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The plan, as I see it, is a cadre of highly skilled professional workers who can be called up and then let go according to the short term needs of land & capital speculation. For example, most professors being on 3 year contracts so their classes can be retooled for student-consumer interests.
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The plan, as I see it, is a cadre of highly skilled professional workers who can be called up and then let go according to the short term needs of land & capital speculation. For example, most professors being on 3 year contracts so their classes can be retooled for student-consumer interests.
Me, a home automation dad, very wise: we need to geolocate our house so the IoT switch knows to turn the Christmas tree lights on 20 minutes before sundown AT OUR LATITUDE
You, a total rube. A simpleton: sets timer made in 1998 to turn on every day at 5:30pm and off at 10:30pm.
You, a total rube. A simpleton: sets timer made in 1998 to turn on every day at 5:30pm and off at 10:30pm.
December 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Me, a home automation dad, very wise: we need to geolocate our house so the IoT switch knows to turn the Christmas tree lights on 20 minutes before sundown AT OUR LATITUDE
You, a total rube. A simpleton: sets timer made in 1998 to turn on every day at 5:30pm and off at 10:30pm.
You, a total rube. A simpleton: sets timer made in 1998 to turn on every day at 5:30pm and off at 10:30pm.
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A new study has found that Chattanooga, Tennessee's decision to build their own affordable community-owned fiber broadband network has driven $5.3 billion in economic benefits back to the community.
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
Chattanooga’s Municipal Fiber Network Has Delivered $5.3 Billion in Community Benefits, New Study Finds | Welcome to Community Networks
Since 2011, a new study finds that Chattanooga's city-owned fiber network has generated $5.3 billion in net community benefits for Hamilton County. Conducted by researchers at the University of Tennes...
communitynets.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A new study has found that Chattanooga, Tennessee's decision to build their own affordable community-owned fiber broadband network has driven $5.3 billion in economic benefits back to the community.
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
"It's because this strand looks like Christmas lights. And this strand looks like SHIT."
Definitely getting an email from the elementary school about that one this week.
Definitely getting an email from the elementary school about that one this week.
December 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"It's because this strand looks like Christmas lights. And this strand looks like SHIT."
Definitely getting an email from the elementary school about that one this week.
Definitely getting an email from the elementary school about that one this week.
🎶🎅🏼 He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
Society will create an entire epistemology based on omnipotent authoritarian surveillance before providing families with adequate childcare
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
Society will create an entire epistemology based on omnipotent authoritarian surveillance before providing families with adequate childcare
December 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🎶🎅🏼 He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
Society will create an entire epistemology based on omnipotent authoritarian surveillance before providing families with adequate childcare
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad or good
So be good for goodness sake
Society will create an entire epistemology based on omnipotent authoritarian surveillance before providing families with adequate childcare
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I've become deeply radicalized against gambling. It's just getting more evil the longer it's allowed to fester unregulated
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I've become deeply radicalized against gambling. It's just getting more evil the longer it's allowed to fester unregulated
"Ok, so when TV was first created there were only three stations and they made a deal with the government… hey where are you going?"
Me, dadsplaining a joke from @theonion.com to the boys
Me, dadsplaining a joke from @theonion.com to the boys
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"Ok, so when TV was first created there were only three stations and they made a deal with the government… hey where are you going?"
Me, dadsplaining a joke from @theonion.com to the boys
Me, dadsplaining a joke from @theonion.com to the boys
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Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
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I sure do love @machinepix.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I sure do love @machinepix.bsky.social
In a functioning democracy that gave a shit about the media, dare I say culture, we consume Warner would stay independent. In this one, I put even money on Netflix being rejected by the regime so Larry's failson can lowball the acquisition.
Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros studio and streaming business in $83bn deal on.ft.com/4pQip1C
Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros studio and streaming business in $83bn deal
Deal will transform US tech company into the dominant player in Hollywood
on.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In a functioning democracy that gave a shit about the media, dare I say culture, we consume Warner would stay independent. In this one, I put even money on Netflix being rejected by the regime so Larry's failson can lowball the acquisition.
If your default timeline feels a bit stale, or a downer, I highly recommend the For You feed by @spacecowboy17.bsky.social. The algorithm is basically the one we used in 2007 — see something good, go through that person's faves to see what *they* find good, repeat until lunch
linklonk.com/bluesky
linklonk.com/bluesky
Bluesky "For You" feed playground
linklonk.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If your default timeline feels a bit stale, or a downer, I highly recommend the For You feed by @spacecowboy17.bsky.social. The algorithm is basically the one we used in 2007 — see something good, go through that person's faves to see what *they* find good, repeat until lunch
linklonk.com/bluesky
linklonk.com/bluesky
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I buy the Cabaret theory of modern politics: current right wing politics was, once upon a time, a thing elites sold to rubes while merely pretending to believe themselves while they pursued wealth, but now the True Believers are actually in charge and acting on sincerely believed insane nonsense.
