One week ago, thousands of New Yorkers tried something new.

They heard about it last minute. They didn’t know where it would take them or who they would meet. It was free, earnest, even educational.

It was the #ZcavengerHunt and it was a thing of beauty.

“We are hostages in Gaza. Save what’s left of our humanity… We are not only being bombed, but slowly and systematically starved into silence.”

Eyad Amawi of the Gaza Relief Committee sent this voice message to Drop Site from central Gaza, in the early hours of August 5, 2025.

Consultants push Democrats to chase billionaire cash that barely impacts elections (0.02% vote shift) while crippling their economic message. For this pittance, Dems validate “both parties are bought” cynicism. They’re paying to alienate voters. The big money trap costs more votes than it buys.

"In fact, the takeaway from the broadband tale is that the biggest obstacles to efficiency and abundance are often corporate power and its corrupting influence on our politics — factors typically downplayed or unmentioned in the Abundance Discourse."

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“The use cases for artificial intelligence across every domain of work and life have started to get silly really fast,” our columnist @tressiemcphd.bsky.social writes. “Most of us aren’t using A.I. to save lives faster and better. We are using A.I. to make mediocre improvements.”

First half of the blog perfectly sums up pretty much all corporate funded research

Don't Look Up was a documentary

Can’t wait to read about how unions are the true greedy ones and how private health insurance is actually super cool

Example of how tech-first solutions will not solve healthcare, and how healthcare leaders are so reluctant to implement the obvious, but unsexy (and less profitable), solution: stronger unions, higher wages, better scheduling

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