Julian S Taylor
@julianstaylor.bsky.social
Retired engineer & author. I spent 13 years at Sun Microsystems as a senior staff engineer. Now I write essays & host US Constitution readings (thegreatcollaboration.org).
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julianstaylor.medium.com
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sockwood.com
Read me at:
julianstaylor.medium.com
tremr.com/julian-s-taylor
sockwood.com
Bees challenge evolution in ways that give one pause. No one bee will drive genetic innovation. It takes a whole hive to advance the species. That's true for humans too, under certain circumstances. I muse on the evolution of bees and maybe something interesting will arise.
The Evolution of Bees
The relentless dominance of Nature NOTE: Within this text, wherever gender is not key to the explanation, I am using the Elverson ey/em construction of the Spivak Pronouns. This is not about the ev...
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December 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Bees challenge evolution in ways that give one pause. No one bee will drive genetic innovation. It takes a whole hive to advance the species. That's true for humans too, under certain circumstances. I muse on the evolution of bees and maybe something interesting will arise.
Those who understand their gender to be flexible or different from their evident genitalia are to be respected and honored consistent w/ that deserved by any human being. My complaint respects the gender-fluid person but demands a respect for the English language. They/them breaks the language.
An Ally’s Case for the Non-Gendered Pronoun
The inadequate workaround that is they/them
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December 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Those who understand their gender to be flexible or different from their evident genitalia are to be respected and honored consistent w/ that deserved by any human being. My complaint respects the gender-fluid person but demands a respect for the English language. They/them breaks the language.
The wealthy do not work but they live far better than those who do work. It is as if money has become the equivalent of labor. The wealthy do not work, so they save face by engaging in ritual work -- pretending at the herculean effort that would justify their unbelievable income.
The False Labor of Wealth
The leisure classes and their stolen stores of value.
julianstaylor.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The wealthy do not work but they live far better than those who do work. It is as if money has become the equivalent of labor. The wealthy do not work, so they save face by engaging in ritual work -- pretending at the herculean effort that would justify their unbelievable income.
Yup, a lot of problems can all be solved with just one step. What is it? While there are lots of problems, most of them cannot be solved. Fortunately by solving just one problem, the other problems go away.
Solve the World's Problems in One Step!
Could it be this easy? NOTE: Within this text, wherever gender is not key to the explanation, I am using the Elverson (ey/em) pronouns (they/them : remove the "th" for singular).
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December 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Yup, a lot of problems can all be solved with just one step. What is it? While there are lots of problems, most of them cannot be solved. Fortunately by solving just one problem, the other problems go away.
My family and I are celebrating Thanksgiving the way the original patriots did. We're going to find an indigenous family, kick them out of their home and live there. Then we'll be thankful for all the Indian stuff we took.
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My family and I are celebrating Thanksgiving the way the original patriots did. We're going to find an indigenous family, kick them out of their home and live there. Then we'll be thankful for all the Indian stuff we took.
The wealthy do not labor but they live better than those who do labor. As a result, they have to perform ritual labor in order to give the appearance that they deserve the unearned luxuries that they hoard.
When will we see thru that façade elevate labor above wealth?
When will we see thru that façade elevate labor above wealth?
The False Labor of Wealth
The leisure classes and their stolen stores of value. NOTE: Within this text, wherever gender is not key to the explanation, I am using the Elverson (ey/em) pronouns (they/them : remove the "th" for...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The wealthy do not labor but they live better than those who do labor. As a result, they have to perform ritual labor in order to give the appearance that they deserve the unearned luxuries that they hoard.
When will we see thru that façade elevate labor above wealth?
When will we see thru that façade elevate labor above wealth?
Voice the Constitution with us this afternoon at the Mendon Public Library in Honeoye Falls, NY at 1:00. It's free, it's fun, it's informative and everyone participates.
This is your government. Claim your ownership of the document that started it.
