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This is a long one - but a lot of important tips and history. If you read nothing else, remember:
"Empire can handle outrage. It has no defense against empathy at scale." - Jackie Summers
"Empire can handle outrage. It has no defense against empathy at scale." - Jackie Summers
If you choose to go out, you need more than vibes. You need a plan. This is about maximizing safety and impact. Not about looking brave on Instagram.
If you’re going out, your first job is coming home.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
If you’re going out, your first job is coming home.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Field Notes for a Cracking An Empire
How to stay alive when the fight arrives at your door.
substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:46 PM
This is a long one - but a lot of important tips and history. If you read nothing else, remember:
"Empire can handle outrage. It has no defense against empathy at scale." - Jackie Summers
"Empire can handle outrage. It has no defense against empathy at scale." - Jackie Summers
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this is really well-written and informative tech crit - the best piece i have read on gas town and the future of agent orchestration and distance from code
I have Gas Town derangement syndrome and spent the last few weeks writing thousands of words on agent orchestration patterns; how they shift our bottlenecks and force us to ask whether and when we should stop looking at code
maggieappleton.com/gastown
maggieappleton.com/gastown
Gas Town’s Agent Patterns, Design Bottlenecks, and Vibecoding at Scale
On agent orchestration patterns, why design and critical thinking are the new bottlenecks, and whether we should let go of looking at code
maggieappleton.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:11 PM
this is really well-written and informative tech crit - the best piece i have read on gas town and the future of agent orchestration and distance from code
I just donated - will you join me?
Hey folks Calvary Food Shelf has been helping out people in Minneapolis for 30 years, and now they’re ramping up to meet the crisis, including doing home deliveries so people don’t have to risk going out.
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
They’re just over halfway to their current goal—let’s get them all the way, shall we?
Support Calvary Food Shelf: Emergency Response Fundraiser on GiveMN
Help us respond to urgent community needs
www.givemn.org
January 16, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I just donated - will you join me?
Partner: I wish there was a support hotline aspiring pianists could call if they need help with a piece.
Me: Like the Butterball Network?
Partner; I was thinking the Home Chopin Network.
Me: Like the Butterball Network?
Partner; I was thinking the Home Chopin Network.
January 4, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Partner: I wish there was a support hotline aspiring pianists could call if they need help with a piece.
Me: Like the Butterball Network?
Partner; I was thinking the Home Chopin Network.
Me: Like the Butterball Network?
Partner; I was thinking the Home Chopin Network.
The devil works hard but Isaac Chotiner works harder.
January 4, 2026 at 12:38 AM
The devil works hard but Isaac Chotiner works harder.
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built a "New Years Bingo" app with a friend- set some fun goals and track them over the year! bingonewyears.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
built a "New Years Bingo" app with a friend- set some fun goals and track them over the year! bingonewyears.com
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John Calvin: The Naughty and Nice lists were written long, long before you were born. The Elf watches you from the Shelf with icy foreknowledge of what Santa will bring you, your fate having already been decreed.
Great Philosophers on Santa’s Naughty and Nice Lists
(With thanks to Dr. Henry Gorman) - - -Aristotle: Be good for goodness’ sake. Plato: To be “good” or “nice” is to cultivate one’s knowledge of Sant...
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December 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
John Calvin: The Naughty and Nice lists were written long, long before you were born. The Elf watches you from the Shelf with icy foreknowledge of what Santa will bring you, your fate having already been decreed.
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"It would be easy for me to dismiss my ignorance as a result of my youth. I was only 16 going on 17 when the relationship in question occurred, and up until that point, the men in my life —namely my father and significant others — insisted on infantilizing me."
I Am Liesl von Trapp and I Owe the Resistance an Apology
A few months ago, I was caught on camera during an intimate moment with a male companion in my family’s gazebo. At the time, my primary concern was...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"It would be easy for me to dismiss my ignorance as a result of my youth. I was only 16 going on 17 when the relationship in question occurred, and up until that point, the men in my life —namely my father and significant others — insisted on infantilizing me."
my petty narrow-minded take: the product team clearly doesn’t listen to enough musical theatre or they wouldn’t have forced this on my default for *everyone*
increase funding for the arts; dammit
increase funding for the arts; dammit
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
my petty narrow-minded take: the product team clearly doesn’t listen to enough musical theatre or they wouldn’t have forced this on my default for *everyone*
increase funding for the arts; dammit
increase funding for the arts; dammit
I feel very fortunate to live in a world where Lauren Gunderson is a prolific playwright and my local theatres regularly produce her work. The Pear’s Ada and the Machine is fantastic.
