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
For all of my tech curiosity and the DIY spirit I cultivate around my digital life, I have no idea how to code. I have attempted to learn multiple times, from clacking out HTML in high school, to taking online Fundamentals of Javascript courses, to signing up for Harvard'
Weft
I've spent the last few weeks writing almost exclusively about technology, and I think it's time to dip back into media and entertainment (and of course its intersections with technology). In the past, I've written pieces about building an online arts scene, my impressions
Weft
It's tough out here. You want to be an active part of modernity, but you don't want to feel complicit in all of its woes! What a conundrum! Today I want to share some of how I think it can be good to think about these
Warp
Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn’t ‘sustainable’Some users are angry that some events have been removed.The VergeJay Peters In the last week or so, you may have heard some noise about Google changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico
Weft
Hi there. Today I want to talk about how I think about AI chatbots, why I use them, and some things I think about as I introduce them into my life. Just to get it out of the way, it's important I say that what follows here is
Warp
Thanks for a successful January for Arachne. I appreciate all of the feedback that this newsletter generates, and I hope to keep the momentum up. Today tips a little bit more in the politics direction than the tech/culture direction, but I think it's extremely important that people
Weft
As someone pretty keyed into the world of tech, I have observed a kind of narrative escalation around AI this week. In some analysis I've heard and read, the news around DeepSeek was the biggest tectonic shift in AI since OpenAI dropped ChatGPT in December 2022. I'
Warp
A Monday edition of Arachne cause there's some news to chit chat about! So you may have heard news today about a big scary drop in the tech sector of the stock market. You may have seen headlines with a company called DeepSeek and a company called Nvidia.
Weft
I really do not love Arachne being a place where I dreamscape the world we will inherit. I think that there are a number of flaws around the process of prediction in general, and there is no reason to believe that we can project out, say, ten years with any
Warp
It's a new week. We have a new president. The vibes are not great. About a million and one things happened with TikTok over the weekend, so let's talk about them. Here's what happened, somewhat chronologically * In his final hours as president, Joe Biden
Warp
Look, you can do whatever you want. Sincerely. I cannot and will not sit here and judge how anyone else chooses to use their devices or their internet. But, for me? It was time to go. We are experiencing "a moment" This upcoming week has profound implications for
Warp
Hello again everyone. It's a bright new week, which means it's time for some more Arachne. This week, I want to provide some context and some working definitions around artificial general intelligence, or "AGI." What it is, what it isn't, and why