Arkady Martine | Dr. AnnaLinden Weller
@byzantienne.bsky.social
speculative fiction (Teixcalaan series, ROSE/HOUSE), climate & energy policy (New Mexico, all statements my own), Byzantinist (nonpracticing but never not true).
unfortunately, I care about power lines now
she/her. halfway between Santa Fe and NYC.
unfortunately, I care about power lines now
she/her. halfway between Santa Fe and NYC.
a) breadth requirement in Religious Studies BA = hideous love affair with a medieval empire & subsequent history PhD
b) too many feelings re: hideous love affair with a medieval empire, wrote space opera about it
c) cool dude hired another ex-academic historian like himself for energy policy shit
b) too many feelings re: hideous love affair with a medieval empire, wrote space opera about it
c) cool dude hired another ex-academic historian like himself for energy policy shit
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
a) breadth requirement in Religious Studies BA = hideous love affair with a medieval empire & subsequent history PhD
b) too many feelings re: hideous love affair with a medieval empire, wrote space opera about it
c) cool dude hired another ex-academic historian like himself for energy policy shit
b) too many feelings re: hideous love affair with a medieval empire, wrote space opera about it
c) cool dude hired another ex-academic historian like himself for energy policy shit
... the DSA's Lisan al-Gaib. You, sir, win an whole internet. Perfect no notes.
House votes on dumbass resolution condemning socialism, meanwhile the DSA's Lisan al-Gaib rolls the truculent child brain president like a pair of socks
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
... the DSA's Lisan al-Gaib. You, sir, win an whole internet. Perfect no notes.
THE POPE HAS THROWN A RAVE
I am now experiencing FOMO about the Pope's rave
god, cyberpunk novels of my teenagerhood weren't weird ENOUGH
I am now experiencing FOMO about the Pope's rave
god, cyberpunk novels of my teenagerhood weren't weird ENOUGH
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
THE POPE HAS THROWN A RAVE
I am now experiencing FOMO about the Pope's rave
god, cyberpunk novels of my teenagerhood weren't weird ENOUGH
I am now experiencing FOMO about the Pope's rave
god, cyberpunk novels of my teenagerhood weren't weird ENOUGH
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Mamdani getting Trump to back down & even *compliment* him costs Mamdani absolutely nothing (& indeed actually shows his skills) & probably also saves a lot of vulnerable ppl in this city a trememndous amount of pain if it means Trump is less inclined to act shitty towards us bc of this meeting
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Mamdani getting Trump to back down & even *compliment* him costs Mamdani absolutely nothing (& indeed actually shows his skills) & probably also saves a lot of vulnerable ppl in this city a trememndous amount of pain if it means Trump is less inclined to act shitty towards us bc of this meeting
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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I am on my knees begging climate people and energy people and housing people to just this once pass the puck to where they are skating to, not where they are at. This is the fight, here. The whole game is physical infrastructure. It is car-enforcing land use all the way down.
Texas and Florida are considering similar legislation. Any other examples? What a wild time for transportation planning
Why Are Many States Trying to Ban Cities From Slowing Down Drivers? — Streetsblog USA
Texas could soon become the latest state to ban its cities from reclaiming lane space from drivers — and now that Trump is in office, some fear that more will follow.
usa.streetsblog.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I am on my knees begging climate people and energy people and housing people to just this once pass the puck to where they are skating to, not where they are at. This is the fight, here. The whole game is physical infrastructure. It is car-enforcing land use all the way down.
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There is no path to decarbonization without transit.
There is no path to abundant housing without transit.
There is no path to restoring democracy without transit.
There is no "affordability" without transit.
There is no clean energy transition without transit.
There is no path to abundant housing without transit.
There is no path to restoring democracy without transit.
There is no "affordability" without transit.
There is no clean energy transition without transit.
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
There is no path to decarbonization without transit.
There is no path to abundant housing without transit.
There is no path to restoring democracy without transit.
There is no "affordability" without transit.
There is no clean energy transition without transit.
There is no path to abundant housing without transit.
There is no path to restoring democracy without transit.
There is no "affordability" without transit.
There is no clean energy transition without transit.
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In which I articulate the case that AGI is impossible and machines just plain cannot think. www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/on-inco...
On Incomputable Language: An Essay on AI
An incidental consequence of having written a book on tech-fascism and the so-called rationalist movement is that I find myself periodically queried for my thoughts on artificial intelligence. On the ...
www.eruditorumpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In which I articulate the case that AGI is impossible and machines just plain cannot think. www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/on-inco...
