William Comfort Anderson
@williamcomfortanderson.com
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404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
404 Media Is Making a Zine
We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.
www.404media.co
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
We may yet think
Protecting my attention from algorithm feeds, and from an administration flooding the zone every day.
Protecting my attention from algorithm feeds, and from an administration flooding the zone every day.
We may yet think
Protecting my attention from algorithm feeds, and from an administration flooding the zone every day.
williamcomfortanderson.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
We may yet think
Protecting my attention from algorithm feeds, and from an administration flooding the zone every day.
Protecting my attention from algorithm feeds, and from an administration flooding the zone every day.
Reposted by William Comfort Anderson
The "worst of the worst" is a big lie.
Only 2.6% on list of 614 Operation Midway Blitz arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show (gift link) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
Only 2.6% on list of 614 Operation Midway Blitz arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show (gift link) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
Only 2.6% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show
Meanwhile, the other 598 people on the list had no listed criminal history at all.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The "worst of the worst" is a big lie.
Only 2.6% on list of 614 Operation Midway Blitz arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show (gift link) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
Only 2.6% on list of 614 Operation Midway Blitz arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show (gift link) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/o...
“Content creators” as platform patsies. (Hello, Bluesky.)
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
“Content creators” as platform patsies. (Hello, Bluesky.)
Alan Kay in 1977 might as well have been talking about AI in 2025 (via @hrheingold.bsky.social)
October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Alan Kay in 1977 might as well have been talking about AI in 2025 (via @hrheingold.bsky.social)
Vonnegut sprinkling several short story concepts/thought experiments throughout Breakfast of Champions reminds me of Invisible Cities.
September 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Vonnegut sprinkling several short story concepts/thought experiments throughout Breakfast of Champions reminds me of Invisible Cities.
Why newsletters: Essays instead of aphorisms; thinking in public instead of hot takes; taking one’s time instead of dancing for one’s dinner.
Plus, should you go to Bread Loaf?
And recommendations: @evanderlang.bsky.social, Adam Mastroianni, and The Trial on @criterion.bsky.social.
Plus, should you go to Bread Loaf?
And recommendations: @evanderlang.bsky.social, Adam Mastroianni, and The Trial on @criterion.bsky.social.
Why newsletters; should you go to Bread Loaf?; and recommendations.
Essays instead of aphorisms; thinking in public instead of hot takes; taking one’s time instead of dancing for one’s dinner hour after hour.
williamcomfortanderson.com
September 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Why newsletters: Essays instead of aphorisms; thinking in public instead of hot takes; taking one’s time instead of dancing for one’s dinner.
Plus, should you go to Bread Loaf?
And recommendations: @evanderlang.bsky.social, Adam Mastroianni, and The Trial on @criterion.bsky.social.
Plus, should you go to Bread Loaf?
And recommendations: @evanderlang.bsky.social, Adam Mastroianni, and The Trial on @criterion.bsky.social.
The article explains at the end that this isn't some text-prompt exercise but rather led by "a filmmaker who’s spent the last five years re-creating 30,000 missing frames from the movie" and will "deploy a fusion of AI and traditional film techniques."
But here's the thing... 1/2
But here's the thing... 1/2
Orson Welles’ Lost Movie Will Use AI to Reconstruct Missing 43 Minutes
Orson Welles’ Lost Movie Will Use AI to Reconstruct Missing 43 Minutes
Since the rise of generative artificial intelligence in 2022, the technology has mostly been plugged into parts of the production pipeline as far as its deployment in Hollywood. Think visual effects, dubbing and storyboarding. As it stands, it’s mostly thought of as a tool to streamline certain processes and cut costs.
bit.ly
September 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The article explains at the end that this isn't some text-prompt exercise but rather led by "a filmmaker who’s spent the last five years re-creating 30,000 missing frames from the movie" and will "deploy a fusion of AI and traditional film techniques."
But here's the thing... 1/2
But here's the thing... 1/2
I'm pleased to present the transcript of a debate that finally settles the question of the use of AI in creative writing.
williamcomfortanderson.com/2025/04/20/t...
williamcomfortanderson.com/2025/04/20/t...
The definitive debate on the use of AI in creative writing
I’m pleased to present the transcript of a debate that finally settles the question of the use of AI in creating writing.
williamcomfortanderson.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I'm pleased to present the transcript of a debate that finally settles the question of the use of AI in creative writing.
williamcomfortanderson.com/2025/04/20/t...
williamcomfortanderson.com/2025/04/20/t...
Forget “Discover” and “Following.” I need “Horrors” and “Funnies.”
March 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Forget “Discover” and “Following.” I need “Horrors” and “Funnies.”
Podcast: We are now without a doubt in the midst of a constitutional crisis. In fact, without co-equal branches of government, it is debatable if we can call ourselves a "democracy" at all.
Podcast ad break: Do you want your dinner parties to sparkle? Well...
Podcast ad break: Do you want your dinner parties to sparkle? Well...
March 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Podcast: We are now without a doubt in the midst of a constitutional crisis. In fact, without co-equal branches of government, it is debatable if we can call ourselves a "democracy" at all.
Podcast ad break: Do you want your dinner parties to sparkle? Well...
Podcast ad break: Do you want your dinner parties to sparkle? Well...
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Today's Bradbury trio:
- Story: "Forever Overhead" by David Foster Wallace
- Essay: "Not-Knowing" by Donald Barthelme
- Poem: "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg
- Story: "Forever Overhead" by David Foster Wallace
- Essay: "Not-Knowing" by Donald Barthelme
- Poem: "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg
Bradbury trio, Feb 1, 2025
A boy with a problem, the usefulness of problems, and despair of the multifaceted problem.
williamcomfortanderson.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Today's Bradbury trio:
- Story: "Forever Overhead" by David Foster Wallace
- Essay: "Not-Knowing" by Donald Barthelme
- Poem: "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg
- Story: "Forever Overhead" by David Foster Wallace
- Essay: "Not-Knowing" by Donald Barthelme
- Poem: "Howl" by Allen Ginsberg
Today's Bradbury trio:
- Story: "The School" by Donald Barthelme
- Essay: "Rise, Baby, Rise!" by George Saunders
- Poem: "Good Bones" by Maggie Smith
- Story: "The School" by Donald Barthelme
- Essay: "Rise, Baby, Rise!" by George Saunders
- Poem: "Good Bones" by Maggie Smith
Bradbury trio, Jan 26, 2025
Escalating death, the motorcycle-sidebar model of reading, and selling the world.
williamcomfortanderson.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Today's Bradbury trio:
- Story: "The School" by Donald Barthelme
- Essay: "Rise, Baby, Rise!" by George Saunders
- Poem: "Good Bones" by Maggie Smith
- Story: "The School" by Donald Barthelme
- Essay: "Rise, Baby, Rise!" by George Saunders
- Poem: "Good Bones" by Maggie Smith
Maybe this is a moment for optimism—not because that’s the rational response, but because that's the work that needs doing. @aworkinglibrary.com and Robin Sloan on steering imagination where it's needed: williamcomfortanderson.com/2024/12/01/a...
A moment for optimism
This moment in history feels bleak, but maybe that calls for optimism. Not in the sense that that’s the rational response, but because that is what is called for—it’s the work that need…
williamcomfortanderson.com
December 1, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Maybe this is a moment for optimism—not because that’s the rational response, but because that's the work that needs doing. @aworkinglibrary.com and Robin Sloan on steering imagination where it's needed: williamcomfortanderson.com/2024/12/01/a...