i've decided any first-person critique of technology that is resigned to its problems without giving any space towards the very real option to just put your phone down is intellectually bankrupt. addictions are real, social infrastructure is real, but so are choices. no one is coming to save us :-)

i'm writing for the internet again, doing the devil's work (attending tech week)

pride weekend! i reveal myself as not city hall literate! more in the post!

happy pride

i forgot to pick a photo for "social" so here's my yuba river selfie and this week's roundup.

i’ve had to work on-site in downtown oakland for the past couple weeks. feeling the rto > feeling the agi. parking lots full by 9 am. line for banh mis 9 people deep at 12:15. a glimmer of “bustle” at the 12th street/broadway intersection.

photo courtesy of /my/ movie of the summer: mountainhead, jesse armstrong’s skewering of tech billionaires. experimenting with a bit of commentary on the links this week, watch this space for evolution of the form…

a bit of an events lull this weekend -- a beginning-of-summer breather before all calendars start bursting next week

i've been writing an intermittent newsletter for over a year but have refused to publicize it. i'm now surrendering to a desire to expand my audience and return to the world of posting. i'm writing about the bay area, broadly, and today starts week 1 of a shorter form links/events roundup...!