Ben Werdmuller
@werd.io
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I lead technology at ProPublica, write speculative fiction, and think about the future of news and technology at https://werd.io.
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There is no such thing as neutral technology.
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I think profiling federal employees is not a thing we would want to do!
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I am at the office

And irresponsibly disregarding the resources of my non-profit employer
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What I’m hearing is, no limit
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Is there a physical limit to coffee?

Let's put it to the test
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+1 to this! For me it's the lack of need to worry about oil changes, transmission, and all of that tertiary nonsense that I always hated. Running a car is simple now. I resent even having to own a car, let alone maintain one, so I find it to be a far better situation.
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Likewise, when people say that woke has gone too far.

No, it hasn't gone far enough. It was just getting started. There were hundreds of years of oppression that arguably never really ended.

It's almost as if lots of people want to frame disparity as reasonableness.
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It always amuses me when the rights, protections, and entitlements I enjoyed up until my early thirties are described as outrageous socialism that could never work.

Treating people well isn't a fundamentalist position. And in very many countries it's just generally accepted that it's how you do it.
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Controversially, I like it when people don’t die in mass numbers, regardless of where they live or what side of a political divide they sit on. And I would go so far as to classify language that downplays any civilian’s humanity as “murderous”.
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Today I gave a conference keynote, worked on some strategic documentation, had some great 1:1s, participated in some great technical conversations, made breakfast and dinner for the family, and put my child to bed with a story & snuggle.

But tomorrow is trash day and I failed to put out the bins. 🤦‍♂️
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"The majority of those killed by Israel’s offensive in the strip have been civilians, and the overall total now exceeds 67,000. Entire families have been wiped out in a single airstrike. Sometimes, only a single individual, frequently a child, is left alive." It must end.
The ruin of Gaza: how Israel’s two-year assault has devastated the territory
IDF’s bombs and ground offensive have killed tens of thousands of people and reduced entire cities to rubble
www.theguardian.com
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its funny how not a single actual journalist has been like, “actually she’s good at journalism”
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My one niggle with my NewsBlur / Reeder setup is that unsubscribing is a nightmare. I'm fed up of hate-reading Marginal Revolution so I've unsubscribed, but it keeps popping up back into my feeds, unannounced and uninvited, with no sense of when it's outlived its welcome, like libertarianism itself.
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Yes! It’s an entire country away from me but seems really cool. I want to check it out next time I’m back.
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Lately I’ve been entertaining dreams of starting a bookstore with a cafe that hosts meetups, talks, and open mics and things. Somewhere out of the way where it can be a refuge for people who want to find like-minded community. But also, it livestreams the music and talks as a video podcast.
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Yeah, we watch Slow Horses together and he really dug Sinners, also
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I couldn’t agree more.
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I think they're still out there. I have ~2000 or so sources in my RSS reader and it's still a pretty good time. But I definitely agree that there's a vastly increasing amount of slop.
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Excited! Delighted to help in any way I can be useful.
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The first thing is totally what I'm asking for and would completely rock.

The second is very cool too!