Seems obviously correct.

So while it is fun to see MAGA base media figures turn against Trump, and I have no love for Israel's current government, their turn to blame Israel for being in control of everything is going to lead us to horrible places for hopefully obvious reasons.

Newspeak House is looking for applications for its next cohort of mid-career technologists to develop a holistic understanding of the political technology landscape in order to found groundbreaking new projects or seek strategic positions in key institutions. It's a big deal.

This statement by @werd.io is one of the things that most excites me about @surf.social -- "This openness also demonstrates that publishers aren’t locked into Surf itself, and you can easily imagine more developers integrating with these feeds and creating other interesting experiences around them."

I consider myself a person of reasonable intelligence, but foaming milk for hot cocoa and then putting it in the microwave was not my finest hour. #volcano #explosion #holyshit #itseverywhere #huuuuaarrrghhh

Not only is X a toxic hellscape that's bad for your brand, it also doesn't make any sense when you look at the metrics. Only the worst bubbles up, so unless you're posting the worst, focus on other venues that are significantly more productive for you.

Made some tweaks to shareopenly.org - most obviously a better share button and stronger documentation, but also some smarter link handling behind the scenes.

"There is a fixed amount of scarce attention to go around, and too many people want it. The metagame becomes: secure attention by any means necessary." werd.io/the-bottlene...

A few folks have already asked me, so to be clear, I cannot comment on today's activities. I am not part of either the guild or the bargaining committee and have no decision-making power on either side. I do hope that everyone can reach a fair and just deal as soon as possible.

Did you hear the story of the one man $1.8 billion business built by AI as portrayed in the @nytimes.com? Turns out basically every aspect of that story is bullshit and the story should be retracted.

“47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end.” Hey, just asking for a friend, how did it start? Also, this statement is genuinely evil. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

The web isn’t lacking news — it’s lacking curation. Explore feeds today on Surf by @werd.io, @boltsmag.org, @aendra.com, @klasfeldreports.com, @alexip718.com, @spectrum.ieee.org, @rollingstone.com and @harrymccracken.com to better understand what's happening in the world. 🏄‍♀️ surf.social #SurfFeeds

"As President Donald Trump and his Cabinet say artificial intelligence will transform the nation, the messaging isn’t new. It follows a familiar pattern." www.propublica.org/article/fede...

Might I quietly suggest that, instead of pointedly wearing First Amendment pocket squares, people instead don’t fucking turn up to a party with a fascist who seeks to destroy them?

You know, when I lived in the other place, the one that some people decry as socialism or whatever, I could confirm my pay as you go taxes for the year in a few clicks on a free website. Anyway, many hours with TurboTax later, I’ve filed my 2025 return. Please clap.

This kind of looks like a clogged artery. America is one big fractal

"Experiments show large majorities uncritically accepting “faulty” AI answers." Increasingly, incentive structures are asking them to. werd.io/cognitive-su...

Embracing alternative tech is an act of resistance. You can use the same old platforms that enrich the same old people - or you can choose something new that seeks to empower everyone instead of concentrating wealth and influence in a few billionaires. It’s time to make the switch.

Three year old has asked that we put a rainbow flag on our house because he's seen them and he likes them. I sat him down and explained what it means, and now he wants one even more. I love him.

I’m live on @producthunt.bsky.social today answering questions and evangelizing ATProto and the social web among the founders and product builders there. You can join in here: www.producthunt.com/products/fli...

One a penny, two a penny? In *this* economy?

Happy birthday, Ma. We miss you.

"Wow, am I glad to be living in a time where everything is normal and the historical precedents are not literally screaming at us." My weekly roundup of stories that caught my attention: werd.io/notable-link...

Who could have predicted etc etc

Julien Genestoux thinks the open web needs netizens. I agree – and in 2026, that's indistinguishable from citizenry. werd.io/the-open-web...

"Nota shut down its news sites after Axios and Poynter found dozens of plagiarized quotes, phrases and photos." werd.io/an-ai-compan...

LinkedIn is using invasive techniques to fingerprint your browser. Together with its understanding of your identity and professional history, it has the ingredients for an incredibly detailed profile. werd.io/linkedin-is-...

I love a really good pizza. I prefer Neapolitan-style if I can get it. My slightly out there favorite topping? Roasted eggplant (not fried). I first had it at a pizza place in France when I was maybe 15 and it changed my whole conception of what pizza could be.

"Designing for the roller coaster means putting structure in place before you need it. It means making sure your team has shared ways to handle the moments when things get hard." And if you're doing something ambitious, they *will* get hard. This is great as always. pointc.co/design-for-t...

“This”, “What”, any headline starting with a number followed by a list word, “No-one”, “Everyone”

@surf.social is super cool, if you use Bluesky for news reading I'd highly recommend checking it out, it files a lot of sharp edges off the experience while adding some really nice QOL improvements

You know? I’d like to correct myself here. Content management is *not* a solved problem. It is evolving and shouldn’t be set in stone. Everything is changing all the time. But it’s not a problem you should solve by yourself.

Got the call. I can exhale now. Still answering questions though.

Harry Nilsson, but I don’t know if this is a place where I want to pick sides. Just gimme more interesting music to listen to.

Homemade, bespoke. My take is: save your bespoke building to the stuff that uniquely makes you special. A CMS is not that. Content management is a solved problem.

I’ve been quote posting replies to this. Keep them coming!

The money is a real problem: it comes from a minority of high net worth funds and individuals. That’s a weak point: attack the funding sources and you shut down the newsrooms. It also highly depends on their business decisions and predilections. We need far more resilient, diverse business models.

I like the ankylosaurus’s style: stay low, do no harm, but if someone comes at you, fuck their shit up.

Buttercups, running wild over a meadow. Runner-up: snowdrops, doing something similar.

I reckon it’s a whole head hat like Jay Kay from Jamiroquoi.

Maybe, but I’ll bet the hype dies down and we’ll have some agentic programming and some hand-written code, all produced by engineers with real human dedication and creativity. I don’t think we’ll ever be in a situation where all code is written by AI.

I misunderstood! 9: The Empty Child 10: Turn Left 11: The Day of the Doctor (I said what I said) 12: Heaven Sent 13: Fugitive of the Judoon 14: Wild Blue Yonder 15: The Story and the Engine

Trick question: done is never done. The question is when it’s done *enough*. For that, you need to decide who that thing is being done for and when it’s good enough to meet their needs.

I think Heaven Sent is exceptional but I’d tie it with Turn Left.

Text is not going to die, but the young won’t necessarily age out of video for everything, either. It’ll all keep evolving and we’ll likely have more multimodal platforms. It’s not so much that different people need different media - it’s that different stories and messages do.

Sitting around waiting for a very important phone call. So: ask me anything. Anything at all. Here for your most serious and silly questions. I’ve been a founder, investor, engineer, newsroom tech leader, third culture kid, and silly goose. Help distract me from an anxious moment.

I'm very excited about the launch of @surf.social on the web: it demonstrates the open social web's true power. werd.io/surf-demonst...

This is a huge deal. I’ve been playing with this for a while and it is FANTASTIC. I’ve got more to say on this later today. But go take a look.

In NYC for family health reasons. If we’ve interacted over the last week and I’ve seemed a bit … off, this is why. Should all be ok, but I’ve realized I’m basically vibrating with anxiety.

I know it’s in the Constitution, but guns are horrific murder tools. Having them in society just helps amp up violence and individualism. And having them in the house leads to trauma like this. I have to ask parents of other toddlers if they own murder weapons because sometimes this happens.