A.R.
@arowla.bsky.social
creator of tech, preferably for good. eastcoast to midwest transplant. interested in many things including music, urban planning and languages.
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If 2025 didn't stop you nothing will
January 1, 2026 at 10:55 AM
If 2025 didn't stop you nothing will
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Yup. Seems like a glaring indictment of investment capitalism that by design it does not allow anything to be perfected. Things can be good enough!
Love how our tools are never allowed to be good enough the way they are. We still use hammers that haven’t changed in 200 years bc they already work, but if they were proprietary tech of HammerSoft they’d work like shit bc investors demanded growth so now HamR v200 uses AI to guess which nail to hit
I don't want new shit. I want Windows to announce they're rolling back like the last five years of crap and also I get to throw tomatoes at their executives.
December 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Yup. Seems like a glaring indictment of investment capitalism that by design it does not allow anything to be perfected. Things can be good enough!
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THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
Unpopular opinion: Pluribus is not that original, and the slow pacing makes it feel like they are making up for a lack of plot. Like if they reveal too much at once, there’s nothing left.
December 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Unpopular opinion: Pluribus is not that original, and the slow pacing makes it feel like they are making up for a lack of plot. Like if they reveal too much at once, there’s nothing left.
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🇺🇸 trifectas get shot at doing something
Obama chose policy (ACA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
Biden chose policy (ARP/IRA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
The platform must be institutional reform next time. Right from the start, as @dhnexon.bsky.social said
Obama chose policy (ACA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
Biden chose policy (ARP/IRA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
The platform must be
If we want to actually be a representative democracy, then the platform needs to be institutional reform. All the Popularism and all the policies follow from that, not the other way around.
- DC/PR/USVI statehood
- Enlarging the House
- MMDs
- New VRA
- Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Automatic universal voter registration
- Rewriting the "national emergency" laws: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Etc.
- Enlarging the House
- MMDs
- New VRA
- Totally revamping SCOTUS: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
- Automatic universal voter registration
- Rewriting
- Subordinating the Senate: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Etc.
December 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🇺🇸 trifectas get shot at doing something
Obama chose policy (ACA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
Biden chose policy (ARP/IRA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
The platform must be institutional reform next time. Right from the start, as @dhnexon.bsky.social said
Obama chose policy (ACA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
Biden chose policy (ARP/IRA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
The platform must be
The Neverending Christmas Story
The Elephant Man of Steel
Insert a movie into another movie:
The Lives of The Others
The Lives of The Others
December 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The Neverending Christmas Story
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On Nov. 28, 1895, 6 vehicles set off from Jackson Park in the U.S.'s first automobile race. The course was 54.36 miles.
The winning time: 10 hours and 23 minutes.
Only two cars finished.
130 years later, I'm celebrating the anniversary by biking the route.
It's time to race some cars!
The winning time: 10 hours and 23 minutes.
Only two cars finished.
130 years later, I'm celebrating the anniversary by biking the route.
It's time to race some cars!
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On Nov. 28, 1895, 6 vehicles set off from Jackson Park in the U.S.'s first automobile race. The course was 54.36 miles.
The winning time: 10 hours and 23 minutes.
Only two cars finished.
130 years later, I'm celebrating the anniversary by biking the route.
It's time to race some cars!
The winning time: 10 hours and 23 minutes.
Only two cars finished.
130 years later, I'm celebrating the anniversary by biking the route.
It's time to race some cars!
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There is no congruent way to look at generative AI and think “this is the future.” The most well known fact about it is that it messes up all the time, the next being that it loses lots of money.
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
There is no congruent way to look at generative AI and think “this is the future.” The most well known fact about it is that it messes up all the time, the next being that it loses lots of money.
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‘End of SNAP Benefits Could Be Good for Business,’ Says Owner of Torch & Pitchfork Emporium: tinyurl.com/48mw8sr6
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
‘End of SNAP Benefits Could Be Good for Business,’ Says Owner of Torch & Pitchfork Emporium: tinyurl.com/48mw8sr6
Careful with this if you’re still on your morning coffee.
I was on my third watch through so I thought I was safe but now I have to go change my shirt.
#fourseasonstotallandscaping
I was on my third watch through so I thought I was safe but now I have to go change my shirt.
#fourseasonstotallandscaping
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Careful with this if you’re still on your morning coffee.
I was on my third watch through so I thought I was safe but now I have to go change my shirt.
