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Why Is Your News Site Going Out of Business?
Over the years I’ve written about structural problems in the digital news...
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March 6, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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at minimum, that twitter has structural biases towards certain kinds of information consumption that more liberals on the site can't fix
December 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
at minimum, that twitter has structural biases towards certain kinds of information consumption that more liberals on the site can't fix
For all the structural issues with the attention economy and the problems of large scale content moderation, I don’t think we should lose site of the fact that Meta as a company is wicked and depraved
A former Meta PR person has come out in support of "Careless People", saying that the book IS accurate
March 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
For all the structural issues with the attention economy and the problems of large scale content moderation, I don’t think we should lose site of the fact that Meta as a company is wicked and depraved
I don't really think banning Singal really solves any of the structural issues of growth this site is going to experience but I do think it'd be funny to do either way.
December 15, 2024 at 12:40 AM
I don't really think banning Singal really solves any of the structural issues of growth this site is going to experience but I do think it'd be funny to do either way.
Here is the latest information on #PalisadesFire debris removal:
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February 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here is the latest information on #PalisadesFire debris removal:
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Trump: "Two views of the Great Ballroom being built on the site of our wonderful White House — It is on budget, and ahead of schedule! ... Because of its unprecedented structural, safety, and security features, it will also be used for future Presidential Inaugurations."
February 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Trump: "Two views of the Great Ballroom being built on the site of our wonderful White House — It is on budget, and ahead of schedule! ... Because of its unprecedented structural, safety, and security features, it will also be used for future Presidential Inaugurations."
👇🎯 This was always a category error mistaking the site for the structural vibe. The way you know this is to think about how much fun this place was last night & during Game 7 of the World Series.
[big-picture thought that I’ll eventually turn into a blog post or something]:
One of the real developmental challenges for Bluesky over the past year is that the site hadn’t been fun, because *2025 hasn’t been fun.*
The vibes under fascism are rarely gonna be uplifting.
One of the real developmental challenges for Bluesky over the past year is that the site hadn’t been fun, because *2025 hasn’t been fun.*
The vibes under fascism are rarely gonna be uplifting.
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
👇🎯 This was always a category error mistaking the site for the structural vibe. The way you know this is to think about how much fun this place was last night & during Game 7 of the World Series.
Here is the latest information on #EatonFire debris removal:
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Track progress ➡️ www.ca.gov/lafires/trac...
February 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here is the latest information on #EatonFire debris removal:
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classic favourite example of structural ambiguity, rescued from the old site
December 10, 2024 at 7:49 PM
classic favourite example of structural ambiguity, rescued from the old site
Jury duty type moderation systems are a terrible idea; they've never worked once on any site ever without aggressive countermeasures to keep them from turning into reinforcing structural bias. See also: bsky.app/profile/raha...
I am once again begging people to stop using Slashdot's system of moderation and meta-moderation as a positive example of distributed moderation. I was there. It was not. It fucking sucked as a system, it was incapable of handling anything complex, and it greatly reinforced systemic bias.
June 27, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Jury duty type moderation systems are a terrible idea; they've never worked once on any site ever without aggressive countermeasures to keep them from turning into reinforcing structural bias. See also: bsky.app/profile/raha...
🤬 Photos from the site of the missile strike on the enterprise in Chuhuiv
As a result of the hit, a fire broke out on the territory of a civilian enterprise - structural elements of the building burned on an area of 600 m².
As a result of the hit, a fire broke out on the territory of a civilian enterprise - structural elements of the building burned on an area of 600 m².
June 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🤬 Photos from the site of the missile strike on the enterprise in Chuhuiv
As a result of the hit, a fire broke out on the territory of a civilian enterprise - structural elements of the building burned on an area of 600 m².
As a result of the hit, a fire broke out on the territory of a civilian enterprise - structural elements of the building burned on an area of 600 m².
Another person was found dead at the site of a strike on civilian infrastructure.
Across Ukraine, there are currently more than 70 people injured.
In some areas, the enemy attack has devastated entire neighborhoods. During the emergency response efforts, a structural collapse occurred,
Across Ukraine, there are currently more than 70 people injured.
In some areas, the enemy attack has devastated entire neighborhoods. During the emergency response efforts, a structural collapse occurred,
September 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Another person was found dead at the site of a strike on civilian infrastructure.
