every time there is an article about how upsetting the dystopian subway ads are I feel so profoundly understood, like we’re both in the film They Live and have tried on the sunglasses

I made a thing that uses the Anna's Archive dump of Spotify metadata and your own listening history to generate playlists of recommended songs, then save the playlist to your preferred streaming service or as a txt file github.com/JonGerhardso...

remember the New Year is a ripe opportunity to ask yourself: Which big evil platform will I leave behind for a niche platform en route to the bliss of physical media and IRL interactions? It’s not too late to delete Spotify this year, I have Kindle in my sights, what are you moving on from?

In 2025, I got better at making things and I bet 2026 will follow suit and that is very exciting.

A friend recently told me about The Poster’s Paradox where you don’t want to post anything that might alienate you from others, a job, etc., but also its through posting that you can connect to others, a job, etc. I guess that’s just vulnerability w/ context collapse sprinkled on top for surprise.

You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.

Despite what you may hear, antifa supersoldiers are not running Portland. (Unfortunately.) For @thebaffler.com, I wrote about Trump's war on the left, NSPM-7, and his administration's new attempts to mobilize the ressentiment of its supporters. thebaffler.com/latest/phant...

This lawsuit underscores a core administrative law principle: the executive branch must implement statutes as written. 21 states are challenging OMB actions that would effectively defund the CFPB under Dodd-Frank.

“Overall, the article aims to understand the uneven neoliberal transition of recent years and reflect on how workers can, through sabotage, turn infrastructure into ‘technologies of dissent’ to defend public ownership”

“He asked to show his ID, which officers declined. Instead, they ran his biometrics. DHS is attempting to rewrite the rules on how the government collects & uses DNA, claiming legal authority to treat the entire human body — its structures, its sounds, even its molecular code — as government data.”

I keep knowing more and more people on Subway Takes, Kareem really is just getting every New Yorker’s take

whenever I work with the students or interns I feel like everything is going to be okay & the future is very very bright; I wish everyone had access to hope on tap like I do

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I suppose it’s for the best that we don’t have another site to mine, but I wish Shazam had a default public feed; I want to see other’s random musical lookup transactions, like Venmo but fun

Some of these redactions are almost like modern art

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I love EFF’s whole anti-ageIDv campaign, but this video is particularly great. This is what is happening in the plainest terms. ❤️❤️

Every region has their own reasons for why they think they must win the “AI race” and walk back any hurdles.

I thought that FTE meant "full-time employee" (cute, whatever), but I just learned it means "full-time equivalent" in the context of an AI salesperson using it re: replacing human workers (hell of a way to learn that, my god)

This is *my* Time Magazine

long ago on Twitter, I made a "trigger scale" w/ tech buzzwords & I had AI in the middle at 5 it is still there for me & I really recommend this posture; if it upsets you, you will be upset too often + if it doesn't upset you, you might have lost part of your soul & you'll want to get that back

New: here's how a U.S. citizen was scanned with ICE's facial recognition tech. Jesus Gutiérrez was stopped in Chicago by agents, he said he was a citizen. Still detained, put in a car. Only after they scanned his face did they let him go. From 404 Media and Reveal: www.404media.co/how-a-us-cit...

700Credit, a company that runs creidt checks and identity verification services for auto dealerships across the U.S., had a data breach that allowed a hacker to steal names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers.

my body viscerally told me “no more screens” tonight, I have to go through a lot of screens to feel that

WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.

Move your sensitive info off Google Sheets to Proton! (Everyone you want to have access your Proton sheet needs an account to view but those can be set up for free)

I’m already thinking of New Year’s resolutions and so far I have: 1. You know how Nietzsche was all of a sudden a Yeasayer, maybe I can shift from passive suggestions to affirmative ones, “The best thing to do here would be X” mode 2. Linux?

You have two bids for Warner brothers. Both are illegal. The fact that one deal is extremely illegal doesn’t make the other deal legal

I wouldn’t rule me out until you have met me, and even then

Nuts, if he writes “ONE RULE” with Sharpie I’ll add it to the mood board

These principles name the opposite of the oppressive design elements being used against us, but like other cyberlibertarian frameworks, they stop short of the root cause: politics. Liberation depends on shifting political power, because power determines which values take hold. resonantcomputing.org

It took me about 10 minutes to leave Spotify and move to … Qobuz. Almost everything about it is better. There’s a couple quirky irritating experience things and also I will never say “Qobuz” aloud. They can change the name! Also I don’t know who they are but they really care about new music.

excellent beautiful up-to-date Age Verification law & bill tracking: action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verifica... incorrect Mobile Driver's License tracking (stale program info and they assume an intro'ed bill in one chamber is a law which is wrong): idscan.net/mobile-drive...

NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones! My guide:

I saw this IRL (before I knew who beeple was) & quite enjoyed seeing the Big Tech CEOs as robopigs pooping out surveillance polaroids. My notes are: - Call them pigs, not dogs; it is a greedy pigpen - Cut the artists (replace w/ Eric Schmidt, Sam Altman, & Peter Thiel) - Cut the NFTs of it all

often I forgo the deal (email sign-ups, savings cards) to avoid giving up my info I should be more militant about that, not for the info protection, but for the aura & to be a good role model

We did it! Hosted another Flock camera community discussion in my rural WA town, and the sheriff came to confirm they won’t be renewing the contract or considering them again. This is why I believe so strongly in neighbor-run town halls, especially trying it before ex: a lawsuit or ballot measure.

So, you know how people say stuff like, "just repost this & you'll have supported journalism"? But this time... it's literally true! Russ has offered to donate to Bolts for each repost this ⬇️ gets or each follow @boltsmag.org gets—up to a sum way higher than we're at. let's make this go viral!

Would love to see more journalists post the cables behind these stories. It would help others file FOIAs for related cable traffic. And if you want to know how to read a State Dept cable - here's a great primer from @foianate.bsky.social @nsarchive.bsky.social unredacted.com/2010/11/29/f...

@npr it’s not a principle. It is a constitutional guarantee.

If you wanted voter data for everyone it’d be easier to just buy it from commercial voter file data providers who do just this. Is this for intimidation? Data not available in commercial offerings? Some next step that requires primary data sources?

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I want PTA and Daniel Day Lewis to team up again to do a film about Evil Walt Disney and how he set the stage for a lot of their questionable practices (this, facial recognition, Celebration, etc etc) — I want this film even if it’s not based on facts

this reminds me of the spider who had some caffeine before spinning its web (lookup the NASA 1995 study if you’re not familiar, as it is one of my favorite things in the world)

I conducted so much business today, and you know I was thinking this the whole time

Securus can now fund this AI model with the fees inmates pay to make calls, after the company successfully lobbied for new regulations. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/01/1...

Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved. Don't look up!

things I have become addicted to: - pptx SmartArt things I have not become addicted to: - spray tans

goals

A White House website with a dedicated Lügenpresse tab marks a pretty bleak moment in US history.