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Michèle Champagne @michhham.bsky.social · 4d

Great. “AI” and Big Tech waste billions to rip societies apart (a good investment apparently, as nearly 40 percent of US GDP growth in 2025 comes from AI, which can’t possibly go on forever, or can it) so people buy gold as a “hedge against destruction”.

— via @glindsay.bsky.social

Why Tech Stocks Are Booming While Gold Is Dooming

Welcome to the age of cognitive dissonance investing.

www.bloomberg.com

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · 5d

*chuckles* I’m in danger

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · 6d

"You can see the workslop everywhere, except in productivity statistics" — Robert Solow, probably

Michèle Champagne @michhham.bsky.social · 6d

Forget competency. Consider pursuing a career as an AI “Workslop” Course-Corrector.

— via @glindsay.bsky.social

Upwork Monthly Hiring Report: Increasing Demand for Skills That Combat AI “Workslop”

Discover key insights from the Upwork Monthly Hiring Report for September 2025. Understand hiring trends, top skills in demand, and which roles are seeing growing demand.

www.upwork.com

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · 6d

Any specific cuisines/experiences in mind? And when's the trip? (Winter is coming...)

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Michèle Champagne @michhham.bsky.social · 6d

Forget competency. Consider pursuing a career as an AI “Workslop” Course-Corrector.

— via @glindsay.bsky.social

Upwork Monthly Hiring Report: Increasing Demand for Skills That Combat AI “Workslop”

Discover key insights from the Upwork Monthly Hiring Report for September 2025. Understand hiring trends, top skills in demand, and which roles are seeing growing demand.

www.upwork.com

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · 9d

Popped in to see how the reactionary urbanists were doing at over newgeography, and the definite article in this headline really said it all for me.

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · 13d

Listening to Genesis’ Invisible Touch on my late father’s matte black component stereo is triggering some sort of Gen X primal memory

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · 17d

Hey, @parismarx.com, you should totally have her on!

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · 17d

I met Paulina on the tour for “Cyberselfish,” cited her in my own book, and never forgot her gimlet-eyed take on the SF scene.

It’s high past time to belatedly recognize her prescient warnings on what Silicon Valley was and what it would become. She was there, she saw it, and no one has any excuse.

Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 18d

1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).

But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · 19d

They're doubling down on this. x.com/AJentleson/s...

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · 25d

Or slightly more charitably, the solution to our problems is means-testing reality itself??

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · 25d

Just what we need, a “center-left” think tank postulating we need to bring back Jim Crow in order to do another New Deal.

Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 25d

if someone ever said these words to me IRL, i would push them into a vat of molten jello

Can liberals build broad-based support for strengthening the social safety net by frontally addressing questions of deservingness in ways not seen since the New Deal? Can resentment that stems from violations of just-world beliefs be separated from other forms of resentment, and assuaged?

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · 25d

New Mexico is the most underrated state in the nation, and it isn't close.

19thnews.org/2025/09/new-...

New Mexico will be the first state to make child care free

The program, which is expected to save families $12,000 per child annually, is available to all residents regardless of income.

19thnews.org

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Thiard News@F4F @newsen.bsky.social · Sep 3

Mobility Innovation Exchange to Feature Greg Lindsay as Keynote Speaker This September#United_States#Detroit#Mobility_Innovation#Greg_Lindsay

Mobility Innovation Exchange to Feature Greg Lindsay as Keynote Speaker This September

Join mobility futurist Greg Lindsay as he keynotes the Mobility Innovation Exchange on Sept. 23 in Detroit, shaping the future of transportation.

third-news.com

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · 26d

Reading up on James Buchanan’s post-presidency for no good reason

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 26d

Former President Joe Biden is having a less lucrative postpresidency than what he’d expected, owing to his advancing age, unpopularity and limited speaking engagements.

Joe Biden Is Struggling to Cash In on His Presidency

Companies are reluctant to hire the former president as a paid speaker due to his unpopularity and fear of retribution from Trump.

on.wsj.com

Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · 26d

Imagine thinking leaking to the NYT will save you. (RIP.)
youtu.be/vZNnDiDSUiI?...

Three Days of the Condor - Ending

YouTube video by haileris

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · 27d

Loved all three episodes (so far) of Summer Fridays Radio™, but my favorite has to be discovering The Beach Boys' "Sail On, Sailor" in #3. Now imagining an alternate timeline where they holed up in the south of France with the Stones rather than in Holland, laying down track with Graham Parsons...

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Michèle Champagne @michhham.bsky.social · Sep 10

“A bad mood board of good intentions.”
— lol via @glindsay.bsky.social

New York Review of Architecture @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social · Sep 9

“By Saturday, the pavilions had started to blur into a bad mood board of good intentions. Nordic: Trans. Korea: Cats. Canada: Bacteria. Uruguay: Water. Brazil: Wood. Australia: Sandbox.”

Eric Schwartau vernissages in Venice in NYRA no. 46/47.

nyra.nyc/articles/ver...

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Kimberly Tryba @ktryba.bsky.social · Sep 8

PlanScapeArch Opening Keynote: @glindsay.bsky.social -
Generalist, Urbanist, Speaker, Futurist

'BEYOND HUMAN: Leveraging the Power of Intelligence'
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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · Sep 2

Based on the lines for $23 “Honey Deuces” and $22 Aperol spritzes(!!) at this year’s US Open, I think we can all afford to pay Zohran’s lil’ tax.

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · Sep 2

“How bad does it have to be…”

This bad.

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · Sep 2

Now I see why BCG has aggressively disavowed it. 🤮

Will Jennings @willjennings.bsky.social · Sep 2

The leaked Gaza Riviera plan is more grotesque than you could ever have imagined.

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Greg Lindsay @glindsay.bsky.social · Sep 2

The monkey’s paw never stops curling.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Weighs Declaring National Housing Emergency, Bessent Says

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration may declare a national housing emergency this fall as the White House looks to highlight key issues for midterm campaign voters.

www.bloomberg.com

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Michèle Champagne @michhham.bsky.social · Sep 2

Worst “smart city” proposal ever.
— via @glindsay.bsky.social

Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population

President Donald Trump and international partners are discussing plans to build a “Riviera of the Middle East” on the rubble of Gaza. One would establish U.S. control and pay Palestinians to leave.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Lincoln Institute of Land Policy @landpolicy.bsky.social · Aug 29

Emerging technologies are allowing planners to share their ideas in whole new ways, from immersive bus tours to digital libraries. Find out how augmented reality is shaping planning projects on the ground in Rob Walker's newest City Tech column: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...

Augmented Reality Offers a New Perspective on Urban Planning - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Emerging technologies are allowing planners to share their ideas in whole new ways, from immersive bus tours to digital libraries.

go.lincolninst.edu

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