Authoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable

EmDash 1.0 is a stable, open source CMS built for Astro, with agent-friendly workflows, secure sandboxed plugins, and a decentralized registry that keeps publishers in control.

This is a very personal post about going back to the roots of this blog to refind the the passion for writing that drove me to create it in the first place.

But Amara, you didn't include MY favorite AI!

A framework for thinking about when AI involvement is additive or a violation

Because I haven't published anything to it since August 31. And no one else has either. That's not a super long time to go silent but it is for a site that

Omarchy should not matter. But sadly it does. As a power grab. If you don’t know what Omarchy is here’s the short summary. David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of RubyOnRails, owner of a software busines...

Eight ways to check the Supreme Court's role in the authoritarian project

AT Protocol is more than just Bluesky. This post explains what ATproto is, why it matters for event-driven apps, and how to build a reusable AWS pipeline for consuming it — including testing the full…

WASHINGTON—Touting the new vessel as an investment that could discreetly transport the nation’s chief executive for years to come, President Donald Trump unveiled Tuesday a new 250-foot gilded caterin...

I thought I knew what AT Protocol was about. It was for Bluesky and Bluesky-like sites and maybe auth. I wasn't entirely wrong but I was also way off the mark.