if you have founded, led, and/or worked for a mission-driven startup: what did you experience as the pros and cons?

Elon tried to kill Blockparty, and it came back even stronger. Or at least strong in a new way. Also: Hell yes we cited them in that brief!

Spent most of the morning on @blockpartyapp.com clearing out previous social media. Plan is to delete everything except for a shell Facebook to use for Marketplace and @bsky.app. I can feel my mental health improving by the hour…

A professional update, as it were! @blockpartyapp.com has been acquired by @joindeleteme.bsky.social!

went for a run without my fitbit and it’s like it never happened

i bet this shit sounds magical if you're fucking stupid

brett, kindly fuck off ty

my impressions of google as a consumer vs as a vendor are diametrically opposed

Alysa Liu: "THAT'S WHAT I'M FUCKING TALKING ABOUT" 🗣️

journalism is not dead www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...

how bad is the traffic in the bay area going to be tomorrow

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

apparently epstein was on quora so the quora weekly digest emails are in his inbox… if you were a big contributor to quora way back when you might find your name in the files

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

does anyone still use onemedical? is the service completely shit now or am i just unlucky? my pcp never follows up on things she’s supposed to, never responds to messages, i can’t get a response from admin team either, etc. i kinda need healthcare over here and it’s just impossible ☹️

the air quality in sf has been crappy for a week now, finally it’s dropped into the green and i am exuberantly house burping

I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place

failed ai outbounding 💀

is there a bluesky labeler for misinformation yet? this is one of the canonical examples of where middleware (as enabled by a protocol such as the one bluesky is built on) should be helpful…

The author of a viral Reddit thread alleging fraud at a food delivery company tried to back up his claim by sending me AI-generated documents. Today I'm publishing those documents in the hopes that it helps other reporter see what we're up against in the age of AI www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...

Thinking idly about how there was a time in the past where the Grok CSAM scandal would lead to a huge exodus off X to Bluesky and elsewhere but how now everyone who cared about such things has already left

I’m receiving an increasing number of messages from some of you who are concerned about me. Please don’t be. I’m not going to stop speaking out. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/please-dont-worry-about-me

Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software. Just fuck you. Fuck you all. I can't remember the last time I was this angry.

for all the promise of ai it comes with a lot of slop being forced upon people and wasting everyone’s time simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/...

joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this

Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more

at safeway on christmas day and these are the times i am filled with wonder at capitalism and american supermarket abundance

i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry merry christmas xx

i have a new level of loathing for vcs for not only ghost you after a pitch but also still add you to their newsletter so you get all their marketing shit. unprofessional cowards

what is the secret to getting candle wax out of the menorah every night

he also kind of gets everyone's asses again in this follow up with the washington post

where is the bluesky commentary on this vanity fair photoshoot genius

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

Here are a few reasons off the top of my head why creators don’t LOVE AI: 1. It has been used to create videos of them saying inappropriate things 2. It has been used to sexually harass them 3. It has been used to scam their fans 4. It directly competes with their business and devalues their work

Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health. The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information. They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift. Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr

Wow. This is an absolutely terrifying read. We now live in an age when a single company can, through what appears to be plain old bureaucracy, can more or less brick your entire digital life.

honestly i'd be ok if they banned users over 16 from social media too! we can all go touch grass

*screams* www.instagram.com/reel/DRd2ldW...

This is fascinating, as an example of where an AI tool, used properly and carefully, can help people understand things. This is why I get annoyed at the people who insist that there are no positive uses of AI tools. Yes, many use it poorly. But used well, it can be very useful.

i am a top 0.1% user on strava in lifetime activities 👀

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ “The pita bread was warm and toasty, unlike my ex wife’s heart.”

my granola crunched is hysterical but it is 100% unshareable lol

Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

incredible writing

cookie monster and big bird??

slapping `reddit -ai` to the end of everything i type into the world’s most popular search engine, the tech industry is fine and cannot possibly be improved