A collection of interesting things and recommended reads:
November 2026
- Virginia has voted to restore voting rights to former felons.
- Like the human being, grass has a life also.
- Someone vibe coded a turkey tracker for Cambridge, MA.
- Andrew Yang has a phone company now?
October 2026
- There's some kind of corporate meltdown going on in Proton's C-suite.
- Advice for AI-Native PhD Students and their (our?) advisors. Makes me feel sort-of validated for not using AI, also helpfully articulates some areas for improvement I've already noticed about myself.
- News: PHPocalypse, "4", etc.
September 2026
- This came out back in July, but Meta used productivity dashboards to discriminate against employees who took protected leave or disability accomodations, according to a lawsuit.
- Massachusetts state grants for creative individuals.
- Singles matching using Palantir data event. And on the theme of "NYC gets all the best events," the NYC Off Tech newsletter.
- Habeas flight tracker, pro se habeas petition tool; ICE is removing people from their detainee locator, making it difficult for their families and lawyers to contact them.
- The first person has been sentenced, to 15 years, under the US' Take it Down Act.
- This UN report on Building a Safer Internet for Victims of Terrorism
- Cuentos Sin Fronteras
August 2026
- "Guilt by Solidarity" by Zohra Ahmed for the Law and Political Economy project
- Access Now's Joint Statement on AI in Warfare
Evergreen Recommendations
- Doppelganger by Naomi Klein
- Motherfucking Website