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These are devastating times, and the people standing up for human dignity, from LA to the Madleen, are a beacon.

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

Chilling to see domestic police shooting clearly-identified journalists.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

I had cause to interact with UCSF again today, and I came away feeling the same way I always do: they're incredible. I've never had a healthcare experience that's been as good. Not just in the US, where people seem to think healthcare is something only the privileged should have, but anywhere.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

Hearing about solidarity protests elsewhere in the country. Is there a roundup somewhere?

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

My two year old just bounded into the living room and asked, "can you play the Dugga Doo song, Daddy?" Yes, child. You can.

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

What's happening in LA is absolutely chilling. It all just keeps escalating.

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

I enjoyed this and recommend it as an overview of the shortcomings both of "AI" as a technology and, in particular, of the vendors who are currently giving us the hard sell. I liked the recommendation that smaller, more ethically-trained models for specific problems may be part of the solution.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Today was the fourth anniversary of losing my mother. She was her own person, and the best person. I miss her every day. The world was infinitely better with her in it.

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I am not an Elon Musk fan, but rhetoric about deporting him is really disturbing to me. He's a US citizen. Folks leaning towards authoritarianism want to strip people of their citizenships. We shouldn't want the same, even for the very worst of us. Either we have principles or we don't.

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It's not about one protocol; it's about the open social web as a people-centered movement. Bounce lets you move from service to service, keeping your network in the process. #Fediverse www.theverge.com/news/678928/...

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Just the coolest thing:

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"Own your own home," they said. "Build equity, don't pay rent," they said. I mean, who doesn't love multiple random five figure repair costs so far this year?

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Meanwhile, from the newsroom 👀 www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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You might have reasonably assumed I was joking. I was not. I make no apologies for who I am. #doctorwho werd.io/2025/the-dar...

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This is great work:

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I'm not in very many group chats, but this seems like a good guide. also.roybahat.com/how-to-creat...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

If you enjoyed my breakdowns of newsroom technology culture and open social web business models, you'll love my [checks notes] 3000 word detailed exploration of my fantasy season of Doctor Who

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Heading into NYC once again. I will have all the Amtrak points. My superascendancy will be complete and the network shall be mine. Could use a coffee, though.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

This was a really big deal and the team worked hard on it. It's really great that it's live and out in the world.

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That's what I get for making a proprietary browser a core part of my workflow. Arc is brilliant and I truly love using it - but it's also a dead end. Back to Firefox I (very reluctantly) go. I hope they adopt some of its UX. #Technology browsercompany.substack.com/p/letter-to-...

submitted 6 days ago • 6 comments

If #DoctorWho really is canceled, I'd be up for a new season of New Adventures novels. I inhaled those things during the wilderness years - bonkers stories that could never have been filmed - and they did a good job of finding authors who became key players in bringing NuWho to life.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

"We don't need more people writing software; we need more people who understand it. The vibes are insecure." In this issue of Human-Generated Content, we're doing a vibe check on vibe coding. There are some cases where it's useful, but, as we've learned, it can also be a security nightmare.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

"What many see as the most dangerous assault on American democracy in the nation’s history [Curtis] Yarvin dismisses as woefully insufficient—a “vibes coup.”" What a pathetic little man. #Democracy www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

ICYMI: I wrote a guide to building a technology culture inside newsrooms. People seem to like it so far - but, as always, I'd love feedback. werd.io/2025/buildin...

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Journalism treats technology like something that happens to it - like an asteroid. But newsrooms need to take control of their tech destiny. I wrote about how to build technology leadership and culture in newsrooms in order to preserve their own futures: werd.io/2025/buildin...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

What characteristics do you think are important in a technology leader in a non-technical organization like a newsroom?

submitted 7 days ago • 8 comments

We're watching the new @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social potty episode as a family. (We're in the midst of potty training.) It is brilliant. Absolutely the modern Mr Rogers in so many important ways.

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