I have gone to great lengths to Battlestar Galactica my digital life away from the rest of humanity.

Those who did not learn the lesson of taxing New England’s beverage of choice are doomed to repeat it

The only people who should remain on X are a loose affiliation of Grok-whisperers, who feed these prompts to Grok 24/7. They may not listen to “libs”, but they’ll listen to Grok. Or they’ll turn against Grok. Win/win.

This energy, all the time, to get elected in coming cycles.

When I went out to clear off my car (round 1/x), a four year old in pajamas spent the entire time standing at the giant first-floor window of his apartment, banging on the glass and seemingly shouting instructions at me. Buddy, you don’t even have a license.

You know what’s going to be a real challenge to embroider on a prison uniform?

So here’s the thing with user adoption of new tech: you get one first bite at that apple. If the apple is sour or rotted or even just mealy, the user remembers. They launched the AI stuff too broadly and too soon. The tech is a gimmick, not a solve for user problems. Greed & user behavior fail.

All I hear is this:

This Brazilian woman is correct. The billionaire AI pitch is “separate but equal” all over again. And once again, the “but equal” part is a load of shit. Do not willingly sleepwalk society into this kid existence. 90% correct is not actually CORRECT, and functional humanity can’t run on vibes.

Every time I come back from my sibling’s very tech-centric and AI-enabled house, I am so pleased that I never adopted any of that shit. I mean, I was forewarned professionally, but still. To enter a space with no cameras or mics and turning on sets of lights with a literal remote: I am content.

If you haven’t updated to a RealID yet and you’ve got an appointment, I need you to know: they’re going to make you take a new photo, no matter when your license renewal is scheduled. I’m telling you this because no one told me, and now I’m going to jump-scare every time I open my wallet. Grim.

I watch the Winter Olympics with the knowledge that my event would be the luge, and that I would do really well for 3/4 of the course and then I would spectacularly die.

One of the sparkliest people I ever knew died of this in her 20s. It’s in my family and I made sure to get tested as soon as I was able. Largely because of Claire, not because of the family history. Drink the weird concoction and have the best nap you’ll ever know. Avoid this.

I have a vague but intense need to educate people about user experience, not in my usual mentoring/boss role, but in a way people can apply it in their personal life. Yes, the gadget is interesting. Let’s think about three steps down the line - what if it bricks? Does it actually help you?

We can’t keep doing this. Waking up every morning to discover the president has kidnapped a foreign leader, invaded a blue city, released files proving decades of pedophilic trafficking among elites, posted racist videos, revived political vendettas. This is killing us all. It’s been ONE YEAR.

Okay though, who is the gentleman standing behind Zohran? He won my regard when he chuckled about the library making Heated Rivalry available during the snowstorm, but now he’s also being benevolent and smiley to disruptive children. Is the whole administration made up of good vibes?

It’s increasingly clear that “fuck you” money isn’t money that lets you pursue authenticity and be true to yourself. It’s just money that lets you say “fuck you” without consequence to an ever-widening pool of people at increasing levels of callousness until you cease to be human.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

It’s like we’ve all been standing around debating Hitler, Nero and Mussolini comparisons and someone just flipped open Pandora’s box and a SHIT-TON of Caligulas came pouring out. WHAT THE FUCK.

Anyone else afraid to fall asleep because the night shift is absolutely going to unearth a festival of Epstein Files horrors and looking at them gathered together all at once in the AM will melt the fucking skin off my face?

“I AM THE USER” example spotted in the wild: Guess who thinks having an AI assistant write all their emails and texts is the best thing EVER? All the dudes in the Epstein Files. It’s all the same stupidly powerful subgroup. And because they can’t write, they think NO ONE can.

Someone is confusing “drama queens” with “theatre kids”.

Oh wow, they’re doing the thing - they’re really making the ICE Watch dating app!

I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.

Am I the only one thinking it’s weird that these people seem to be using “high IQ” as a stand-in for sound-sensitive people on the autism spectrum? Do THEY know that’s what they’re doing?

Becoming really clear why DHS didn’t want the 1/3 of the country under a storm warning constantly searching for “ice” updates instead of “freezing rain”.

For those who DO NOT WANT TO WATCH THE VIDEO: Something happens that results in many agents piling onto someone. Moments later, there’s a single shot and ICE agents back away. At least one is then seen to fire repeatedly at the person on the ground, from yards away. The person’s legs are still.

Board of Peace - Season 1

Trader Joe’s was PACKED at 9am, I’ve never seen it so jammed, and I’m starting to think that “watch out, ice is coming, get prepared” being beamed in on two totally different bandwidths is making everyone’s brain do some force-multiplier thing. It was excessive for 16” of snow, I’m saying. Very.

Has anyone considered that Trump has never seen an aurora, and this is all a jealous space tantrum where he threatens to invade any country with better viewing conditions.

Why is the US Brexiting Europe. Why. WHY??!!?!!?

…….hmmmmmmmmm.

So, seriously - when do we do the general national strike? I know we’re not used to them and will probably be bad at it on our first try, but gotta start somewhere and I’d prefer it to be before the Greenland Invasion and War with Canada.

New from the @nytimes.com Visual Investigations team: Detailed, second-by-second video analysis of all of the video footage of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

I’m genuinely having a hard time falling asleep because I don’t want to wake up to news that we’ve invaded Greenland and are at war with NATO, which sounds nuts but already happened last week with Venezuela. So. They’re going to have to create a whole new classification of insomnia for this era.

“You have a collect call from….MOMI’MATTHEFRIENDLY’SCOMEGETMEANDCANYOUDRIVEHEATHERHOMETOOSHELIVESONCRANBER…. Do you accept the charges?”

So @hcrichardson.bsky.social has a post reviewing WWII War Department pamphlets teaching troops about how to spot and resist fascism. They seem awfully relevant. Give it a read, but mind Heather doesn’t steal your wife. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-9-...

Jesse Welles doing that thing he's really good at

Watch this. Watch again. "This incredible thing last night... We have to do it again [in other countries]. We can do it again, too. Nobody can stop us."

This morning I am very, very, very worried about Zelenskyy.

Somehow we’re both a decade past this image, and two weeks away from it.

Get him out before the one-year anniversary of his inauguration. Americans like fixed numbers - 50 States, 250 years, etc. Impeach him at the one year mark. Can we all as a nation agree one year of Mad King is enough. We’re not going to make it another three.

Happy Deductible Eve, to all those who celebrate!

I have just finished enrolling in ACA coverage for 2026 and can I just say

This is Seth at his best youtu.be/CUW2GmKtqO0?...

Wealthy men getting bored by their own company, and deciding if they can’t have everything they want, they might as well entertain themselves through destruction. Just a bunch of psychopathic children with all the Legos money can buy.

Pantone choosing “white” as the color of 2026 is a bit on-the-nose for me. I don’t think you want to capture that particular zeitgeist, chaps.

Anyone doing an advent calendar of Trump Admin crimes yet? I’m not enjoying the surprise reveal setup we’ve got right now, would prefer to pick the moment I open the Window of Horrors each day. Bracket it with chocolate advent calendars, maybe.