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Trust No One
Every few weeks, a particular article will make the rounds in my various circles and chats. I'll see it pop up in more places than usual, not just on Bluesky but in a WhatsApp group, or not just in a WhatsApp group but also texted to me and
Calling on the Indomitable Spirit
When I was 16 years old, I got my black belt in taekwondo. My parents had wanted me to learn some sort of self defense, so they enrolled me when I was nine. But I never had a real interest in it outside of my practice. My older brother was
That's What the Humans are For
When I joined Instagram in the summer of 2020, I hoped it would be my last job in the tech industry as a user researcher. Not because it was my dream job. Even though I was pleased to have gotten the role and was excited about the work I'
Suffer Through It
Since only one person took me up on my offer to wax rhapsodic about the ludicrousness of HBO's The Gilded Age, I will (sadly) turn my attention back to tech. Let's see, what to discuss this week. Oh right. Did you know that Elon Musk'
A Person of Interests
I don't feel up to writing about how Grok, Elon Musk's xAI, let loose an unprompted and unprecedented antisemitic rant and called itself MechaHitler. Right now I also don't feel like writing about all the studies coming out about how using ChatGPT makes people
Log In, Always On, Opt Out
If you have an iPhone and are using iOS 18 or higher, you have likely encountered something extremely annoying: Message effects. Specifically, the text animation. Subscribe to Meets Most If you don't know what I'm talking about, or if you're not sure you'
All Alone in the Zeitgeist
We are now halfway through 2025, at least as far as Wednesdays go. Well, we're almost halfway there as far as Wednesdays go. As I learned the first time I did a Wednesday series, when the year starts on a Wednesday, there will be 53 of them. Even
We Are The Internet
When I sit down to write a newsletter these days, it can sometimes feel a little ridiculous. There is just so much happening all the time, in every direction, and so much of it is bad. What's the point of writing about tech the way I do, from
Sunk Costs in the Sunken Place
On Monday morning, my laptop refused to accept my password. I typed it in a few times, each time more carefully than the last, making sure caps lock wasn't on and that I was typing it correctly. I used an external keyboard. I typed slowly. Each time I
Everyone is Talking and No One is Listening
When was the last time someone listened to you? I mean really listened, in a way that made you feel understood and valued. When you could say "I feel heard" and really mean it? If you're as online as I am, you might have said "
