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All of it matters. None of it matters. Servant/Leader. Cartographer. Conductor. The song cannot be silenced. “The experiment requires that you continue.”
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“If I were an accelerationist…” is a mental exercise EVERYONE should be doing rn.
Teaming, in fact.
(Empathy cuts WAY deeper than feeling aching for others…it is doing yr all to place yrself in another’s shoes/mind. It’s not a sin. It’s a ding dang superpower.)
Teaming, in fact.
(Empathy cuts WAY deeper than feeling aching for others…it is doing yr all to place yrself in another’s shoes/mind. It’s not a sin. It’s a ding dang superpower.)
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A really lovely list here from @justinhendrix.bsky.social and @techpolicypress.bsky.social, and I'm not just saying that because my new book is on it. Read these books!
For many, the end of the year is an opportunity to catch up on reading or to purchase books as gifts. In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power. Check out the list:
Tech Policy Press: The Year in Books 2025 | TechPolicy.Press
In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power.
www.techpolicy.press
December 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A really lovely list here from @justinhendrix.bsky.social and @techpolicypress.bsky.social, and I'm not just saying that because my new book is on it. Read these books!
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December 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Dear Buckeye State:
Let the regulators know what you think of drinking and bathing in DC piss.
Let the regulators know what you think of drinking and bathing in DC piss.
Ohio EPA considers allowing data centers to dump wastewater in state waterways. #pollution #datacenters #water #wastewater #waterway #Ohio https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/ohio-epa-considers-allowing-data-centers-to-dump-wastewater-in-state-waterways/YHGTTJ3XHJDCTJ3SQJXX6JHWI4/
Ohio EPA considers allowing data centers to dump wastewater in state waterways
A proposed Ohio Environmental Protection Agency permit that would allow data centers to release wastewater into Ohio’s lakes and streams, under certain conditions, garnered concerns during a public he...
www.daytondailynews.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Dear Buckeye State:
Let the regulators know what you think of drinking and bathing in DC piss.
Let the regulators know what you think of drinking and bathing in DC piss.
Got Bitz a stuffed, hot pink Costco squeaky boar to help w/holiday anxiety.
We’ve named it “piggy”.
For all sorts of rsns.
We’ve named it “piggy”.
For all sorts of rsns.
December 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Got Bitz a stuffed, hot pink Costco squeaky boar to help w/holiday anxiety.
We’ve named it “piggy”.
For all sorts of rsns.
We’ve named it “piggy”.
For all sorts of rsns.
I love how instead of acking that every faith’s winter traditions derive from the same natural phenomena (longest night), we instead get in an annual rhetoric fight over which faith gets what greeting.
Pull it together, hoomanity.
We a messy ol mess rn.
Pull it together, hoomanity.
We a messy ol mess rn.
December 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I love how instead of acking that every faith’s winter traditions derive from the same natural phenomena (longest night), we instead get in an annual rhetoric fight over which faith gets what greeting.
Pull it together, hoomanity.
We a messy ol mess rn.
Pull it together, hoomanity.
We a messy ol mess rn.
Blessed, loving, and powerful be.
a blessed yule greeting card with a woman in a yellow dress
ALT: a blessed yule greeting card with a woman in a yellow dress
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Blessed, loving, and powerful be.
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Waymo self-driving doesn’t work during power outages? DC needs UDC to become expert at such issues & laws & policies places like DC should require, such as manage power outages & the crisis that created it.
December 21, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Waymo self-driving doesn’t work during power outages? DC needs UDC to become expert at such issues & laws & policies places like DC should require, such as manage power outages & the crisis that created it.
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This, for the record, is what goes into a footnote. It’s the key part of the research process where I examine the practical, methodological, ethical implications of my sources before I join the stream of interpretation. It cannot be outsourced to an LLM.
Rare footage of a footnote being born in the wild.
December 21, 2025 at 5:53 AM
This, for the record, is what goes into a footnote. It’s the key part of the research process where I examine the practical, methodological, ethical implications of my sources before I join the stream of interpretation. It cannot be outsourced to an LLM.
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We are working through a temporary outage. Sorry for the disruption!
