I will never, ever get over this.

Kleptocracy or Kakistocracy? Is it possible we get both?

I joined Twitter in 2008 because a spoof account was created by a Russian bot and I needed to claim my identity.

I came back during Trump's term, mostly to yell into the void, post snarky replies to him, meme and troll a bit. I liked space Twitter.

Now I'm here.

I love me a rainy evening

Why did we get AI that generate mediocre and disturbing images from their "training" - but we don't have a really good image search engine yet?

Like, there's probably an image of "JFK eat a salad" - but all I get is contextual, not direct image search capability now.

-Switched to Bluesky
-Job offer the next day

Coincidence or Karma, you be the judge!

watching cabinet appointments get announced like

The thing that really differentiates Bluesky is that it doesn’t feel like it was designed by a bunch of people who will lose their jobs if I spend a little less time on Bluesky.

This place has great vibes. Much better than ancient alternatives.

ok, my hottest hot journalism take is that journalism which relies on paywalls for funding and restricts access to those who cannot afford it or otherwise just cannot be bothered to jump through the hoops to read that content is not accessible journalism, and access matters a ton right now.