... and isn't there some link to be made - more elegantly than I'm going to make it - about the reduction of meaning to legibility that helps to open the space for the devoid?
(yes, I'll put another dollar in the Seeing Like A State swearjar)
(yes, I'll put another dollar in the Seeing Like A State swearjar)
relatedly Seeing Like a State is an excellent book for none of the obvious textual or subtextual reasons; it made it a lot easier to think about People, in gestalt, and also a lot about Metrics, and how bending People to Metrics makes the metric worthless and causes people to die
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
... and isn't there some link to be made - more elegantly than I'm going to make it - about the reduction of meaning to legibility that helps to open the space for the devoid?
(yes, I'll put another dollar in the Seeing Like A State swearjar)
(yes, I'll put another dollar in the Seeing Like A State swearjar)
This is very, very good, and exceptionally unsettling. My favorite sort of cultural criticism (being that which is also art criticism).
The spaces described are both unheimlich/uncanny and BLEAK AS FUCK, which is (I think) central to the argument, & also utterly grim as sociocultural commentary.
The spaces described are both unheimlich/uncanny and BLEAK AS FUCK, which is (I think) central to the argument, & also utterly grim as sociocultural commentary.
Over the past few weeks, HiLoBrow has run installments of my long essay “Without Care,” which maps out a 21st century gothic that I started calling The Devoid. All four installments are now live and you can read the whole thing here; enjoy!
without-care – HILOBROW
www.hilobrow.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This is very, very good, and exceptionally unsettling. My favorite sort of cultural criticism (being that which is also art criticism).
The spaces described are both unheimlich/uncanny and BLEAK AS FUCK, which is (I think) central to the argument, & also utterly grim as sociocultural commentary.
The spaces described are both unheimlich/uncanny and BLEAK AS FUCK, which is (I think) central to the argument, & also utterly grim as sociocultural commentary.
‘Incent’ is not a verb. You cannot ‘incent’ anything. Nor can you give someone ‘incents’, like you’re handing out indulgences.
If you wish to drive people to do something, you can damn well incentivize them via providing incentives.
please stop business-idiot speak from infiltrating your language
If you wish to drive people to do something, you can damn well incentivize them via providing incentives.
please stop business-idiot speak from infiltrating your language
What's your most niche and unimportant crusade?
Mine is that I use the symbol "var" (as scientific standards bodies indicate) for reactive power instead of "VAR" (most common) or something weird like "Var" or worse, "VAr".
I'll admit it does feel a bit odd to put "Mvar" next to "MW" and "MVA". 🔌💡
Mine is that I use the symbol "var" (as scientific standards bodies indicate) for reactive power instead of "VAR" (most common) or something weird like "Var" or worse, "VAr".
I'll admit it does feel a bit odd to put "Mvar" next to "MW" and "MVA". 🔌💡
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
‘Incent’ is not a verb. You cannot ‘incent’ anything. Nor can you give someone ‘incents’, like you’re handing out indulgences.
If you wish to drive people to do something, you can damn well incentivize them via providing incentives.
please stop business-idiot speak from infiltrating your language
If you wish to drive people to do something, you can damn well incentivize them via providing incentives.
please stop business-idiot speak from infiltrating your language
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I'll be beating this drum constantly between now and April:
Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly.
Well done on climate, Third Act 👏
Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly.
Well done on climate, Third Act 👏
“'She did not just approve a fossil fuel project. She made a moral choice,' Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado (D), who is primarying Hochul, said on Monday. 'New Yorkers deserve a governor who does not treat the climate crisis as a PR problem, but as a test of moral leadership.'”
Hochul enrages environmentalists with shift to ‘all of the above’ energy policy
Democrats are focusing on affordability over climate goals as midterm elections loom.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I'll be beating this drum constantly between now and April:
Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly.
Well done on climate, Third Act 👏
Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly.
Well done on climate, Third Act 👏
that man is three years younger than me. he is the age of my kid brother.
this is me currently
christ, man. moisturize
this is me currently
christ, man. moisturize
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
that man is three years younger than me. he is the age of my kid brother.
this is me currently
christ, man. moisturize
this is me currently
christ, man. moisturize
Oh, I like this.
Going to dig in this afternoon.
Going to dig in this afternoon.
