websites in 2025

A very nice November day for a ride on the East Bay Bike Path. Rhode Island in the fall.

Just thinking about the times my coworkers said, “Nah, I ain’t doing that” in the face of edicts from fascists or folks complying in advance to fascists this year. It gives me so much hope.

This week’s newsletter is about getting out of the boiling pot of water and deciding not to climb back in. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...

“Downtown Venus” was one of the first cassette singles I ever bought and I still put on PM Dawn when I need high-quality tunes to this DAY

The RI Community Food Bank has set up this page. RI food bank and local pantries know best how to serve communities. Give to them what you can and utilize them if needed. (If giving, $$ is always good. If you do give product, make sure it's what they are asking for.) Mutual aid is resistance. 💙

Nice quick lil' settings check for iPhone users: mattlangford.com/basic-iphone...

And that's why you NEVER reply to a post in a Facebook group even if you think you are providing a neutral, helpful answer to a question

Nice couple I just met: “Come on over Saturday! The party starts at 9.” Me: “Nine PEE EMM? Ohhhh y’all are in your 20s”

We held a neighborhood gathering for @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social tonight. David is running for mayor of Providence and, like progressive peers in other cities, his campaign is on a lean budget, going against an incumbent whose supporters have deep pockets. And ya know what? He’s gonna win.

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

It’s a Friday night so lemme just text and wish my high school girlfriend a happy 40th birthday real quick before I put on this unicorn costume and go on a huge group bike ride

GPS brain: this completely unhinged route to your destination will shave 4.5 seconds off your trip time

Hundreds of people protesting ICE in downtown manhattan right now. Reads and Broadway. NYPD cops in riot gear on scene.

My first high school band almost exclusively covered nu metal bands including Korn, Deftones, Limp Bizkit and (deep cut!) TrustCompany. I was 15 and it was fun as SHIT

Wonder what this one will be…

Feels like old times and not in a good way: I am 1 of 3 non-men who are speaking at this 23-speaker tech conference

1000% this. Sure, there are some helpful uses of AI just like any other technology is useful. I have a problem when organizations buy into AI hype, dismiss valid critique, force employees to use AI, and then use AI as a forcing function for layoffs www.anildash.com//2025/10/17/...

Between 8000 and 10,000 people at the Rhode Island “No Kings” protest. Similar events happened/happening across the state. The only previous rally this big was the BLM protest a few years ago.

A protestor holds a sign saying "Trump is the worst president since Trump" at a "No Kings" protest in Montgomery, Alabama on Oct. 18, 2025. The demonstration drew more than 600 people. (Ralph Chapoco/Alabama Reflector)

This captures my approach to technology in our house. No TV with a microphone or a camera in it, no remote control with a microphone or a camera in it, no smart home devices, and absolutely no camera doorbells. Nothing connecting to the internet unless I say it needs to.

I am beyond excited (and nervous!) to announce that my first book, "The House Archives Built and Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities" is available for sale! This series of essay includes reworked talks, new reflections, and a lot of my heart weherespace.myshopify.com/products/the...

Love talking with my friends and comrades about making things in this current fascist era. I wasn't feeling well so hope I made some sense, lol. Thanks for having us Kelly.

Happy X-Files day to all who celebrate! x-files.fandom.com/wiki/1013

Good morning. I am shipping zines today. Get your order in. It’s a delight to read. There’s cartoons! www.mulebooks.com/store/dont-b...

As Gloria Estefan embarks on a 50-year retrospective of her career, this Tiny Desk takes on the same tone, heart and air of reflection. n.pr/4n2ezR9

A great time to switch! No regrets! Feels great! erinrwhite.com/goodbye-spot...

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

It’s a Saturday night in October, which means it’s time for the Glistening Meats™️ of SEC football commercials

This new record from George is my favorite of 2025 so far. #RVA’s music scene continuing to provide: georgetheband.bandcamp.com/album/do-you...

Got an email from TicketMaster that my account is locked and I need to upload a photo of my government ID and a selfie to be able to use it. I ain't doing that. I switched my one (1) upcoming concert ticket to be sent by physical mail and am deleting my online TM account. It feels AMAZING

Go to the meeting. Stay in it. When they ask for volunteers, say yes. Do the thing you said you were going to do. Go to the next meeting.

I even let my picture be taken, willingly! Those who know me know what a commitment to this project is represented here! Sign up for the book release conversation, me and my pal and colleague Barrye Brown from the Schomburg! Oct 20 7pm EST luma.com/cyxih6zu

It's like a Choose Your Own Hatch Act Violation.

Welcome to Opt Out October, our collection of tips to slowly break free from online surveillance and throw sand in the gears of overreaching large tech companies. Today’s tip is about establishing good online security fundamentals. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Just witnessing the most unhinged shit imaginable and then logging on to my next meeting

Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: About 80 people gathered on the front steps of the Alabama State Capitol Monday to protest the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and to call on Alabama U.S. Sens. Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville to restore funding cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.

"So, you're saying a third of the stock market is tied up in seven AI companies that have no way to become profitable and that this is a bubble that's going to burst and take the whole economy with it?" "Yes, that's right."

How blogging can learn from what made social networks successful to draft a vision for the “open social web.” Part 3 in a series by @stephtara.bsky.social. Collect them all!

Tinkering with a low/no-Javascript analytics service for my website and saying no to Google Analytics bloatware defaults; or, making shit as a way to stay grounded through fascism erinrwhite.com/no-external-...

Today in Facebook AI slop: ah yes, the Oscar-nominated 1967 classic film Titanic, a tale of gender transition

Chilling dispatch from Mario Guevara, the journalist trapped in ICE detention for...doing his job.

The article echoes what I’ve seen and heard from peers: AI makes it easy to produce slick but shallow work that looks plausible on the surface, yet riddled with errors or bad assumptions underneath. Your coworkers end up having to fix or redo it. It’s workslop, and it’s spreading fast.

Not a moment too soon! Bike folk, join me. Here's my writeup from last year's challenge, to give you an idea of how #coffeeneuring works: erinrwhite.com/coffeeneurin...

A lot of advice for improving team velocity looks like speedrunning: sequence break as much as possible, any% everything in between. But life isn't a video game, and shoveling crap at colleagues and customers is not a winning long-term strategy. No LLM can stand in for actual human teammates.

Articles like these that point out *specific ways* websites are not accessible, and how they could be, are extremely useful (especially for people like me who learn by studying examples). Also, we know Tay Tay can do better. www.laurensherrard.com/blog/a-not-s...

My newsletter goes out tomorrow. I muse about imagination and liberation. prisonculture.substack.com

What's this, you say? A non-AI, privacy-respecting search engine that also helps fight climate change? www.ecosia.org

Follow up: a couple of days after I posted this on my blog, I got an email from a reader in the UK who recommended I try @ecosiasearch.bsky.social as my default search engine - so now I'm giving that a try!

Things we learned from my wife being profiled by Campus Reform a few years ago: - Be careful responding to emails from people you don't know asking about your research - Don't list your office location on your university web profile page