Wilton Gorske

Opinion | I Worked for Block. Its A.I. Job Cuts Aren’t What They Seem. - The New York Times Is Block’s announcement just a convenient and flashy new cover for typical corporate downsizing?

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/o...

“If you believe AI can do so much more, why reduce a 10,000 person company to a 6,000 person company? Why not make your 10,000 person company do the work of a 20,000 person company? To see AI as requiring “cuts” as opposed to creating leverage gives away the game.” — Aaron Zamost

Instagram is the new Facebook in so many ways, including functioning as a kind of ‘web of trust’ and rolodex. But it’s overcurated and performative.

My bets are on some kind of ActivityPub-supporting platform (Mastodon, Threads, Tumblr). Especially given EU investment in projects working on this.

Now they’ve joined the fediverse. Given that Threads has too, and the popularity of Mastodon and BlueSky (not to mention the web3 ones), I’m feeling more optimistic about where microblogging and social media in general are heading.

Kinda crazy that it was Tumblr that invented the “repost” feature on social media and really took off.

I still think their greatest product design choice was hiding following/follower numbers, which removed some social capital dynamics and made users focus on the actual content of their posts.

This is one reason I’m not entirely anti-AI. A lot of the most misinformed people you know rely on it, and it’s actually helping curb their worst instincts and propagandized perspectives.

The Colorado River Crisis is Here States fail to reach a deal; Lake Powell Deadpool appears imminent

Federal officials now project that Lake Powell will "most probably" drop below power pool level — meaning Glen Canyon Dam will no longer be able to generate hydropower — before the end of this year: www.landdesk.org/p/the-colora... via @landdesk.bsky.social

Happy Valentine’s Day! 💘💌💝
Come by 433 Cortland Ave here in San Francisco anytime before 5:30pm for a last minute gift for your loved one(s). :)

NEW EPISODE with @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social and @gnrosenberg.bsky.social about their book "Feed the People"!

They dismantle food system myths and explain why animal agriculture can't be reformed at current scale.

Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep900

The new food pyramid is lying to you It’s also a contradictory mess.

Some early takes said the new food guidelines weren't too bad, but you always gotta dig deeper to really understand what MAHA is doing. So much going on here is chaos but most notably the new guidance makes an aggressive turn toward centering animal-based foods

www.vox.com/future-perfe...

“What I would like to see from the Republican party is a recognition that we are wasting billions of dollars supporting and sustaining and bolstering factory farming. And if you’re a proponent of the free market, then you should believe that this industry should be able to survive on its own.” 💯

American voters support animal welfare — and MAGA is seizing on it Trump’s “strike force” against animal abuse, and the conservative movement’s turn toward animal welfare, explained.

American voters support animal welfare — and MAGA is seizing on it: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

The NHTSA narrative says it moved after 1 minute, then Waymo returned it via roadside assistance. That is not a “hit and run”; AVs may pull over and minimize risk while the company responds. “Many” SF cyclist cases? Feel free to provide good sources. :)

Your account seems 100% dedicated to AV FUD: red herrings and anecdotes to distract from the base fact that Waymos are magnitudes safer than motorists. I’m not engaging further since you won’t even cite proof for bad faith claims (your “fled” often just means the car pulled over as required).

The “dooring” case was the passenger, not the Waymo. The one clear SF Waymo/cyclist hit can I can find is Feb 2024, and reports say Waymo auto called police while the *cyclist* rode off (likely not serious!). “Robots fled the scene” is just not accurate.

Cyclist in SF here too. I’ve been to the ER after passing out from being hit by a driver speeding and running a red light (also fled the scene). My blood pressure drops 10 points when I cycle near a Waymo because I immediately know I’m orders of magnitude safer than around the average motorist.

lol. Sad that tumblr gifted them this huge platform by banning adult content.

Veganuary Hopes You’ll Resolve to Ditch Meat, at Least for One Month The month-long challenge gives millions a chance to try out veganism.

Though Veganuary is for just one month, the potential for impact is not insignificant – especially at a time when American culture and politics around meat-eating have shifted in favor of meat. @jesslsr.bsky.social explains:

Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.

When you drive a car and complain about high gas prices, this is the end result of that logic by the way. A society that demands cheap, stable fossil fuels will eventually outsource violence to maintain it.

His policy positions perfectly align with big tech, and that’s not a coincidence.

What makes Saikat run? In his race to beat Nancy Pelosi in 2026, Saikat Chakrabarti’s friends and allies are calling him San Francisco’s Zohran Mamdani. Progressives are a bit more moderate on him

Saikat Chakrabarti wants to be the leftist successor to Nancy Pelosi. The media's even called him SF's Zohran Mamdani.

But some local progressives harbor deep suspicions of Chakrabarti's track record. Here's why:

New from @eddiekimx.bsky.social (free story!): sf.gazetteer.co/what-makes-s...

Jack o’ lanterns, carved. Pumpkin seeds, roasted. 🫡🎃

Ocean Acidification: Another Planetary Boundary Crossed In this study, employing a detailed analysis of ocean carbonate system observations, models and biological assessments, we demonstrate that by year 2020, the average global ocean conditions had alrea...

A joint study by European Space Agency & NOAA concludes we have gravely underestimated ocean acidification.

We’ve already crossed the planetary boundary, shattered it for the Arctic, & eliminated 43% of coral habitat.

Stopping emissions cannot reverse this.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Solar panels & windmills do not explode.

Rule one of ransoms is you never pay the ransom

How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness

This story isn‘t about ‘the world‘s taste for soya‘, it‘s about the world‘s taste for meat. The vast majority of soya is grown for animal feed. Less than 10% is for direct human consumption. A shame it‘s not mentioned in the story.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Wildfire Smoke Will Kill Thousands More by 2050, Study Finds

“The study found over half the nationwide smoke mortalities would occur in Eastern states, where population density tends to be higher.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c...

Looking forward to your thoughts on worker-ownership models, rather than private or state control. Citing China as a reference point is troubling, since its economic model rests on authoritarian governance and systemic human rights abuses.

These Countries Eat the Least Meat, and Here’s What We Can Learn From Them Income, religion and government investment all play a role in meat consumption.

Global meat consumption has been on the rise for over 50 years, yet some countries, like Germany and Sweden, have managed to eat less meat than before. How did they do it?