A number of people have told me this piece has been useful for them, maybe it will be for you, too — a simple description of the consensus view on AI amongst actual tech practitioners, presented as a tool for those who need to push back on the distorted narratives that tycoons are feeding media.

when chatgpt was new, ted chiang famously compared it to a blurry jpeg of everything on the internet. I wrote for @theatlantic.com about how that, these days, it’s more like a fictional character that people treat as real. ☠️ (gift link)

a speck of good news! radio.wpsu.org/2025-10-13/w...

I think of this essay this time every year, a very specific kind of haunting. "I never thought, when I started doing IVF treatments, that a byproduct of those treatments would be that I would actively start to hate Halloween." longreads.com/2018/10/31/d...

go look at the moon

we out here

most annoying symptom of my first cold of the season is forgetting all grid and flexbox tailwind classes

Hell yeah, it's central PA lit: "She exhaled a big sigh. 'But the truth is, every place is like Buckle if you live in it long enough.'"

truly dreading this conversation

This is a book everyone should read, ASAP.

THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY AWFUL NEWS

Literally begging you to post about Just Some Stuff. We will see the news I absolutely promise. Twenty people will repost the same exact thing about the news. Only you can post about a turtle you saw

Forget "I had a college class I forgot to go to/write papers for all semester" dreams. I am now having "I have entire bee hives I forgot about all season and they were demolished by really big sheep" dreams. Love this for me.

Amused by how delightful it is to have a gaggle of little kids pounding on your door demanding to know where the rest of your family is. These kids are a hoot.

I could learn world trade or try to map the ocean

There is only one thing more cringe than “God Bless our First Lady. She, of course, is wiser than all of us” and it is “I am the U.S. Energy Secretary and I talk to ChatGPT about how to cure cancer.”

libraries are just the coolest

Philly friends, where would you go for dinner before a show at The Met (with an agreeable infant in tow)?

"The goal is to strategically bankrupt yourself physically, financially, and emotionally in order to become a parent. Average playing time is anywhere between two and ten years, but can last even longer, depending on your willingness to be mistaken for grandparents."

sam altman keeps chewing through my insulation to build his nest. sick of this

is there a name for the very specific August Feeling? like sort of nostalgic and wistful, but there's more to it than that

Looking to speak to people who grew up in Landsdale, PA in the 90s/aughts. Message me on Signal if that’s you.

Apparently wisteria can cause a skin rash similar to poison ivy. Wish I knew this before I crawled out my window in shorts and a tank top to rip it off the gutter.

Please tell me your cool dandelion facts, thoughts, and memories.

Messiah!! Stop it!!!

Glad to see @lancasteronline.bsky.social covering this sort of thing. When I try to explain it I feel like I sound nuts. Also, would love to see Messiah cut ties. lancasteronline.com/news/local/m...

I really think we're ripe for a revival of appreciation for Sister Mary Corita Kent's art these days: www.artbasel.com/stories/sist...

I’ve always wanted to host a little free library, but now we’re in the process of moving to a neighborhood where’s there’s practically a little free library at every second house. Is there such thing as too many little free libraries?

@wired.com is quickly becoming my new fav

A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything

A hangover but it’s just the result of having done two (2) outdoor activities yesterday in 100 degree heat with three kids, the youngest of whom can’t hold up their own head and relies on your body for sustenance.

this is a very good thread

Had the privilege of writing about one of my favorite bands, mewithoutYou, on the 10th anniversary of their album Pale Horses for @stereogum.bsky.social www.stereogum.com/2311888/mewi...

I sincerely wonder if some of my favorite lyricists lift lines from things their under-5 kids say. We got some real poignant lines of poetry this weekend.

In honour of Joy Division's iconic album Unknown Pleasures being released on this day in 1979, I'm again sharing one of my favourite ever video clips (Peanuts vs Joy Division dance party)...

no, i don’t want a summary i want to read the words from your bulging frontal lobe you typed carefully with your weary hands i want to know your context, what’s inside of you, illuminated further by your considered choice of adjectives i will never want a summary for you cannot be summarised

Finally warm and sunny enough to go visit my friends. Look at those full pollen baskets 🥹

It was bee installation day! I’m already looking forward to visiting them tomorrow.

Are there any knitting or fiber art historians on here? I'm working on a story and feel like this is the spot for niche academic sources

As promised here’s Pink Pony Club but it’s about encryption

the right wing doesn’t want you to know this but it’s actually possible to have kids without letting it make you a huge insufferable dork

#ICYMI folks w/deep experience re:crisis web archiving (@sucho-org.bsky.social)+building tools for it (@webrecorder.net) made a free zine teaching how anyone can archive the things you love on the web before they go away: zinebakery.com/homemade-zin... & why you shouldn't expect others will do so

this pretty much sums up all my thoughts on the discourse

Summoning this specific pallas cat to pick me up by the scruff of the neck and drag me off the internet before I spend all night watching the Asian markets crash in real time.

bad day for anybody who likes goods or services, or the USD as the international reserve currency

Tonight I’m doing my 3rd Beginner’s guide to street art session, where we’ll cover everything a new sticker artist and/or wheatpaster needs to know to get started. Algorithms isolate us. Come learn how to get messages literally in front of people! Tonight, 8pm ET/5pm PT RSVP here: lu.ma/2zosbsxy

I need to know what kind of shoes Cory Booker is wearing for this.