Notable links: January 16, 2026

An occupation in Minnesota and finding your way to work that doesn't harm

Remarks on the Federal Government’s Ongoing Presence in Minnesota

“It is a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota by our own federal government." So record it.

The Curiosity Tour

"A way to approach a job hunt that uncovers extraordinary, unlisted opportunities" - using a distilled framework that makes something that might look daunting feel easy.

‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid

"Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground."

The Zurich protocol

They came for the newsroom. It was ready.

Bari Weiss Is The Symptom

"The truth is that prestige journalism is lousy with Bari Weisses, up and down the line. Ask any journalist trying to cover the genocide in Gaza or the social death of gender nonconformists."

How to know if that job will crush your soul

"But these questions are framed in this way to encourage us all to aspire towards roles that enable us to do our best work, to have the biggest impact, and to live according to our values."

47 lessons

Things I've learned.

How I hire engineers

Building a community means looking beyond coding tests.

Notable links: January 2, 2026

Looking ahead: humans are cool again.

What is Instagram’s Adam Mosseri really saying in his year-end memo?

"Instagram no longer believes it can beat AI by making more or better content. It wants to be the referee, to decide what is real and what is not, and to build systems that can do it at scale."

2025: The year in LLMs

Simon Willison breaks down what happened in the LLM space in 2025. Some of it has the potential to transform tech forever.