Culture
If I ran my life
Designing a values-centered life from first principles.
Media
If I ran NPR and PBS
Building community-driven public media for the post-federal funding era.
AI
Trump and the Energy Industry Are Eager to Power AI With Fossil Fuels
The Trump administration is using AI as a way to shill fossil fuels. But even for tech companies that don't care about climate change, renewables are a far better option.
AI
OpenAI’s gold medal performance on the International Math Olympiad
OpenAI claims a significant result: gold-level performance International Mathematical Olympiad. But they're scant on details and it needs to be independently verified.
Democracy
Microsoft can't protect French data from US government access
When vendor promises meet government warrants, the warrants win every time. Microsoft's Senate testimony shows why "trust us" isn't a data protection strategy.
Media
Senate Votes to Strip $1.1 Billion From Public Broadcasting in Blow to PBS and NPR
Without public media funding, local stations will close, creating news deserts and allowing political corruption to thrive.
Technology
Why Big Tech is threatened by a global push for data sovereignty
Global Majority nations are building ways to store their citizens' data locally. But will they own the datacenters themselves?
Technology
Fell in a hole, got out.
Tony Stubblebine's account of saving Medium is remarkable in its transparency - and in its execution.
If I ran X
How to transform the internet's most toxic platform into essential infrastructure.
AI
The Future of Forums is Lies, I Guess
"I do not have the time or emotional energy to screen out regular attacks by Large Language Models, with the knowledge that making the wrong decision costs a real human being their connection to a niche community."
Technology
Threads is nearing X's daily app users, new data shows
It's wild to me how many people are still engaging with X.
AI
‘Improved’ Grok criticizes Democrats and Hollywood’s ‘Jewish executives’
As more people look to AI to learn about the world, the people who control how it's trained and how it responds will control our prevailing narratives. That's wildly dangerous.