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All of Humanity's Problems Stem From Marc Andreessen's Inability to Sit Quietly in a Room Alone. "Zero introspection is not just a personal quirk or a supposed productivity hack. It’s a permission slip for zero accountability." https://kottke.org/26/04/andreessen-inability-sit-quietly

“All of Humanity’s Problems Stem From Marc Andreessen’s Inability to Sit Quietly in a Room Alone”

Tech investor and billionaire Marc Andreessen has many bad opinions (as evidenced by his investment portfolio). On a recent podcast, he shared a real boner: tha

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John Wilson 4h ago

Good morning fools!

Today I want to encourage you to go out and be foolish. I have a fear of drawing, that whatever I make is going to turn out looking dumb and foolish.

It’s never foolish to make art. Here, I made a picture just now, with sharpie so I can’t erase anything. Look how bad it is.

The earnestness of this post itself is *so cringe* but I think earnestness and being foolish is a good antidote to the mind numbing cynicism of whatever #aprilfoolsday has become

I've said it a million times: no one is more thoroughly captured by ideology than the people who don't think they have one.

John Wilson 1d ago

Tara Tarakiyee 4d ago

Audre Lorde's "master's tools" speech was not about tech platforms. So why does tech discourse keep citing it as if it were? I write about what happens when a Black feminist theorist's words get borrowed, stripped of context, and made to do work they were never meant to do.

https://tarakiyee.com/on-the-enshittification-of-audre-lorde-the-masters-tools-in-tech-discourse/ #enshittification #AudreLorde #techpolicy

On The Enshittification of Audre Lorde: "The Master's Tools" in Tech Discourse

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John Wilson 1d ago

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Transphobia doesn’t start at wanting to harm trans people.

It starts at hoping your child won’t be trans.

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Small Wonders Magazine 2d ago

Wondering where your subscription funds go? 85.5% of our annual funds go to authors, artists, and our art director. 2.5% is IT expenses, 4% goes to taxes, postage, and the cost of running a business. A whopping 8% is bank & transaction fees (we love zelle - no fees!).

John Wilson 2d ago

Renaud Lienhart 2d ago

At my son’s primary school there is a mum who has a Special Needs kid, who has to play with him for 20 minutes before class each day to ease him in, rain or shine. She kicks the footy, she bowls cricket overs, she takes free-kicks… all in formal work attire because she’s headed to the office straight after.
It’s something to behold. Bless her.

John Wilson 3d ago