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25 August 2026

Sovereignty is thus a fantasy of jurisdiction #lauren berlant#people#sovereignty notes
To live up to the standards we set for ourselves, we need to design systems in which self-hosting is structurally possible but not strictly necessary #communication#infrastructure#interoperability#open-standards#self-hosting#xmpp notes
We are not crushed by the lash; we are fried by the light #burnout#byung-chul han#miski omar#quotation#the guardian notes

23 August 2026

Thistle do #android#app#taskmanager#thistle notes

21 August 2026

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18 August 2026

In English we say "I'm tired" #english#online communities#poetry#substack notes notes

16 August 2026

Design: what it feels like to be living now #aesthetics#content#design#form#michael rock#quotation notes

15 August 2026

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11 August 2026

Flimsy value systems and loser incentive systems #campbell's law#folk morality#goodhart's law#human development#incentives#moral convictions#predictive processing theory#value systems notes

10 August 2026

9 August 2026

Creativity is just connecting things #are.na#creativity#curiosity notes

7 August 2026

Routine excitement #adhd#autism#excitement#inner life#mental health#novelty#routine notes

6 August 2026

Civilisation is a thin film across an ocean of chaos #chaos#civilization#metaphor#werner herzog notes

5 August 2026

You can't C2PA your way out of a post-truth society #ai-generated#c2pa#disinformation#misinformation#post-truth notes

3 August 2026

Highlights from 'A Philosophy of Shame' #emotions#frederic gros#philosophy#psychology#shame#society notes

29 July 2026

I'm on holiday #catch up#digital garden#field station#holiday#zine notes