The most thorough reporting I’ve seen on how Chat GPT is affecting some people’s mental health, (and what the company is doing about it). Great work from @kashhill.bsky.social and @Jen Valentino www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/t...

Politician: Let me be clear… <is not clear>

Yeah that roundball rock feels so right #nba

“Stand firm. The tug has to come, and better now, than any time hereafter.” - Abraham Lincoln

Birds of a feather.

@micahloewinger.bsky.social never miss an episode of OTM - it’s consistently excellent.

So well deserved!

Well deserved!

Well deserved!

I believe this is a red-shouldered hawk!

Not sure why. Burke knows her stuff.

Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death. Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

Well worth a read by @kashhill.bsky.social & @dylanfreedman.nytimes.com: everyday users risk spiraling into delusions during long AI chatbot sessions. Anyone who’s worked with AI knows this is inevitable without strong guardrails. #AI #GenAI #MentalHealth #EthicalAI #ResponsibleAI #AIRisk

Genuinely happy to see this

Can’t wait for the next episode of Hard Fork with @kevinroose.com @caseynewton.bsky.social with special guest @edzitron.com /s

People are having very strange conversations with ChatGPT, in which they discover secret cabals or conspiracies or that we are all in fact living in The Matrix. It sends these people into delusional spirals. Then ChatGPT tells them to email me about it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

New post is up! Please check it out and let me know what you think. In this one, I use a humiliating experience from my youth as a gateway to exploring empathy. If you like it, please consider sharing with a friend! icontainmultitudes.substack.com

I realize posting this here is preaching to the choir. But after the Grok White Genocide thing & Ye essentially launching an exclusive Neo Nazi single on the platform... I felt motivated to write about X and how bizarre it is that so many people (news outlets, celebrities, politicians) use it

Really sucks that Mozilla is killing Pocket. www.theverge.com/news/672924/...

New handle (thanks, Bluesky domain verification)! @icontainmultitudes.substack.com

I…actually am interested?

Waiting for Pope betting odds to be sponsored by Fanduel

States Newsroom bsky.app/profile/did:...

Jalen Brunson is pretty good.

New on the blog - icontainmultitudes.Substack.com

Show's up! - @brookegladstone.bsky.social on the public media EO. - @jasonkoebler.bsky.social on ICE surveillance. - @jasonleopold.bsky.social on the sorry state of FOIA. - @mckaycoppins.bsky.social on Murdoch family drama. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Spring time.

SCOOP: Bluesky is, yes, getting blue checks: www.wired.com/story/bluesk...

Trying something new - please consider subscribing! icontainmultitudes.substack.com

Some assembly required.

We put some of your Qs to Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team on this week’s @onthemedia.bsky.social (prod. @mollyfication.bsky.social) about future of edit button, private accounts, ads on Bluesky, and whether she calls posts “skeets.” These Q+As not in the final edit 🧵 www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'

Today like

The story of Victoria Woodhull and her sister, Tennessee Claflin, is a very interesting one.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people are so full of doubts. - Bertrand Russell

Help support independent music! Sprinter www.kickstarter.com/projects/cat...

Welcome to Bluesky, President Obama 🫡

Help me support this indie artist! Sprinter www.kickstarter.com/projects/cat...

Taken with my iPhone 16 Pro. Love these wine-colored blooms. #naturephotography

Why is history important? “He who controls the past, controls the future. He who controls the present, controls the past.”

If you’re reading that “Careless People” book about Meta/Facebook, may I recommend the audio book. Sarah Wynn-Williams reads it herself in her compelling New Zealander accent!

Let’s go youtube.com/watch?v=1iqr...

For those just joining Bluesky or getting back into it -- I made a Techsky list that you can pin as a custom feed to keep up with tech news and discourse from industry figures, academics, journalists and regulators: bsky.app/profile/will...

This is really cool. Reddit users coming through again. “A team of volunteer archivists has recreated the Centers for Disease Control website exactly as it was the day Donald Trump was inaugurated. The site, called RestoredCDC.org”

Periwinkle in the wild! I share these photos to remind myself (and you, hopefully) that there is still beauty amidst a world that can be cruel and ugly. And in meditating on that beauty, we gird ourselves for what may come.

A Seattle Times op-ed summarizing a few of the arguments from my UW talk this week: "To understand right-wing media's power, study improv and theater of influencers." I end with some recommendations for countering the right's bullshit machine: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/to-u...