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I buy the Cabaret theory of modern politics: current right wing politics was, once upon a time, a thing elites sold to rubes while merely pretending to believe themselves while they pursued wealth, but now the True Believers are actually in charge and acting on sincerely believed insane nonsense.
It's cassoulet week at the Raysidence and it's like the frozen step gag from A Very Muppet Christmas except the ice is duck fat and the step is my entire kitchen.
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It's cassoulet week at the Raysidence and it's like the frozen step gag from A Very Muppet Christmas except the ice is duck fat and the step is my entire kitchen.
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I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice
"We do not and will not change at the speed of technology. You and I, human beings that we are, will change slowly. This is part of what makes us actual people, unlike the 'AI people' with whom we'll supposedly share our planet very soon"
www.leahreich.com/guy-with-a-...
www.leahreich.com/guy-with-a-...
Guy With a Vomit Hose Walks Into an Advertising Agency
Of all the great television shows ever created, Mad Men is the greatest. This is not an invitation to argue or discuss but a simple declaration of fact. Should you like to declare your own facts, you too can start a newsletter. Or a podcast!
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www.leahreich.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"We do not and will not change at the speed of technology. You and I, human beings that we are, will change slowly. This is part of what makes us actual people, unlike the 'AI people' with whom we'll supposedly share our planet very soon"
www.leahreich.com/guy-with-a-...
www.leahreich.com/guy-with-a-...
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Build the thing you wish to see in the world
A blog post about building things because you want to, learning about #ATProto, and some recently influential conversations I've had on the @overcommitted.dev with @bradhe.net @turoczy.bsky.social and @ngerakines.me
brittanyellich.com/build-the-th...
A blog post about building things because you want to, learning about #ATProto, and some recently influential conversations I've had on the @overcommitted.dev with @bradhe.net @turoczy.bsky.social and @ngerakines.me
brittanyellich.com/build-the-th...
Build the thing you wish to see in the world
For most of my career, I've been confusing building products with building businesses—and that confusion kept me from pursuing a lot of ideas. Two weeks off helped me realize that not everything needs...
brittanyellich.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Build the thing you wish to see in the world
A blog post about building things because you want to, learning about #ATProto, and some recently influential conversations I've had on the @overcommitted.dev with @bradhe.net @turoczy.bsky.social and @ngerakines.me
brittanyellich.com/build-the-th...
A blog post about building things because you want to, learning about #ATProto, and some recently influential conversations I've had on the @overcommitted.dev with @bradhe.net @turoczy.bsky.social and @ngerakines.me
brittanyellich.com/build-the-th...
“Basket full of deplorables” was terrible politics and, as someone who tries to believe in the inherent redemptive qualities in all of us, hard to justify morally.
Can’t exactly call it inaccurate though.
Can’t exactly call it inaccurate though.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
“Basket full of deplorables” was terrible politics and, as someone who tries to believe in the inherent redemptive qualities in all of us, hard to justify morally.
Can’t exactly call it inaccurate though.
Can’t exactly call it inaccurate though.
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This is why I support freedom of expression.
Appropriately, it is the chaos of a system that supports free speech that gives rise to the grand process of democratic self-governance and the ideally upward arc of human progress and flourishing.
Yesterday a Stoppard play, today a tweet.
Appropriately, it is the chaos of a system that supports free speech that gives rise to the grand process of democratic self-governance and the ideally upward arc of human progress and flourishing.
Yesterday a Stoppard play, today a tweet.
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is why I support freedom of expression.
Appropriately, it is the chaos of a system that supports free speech that gives rise to the grand process of democratic self-governance and the ideally upward arc of human progress and flourishing.
Yesterday a Stoppard play, today a tweet.
Appropriately, it is the chaos of a system that supports free speech that gives rise to the grand process of democratic self-governance and the ideally upward arc of human progress and flourishing.
Yesterday a Stoppard play, today a tweet.
