Yes. If everyone knew the same things you knew, and wanted the same things you wanted, and had the experiences you experienced, they’d be on Nostr. Because they’d be you. And there’d be nobody to talk to. View quoted note →

Wither, First Amendment.

The Crisis, No. 9

On the criminalization of witness

The craziest thing of all is that the vast majority of Americans really have no sense of how critical this crisis is to their interests. Their economic and physical safety is greatly threatened by the regime change attempt being undertaken by Trump and the competitive authoritarian forces around him. People are already dying as a result. This cannot sustain. So it won’t. Eventually, the gravitational field of reality will lead to mass awareness. And through that singularity, I’m not sure anyone can predict what will happen.

What the hell was the Director of National Intelligence doing seizing ballots?

The Crisis, No. 8

The empire of exit and the conspiracy against America

I mean, who the fuck am I to be the one defending the man’s legacy? One would have thought the institution he built would play that role. Well, it seems the job falls to someone outside the walls.

The Crisis, No. 5

On the hollowing of Apple

Imagine if these motherfuckers were as aggressive at enforcing tax laws as they are immigration laws.

I'm not done with Bari.

The Crisis, No. 7

On false witness

I personally don't believe Jeff Thomas committed suicide.

There's this strange posture I am seeing from some in the business world that suggests that "both sides" of this conflict—I prefer to call it a crisis—in Minneapolis, should be de-escalated, and some peaceful arrangement between the parties be established. As if these motherfuckers stand outside as scorekeepers. No, shithead CEOs and VCs, we see your complicity and we are very much coming for you!

Some crash out this has been, I must say.

A friend has successfully convinced me to drop the paywall early on this piece on Apple, Steve Jobs and Tim Cook.

The Crisis, No. 5

On the hollowing of Apple

The fact that you see this coordinated, desperate attempt to try to make Gavin Newsom a reactionary villain by the reactionaries right now should tell you everything you need to know. They are desperate to distract you. They don't want you looking. Keep looking.

Building technology is not the most impactful thing that one can do. The most impactful thing one can do is give oneself to a greater purpose, and participate in the love of community. Those are the things that fill the human heart. Those are the things that are remembered. Those are the paths not taken that become regret on one’s deathbed. I say this, with all due respect. View quoted note →

I’m glad you’re finding your peace. And I’m sorry that requires that you keep so much space between you and everyone else. Some prefer the solitary life. But this is not how one builds a civilization. It is how one leaves it. View quoted note →

I am amused that the new right-wing CEOs — the champions of free speech from the censorious left — have given us a historical demonstration of just how big of a fraud the entire political atheistic of free speech warriorism was. It was just reactionary anti-leftism all along. Censorship was always okay to the right when it had the right targets. They’ve shown us this repeatedly throughout history. View quoted note →

Trump sorted the opportunists into plain view. They thought they'd won, so they took off the masks. Posted the receipts themselves. When the accounting comes, we won't need to dig.

I choose to come to the defense of Mr. Walz and his words.

The Crisis, No. 4

On the uses of memory

Delusions of grandeur. View quoted note →

Rothbard and Hoppe’s rebranding of fascism under anarcho-capitalism, and managing to convince others that it’s a form of “libertarianism” and the propensity of so-called libertarians to go along with that, and hang out with these people and call them friends and colleagues is so insane the more I think about it. View quoted note →