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This is what I've been working on all summer. It's my first book, called Escape Velocity: Explorations of Digital Culture and its Discontents 2019-2024. It's partially a retrospective of my time doing No Escape but it also features multiple revisions of old work and five entirely new essays.
I can’t believe (I can) that real life’s supervillain was a functionally illiterate pedophile who had a pathological need for famous people to like him
January 31, 2026 at 11:54 AM
I can’t believe (I can) that real life’s supervillain was a functionally illiterate pedophile who had a pathological need for famous people to like him
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for years i have sounded like an insane harpy to people claiming that i was personally shadowbanned by musk on the X platform for raising this issue so publically. now they are literally deleting my posts and saying i did it
January 31, 2026 at 11:31 AM
for years i have sounded like an insane harpy to people claiming that i was personally shadowbanned by musk on the X platform for raising this issue so publically. now they are literally deleting my posts and saying i did it
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i also tweeted at him about this photo; he replied to me claiming he did not know Ghislaine and that he was only at the same Vanity Fair party as her because of his partner at the time, actress Tallulah Riley. those tweets have also been deleted from my account, not by me.
January 31, 2026 at 11:30 AM
i also tweeted at him about this photo; he replied to me claiming he did not know Ghislaine and that he was only at the same Vanity Fair party as her because of his partner at the time, actress Tallulah Riley. those tweets have also been deleted from my account, not by me.
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i logged into my X account to retrieve my old tweets questioning him about Epstein and Maxwell, and found this: I 100% promise you I did not delete these tweets myself.
January 31, 2026 at 11:25 AM
i logged into my X account to retrieve my old tweets questioning him about Epstein and Maxwell, and found this: I 100% promise you I did not delete these tweets myself.
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ok wow. in 2020, as a former tech journalist, i had a large twitter account, so i asked elon musk to comment on why he had been photographed with ghislaine maxwell and whether the rumors jeffrey epstein had toured space x were true
January 31, 2026 at 11:21 AM
ok wow. in 2020, as a former tech journalist, i had a large twitter account, so i asked elon musk to comment on why he had been photographed with ghislaine maxwell and whether the rumors jeffrey epstein had toured space x were true
I feel like a lot of people are going to use the moment we're in, these new files that have come out that link Epstein to chuds like Moot, to be like "the internet was a mistake and anyone who believed in it was a fool."
I would offer an alternative: our enemy, namely capital, is the same as ever.
I would offer an alternative: our enemy, namely capital, is the same as ever.
January 31, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I feel like a lot of people are going to use the moment we're in, these new files that have come out that link Epstein to chuds like Moot, to be like "the internet was a mistake and anyone who believed in it was a fool."
I would offer an alternative: our enemy, namely capital, is the same as ever.
I would offer an alternative: our enemy, namely capital, is the same as ever.
I do love that one of your social links in Harvestella genuinely wants nothing to do with you and is only putting up with your prodding because he stands to make money
January 31, 2026 at 10:02 AM
I do love that one of your social links in Harvestella genuinely wants nothing to do with you and is only putting up with your prodding because he stands to make money
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I'm one of the people who got him to delete the old politics board, I'm not sure I feel about finding out I got overridden by fucking epstein
So apparently I was right to shittalk m00t this week because it's been revealed that his boneheaded decision to establish /pol/ and subsequently ruin the website was allegedly born out of a one-on-one meeting with Jeffery Epstein.
January 31, 2026 at 5:41 AM
I'm one of the people who got him to delete the old politics board, I'm not sure I feel about finding out I got overridden by fucking epstein
so much of Harvestella is just your character listening to kids, and respecting kids' choices and opinions, and being an advocate for kids. seeing kids as people, in other words.
January 31, 2026 at 8:26 AM
so much of Harvestella is just your character listening to kids, and respecting kids' choices and opinions, and being an advocate for kids. seeing kids as people, in other words.
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Hey yall. As you've seen here - unfortunately a large portion of the ivy road team was laid off today, myself included. We're all looking for work! Gonna do a quick thread about those who were laid off today and why you should hire them:
While we've gotten affirming feedback on Engine Angel, pitching unfortunately hasn't been successful. As a result, we've had to make the hard decision to lay off five team members. Each of these devs are incredible: if you have a place on your team, or know someone hiring, please keep them in mind!⬇
January 31, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Hey yall. As you've seen here - unfortunately a large portion of the ivy road team was laid off today, myself included. We're all looking for work! Gonna do a quick thread about those who were laid off today and why you should hire them:
Got nothing to say about bill stencil other than you either respect other people’s freedom of association or you don’t
January 31, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Got nothing to say about bill stencil other than you either respect other people’s freedom of association or you don’t
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January 31, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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(this is a guide for journalists, but given our overlapping risks and adversaries, I think it can be useful for some organizers, too)
January 31, 2026 at 1:03 AM
(this is a guide for journalists, but given our overlapping risks and adversaries, I think it can be useful for some organizers, too)
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the only opsec thoughts I will share on the timeline are: everyone’s needs vary because people face different risks. feel free to ignore anyone telling you there’s only one way, and take a little time to threat model your own situation. more here: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
January 31, 2026 at 1:01 AM
the only opsec thoughts I will share on the timeline are: everyone’s needs vary because people face different risks. feel free to ignore anyone telling you there’s only one way, and take a little time to threat model your own situation. more here: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
Just to put some good news on the timeline, Oklahoma City residents came out in force and got the City Council and the Mayor to stop going forward with a contract to let ICE build a detention center in a southside warehouse.
