it’s so cool that the tech world is driving themselves miserable and insane to build apps
Token Anxiety
i think i mostly echo this for myself. with so much that can be done, i often feel like i *should* be doing something, always
i think i mostly echo this for myself. with so much that can be done, i often feel like i *should* be doing something, always
February 15, 2026 at 3:58 PM
it’s so cool that the tech world is driving themselves miserable and insane to build apps
My kingdom for a tech ecosystem that will stop smothering me with apps and devices that constantly try to engage me in conversation against my will
May 20, 2026 at 1:55 AM
My kingdom for a tech ecosystem that will stop smothering me with apps and devices that constantly try to engage me in conversation against my will
This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
June 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
Under my regime, the tech industry must have all new technologies approved by a citizen jury who assess 1) what problem the tech is attempting to address and 2) whether it actually addresses it
December 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Under my regime, the tech industry must have all new technologies approved by a citizen jury who assess 1) what problem the tech is attempting to address and 2) whether it actually addresses it
Tech platforms to be responsible for preventing access to ‘abhorrent technologies’ under reforms announced by Canberra.
Australia moves to stamp out ‘nudify’ and stalking apps
Tech platforms to be responsible for preventing access to ‘abhorrent technologies’ under reforms announced by Canberra.
bit.ly
September 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Tech platforms to be responsible for preventing access to ‘abhorrent technologies’ under reforms announced by Canberra.
Connect the dots...
-Tech barons express interest in launching financial transaction apps
-Trump's company announces it will sell a crypto fund
-Trump shutters the CFPB, which recently proposed supervising payment apps the same way as banks
Pure corruption.
-Tech barons express interest in launching financial transaction apps
-Trump's company announces it will sell a crypto fund
-Trump shutters the CFPB, which recently proposed supervising payment apps the same way as banks
Pure corruption.
Trump’s biggest corruption yet
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Connect the dots...
-Tech barons express interest in launching financial transaction apps
-Trump's company announces it will sell a crypto fund
-Trump shutters the CFPB, which recently proposed supervising payment apps the same way as banks
Pure corruption.
-Tech barons express interest in launching financial transaction apps
-Trump's company announces it will sell a crypto fund
-Trump shutters the CFPB, which recently proposed supervising payment apps the same way as banks
Pure corruption.
welcome to 2020s tech. we got
- pervert glasses
- wiretap
- wiretap
- wiretap
- wiretap
- the button that does nothing
- we outta ram
- we outta hard drives
- we outta graphics cards
- ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses
- wiretap
- pervert glasses
- wiretap
- wiretap
- wiretap
- wiretap
- the button that does nothing
- we outta ram
- we outta hard drives
- we outta graphics cards
- ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses
- wiretap
NEW: The new Apple Watches double as AI-powered listening bugs for generating convo "recaps" or transcripts of any previous 15 seconds. But fear not, Apple says, this data isn't sent to Apple/gets encrypted, speakers aren't ID'd, and there's a chime for the 15-second thing. @lhn.bsky.social reports:
Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch’s Listening Features
The new Apple Watch includes several “intelligent” listening features that have privacy and security baked in. But the protections can’t change the facts of what the tools do.
www.wired.com
September 9, 2026 at 8:40 PM
welcome to 2020s tech. we got
- pervert glasses
- wiretap
- wiretap
- wiretap
- wiretap
- the button that does nothing
- we outta ram
- we outta hard drives
- we outta graphics cards
- ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses
- wiretap
- pervert glasses
- wiretap
- wiretap
- wiretap
- wiretap
- the button that does nothing
- we outta ram
- we outta hard drives
- we outta graphics cards
- ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses
- wiretap
Tech companies getting bigger and building apps I don't need while I'm just over here wishing for software that works right.
August 5, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Tech companies getting bigger and building apps I don't need while I'm just over here wishing for software that works right.
Coreshell Technologies' prize-winning EV battery tech is a proof point for California's dominance in the low carbon, green growth economy.
California's extraordinary entrepreneurial drive simply has no peers.
California's extraordinary entrepreneurial drive simply has no peers.
