"The hierarchy of harm shows companies can choose differently. Microsoft proves you can build renewable infrastructure. Anthropic shows you can avoid traumatizing content moderators. Google shows you can create safety frameworks. They just choose not to do all of it." This is a must-read. RE:
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Anil Dash (@anildash.com)
This @cwodtke.bsky.social piece is great β€” technically fluent, well-sourced, doesn’t mince words about the lies & bullshit from the companies m...
Taking everything in me not to go on a shopping spree rn https://enoki.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:xgvzy7ni6ig6ievcbls5jaxe&cid=bafkreidivfrnzvztozc2f4sbqlwms2m7cvqmtdrix66byyrqs6xxxcala4
I just got one of those Amber Alert-like notifications on my phone and the whole thing was a bitly-shortened link to a post on X πŸ₯²
In the last five years, we've gone from "employees will never have to go into an office" to "employees need to be in the office because creative and innovative work can only be done face-to-face between humans" to "lol we don't need humans"
They should definitely be basing this on 'Careless People' RE:
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The Verge (@theverge.com)
Aaron Sorkin is making a sequel to The Social Network https://buff.ly/DfXewHK
The way the media has been dog-whistling throughout the Mamdani campaign, my goodness
Everything I know about the F1 movie I learned against my will RE:
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TechCrunch (@techcrunch.com)
iPhone customers upset by Apple Wallet ad pushing F1 movie https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/24/iphone-customers-upset-by-apple-wallet-ad-pushing-f1-m...
I wasn't planning on a three-parter, but as I was writing this morn, I realized how it's a closing statement on the piece below and my "Bridges & The Last Network Effect" piece. I think the upcoming one is what I hoped I'd relay with the first two, but these were necessary to set the stage. RE:
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Anuj Ahooja (@quillmatiq.com)
"The moment a user asks, 'Wait, why can't I go there? You said these were open,' we've failed on our promises. That's where we are right now." I w...
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I have a similar experience here, along with Mastodon + Threads, but the hills "they" want to die on skew toward the most extreme version of the culture the platform attracts RE:
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it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: ...
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