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The Crowd Is Socially Engaged [299] So the EFF announced that they are leaving X, not because of any political objections though they note that’s a legitimate reason as well, but because they did the math and they get only 3% of the engagement on a post today that they did 7 years ago. People have opinions about this, not the least of which is…

The Crowd Is Socially Engaged [299]

So the EFF announced that they are leaving X, not because of any political objections though they note that’s a legitimate reason as well, but because they did the math and they get only 3% of the engagement on a post today that they did 7 years ago. People have…

The fact that the president of the United States is writing 500+ word social media posts about them in and of itself debunks the claim that no one is taking about them, and that he doesn’t care about them.

A strange game. The only winning move is not to [login].

EFF is Leaving X After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.

This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
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My newsletter app is launching on Product Hunt today!
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This is exciting.

Remember when Dan Quayle misspelled a word and it was the end of his political career?

This is a real thing posted by the president of the United States on Easter Sunday morning.

What would be a true miracle is if Christians ever shut the fuck up.

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I bet they were making a secret reference for those in the know.

The Crowd Starts A New Month [298]

Hi Crowd! Here's an old school meme frontloaded Crowd for you today, let's get the self back patting out of the way first: If you've been following along the multipart essay series I've been writing about the conversation around AI & Art is now 4 parts long, I…

Reminder nothing posted online today is believable. Check back tomorrow.

But behind the scenes, Israeli officials have conveyed a more targeted message. In private calls to local leaders across southern Lebanon, Israeli military officials have assured several Christian and Druse communities that they could remain in the evacuation zone. They have pressed them, however, to force out any Lebanese from neighboring Shiite Muslim communities who have sought refuge among them as Israeli bombardment flatten Shiite towns, according to local Christian, Druse and Shiite leaders who spoke to The New York Times. The Shiites make up the majority of southern Lebanon.

So what this describes is ethnic cleansing www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/w...

CHANGING THE CONVERSATION ON ART + AI: THE HARMS ARE REAL In the beginning of this series I stated my intention to write “not just another piece about AI Art, or about AI and Art, but about the conversation around AI and Art.” So far I’ve spent a lot of time discussing historical precedence and flawed framing and some readers might have been bracing themselves for some oncoming wave of apologetics. I wanted to point out the non-starters for productive conversation so there’s a stronger foundation for where we go next.

CHANGING THE CONVERSATION ON ART + AI: THE HARMS ARE REAL

In the beginning of this series I stated my intention to write “not just another piece about AI Art, or about AI and Art, but about the conversation around AI and Art.” So far I’ve spent a lot of time discussing historical precedence and…

For example, my Quicky today includes @warrenellis.ltd.web.brid.gy @om.co @404media.co @wired.com - turned out pretty solid.

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"I care less about titles than about whether the work is useful."

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The Crowd Makes A Thing [297] Hi Crowd! I've been hinting at this for a week or two now and have decided to just stop beating around the bush and tell you all about it. It's funny because one of the reasons I made it was because it's 2026 and we've got really bad ass coding AIs and can spin up agents to just do things yet one of the reasons I haven't told everyone about it is because I keep acting like it's 2006 and I need to do a focus group and a beta rollout and a stealth launch and whatever other stupid things we used to do when we thought ideas were precious things we had to keep secret because execution was the hard part.

The Crowd Makes A Thing [297]

Hi Crowd! I've been hinting at this for a week or two now and have decided to just stop beating around the bush and tell you all about it. It's funny because one of the reasons I made it was because it's 2026 and we've got really bad ass coding AIs and can spin up…

The Crowd Makes It Up [296] Hi Crowd! Everywhere I look the last few days people are debating if Netanyahu is dead. You've seen it too I'm sure. Pointing to videos as proof of life, pointing to the same videos as proof of coverup. Missed meetings, no press conferences, but leisure coffee shop visits and friendly hallway chats. I don't have any sense what is real myself, and I think that's ultimately the more interesting thing - we've passed the point with AI where people can trust video.

The Crowd Makes It Up [296]

Hi Crowd! Everywhere I look the last few days people are debating if Netanyahu is dead. You've seen it too I'm sure. Pointing to videos as proof of life, pointing to the same videos as proof of coverup. Missed meetings, no press conferences, but leisure coffee shop…

This was *the* case pro-Israel defenders would point at to say "See? Israel takes human rights violations seriously!"

And after all that — including mobs of Israeli rioters and politicians storming a military base to protest the arrest of these soldiers — it's being dropped.

Safecast: 15 Years On Today is March 11, 2026. 15 years since the Tohoku earthquake in Fukushima Japan which led to the formation of Safecast and unquestionably changed my life forever. Given the weight of what happened then, since, and... well *waves hands wildly* I thought it was worth reflecting on it all for a moment. At the time I was living in Los Angeles and had recently started (or more accurately…

Safecast: 15 Years On

Today is March 11, 2026. 15 years since the Tohoku earthquake in Fukushima Japan which led to the formation of Safecast and unquestionably changed my life forever. Given the weight of what happened then, since, and... well *waves hands wildly* I thought it was worth…

The Crowd is Artificial [294]

Hi Crowd! Apologies for yet another AI heavy note, but it's really the most exciting thing happening right now on a dozen different levels and given that there's burning shitpiles everywhere else I'm trying really hard to stay positive and focusing on the exciting…

Rod Serling is probably the coolest guy of the 20th century. Looked cool, sounded cool, fought Nazis, hated John Wayne, wrote the screenplay for Planet of the Apes. Honestly dunks all the hell over any male influencer guy.

Had an idea for an app that solves a newsletter problem I have. Started brainstorming w/ Claude then handed off instructions to Claude Code. The app is online and working in less than 2 days. I didn’t have to write any code myself. Totally mindblowing moment we are in right now.

Albini Sessions (Benefit for Letters Charity), by Fugazi 12 track album

In case you missed it, Fugazi just released the Albini sessions.
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CHANGING THE CONVERSATION ON ART + AI: IS IT THEFT? Artists using AI in their work are regularly accused of theft and if we’re going to have any kind of reasonable conversation on the subject that needs to be addressed. On a recent 60 Minutes episode artist Molly Crabapple said generative AI constitutes “the greatest art heist in history.” In the broadcasted interview she expanded on that saying “When we talk about art heists, typically, we're talking about one painting being taken from a museum, two, three… They stole billions and billions of images.” Crabapple isn’t mincing words here, this is a sharp accusation and it deserves to be taken seriously.

CHANGING THE CONVERSATION ON ART + AI: IS IT THEFT?

Artists using AI in their work are regularly accused of theft and if we’re going to have any kind of reasonable conversation on the subject that needs to be addressed. On a recent 60 Minutes episode artist Molly Crabapple said generative AI…

Mullin didn't even know there had been multiple Ayatollahs until last week, expecting him to understand the difference between Socialism and Communism is incredibly optimistic.