Aaron K
@kelleraaron.bsky.social
wine, food, clothes, whatever else comes to mind
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This is appalling. There has to be a way to hold massive companies accountable for *knowingly* facilitating & profiting from criminal behavior. And yes, I understand the value of Section 230, but here we have a trillion $ company that profits by letting its users get scammed. Has to be a better way.
Over the years I have read A LOT of damning stories about what Meta executives were saying internally about serious harms on their platforms (most of them written by Reuters’ @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social ). His new story is a blockbuster:
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams and banned goods, Reuters reports
The report shows that the company was hesitant to crack down harder on scams, due to the billions in revenue that they were generating for Meta....
sherwood.news
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is appalling. There has to be a way to hold massive companies accountable for *knowingly* facilitating & profiting from criminal behavior. And yes, I understand the value of Section 230, but here we have a trillion $ company that profits by letting its users get scammed. Has to be a better way.
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good stuff from @vincemancini.bsky.social on bricked smart beds, ads on your refrigerator's display screen (???), and the loss of simple things that work
open.substack.com/pub/vinceman...
open.substack.com/pub/vinceman...
An Internet of Shit
The "internet of things" has spread so rapidly that it has managed to enshittify even thousand-year-old inventions.
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM
good stuff from @vincemancini.bsky.social on bricked smart beds, ads on your refrigerator's display screen (???), and the loss of simple things that work
open.substack.com/pub/vinceman...
open.substack.com/pub/vinceman...
lol Liverpool. Lmao even.
October 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
lol Liverpool. Lmao even.
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October 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Chat. Is Joe Flacco elite?
October 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Chat. Is Joe Flacco elite?
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Have you ever noticed that old clothes online sometimes look better than old clothes in your closet?
Why is that? 🧵
Why is that? 🧵
October 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Have you ever noticed that old clothes online sometimes look better than old clothes in your closet?
Why is that? 🧵
Why is that? 🧵
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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"The high-water mark of America’s influence over the world has come and gone. All empires are transitory, right? If you rise, you’re inevitably going to stagnate and fall," says American political history author and podcaster @mikeduncan.bsky.social.
Interview: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Interview: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
September 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"The high-water mark of America’s influence over the world has come and gone. All empires are transitory, right? If you rise, you’re inevitably going to stagnate and fall," says American political history author and podcaster @mikeduncan.bsky.social.
Interview: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Interview: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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A friend took this at a rally today and I barked laughing.
September 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
A friend took this at a rally today and I barked laughing.
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"The science behind the seven-day chili dog cleanse is irrefutable."
Purify Your System with the Seven-Day Chili Dog Cleanse
Juice fasts, raw foods cleansing, water-only detox—you’ve probably tried them all by now. Fads like these promise to leave you feeling rejuvenated,...
buff.ly
August 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"The science behind the seven-day chili dog cleanse is irrefutable."
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Reaaaaally love this Businessweek story from @viajoshhunt.bsky.social about the world’s largest zipper-maker, YKK, which is totally fascinating in too many ways to enumerate in a post. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Can the World’s Largest Zipper Manufacturer Survive Trump’s Tariffs?
The world’s largest zipper manufacturer has spent decades mastering the global supply chain. Now it has to weather the Trump-tariff era.
www.bloomberg.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Reaaaaally love this Businessweek story from @viajoshhunt.bsky.social about the world’s largest zipper-maker, YKK, which is totally fascinating in too many ways to enumerate in a post. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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perhaps you, like I am, are bored in an airport!
well: these things are ceaseless! star-charts, and disembarkments!
to cure boredom, would you like to read A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE on your electronic device for only $2.99? today, July 11th, this is possible!
well: these things are ceaseless! star-charts, and disembarkments!
to cure boredom, would you like to read A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE on your electronic device for only $2.99? today, July 11th, this is possible!
A Memory Called Empire
Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best NovelA Locus, and Nebula Award nominee for 2019An NPR Favorite Book of 2019An Esquire Best Sci-Fi Book of All TimeA Gu...
us.macmillan.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
perhaps you, like I am, are bored in an airport!
well: these things are ceaseless! star-charts, and disembarkments!
to cure boredom, would you like to read A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE on your electronic device for only $2.99? today, July 11th, this is possible!
well: these things are ceaseless! star-charts, and disembarkments!
to cure boredom, would you like to read A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE on your electronic device for only $2.99? today, July 11th, this is possible!
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July 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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the east coast: I drew you a nice, hot bath
me: in the bathtub?
the east coast: in the air all around you :)
the east coast: there is no escape :)
me: in the bathtub?
the east coast: in the air all around you :)
the east coast: there is no escape :)
July 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
the east coast: I drew you a nice, hot bath
me: in the bathtub?
the east coast: in the air all around you :)
the east coast: there is no escape :)
me: in the bathtub?
the east coast: in the air all around you :)
the east coast: there is no escape :)
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Any time I talk about a wealthy person's outfit, someone in the comments is quick to reply: "They're rich, you think they care?" No one has to care about my opinions or clothes, regardless of net worth.
But let's talk about the connection between wealth and aesthetics 🧵
But let's talk about the connection between wealth and aesthetics 🧵
July 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Any time I talk about a wealthy person's outfit, someone in the comments is quick to reply: "They're rich, you think they care?" No one has to care about my opinions or clothes, regardless of net worth.
But let's talk about the connection between wealth and aesthetics 🧵
But let's talk about the connection between wealth and aesthetics 🧵
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hey panera can we have the lemonade that kills us again
June 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
hey panera can we have the lemonade that kills us again
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I wrote something about how we're seeing the rise of the online "alpha male." This is someone who speaks in clipped imperatives, squeezes into tight suits, and performs for our feed. They present a vision of masculinity shaped by politics, tech, and 100 years of cultural history 🧵
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I wrote something about how we're seeing the rise of the online "alpha male." This is someone who speaks in clipped imperatives, squeezes into tight suits, and performs for our feed. They present a vision of masculinity shaped by politics, tech, and 100 years of cultural history 🧵
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I want to give credit to my editors, who asked me to write 2,000 words on why Andrew Tate wears such tight pants. I submitted 3,700. They asked if I really needed to start with a story about the industrial revolution and I said "yes, absolutely don't cut."
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Why So Many MAGA Men Look Like Joe Rogan
The slim-fit uniform of grindset entrepreneurs and right wing podcasters can be traced back decades.
www.bloomberg.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I want to give credit to my editors, who asked me to write 2,000 words on why Andrew Tate wears such tight pants. I submitted 3,700. They asked if I really needed to start with a story about the industrial revolution and I said "yes, absolutely don't cut."
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Oh my god. Declan Rice!!!
April 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Oh my god. Declan Rice!!!