Tony Haile
@arctictony.com
CEO of Filament. Recovering Twitter PM, Founding CEO of Scroll and Chartbeat.
"A glib non-journalist" - Jill Abramson
"British" - Walter Isaacson
"A glib non-journalist" - Jill Abramson
"British" - Walter Isaacson
So we raised $10.7m to build a new professional platform oriented around high-trust networked group chats in large part because I think we're better as a species than "six business lessons I learned on my trip to Cancun".
filament.substack.com/p/linkedin-c...
filament.substack.com/p/linkedin-c...
LinkedIn chose creators over collaboration, so we raised $10.7M to build for innovation not attention
We build in fluid networks not silos. We need a platform that believes external collaboration is about more than performative content.
filament.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So we raised $10.7m to build a new professional platform oriented around high-trust networked group chats in large part because I think we're better as a species than "six business lessons I learned on my trip to Cancun".
filament.substack.com/p/linkedin-c...
filament.substack.com/p/linkedin-c...
The irony of some preppy dude in a MAGA hat touring Ellis Island
September 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The irony of some preppy dude in a MAGA hat touring Ellis Island
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This is a defensive, 10-post thread from an NYT boss, and the only thing it truly illuminates is the need for the Times to bring an independent journalist back into the role of public editor.
Our assistant managing editor for Standards and Trust, Patrick Healy, posted on X today in response to feedback on our recent reporting on Zohran Mamdani.
July 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is a defensive, 10-post thread from an NYT boss, and the only thing it truly illuminates is the need for the Times to bring an independent journalist back into the role of public editor.
I'm sure they save lives but whomever decided that smoke detectors should be interconnected and bleep at random when any one of them has a problem should have received a sound thrashing.
July 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I'm sure they save lives but whomever decided that smoke detectors should be interconnected and bleep at random when any one of them has a problem should have received a sound thrashing.
“So then I said to Bezos that I wouldn’t come to his wedding unless he brought back physical buttons on the kindle"
June 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“So then I said to Bezos that I wouldn’t come to his wedding unless he brought back physical buttons on the kindle"
Quick Poll: roughly how many Slacks, Discords, WhatsApp Groups and Signal group chats are you in for professional purposes outside your internal employee Slack etc.
June 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Quick Poll: roughly how many Slacks, Discords, WhatsApp Groups and Signal group chats are you in for professional purposes outside your internal employee Slack etc.
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Andrew Cuomo is afraid he'll lose, so his donors want you to fear me.
His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard.
This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.
His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard.
This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.
June 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Andrew Cuomo is afraid he'll lose, so his donors want you to fear me.
His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard.
This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.
His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard.
This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.
Now classifying people into Internet eras based on whether they know the 'I like the moon' video
June 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Now classifying people into Internet eras based on whether they know the 'I like the moon' video
It's really hard to defend the healthcare system in the United States when going on an IV for one hour when brought to an ER is charged at $2,400.
May 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It's really hard to defend the healthcare system in the United States when going on an IV for one hour when brought to an ER is charged at $2,400.
"Claude found and fixed that nasty notification bug!"
"Yay!"
"We're pretty sure Claude created the bug in the first place"
"So we're coming out even!"
"Yay!"
"We're pretty sure Claude created the bug in the first place"
"So we're coming out even!"
May 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"Claude found and fixed that nasty notification bug!"
"Yay!"
"We're pretty sure Claude created the bug in the first place"
"So we're coming out even!"
"Yay!"
"We're pretty sure Claude created the bug in the first place"
"So we're coming out even!"
I did terribly on this in part because some of the real ledes are terrible. See how you do: www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
Who Writes Better Ledes?
Human vs. bot.
www.cjr.org
May 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I did terribly on this in part because some of the real ledes are terrible. See how you do: www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...
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"It is only one of our rights to dress comfortably..."
