Ethan Marcotte
@ethanmarcotte.com
designer, writer, roommate to two kittens. I think you deserve a union, and I wrote a book about that: https://ethanmarcotte.com/books/you-deserve-a-tech-union/
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Ethan Marcotte
@ethanmarcotte.com
· Mar 17
Refresh. — ethanmarcotte.com
In 2023, I wrote a book. Several months later, my publisher closed its doors. And now? We’re back, and better than ever.
ethanmarcotte.com
🦊
I am downright delighted to announce that my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, has a brand new look. I really love it, and I hope you do too.
Here’s a look at what’s changed and—maybe more importantly—what’s stayed the same:
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refres...
#YDATUbook #books #unions #1u
I am downright delighted to announce that my latest book, YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, has a brand new look. I really love it, and I hope you do too.
Here’s a look at what’s changed and—maybe more importantly—what’s stayed the same:
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/refres...
#YDATUbook #books #unions #1u
slapping `reddit -ai` to the end of everything i type into the world’s most popular search engine, the tech industry is fine and cannot possibly be improved
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
slapping `reddit -ai` to the end of everything i type into the world’s most popular search engine, the tech industry is fine and cannot possibly be improved
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For everyone visiting their parents this week:
LG calls it The Grim Unending
Roku/TCL calls it Brain Still-Death
Samsung calls it The Life-Worm Unblinking
Sony calls it The Pale Fire That Burns The Way
Panasonic calls it The Darkest Blessing
Amazon Fire TVs call it Acceptance of Bezos' Gray Host
LG calls it The Grim Unending
Roku/TCL calls it Brain Still-Death
Samsung calls it The Life-Worm Unblinking
Sony calls it The Pale Fire That Burns The Way
Panasonic calls it The Darkest Blessing
Amazon Fire TVs call it Acceptance of Bezos' Gray Host
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
For everyone visiting their parents this week:
LG calls it The Grim Unending
Roku/TCL calls it Brain Still-Death
Samsung calls it The Life-Worm Unblinking
Sony calls it The Pale Fire That Burns The Way
Panasonic calls it The Darkest Blessing
Amazon Fire TVs call it Acceptance of Bezos' Gray Host
LG calls it The Grim Unending
Roku/TCL calls it Brain Still-Death
Samsung calls it The Life-Worm Unblinking
Sony calls it The Pale Fire That Burns The Way
Panasonic calls it The Darkest Blessing
Amazon Fire TVs call it Acceptance of Bezos' Gray Host
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A good morning to organized labor
Inbox: The independent union at Blue Bottle Coffee, @bbiunion.bsky.social, is on strike. “As of today, we have gone out on the picket line to combat Blue Bottle's bad faith bargaining and ensure fair wages and protections for baristas.”
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A good morning to organized labor
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I added this lil guy to my inprnt shop
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I added this lil guy to my inprnt shop
My dear friend Mike has a new album of electronic music out, and I’d say this even if I didn’t know him: it is a DELIGHT mute-city.bandcamp.com/album/entrop...
Entroponetics, Vol. 1, by Mute City
13 track album
mute-city.bandcamp.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My dear friend Mike has a new album of electronic music out, and I’d say this even if I didn’t know him: it is a DELIGHT mute-city.bandcamp.com/album/entrop...
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This is what I spent most of last week working on with other people who cannot leave this stuff alone. Gotta put the facts in order in a stable place and then see what meaning emerges.
The fight against authoritarianism has many fronts. At Unbreaking, we choose to work against information overload and for collective understanding. On our Immigration timeline, we track major and representative events from across the US—now filterable by legal case:
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is what I spent most of last week working on with other people who cannot leave this stuff alone. Gotta put the facts in order in a stable place and then see what meaning emerges.
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hell yes. read Ethan always but especially this piece on choosing what futures we build.
🦊
“Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.”
I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...
“Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.”
I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...
The line and the stream. — ethanmarcotte.com
“Artificial intelligence is the future,” they tell me. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
hell yes. read Ethan always but especially this piece on choosing what futures we build.
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Shout out to another sibling union in @opeiulocal153.bsky.social: @backmakersunited.bsky.social are the union of workers at Back Market, and they just got voluntary recognition www.opeiulocal153.org/news/back-ma...
Back Market workers organize one of the first unions in e-commerce with OPEIU Local 153 — OPEIU Local 153
Back Market workers announce union with OPEIU Local 153
www.opeiulocal153.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Shout out to another sibling union in @opeiulocal153.bsky.social: @backmakersunited.bsky.social are the union of workers at Back Market, and they just got voluntary recognition www.opeiulocal153.org/news/back-ma...
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this is a level and helpful and inspiring piece of writing and i recommend reading it. solidarity will win the day
🦊
“Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.”
I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...
“Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.”
I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...
The line and the stream. — ethanmarcotte.com
“Artificial intelligence is the future,” they tell me. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
this is a level and helpful and inspiring piece of writing and i recommend reading it. solidarity will win the day
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My SWAG is that many tech people who do not agree with DOGE's aims nonetheless agree with their methods.
There actually has not been enough reflection in the tech community about DOGE
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My SWAG is that many tech people who do not agree with DOGE's aims nonetheless agree with their methods.
