David Staley
@davidstaley8.bsky.social
Futurist, writer, mark maker, designer, presenter, advisor, provocateur, public intellectual, educator, historiographer, monologist, and "eclectic academic"
Pinpoint
Uncover the hidden connection in this thought-provoking word pattern game.
lnkd.in
January 19, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The AI Symposium is an Amazon top new release...😉https://a.co/d/eFAbleV
January 19, 2026 at 1:31 PM
The AI Symposium is an Amazon top new release...😉https://a.co/d/eFAbleV
Crossclimb #629 | 0:35 and flawless
Fill order: 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣ 5️⃣ 🔼 🔽 🪜
🏅 I’m in the Top 5% of all players today!
lnkd.in/crossclimb.
Fill order: 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣ 5️⃣ 🔼 🔽 🪜
🏅 I’m in the Top 5% of all players today!
lnkd.in/crossclimb.
Crossclimb
Use your word smarts to unlock a trivia ladder and complete the hidden clues.
lnkd.in
January 19, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Crossclimb #629 | 0:35 and flawless
Fill order: 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣ 5️⃣ 🔼 🔽 🪜
🏅 I’m in the Top 5% of all players today!
lnkd.in/crossclimb.
Fill order: 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣ 5️⃣ 🔼 🔽 🪜
🏅 I’m in the Top 5% of all players today!
lnkd.in/crossclimb.
🙂 Daily Quordle 1456
9️⃣7️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
9️⃣7️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
January 19, 2026 at 1:27 PM
🙂 Daily Quordle 1456
9️⃣7️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
9️⃣7️⃣
4️⃣5️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
I completed Stacks in 4 drops!
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Stacks - The Atlantic
Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I completed Stacks in 4 drops!
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Septle - The Seven Letter Wordle
Guess the hidden word in 8 tries. New puzzles are available each day.
septle.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:23 PM
🙂 Daily Quordle 1455
5️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣8️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
5️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣8️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
January 18, 2026 at 1:06 PM
🙂 Daily Quordle 1455
5️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣8️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
5️⃣6️⃣
3️⃣8️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
I completed Stacks in 6 drops!
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Stacks - The Atlantic
Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:45 PM
I completed Stacks in 6 drops!
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Reposted by David Staley
So now Trump is tariffing NATO to give Greenland to the US so that the US can protect Greenland.
Which is already protected by NATO, including the US.
Dear rest of world, I'm so sorry about this.
Which is already protected by NATO, including the US.
Dear rest of world, I'm so sorry about this.
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
So now Trump is tariffing NATO to give Greenland to the US so that the US can protect Greenland.
Which is already protected by NATO, including the US.
Dear rest of world, I'm so sorry about this.
Which is already protected by NATO, including the US.
Dear rest of world, I'm so sorry about this.
Reposted by David Staley
Coming to the @mershoncenter.bsky.social this week, a book talk with Marc Lynch @abuaardvark.bsky.social Weds Jan 21 at noon: "America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region" Come on out! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @h-diplo.bsky.social 🗃️ mershoncenter.osu.edu/events/book-...
Book Talk with Marc Lynch: "America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region"
Book Talk with Marc Lynch, Author of "America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region"RegistrationThis program is free and lunch will be served. To reserve your lunch, please register by Monday, Janu...
mershoncenter.osu.edu
January 17, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Coming to the @mershoncenter.bsky.social this week, a book talk with Marc Lynch @abuaardvark.bsky.social Weds Jan 21 at noon: "America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region" Come on out! @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @h-diplo.bsky.social 🗃️ mershoncenter.osu.edu/events/book-...
