My two year old just asked for a cup of tea and a piece of toast. Epigenetics?

I feel like I should cultivate a slightly different personality on every social network.

Musk co-running D.O.G.E. was surprising enough. But imagine my shock when they announced RFK Jr would be heading up M.E.A.S.L.E.S

What I want from Mozilla https://werd.io/2024/what-i-want-from-mozilla

A sick toddler is the saddest thing. They don’t know what’s wrong; they just want you to fix it and you can’t. In the middle of the night, between coughing fits, I heard a tiny voice: “this is hard work”. I know, buddy. I’m sorry.

Thanks for sharing this, Jack.

Oh, we’re covering the money.

Everyone is entitled to their own hopes and dreams for a platform, but what I hope for from decentralized social media is for every social media user to be on it, and for the owners of centralized platforms to no longer be able to influence elections, movements, or genocides. It’s got to go big.

The new Health Secretary really wormed his way in, huh

Newsletter platform beehiiv launches multi-million dollar journalism fund https://werd.io/2024/newsletter-platform-beehiiv-launches-multi-million-dollar-journalism-fund

Is BlueSky the new Twitter, and if so is that a good thing? https://werd.io/2024/is-bluesky-the-new-twitter-and-if-so-is-that

The Onion acquires Infowars https://werd.io/2024/the-onion-acquires-infowars

People don’t tend to call boys beautiful, but they should, and he is.

My little buddy has long hair. Everyone assumes he’s a girl. I’m scared that when he eventually gets a haircut nobody will call him beautiful anymore.

Experienced parents know this already, but holy wow, school photos are a racket. $65 for three digital downloads? I’ll buy them, obviously, but those are theme park prices.

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X https://werd.io/2024/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-x

I used to spend hours working on projects in my own time. Now I’m very lucky if I get 20-30 minutes. It makes it very hard to make progress. But still: I am making progress, however slowly.

The Libertarian Party is out of its mind if it thinks Trump cares what it wants. It’s a joke. Of course, Trump is too, but it doesn’t manifest through libertarianism.

They made a government department to tear it all down and they called it Doge. Right now the basement-dwelling incel demographic is cackling with glee.

The corner café https://werd.io/2024/the-corner-caf%C3%A9