winston
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fighting to make better worlds. interested in complexity, justice, knitting, books, and so much more. i have a lot of feelings, and curiosity. vulgar as fuck.
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· Aug 23
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look i have muted the word Nuzzi and you fuckers are not adding alt text or citations and that means i am having to scrub my eyes with soap
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
look i have muted the word Nuzzi and you fuckers are not adding alt text or citations and that means i am having to scrub my eyes with soap
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Two weeks into a new program that gives New Mexico children free childcare, officials are opening up about the surge that happened day one & how it’s been moving forward. In just a short time, the state said thousands of children are now enrolled in free childcare, & daycares are lining up to join.
www.krqe.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Two weeks into a new program that gives New Mexico children free childcare, officials are opening up about the surge that happened day one & how it’s been moving forward. In just a short time, the state said thousands of children are now enrolled in free childcare, & daycares are lining up to join.
made myself a virgin mimosa (plain topo chico and OJ) and it's kinda great? (this week i learned that coffee was a contributor to recent high anxiety so it's out for the time being! needed some sort of morning ritual replacement)
November 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
made myself a virgin mimosa (plain topo chico and OJ) and it's kinda great? (this week i learned that coffee was a contributor to recent high anxiety so it's out for the time being! needed some sort of morning ritual replacement)
if anyone needs someone to house sit their gorgeous modern home in the scottish highlands for the holidays i'm happy to report my calendar just opened up. i will charge whatever the flights are.
November 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
if anyone needs someone to house sit their gorgeous modern home in the scottish highlands for the holidays i'm happy to report my calendar just opened up. i will charge whatever the flights are.
Rest in power, Alice. So so sad to hear of her passing, she was an incredible activist and writer.
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rest in power, Alice. So so sad to hear of her passing, she was an incredible activist and writer.
i do wonder if there's any hope for a viable information ecosystem in a world with social media
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
i do wonder if there's any hope for a viable information ecosystem in a world with social media
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Just buried in a paragraph and not highlight with a visual or anything: total global energy emissions WOULD BE 7% HIGHER if we had chosen to sit around and do nothing about this shit
OUR ACTIONS MAY BE INSUFFICIENT BUT THEY ARE NOT FRUITLESS
THERE ARE 2600000000000000 GRAMS OF FRUIT EVERY YEAR
OUR ACTIONS MAY BE INSUFFICIENT BUT THEY ARE NOT FRUITLESS
THERE ARE 2600000000000000 GRAMS OF FRUIT EVERY YEAR
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Just buried in a paragraph and not highlight with a visual or anything: total global energy emissions WOULD BE 7% HIGHER if we had chosen to sit around and do nothing about this shit
OUR ACTIONS MAY BE INSUFFICIENT BUT THEY ARE NOT FRUITLESS
THERE ARE 2600000000000000 GRAMS OF FRUIT EVERY YEAR
OUR ACTIONS MAY BE INSUFFICIENT BUT THEY ARE NOT FRUITLESS
THERE ARE 2600000000000000 GRAMS OF FRUIT EVERY YEAR
gosh tattoos are kinda painful (getting inner bicep work today)
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
gosh tattoos are kinda painful (getting inner bicep work today)
final sleeve appointment today! 6 hours of pain, all worth it for beautiful art on my body!
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
final sleeve appointment today! 6 hours of pain, all worth it for beautiful art on my body!
no one is asking if men ruined the concept of work and that's a shame because there is a lot of evidence behind that theory
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM
no one is asking if men ruined the concept of work and that's a shame because there is a lot of evidence behind that theory
i am at a conference called Kubecon because it's based on tech called Kubernetes and my pun loving brain is like haha Kube is like Pube so now i have to fight verbalizing Pubecon, for Pubernetes. Thanks, brain.
