Ariel Meadow Stallings
@arielist.bsky.social
Gen X Internet Elder stumbling around social media since Friendster
I canceled Amazon Prime a few months ago, but I finally got around to canceling all my subscribe & saves this morning. ✅✅✅ Feels GREAT. Highly recommended.
March 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I canceled Amazon Prime a few months ago, but I finally got around to canceling all my subscribe & saves this morning. ✅✅✅ Feels GREAT. Highly recommended.
If you're into cult documentaries, this longread from @theguardian.com is for you: www.theguardian.com/global/ng-in...
They wanted to save us from a dark AI future. Then six people were killed
How a group of Silicon Valley math prodigies, AI researchers and internet burnouts descended into an alleged violent cult
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If you're into cult documentaries, this longread from @theguardian.com is for you: www.theguardian.com/global/ng-in...
I deeply approve of this idea: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Come early, leave early: a gen X dance party that ends at 10pm is taking off across the US
Founded in Chicago by two friends in their 40s, Earlybirds Club gives people an opportunity to let loose without interfering with responsibilities
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I deeply approve of this idea: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
I started a newsletter on @beehiiv.com and am kicking it off with noodlings on hyper-translation: arielist.beehiiv.com/p/hyper-tran...
Hyper-translating The Vatican into non-dualist West Coast woo
Ariel Meadow Stallings' essay about using AI to translate text into deeply contextual user-specific language
arielist.beehiiv.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I started a newsletter on @beehiiv.com and am kicking it off with noodlings on hyper-translation: arielist.beehiiv.com/p/hyper-tran...
Reposted by Ariel Meadow Stallings
Reposted by Ariel Meadow Stallings
We all feel sad and alone and we are right to be sad but we are NOT alone
February 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
We all feel sad and alone and we are right to be sad but we are NOT alone
Reposted by Ariel Meadow Stallings
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
So much this. Local, in-person community work is the theme of the next 4 years for me.
"The primary reason I'm really leaning in on this Antifascist Book Club thing is that your ability to go on offense against fascism depends entirely on your bonds within your local community."
I Want You! To Start an Antifascist Book Club
Explore key books and resources to understand and resist authoritarianism, and learn how local book clubs can empower you to go on offense for democracy.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
So much this. Local, in-person community work is the theme of the next 4 years for me.