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I feel very fortunate to live in a world where Lauren Gunderson is a prolific playwright and my local theatres regularly produce her work. The Pear’s Ada and the Machine is fantastic.
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"I recently spoke with Santa Claus, who is currently coordinating his staff of immortal blue-collar elves, about the morality of children and his friendship with a creature whom many carolers consider a war criminal: Krampus."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"I recently spoke with Santa Claus, who is currently coordinating his staff of immortal blue-collar elves, about the morality of children and his friendship with a creature whom many carolers consider a war criminal: Krampus."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
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A Colorful Poster Appears! Selling my CSS color voronoi map as a print-on-demand poster so it actually exists! I ordered a test print and they did a good job. get yours! potch-dot-store.printful.me/product/css-...
CSS named colors poster
From first lavenderblush to the last papayawhip, consult this poster of the named CSS color keywords and their hex codes like an alchemical table to a la
potch-dot-store.printful.me
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A Colorful Poster Appears! Selling my CSS color voronoi map as a print-on-demand poster so it actually exists! I ordered a test print and they did a good job. get yours! potch-dot-store.printful.me/product/css-...
Extremely disappointed to see Padilla and Schiff on here.
Here are the Senators who voted to criminalize hemp products:
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Extremely disappointed to see Padilla and Schiff on here.
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you drive mizette????
![screenshot of a tweet from CarBoon: [Japan Mobility Show 2025] Daihatsu, “Mizette X” World Premiere. 4 photos of a very small, scrunched up blue car that looks like a little kids toy](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ggpg72u5y6ibden2xb63bu3v/bafkreiaharuldwgjssb7fgccnrmby2i3gkvstjgc4gkvt6thslcsr5mqza@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
you drive mizette????
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WOW WHAT A DAY TO PROVE LOVE
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
WOW WHAT A DAY TO PROVE LOVE
my toxic character trait is thinking that I can fix Chess: The Musical
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
my toxic character trait is thinking that I can fix Chess: The Musical
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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Zohran Mamdani won. So why does it feel like he lost?
November 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Zohran Mamdani won. So why does it feel like he lost?
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We literally do disagree about this, though. Some politicians want to take food from children and some politicians don't. Pretending this "isn't political" just allows the child-starving ghouls to get away with it.
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We literally do disagree about this, though. Some politicians want to take food from children and some politicians don't. Pretending this "isn't political" just allows the child-starving ghouls to get away with it.
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
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Dukat: I protected the bajorans, cared for them as they were my own children!
Chotiner: And your daughter?
D: Now hold on
Chotiner: And your daughter?
D: Now hold on
CHOTINER: Were you responsible for the murder of over five million Bajorans on your watch?
DUKAT: No. I tried to save lives during my administration.
C: Now let me get this straight. You're not responsible for what happened during the occupation, the Bajorans are.
D: Yes, yes, exactly.
DUKAT: No. I tried to save lives during my administration.
C: Now let me get this straight. You're not responsible for what happened during the occupation, the Bajorans are.
D: Yes, yes, exactly.
October 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Dukat: I protected the bajorans, cared for them as they were my own children!
Chotiner: And your daughter?
D: Now hold on
Chotiner: And your daughter?
D: Now hold on
In honor of National Black Cat Day, here is Oliver.
Likes: Eating produce, staring out of windows, playing with feathers.
Dislikes: sudden movements, unexpected noises, getting petted in unapproved locations.
Truly there is no cat less scary.
Likes: Eating produce, staring out of windows, playing with feathers.
Dislikes: sudden movements, unexpected noises, getting petted in unapproved locations.
Truly there is no cat less scary.
October 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
In honor of National Black Cat Day, here is Oliver.
Likes: Eating produce, staring out of windows, playing with feathers.
Dislikes: sudden movements, unexpected noises, getting petted in unapproved locations.
Truly there is no cat less scary.
Likes: Eating produce, staring out of windows, playing with feathers.
Dislikes: sudden movements, unexpected noises, getting petted in unapproved locations.
Truly there is no cat less scary.
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Exactly, the Dems' "condescension problem" is almost entirely a creation of right-wing media.
Honestly think the only way to solve the condescension problem is to stop insisting that we have one. It's very obvious why your opponent would call you condescending for being smart and right; stand up for yourself!
Klein is also obsessed with solving Democrats’ “condescension problem” but it’s not condescending to talk about how your political opponents are wrong! That’s kind of how it works.
September 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Exactly, the Dems' "condescension problem" is almost entirely a creation of right-wing media.