Reposted by David Staley
I live a bougie apartment building where many 20 and 30 somethings live and yet it‘s the 50 somethings and up who are being priced out. Such a weird clash of demographics
January 17, 2026 at 11:51 PM
I live a bougie apartment building where many 20 and 30 somethings live and yet it‘s the 50 somethings and up who are being priced out. Such a weird clash of demographics
Reposted by David Staley
Hmmmmm? 🤔 what might one possible future of shared inquiry and sustained discussion with AI look like? @davidstaley8.bsky.social
Announcing the publication of my latest book: "The AI Symposium," a bold intellectual experiment: a sustained philosophical dialogue between three large language models, orchestrated by me.
You can buy a copy here: www.pastfoundation.org/innovation-p...
Or here: www.amazon.com/AI-Symposium...
You can buy a copy here: www.pastfoundation.org/innovation-p...
Or here: www.amazon.com/AI-Symposium...
January 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Hmmmmm? 🤔 what might one possible future of shared inquiry and sustained discussion with AI look like? @davidstaley8.bsky.social
Reposted by David Staley
Some takeaways by the CFR's James Lindsay from the launch panel discussion w/@cmcknichols.bsky.social & @marydudziak.bsky.social on the @cfr.org survey of @shafrhistorians.bsky.social members on the best and worst US foreign policy decisions in history🗃️ www.cfr.org/blog/convers...
A Conversation About the Best and Worst U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions
When you create best and worst lists, prepare for disagreement and debate.
www.cfr.org
January 17, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Some takeaways by the CFR's James Lindsay from the launch panel discussion w/@cmcknichols.bsky.social & @marydudziak.bsky.social on the @cfr.org survey of @shafrhistorians.bsky.social members on the best and worst US foreign policy decisions in history🗃️ www.cfr.org/blog/convers...
Reposted by David Staley
HEY YOU!! We're ready with our first harvest in a new Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin! Power, though miniscule as it is, returns to us, and we delve deeper into the Isle of Demons! Let's start making tracks and making progress!!
youtu.be/4O0je8IRZFY
youtu.be/4O0je8IRZFY
January 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
HEY YOU!! We're ready with our first harvest in a new Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin! Power, though miniscule as it is, returns to us, and we delve deeper into the Isle of Demons! Let's start making tracks and making progress!!
youtu.be/4O0je8IRZFY
youtu.be/4O0je8IRZFY
Pinpoint #627 | 2 guesses
1️⃣ | 28% match
2️⃣ | 100% match 📌
🏅 I’m in the Top 10% of all players today!
lnkd.in/pinpoint.
1️⃣ | 28% match
2️⃣ | 100% match 📌
🏅 I’m in the Top 10% of all players today!
lnkd.in/pinpoint.
Pinpoint
Uncover the hidden connection in this thought-provoking word pattern game.
lnkd.in
January 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Pinpoint #627 | 2 guesses
1️⃣ | 28% match
2️⃣ | 100% match 📌
🏅 I’m in the Top 10% of all players today!
lnkd.in/pinpoint.
1️⃣ | 28% match
2️⃣ | 100% match 📌
🏅 I’m in the Top 10% of all players today!
lnkd.in/pinpoint.
Crossclimb #627 | 0:38 and flawless
Fill order: 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣ 5️⃣ 🔼 🔽 🪜
🏅 I’m in the Top 5% of all players today!
lnkd.in/crossclimb.
Fill order: 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣ 5️⃣ 🔼 🔽 🪜
🏅 I’m in the Top 5% of all players today!
lnkd.in/crossclimb.
Crossclimb
Use your word smarts to unlock a trivia ladder and complete the hidden clues.
lnkd.in
January 17, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Crossclimb #627 | 0:38 and flawless
Fill order: 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣ 5️⃣ 🔼 🔽 🪜
🏅 I’m in the Top 5% of all players today!
lnkd.in/crossclimb.
Fill order: 1️⃣ 2️⃣ 3️⃣ 4️⃣ 5️⃣ 🔼 🔽 🪜
🏅 I’m in the Top 5% of all players today!
lnkd.in/crossclimb.