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“Statements about the future aren’t predictions: they’re more like spells.” https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-line-and-the-stream/
The line and the stream. — ethanmarcotte.com
“Artificial intelligence is the future,” they tell me. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“Statements about the future aren’t predictions: they’re more like spells.” https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-line-and-the-stream/
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Menswear Guy busting out CARDINAL NEWMAN was not on my bingo card I love this website
This reminds me of Cardinal John Henry Newman's book Definition of a Gentleman. I often cite Newman's book because it's so instructive. The term gentleman is so overwrought and frequently abused, but to the degree it means anything at all, I think Newman captures it here:
November 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Menswear Guy busting out CARDINAL NEWMAN was not on my bingo card I love this website
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This piece is good, but omits a big source of Musk’s remaining influence in government: namely people given key appointments during the transition who were never officially part of DOGE and who are still in those positions doing DOGE-aligned work—people like my old boss at GSA who came from Tesla.
"Guys, seriously, get your own lawyer if you need it. Elon’s great, but you need to watch your own back.”
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind
What really happened when he logged out of Washington.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This piece is good, but omits a big source of Musk’s remaining influence in government: namely people given key appointments during the transition who were never officially part of DOGE and who are still in those positions doing DOGE-aligned work—people like my old boss at GSA who came from Tesla.
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*trying to unlock my phone with my glasses off*
📱: I’ve never seen you before in my life.
*put glasses on*
📱: oh thank GOODness you’re back sir, some hideous monstrosity just tried to break in to god knows what vile ends
📱: I’ve never seen you before in my life.
*put glasses on*
📱: oh thank GOODness you’re back sir, some hideous monstrosity just tried to break in to god knows what vile ends
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
*trying to unlock my phone with my glasses off*
📱: I’ve never seen you before in my life.
*put glasses on*
📱: oh thank GOODness you’re back sir, some hideous monstrosity just tried to break in to god knows what vile ends
📱: I’ve never seen you before in my life.
*put glasses on*
📱: oh thank GOODness you’re back sir, some hideous monstrosity just tried to break in to god knows what vile ends
We quietly launched a new thing over on @unbreaking.org: letting folks filter our *in-depth* timelines down into the pieces they care about, to help them pull out the threads that are most relevant to them.
This was a real team effort; can’t wait to see more of our pages roll out their own filters.
This was a real team effort; can’t wait to see more of our pages roll out their own filters.
We are working on *lots of things* but last night we soft-launched a change I am psyched about that makes our timelines filterable. Now you can see all of a case's entries on a given timeline in one place:
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
unbreaking.org/issues/immig...
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We quietly launched a new thing over on @unbreaking.org: letting folks filter our *in-depth* timelines down into the pieces they care about, to help them pull out the threads that are most relevant to them.
This was a real team effort; can’t wait to see more of our pages roll out their own filters.
This was a real team effort; can’t wait to see more of our pages roll out their own filters.
🦊
“Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.”
I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...
“Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.”
I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...
The line and the stream. — ethanmarcotte.com
“Artificial intelligence is the future,” they tell me. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🦊
“Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.”
I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...
“Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.”
I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.
ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...
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"As of now, our union, Starbucks Workers United, has the facility under a full blockade."
Starbucks worker Silvia lays out the ULP strike escalation at Starbucks' York regional distribution center #NoContractNoCoffee
Starbucks worker Silvia lays out the ULP strike escalation at Starbucks' York regional distribution center #NoContractNoCoffee
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"As of now, our union, Starbucks Workers United, has the facility under a full blockade."
Starbucks worker Silvia lays out the ULP strike escalation at Starbucks' York regional distribution center #NoContractNoCoffee
Starbucks worker Silvia lays out the ULP strike escalation at Starbucks' York regional distribution center #NoContractNoCoffee
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It’s not enough to turn *away* from screens; we have to turn *towards* something else. https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/thingness
Thingness
A politics of refusal must be more than a closed door.
aworkinglibrary.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It’s not enough to turn *away* from screens; we have to turn *towards* something else. https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/thingness
This interview feels like a tremendous missed opportunity: it reads like an airing of talking points, rather than properly interrogating a billionaire donor who’s comfortable slapping some nice fonts on openly fascist policies: www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/a...
"Design is in the White House" says America's first chief design officer Joe Gebbia
The creation of a National Design Studio shows an "unprecedented" concern for web design in the US government, says Joe Gebbia in this exclusive interview.
www.dezeen.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This interview feels like a tremendous missed opportunity: it reads like an airing of talking points, rather than properly interrogating a billionaire donor who’s comfortable slapping some nice fonts on openly fascist policies: www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/a...
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COYOTE’s service journalism will always be free to read, including today’s guide to helping someone who might be overdosing.
Anyone can reverse an overdose, and we should all know how. Naloxone is a social intervention; while our public health systems are woefully inadequate, and the war on drugs continues unchecked, we can empower ourselves and one another to step up.
✍️: @nuala.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
✍️: @nuala.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Compassionately Respond to an Overdose
Naloxone, rescue breathing, and 911: Learn the do's, don'ts, and best practices for reversing an overdose.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
COYOTE’s service journalism will always be free to read, including today’s guide to helping someone who might be overdosing.
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real nice decentralized network you’ve got there, be a real shame if capitalism happened to it
October 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
real nice decentralized network you’ve got there, be a real shame if capitalism happened to it
if link utters a single intelligible word during any part of this movie, we riot
Well, holy shit. These official #LegendOfZelda movie pics sure look good!
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
if link utters a single intelligible word during any part of this movie, we riot
happy new chika day to all those who celebrate www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
WISH YOU WERE (T)HERE - YouTube
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
happy new chika day to all those who celebrate www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE today. Don't cross the picket line! And donate to their strike fund.
Across 25+ cities, Starbucks baristas have launched an open-ended strike. They are making the hard choice to stand up for better working conditions. Please consider making a donation in solidarity.
coworkerfund.org/support-work...
coworkerfund.org/support-work...
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Starbucks workers are ON STRIKE today. Don't cross the picket line! And donate to their strike fund.