Sign up at calendar.libraryweb.org/event/15394683
This is your government. Claim your ownership of the document that started it.
Sign up at calendar.libraryweb.org/event/15394683
Voice the Constitution: A Celebration
Join your friends and neighbors and together rediscover our founding document! Be the first on your block to be able to answer these questions:
What did Congress promise not to...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Voice the Constitution with us this afternoon at the Mendon Public Library in Honeoye Falls, NY at 1:00. It's free, it's fun, it's informative and everyone participates.
This is your government. Claim your ownership of the document that started it.
Sign up at calendar.libraryweb.org/event/15394683
This is your government. Claim your ownership of the document that started it.
Sign up at calendar.libraryweb.org/event/15394683
Reposted by Julian S Taylor
Excellent Voice the Constitution at Writers and Books (wab.org). Next reading at Mendon Public Library, Nov 22 at 1:00PM. Live in the Rochester area? Drop in. Free pocket Constitution and everyone reads because everyone owns this founding document
Sign up at calendar.libraryweb.org/event/15394683
Sign up at calendar.libraryweb.org/event/15394683
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Excellent Voice the Constitution at Writers and Books (wab.org). Next reading at Mendon Public Library, Nov 22 at 1:00PM. Live in the Rochester area? Drop in. Free pocket Constitution and everyone reads because everyone owns this founding document
Sign up at calendar.libraryweb.org/event/15394683
Sign up at calendar.libraryweb.org/event/15394683
Excellent Voice the Constitution at Writers and Books (wab.org). Next reading at Mendon Public Library, Nov 22 at 1:00PM. Live in the Rochester area? Drop in. Free pocket Constitution and everyone reads because everyone owns this founding document
Sign up at calendar.libraryweb.org/event/15394683
Sign up at calendar.libraryweb.org/event/15394683
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Excellent Voice the Constitution at Writers and Books (wab.org). Next reading at Mendon Public Library, Nov 22 at 1:00PM. Live in the Rochester area? Drop in. Free pocket Constitution and everyone reads because everyone owns this founding document
Sign up at calendar.libraryweb.org/event/15394683
Sign up at calendar.libraryweb.org/event/15394683
Just finished an excellent Voice the Constitution at Writers and Books (wab.org). Ten people, 8 readers, lots of discussion. Took 1 & ½ hours. Folks left w/ pocket Constitutions. Some bought our annotated audio Constitution on CD (Yes some still have CD players).
Next stop Mendon Public Library.
Next stop Mendon Public Library.
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Just finished an excellent Voice the Constitution at Writers and Books (wab.org). Ten people, 8 readers, lots of discussion. Took 1 & ½ hours. Folks left w/ pocket Constitutions. Some bought our annotated audio Constitution on CD (Yes some still have CD players).
Next stop Mendon Public Library.
Next stop Mendon Public Library.
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
I respect the fact that any individual should be recognized as the gender that they claim to be. One's understanding of oneself is not to be questioned by outsiders. Nonetheless, the English language should also be respected. I suggest an approach.
An Ally’s Case for the Non-Gendered Pronoun
The inadequate workaround that is they/them NOTE: Within this text, wherever gender is not key to the explanation, I am using the Elverson (ey/em) pronouns (they/them : remove th for singular).
www.tremr.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I respect the fact that any individual should be recognized as the gender that they claim to be. One's understanding of oneself is not to be questioned by outsiders. Nonetheless, the English language should also be respected. I suggest an approach.
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"The program was funded by Monroe County's Department of Human Services and the city of Rochester."
Not really - it's state anti-poverty money.
Very pleased to see direct cash investments in moms.
Not really - it's state anti-poverty money.
Very pleased to see direct cash investments in moms.
Healthy Baby Network launches prenatal program to help new mothers get out of poverty
The program will offer moms $1,000 monthly stipend for two years.
www.wxxinews.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"The program was funded by Monroe County's Department of Human Services and the city of Rochester."
