Ethan Nichtern
@ethannichtern.com
Author: Confidence, The Road Home, The Dharma of the Princess Bride, Host of The Road Home podcast, Buddhist Student & Teacher
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Ethan Nichtern
@ethannichtern.com
· Jan 22
From Confidence: Holding Your Seat Through Life’s Eight Worldly Winds.
For whatever it’s worth, I withdrew my support for Ed Sheeran years ago.
September 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
For whatever it’s worth, I withdrew my support for Ed Sheeran years ago.
We are all opening acts for democracy.
After Robert Kraft rallied stadium owners to prevent Ed Sheeran’s tour from their venues unless he fired Macklemore, Sheeran’s opening acts Finneas, Lukas Graham, Aaron Rowe, as well as Sheeran’s touring band, Beoga, have all announced their departures from the tour.
September 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
We are all opening acts for democracy.
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These sleek curbside chargers from It's Electric are about to be all over NYC.
New York City Streets Are Getting 700 New Curbside EV Chargers
New York selected Brooklyn-based It's Electric to install 700 curbside EV chargers over the next three years.
insideevs.com
September 15, 2026 at 2:54 PM
These sleek curbside chargers from It's Electric are about to be all over NYC.
Mitch McConnell‘s great ability to appear very much dead yet still be alive makes me think he should start a tech company.
September 15, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Mitch McConnell‘s great ability to appear very much dead yet still be alive makes me think he should start a tech company.
Filled up my car’s gas tank. Social media got me thinking that is the smart thing to do. Still just under $4.50 a gallon here in Brooklyn. We will see what happens next week.
If you voted for this, how ya feelin’?
I’m just kidding. I know you don’t talk about feelings.
If you voted for this, how ya feelin’?
I’m just kidding. I know you don’t talk about feelings.
September 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Filled up my car’s gas tank. Social media got me thinking that is the smart thing to do. Still just under $4.50 a gallon here in Brooklyn. We will see what happens next week.
If you voted for this, how ya feelin’?
I’m just kidding. I know you don’t talk about feelings.
If you voted for this, how ya feelin’?
I’m just kidding. I know you don’t talk about feelings.
The richest people are usually really bad at economics and maybe that means we need a new system
September 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The richest people are usually really bad at economics and maybe that means we need a new system
The story of this entire era seems to be people who are VERY comfortable choosing to do the wrong thing because they’re afraid of losing a tiny bit of that comfort.
It’s been a disappointing era, to say the least.
It’s been a disappointing era, to say the least.
Ed Sheeran could have refused to boot Macklemore and forced venues to decide if they wanted to lose all that revenue or not. What is the point of being rich and having a platform if you're so easily bullied into being a useless coward?
September 14, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The story of this entire era seems to be people who are VERY comfortable choosing to do the wrong thing because they’re afraid of losing a tiny bit of that comfort.
It’s been a disappointing era, to say the least.
It’s been a disappointing era, to say the least.
On the undue power of billionaires to control arts and culture, and how to have integrity no matter what.
#NoMoreGenocide
#NoMoreGenocide
Macklemore has put out an incredible statement about being removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour.
His removal was engineered by Trump’s bestie Robert Kraft, the owner of the Patriots and Foxborough stadium who rallied other owners to silence Macklemore for speaking out about Palestine.
His removal was engineered by Trump’s bestie Robert Kraft, the owner of the Patriots and Foxborough stadium who rallied other owners to silence Macklemore for speaking out about Palestine.
September 14, 2026 at 5:56 PM
On the undue power of billionaires to control arts and culture, and how to have integrity no matter what.
#NoMoreGenocide
#NoMoreGenocide
3 separate conversations this weekend (none of which I started) about how looking info up on AI is making us dumber, (both anecdotally and the data seems to suggest this as well).
That, of course, seems to be the main intention of these companies—to make us less smart—aside from killing labor.
That, of course, seems to be the main intention of these companies—to make us less smart—aside from killing labor.
September 14, 2026 at 1:29 PM
3 separate conversations this weekend (none of which I started) about how looking info up on AI is making us dumber, (both anecdotally and the data seems to suggest this as well).
That, of course, seems to be the main intention of these companies—to make us less smart—aside from killing labor.
That, of course, seems to be the main intention of these companies—to make us less smart—aside from killing labor.
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I've been thinking a lot about the movie Conclave and the need for less certainty and more openness during difficult times. A lot of people want to be certain both factually and morally in a time of immense uncertainty. And that need for certainty blinds us to understanding what is happening.
September 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I've been thinking a lot about the movie Conclave and the need for less certainty and more openness during difficult times. A lot of people want to be certain both factually and morally in a time of immense uncertainty. And that need for certainty blinds us to understanding what is happening.
From the "aliens eating popcorn" perspective, fascinating to see the world realign itself so rapidly around the collapse of the American empire.
Canadian officials are reportedly seeking closer ties with the European Union amid the trade war between Canada and the U.S.
Canada Discussing Joining EU As ‘Associate Member,’ Report Says
Canadian officials are reportedly seeking closer ties with the European Union amid the trade war between Canada and the U.S.
www.forbes.com
September 13, 2026 at 3:45 PM
From the "aliens eating popcorn" perspective, fascinating to see the world realign itself so rapidly around the collapse of the American empire.
Sad Tiafoe lost, but very hard to hate on Ben Shelton, especially with Jalen Brunson in attendance.
September 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Sad Tiafoe lost, but very hard to hate on Ben Shelton, especially with Jalen Brunson in attendance.
