A newsletter and podcast about our sociotechnical world, and how to change it.

Explaining the weird new future, one newsletter at a time. Subscribe for a twice weekly delivery of internet culture, mega-platform grotesquerie, crypto conspiracies, deep forum lore, fringe politics, and other artifacts of what's to come.

Articles, interviews, and news coverage about AI brought to you by a team of AI researchers and builders.

things i have been thinking about recently

Curation service and newsletter for discovering ideas from the forefront of research, technology, innovation, and governance (i.e., the frontier).

Your trail guide for building a community

Technology and its discontents

We’re a nonprofit R&D lab that’s reimagining social media. Join us in building digital public spaces that connect people, embrace pluralism, and build community.

Imagining alternatives to for-profit tech

Left-wing perspectives on tech

Musings about living life online. Essays sent when I have something to say (usually every couple months).

Notes from the collision of meatspace and the internet.

an anthropology of disruption