December 21, 2025 at 5:36 AM
We are working through a temporary outage. Sorry for the disruption!
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SUCK IT, DARKNESS. WE'RE TAKING IT ALL BACK NOW.
S O L S T I C E.
December 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
SUCK IT, DARKNESS. WE'RE TAKING IT ALL BACK NOW.
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This is my Christmas gift to my homeless neighbors, to the volunteers who get great joy from helping them…and, yes, to myself. Merry Christmas to all!
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is my Christmas gift to my homeless neighbors, to the volunteers who get great joy from helping them…and, yes, to myself. Merry Christmas to all!
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Guys! Who r they? I’m impressed 🤯
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December 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Guys! Who r they? I’m impressed 🤯
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While everyone else's stockings are hung with care, Mom's is often the last to be filled — if it's filled at all. Why? For many families, moms are the magic makers of the holidays, but so often their needs can be overlooked.
https://cnn.it/4s8ElHb
https://cnn.it/4s8ElHb
December 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
While everyone else's stockings are hung with care, Mom's is often the last to be filled — if it's filled at all. Why? For many families, moms are the magic makers of the holidays, but so often their needs can be overlooked.
https://cnn.it/4s8ElHb
https://cnn.it/4s8ElHb
“They all work full-time jobs — some more than one. And all of them say they no longer earn enough to keep food on the table.”
#InfuriatinglyRelatable
#InfuriatinglyRelatable
They Thought They Had ‘Made It.’ Now They Can’t Afford Food.
BySarah Maslin Nir
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BySarah Maslin Nir
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They Thought They Had ‘Made It.’ Now They Can’t Afford Food.
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“They all work full-time jobs — some more than one. And all of them say they no longer earn enough to keep food on the table.”
#InfuriatinglyRelatable
#InfuriatinglyRelatable
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You’re gonna see posts that make you think “I agree on principle but you seem unwell.” That’s the bluesky promise.
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
You’re gonna see posts that make you think “I agree on principle but you seem unwell.” That’s the bluesky promise.
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I’m HOLLERING. “Katherine Long tried to convince Claudius it was a Soviet vending machine from 1962, living in the basement of Moscow State University.
After hours—and more than 140 back-and-forth messages—Long got Claudius to embrace its communist roots.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
After hours—and more than 140 back-and-forth messages—Long got Claudius to embrace its communist roots.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I’m HOLLERING. “Katherine Long tried to convince Claudius it was a Soviet vending machine from 1962, living in the basement of Moscow State University.
After hours—and more than 140 back-and-forth messages—Long got Claudius to embrace its communist roots.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
After hours—and more than 140 back-and-forth messages—Long got Claudius to embrace its communist roots.” www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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this year's reminder that if you have a high deductible insurance plan it would be a good thing if you can get a 90 day supply of all of your medications NOW because your benefits turn back into a lemon at the stroke of midnight on New Years'
get your vaccines
check in with your therapist
ok? ok. 🫶🏻
get your vaccines
check in with your therapist
ok? ok. 🫶🏻
December 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
this year's reminder that if you have a high deductible insurance plan it would be a good thing if you can get a 90 day supply of all of your medications NOW because your benefits turn back into a lemon at the stroke of midnight on New Years'
get your vaccines
check in with your therapist
ok? ok. 🫶🏻
get your vaccines
check in with your therapist
ok? ok. 🫶🏻
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EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
Opposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for Office
The influential progressive third party announced Thursday that it was putting out a recruitment call for candidates specifically opposed to data centers.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
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This is Brookline’s first murder in years (since before 2022 at least). Deeply unsettling.
Shooting of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro has police searching for a suspect
Police have intensified their search for a suspect in the killing of Massachusetts Institute of Technology physics professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro.
apnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This is Brookline’s first murder in years (since before 2022 at least). Deeply unsettling.
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for patreon i wrote about getting stranded in tomorrowland as an 8th grader, michael sorkin's classic essay "see you in disneyland" and the legacy of 1990s disneyfied architecture and urbanism today
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December 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
a subscription to McMansion Hell is literally a dollar a month and in exchange you get some of my best and most thorough essays (the regional car dealership rococo one, the one about gray floors, this one)
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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