Not really - it's state anti-poverty money.
Very pleased to see direct cash investments in moms.
Not really - it's state anti-poverty money.
Very pleased to see direct cash investments in moms.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Long ago, my Dad worked w/ inventors perfecting perpetual motion machines that would run forever without needing outside energy. Never actual working but always short of that one tweak that would make it run forever.
Just like modern AI promising superior intelligence but for that one little tweak.
Just like modern AI promising superior intelligence but for that one little tweak.
AI: Perpetual Commotion
AI is today’s perpetual motion machine. NOTE: Within this text, wherever gender is not key to the explanation, I am using the Elverson ey/em construction of the Spivak Pronouns. My dear old Dad was...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Long ago, my Dad worked w/ inventors perfecting perpetual motion machines that would run forever without needing outside energy. Never actual working but always short of that one tweak that would make it run forever.
Just like modern AI promising superior intelligence but for that one little tweak.
Just like modern AI promising superior intelligence but for that one little tweak.
Are we stuck with a system wherein billionaires own everything and everyone else has to survive on what's left? I think not. I think we can pull out of this disaster and build something beautiful.
Solving Extreme Wealth
Are there systemic solutions?
julianstaylor.medium.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Are we stuck with a system wherein billionaires own everything and everyone else has to survive on what's left? I think not. I think we can pull out of this disaster and build something beautiful.
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Universal Basic Income (UBI) might be a solution but it isn't a solution for what you think. That's because poverty isn't a problem. It's a symptom of a deeper problem, a problem that is near and dear to the tech bros who advocate UBI.
UBI Is Not a Solution
It’s an excuse for no solution.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Universal Basic Income (UBI) might be a solution but it isn't a solution for what you think. That's because poverty isn't a problem. It's a symptom of a deeper problem, a problem that is near and dear to the tech bros who advocate UBI.
Recent readings of the U.S. Constitution at Fairport & Pittsford libraries. Good feedback from both but mostly, the librarians informed other librarians. We're getting active requests from libraries now!
Next target needs to be local pubs. The Constitution goes down a lot smoother with a nice ale.
Next target needs to be local pubs. The Constitution goes down a lot smoother with a nice ale.
September 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Recent readings of the U.S. Constitution at Fairport & Pittsford libraries. Good feedback from both but mostly, the librarians informed other librarians. We're getting active requests from libraries now!
Next target needs to be local pubs. The Constitution goes down a lot smoother with a nice ale.
Next target needs to be local pubs. The Constitution goes down a lot smoother with a nice ale.
@indivisibleroc.bsky.social
Reminder: Voice the Constitution tomorrow (Sat) 2:00PM at Pittsford library. More fun than you'd think. Find out what was forbidden for 20 yrs, who swears on a Bible & is Columbia over-exposed.
Registration recommended since there's limited seating.
Reminder: Voice the Constitution tomorrow (Sat) 2:00PM at Pittsford library. More fun than you'd think. Find out what was forbidden for 20 yrs, who swears on a Bible & is Columbia over-exposed.
Registration recommended since there's limited seating.
Voice the Constitution: A Celebration Event
Rediscover our founding document. What did Congress promise not to talk about for twenty years? Who is required to swear on a Bible? Who is Columbia and do we see too much of her?...
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September 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@indivisibleroc.bsky.social
Reminder: Voice the Constitution tomorrow (Sat) 2:00PM at Pittsford library. More fun than you'd think. Find out what was forbidden for 20 yrs, who swears on a Bible & is Columbia over-exposed.
Registration recommended since there's limited seating.
Reminder: Voice the Constitution tomorrow (Sat) 2:00PM at Pittsford library. More fun than you'd think. Find out what was forbidden for 20 yrs, who swears on a Bible & is Columbia over-exposed.
Registration recommended since there's limited seating.
