media | Defector
As I finally got to work on writing Defector’s fifth Annual Report, I found myself noodling on some broader thoughts about the worker-owned media landscape. Tom said some sections would work as a stan...
defector.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
there are so few things to feel good about (without logging off, anyway), but the success of worker-owned journalism is definitely one of them
"The nuclear family is a failed experiment. We tried it and it’s not serving us. It doesn’t work without lots and lots of help – paid, unpaid, or both.
The alternative, of course, is remembering how to build extended networks of kinship and community care."
this is helpful de-programming content
The alternative, of course, is remembering how to build extended networks of kinship and community care."
this is helpful de-programming content
The Nuclear Family is a Failed Experiment
When has a nuclear experiment ever been good, honestly?
theauntie.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"The nuclear family is a failed experiment. We tried it and it’s not serving us. It doesn’t work without lots and lots of help – paid, unpaid, or both.
The alternative, of course, is remembering how to build extended networks of kinship and community care."
this is helpful de-programming content
The alternative, of course, is remembering how to build extended networks of kinship and community care."
this is helpful de-programming content
yep, every word of this
Sports Gamblers Are Dorks | Defector
Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season. Today we are turning the column over to esteemed guest and past Defector contributor Sara...
defector.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
yep, every word of this
lol leave it to the folks at orion to do liquid glass in the browser on mac better than apple
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
lol leave it to the folks at orion to do liquid glass in the browser on mac better than apple
i will be switching to linux but in the meantime i’m grateful that apple is so bad at ai the best they can do is a bad imitation of grammarly
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
i will be switching to linux but in the meantime i’m grateful that apple is so bad at ai the best they can do is a bad imitation of grammarly
software is eating the world (derogatory)
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 AM
software is eating the world (derogatory)
i can’t explain it but liquid glass is anti-branding, the absence of branding. it’s the design equivalent of a straight-faced press release for a sock for your phone
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
i can’t explain it but liquid glass is anti-branding, the absence of branding. it’s the design equivalent of a straight-faced press release for a sock for your phone
gonna start drawing a character map when i start a new ferrante novel 'cause 200 pages in i still don't know who half these mfers are
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
gonna start drawing a character map when i start a new ferrante novel 'cause 200 pages in i still don't know who half these mfers are
"I want to suggest instead that turning away from screens is turning towards something else. It is not an absence but a presence, not an empty hand but one with a hold on something solid and true."
Thingness
A politics of refusal must be more than a closed door.
aworkinglibrary.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"I want to suggest instead that turning away from screens is turning towards something else. It is not an absence but a presence, not an empty hand but one with a hold on something solid and true."
death by lightning is, among other things, perfectly cast
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
death by lightning is, among other things, perfectly cast