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Coreshell Technologies' prize-winning EV battery tech is a proof point for California's dominance in the low carbon, green growth economy.
California's extraordinary entrepreneurial drive simply has no peers.
California's extraordinary entrepreneurial drive simply has no peers.
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
Getting the impression that none of the tech bros behind ai apps actually read books, listen to music or look at art.
March 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Getting the impression that none of the tech bros behind ai apps actually read books, listen to music or look at art.
BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
petition to call apps with unnecessary, intrusive, non-toggleable predictive tech "AI-infested apps"
May 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
petition to call apps with unnecessary, intrusive, non-toggleable predictive tech "AI-infested apps"
The tech bro billionaires bribed congress to shut down TikTok.
Meta and X all lobbied heavily to get it banned to establish their tech industrial complex. Their CEOs will both be at the inauguration.
All to force you to post your funny little videos on their apps. But you don’t have to.
Meta and X all lobbied heavily to get it banned to establish their tech industrial complex. Their CEOs will both be at the inauguration.
All to force you to post your funny little videos on their apps. But you don’t have to.
January 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The tech bro billionaires bribed congress to shut down TikTok.
Meta and X all lobbied heavily to get it banned to establish their tech industrial complex. Their CEOs will both be at the inauguration.
All to force you to post your funny little videos on their apps. But you don’t have to.
Meta and X all lobbied heavily to get it banned to establish their tech industrial complex. Their CEOs will both be at the inauguration.
All to force you to post your funny little videos on their apps. But you don’t have to.
information technologies goat 🐐
January 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
information technologies goat 🐐
Big Tech owns many technologies, but they do not own Technology.
Technology existed before Big Tech, before Al, before computers, and even before humans.
Technology existed before Big Tech, before Al, before computers, and even before humans.
December 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Big Tech owns many technologies, but they do not own Technology.
Technology existed before Big Tech, before Al, before computers, and even before humans.
Technology existed before Big Tech, before Al, before computers, and even before humans.
After pressure from the Justice Department, Apple pulled apps from its App Store that encourage reporting ICE activity. Google followed suit by pulling similar apps from its Play Store.
The government shouldn't be choosing what apps we can download, and neither should tech companies.
The government shouldn't be choosing what apps we can download, and neither should tech companies.
Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship | ACLU
Big Tech Oligopoly helps the Trump Administration crack down on free speech
www.aclu.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
After pressure from the Justice Department, Apple pulled apps from its App Store that encourage reporting ICE activity. Google followed suit by pulling similar apps from its Play Store.
The government shouldn't be choosing what apps we can download, and neither should tech companies.
The government shouldn't be choosing what apps we can download, and neither should tech companies.
the future of tech is 500 distinct apps offering to take notes for you
June 30, 2026 at 8:02 PM
the future of tech is 500 distinct apps offering to take notes for you
robotgirl who's having less luck on dating apps nowadays due to declining tech literacy
May 12, 2026 at 2:28 PM
robotgirl who's having less luck on dating apps nowadays due to declining tech literacy
Maybe professional sports shouldn't have gotten into bed with tech bro/gambling apps
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Maybe professional sports shouldn't have gotten into bed with tech bro/gambling apps
SpaceX = white tech bro hype
Nvidia = white tech bro hype
Anthropic= white tech bro hype
Crypto currencies = white tech bro hype
Data Centers = white tech bro hype
Tesla =white tech bro hype
All of this nonsense is going to implode, and likely at the same time.
Nvidia = white tech bro hype
Anthropic= white tech bro hype
Crypto currencies = white tech bro hype
Data Centers = white tech bro hype
Tesla =white tech bro hype
All of this nonsense is going to implode, and likely at the same time.
July 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM
SpaceX = white tech bro hype
Nvidia = white tech bro hype
Anthropic= white tech bro hype
Crypto currencies = white tech bro hype
Data Centers = white tech bro hype
Tesla =white tech bro hype
All of this nonsense is going to implode, and likely at the same time.
Nvidia = white tech bro hype
Anthropic= white tech bro hype
Crypto currencies = white tech bro hype
Data Centers = white tech bro hype
Tesla =white tech bro hype
All of this nonsense is going to implode, and likely at the same time.