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
i am at a conference called Kubecon because it's based on tech called Kubernetes and my pun loving brain is like haha Kube is like Pube so now i have to fight verbalizing Pubecon, for Pubernetes. Thanks, brain.
this is true systems thinking. you cannot interpret systems from data; the data is rarely there. you must instead understand the impact of one system (curriculum on reading) and then extrapolate its connection to other systems (was we assume literacy in cultural design). it's hard!
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
this is true systems thinking. you cannot interpret systems from data; the data is rarely there. you must instead understand the impact of one system (curriculum on reading) and then extrapolate its connection to other systems (was we assume literacy in cultural design). it's hard!
my personal opinion is that the only way past this era is extreme grudge holding and pettiness.
all the people pushing AI? make them eat their words. be petty. hold their noses to their ideas and make them see how much they stink.
all the people in political power right now? absolutely same.
all the people pushing AI? make them eat their words. be petty. hold their noses to their ideas and make them see how much they stink.
all the people in political power right now? absolutely same.
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
my personal opinion is that the only way past this era is extreme grudge holding and pettiness.
all the people pushing AI? make them eat their words. be petty. hold their noses to their ideas and make them see how much they stink.
all the people in political power right now? absolutely same.
all the people pushing AI? make them eat their words. be petty. hold their noses to their ideas and make them see how much they stink.
all the people in political power right now? absolutely same.
boarding a plane. if i die in a crash, pls know everything that happens is political—politics is simply the cultural way we determine how the world should work—and my politics are donald trump fucking sucks and my kids deserve a better future than the dems can make (AOC, Flanagan, Mamdani excepted)
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
boarding a plane. if i die in a crash, pls know everything that happens is political—politics is simply the cultural way we determine how the world should work—and my politics are donald trump fucking sucks and my kids deserve a better future than the dems can make (AOC, Flanagan, Mamdani excepted)
love living in a constitutional republic of dunces
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
love living in a constitutional republic of dunces
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reading Michael Lewis's book "The Premonition" and it is forever annoying how goddamned good he is at storytelling
November 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
reading Michael Lewis's book "The Premonition" and it is forever annoying how goddamned good he is at storytelling
i am folding laundry while my 10yo bakes a cake (and i supervise). this is nice!
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
i am folding laundry while my 10yo bakes a cake (and i supervise). this is nice!
my favorite part about Sam Altman, the only thing that I appreciate about him in fact, is that he ALWAYS looks like a 10yo who has suddenly been put in an adult body. he's 100% consistent on this.
hey guys isn't it weird how they're all saying this at the same time? ignore the fact that this is now happening with Tyler Cowen, an economist who sits at the center of a sprawling system of think tanks and policy "influencers" who have been laundered into DC with both Koch and SV VC money
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
my favorite part about Sam Altman, the only thing that I appreciate about him in fact, is that he ALWAYS looks like a 10yo who has suddenly been put in an adult body. he's 100% consistent on this.
ur telling me that these scamps are shrimp?
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
ur telling me that these scamps are shrimp?
i know the baking show gets all the publicity but Pottery Throwdown and Sewing Bee are way better imo
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
i know the baking show gets all the publicity but Pottery Throwdown and Sewing Bee are way better imo
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apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
remember earlier this week when we tried having good news instead of bad news? that was so fun
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 AM
remember earlier this week when we tried having good news instead of bad news? that was so fun
tonight's family movie night is Hitch (2005) which starts off with the shocking thesis that in het relationships, women appreciate being listened to (presumably as a sign of respect). incredible!
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
tonight's family movie night is Hitch (2005) which starts off with the shocking thesis that in het relationships, women appreciate being listened to (presumably as a sign of respect). incredible!
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so it's still very funny watching Altman get served but i regret to inform you that the group with the lawsuit, "Stop AI" is not motivated by the nearly endless list of existing actual harms, but by fear that Altman will build a superintelligence
friends, he will not
friends, he will not
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
so it's still very funny watching Altman get served but i regret to inform you that the group with the lawsuit, "Stop AI" is not motivated by the nearly endless list of existing actual harms, but by fear that Altman will build a superintelligence
friends, he will not
friends, he will not