Sam Ladner

Imagine taking an innocent child to be incarcerated. Imagine denying them healthcare and education. Close the camps, you monsters.

You may be wondering how I found myself etc etc

"The role of language in these tasks is to convey something rather than to produce language." I wish all AI bros had read Wittgenstein

Artificial Intelligence Replacement Dysfunction (AIRD): A Call to Action for Mental Health Professionals in an Era of Workforce Displacement Artificial intelligence replacement dysfunction (AIRD) is a new, proposed clinical construct describing the psychological and existential distress that could be experienced by individuals facing the t...

Have you seen this study about this very issue? Not a "disorder" officially yet, but the psychological cost of AI replacing humans is already observable www.cureus.com/articles/407...

It Turns Out That Constantly Telling Workers They're About to Be Replaced by AI Has Grim Psychological Effects The stress arising from fears of being replaced by AI warrants an entirely new psychological dysfunction, researchers argue.

Babe, wake up. A new psychological disorder just dropped. futurism.com/artificial-i...

Same vibe

While the human rights abuses and environmental nihilism cited here are true, the article misses a crucial point about how networks work. Structural holes are opportunities. Being a "middleman" / broker is good practice, not bad, especially when the broker lacks domestic capital.

Americans: folks you gotta wake up. Canadians, your friends, are scared of you. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I think it’s about distinguishing oneself and one’s labour as unique

First look at Pam Bondi in Season 2

JFC this is horrific

A judge orders DHS to give Minnesota detainees swift access to lawyers before transfers A federal judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to give detained immigrants in Minnesota quick, private access to lawyers. U.S.

Big win for the Constitution here. apnews.com/article/whip...

Tech Bros consider the ability to critically assess tech as feminine coded. Source: me, fem-presenting tech analyst

Oh yes, this is exactly what’s happening

‘I Just Want to Get Out of Here’: ICE Is Detaining Hundreds of Children

Close the camps. This administration has built a gulag system, a concentration camp system — FOR CHILDREN. There’s no sugar coating this. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

I am definitely a Charles Darwin after today’s writing session. But there’s always tomorrow.

Are we just going to ignore the fact that CBP used a laser they borrowed from the Pentagon to shoot down a party balloon? I mean, where do you think this goes?

Fair. I remember how shocked I was.

I still remember Obama's State of the Union when he name-checked Citizens United and Alito shouted NOOOOO at him in the chamber.

wow...a lot to unpack here.

I was laughing too hard.

One time, an engineer suggested we raise the lights to experiment with productivity effects. I thought he was joking. Dude, have you never heard of the Hawthorne Effect? Apparently not.

As a sociologist of work+tech, I worked inside tech companies for 20 years and I never -- NEVER -- encountered anyone who had actually studied the nature of work itself. They throw things at the wall. Work is a thing that has been studied for centuries.

House Is Set to Vote on Canceling Trump’s Canada Tariffs

Americans tell me all the time they are horrified how Trump is treating Canada. Here’s your chance to do something: call your representatives about this bill www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

We can thank my subconscious for it.

Henri was younger than Liam is.

This is a horrible read. But read it you must.

a man is holding a boombox over his head in front of a blue car . ALT: a man is holding a boombox over his head in front of a blue car .

I dreamt we had a litter of adorable black cats outside our house. One of them got inside and I decided to call him Void Dobbler. The CDS is going to send me a little void isn’t it.

That, my friends, is writing. Real human writing.

Americans: never again is now.