Miscellaneous
Entries that are only or also general or personal.
Releasing Searcher, a Configurable, Privacy-Minded Chromium Extension to Trigger Random Searches
A mini-tool to make it costlier to invade your privacy.
#154 · · tools
The Violence Imperative
Violence is too severe to tolerate.
#153 · · philosophy, politics
A German, an American, and an Israeli Walk Into a Bar
How likely is it that someone you meet has killed an unarmed person?
#152 ·
Moving Away From US Services: A Few Favorites
On increasing the price for disrespecting international law and the international community, by changing our choices on who gets our attention and our money.
#151 · · development, politics
2025
On an extremely productive year that ended with a significant personal update, and a year that I’ll forever connect with genocidal colonialism, the breakdown of international law, and alienation from my home country.
#150 ·
A Secret
10 years ago—
#149 · · philosophy, politics
Psychology, Philosophy
On the importance of our views of the world.
#148 · · philosophy
A Suggestion for Your Community Terms and Policies
Protect your community from including anyone realistically linked to war crimes or genocides, including former, current, and reserve members of the armed forces of implicated countries.
#147 · · politics
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?
#146 · · development, politics
Everyone Should Earn the Same
A thought experiment.
#145 · · politics
Millionaires and Billionaires
On being able to do amazing things for humanity and the planet, and doing the opposite.
#144 · · politics
No Islamophobia
On remaining vigilant against hatred.
#143 · · politics
How the Anti-AI Movement Hurts Itself (and What It Could Do Instead)
Strong “yes” to AI criticism, strong “no” to anti-AI fanaticism.
#142 · · ai
On Trust
How trust is active, not passive, how it’s connected with truth, and how we’re in trouble.
#141 · · philosophy
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.
What Counter-Strike Taught Me About Assholes
Sometimes, being who you are requires being who you are not.
#139 ·
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.
#138 · · politics
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.
#137 · · politics
Lifeform User Story
On sentient beings of all species being dominated and their habitats destroyed.
#136 · · politics
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.
#135 · · 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.)
#134 ·
Ethics in Tech: On an Issue Particularly Sensitive to Germans
When it’s about learning from your country’s crimes.
#133 · · politics
AI and Animals in Freedom
What if we decided not to dominate animals anymore?
#132 ·
Connection to the Environment
On that feeling of being one with everyone and everything that we’re all experiencing.
#131 · · politics
Empathy
Lack of empathy is not a sign of strength, but a liability for all of us.
#130 · · politics
Tara
A human-inspired, AI-generated, human-edited story about refusing to live in a dystopia—and transforming the world instead.
#129 · · books
Where to Put a Mouse or Trackpad
On a setup that is standard on notebooks but that seems unpopular on desktops.
#128 ·
Prisoner’s Dilemma
On “tit for tat” with about 10% more forgiveness.
#127 · · philosophy, politics
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.
#126 ·
On Deciding Who We Are
When a country cannot agree to “advancing a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace in Ukraine” (or other countries).
#125 · · politics, philosophy
On Making Sure Everyone Is Taken Care Of
For our own sake.
#124 · · philosophy, politics
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—
#123 · · philosophy
Private Property
A quote, from Daniel Loick, that isn’t new, that isn’t all.
#122 · · philosophy, politics
Google 2025
There are some things I find weird and disappointing about the Google of today.
#121 ·
2024
Professional and personal highlights from the past year. Happy 2025!
#120 ·
What I Learned About That Difficult Childhood
On a changing—and perhaps transcending—perspective on pain.
#119 · · philosophy
When You Are Rich
On what you do as a person who is very rich.
#118 ·
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.
#117 · · management, philosophy
Growth
A rant.
#116 · · politics
On Disagreement
From discomfort that can lead to shortcuts to challenges that may yield transformations.
#115 · · politics
Imposing on Hearing
On the sense that we may be able to defend the least.
#114 ·
Why I Don’t Block AI Scrapers
“The Tortoise and the Hare,” human/AI edition.
#113 · · development, ai
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.”
#112 · · ai
Feed Sources 2024
My current feed subscriptions. (Because, what would we be without syndication on the Web.)
#111 ·
Calling Someone “Too Old” Is Ageist
The “too old” thing needs to stop.
#110 ·
3 Good Reasons for Vegan and Vegetarian “Substitute” Products
On acknowledging forms, maintaining connection, and making it easier to live empathically and sustainably.
#109 ·
The Essence of Veganism
On not having anyone suffer or die for us.
#108 ·
Critical Feedback: Four Approaches and One Twist
Feedback is important so that we can learn and improve. Critical feedback is important to expose, validate, and address areas of growth and development. I believe that fundamentally, there are four approaches to critical feedback.
#107 · · management
Declining 1:1 Meetings Without a Message Is Rude
It happens everywhere, but it sets a bad example.
#106 ·
Sustainability Trap
On the need to take and at the same time reassign responsibility for consumption and pollution.
#105 · · politics