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@apreviouslife.bsky.social
Book collector/writer/insomniac
Pay attention to this:
Last summer, as OpenAI sought to transition from nonprofit to for-profit, civil society groups pressed the company for accountability.
Tyler Johnston, the founder of an AI watchdog, was among them.
Then OpenAI showed up with a subpoena at his door.
My latest for @moreperfectunion.bsky.social.
Tyler Johnston, the founder of an AI watchdog, was among them.
Then OpenAI showed up with a subpoena at his door.
My latest for @moreperfectunion.bsky.social.
OpenAl Showed Up At My Door. Here’s Why They’re Targeting People Like Me
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Pay attention to this:
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ALEX PRETTI’S PARENTS: “He was a VA nurse who cared about people deeply, and he was very upset with what was happening with ICE... kidnapping children, grabbing people off the street — he knew it was wrong. He loved this country."
(H/T @katiecouric.bsky.social )
(H/T @katiecouric.bsky.social )
January 27, 2026 at 3:13 AM
ALEX PRETTI’S PARENTS: “He was a VA nurse who cared about people deeply, and he was very upset with what was happening with ICE... kidnapping children, grabbing people off the street — he knew it was wrong. He loved this country."
(H/T @katiecouric.bsky.social )
(H/T @katiecouric.bsky.social )
Liam and all the children must be freed and returned to their parents!
Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Liam and all the children must be freed and returned to their parents!
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If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM
If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
I need this person in my life and I need that birdwatching coat! The joy 😭
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I need this person in my life and I need that birdwatching coat! The joy 😭
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I served in law enforcement to protect people, not intimidate them. What happened to Renee Good was unjustifiable, tragic, and insane. Congress must put this administration in check.
January 13, 2026 at 1:02 AM
I served in law enforcement to protect people, not intimidate them. What happened to Renee Good was unjustifiable, tragic, and insane. Congress must put this administration in check.
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Here is the video message of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell regarding the Justice Department’s criminal investigation related to the Fed’s building renovations.
Watch it.
youtu.be/KckGHaBLSn4
Watch it.
youtu.be/KckGHaBLSn4
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Here is the video message of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell regarding the Justice Department’s criminal investigation related to the Fed’s building renovations.
Watch it.
youtu.be/KckGHaBLSn4
Watch it.
youtu.be/KckGHaBLSn4
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Arthur Sze has been named the new U.S. poet laureate. He succeeds Ada Limón, who has held the position since 2022. During his term as poet laureate, Sze plans to have a special focus on translating poetry originally written in other languages. Read more: at.pw.org/ArthurSze
September 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Arthur Sze has been named the new U.S. poet laureate. He succeeds Ada Limón, who has held the position since 2022. During his term as poet laureate, Sze plans to have a special focus on translating poetry originally written in other languages. Read more: at.pw.org/ArthurSze
Also highly recommend attending meditation sessions in person, playing ultimate frisbee, mountain biking, or hiking, talking to your neighbors, and going outside to look at the full moon. It’s still pretty gorgeous tonight.
Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.
January 5, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Also highly recommend attending meditation sessions in person, playing ultimate frisbee, mountain biking, or hiking, talking to your neighbors, and going outside to look at the full moon. It’s still pretty gorgeous tonight.
I do not like reading digital versions of magazines and newspapers. I like reading physical copies of them that I hold in my hands. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
January 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I do not like reading digital versions of magazines and newspapers. I like reading physical copies of them that I hold in my hands. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
This is a cat house but we support Top Dogs
January 2, 2026 at 9:32 PM
This is a cat house but we support Top Dogs
This is absolute madness
5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.
Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.
(Gift link.)
U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
January 1, 2026 at 6:27 AM
This is absolute madness
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🗣️ LET’S MAKE CURIOSITY COOL IN 2026
December 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🗣️ LET’S MAKE CURIOSITY COOL IN 2026
Anyone else watching Craft in America? I love every single episode!
Just fascinating. #craftinamerica
www.pbs.org/show/craft-i...
Just fascinating. #craftinamerica
www.pbs.org/show/craft-i...
Craft in America
Unearth the splendor of American culture crafts and the people behind the artistry.
www.pbs.org
December 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Anyone else watching Craft in America? I love every single episode!
Just fascinating. #craftinamerica
www.pbs.org/show/craft-i...
Just fascinating. #craftinamerica
www.pbs.org/show/craft-i...
How I’m walking out of 2025
December 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
How I’m walking out of 2025
Just watched this - wonderful.
The Only Girl in the Orchestra won the Best Documentary Short Film at this year's Oscars. Directed by Molly O'Brien, the film is about her aunt Orin O'Brien, a double-bass player who in 1966 became the New York Philharmonic's first female player. More... mfiles.co.uk/jims-blog.htm
December 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Just watched this - wonderful.
One of my favorite things
December 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
One of my favorite things
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The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a new craft book on the writing life and writing fiction by Elizabeth McCracken, and #PWWritingPrompts on AI poetry, journaling, and loneliness. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN
December 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a new craft book on the writing life and writing fiction by Elizabeth McCracken, and #PWWritingPrompts on AI poetry, journaling, and loneliness. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
December 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
Everyone around me:
“You’re overreacting.”
“You’re so dramatic.”
“That will never happen.”
🙄
“You’re overreacting.”
“You’re so dramatic.”
“That will never happen.”
🙄
those who predicted authoritarianism were both dismissed, & deeply misunderstood, by the media
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
my latest for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Everyone around me:
“You’re overreacting.”
“You’re so dramatic.”
“That will never happen.”
🙄
“You’re overreacting.”
“You’re so dramatic.”
“That will never happen.”
🙄
The most terrifying thing I’ve ever read.
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The most terrifying thing I’ve ever read.
Oh, Wil, this took my breath away. I’m so sorry for your grief. Grieving with you. 💔
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Oh, Wil, this took my breath away. I’m so sorry for your grief. Grieving with you. 💔
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"This searing book conveys the survivors' sufferings and remarkable resilience, bringing to life their personal stories"
The #WolfsonHistoryPrize judges on why they awarded the 2025 prize to Hannah Durkin's 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'.
The #WolfsonHistoryPrize judges on why they awarded the 2025 prize to Hannah Durkin's 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'.
December 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"This searing book conveys the survivors' sufferings and remarkable resilience, bringing to life their personal stories"
The #WolfsonHistoryPrize judges on why they awarded the 2025 prize to Hannah Durkin's 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'.
The #WolfsonHistoryPrize judges on why they awarded the 2025 prize to Hannah Durkin's 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'.
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My quote of the day
If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else.
Rob Reiner
If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else.
Rob Reiner
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
My quote of the day
If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else.
Rob Reiner
If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else.
Rob Reiner
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