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There is a free tool to migrate from Spotify to Apple Music and you won’t regret it
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
There is a free tool to migrate from Spotify to Apple Music and you won’t regret it
1. CROATOAN
2. Sir Walter, Elizabeths
3. The Last Stand of Blackbeard
4. Hatteras / Graveyard
5. Tears Trails
6. Vanderbilt’s Ambition
7. Brown Mountain Lights (Instrumental)
8. Oh, Mayberry!
9. Chapel Thrills
10. High Point, Low Points
11. Nor’Easter (Instrumental)
2. Sir Walter, Elizabeths
3. The Last Stand of Blackbeard
4. Hatteras / Graveyard
5. Tears Trails
6. Vanderbilt’s Ambition
7. Brown Mountain Lights (Instrumental)
8. Oh, Mayberry!
9. Chapel Thrills
10. High Point, Low Points
11. Nor’Easter (Instrumental)
Question: if Sufjan Stevens did an album about your state, what would there be songs about? (sorry, Michigan and Illinois, you have to sit this one out.
I'll go first for Maryland:
1. Baltimore
2. Harriet Tubman
3. The Snallygaster
4. The pursuit of John Wilkes Booth
5. The Chesapeake
6. Crabs
I'll go first for Maryland:
1. Baltimore
2. Harriet Tubman
3. The Snallygaster
4. The pursuit of John Wilkes Booth
5. The Chesapeake
6. Crabs
December 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
1. CROATOAN
2. Sir Walter, Elizabeths
3. The Last Stand of Blackbeard
4. Hatteras / Graveyard
5. Tears Trails
6. Vanderbilt’s Ambition
7. Brown Mountain Lights (Instrumental)
8. Oh, Mayberry!
9. Chapel Thrills
10. High Point, Low Points
11. Nor’Easter (Instrumental)
2. Sir Walter, Elizabeths
3. The Last Stand of Blackbeard
4. Hatteras / Graveyard
5. Tears Trails
6. Vanderbilt’s Ambition
7. Brown Mountain Lights (Instrumental)
8. Oh, Mayberry!
9. Chapel Thrills
10. High Point, Low Points
11. Nor’Easter (Instrumental)
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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"Since January, Mr. Sacks, 53, has occupied one of the most advantageous moonlighting roles in the federal government, influencing policy for Silicon Valley in Washington while simultaneously working in Silicon Valley as an investor."
Stare into the abyss/read this article:
Stare into the abyss/read this article:
We just published a deep look into David Sacks, the White House's AI and Crypto czar. The story examines how he has been able keep hundreds of stakes in AI-related and crypto companies as he influences gov policy in those very industries.
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
"Since January, Mr. Sacks, 53, has occupied one of the most advantageous moonlighting roles in the federal government, influencing policy for Silicon Valley in Washington while simultaneously working in Silicon Valley as an investor."
Stare into the abyss/read this article:
Stare into the abyss/read this article:
If you want leftovers but also something far away from the main event, you could do worse than @nevenmrgan's gumbo. Sub turkey for the chicken, simmer leg and wing bones while the roux cooks for the stock, you're halfway there.
saltandfat.com/post/337191035...
saltandfat.com/post/337191035...
Gumbo
It’a shame that Cajun/Creole cooking, perhaps the most authentically American cuisine of all, gets so shortchanged in American restaurants, reduced to a paprika-covered chicken breast or fish...
saltandfat.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
If you want leftovers but also something far away from the main event, you could do worse than @nevenmrgan's gumbo. Sub turkey for the chicken, simmer leg and wing bones while the roux cooks for the stock, you're halfway there.
saltandfat.com/post/337191035...
saltandfat.com/post/337191035...
FIXED AND THEREFORE DO NOT NEED TO REPLACE THE SOFT CLOSE TRASH DRAWER THAT SOMEHOW CAME UNHINGED ON THANKSGIVING I AM TODAY'S KING DAD
November 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
FIXED AND THEREFORE DO NOT NEED TO REPLACE THE SOFT CLOSE TRASH DRAWER THAT SOMEHOW CAME UNHINGED ON THANKSGIVING I AM TODAY'S KING DAD
Oh damn. Here’s @tcarmody.bsky.social’s appreciation of Stoppard and probably where I first learned of his Last Crusade rewrite, including that made up Charlemagne quote. Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
Rest in peace.
kottke.org/20/11/tom-st...
Rest in peace.
kottke.org/20/11/tom-st...
November 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Oh damn. Here’s @tcarmody.bsky.social’s appreciation of Stoppard and probably where I first learned of his Last Crusade rewrite, including that made up Charlemagne quote. Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
Rest in peace.
kottke.org/20/11/tom-st...
Rest in peace.
kottke.org/20/11/tom-st...