Democracy
I Want You to Understand Chicago
"I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time."
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Democracy
Time to start de-Appling
"You have some serious thinking to do about what you intend to trust to the Apple stack altogether going forward, even things like passwords."
Health
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough
The pandemic isn't over, and there's still much to fear from the COVID-19 virus.
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How can I be most useful to you?
A short reader survey about the challenges you’re working through and the support you wish existed.
Future of News
There's no such thing as neutral technology
Why organizations must evaluate values, not just features
Technology
Trump Administration's Arrival on Bluesky Highlights Growing Pains for Open Networks
"It’s no accident that US political operatives have been singling out Bluesky as a target for political control and retribution for months." But the result puts protocol developers and the users of their networks in opposition.
AI
This Is How Much Anthropic and Cursor Spend On Amazon Web Services
AI at scale isn't scaling.
Notable links
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
Reporter Andy Kroll explains Vought’s rise from a congressional staffer to the man piloting everything from Trump's layoffs and agency closings to his shutdown strategy, controlling the fate of trillions of dollars and millions of federal workers.
Technology
Europe Can’t Defend Democracy on US Servers
MEP Alexandra Geese argues that Europe needs its own infrastructure, social networks, and software. Rising US authoritarianism means the clock is ticking.
Technology
What Made Blogging Different?
Blogging was a different medium - and there's still a need for it more than ever.
Technology
Why the open social web matters now
The needs are real – and you have so much power.
Future of News
Build what makes you special. Buy the rest.
A framework for newsroom build vs buy decisions.