JA Westenberg

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At this point the iPhone’s sole software advantage is iMessage

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Not every headline needs your input. Not every tragedy needs your thread. Not every tweet is an invite. Not weighing in, and knowing when to just keep your mouth shut and go about your business is becoming a lost art.

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The problem with online shaming and callout culture is that there is no mechanism for communal reparations or forgiveness.

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I have nothing of value to add to the internet this day. If you need me, I’ll be reading about the birth of the rocket engine and watching sit coms.

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Everyone’s email list stopped growing at the same time. It’s not you. It’s entropy, saturation, and Gmail’s promotions tab.

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Curiosity has a natural predator. It’s called optimization. https://www.joanwestenberg.com/how-convenience-kills-curiosity/

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It’s not just that Trump officials don’t know how government works. It’s that they think you are the fool for expecting them to. https://www.theindex.media/the-unlearning-of-america/

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“Great question!” is what people say when they need a second to recover from the psychic damage of hearing the most nonsensical shit uttered by humankind

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Trump doesn’t want to stop antisemitism. He wants to monopolize it. So only he and his allies get to define what counts. https://www.theindex.media/trumps-selective-antisemitism/

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The best thing about Truth Social is they called retweets "ReTruths" I have no further comment

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Trump uses antisemitism the way he uses religion, patriotism, and the law: To silence his critics and empower his base. Nothing more. https://www.theindex.media/trumps-selective-antisemitism/

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The Bible, the periodic table, and the three-act structure all succeed for the same reason: optimized compression architecture. https://paragraph.com/@signalvs/architecture-vs-content

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Google Search is the next Craigslist: a neglected giant vulnerable to disruption.

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Identify which problems are actually just status competitions in disguise. Then stop playing. Watch your happiness skyrocket.

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Loneliness, we’re told, is a problem of screen time. Blame the phone. Blame the algorithm. Blame the For You Page. But that’s a shallow diagnosis; because this kind of loneliness isn’t about disconnection from others. It’s about disconnection from ourselves. https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-age-of-the-fractured-soul/

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The GOP didn’t get Trumped. It got everything it ever asked for: loud, cruel, and allergic to accountability. https://www.theindex.media/the-inevitability-of-donald-trump/

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We were promised freedom. And we got it. The freedom to scroll endlessly. To share anything. To curate, to filter, to block, to ghost. The freedom to express ourselves in high definition, 4K, live, all the time. The modern soul is on display—but no longer rooted. https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-age-of-the-fractured-soul/

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Even if we believe that it wasn’t Elon himself or someone following his orders who tampered with Grok to make it obsessed with white genocide, we’re left with the explanation that a single rogue employee has the ability and access to completely taint the model and redirect its responses. If you’re an xAi investor and that doesn’t give you pause, you’re an idiot.

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Look, I’m not normally in favour of regulatory overreach but this should be illegal

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Timeo Qatarenses et dona ferentes.

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