owned by a smart, tech-savvy billionaire, my eye

keep making sloppy, unstructured data & firing your strategists, it’s going to be great

everyone’s all-in on AI-powered search until they realize they need a content strategist and some information architects to make it functional

The Anti-Intellectualism of the Silicon Valley Elite How the self-styled know-it-alls atop the knowledge economy want to dismantle the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake

I recently re-read Richard Hofstadter’s Anti-Intellectualism in American Life and now every time a Silicon Valley billionaire opens his mouth, I think about it. So I wrote about it for The Nation: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or Delayed The vast majority of data centers scheduled for completion over the next few years have yet to even break ground.

It's indeed possible to beat bad things backed by big money

Exciting New Rumpus Initiatives - The Rumpus Debbie Millman and I are thrilled to share some exciting new initiatives we are launching with The Rumpus. Beginning on April 1, 2026, we are increasing

In other news, I am really excited to share some new initiatives we're launching at The Rumpus including increased pay, writing and editorial fellowships, and microgrants. therumpus.net/2026/03/31/e...

Supremacy From two acclaimed legal scholars, a new history of the Supreme Court that overturns our most basic assumptions about its role in our democracy, showing how it seized the power it now wields., Suprema...

After years of research, Daphna Renan & I are thrilled to announce preorders of SUPREMACY. Why is US democracy so broken? One reason is we've wrongly accepted that 9 justices have the final say over the Constitution. This book traces how that happened—& how we can reclaim power to govern ourselves.

say it louder for the people in the back

trying to force AI onto reporters of this caliber is fucking embarrassing

Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

i feel like we are long overdue for an analysis of how the techno fascist right linked & weaponized femininity with democratic norms & progressive social ideals. someone has gotta be on top of this somewhere, right?

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If dems don’t break up the maga media conglomerates as soon as they can they have no sense of self preservation bsky.app/profile/atru...

NBC News poll Voters hold negative views of Al. In fact, the only topics less popular in the survey were the Democratic Party and Iran.

Truly a perfect news alert

The Book Supplement,Vol. 1 Anne Fadiman, Mieko Kawakami, Polly Atkin, and Bruce Robbins.

Here is the first issue of The Book Supplement 💗📚

this is even worse! lol

imagine having the audacity to write this when the head of the armed forces is publicly talking about leading the u.s. into conflict to bring about the rapture

oo! i love charco & i don’t have this one. thanks!

what is the bookish vibe of my profile, i wonder?

Actually, the left is winning the AI debate But it does need to get organized.

The left is not "missing out" on AI. It's winning the argument. Americans worry about AI and dislike tech CEOs. They're mobilizing against data centers. They support regulation, even refusal.

Calls for the left to embrace AI are an effort to change the terms of the debate in Silicon Valley's favor.

i love it so much!!!

shorter version of this supreme court’s rulings on the constitution: racism is fine, actually, but don’t mess with our stock portfolios

noooooo

you guys…what are we doing here

i am all about healthy communication yadda yadda until someone does me or a loved one wrong & then it’s grudge city for eternity (i am irish & italian lol)

just when this hot libra could not get any hotter or more libra-esque, he starts marrying people (mr mayor, i am sorry this is the first time i’m interacting with your account, i am, despite all appearances, a serious person & a fan)

i am going to be thinking about this forever

Sylvia Townsend Warner Fundraising Appeal | Dorset Archives Trust Dorset Archives Trust isleading a fundraising appeal to bring the Archive of writer and LGBTQ+ pioneerSylvia Townsend Warner(1893-1978) into the public domain through the creation of a full catalogue....

Appreciators of Sylvia Townsend Warner, take note: the Dorset Archives Trust is fundraising to create a digital catalog of Warner's archive (85 boxes of documents & items!), making the whole vastly more accessible to the world.

Info here: www.dorsetarchivestrust.org/project/sylv...

Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.

lol sometimes it’s that antagonistic! usually i feel more like it’s a mirror, even if it’s uncomfortable or like you’re being read for filth lol

it’s funny to me when the cards are really literal. sometimes you’re going through a period when you’re like, everything is shitty out there & i feel like shit about it! and the cards are like, “yeah!”

ha! the vibes have been heavy & this card usually reflects that. it could also be about what’s coming to an end, what feels like a failure, what feels like a burden that’s too heavy to carry (especially mentally). but if you’re at the end of a cycle, another one is right behind it!