#fourseasonstotallandscaping
I was on my third watch through so I thought I was safe but now I have to go change my shirt.
#fourseasonstotallandscaping
Ahhh, simpler times.
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Ahhh, simpler times.
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Call me controversial, but technology that leads vulnerable people into crisis and even holds their hand as they die by suicide should not be endorsed by schools and universities, we should not be giving discounted subscriptions to this monstrous tech to young people AT ALL
The boyfriend of a friend of my son's has spent several weeks in a psych ward due to Chat GPT induced psychosis. He isn't suicidal but AI encouraged him down a toxic and paranoid wormhole until he became completely delusional. Evil stuff.
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Call me controversial, but technology that leads vulnerable people into crisis and even holds their hand as they die by suicide should not be endorsed by schools and universities, we should not be giving discounted subscriptions to this monstrous tech to young people AT ALL
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The boyfriend of a friend of my son's has spent several weeks in a psych ward due to Chat GPT induced psychosis. He isn't suicidal but AI encouraged him down a toxic and paranoid wormhole until he became completely delusional. Evil stuff.
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The boyfriend of a friend of my son's has spent several weeks in a psych ward due to Chat GPT induced psychosis. He isn't suicidal but AI encouraged him down a toxic and paranoid wormhole until he became completely delusional. Evil stuff.
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“It’s hard for me to imagine a more heartwarming family moment than bringing home a new puppy while simultaneously leveraging M&A announcements via omnichannel synergies to pump your biotech investment. I think we can all relate.” defector.com/tom-brady-cl...
Tom Brady Cloned His Dead Dog As A Brand Activation | Defector
Tom Brady’s post-playing career transition to “Weird Rich Guy” appears nearly complete. He announced on Tuesday that he had his old dead dog cloned. Lua, a pit bull mix, died in 2023. Brady’s new dog ...
defector.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“It’s hard for me to imagine a more heartwarming family moment than bringing home a new puppy while simultaneously leveraging M&A announcements via omnichannel synergies to pump your biotech investment. I think we can all relate.” defector.com/tom-brady-cl...
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Looking for an amazing tech writer to join my org and write for Cash App. 100% remote. Spread the word!
block.xyz/careers/jobs...
block.xyz/careers/jobs...
Careers - Senior/Staff Technical Writer
Made up of Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto, Block, Inc. builds technology to increase access to the global economy.
block.xyz
November 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Looking for an amazing tech writer to join my org and write for Cash App. 100% remote. Spread the word!
block.xyz/careers/jobs...
block.xyz/careers/jobs...
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The most spectacular costume of 2025? That honor belongs to…
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The most spectacular costume of 2025? That honor belongs to…
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Thank you for this. I've been saying to people I know that the average American has absolutely no idea how much higher education contributes to the quality of their life in the country whether they work in it or not...economically intellectually medically scientifically humanistically...
October 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Thank you for this. I've been saying to people I know that the average American has absolutely no idea how much higher education contributes to the quality of their life in the country whether they work in it or not...economically intellectually medically scientifically humanistically...
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This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.
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SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
October 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
SNAP is probably the most effective federal dollar we spend in terms of long term domestic economic outcomes.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
that isn’t why you should support it; you should support it because it is a moral imperative to feed the hungry.
but it’s why even a growth-oriented ghoul shouldn’t oppose it.
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Houston, we have a problem.
And probably plenty of other American cities.
And this is before SNAP payments end.
And probably plenty of other American cities.
And this is before SNAP payments end.
October 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Houston, we have a problem.
And probably plenty of other American cities.
And this is before SNAP payments end.
And probably plenty of other American cities.
And this is before SNAP payments end.
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Shouting this thread from the rooftops. There are so many white Chicagoans whose impressions of the neighborhoods that house the geographic and demographic majority of the city are just an accumulation of assumptions and other people's stories. That has consequences.
Most ppl know that Chicago (home of modern urban segregation) is a very segregated place but I don't think most outside Chicago (+many Chicagoans!) understand how the *distances* involved and *depth* of segregation mean most white ppl have ZERO visibility into many Black and Latine neighborhoods
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October 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Shouting this thread from the rooftops. There are so many white Chicagoans whose impressions of the neighborhoods that house the geographic and demographic majority of the city are just an accumulation of assumptions and other people's stories. That has consequences.
Mr. President, this is a Wendy’s.
October 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Mr. President, this is a Wendy’s.
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