when reality gets hard to pin down, so does delusion

I’ve seen a lot of spaces online I’m interested in that block white people from entering and I think that’s perfectly valid. But for many of my interests and needs I couldn’t find teachers or community in predominantly white spaces. Luckily there are always teachers who shared their wisdom freely.

On rhetoric that keeps us from having real conversations about AI safety. open.substack.com/pub/daveasee...

I’m tired of choosing between a smart phone that outsmarts me and a dumb phone that lags behind… And I definitely don’t need a friend around my neck or an overlay on reality. I want to spend more time without technology. I want tech that disappears.

It’s really not a big deal that djt blew bubba, what matters is that he traffics and rapes children, and hadn’t been held accountable.

Lining up interviewees for redesign everything, focusing first on entrepreneurs who are orienting capital away from profit maxxing ventures to ventures which build wealth or save money for communities. If you know someone redesigning their corner of the world, please tag them!

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I find bitcoin ironic, it was necessary to force digitization of pre-existing monetary systems, but it’s just an asset that digitally fakes scarcity and has no utility beyond that. Near term I’m bullish on web3 and DeFi. But long-term, I don’t see bitcoin keeping up with the rest of the ecosystem.

No one finds it odd that Meta and OpenAI decided to release feedgens right as the government shut down and the President ordered a state to invade another state? Like. Theyre actively taking more control of our attention and our entire reality.

Who’s the least bad billionaire who could be investing in space to make sure it’s accessible to all not just the other billionaires? I have an introduction for them.

Most software should be free Most data should be private Most technologies should be open

We all know things are bad, but what can we do about it? Introducing a new show from Squarish that examines the world through the lens of system design. In this show I aim not to talk about the problems but to study, design, and share solutions. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

Whenever Trump is gone, JD won’t become the President. He’ll become the CEO.

I always figured Trump wouldn’t last long bc the real goal was to install JD for Thiel & his billionaire buddies. But it’s hard to talk about them critically. For one thing they invest a ton of money that wets the palate of every major tech fanboy or girl.

I’ve said it before but reading all the medieval history books I’ve been reading lately has been so comforting. Makes you realize that there have always been mad and incompetent kings and they almost always die in ignominy and everyone piles shit on them for centuries after they’re gone.

We have to change the way we engage with resources. Our relationship to our environment, or everything that isn’t human, gives back more than we put in. But like a toxic relationship that cycle cannot last forever. It’s time to breakup with the idea that growth is good and nothing else can match it

To the war profiteers naming their companies after LOTR references… “I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.” Tolkien would be ashamed of you.

Wouldn't it be craaazy if the news was like, "...last night 80 to 100 people disappeared from the community in South Nashville along Nolensville road after they were racially profiled and captured in a government sanctioned kidnapping carried out by henchmen of an authoritarian regime...

Weapons should not create venture returns, weapons should not create venture returns, weapons should not create venture returns.

Trump is the Trojan Horse, JD is the payload, paid for by the broligarchy to undo power and claim it for themselves. These guys write online about the world they wanna create. So for those of you who ignored Project 2025… maybe go read their stuff this time.

Getting my first tattoo today, combining two of my favorite things from childhood. Excited and nervous!

Vietnam, Part 1 Northern Landscapes

Amazing big list of open source projects, shared by community friend blob 🛠️🌞🌱 #solarpunk #opensource opensustain.tech

I exited the whole shit show that is the stock market entirely in 2023 ✌️ it burns or the planet does.

First of two factory visits down! The first product from Orbyt is dropping soooooon 💫

Once Tesla goes bankrupt we need to target dogecoin and bitcoin

I would defend my local park, GSM, with my life

We deserve a living wage for 30 hours a week ✌️ don’t let the 1% convince you otherwise

Fuck the two party system we need to co-opt that shit. What prevents us from adopting a policy platform of a third party and still running as dem/rep??

Where’s the side of bluesky that wants a thoughtful kind of technological acceleration without the nationalism and patriarchy of Big Tech? Like the e/acc crowd but for a collective future. More solarpunk than cyberpunk. The ethical risk takers. Where are the optimists? Where are my #c/acc people at?

Updated list of companies committed to DEI Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans

Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night. I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.

Who are we platforming to replace Andy Ogles in District 5?

Leftists need to learn the lesson from DEI that we should’ve learned from Black Lives Matter. Republicans name things so dumb people who don’t know what they are cannot hate them. We can do the same. If we didn’t suck so bad at marketing then maybe our ideas would gain traction.

Two observations on the latest events in Elon Nazi Salute discourse. I bumped in to a few of what I’ll call civilians today, people who aren’t that plugged into politics and don’t spend any time on political social media. Each mentioned the salute thing and were upset/surprised by it. Comments …

It’s like across history every time things get too good some grumpy motherfucker says nope, hate it, we’re going backwards baby

South Korea’s detention centers have had plenty of experience at holding high-profile people, including former presidents and business tycoons. But this is the first time they’ve had to accommodate a sitting president. Inside the detention center: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Twitter was fun back in the day. BlueSky is on its way

Just saved nearly 100 recipes and 100 book recommendations, and maybe 50 other great videos from my TikTok collections just in case she goes belly up. RIP to one if my my favorite apps ever

When I see a billionaire pandering to Trump I don’t think wow what a suck up, I think wow, the President is really that vulnerable and easy to manipulate

This idea is on the right track, but it's not exactly correct. Cyberpunk as a literary genre is the political argument that any and all crime against technofascist oligarchs is morally justified, because in the words of William Gibson, "the exceedingly rich are no longer even remotely human."

"Hard hearts are not changed by hardness" New post on my substack about healing our concept of masculinity at work and at home. Give it a read if you please. open.substack.com/pub/daveasee...

Still think this is one of the best things I’ve written. daveaseeman.substack.com/p/is-it-ethi...

Doing my best to shop anywhere but Amazon - for books I’m trying out bookshop instead. They offset the carbon of shipping and support local bookstores. I just nabbed my first manga, a solarpunk story about a robot who runs a coffee shop 🤖 ☕️ what’s not to love bookshop.org/p/books/yoko...

LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.

Please read if you’re tired of Big Tech. All of our problems with big tech start with the phones. That’s why Apple and Google gave up the social media battle in favor of hardware platforms (smart phones). We don’t need dumb phones, we need phones that put their owners in charge of their data.

If you know of any speaking engagements that could be a good fit for this in 2025, please let me know, I'd love to take the stage again!

In 2022 I delivered a talk on an Ethos I thought could help humanity survive and thrive the next century - to zoom out. Three years later I'm ready and eager to share a progress update on how I'm choosing to live out those values in my life and work. youtu.be/WmSyl047fmA?...

Those who have paid attention to the net neutrality debate know banning TikTok is barely the beginning of the authoritarian crackdown of the internet.

If we want open/decentralized software we need more open/decentralized hardware.