Of course he was.
September 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Of course he was.
L’Shana Tova to everyone celebrating the new year this weekend in the Jewish tradition.
Special shout out to all the Jewbu’s (Jewish Buddhists) out there.
May the year ahead move us toward the liberation of all.
Special shout out to all the Jewbu’s (Jewish Buddhists) out there.
May the year ahead move us toward the liberation of all.
September 11, 2026 at 10:54 PM
L’Shana Tova to everyone celebrating the new year this weekend in the Jewish tradition.
Special shout out to all the Jewbu’s (Jewish Buddhists) out there.
May the year ahead move us toward the liberation of all.
Special shout out to all the Jewbu’s (Jewish Buddhists) out there.
May the year ahead move us toward the liberation of all.
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In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror."
Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?
Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?
September 11, 2026 at 4:47 PM
In the 25 years since 9/11, the United States has spent $8 trillion+ on wars that have taken millions of lives in the name of fighting "terror."
Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?
Can you imagine if we had instead invested those funds here on climate, health care, housing, and education?
Stop the endless hate. Stop the endless war for profit.
9/11 victim Michael Massaroli’s son: "You do my dad's legacy & the legacy of all victims no honor using this tragedy to spread hate. I've had to spend 25 years seeing people use it to hate on our Muslim brothers & sisters, people who don't look like them."
September 11, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Stop the endless hate. Stop the endless war for profit.
Can't believe 30% still support this madman. Seriously.
September 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Can't believe 30% still support this madman. Seriously.
On 9/11 I was two days back in NYC from living at a meditation center in the Northeast Kingdom of VT for the previous 8 months, so it was a crazy reintroduction to "the world," but also clarified what I wanted to spend my life focusing on, which is the opposite of endless, meaningless war.
September 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
On 9/11 I was two days back in NYC from living at a meditation center in the Northeast Kingdom of VT for the previous 8 months, so it was a crazy reintroduction to "the world," but also clarified what I wanted to spend my life focusing on, which is the opposite of endless, meaningless war.
Remember 9/11 and all the good people trying to help each other in NYC that day (and in DC), and also remembering how quickly (as if instantaneously) the great tragedy was propagandized by a harmful American regime looking to start another endless war for personal profit.
September 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Remember 9/11 and all the good people trying to help each other in NYC that day (and in DC), and also remembering how quickly (as if instantaneously) the great tragedy was propagandized by a harmful American regime looking to start another endless war for personal profit.
Do I have this right?
AI sucks at mimicking the human creativity and critical thinking required to replace human labor because it knows nothing of the real world
but
It’s great at hacking and overtaking computer systems because it is a computer system itself
and therefore, it can kill us all.
AI sucks at mimicking the human creativity and critical thinking required to replace human labor because it knows nothing of the real world
but
It’s great at hacking and overtaking computer systems because it is a computer system itself
and therefore, it can kill us all.
September 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Do I have this right?
AI sucks at mimicking the human creativity and critical thinking required to replace human labor because it knows nothing of the real world
but
It’s great at hacking and overtaking computer systems because it is a computer system itself
and therefore, it can kill us all.
AI sucks at mimicking the human creativity and critical thinking required to replace human labor because it knows nothing of the real world
but
It’s great at hacking and overtaking computer systems because it is a computer system itself
and therefore, it can kill us all.
Shut it all down and give me my 2003 cell phone back when I had to very very carefully text my friends using the letters above the digits 0 to 9.
We were happier then
We were happier then
More Anthropic researchers warn of AI’s perils as Musk terms fears a ‘psyop’
More Anthropic researchers warn of AI’s perils as Musk terms fears a ‘psyop’
Insiders at the firm fear tech’s advancement could cause human extinction while others are calling it a ‘setup’
A day after a former researcher at Anthropic made an apocalyptic declaration about artificial intelligence, more researchers and staff members at the AI startup publicly agreed with him and posted their own dire warnings.
In response, Elon Musk and other conservative figures on X, formerly Twitter, called the chorus of concerns a “setup” and a “psyop”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Shut it all down and give me my 2003 cell phone back when I had to very very carefully text my friends using the letters above the digits 0 to 9.
We were happier then
We were happier then
if this were a movie it would be called Idiocracy Terminator, and I don't like living in it.
WUT?
Anthropic said it disrupted several plots this year by scientists who used its leading artificial intelligence models to conduct research that could have helped develop biological weapons. Gift link. 👇
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
Anthropic said it disrupted several plots this year by scientists who used its leading artificial intelligence models to conduct research that could have helped develop biological weapons. Gift link. 👇
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
September 10, 2026 at 8:07 PM
if this were a movie it would be called Idiocracy Terminator, and I don't like living in it.
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This AI stuff is giving off NUCLEAR ARMS RACE vibes. Something bad's gonna happen before we do anything about it.
September 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
This AI stuff is giving off NUCLEAR ARMS RACE vibes. Something bad's gonna happen before we do anything about it.
Am I wrong, or is directly offering people $5000 to vote for you completely illegal?
September 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Am I wrong, or is directly offering people $5000 to vote for you completely illegal?
Wow, go Providence!
RESULT: David Morales, a socialist challenger, has ousted the mayor of Providence David Smiley.
Add Providence to NYC, DC, and Ann Arbor as socialist wins in mayoral elections.
Add Providence to NYC, DC, and Ann Arbor as socialist wins in mayoral elections.
September 10, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Wow, go Providence!