dorian
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make things. make sense.
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dorian
@doriantaylor.com
· Oct 22
i dunno if you know this about me but, ahh
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brain genius idea: gin and tonic plus mint leaves and a thai green chili
January 11, 2026 at 11:07 PM
brain genius idea: gin and tonic plus mint leaves and a thai green chili
there is also "8-year-old boy lost in shopping mall"
sam altman only has three looks: i see a ghost, processing bad news, and jackass
January 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM
there is also "8-year-old boy lost in shopping mall"
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Neighbors have been visiting to meet Puffin all week and the local pet shop has started warning them ‘are you by any chance buying that puffin toy for a dog named Puffin? Because you’re the third person to come in and get her one’
January 9, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Neighbors have been visiting to meet Puffin all week and the local pet shop has started warning them ‘are you by any chance buying that puffin toy for a dog named Puffin? Because you’re the third person to come in and get her one’
one of my major frustrations is information dynamics transcend technology, and people get a feel for them at a very young age, but act like they forget everything they know when computers are involved; @knowtheory.net reminded me just now that the youngs are actually pretty good at getting it…
January 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM
one of my major frustrations is information dynamics transcend technology, and people get a feel for them at a very young age, but act like they forget everything they know when computers are involved; @knowtheory.net reminded me just now that the youngs are actually pretty good at getting it…
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Quantum leap but Sam goes back in time to prevent just one post per person
January 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Quantum leap but Sam goes back in time to prevent just one post per person
currently writing about senseatlas.net for a newsletter (that i meant to put out like 10 days ago)
herbert simon, sciences of the artificial, bottom of page 162
herbert simon, sciences of the artificial, bottom of page 162
January 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
currently writing about senseatlas.net for a newsletter (that i meant to put out like 10 days ago)
herbert simon, sciences of the artificial, bottom of page 162
herbert simon, sciences of the artificial, bottom of page 162
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This is not a reference to Lenin, though that works. I was going for “systems collapse slowly and then all at once”.
That said,
That said,
January 9, 2026 at 1:10 AM
This is not a reference to Lenin, though that works. I was going for “systems collapse slowly and then all at once”.
That said,
That said,
i am reminded of dan geer's talk from a ~decade ago: youtu.be/nT-TGvYOBpI
January 8, 2026 at 11:29 PM
i am reminded of dan geer's talk from a ~decade ago: youtu.be/nT-TGvYOBpI
i am contemplating doing a second video about systems using lego as the paradigm case youtu.be/MDeWDyZXeLI
Systems Abhor a Use Case
YouTube video by dorian taylor
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 8:58 PM
i am contemplating doing a second video about systems using lego as the paradigm case youtu.be/MDeWDyZXeLI
this scene has been beaning around in my head since 2017 or so, no reason
(streamline dub because i had the vhs lol)
(streamline dub because i had the vhs lol)
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
this scene has been beaning around in my head since 2017 or so, no reason
(streamline dub because i had the vhs lol)
(streamline dub because i had the vhs lol)
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new video, riffing off an offline discussion with @christian.bsky.social about how the concept of a "use case" is actually the wrong way to evaluate system-y things, and instead you should evaluate them based on guarantees they can make about their behaviour
youtu.be/MDeWDyZXeLI
youtu.be/MDeWDyZXeLI
Systems Abhor a Use Case
YouTube video by dorian taylor
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 6:10 PM
new video, riffing off an offline discussion with @christian.bsky.social about how the concept of a "use case" is actually the wrong way to evaluate system-y things, and instead you should evaluate them based on guarantees they can make about their behaviour
youtu.be/MDeWDyZXeLI
youtu.be/MDeWDyZXeLI
lol literally not a day goes by that linkedin doesn't email to tell me what @erikahall.bsky.social is up to
(who i don't think i'm connected to?)
(who i don't think i'm connected to?)
January 8, 2026 at 5:22 AM
lol literally not a day goes by that linkedin doesn't email to tell me what @erikahall.bsky.social is up to
(who i don't think i'm connected to?)
(who i don't think i'm connected to?)
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I think the ultimate reason many of us older people feel like everything is broken and terrible is that we remember when we had access to general purpose computing devices
January 8, 2026 at 3:49 AM
I think the ultimate reason many of us older people feel like everything is broken and terrible is that we remember when we had access to general purpose computing devices
hear me out:
• @signal.org forks gecko
• banishes superfluous ai
• makes properly private browser
• hires me to do it
• @signal.org forks gecko
• banishes superfluous ai
• makes properly private browser
• hires me to do it
📣 NEW w/@udbhav-tiwari.bsky.social Mapping the technical reality & privacy/security perils of pushing AI agents into our infra
We offer palliatives, but the core issues are paradigmatic: 'agency' relies on pervasive data access + ability to act w/o explicit consent
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANE...
