Senior Director of Technology at ProPublica. I write speculative fiction and think about the future of news and technology at https://werd.io.
Ben Werdmuller
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I cross-posted this to Threads and it didn't go down so well
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Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 6.0.0.
Since 5.1.0: secure tap trusting, faster JSON API, Linux sandboxing, better defaults, brew bundle improvements, improved performance, initial macOS Golden Gate support.
News tends to treat technology as something that happens to it, like an asteroid. To better navigate the future, we need to imagine what might come next.
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This is a big deal: a European-hosted new application layer for the AT Protocol / Bluesky network. You can now create an account on the network and interact with anyone on it entirely without entering US jurisdiction.
This looks like it's going to fully yiff the ball, unfortunately. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM4L...
Make a Twitter movie, you cowards
I am deadly serious: while Doctor Who is resting, if someone is planning a New Adventures style line of books, I want to see the call for submissions.
And if someone *isn't* planning a New Adventures style line of books, I have a business deal I would like to make.
#doctorwho
Ben Werdmuller
"The problem tends to show up when a CEO is handed an agentic tool like Claude Code, and has it create something, which will work just fine, and thinks “oh, wait, why do we need so many people, when I can just sit here and make things work?”
This is a bad CEO." werd.io/the-honest-t...
STOP USING AI TO BUILD PERSONAS
WHAT ARE YOU DOING
THEY ARE FICTION
THE AI IS NOT YOUR USERS
IT CANNOT ANTICIPATE HUMAN INSIGHTS
STOP IT
WTF
News tends to treat technology as something that happens to it, like an asteroid. To better navigate the future, we need to imagine what might come next.
