another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Years ago, my colleagues at Business Insider and I tracked YouTuber “cancellation” arcs. What we found is that for many entertainers, “cancellation” actually sets the stage for a redemption arc, one that can raise their profile higher than ever. It wasn’t career-ending. It was fuel.

There's the red pill and the blue pill, but what's the pill where you visit Europe and see everything they get for their higher taxes?

I insist that you read it. GIFT LINK www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways: First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices. Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.

I am 40 or 50 years old…

“without state cooperation, much of the federal government’s agenda becomes unenforceable.” medium.com/@carmitage/i...

This review was perfect. Loved this movie.

On Medium, Dan Perrin reviewed A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE medium.com/framerated/a...

Books are the single greatest learning tech ever invented by leaps and bounds above the laughable slop shit silicon valley is extruding.

I don't think people properly appreciate just how badly Trump/Johnson have had to screw this up to achieve these results.

Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine castro.fm/episode/N1wWm1 Listened to this podcast, and it made me look into Medium again. Most interesting was the focus on subject matter experts. If you write only 2 articles in 5 years that's fine with Medium. With platforms like Substack you need to write a lot to…

Today was great. But friends, please know that NYPD chose to stand back bc white people were overrepresented among marchers When cops let us assemble peacefully, they're doing so to create contrast w/gatherings of black and brown ppl where cops are violent--so they can blame POC for that violence

New by me: The nation is lost. medium.com/whither-news...

Even the most repressive states are careful to maintain the pretense of legitimacy. If you get censored it's because you're a foreign agent or a criminal or a sexual deviant who's menacing society. Not because you hurt the Leader's feelings. That looks weak.

Great thread on the case for Trump’s weakness. I think Trump is rapidly consolidating power because his team has a plan and is willing to act like Trump, as if they will always outlive the consequences. But: 1. He’s much better at getting out of trouble than his people are. 2. He’s really old.

entire press has gotten bullied into treating charlie kirk as if he was one of the most important americans alive and not a modestly popular podcaster

Great news: Over 100 nonprofits pushing back: “Our country is built on the premise that everyone has the right to express themselves, even when others don’t agree with or like what they say. No one should fear for their safety simply for expressing their views.” medium.com/@uniteinadva...

BIG NEWS this morning! medium.com/@TheRefoundi...

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CEO of Medium, @coachtony.bsky.social, called @rabble.nz a cicada. His point? The best writers are “cicadas”: living a full life offline then showing up with something meaningful to share. That’s why Medium gives writers an audience without forcing burnout or adding to low-quality content.

Trans hate can be loud online, so loud it drowns out other voices. As @coachtony.bsky.social told me, Medium is more aggressive about moderating trans hate, which in turn helps everyone, not just the trans community. Because smart moderation makes space for better content to shine.

Most people blame trolls and fake news for what’s wrong with the internet. But as @coachtony.bsky.social told me, the real issue is an ad-driven business model. That's why Medium ran experiments to find a model that serves readers and writers. Full Ep out now.

they fired people contributing to cancer research

I’ll take it!

I'm obvi biased but it's rare that an executive is this honest and open about the challenges that have faced a company - and this frank about the tough decisions made to turn it around. Kudos to @coachtony.bsky.social for laying this all out medium.com/the-coach-li...

HOW YOU DUNE

The second brain theory urges us to write down everything so we forget nothing, achieving clarity, control, and mental leverage. But for @joanwestenberg.com it resulted in a mausoleum of half-baked thoughts and frozen curiosity. So, she took drastic measures medium.com/westenberg/i...

Enjoy: drpicox.medium.com/this-simulat...

Look, we get it: Writing is a good but hard thing to do. You don't have to do it alone — join the "Write with Medium" micro-challenge! medium.com/not-perfect/...

When an AAA video game launches in the future, how will AI tell us whether it is good or not? Will it wait until someone posts a review, then scoop it and regurgitate? Will it make something up based on the marketing and other pattern matching? Will it play the game and tell us what it thinks?

The wildly disproportionate response to Amazon from Trump and Leavitt wasn’t a sign of strength and power. It was a display of deep, enduring weakness, just waiting to be exploited.

A totally normal, fun, valuable position to take that has sadly become partisan even though it shouldn't be.

The US economy is set to lose billions of dollars in revenue in 2025 from a pullback in foreign tourism and boycotts of American products.

Harvard stands up Letter to the Harvard community from President Garber

BREAKING: On Friday, the federal government issued new demands of Harvard University. The university's lawyers just responded: back off.

Where do I go to make my voice heard on this? Where is the next protest?

Great to see @coachtony.bsky.social reiterate that Medium is not backing down on its commitment to DEI. For the platforms where you publish, when you have to trust the algorithm and incentives, this stuff really matters! blog.medium.com/yes-to-a-div...

Here's an updated look at all Trump's 2nd-term tariffs, accounting for today's exemption for phones & computers The overall US tariff rate is now 25%, down from 29% pre-exemption but still 10x what it was before Trump took office (1/3)

Whoa. Thread.

the timing lines up. looks like december: threat, february: ads deal announced, march: investment resets valuation & they do the swap www.wsj.com/business/med... fortune.com/2025/03/19/e...

holy shit that’s sinister. I missed that is that ad buy the basis of that $1B investment that justified the inflated valuation for the merger?

Very different coverage of Musk companies on Medium vs. the WSJ. Top earner on Medium last month was all negative business analysis, i.e. this one: wlockett.medium.com/elons-empire...

Continued pet peeve is the directionality of how we talk about political affiliation. It would be much better to reverse the direction and say to what degree each political party affiliates with, in this case, specific employers. Get back to making it their job to win our votes.

Some notes & pictures from a #handsoff protest in Kingston NY. medium.com/p/7d8340778ed8

Think Slow, Charge Fast. The Microgrid Strategy That Makes Truck… | by Michael Barnard | The Future is Electric | Apr, 2025 | Medium medium.com/the-future-i...