It’s coming up on been a year, somehow, since I started this website/micro-studio/space to think in. What a wild choice that was, setting out in October of 2024, eyes on the horizon! We’d hoped things would turn out differently. The research and thinking I came
2026 Idea Dump
AF just went on its annual summer break in June, and I spent the most glorious two weeks up north for some much needed, off-the-grid time.
2025: The year in LLMs
This is the third in my annual series reviewing everything that happened in the LLM space over the past 12 months. For previous years see Stuff we figured out about …
Opinion | Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass - The …
archived 30 Apr 2026 15:40:29 UTC
Welcome to 2026!
Hello Handmade Network, and happy new year! 2025 was a relatively quiet year for us where we focus…
It's Time To Rethink Everything by @t3dotgg
Director Michael Kratsios on Twitter / X
In response to @POTUS's call for a revival of America's scientific enterprise, today I’m releasing Science: A New Golden Age.This report is a blueprint for renewing American scientific leadership for the 21st century. pic.twitter.com/ikM6pX2ndP— Director Michael Kratsios (@mkratsios47) July 21, 2026
Feel the ATmosphere: it's ‘95 all over again
In late April I was in Hamburg for Ahoy! 2025, the first European conference dedicated to the ATmosphere — the information ecosystem built…
Alex Komoroske on Twitter / X
What if technology didn’t feel so… hollow?Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it)https://t.co/sfKBVZ2zXr— Alex Komoroske (@komorama) December 5, 2025
It’s Time to Save Silicon Valley From Itself
Big Tech has lost its way. At WIRED’s Big Interview event, Techdirt editor Mike Masnick and Common Tools CEO Alex Komoroske announced a manifesto designed to help the industry get back on track.
The Atmosphere Is Rebuilding The Web, But Better
Ten thoughts on the Atmosphere Conference...
Too Much TV: Substack Is Going To Give Me A Stroke
And I take a look at the new Paramount, circa 2029.
Ubuntu Summit 2024 | Day Three
Introducing Hubble! We got some support to build a really big mirror!!
Introducing Hubble: A Public Mirror for the Whole Atmosphere - microcosm
updates.microcosm.blue
AT Protocol Developers
Thrilled to be working with @bad-example.com, whom you know from the excellent @microcosm.blue tools, on making the atproto network ever more resilient atproto.com/blog/introducing-hubble-a-pub…
Introducing Hubble! We got some support to build a really big mirror!!
Introducing Hubble: A Public Mirror for the Whole Atmosphere - microcosm
updates.microcosm.blueAT Protocol Developers
Thrilled to be working with @bad-example.com, whom you know from the excellent @microcosm.blue tools, on making the atproto network ever more resilient atproto.com/blog/introducing-hubble-a-pub…