freepressokc.com/holt-says-dh...
freepressokc.com/holt-says-dh...
Holt says DHS no longer in talks for SW OKC ICE facility
Mayor Holt says that DHS is no longer in talks to acquire a southwest OKC warehouse for use as an ICE facility.
freepressokc.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Just to put some good news on the timeline, Oklahoma City residents came out in force and got the City Council and the Mayor to stop going forward with a contract to let ICE build a detention center in a southside warehouse.
freepressokc.com/holt-says-dh...
freepressokc.com/holt-says-dh...
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I love to hear CEOs whining that people don't want AI in their products, and to please stop being negative about their slop and to stop calling it slop, please keep it up.
January 30, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I love to hear CEOs whining that people don't want AI in their products, and to please stop being negative about their slop and to stop calling it slop, please keep it up.
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We know you've been waiting for this -- the pitch form for our Final Fantasy x politics issue is finally here! Pay is $0.05/word and pitching deadline is February 6th.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Final Fantasy x Politics Theme Issue
Hi Friend! Thanks for your interest in the Final Fantasy x Politics issue! Please fill out this dedicated pitch form below and we'll get back to you!
Some helpful notes:
One pitch per person, please!...
docs.google.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:43 PM
We know you've been waiting for this -- the pitch form for our Final Fantasy x politics issue is finally here! Pay is $0.05/word and pitching deadline is February 6th.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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not to dunk on anyone for talking about what are ultimately genuinely mundane work things but *my* last work trip was three weeks, all-expenses-paid, to Bakersfield and I got to be a tourist in my home state
this was also back in 2017 and it was the last time they let anyone travel, so...
this was also back in 2017 and it was the last time they let anyone travel, so...
January 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
not to dunk on anyone for talking about what are ultimately genuinely mundane work things but *my* last work trip was three weeks, all-expenses-paid, to Bakersfield and I got to be a tourist in my home state
this was also back in 2017 and it was the last time they let anyone travel, so...
this was also back in 2017 and it was the last time they let anyone travel, so...
question to those that have played Harvestella: am I imagining the slight (very slight) Atlus RPG vibes here
January 30, 2026 at 9:22 PM
question to those that have played Harvestella: am I imagining the slight (very slight) Atlus RPG vibes here
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A government that responds to scrutiny by targeting the messenger is not protecting the public, it is attempting to intimidate it, and considering recent incidents regarding federal agents, it is attempting to distract it.
Read the full statement we signed with 40 other organizations.
Read the full statement we signed with 40 other organizations.
January 30, 2026 at 8:49 PM
A government that responds to scrutiny by targeting the messenger is not protecting the public, it is attempting to intimidate it, and considering recent incidents regarding federal agents, it is attempting to distract it.
Read the full statement we signed with 40 other organizations.
Read the full statement we signed with 40 other organizations.
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We are OUTRAGED and deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort by federal agents, and by the government’s escalating effort to criminalize and threaten press freedom under the guise of law enforcement.
The First Amendment is not optional and journalism is not a crime.
The First Amendment is not optional and journalism is not a crime.
NABJ OUTRAGED AT ARRESTS OF DON LEMON, GEORGIA FORT ‘THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS NOT OPTIONAL’
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is outraged and deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort by federal agents, and […]
nabjonline.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:44 PM
We are OUTRAGED and deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort by federal agents, and by the government’s escalating effort to criminalize and threaten press freedom under the guise of law enforcement.
The First Amendment is not optional and journalism is not a crime.
The First Amendment is not optional and journalism is not a crime.
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For our short piece this week, I beat Animal Well!...'s first layer! And you know what, I think I'm good there!
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I’m perfectly content just beating the first layer of Animal Well
I really loved Animal Well. I feel no compulsion or even desire to go further, or to complete more.
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January 30, 2026 at 1:47 PM
For our short piece this week, I beat Animal Well!...'s first layer! And you know what, I think I'm good there!
noescapevg.com/im-perfectly...
noescapevg.com/im-perfectly...