Why new tech only feels good for a short time
The Hedonic Treadmill The psychological phenomenon known as the hedonic treadmill has been well documented since at least the 1970s. The concept refers to how humans tend to revert to…
There is nothing
Louise Bourgeois
My country is a ghost
—Hala Alyan ▪︎ Palestinian-American poet
Nebraska Rep. Mike Flood is stunned
as the crowd at his own town hall rejects his defense of Trump, Musk, and DOGE and drowns him out with chants of “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”
Vets protesting in DC
March 14, 2025
Los Angeles Halts Traffic
protests for Mahmoud Khalil
Mahmoud Khalil
in his own words
Plex ups its price for first time in a decade, changes remote-streaming access
Plex is a bit hard to explain these days. Even if you don't know its roots as an outgrowth of a Mac port of the Xbox Media Center project, Plex…
Beautiful West Oakland, California
When global trade reshapes a city, who pays the price—and who fights back?