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Library
Cards and collections from my Semble library. Pages saved for later, grouped into shelves I return to. 774 cards, 25 shelfves.
Shelves
25 collections- Collection 569 cards
Skyreader Saves
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toread
- Collection 1 card
To process
- Collection 2 cards
Building with agents
- Collection 3 cards
Protocol thinking
- Collection 4 cards
Cybernetics
- Collection 1 card
Cryptocurrency
It's bad
- Collection 2 cards
Thinking about thinking
- Collection 2 cards
ATproto development
Tools and resources for building on atproto
- Collection 19 cards
Cool Atmosphere apps
- Collection 9 cards
Internet sensemaking
- Collection 5 cards
The structure of social media
- Collection 9 cards
Books I've been reading
- Collection 3 cards
Tools for thought
- Collection 1 card
Cool tools
- Collection 2 cards
Awesome terminal
- Collection 8 cards
Local first
- Collection 5 cards
Tech right analysis
- Collection 9 cards
Security?
- Collection 1 card
Tech and Law
- Collection 105 cards
the AI of it all
- Collection 5 cards
understanding events
- Collection 1 card
vc stuff
- Collection 12 cards
development
- Collection 19 cards
atproto stuff
Recently filed
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Import AI 450: China's electronic warfare model; traumatized LLMs; and a scaling law for cyberattacks
How will timeless minds value time?
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Deep Breath: Okay, Let’s Talk About That Controversial DLSS 5 Demo
The polarization over any and all uses of artificial intelligence and machine learning continues. And, to be clear, I very much understand why this is all so controversial. Any new technology that has the chance to be transformative will also necessarily be disruptive and that causes fear. Fear that is not entirely unfounded, no matter […]
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Miscellanea: The War in Iran
This post is a set of my observations on the current war in Iran and my thoughts on the broader strategic implications. I am not, of course, an expert on the region nor do I have access to any special information, so I am going to treat that all with a high degree of uncertainty. … <a href="https://acoup.blog/2026/03/25/miscellanea-the-war-in-iran/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Miscellanea: The War in Iran</span> <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Exploring the Frontier of Feeds - The Open Garden
Reorienting distribution and monetization in the attention economy.
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Online travel recommendations are broken
(And where you can still find them).
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#764: It's been a year
Plus: phone poems, low-friction friends and the decline of online travel recs
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March, 19-21: God is a comedian
A stiff drink is recommended
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Kill Chain
On the automated bureaucratic machinery that killed 175 children
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Startup Punditry’s 25 Years of Failure
Startup pundits sold us a failed science of entrepreneurship. The Red Queen offers something better.
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These emotionally charged illustrations are here to make your imagination wander
Xiao Hua Yang paints in unfamiliar purples, greens and yellows, rendering the natural world as something alien but always exciting.
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Grand Delusion
The Trumpist Intellectuals Wake Up
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Permissioned Data Diary 4: The Big Picture
A special edition of the data diary that sketches out the rough shape of where we're heading.
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Marc Andreessen is a philosophical zombie
Andreessen caused a minor kerfuffle by saying on a podcast that he doesn’t introspect at all, and that in fact, people shouldn’t. What’s really going on?
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AI #160: What Passes For a Pause
A lot happened, but by today’s standards this felt like a quiet week.
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How to think about the AI company finances
OpenAI and Anthropic are using the standard tech startup playbook.
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On working machines
In part one, on thinking machines, I explored two facets of the philosophy of artificial intelligence: “intelligence”, and consciousness. That left an important topic to consider for this post: the impact of artificial intelligence on work. No technology has ever … <a href="https://www.sicpers.info/2026/03/on-working-machines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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Afroman’s Defamation Trial Is Going About As Well For The Deputies As Their Original Raid Did
We’ve been following the saga of Afroman (real name Joseph Foreman) and the Adams County Sheriff’s Office for a few years now, and I’m delighted to report that the defamation trial is currently underway and it is delivering everything you could possibly hope for, starting with this absolutely astounding suit that he’s wearing in court […]
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Being John Rawls
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The Purpose of Protocols
Every open social protocol generates shared resources, but none has produced a governance framework adequate to those resources. So who fills that vacuum?
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Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection
This newsletter is free to read, and it’ll stay that way. But if you want more - extra posts each month, access to the community, and a direct line to ask me things - paid subscriptions are $2.50/month. A lot of people have told me it’s