Things we learned about LLMs in 2024 https://werd.io/2025/things-we-learned-about-llms-in-2024

How a Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias https://werd.io/2025/how-a-mole-infiltrated-the-highest-ranks-of-american-militias

Twenty twenty five https://werd.io/2025/twenty-twenty-five

Tintin and the fascists https://werd.io/2024/tintin-and-the-fascists

Predictions for tech, 2025 https://werd.io/2024/predictions-for-tech-2025

Tech pace layers https://werd.io/2024/tech-pace-layers

Massive VW Data Leak Exposed 800,000 EV Owners’ Movements, From Homes To Brothels https://werd.io/2024/massive-vw-data-leak-exposed-800000-ev-owners-movements-from

Stuff I loved in 2024 https://werd.io/2024/stuff-i-loved-in-2024

If You Don’t Like Sales, Don’t Start a Company https://werd.io/2024/if-you-dont-like-sales-dont-start-a-company

Secret Service Admits It Didn’t Check if People Really Consented to Being Tracked https://werd.io/2024/secret-service-admits-it-didnt-check-if-people-really-consented

America is truly the land of opportunity. Even a South African immigrant who flagrantly violated the terms of his visa can fulfill the proud American tradition of becoming an automobile magnate who loudly spreads noxious far right ideas that cause harm for generations. 🇺🇸

Immigration is good, immigrants are good, multiculturalism is good, and diversity is good. I wouldn’t be excited to live in a place that didn’t have those things.

I think this is really neat: a map of where you can get to by train within 8 hours from any European train station. Hooray for trains. https://www.chronotrains.com/en

Creating a framework for living well https://werd.io/2024/creating-a-framework-for-living-well

“ProPublica has added the ability to find nonprofit organizations that auditors have flagged as having serious financial or control deficiencies [and] organizations that have reported significant theft.” https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-nonprofit-explorer-audits-financial-health-tools

As part of a coaching exercise, I've been thinking about what it means to live well. I want my life — and the lives of my family, and everyone's life — to be free-range, in open community, emotionally safe, and creatively unconstrained. Here's what that means. https://werd.io/2024/creating-a-framework-for-living-well

I’m Tired of Pretending Physical Media Isn’t Still Better Than Streaming Digital https://werd.io/2024/im-tired-of-pretending-physical-media-isnt-still-better-than

Why OpenAI’s Structure Must Evolve To Advance Our Mission https://werd.io/2024/why-openais-structure-must-evolve-to-advance-our-mission

Super not on board with a new Labyrinth movie. The original is perfect. https://gizmodo.com/labyrinth-reboot-sequel-robert-eggers-2000543428

American cities remove homeless encampments as part of “sweeps” and take the belongings of the people they move. ProPublica asked them to explain what was stolen from them and how sweeps have affected them. It’s devastating. https://projects.propublica.org/impact-of-homeless-sweeps-lost-belongings/