Melissa Cosgrove
@melissacosgrove.bsky.social
Author of Project Reconstitution, a civic document blueprint for rebuilding democratic integrity through care and relation. Based in Chicago.
https://www.projectreconstitution.org/ | https://cosgrove.substack.com/ | https://linktr.ee/melissacosgrove
https://www.projectreconstitution.org/ | https://cosgrove.substack.com/ | https://linktr.ee/melissacosgrove
The sheer majority of tech people being unrecognized or undiagnosed is incredible. I say this as someone who spent nearly 15 years in startup tech. 😂
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The sheer majority of tech people being unrecognized or undiagnosed is incredible. I say this as someone who spent nearly 15 years in startup tech. 😂
Hey now, that’s an insult to make a wish kids…
November 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Hey now, that’s an insult to make a wish kids…
According to my DNA, they did more than that. 😂
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
According to my DNA, they did more than that. 😂
Shock is the tactic. Paralysis is the outcome. A damn decade of this exception has rewritten the rules right under people’s noses.
November 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Shock is the tactic. Paralysis is the outcome. A damn decade of this exception has rewritten the rules right under people’s noses.
I’m so sorry, Lex. Thank you for naming what others refuse to in these layoffs. They’re trying to structurally break us.
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I’m so sorry, Lex. Thank you for naming what others refuse to in these layoffs. They’re trying to structurally break us.
That’s okay, I don’t need you to. 👍
October 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
That’s okay, I don’t need you to. 👍
I write a Substack, my dude. I was adding my two cents to the conversation. Since you’re not engaging with the argument and seem more focused on discrediting me, I’ll take that as confirmation the piece struck a nerve.
And to answer you, yes, I wrote it. Not that it seems to matter, apparently.
And to answer you, yes, I wrote it. Not that it seems to matter, apparently.
October 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I write a Substack, my dude. I was adding my two cents to the conversation. Since you’re not engaging with the argument and seem more focused on discrediting me, I’ll take that as confirmation the piece struck a nerve.
And to answer you, yes, I wrote it. Not that it seems to matter, apparently.
And to answer you, yes, I wrote it. Not that it seems to matter, apparently.