I’m excited to share that I’ll be an interview journalist/moderator for this year’s UNFINISHED festival, celebrating art, design, democracy, & the work-in-progress of it all. Can't wait to learn from artists, designers, musicians, directors, & leaders worldwide. https://unfinished.ro/

Raise your hand if you’ve been personally victimized by all this Barbie marketing

I've seen job titles like Historian and Futurist, but what's the title for being here and now

find me on the spilling blue sky mastodon, but really, afk irl bye

My parents recently bought a home in South Carolina and I suggested the idea of planting a palm tree in their yard as a celebratory family reunion thing after years of separation but their HOA won’t let us

Has anyone seen a photo of one of those living rooms with a conversational pit with people sitting in them?

I think I need to stop watching Black Mirror right before bedtime

Wrote about the possibility that the tech industry’s investment in trust and safety has already peaked — and is now on the decline. https://www.platformer.news/p/have-we-reached-peak-trust-and-safety

Yellow sky

One of the best parts about Joan Didion's essays is that you can read a short excerpt out of context and still be captivated by the plot presented within just a couple of sentences.

My airpods just fell out of my ears and into a can of gray paint

Excited for this new issue of Logic(s) magazine. Move slow and heal things. https://logicmag.io/supa-dupa-skies/

Amazing reporting from the Washington Post's Hannah Natanson, who looked at requests to ban books in more than 100 school districts across the country, and found that the majority of them were filed by .... 11 people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/

I’m pretty sure I experience synesthesia and it truly is wild some days

My name is not Loren

How long does it take to get the invite codes tho lol

I appreciate the seven principles for journalism in the age of AI by @caseynewton.bsky.social. Also relevant when posting about AI on social media, whether you're a journalist or not: 1. Be rigorous with your definitions. 2. Predict less, explain more. 3. Don’t hype things up. 1/3...

This is what meaningful AI regulation looks like. Workers, coming together, demanding change to the small handful of companies in control of technological advancement. The power of many. https://time.com/6275995/chatgpt-facebook-african-workers-union/

How many email nudges is too many? Asking for my social anxiety.

I've never had a more dramatic love/hate relationship than the one I have with my Apple airpods.

new twitter who dis