Across Ukraine, there are currently more than 70 people injured.
In some areas, the enemy attack has devastated entire neighborhoods. During the emergency response efforts, a structural collapse occurred,
Across Ukraine, there are currently more than 70 people injured.
In some areas, the enemy attack has devastated entire neighborhoods. During the emergency response efforts, a structural collapse occurred,
its hard seeing a way ANY site survives any of this at the rate things are going, because the rot is so systemic, so structural. ownership will just keep cutting to the bone until there's only bone left.
August 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
its hard seeing a way ANY site survives any of this at the rate things are going, because the rot is so systemic, so structural. ownership will just keep cutting to the bone until there's only bone left.
Does your designed active site already exist in nature? Is an uncharacterized protein hiding a catalytic site or a pocket? Folddisco answers both, searching millions of structures for a 3D motif in seconds.
@natbiotech.nature.com 🧬
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵1/7👇
@natbiotech.nature.com 🧬
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵1/7👇
Structural motif search across the protein universe with Folddisco - Nature Biotechnology
Folddisco enables protein structural motif search in million scale databases.
www.nature.com
June 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Does your designed active site already exist in nature? Is an uncharacterized protein hiding a catalytic site or a pocket? Folddisco answers both, searching millions of structures for a 3D motif in seconds.
@natbiotech.nature.com 🧬
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵1/7👇
@natbiotech.nature.com 🧬
📄 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵1/7👇
Here is the latest information on #PalisadesFire and #EatonFire debris removal:
Track progress ➡️ www.ca.gov/lafires/trac...
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March 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Here is the latest information on #PalisadesFire and #EatonFire debris removal:
Track progress ➡️ www.ca.gov/lafires/trac...
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I'm really gagging on all of the BS I'm reading on this site right now. I've already gone off on a bunch of brads talking about how they are so lucking generally with no awareness of structural advantages.
Praise to the publishers who can ADMIT what's happening.
Praise to the publishers who can ADMIT what's happening.
September 5, 2026 at 12:49 AM
I'm really gagging on all of the BS I'm reading on this site right now. I've already gone off on a bunch of brads talking about how they are so lucking generally with no awareness of structural advantages.
Praise to the publishers who can ADMIT what's happening.
Praise to the publishers who can ADMIT what's happening.
I suspect the pile-on against Jamelle Bouie has less to do with conscious racism than the sheer narcissism of the playground bully
“I run this social media site and you’re on it, so you must bend to my will”
But sorry, “leftists,” you’re still participating in structural racism by singling him out
“I run this social media site and you’re on it, so you must bend to my will”
But sorry, “leftists,” you’re still participating in structural racism by singling him out
July 13, 2024 at 12:34 AM
I suspect the pile-on against Jamelle Bouie has less to do with conscious racism than the sheer narcissism of the playground bully
“I run this social media site and you’re on it, so you must bend to my will”
But sorry, “leftists,” you’re still participating in structural racism by singling him out
“I run this social media site and you’re on it, so you must bend to my will”
But sorry, “leftists,” you’re still participating in structural racism by singling him out
Latest track staged for installation at Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift.
Arrow at an interesting structural frame in the site.
Arrow at an interesting structural frame in the site.
June 9, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Latest track staged for installation at Fast & Furious Hollywood Drift.
Arrow at an interesting structural frame in the site.
Arrow at an interesting structural frame in the site.
The wooded landscapes of the Mols Laboratory #rewilding site are just stunningly beautiful, with lots of structural variation and many different tree and shrub species. #dknatur #biodiversity
November 13, 2024 at 6:35 PM
The wooded landscapes of the Mols Laboratory #rewilding site are just stunningly beautiful, with lots of structural variation and many different tree and shrub species. #dknatur #biodiversity
Out now:
Structure of an archaeal ribosome reveals a divergent active site and hibernation factor
@jhdcate.bsky.social @banfieldlab.bsky.social @diptinayak.bsky.social & co
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structure of an archaeal ribosome reveals a divergent active site and hibernation factor
@jhdcate.bsky.social @banfieldlab.bsky.social @diptinayak.bsky.social & co
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structure of an archaeal ribosome reveals a divergent active site and hibernation factor - Nature Microbiology
Sequence and structural analyses reveal a divergent peptidyl transferase centre and a hibernation factor in archaea.
