Miscellaneous
3 User-Friendly Technical Ways to Respond to Genocidistan
Imagine a country that colonizes another nation, attacks and murders their people, attacks other countries around them,—and no one stops them. What would you do? What could you do?
#191 · · development, advocacy
The Economy Is Important Because
A thesis.
#190 · · philosophy
Everyone Should Earn the Same
A thought experiment.
#189 · · advocacy
Millionaires and Billionaires
On being able to do amazing things for humanity and the planet, and doing the opposite.
#188 · · advocacy
The Other Problem With Not Helping an Entire People Being Murdered in a Genocide
On the consistency that seems needed for everyone to be safe.
#187 · · advocacy
No Islamophobia
On remaining vigilant against hatred.
#186 · · advocacy
How the Anti-AI Movement Hurts Itself (and What It Could Do Instead)
Strong “yes” to AI criticism, strong “no” to anti-AI fanaticism.
#185 · · ai
Can We Condemn All Acts of Terrorism?
“No” to all violence—yet what if that ends up supporting oppression or worse? A scenario.
#184 · · advocacy
On Trust
How trust is active, not passive, how it’s connected with truth, and how we’re in trouble.
#183 · · philosophy
Tech Is Political: Take More Action Against Countries and Organizations Engaged in Wars, Genocides, and Misanthropy
As consumers, social media participants, and website owners, we can do a lot more to protest and increase consequences for crimes against minorities or humanity as a whole.
#182 · · advocacy
The Great Disappointment
It’s 2025, and web development has never appeared more apolitical. On tech influencers, without a cause.
#181 · · development, advocacy
A Chromium Browser Extension to Counter Warmongering, Genocidal, Misanthropic Actors
Block navigating to and loading from URLs, domains, and entire top-level domains with a user-configurable browser extension.
#180 · · advocacy
What Counter-Strike Taught Me About A__holes
Sometimes, being who you are requires being who you are not.
#179 · · advocacy
German Holocaust Remembrance Culture Is Dead Inside
We do not stop genocides by cherry-picking which ones to regret.
#178 · · advocacy
My War, Genocide, and Misanthropy Policy
If our countries don’t take meaningful action to put an end to large-scale crimes, it doesn’t mean we have to just watch.
#177 · · advocacy
This Is My Child
It should not be alive and well only because his parents are white people living in a European democracy not governed by fascists.
#176 · · advocacy
Lifeform User Story
On sentient beings of all species being dominated and their habitats destroyed.
#175 · · advocacy
The Problems With Being an Influencer With Millions of Followers
When you have 99 problems—and you’re not unhappy that being an influencer isn’t one of them.
#174 · · philosophy
10 Things I Learned Applying to 200 Positions in 1 Year
One of many stories about a tech market undergoing transformation. (If you’re out there on the market, don’t lose sight of your strengths. You are awesome.)
#173 ·
Ethics in Tech: On an Issue Particularly Sensitive to Germans
When it’s about learning from your country’s crimes.
#172 ·
AI and Animals in Freedom
What if we decided not to dominate animals anymore?
#171 · · advocacy
Connection to the Environment
On that feeling of being one with everyone and everything that we’re all experiencing.
#170 ·
Empathy
Lack of empathy is not a sign of strength, but a liability for all of us.
#169 ·
New Book: Tara (A Utopia)
A human-inspired, AI-generated, human-edited story about refusing to live in a dystopia—and transforming the world instead.
#168 · · books
Where to Put a Mouse or Trackpad
On a setup that is standard on notebooks but that seems unpopular on desktops.
#167 ·
Prisoner’s Dilemma
On “tit for tat” with about 10% more forgiveness.
#166 · · philosophy
A Moratorium on Men Making Major Decisions
On the many news you’ve read today about a woman or a non-binary person invading another country, driving into a crowd, firing workers to maximize profits, raising taxes for low-income people, denying help, cutting benefits, beating someone up, setting a homeless person on fire, raping someone, making the life of a minority hell, endorsing or escalating a genocide, slashing education funding, or doing other WTF.
#165 · · advocacy
On Deciding Who We Are
When a country cannot agree to “advancing a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace in Ukraine” (or other countries).
#164 · · philosophy, advocacy
On Making Sure Everyone Is Taken Care Of
For our own sake.
#163 · · philosophy, advocacy
The Donkey and the Rabbit
A rabbit goes for her daily run. This day, she decides to try a new route. At an intersection she meets a donkey. When the donkey is about to eat a nail—
#162 · · philosophy
Private Property
A quote, from Daniel Loick, that isn’t new, that isn’t all.
#161 · · philosophy, advocacy
Google 2025
There are some things I find weird and disappointing about the Google of today.
#160 ·
2024
Professional and personal highlights from the past year. Happy 2025!
#159 ·
Genocide Dilemma
On what it means that we’re still committing and accepting genocides.
#158 · · advocacy
What I Learned About That Difficult Childhood
On a changing—and perhaps transcending—perspective on pain.
#157 · · philosophy
When You Are Rich
On what you do as a person who is very rich.
#156 · · advocacy
3 Things to Note About Democracy
If we think democracy can do without education, constructive intentions, and quality candidates, I believe we’re not getting democracy—and risk it.
#155 · · advocacy
Everyone Can Set You Up for Failure, Not Everyone Sets You Up for Success
On a conscious choice that we can make, and that we best make sure others make.
#154 · · management, philosophy
Growth
A rant.
#153 · · advocacy
What Germany May Not Have Learned From the Holocaust
No matter who is being violated, learning from a genocide means fighting against any genocide.
#152 · · advocacy
On Disagreement
From discomfort that can lead to shortcuts to challenges that may yield transformations.
#151 ·
Imposing on Hearing
On the sense that we may be able to defend the least.
#150 ·
We Always Knew Anyone Could Take Our Content
From “I show your content, but you get the click” to “I show your content” to “here’s other people’s content based on your content.”
#149 · · ai
Why I Don’t Block AI Scrapers
“The Tortoise and the Hare,” human/AI edition.
#148 · · development, ai
Feed Sources 2024
My current feed subscriptions. (Because, what would we be without syndication on the Web.)
#147 ·
Calling Someone “Too Old” Is Ageist
The “too old” thing needs to stop.
#146 · · advocacy
On Title Case
Casual thoughts about my experience with title case, a recent switch from AP-inspired to NYT-governed guidelines, and the respective guidelines themselves.
#145 · · design
On Mass Unemployment
Could there be something like an AI employment apocalypse?
#144 · · ai
3 Good Reasons for Vegan and Vegetarian “Substitute” Products
On acknowledging forms, maintaining connection, and making it easier to live empathically and sustainably.
#143 · · advocacy
The Essence of Veganism
On not having anyone suffer or die for us.
#142 · · advocacy