🙂 Daily Quordle 1454
5️⃣4️⃣
6️⃣8️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
5️⃣4️⃣
6️⃣8️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
January 17, 2026 at 1:28 PM
🙂 Daily Quordle 1454
5️⃣4️⃣
6️⃣8️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
5️⃣4️⃣
6️⃣8️⃣
m-w.com/games/quordle/
I completed Stacks in 5 drops!
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Stacks - The Atlantic
Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.
www.theatlantic.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I completed Stacks in 5 drops!
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Reposted by David Staley
What was best, worst, and why? What was over-or-under-rated, and why? What was missed?! Check out the launch panel on the top 10 best & worst decisions in US foreign policy history🗃️ (Council on Foreign Relations survey, rated by members of @shafrhistorians.bsky.social) youtu.be/rQB4dZgDdlg?...
America at 250: The Best and Worst Decisions in U.S. Foreign Policy
YouTube video by Council on Foreign Relations
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
What was best, worst, and why? What was over-or-under-rated, and why? What was missed?! Check out the launch panel on the top 10 best & worst decisions in US foreign policy history🗃️ (Council on Foreign Relations survey, rated by members of @shafrhistorians.bsky.social) youtu.be/rQB4dZgDdlg?...
Announcing the publication of my latest book: "The AI Symposium," a bold intellectual experiment: a sustained philosophical dialogue between three large language models, orchestrated by me.
You can buy a copy here: www.pastfoundation.org/innovation-p...
Or here: www.amazon.com/AI-Symposium...
You can buy a copy here: www.pastfoundation.org/innovation-p...
Or here: www.amazon.com/AI-Symposium...
January 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Announcing the publication of my latest book: "The AI Symposium," a bold intellectual experiment: a sustained philosophical dialogue between three large language models, orchestrated by me.
You can buy a copy here: www.pastfoundation.org/innovation-p...
Or here: www.amazon.com/AI-Symposium...
You can buy a copy here: www.pastfoundation.org/innovation-p...
Or here: www.amazon.com/AI-Symposium...
I completed Stacks in 5 drops!
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Stacks - The Atlantic
Stack the words in an order and position that creates new words going horizontally.
www.theatlantic.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:32 AM
I completed Stacks in 5 drops!
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
Try it yourself!
Play on The Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/games/stacks
One-sentence Future: The philosopher-king
Having monetized ethics platforms and subscription metaphysics, a charismatic philosophy professor leveraged her viral lectures into an empire worth billions...
Having monetized ethics platforms and subscription metaphysics, a charismatic philosophy professor leveraged her viral lectures into an empire worth billions...
One-sentence Future: The philosopher-king
Having monetized ethics platforms and subscription metaphysics, a charismatic philosophy professor leveraged her viral lectures into an empire worth billions, parlayed that wealth and intellectual cre...
open.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:50 PM
One-sentence Future: The philosopher-king
Having monetized ethics platforms and subscription metaphysics, a charismatic philosophy professor leveraged her viral lectures into an empire worth billions...
Having monetized ethics platforms and subscription metaphysics, a charismatic philosophy professor leveraged her viral lectures into an empire worth billions...
"Equal" (from the Swipeglyph series) by David J. Staley
January 15, 2026 at 12:32 PM
"Equal" (from the Swipeglyph series) by David J. Staley
My "Voices" interview with Laura Wagner, Director of the Language Sciences Research Lab at the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), where she discusses the unique setup of her lab, which allows COSI visitors to observe and participate in real-time research.
podcast.osu.edu/voices-of-ex...
podcast.osu.edu/voices-of-ex...
Laura Wagner: Making language research public | Voices of Excellence
podcast.osu.edu
January 15, 2026 at 12:24 PM
My "Voices" interview with Laura Wagner, Director of the Language Sciences Research Lab at the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), where she discusses the unique setup of her lab, which allows COSI visitors to observe and participate in real-time research.
podcast.osu.edu/voices-of-ex...
podcast.osu.edu/voices-of-ex...