Peter Rojas
@roj.as
Now: SVP, New Products at Mozilla
Before: Founder of Gizmodo, Engadget, Joystiq, RCRD LBL, and gdgt. Founding partner, Betaworks Ventures. Head of Product for NPE, Meta's experimental products group. VP of Strategy, AOL
Before: Founder of Gizmodo, Engadget, Joystiq, RCRD LBL, and gdgt. Founding partner, Betaworks Ventures. Head of Product for NPE, Meta's experimental products group. VP of Strategy, AOL
I already know more about Jake Paul than I ever wanted to, but it does seem like a lot of people are happy he got punched in the face.
December 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I already know more about Jake Paul than I ever wanted to, but it does seem like a lot of people are happy he got punched in the face.
I only gave up my last FireWire cables a couple of years ago.
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I only gave up my last FireWire cables a couple of years ago.
Funny how that turned out.
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Funny how that turned out.
If I recall correctly, Gallup had Biden at 36% just before he decided not to run for re-election in 2024.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If I recall correctly, Gallup had Biden at 36% just before he decided not to run for re-election in 2024.
wild that the US is worse at democracy now than Brazil
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
wild that the US is worse at democracy now than Brazil
I would play a game based on Max Weber
Me: Claude 4.5 Opus, I need a strategy game based on the work of Weber
Claude: Here's one based on David Weber's space operas
Me: Not that Weber
C: Here's a game based on sociologist Max Weber
Me: Not that one
C: The operas of Carl Maria von Weber?
Me: No
C: Here is one using Weber grills!
Claude: Here's one based on David Weber's space operas
Me: Not that Weber
C: Here's a game based on sociologist Max Weber
Me: Not that one
C: The operas of Carl Maria von Weber?
Me: No
C: Here is one using Weber grills!
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I would play a game based on Max Weber
being careful not to spoil the plot twist in the Lizza piece for my friends like it's the end of The Sixth Sense
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
being careful not to spoil the plot twist in the Lizza piece for my friends like it's the end of The Sixth Sense
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Visiting my son in London and he told me to look out for foxes. Thought he was joking, but this guy came right up to me to gnaw on some garbage he found on the sidewalk.
November 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Visiting my son in London and he told me to look out for foxes. Thought he was joking, but this guy came right up to me to gnaw on some garbage he found on the sidewalk.
Reposted by Peter Rojas
"What the computer had given you -- perhaps too easily -- it takes away with the same ease."
- The Perfect Crime
- The Perfect Crime
November 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"What the computer had given you -- perhaps too easily -- it takes away with the same ease."
- The Perfect Crime
- The Perfect Crime
At some point I will do something with this domain:
October 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
At some point I will do something with this domain:
Reposted by Peter Rojas
can he not be enjoined from destroying the WH????
Of course he's not following the rules, but it's dangerous to get to resigned to and cynical about it
Three former members of the National Capital Planning Commision "told The Washington Post that a review of any exterior construction project at the White House is required by federal law." Reviews of smaller projects at the White House have taken years in the past.
October 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
can he not be enjoined from destroying the WH????
It really says a lot that a video game set during Reconstruction with a main character that fights the KKK would be considered "too controversial" to release now: www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...
(also, are there ANY video games set during Reconstruction?)
(also, are there ANY video games set during Reconstruction?)
October 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It really says a lot that a video game set during Reconstruction with a main character that fights the KKK would be considered "too controversial" to release now: www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...
(also, are there ANY video games set during Reconstruction?)
(also, are there ANY video games set during Reconstruction?)
I think OpenAI and Jony Ive will end up making a phone.
OpenAI just announced a developer platform letting non-EU users interact with apps like Figma, Spotify, Expedia, and Zillow directly inside ChatGPT.
It’s a paradigm shift I’ve been wanting. Just this weekend I wished I could use ChatGPT to ask AllTrails about my recent hikes, now I actually can.
It’s a paradigm shift I’ve been wanting. Just this weekend I wished I could use ChatGPT to ask AllTrails about my recent hikes, now I actually can.
Introducing apps in ChatGPT and the new Apps SDK
A new generation of apps you can chat with and the tools for developers to build them.
openai.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I think OpenAI and Jony Ive will end up making a phone.
Nintendo: famously not litigious
October 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Nintendo: famously not litigious
Reposted by Peter Rojas
Today's the big day, friends - my new book, Lost Worlds: The Rise and Fall of Human Societies from the Ice Age to the Bronze Age, is available for preorder! Smash that link and purchase from your retailer of choice, if that's the kind of thing you're into. www.harpercollins.com/products/los...
Lost Worlds
The creator of the hit podcast Tides of History offers a new look at humanity’s deep past, showing us how our world was built not by inevitability, but by t...
www.harpercollins.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today's the big day, friends - my new book, Lost Worlds: The Rise and Fall of Human Societies from the Ice Age to the Bronze Age, is available for preorder! Smash that link and purchase from your retailer of choice, if that's the kind of thing you're into. www.harpercollins.com/products/los...
Is there less useful alert out there?
September 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Is there less useful alert out there?
Threads is basically the Avatar of social networks: huge, but no cultural impact
Threads is starting to surpass X/Twitter in worldwide daily active users, according to Similarweb.
September 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Threads is basically the Avatar of social networks: huge, but no cultural impact
A tariff on upholstered furniture is how we will finally crush the Ottoman Empire
“We will be imposing a 50% Tariff on all Kitchen Cabinets, Bathroom Vanities, and associated products, starting October 1st, 2025.
Additionally, we will be charging a 30% Tariff on Upholstered Furniture.”
Additionally, we will be charging a 30% Tariff on Upholstered Furniture.”
September 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A tariff on upholstered furniture is how we will finally crush the Ottoman Empire
I need to join some better group chats
September 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I need to join some better group chats
Did they at least get the money back?
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Did they at least get the money back?
Has Jimmy Kimmel made any kind of public statement since all of this happened?
September 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Has Jimmy Kimmel made any kind of public statement since all of this happened?