Launched today: the State Economic Power Project! This dives into cost of living + climate, on 2 pillars: (1) household budgets and (2) state budgets. Thank you Sarah Bloom Raskin, @jordanhaedtler.bsky.social @kostyack.bsky.social @advitt.bsky.social
climatecabineteducation.org/state-econom...
climatecabineteducation.org/state-econom...
State Economic Power Project Resources - Climate Cabinet Education
Check this page for policy resources related to insurance regulation, disaster recovery policy, and more.
climatecabineteducation.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Oh, I like this.
Going to dig in this afternoon.
Going to dig in this afternoon.
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the path forward is clear: we must elect pro-transit mayors in an unbroken string of municipalities from NYC to Seattle, and finally get that high-speed rail line built. forget the feds, forget the states even
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,976 votes, which means that the race is no longer in automatic recount territory.
🚨🚨 Just in: Katie Wilson has expanded her lead in the Seattle mayor race. She is now leading by 1,346 votes.
November 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
the path forward is clear: we must elect pro-transit mayors in an unbroken string of municipalities from NYC to Seattle, and finally get that high-speed rail line built. forget the feds, forget the states even
I keep trying to find the right Poast that encompasses both Stephen King's CHRISTINE and @thewaroncars.bsky.social
so far I have failed and thus I release this idea into the wild
so far I have failed and thus I release this idea into the wild
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I keep trying to find the right Poast that encompasses both Stephen King's CHRISTINE and @thewaroncars.bsky.social
so far I have failed and thus I release this idea into the wild
so far I have failed and thus I release this idea into the wild
Now, rah and I don’t ALWAYS agree on theater but …
Buying tickets for Viv and me NOW. If this is even close to true I am so excited.
Buying tickets for Viv and me NOW. If this is even close to true I am so excited.
It took forty years but I have finally seen a production of Chess that ACTUALLY COMPLETELY WORKS
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Now, rah and I don’t ALWAYS agree on theater but …
Buying tickets for Viv and me NOW. If this is even close to true I am so excited.
Buying tickets for Viv and me NOW. If this is even close to true I am so excited.
'are air travel disturbances due to the shutdown and Trump admin understaffing of ATC a reason to travel to NYC for Christmas by train from Albuquerque', a thought I have had this afternoon
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
'are air travel disturbances due to the shutdown and Trump admin understaffing of ATC a reason to travel to NYC for Christmas by train from Albuquerque', a thought I have had this afternoon
I also have never been this excited about city government. 😍
We get Lina Khan!
Mamdani & his transition team in Qns. (I have never been this excited about city government.)
Mamdani & his transition team in Qns. (I have never been this excited about city government.)
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I also have never been this excited about city government. 😍
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I cannot stress that the work that people have been doing for years in the southeast is paying off and needs to be celebrated.
BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election.
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg.
His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority.
www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Forrest County
Johnny DuPree, a Democrat who served as the mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for 16 years, has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I cannot stress that the work that people have been doing for years in the southeast is paying off and needs to be celebrated.
To invoke Mario Cuomo - but NOT SAY HIS NAME.
Because he had already told us he was done saying the name of his defeated opponent.
I shrieked.
Because he had already told us he was done saying the name of his defeated opponent.
I shrieked.
"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.” Fucking SAVAGE for him to invoke Mario Cuomo.
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
To invoke Mario Cuomo - but NOT SAY HIS NAME.
Because he had already told us he was done saying the name of his defeated opponent.
I shrieked.
Because he had already told us he was done saying the name of his defeated opponent.
I shrieked.
TURN THE VOLUME UP
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
TURN THE VOLUME UP
God, he's so fucking good at this.
The gentle strength of 'you can breathe this in'. The grace he is offering us.
And the damnatio memoriae beforehand! And EUGENE DEBS.
The gentle strength of 'you can breathe this in'. The grace he is offering us.
And the damnatio memoriae beforehand! And EUGENE DEBS.
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
God, he's so fucking good at this.
The gentle strength of 'you can breathe this in'. The grace he is offering us.
And the damnatio memoriae beforehand! And EUGENE DEBS.
The gentle strength of 'you can breathe this in'. The grace he is offering us.
And the damnatio memoriae beforehand! And EUGENE DEBS.
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MAMDANI CAME OUT TO JA RULE "NEW YORK" AND IMMEDIATELY QUOTED EUGENE DEBS
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
MAMDANI CAME OUT TO JA RULE "NEW YORK" AND IMMEDIATELY QUOTED EUGENE DEBS
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magnificent
Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
magnificent