@indivisibleroc.bsky.social
Reminder: Voice the Constitution tomorrow (Sat) 10:00AM at Fairport library. More fun than you'd think. Find out what was forbidden for 20 yrs, who swears on a Bible & is Columbia over-exposed.
Registration recommended since there's limited seating.
Reminder: Voice the Constitution tomorrow (Sat) 10:00AM at Fairport library. More fun than you'd think. Find out what was forbidden for 20 yrs, who swears on a Bible & is Columbia over-exposed.
Registration recommended since there's limited seating.
Voice the Constitution: A Celebration Event
Join your friends and neighbors and together rediscover our founding document! Be the first on your block to be able to answer these questions:
What did Congress promise not to...
fairportlibrary.libcal.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
@indivisibleroc.bsky.social
Reminder: Voice the Constitution tomorrow (Sat) 10:00AM at Fairport library. More fun than you'd think. Find out what was forbidden for 20 yrs, who swears on a Bible & is Columbia over-exposed.
Registration recommended since there's limited seating.
Reminder: Voice the Constitution tomorrow (Sat) 10:00AM at Fairport library. More fun than you'd think. Find out what was forbidden for 20 yrs, who swears on a Bible & is Columbia over-exposed.
Registration recommended since there's limited seating.
AI provides only what appears to be value. It fools people into believing it is a helpful companion but it is a dangerous tool of tech authoritarian corruption.
AI is ALWAYS harder than thinking.
AI is ALWAYS harder than thinking.
August 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
AI provides only what appears to be value. It fools people into believing it is a helpful companion but it is a dangerous tool of tech authoritarian corruption.
AI is ALWAYS harder than thinking.
AI is ALWAYS harder than thinking.
Accidentally started Gemini on my Android. While deactivating it I said, "My God, I hate this AI."
It responded, "That's alright. Everyone feels that way sometimes."
DON"T GET CONFUSED!
It was a machine navigating a Markov chain in response to an input. It was NOT forgiving me.
AI is corruption!
It responded, "That's alright. Everyone feels that way sometimes."
DON"T GET CONFUSED!
It was a machine navigating a Markov chain in response to an input. It was NOT forgiving me.
AI is corruption!
August 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Accidentally started Gemini on my Android. While deactivating it I said, "My God, I hate this AI."
It responded, "That's alright. Everyone feels that way sometimes."
DON"T GET CONFUSED!
It was a machine navigating a Markov chain in response to an input. It was NOT forgiving me.
AI is corruption!
It responded, "That's alright. Everyone feels that way sometimes."
DON"T GET CONFUSED!
It was a machine navigating a Markov chain in response to an input. It was NOT forgiving me.
AI is corruption!
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KEEP REMINDING people that every time they use AI they are having massive effects on the planet, both through water & electricity use. Make it count if you absolutely HAVE to use it...
August 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
KEEP REMINDING people that every time they use AI they are having massive effects on the planet, both through water & electricity use. Make it count if you absolutely HAVE to use it...
Excellent advice. Echoes of Chapter 5 of Wayne C. Minnick's book, The Art of Persuasion. We must help everyone to learn how to curate reliable news sources.
![BREAKING NEWS CONSUMER'S HANDBOOK
1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
2. Don't trust anonymous sources.
3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information.
4. There's almost never a second shooter.
5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.
• "We are getting reports"... could mean anything.
• "We are seeking confirmation"... means they don't have it.
• "[News outlet] has learned"... means it has a scoop or is going out on limb.
6. Look for news outlets close to the incident.
7. Compare multiple sources.
8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers.
9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z2rokxrttw5254hogmucux2x/bafkreic2xbytxr37mdhzbfrud7h4idqo3sixbsyaenftdwtyofqd7sk4su@jpeg)
August 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Excellent advice. Echoes of Chapter 5 of Wayne C. Minnick's book, The Art of Persuasion. We must help everyone to learn how to curate reliable news sources.