We offer palliatives, but the core issues are paradigmatic: 'agency' relies on pervasive data access + ability to act w/o explicit consent
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANE...
39C3 - AI Agent, AI Spy
YouTube video by media.ccc.de
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:53 AM
hear me out:
• @signal.org forks gecko
• banishes superfluous ai
• makes properly private browser
• hires me to do it
• @signal.org forks gecko
• banishes superfluous ai
• makes properly private browser
• hires me to do it
if you see a postgres database, somebody fucked up
January 7, 2026 at 8:25 PM
in the grim darkness of 2026 etc &c
January 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
in the grim darkness of 2026 etc &c
one thing that really struck me about going to the leonard cohen exhibit at the AGO a while back was how he just traipsed off to the states or london or greece on a lark; what that must have been like to live in a time where you actually *could* just move countries if you felt like it
You can’t just decide to move countries. It’s not possible outside specific circumstances, which are both narrowly and arbitrarily defined.
January 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
one thing that really struck me about going to the leonard cohen exhibit at the AGO a while back was how he just traipsed off to the states or london or greece on a lark; what that must have been like to live in a time where you actually *could* just move countries if you felt like it
new video, riffing off an offline discussion with @christian.bsky.social about how the concept of a "use case" is actually the wrong way to evaluate system-y things, and instead you should evaluate them based on guarantees they can make about their behaviour
youtu.be/MDeWDyZXeLI
youtu.be/MDeWDyZXeLI
Systems Abhor a Use Case
YouTube video by dorian taylor
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 6:10 PM
new video, riffing off an offline discussion with @christian.bsky.social about how the concept of a "use case" is actually the wrong way to evaluate system-y things, and instead you should evaluate them based on guarantees they can make about their behaviour
youtu.be/MDeWDyZXeLI
youtu.be/MDeWDyZXeLI
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you know what? this talk fkn slaps
use this link from my channel instead of the other one, which is unlisted youtu.be/8gRMk4-Gr1E
use this link from my channel instead of the other one, which is unlisted youtu.be/8gRMk4-Gr1E
Information Architecture Conference 2025: Organizational Cartography and You
YouTube video by dorian taylor
youtu.be
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
you know what? this talk fkn slaps
use this link from my channel instead of the other one, which is unlisted youtu.be/8gRMk4-Gr1E
use this link from my channel instead of the other one, which is unlisted youtu.be/8gRMk4-Gr1E
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Subscribe to my new ~biweekly newsletter, Tech Shadow Work, where I will write about the unspoken "shadow" behind tech policy discourse: rebeccawilliams.info/welcome-to-t...
Welcome to Tech Shadow Work
Tech Shadow Work launches in 2026 as a biweekly newsletter. Each issue uses a recent moment in technology or tech policy to examine its shadow, asking what these decisions reveal about societal power ...
rebeccawilliams.info
January 7, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Subscribe to my new ~biweekly newsletter, Tech Shadow Work, where I will write about the unspoken "shadow" behind tech policy discourse: rebeccawilliams.info/welcome-to-t...
just had a random thought (i'm not sure if i agree with it yet) but everybody should gamble* just enough to get an in-the-bones sense of how risk works
(* i don't mean like casinos or sports betting lol but maybe a curriculum on risk would analyze different sanitized betting scenarios)
(* i don't mean like casinos or sports betting lol but maybe a curriculum on risk would analyze different sanitized betting scenarios)
January 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
just had a random thought (i'm not sure if i agree with it yet) but everybody should gamble* just enough to get an in-the-bones sense of how risk works
(* i don't mean like casinos or sports betting lol but maybe a curriculum on risk would analyze different sanitized betting scenarios)
(* i don't mean like casinos or sports betting lol but maybe a curriculum on risk would analyze different sanitized betting scenarios)
p sure there is a bug in nyt connections such that if you do it one day on a desktop and the next day on a phone (or other device presumably), it blows your streak
like either that or i gapped and didn't do it one day?
and did this multiple times
like either that or i gapped and didn't do it one day?
and did this multiple times
January 7, 2026 at 3:45 AM
p sure there is a bug in nyt connections such that if you do it one day on a desktop and the next day on a phone (or other device presumably), it blows your streak
like either that or i gapped and didn't do it one day?
and did this multiple times
like either that or i gapped and didn't do it one day?
and did this multiple times
fyi this is now empty
i was like "hmm i can't think of a good one right now" while literally eating lao gan ma out of the (700ml) jar with a spoon
What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?
January 6, 2026 at 11:26 PM
fyi this is now empty
RETVRN…wait, not like that!
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
RETVRN…wait, not like that!