Jays fans: youtu.be/NoAzpa1x7jU

As a real Chotinerhead, I read all his interviews, and what most fans of his takedowns don't realize is that 80-90% of his guest acquit themselves just fine under the same interview techniques. He's the Dunning-Kruger of Q&As. www.newyorker.com/contributors...

We are THIS close to Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong. Only a matter of which microstate goes full franchulate first. sf.gazetteer.co/beta-testing...

INFINITE JEST-heads: What are the best pages/passages to read about the "Entertainment?" (Yes, my paperback copy has an unbroken spine; why do you ask?)

It is WILD how much roadwork in Montreal is still unfinished when then first freeze is barely a week away.

The only thing smart in my house is a TV because I was not given a choice in the matter. Modem televisions are near impossible to get without smart features.

You were right back then and it’s only gotten harder to find appliances that aren’t connected. I assume the ability to sell consumer data as an additional revenue stream is irresistible to corporations.

I remember being so excited abt IoT, I was 20, starry-eyed and only worried about privacy in the context of Facebook. I still like the idea of home automation and power use graphs! But the execution of it all bore horrors i couldn’t have conceived of back then…

[email protected] coined "luxury surveillance" to describe the devil's bargain of smart glasses and AI+AR (AIR). Read my interview with him in "The Augmented City" to learn what we can do about it: urban.tech.cornell.edu/the-augmente...

Nearly a decade ago, my @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social colleagues and I warned that smart homes were a gigantic attack surface for cyberattacks and malware. And we weren't remotely the first to do so. www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res...

Great. “AI” and Big Tech waste billions to rip societies apart (a good investment apparently, as nearly 40 percent of US GDP growth in 2025 comes from AI, which can’t possibly go on forever, or can it) so people buy gold as a “hedge against destruction”. — via @glindsay.bsky.social

*chuckles* I’m in danger

"You can see the workslop everywhere, except in productivity statistics" — Robert Solow, probably

Forget competency. Consider pursuing a career as an AI “Workslop” Course-Corrector. — via @glindsay.bsky.social

Popped in to see how the reactionary urbanists were doing at over newgeography, and the definite article in this headline really said it all for me.

Listening to Genesis’ Invisible Touch on my late father’s matte black component stereo is triggering some sort of Gen X primal memory

I met Paulina on the tour for “Cyberselfish,” cited her in my own book, and never forgot her gimlet-eyed take on the SF scene. It’s high past time to belatedly recognize her prescient warnings on what Silicon Valley was and what it would become. She was there, she saw it, and no one has any excuse.

They're doubling down on this. x.com/AJentleson/s...

Just what we need, a “center-left” think tank postulating we need to bring back Jim Crow in order to do another New Deal.

New Mexico is the most underrated state in the nation, and it isn't close. 19thnews.org/2025/09/new-...

Mobility Innovation Exchange to Feature Greg Lindsay as Keynote Speaker This September#United_States#Detroit#Mobility_Innovation#Greg_Lindsay

Reading up on James Buchanan’s post-presidency for no good reason

Imagine thinking leaking to the NYT will save you. (RIP.) youtu.be/vZNnDiDSUiI?...

“A bad mood board of good intentions.” — lol via @glindsay.bsky.social

PlanScapeArch Opening Keynote: @glindsay.bsky.social - Generalist, Urbanist, Speaker, Futurist 'BEYOND HUMAN: Leveraging the Power of Intelligence' @nationalasla.bsky.social @aiaofficial.bsky.social APA Sponsor @kimley-horn.bsky.social Fri Sept 19 - 6 CEUs www.aslany.org/event/plansc...

Based on the lines for $23 “Honey Deuces” and $22 Aperol spritzes(!!) at this year’s US Open, I think we can all afford to pay Zohran’s lil’ tax.

Now I see why BCG has aggressively disavowed it. 🤮

The monkey’s paw never stops curling. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Worst “smart city” proposal ever. — via @glindsay.bsky.social

Emerging technologies are allowing planners to share their ideas in whole new ways, from immersive bus tours to digital libraries. Find out how augmented reality is shaping planning projects on the ground in Rob Walker's newest City Tech column: go.lincolninst.edu/l/153411/202...

If I have a grand unified theory of this particular moment, it's that the Boomers have declared war on everything. www.nber.org/papers/w3413...

Zohran's hosting free scavenger hunts drawing thousands, meanwhile, Cuomo's hosting a $350+ fundraiser in the sixth borough of Sag Harbor. contribute.nycvotes.org/campaigns/an...

I would gently suggest they look into the history of Nauvoo, IL. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/r...

Another reason why car dealerships must be destroyed. patrickwyman.substack.com/p/american-g... cc: @patrickwyman.bsky.social #americangentry www.espn.com/college-foot...

In a park amphitheater at sunset, listening to an experimental harpist while eating cheese and drinking rose: the Montreal Dream. Cc: @mutek.bsky.social

In which the founder in question cheerfully admits they’re like Cluely, but worse. 🙄

Finally saw WEAPONS, and where is the (sub)urbanist critique of this film???

Inspired by @michhham.bsky.social, I'm going to start calling this stuff Stasi-as-a-Service™ sfstandard.com/2025/08/05/a...

Home automation has always meant you're at risk of exposure. Add in the "utility" of AI and the scourge of appointment spam and this one gets ugly in a hurry.

It's fair to wonder what would have happened at the scale of, say, an entire neighborhood in Toronto? www.wired.com/story/google...

A reminder that Meta (and anyone with a six legged horse in the AI race) needs as many people as possible wearing smart glasses capturing real world video for training world models.

The pink moon over Lake George tonight due to wildfire smoke has me thinking of Nick Drake's lyrics in a new light: I saw it written and I saw it say A pink moon is on its way And none of you stand so tall Pink moon gonna get ye all We know what's happening. We know what's coming. And yet.

"Your face isn't a database." 1. Having even a shred of privacy in public space is just a consumer choice now, and 2. Curious to see if this becomes a real point of differentiation for them (or just another thing no one will pay extra for). www.zennioptical.com/id-guard#Zen...

Using XR to prey on people is deeply unethical, as we discussed at the #MetaverseStandardsForum's Ethics Summit a few weeks back: youtube.com/watch?v=3s4g... This kind of tech will annihilate public space if we don't resist. More here: urban.tech.cornell.edu/the-augmente...

In Episode #5 of Zag Talk, hosts Jonah Bliss & Greg Lindsay sit down with Automotive Ventures General Partner Steve Greenfield and Zag brings a live report from the #EuropeanAVSummit. Read more and listen here: zagdaily.com/trends/zag-t...

New book borrow from @glindsay.bsky.social on the world of charter cities, free trade zones, flags of convenience, and other liminal zones: The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World. Riverhead Books, 2024. Written by @atossaaraxia.bsky.social :

Each graf is more shocking than the last. www.ft.com/content/0b1b...

Reading 100 books a day by asking ChatGPT to summarize them for you is like living in 100 cities a day by looking at them on street view.

Duly noted. via @glindsay.bsky.social