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When hackers become hype stars. 

on the founder industrial complex. This piece was published in collaboration with Boys Club.

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We're all founders now 

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The politics of prediction markets.

on how gambling on everything has shaped reporting. This piece was originally published in November 2025. 

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The Signal is the Noise

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Changed for good. 

on a generation of listeners shaped by music hardware. 

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25 years of iPod brain

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“Undone by a string of clues” 

on the struggle to articulate the present. 

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The feeling of the old world fading away

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Work in tech? Fund an artist. 

on the rise of independent microgrant programs.

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The mini Medicis 

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To know which way the wind blows

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AI slop is just the culmination of how humans have been using the internet for years.

in [Kneeling Bus](https://kneelingbus.substack.com/p/slop-as-a-way-of-life). This piece was originally published in July 2025. 

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Slop as a way of life

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Clout in the age of infinite reproduction.

of [This Outfit Does Not Exist](https://thisoutfitdoesnotexist.substack.com/) on what happens when anyone can wear anything.

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The Dojiverse

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