I’m a writer, tech analyst, and media project manager living in New Haven, CT. Arachne is my newsletter focused on how technology interacts with creativity, culture, and citizenship.
Warp
As Charlie XCX told us during the Brat Summer of our lord, everything is romantic. As I am telling you now, everything is tech. Stories that don't appear on the surface to be technology stories always have some small line out to the many ways technology disrupts and
Weft
For me and many of my friends, 2024 has been an absolute doozy. Just an absolute disaster of a year. Without belaboring it, I'll just say that 2025 cannot come fast enough. As the clock ticks down on this mudpit of a year, let's take an
Warp
Following the surprise shooting of a healthcare CEO in Manhattan last week, one of the questions I kept asking myself revolved around technology. How could a person shoot someone in midtown Manhattan and evade both identification and apprehension? For days, a few details were reported that only further made this
Warp
Hi there everyone. For a special Giving Tuesday edition of Arachne, I wanted to point you in the direction of some organizations in the tech and democracy space for you to consider donating. If you're not ready to make a donation today, all of these organizations have excellent
Warp
Over the past week, millions of new users, including some of Twitter's most prolific producers, have moved operations to Bluesky. If you've heard about Bluesky, if you haven't heard about Bluesky, if you are someone who was the 72,868th user on Bluesky (me)
Weft
But is not journalism. It may or may not be obvious, but we have a serious information problem. Education in media literacy has not matched the pace of media proliferation, resulting in problems ranging from the trivial to the democracy undermining. We do not have a really functional information economy.
Warp
Two things are true this week. First, there isn't a ton of tech news about which I'm really excited to write. Second, I want to take a break from foretelling doom as a result of the election. So I thought this would be a great time
Democracy
This week has been hectic, but I wanted to make sure I got out a second newsletter. This one will probably not be as elegantly written as past posts. ✍️A quick editorial note: דעם מאַשין קילז פאַשיסץ Some Things to Prepare For A Trump presidency is bad in
Democracy
Irregular days call for irregular newsletters. "How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., March 25, 1965On the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama Today is Election Day. I am
Weft
This post was slightly delayed because I've been sick all week from my Covid/Flu shots. Apologies! Hi there! While the halls of America's best and brightest billionaire owned newspapers shuffle their feet wondering if capitulating to a fascist is a good idea, you can rest
AI
Content warning: This post includes a story about a teen suicide. "It's probably broken and I don't believe you" is a common catchphrase of Nilay Patel, the editor in chief of The Verge. The phrase is deployed most frequently on The Vergecast when talking
AI
At Disneyworld, you'll find these machines that create souvenir coins for guests.