Europe’s new rulebook to ensure safe, ethical and transparent online spaces, the Digital Services Act (DSA), finally entered into force on November 16th. …

Over the past month, I’ve been thinking a lot about this ‘transition’ period for Twitter. I don’t want to say death but death isn’t the right word. Social media isn’t dead and neither is Twitter, it is just changing. We are slouching towards community designed spaces. That doesn’t mean we…

I’ve been thinking a lot about Burn Wild recently, a podcast. I know I usually write about technology but I can’t stop thinking about this podcast. Not because I loved it, but I found it so infuriating. I wanted to love this podcast, I really did. I love most podcasts…

I’m sure you’ve seen the tweets, and the think pieces about how much worse Twitter is gonna get. My friend Justin Hendrix mentioned losing a few hundred followers in a case of a few hours, after Elon brought a sink into Twitter headquarters (which is the lamest bit I’ve ever…

During the summer, I was asked to work on a deeply interesting problem with Michal Luria and the Center for Democracy and Technology (I’ll be referring to them as the “CDT” throughout this article). Michal and her team were thinking about the state of recommendation algorithms, how to provide transparency…

Have you heard of the term ‘climate-grief’? Researcher Britt Wray coined this to specifically articulate the kind of sadness and mourning experienced right now- with the realization that climate change, and climate harm, is approaching the point of no-return. This kind of resolution, that the future isn’t an ever expanding…

AI products, like most, need more user-enabled functionality and augmentation. — I wrote the majority of this article using Otter.ai and standard recorded voice memos from some preloaded app that comes on newer iPhones. This post comes out of research I’m doing for a book on design and machine learning. So much of writing this book has been a struggle, not…

Untangling Intimacy and Technology Within Art: An Interview with Sarah Friend A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to have a long conversation with one of my favorite artists (and friend!) Sarah Friend. Sarah is a Canadian artist based in Berlin, Germany whose work often plays with, analyzes, critiques…

Which cities and states are next? — On July 21, New Orleans became one of the first cities to reverse their facial recognition ban, following the state of Virginia’s facial recognition ban reversal. The original ban, passed in 2020, made it unlawful for the New Orleans police to use facial recognition, full stop. …