I had this exact thought — how lucky I was to be at occupy and this to see it

there was an okay documentary called “who killed the electric car?” we need the same but better for “who killed the alternative tech?” because it did (and does) exist and gets eaten up everyone who has written about this can be in my perfect docuseries

At the Luddite conference and everyone was mad at you for posting

BREAKING: The Supreme Court just ruled that the Fourth Amendment applies to police use of overbroad "geofence warrants" to search for and locate unknown numbers of people in a large geographical area. This win reinforces that we don't lose our right to privacy simply because we use a cell phone.

The thing about social media age restrictions is that it treats today’s internet as an inevitability we all just have to deal with. The internet (and the WORLD) wasn’t like this until like four dudes were allowed to own & monetize as much tech real estate as they wanted. Fix THAT problem.

it’s probably just a year long summer of ludd

Trying something a little different at Blood in the Machine this week, something that no one has ever attempted or thought of before: A podcast. The idea is to document the vital and widening resistance to big tech and AI, and give the mic to the voices behind it.

Live Laugh Model Laugh Love Model Love Live Model don’t get left behind, try all the models, they’re inevitable and the future of work

networksofny2026.bigcartel.com/product/netw... hi, did you like my book Networks of New York when it came out in 2016? you might like the updated 2026 edition which I'll be releasing in September and you can pre-order now

I intentionally let my old domain expire (it was .us, I decided I was a global citizen), and now someone has picked it up, and it redirects to cockfighting videos, very funny, lesson learned, I suppose

2026 is frictionmaxxing & permacomputing & what third mysterious thing, has it already emerged in my life and on the world’s stage?

read this as @eff.org the data centers

I really really enjoyed having to call the hotline, then call a bookstore (to make sure they still had copies), then pick up the paper schedule make me do that for more things

The wonderful @marisakabas.bsky.social let me go long on the grim historic parallels between the Prairieland defendants and 19th century America’s brutal repression—and execution—of anarchists, union organizers, and political dissidents. We are all antifa now. www.thehandbasket.co/p/haymarket-...

Loving the plural verification thing that's taking off on mu.social. 💖💥 We should never have verification depend on the rules of just one company. That's just not how civilised spaces work.

very Bluesky

I think we can all talk about the Reflecting Pool too

I can’t share the rent freeze with the group chat, I’ve been gloating about nyc too hard over there, I must hold back

BREAKING NYT: A New York City panel just voted to freeze rents for nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments — fulfilling one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's key campaign promises and handing the mayor a major policy win six months into his tenure.

it’s hard to pin down what has been the most problematic about AI (I lean toward the brain issues — psychosis and the loss of cognitive development and confidence in oneself), however! You know I hate bouncers everywhere techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/a...

I naively thought maybe it had gotten too expensive to manage and this might be a nice indication that the monarchy was winding down and we were finally closing that chapter, but No. Good article.

The Knicks in Five and hating data centers has filled the small talk void that COVID disrupted and then Trump/partisanship poisoned. however temporary, people have things to talk about again in the grocery store line.

ICE relies heavily on local infrastructure, including jails, county governments and municipal law enforcement agencies. That means the paper trail in smaller jurisdictions may be easier to access through state open records laws and can complement federal FOIA requests.

summer of ludd life after data fall

In this authoritarian moment, it's essential to know the names of the oligarchs threatening our democracy. Join us on 6/29 @ 7 PM ET for a #NoTechforICE webinar exposing the infrastructure behind deportations and offering tools to organize, disrupt, and fight back. @conmijente.bsky.social

goals

when you die all of your draft emails should automatically send (not in a surveillance way, in a spiritual way), it’d just be nice to see what folks were planning on getting to

if any of this makes sense to you, we’re probably already friends

most of the people I talk to every day have no idea what I do on the internet and l do so much on the internet — like 3 guys worth, daily — they have no idea

using Liberation Serif in Nextcloud is frictionmaxxing for sure

will I try to make this prettier or better? unclear — just like the reflecting pool

Let’s go

I understand now that the Reflecting Pool is the Evergiven, it's the fun that never ends, also it's water-oriented

The Luddites are having a moment (again): they're being discussed and rehabbed everywhere from NPR to US Catholics Magazine to Psychology Today. So, adapted from my book on the subject, here's a short-ish rundown of what you need to know to understand the Luddites in the age of AI.

I figured out which emoji I want to submit finally, more soon

if they pass a national age verification law before a privacy law so help me god punchbowl.news/article/tech...

new Letterboxd list just dropped

See also www.techpolicy.press/ais-catastro...

I was at a wedding in Pittsburgh this weekend and they were talking about the park slope food coop but I want even more

the @sfpc.study promenade was so lovely, congrats to all the graduates and it was nice to see all the heavy hitters @shannonmattern.bsky.social @nabiha.bsky.social etc etc. 💻💙🧡

"Your ID isn't for you; it's for the bouncer and the system that put the bouncer in place."

Kat gets it

protest in the car zones

At the very end of this, I promote a report Cynthia Conti-Cook and I published last week for the Surveillance Resistance Lab. It covers: - What is digital ID? (more and more things) - Who is shaping these systems? (cops and corporations) - Handy demands for advocates thecrcr.org/wp-content/u...

“If the shadow of every ID check is permission, then the shadow of digital ID systems is the ability to deny permissions in more places, more often, and with less friction.” Important reading as New Zealand stumbles towards age verification of access to social media, and govt mandated digital ID.

“Your ID isn't for you; it's for the bouncer and the system that put the bouncer in place. Put another way, the shadow of an ID is the permission and exclusion it represents.” This is a good read, esp for people who work on online safety, privacy, & support policies that enable agency.

hell yeah

People are (rightfully) excited about Zohran and the Knicks but what about the Park Slope Food Coop BDS victory? Talk about a vibe shift!

I’m going to have to make some art about this

haha I’ve been saying this the last two weeks verbatim