“Looking back, what I had actually done is uncover evidence of the video’s
supposed legacy, rather than evidence of the inciting incident. I assumed that
because multiple people independently told me the same thing, that thing was
true.”
posted 10/25/2022 8:00pm ∞
“I am 100% convinced there are interesting new ‘ways of relating’ waiting on
these overlay networks, these pocket internets. They might require
configurations beyond what’s currently supported, but these companies are
sufficiently young and flexible that, presented with a compelling idea, I get
the sense they’d just … implement it! Maybe you should set up a ZeroTier or
Tailscale network with a few friends or collaborators and … see what happens?”
Robin Sloan ,
A year of new avenues
(December 2022 ,
via Rusty Foster )
posted 12/21/2022 8:00pm ∞
“Semafor’s dinky plan to publish duller, subhead-laden versions of whatever you
can read in the Times or Politico is the sort of unserious half-measure that
would only sound good to the class of people who write checks for this kind of
thing.”
Laura Wagner ,
Semafor is the Problem
(Defector ,
October 20, 2022 ,
via Eric Harvey )
posted 11/2/2022 8:00pm ∞
“Both stars of the video had been telling opposite sides of the same funny
anecdote for more than 25 years, unaware of who to thank for their respective
brushes with fame.”
posted 10/23/2022 8:00pm ∞
“But the syphilis story stuck. Even as newspapers trumpeted particulars of
Graham’s passing (and there were many), her cause of death, like so many details
about women in her line of work, never seemed to be worth investigating.”
Hanna Brooks Olsen ,
Lou Graham, Seattle’s Misunderstood Madam
(Seattle Met ,
August 9, 2022 )
posted 10/21/2022 8:00pm ∞