Commercially Encoded Perspectives, Communally Decoded Intent
This is the first newsletter entry that I’d actively turn on analytics for. As I’d like to take my writing more seriously this month, having numbers help....
The (forced) mundanity of having a stance
What is it that I'm aiming to achieve with my critique and contestation of generative artificial intelligence? Am I fighting the air or a system?
So. We're at day 61.
I came with the title of this entry around October 2024. I was in the midst of development for a upcoming project and was extremely eager to share. Then out...
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(Bold) Intents and (New) Initiatives
Thank you to everyone who checked in around the time of Hurricane Milton. I wrote a bit about what I experienced, which is more than most can say. I’m glad...
Hankerings and Holdings
A shaking of thoughts, a small announcement and things I've been thinking about.
Black August
I wrote about my plans to observe this more radical version of Black History Month on my site, and I’d love if you checked it out and let me know if there...
Keeping busy with everything is really hard.
When I’m out of work, I noticed that my time keeping busy skyrockets. When I’m employed, I have stricter boundaries on the time I spend. I avoid as much as...
Good news and musings around a rapidly changing self
Placement aside, I both laugh and shake (a bit) about how often I think about the future. That of this newsletter, of my role at my current job, of the...
Still wrestling with existence.
I've done my best (and continue to strive) to understand my "placement": what roles I want to take on, what spaces I can occupy, what worlds do I want to...
220 Years. And Another One
It's been 220 years since enslaved Africans and Taíno people got up and began killing the people who've killed their families, tore them from their homes and...
Thank You.
Just a super short email. A few moments ago, I've reached the goal for the fundraiser to keep me afloat until February. I really could not have done it...
A Modest Request
Cutting to the chase - I need help. As is the case with most folks being laid off right now — funds have run low (if not evaporated) and costs of...
Update: Last Talk of the Year (Labor Organizing and Tech)
As I write this, I see Stella looking for something in the kitchen. I usually never know what she's looking for but her looking back at me in equal confusion...
First Day of Autumn: bittertwist, unexpected but welcomed
Thank you; a small request for help. Before I begin, I want to thank everyone who's been helping out in any way (with kind words, supporting funds,...
I've Been Laid Off.
The most difficult thing about writing for me is trying to find a purpose to do so on demand. I've been wanting to give y'all an update but almost daily, a...
"Wait, run that back. Who did WHAT?" and more thoughts on COVID+community
Updates Ethan's book "You Deserve a Tech Union" is out! I've begun reading it; you can see my notes from it on the Fediverse as I do so. I'm going to close...
Committment to Self Esteem and Integrity and Updates!
bell hooks, in Rock Your Soul, quotes a psychologist's definition of self-esteem as personal integrity, self-acceptance, self-responsibility, self-assertion,...
Thirty Rotations - A Letter to My Past and Future Self
I'm writing this from Brooklyn and will probably be at work as you read it. Today's the day I came into this world, and I think about it a lot in the months...
Slight Change of Plans - We're Sticking to the Clock!
A month ago, I did not think I'd be writing this often via newsletter. Here I am, writing the third-one-on-a-weekly-basis post, and I think this is going to...
Hey! Is Reading Hard for You?
The subject of this issue is precisely what I want to ask you about: reading. Specifically, reading anything that might take more than ten minutes to do so...