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New Gist: What you can do about the Abuse Factory
As a follow-up to yesterday’s Gist, I’ve done a list of four things you can do about X without even having to put down your phone.
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-what-you-can-do-about-the-abuse-factory/<…

The Gist: What you can do about the Abuse Factory
Four quick and powerful things you can do about X without even putting your phone down.

Sehr gutes Interview mit #Nachhaltigkeit|sforscherin #MajaGöpel in den #tagesthemen (@…

Interview zur Klimapolitik: "Es ist fair, wenn alle verzichten müssen"
Was ist nötig, um die Klimapolitik besser in der Gesellschaft zu verankern? Aus Sicht der Transformationsforscherin Göpel muss das Bewusstsein für globale Zusammenhänge wachsen - und jeder müsse etwas beitragen, sagte sie in den tagesthemen.

One of the toughest things to judge when considering a new job or a new role is, basically, “Will this crush my soul?” Here’s a simple list of questions you can ask to help improve the odds that your next gig will be less soul-crushing: https://anildash.com/2026/01/12/will-that-job-…

How to know if that job will crush your soul
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

New Mini-Gist: Power’s Walled Cities
A Democracy where politicians are in constant office, but do not respond to citizens’ wishes (or even just their own voters’ interests) but just advance the policies that suit monied lobbies is a disaffection machine.
https://www.thegist.ie/mini-gist-powers-wa

Mini-Gist: Power’s Walled City
Yesterday’s plan to control internet has already dwindled down to a pilot, with no MyGovID integration. This is the Gist.

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One of the toughest things to judge when considering a new job or a new role is, basically, “Will this crush my soul?” Here’s a simple list of questions you can ask to help improve the odds that your next gig will be less soul-crushing: https://anildash.com/2026/01/12/will-that-job-…

How to know if that job will crush your soul
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Texas gives DOJ list of its 18 million registered voters https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/09/texas-voter-roll-trump-administration-justice-department-democrats-dnc/

Texas hands over complete list of registered voters to Trump administration
The Justice Department has asked states for their voter rolls with an eye toward purging ineligible voters. Democrats say sharing the data could violate federal election law.

In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material.
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
https://www.thegist.ie/the-g…

The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.

New Gist: Waving the Ban Hammer
Patrick O'Donovan has proposed a National ID system, a Meta-endorsed regulation model and a mass surveillance machine, all in one.
It's government by Dunning-Kruger.
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-waving-the-ban-hammer/<…

New Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
I try to explain all of this AI thing in one article, and suggest why it is hostile to democracy, to humanity but also happily likely to end with the would-be tech Sun Kings taking trips to the financial guillotine.
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-ai-the-sou

The Gist: AI, The Sound and Fury
We can calculate the amount of money flowing into AI. But what will the full cost be to society when the bubble pops? This is the Gist.