www.nature.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Out now:
Structure of an archaeal ribosome reveals a divergent active site and hibernation factor
@jhdcate.bsky.social @banfieldlab.bsky.social @diptinayak.bsky.social & co
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Structure of an archaeal ribosome reveals a divergent active site and hibernation factor
@jhdcate.bsky.social @banfieldlab.bsky.social @diptinayak.bsky.social & co
#microsky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
You'd typically want comprehensive soils reports, vibration studies, and structural analysis of anything slated to be built above sensitive (both structurally and state secret-ly) before operating heavy equipment over a site like this
Absolute boondoggle in the making
Absolute boondoggle in the making
October 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
You'd typically want comprehensive soils reports, vibration studies, and structural analysis of anything slated to be built above sensitive (both structurally and state secret-ly) before operating heavy equipment over a site like this
Absolute boondoggle in the making
Absolute boondoggle in the making
It also doesn’t remotely change the fact that this site has a SEVERE anti-Blackness problem
Which is to say there are serious anti-Blackness issues on the structural side, and also to say that a bunch of you are just real fucking racist and should leave
Which is to say there are serious anti-Blackness issues on the structural side, and also to say that a bunch of you are just real fucking racist and should leave
I’ve been filled in on the whole vacation thing
Too late, you’re all in for it when I get home
Too late, you’re all in for it when I get home
July 13, 2024 at 2:58 AM
It also doesn’t remotely change the fact that this site has a SEVERE anti-Blackness problem
Which is to say there are serious anti-Blackness issues on the structural side, and also to say that a bunch of you are just real fucking racist and should leave
Which is to say there are serious anti-Blackness issues on the structural side, and also to say that a bunch of you are just real fucking racist and should leave
From NASA's press secretary, an update on the Madrid DSN site. Wildfire damage is "primarily to pavement and surrounding vegetation, with no significant structural damage observed to antennas or buildings."
x.com/NASASpox/sta...
x.com/NASASpox/sta...
Bethany Stevens (@NASASpox) on X
On July 25, an initial onsite inspection by the NASA Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) emergency response team found wildfire damage primarily to pavement and surrounding vegetation, wi...
x.com
July 25, 2026 at 8:35 PM
From NASA's press secretary, an update on the Madrid DSN site. Wildfire damage is "primarily to pavement and surrounding vegetation, with no significant structural damage observed to antennas or buildings."
x.com/NASASpox/sta...
x.com/NASASpox/sta...
continues to be antiviral active even against escape mutants avoiding other antibodies that target the same site. Interestingly, 04_A06 integrates elements of two big classes of antibodies: the well-known VRC01 family and the less frequent IOMA type. It borrows one's structural specificity and the
March 22, 2026 at 4:11 PM
continues to be antiviral active even against escape mutants avoiding other antibodies that target the same site. Interestingly, 04_A06 integrates elements of two big classes of antibodies: the well-known VRC01 family and the less frequent IOMA type. It borrows one's structural specificity and the
A loss of ≈28% of the user base in two months indicates some kind of problem.
Perhaps it’s structural (challenges getting a feed started), perhaps it’s cultural, perhaps both.
One thing I’ve noticed is many people I follow don’t post as much anymore. The “juice” has to flow or the site will die.
Perhaps it’s structural (challenges getting a feed started), perhaps it’s cultural, perhaps both.
One thing I’ve noticed is many people I follow don’t post as much anymore. The “juice” has to flow or the site will die.
people get mad at me when I say this but it's a Serious Problem for bluesky's long-term viability that the userbase actively tries to bully people they don't like off here
The problem is that Bluesky is still a niche platform at 1.3 Mil active users per day globally. Getting your boss to say yes to making an account and dedicating the time and effort to maintaining it means they need to see positives for that investment. A middle finger isn’t a good return.
May 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A loss of ≈28% of the user base in two months indicates some kind of problem.
Perhaps it’s structural (challenges getting a feed started), perhaps it’s cultural, perhaps both.
One thing I’ve noticed is many people I follow don’t post as much anymore. The “juice” has to flow or the site will die.
Perhaps it’s structural (challenges getting a feed started), perhaps it’s cultural, perhaps both.
One thing I’ve noticed is many people I follow don’t post as much anymore. The “juice” has to flow or the site will die.