Pluribus is A+ good so far. Exactly my sort of thing.

The most racist people imaginable have a cunning plan to undermine the most popularly-elected NYC mayor since 1969. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

50 year mortgages seem insanely bad. Who doesn't want to pay a huge amount of additional interest and accumulate equity ridiculously slowly in exchange for a marginally lower monthly payment? Caveat: I can see people doing this in high-growth markets like the SFBA - to flip houses. House prices: 📈

"The Trump administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been good for venture capitalists like Andreessen, who previously accused the agency of “terrorizing” fintech startups and crypto companies." www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Someone is using an increasingly sophisticated set of social engineering attacks to try and gain access to my Coinbase account. This will have the worst ROI of any scam in history.

The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html

Real question bc there’s clearly a media culture thing here that I am not getting: Why are we not seeing citations to Sarah Kendzior, who has been on this exact beat for years? What is it about her and/or her work that has made it acceptable to ignore her?

Today I learned that the total amount of philanthropic funding for journalism in the US since 2009 equals approximately 8.6% of OpenAI’s funding to date. Really useful #kleincamp session from @ninasachdev.bsky.social and Vince Stehle of @mediaimpactfunders.bsky.social.

A real pleasure to start my Saturday by learning from @adrianalacy.com at #kleincamp. One of the industry’s most insightful experts on news influencers. Coming away with lots of thoughts about brand, authentic voices, meeting people where they’re at, and how a corporate veneer can erode trust.

Heading to #kleincamp today. Excited to meet up with journalism innovation folks and learn about what they’ve been up to.

It's still so weird to me that the idea of universal healthcare is so political here. It's a given in so many other places, and I miss it. And people don't realize how good it is for innovation. You can take so many more risks when your health and well-being aren't tied to a salaried employer.

I came back to this talk today - and I've got to admit, I think it's a banger. Lots to say about how mission-driven technology can be successful. werd.io/why-the-open...

Friends don’t let phrens do the hiring

Some fun questions! 👇

Long train journey home. So: ask me anything? I lead newsroom tech, founded two startups and was the first employee at two more, was a mission-driven VC, built an early social network, I write fiction, I’m a third culture kid, my dad is a concentration camp survivor, I’m a Whovian, etc. Ask away.

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

Yes to this a million times over! It's a big belief of ours at @tinynewscollective.bsky.social.

One of my underlying working models for non-profit news is that nobody is in competition with each other. We should all be co-operative. We should be open sourcing code, sharing wins and losses, and doing as much as possible to lift each other up - out in the open so newcomers can benefit too.

I've been at a product team summit all week at our office in NYC. The team is much bigger than when I joined, and what's really striking is how amazing everyone genuinely is. Lots of different skill-sets and perspectives, all wrapped up in empathy, enthusiasm, and care for the mission. Very proud.

At Automattic in NYC to see @borthwick.com and @ma.tt in conversation. Lots of open web folks in the room.

Worth paying attention to: community-driven media that breaks the traditional models for journalism and is really impactful in the process.

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

It’s a beautiful morning.

How’d you like them big apples

If you haven't voted, and you have an election today, GO VOTE NOW.

Are any of you testing your cortisol? Is there a test you'd recommend? Asking for a person raising a toddler, working at a demanding job, and living in 2025. It's me. I'm asking for me.

Good morning, New York City. Just a normal day here, right? Nothing in particular going on?

As well as being very sad, this is deeply worrying. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Seeing lots of discussion that politics coverage at Teen Vogue might be gone? I really hope not – it's been excellent. Just a beacon of light and hope.

The people who build strategy from real, surprising insights gained from talking to real, human people will beat the people who build strategy from synthetic data. You can’t learn a defining insight from a probabilistic prediction.

A local French cafe has reconfigured and become a French cafe for families with young children, and it is THE BEST. He’s off playing with some other little kids while coffees and pastries are had. Just lovely.

The pandemic isn't over, and there's still much to fear from the COVID-19 virus. werd.io/this-physici...

The thing about this headline is, while two thirds of Americans say the country is on the wrong track, it was three quarters before the election last November. Meaning more Americans approve of what’s happening in the country this year than last year. abcnews.go.com/Politics/ame...

Made one of my comfort meals tonight: nasi goreng and krupuk. Not quite as good as my grandmother’s, but pretty good. And really important to introduce my buddy to some of the foods of his ancestry.

What idiot called it daycare and not Play-Doh’s Cave

Just a quick reminder: if you have an election this week, get out and vote. Don’t sit it out. Early voting is available in many areas. Go do it.

Post Halloween American candy opinions: - Almond Joy ain’t no Bounty - Twix still fits - Are Sour Patch Kids made of nuclear waste - I know candy corn is wax but I feel bad for the candy corn industry - As a parent I’ve done a full 180° and now believe people who give full size bars are monsters

Another successful Halloween on the books. I love it.

One kid was trick or treating with their family way later than the others. We were putting the kiddo to bed so didn’t hear the doorbell. But we heard them outside, and I made sure the kid got some candy. No way they should be penalized for having parents who work late.

This is what we’re giving out tonight. So many very happy little kids; it’s lovely. Also, shout out to the teenage couple who were dressed as an anglerfish and a taco.

It’s rare to be able to say this, but the solar powered eerie green eyeballs on stalks turned out to be a great purchase.

There’s no such thing as neutral technology. Every tool encodes the values of the people who made it — their goals, their blind spots, their priorities. When organizations adopt tools without asking whose values they’re importing, they take on risk they can’t see. werd.io/theres-no-su...

We have a product team summit next week. I gave everyone on the team the task to create a 6m presentation teaching us all about something they care about. Mine is on a completely ridiculous topic that I care about so much that I was nearly brought to tears. I'm really excited to see everyone else's.

Ghost continues to be wonderful.

Brutal week for tech reorgs and layoffs. Very sorry to everyone who's been affected.

Who's hiring for strategic technology roles that support smart, creative people making the world better? I am not asking for myself.

If I could hit a big button on the internet that would mean I never got cold outreach from a salesperson again, I'd do it.

If you were taking 12 relatively introverted but very cool people out in Manhattan for a fun activity on a November weeknight, what would you do? We’ve done escape rooms, Spin, a few other things. They will murder me for karaoke, axe throwing, bowling. Halp?

I'm kind of sad we can't use the word "grok" anymore. But then again, Heinlein was never the best possible person to reference.