This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

If you choose to get into that business and your customers are like “capacity seller I need your biggest capacity” then your response better be “yes sir but please finance all my capex to derisk this so I don’t get screwed” or you’re bad at your job

This is an actual visual map of the Circular Vendor Ponzi laid out by @anthonycr.bsky.social

We're in the phase where they are making sure that none of the nodes die, but it is becoming increasingly thinly stretched

It's likely in the terminal phase. If one of these faulters, the whole thing pops

Billionaires market tech as innovation & disruption but the truth is AI—& the data centers that power it—are replicating old systems of harm and exploitation.

Show up on 10/15 and demand that people, not billionaire, drive how Philly uses tech: phillytechjustice.org/hearing

faking it until you make it and practicing what you preach are not mutually exclusive

When the only lever of accountability the audience has for a news organization is to cancel their subscription, they should not be discouraged or prevented from doing so. If the desire is feedback in another form, that form must exist beyond social media posts.

did we just forget all about the gender parity conversation in media/tech when ai came along or

From schools to SEPTA, AI is shaping Philly. Surveillance + algorithms track our kids, our jobs, our lives—while billionaires profit.

Wed 9/17 @ 5pm ET: join us to dig into AI in Philly + how we fight back for accountability.

Register here 👉 PhillyTechJustice.org/webinar

reminder that bsky.team only has jurisdiction over what happens on their servers. If you self-host or are hosted by blacksky.app they cannot remove your posts.

they can hide it on bsky.app but it will still be up elsewhere.
signups and migrations are open.

Tour de force review on “Economics of Attention” by Loewenstein just published in J Econ Lit
@aeajournals.bsky.social

#behavioraleconomics

went to a planetarium tonight that played heavy metal instead of ambient music with cosmic projections and it was way, way better

post-move bike hiatus is officially over. tomorrow commences taking on 630km of ciclorruta with a new venzo

W decision to make it free to watch on the Internet Archive.

Absolutely pro-consumer in every sense of the word ❤️

A Friday evening launch of a new role at OpenNews? Yes! Your reward for being terminally online at the start of a 3-day weekend. 😉

We need a community manager to help us with our peer support and connection work. It's part time, flexible and includes our Press Forward project!

Apply by Sept. 15!

John Deere, the largest American agricultural equipment manufacturer, announced layoffs affecting more than 200 workers across three Midwestern facilities this week. The company cited customer uncertainty over Trump’s expanding tariff policies as a primary factor in declining sales.
#TrumpTariffs

“Public broadcasters are doing a core part of their job badly,” is a saying for our times.

The American economy isn’t built to think - it’s built to comply. Risk aversion is reshaping our politics, our education system, and our global standing. We’re raising a generation that’s optimized for survival, not innovation - and it’s costing us everything. kyla.substack.com/p/compliance...

Monumental release, and really excited about what this means for @tinynewscollective.bsky.social publishers.

Journalism struggles to articulate its value — but a service framework can help publishers measure and communicate their impact. Building on a session from the Lenfest News Philanthropy Summit, Madison Karas & @pboehler.net shared resources for rethinking your impact tracking strategy: