Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Who should I read for a better grasp of the next decade's scenarios and the military and statecraft the US should build? 000
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Follow with Mister Ed. Same behind the camera folks I think. 120
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Farther along, pelicanridingbicycle eventually becomes a prayer of invocation when communing with the sublime. 010
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Is that anti-piracy why microblogging has such short character limits? 🧵1/247 000
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 12/08/2026This is like any other cloud v onprem choice. Economics, compliance, moat building. Frontier still matters but not for ordering my lunch. 110
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 12/08/2026If you're a minor, you should be able to test into the franchise. Watch schools get funded. 100
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I thought the not-too-smart Star Trek computers (like Computer) were because the Butlerian Jihad took place around the time of the Clone wars. Wrong timeline tho. 000
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I see faint margin of error bars on the chart but not anything to suggest how ambiguous/useless/damaging polling is this far out. 010
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Needs a wiki just to catalog it all. Especially to trigger detailed pre-work in the form of orders, bills, amendments, budgets, treaties... 110
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 16/07/2026All PR is good PR. Just spell his name right. Or something like that. 000
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 16/07/2026@honer.bsky.social Who are the pioneers today in adapting history’s lessons to the next wave of naval technologies? 011
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The liberal media are always trying to silence the dead. 010
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Should improve authoritarian surveillance of US state governments? 000
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 20/06/2026@radiofreetom.bsky.social how well do presidents surround themselves with capable staff and cabinets? 000
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 02/06/2026is this for a particular time of day, like lunch or breakfast? midnight snack? 000
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Quantifying M's timebound goals in regulated speech was useful. More impact: promises outside those calls and documents, independent of a specific enterprise. Like what he said publicly about his DOGE efforts, and its effects on his companies' sales. Or statements/promises vs stock trades. 000
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 23/05/2026It's not just automating coordination to flatten orgs. This autocratic-flavored enterprise ambition is to stop renting smarts from human experts (who leave, die, have opinions) and make smarts owned by the company in full. Scales better, keeps improving, doesn't question orders, works weekends. 010
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 10/05/2026The bootcamps that train upcoming politicians - candidates, campaign managers, organizers, speechwriters, fundraisers - teach the mechanics of running. An Oliver Camp for Ds would be potent on more than language. A Week With Willis would change the way folks talk and govern. 000
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Is there a gap list showing positions where progressives have yet to file? 000
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Can we get a map that shows squares (or hexagons) that represent 10k people (or 50 or whatever makes sense). I can't tell if half the people are in one small spot on this map. 130
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 02/05/2026@radiofreetom.bsky.social Do private US companies (like Amazon) historically have recourse for US War Department damage to their assets? Is there some online form to request reimbursement? news.slashdot.org/story/26/05/...news.slashdot.orgAmazon Stuck With Months of Repairs After Drone Strikes On Data Centers - SlashdotAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Amazon's cloud customers will need to wait several more months before the US tech company can repair war-damaged data centers and restore normal ... 000
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 28/04/2026I don't know who you'd turn to for a playbook for when big companies come to town. It would be handy right about now. 000
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 28/04/2026What mechanisms do you need up front that deal with their ability to shelter assets, close corporate doors, and flee in the night covered in bankruptcy? 100
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Do you want ways to compel their books to be open, auditable, reviewed by your county auditor and counsel? Do you want them to cover the costs for inspection and to hold them accountable? 100
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Do you want them to pledge not to spend money on politics? On lobbying or issue advocacy, to buy local police, judges, councils? What deathly civil penalties would you write into their permits for a breach? 100
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Do you want the data center to set aside money up front for a clean shut down? Safe recycling of old electronics and kilometers of cable? Promptly deed the property to the city/county if abandoned? What insurance would you insist they carry for risks to your people, your land, your economy? 100
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Negative externalities are no joke. Ask anyone who grew up next to a refinery, in a rustbelt city, downwind of a rocket launch pad, or drinking in Flint. If you could get something before And those natural gas drillers pumped poison into your water table, what would you demand? 100
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 28/04/2026So someone comes to your town to build an AI data center that will pollute, raise local energy prices, and lie abandoned in five years as old chips don't matter and the funding goes away. What can locals do to get the AI wildcatters to shoulder all the pain? www.wheresyoured.at/ais-economic...wheresyoured.atAI's Economics Don't Make SenseIf you liked this piece, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, includ... 120
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 28/04/2026And the hardcore dev behavior case pales beside what happens when everyone else follows up the maturity ladder. I don't see how the resources pencil out. 000
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 28/04/2026So what's the fully loaded cost of using AI (the way you'll want to use it a year from now)? Without the subsidy? Adding in taxes, to cover the externalities? 120
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 28/04/2026So the unit economics are pretty well understood by now. Maybe. And the Early Adopter Subsidy is leaving. So what is a fully loaded price? What is the marginal unit cost if we add in all the direct and indirect costs, and throw in negative externalities and some taxes to cover them? $10k/mo? $100? 120
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 26/04/2026medium.com/@evanwolf/ol... from 2021. the TV network coverage of fencing sucks. especially compared to what's possible. just a year and change until the 2028 Olympics.medium.comOlympic Fencing reporting still sucks.How, Why, and How To Fix It 000
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 16/04/2026The biggest firms are hiring expertise, not experts. They are acquihiring skills files as SMEs, APIs/MCPs as subcontractors, orchestrators as front line supervisors. All the mechanical work of consulting. None of the soft, squishy, high concept work. Nobody who will call bullshit. 000
Reposted by Phil WolffBen Werdmuller @werd.io · 15/04/2026I wrote a piece explaining why open protocols are even more important in a world where everyone can build their own software - and what that might mean for social. werd.io/one-size-fit...werd.ioOne size fits none: let communities build for themselvesHow open protocols and agentic development could lead to a whole new generation of social applications. 34912
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I've always had deep respect and admiration for the unhoused who improvised and innovated shelter. Not sure "ten hacks for cart life" is a ratings dream, but they seem to be highly transferrable skills. 000
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Frankly, @faineg.bsky.social on a global noodle beat could be a fun read. #sennoods 010
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 12/04/2026A PE duopoly on ambulances with three year backlogs and US$500K prices seems like a great opportunity for a startup incubator. Or foreign entrants. www.thebignewsletter.com/p/code-red-w...thebignewsletter.comEmergency Prices: How Private Equity Captured the Ambulance MarketEmergency service costs have been going up for years, frustrating city officials. One reason seems to be private equity, which bought up ambulance makers and raised prices. 010
Phil Wolff @philwolff.bsky.social · 11/04/2026For every genius idea like that there's a Space Elevator Permitting Project. Zoning, eminent domain,compensation for loss of air rights and shadows. 000
