Liz O’Sullivan

well this isn’t going to help with precedent/the rule of law

Interesting news: Clearview founder Hoan Ton-That stepping down and board member Hal Lambert, Texan investor who created the MAGA ETF, stepping in as co-CEO, promising lots of federal contracts to come under the new administration

Getting frustrated at angry constituents may be a human emotion, but it’s just plain unimaginative to throw up your hands and say “we’re out of ideas”. If working through traditional means has a low likelihood of success, it’s time to think nontraditionally, and there is much more work you can do.

Joint fundraisers with groups providing direct aid and protection to affected groups.

Fellowships to help people creating and nurturing movements.

Vocal, legal, and active support for local governments to craft policy bulwarks against harmful federal policies.

“Every tool available” to combat the effects of this administration looks very different from what we’ve seen from you so far. There are limits to what you can achieve in Congress, but as elected leaders you have celebrity, a platform, and access to vast amounts of capital. Some ideas to consider:

if a list is helpful, to combat stress:

1. Focus on health - real rest, not numbing; nutrition; stress-releasing movement
2. Focus on mindfulness - here & now, not what’s to come; breathwork; noticing triggers & doing body scans
3. Focus on others - helping others helps you feel less helpless

Hello to *so many* of my old frens from AI/privacy twitter, I’ve missed y’all!

Six years ago one of these robots drove itself into a fountain www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/7/...

I really enjoyed this week’s Ahsoka with the Grass People, the Land Tauntauns, and the Crab Ewoks!

Oh man. This sucks.

Axon’s Ethics Board Resigned Over Taser-Armed Drones. Then the Company Bought a Military Drone Mak... The CEO's vision for Taser-equipped drones includes a fictitious scenario in which the technology averts a shooting at a daycare center

Not good. Nope. No armed drones in schools. themarkup.org/2023/09/08/a...

Congress is About to Pass a Very Bad Internet Bill. Here's How You Can Stop It. The misleadingly named Kids Online Safety Act will censor the internet, not protect kids.

I wrote about KOSA, the very bad internet censorship bill making its way through the Senate, and what you can do to help stop it. Please share/subscribe/etc.

It will never not be Facebook to me.

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That would’ve been perfect! Thank you for all the stories. Truly some of the most elegant, evocative, insightful prose I’ve read.

wtaf

We aren’t hiring for that role at this precise moment but possibly one day soon?

Saudi Arabia’s Huge U.S. Investments Lose Money — but Buy Influence After LIV Golf bought the PGA Tour, a Senate report revealed Saudi Arabia’s extensive — and influential — investments in the U.S. economy.

Saudi Arabia's U.S. investments are bigger than we ever knew, a new Senate report reveals.

Those investments are operating at a massive loss — because their real purpose is buying influence.

Like seriously, if you think this post is funny let’s be friends, thank you I love it

A Venn diagram Threads: Interact with a brand Twitter: Waste $44B Blue Sky: Bring Weird Twitter energy Threads & Blue Sky: Talk about how nice it is there Threads & Twitter: Challenge competitor to a cage match Twitter & Blue Sky: Make fun of Threads Threads, Twitter & Blue Sky: Make fun of Twitter

Social media strategy in the age of Threads, Twitter and Bluesky.

Fwitter, lolol

Came here to say Artifact. It’s a good lead generator if nothing else. Adequately customizable and broad.

House GOP discusses use of robot dogs to patrol US borders A House GOP hearing gathered together various security tech firms, including Ghost Robotics to discuss high-tech border patrol.

I wrote about Marjorie Taylor Greene and a robot dog. https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/28/house-gop-discusses-use-of-robot-dogs-to-patrol-us-borders/

There’s a block party going on and I was not at all expecting throngs of school-age children to be scream-singing along with *NSYNC in the year 2023, but I love it so much.

You’re in town?!?

Mad Men is a masterclass in TV writing, it’s not what they say it’s what they don’t say that’s compelling. And yes, costumes!

Deadwood before Mad Men? The Wire??

Look at you, tryna make this place all serious and shit. Can I interest you in a hot Alf instead??