Archive - Mike

I wrote a Substack post for a different Substack

It's about AI and textiles.

Apr 16 •

January 2025

Was the #Resistance just the PMC brain overheating?

The new Silicon Valley MAGA gang hates the professional-managerial class, but not because they've been reading their Barbara Ehrenreich.

Jan 31 •

September 2024

Microsoft's darkly hilarious nuclear flailing

Don't trick yourself into thinking Three Mile Island is Actually Good.

Sep 30, 2024 •

February 2023

My Eternal Old Man

The ex-president I've always irrationally used as my own private picture of Dorian Gray.

Feb 18, 2023 •

December 2022

Maybe Twitter would die if power users could export their clout

Are you a Messi or a Salt Bae? Either way, you're hooked.

Dec 24, 2022 •

May 2022

Elon Musk is very predictable

He just did a thing that I have previously pointed out he does at times such as this.

May 20, 2022 •

For better or worse, Elon Musk has to drastically change Twitter

My attempt to say something useful about this

May 6, 2022 •

February 2022

The Ukraine War Is Undigestible Matter in the Gut of the Discourse

If news happens and it doesn't fit anyone's framework for identity-formation, is it even news?

Feb 26, 2022 •

November 2021

We have to fix the climate even if we can't end capitalism

As much as I want ecosocialism to be a panacea right now, it's not.

Nov 17, 2021 •

August 2021

Climate Change Is Caused by a Pollution Leak, and Shame Won’t Plug It

We are all the Little Dutch Boy

Aug 13, 2021 •

July 2021

Our Billionaires Aren't Going Anywhere

Stop saying anyone is moving to space "in case we ruin Earth." That concept is fake

Jul 23, 2021 •

April 2021

The Mars Card: Elon Musk's Free Pass to Do Whatever He Wants

A deep dive into Elon's comprehensive self-justification: making humans a "multiplanetary species"

Apr 27, 2021 •

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