--Amelia Bloomer to Susan B. Anthony on wearing Bloomers in the 1850s
--Amelia Bloomer to Susan B. Anthony on wearing Bloomers in the 1850s
May 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"It is only one of our rights to dress comfortably..."
--Amelia Bloomer to Susan B. Anthony on wearing Bloomers in the 1850s
--Amelia Bloomer to Susan B. Anthony on wearing Bloomers in the 1850s
AI is ruining the core executive skill of dashing off emails replete with spelling and grammatical errors. How are we supposed to show that we're important and busy now?
May 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
AI is ruining the core executive skill of dashing off emails replete with spelling and grammatical errors. How are we supposed to show that we're important and busy now?
Ah Google AI, was Bell Labs *really* created to "produce and market innovative rodent control products"?
I smell a r.....
I smell a r.....
April 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Ah Google AI, was Bell Labs *really* created to "produce and market innovative rodent control products"?
I smell a r.....
I smell a r.....
I come back to this one a lot
April 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I come back to this one a lot
Dear OpenTable don't force people to login with email code verification after you've already forced phone number code verification if your system can't send emails
April 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Dear OpenTable don't force people to login with email code verification after you've already forced phone number code verification if your system can't send emails
At an investor dinner tonight and the talk was all around the downstream effects of the attack on universities. Universities are some of the biggest LPs in venture firms and they're trying to pull their money out of venture to preserve cash. JD Vance just fucked his SV friends.
April 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
At an investor dinner tonight and the talk was all around the downstream effects of the attack on universities. Universities are some of the biggest LPs in venture firms and they're trying to pull their money out of venture to preserve cash. JD Vance just fucked his SV friends.
This is like the time thieves robbed my house, stole my diamond Louis XIV chandelier and left a crappy Ikea lamp shade in its place.
Breaking: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s bag, including $3,000 in cash, is stolen from DC restaurant
By Josh Campbell and Kit Maher
www.cnn.com/2025/04/21/p...
By Josh Campbell and Kit Maher
www.cnn.com/2025/04/21/p...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s bag, including $3,000 in cash, is stolen from DC restaurant | CNN Politics
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fell victim to a thief while eating dinner at a downtown Washington, DC, restaurant Sunday night, two sources familiar with the incident, includin...
www.cnn.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This is like the time thieves robbed my house, stole my diamond Louis XIV chandelier and left a crappy Ikea lamp shade in its place.
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Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez will be held in jail for the next 48 hours because he is under an ICE hold. Again, he is a U.S. citizen born in Georgia.
April 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez will be held in jail for the next 48 hours because he is under an ICE hold. Again, he is a U.S. citizen born in Georgia.
I've had persistent leg pain for the last few days (won't disturb y'all with the details) but I now get why Dr House was the way he was.
April 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I've had persistent leg pain for the last few days (won't disturb y'all with the details) but I now get why Dr House was the way he was.
@moskov.goodventures.org I would find Asana 3x more useful if the available iphone widgets were focused on quick entry/voice entry vs showing me tasks to do
April 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
@moskov.goodventures.org I would find Asana 3x more useful if the available iphone widgets were focused on quick entry/voice entry vs showing me tasks to do
Feeding an eight year old is asking 'tenders or nuggets?'
April 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Feeding an eight year old is asking 'tenders or nuggets?'
Every person going through the Holland tunnel gives a silent prayer in thanks for the congestion charge
March 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Every person going through the Holland tunnel gives a silent prayer in thanks for the congestion charge
This article on what a manned mission to Mars requires is fascinating reading and puts some claims about how soon we'll get there in perspective: idlewords.com/2025/02/the_...
The Shape of a Mars Mission (Idle Words)
idlewords.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This article on what a manned mission to Mars requires is fascinating reading and puts some claims about how soon we'll get there in perspective: idlewords.com/2025/02/the_...
I was reminded today that the last time the US went to war with Canada, Canada won.
March 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I was reminded today that the last time the US went to war with Canada, Canada won.