ICE is not the victim
They're all abusers at heart and have to lie constantly to make their worldview consistent
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How the hell are you supposed to have a career in tech in 2026? - Anil Dash
Tons of great points!
The Price of Software
It's a harder business to be in unless you're a big guy or have another source of income.
The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation
A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro.
The Collapse of American Capitalism
As the decisive political year 2026 begins, the source of our national angst is becoming clearer. It’s nothing less than the collapse of American capitalism. Our peculiar brand of extreme, unregulated, self-promotional, science- and engineering-free,...
But for the customer this promo stampede reduces all the power of the Internet and digital computers to next to nothing. They might as well not have been invented.
I’ve Read 3,000 Studies About COVID: Here’s What You’re Ignoring That Could (Still) Harm You or a…
I'm sure I don't mask enough.
Most Americans didn't read many books in 2025
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The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI
Hoo boy it's going to be really bad in a generation
The Grand AI Disconnect
Josh is catching up on the discourse
The 'Crisis of the Humanities' is Over — And That's Not A Good Thing
Public education is one of the most amazing things we've built as humans and the feudalists and fascists are trying to take it away.
» On SFWA’s generative-AI surveyOn SFWA’s generative-AI survey – Lorem Ipsum
Jed asks some good questions.
Cancel Culture’s Boomerang Effect
All about deciding who gets to say what.
They were not defending a universal right to freedom of speech; they were defending a right to monologue.
It’s time to accept that the US supreme court is illegitimate and must be replaced | Ryan Doerfler and Samuel Moyn
We need to remake the US high court so Americans don’t suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule
Seattle-area Somali community on edge after Trump lashes out
Total culture of fear. It stinks.
25 Things to Say to Your Children | Cup of Jo
I like a lot of these
Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore
Your brain's middle finger to people-pleasing
The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty-Five: Groundhog Day
An all time favorite.
The North Pole Has Suffered a Data Breach
Dear Valued Child,
This letter was slipped into your stocking to inform you that we recently identified a breach of our North Pole Magic Systems (N...
2025 will be remembered for what Apple didn't deliver
2025 was supposed to be the year of Apple Intelligence. Well, there's always next year.
Racial Slurs and Nazi Symbols: Inside the Complaint That Shut Down The Harvard Salient | News | The Harvard Crimson
"independent and contrarian thought" really just means "we get to say it"
‘Tax the rich’ may be reaching a boiling point in WA
For once Westneat is probably right.
Opinion | Why Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Endures
Takes a turn in the middle but some good points.
Raphael van Lierop 🇨🇦 (@raphlife.bsky.social)
Thinking about the ways I'm already ethically compromised
AWS re:Invent keynote: Matt Garman bores, then thrills
Not surprised Corey doesn't like the name.
Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work
This has always been the case. I'm not sure yet where this fits in.
An emerging threat as WA flooding continues: saturated levees | The Seattle Times
As the flooding drags on in Washington, a key piece of infrastructure holding the waters back is weakening.
The ethnic cleansing of the US will destroy it | Heba Gowayed
It is ethnic cleansing and we should say so more often.
How to read a poem — Harvard Gazette
Ideally over a lifetime, says New Yorker’s Kevin Young.
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
Seems bad
Larry Ellison’s big dumb gift to his large adult son
So stupid.