Mark Atwood

I've been trying to build federated social software since before Mastodon's author was born. Last night I finally shipped two implementations. https://reviewcommit.substack.com/p/two-fediverse-servers-in-one-night

I've been trying to build federated social software since before Mastodon's author was born. Last night I finally shipped two implementations. https://reviewcommit.substack.com/p/two-fediverse-servers-in-one-night

“Cyber” is like using “physick” to describe surgery, drug discovery, FDA regulation, food safety, grocery stores, public health, epidemiology, and bioweapons. It doesn’t name a field; it crushes a dozen unrelated disciplines into one antique bureaucratic grunt.

Half the Vance operation is now on the record, with names. The other half is still dark. The dark half is the moat, and moats don't give interviews. https://markatwood.substack.com/p/the-signature

The 1937 Soviet cohort had two structural successors. One dismantled Deng's succession machinery. The other captured American incumbency until they had to be carried out. https://markatwood.substack.com/p/two-heirs

The 1937 Soviet cohort had two structural successors. One dismantled Deng's succession machinery. The other captured American incumbency until they had to be carried out. https://markatwood.substack.com/p/two-heirs

@geeksam@ruby.social @cstross@wandering.shop my reply to your stance: https://reviewcommit.substack.com/p/i-ai-code-all-day-i-hate-talking

@kattekrab@aus.social I have no opinion, I don't know enough about the situation there.

The USSR died of a demographic accident inside its own Politburo. The regime designed itself into a corner in 1937 and spent fifty years not finding the exit. https://markatwood.substack.com/p/the-1937-trap

The USSR died of a demographic accident inside its own Politburo. The regime designed itself into a corner in 1937 and spent fifty years not finding the exit. https://markatwood.substack.com/p/the-1937-trap

Every closed belief system has the same five moving parts. Once you see the machinery, you can't unsee it. https://markatwood.substack.com/p/the-machinery-of-belief

Bluesky's link cards exist to keep you on-platform. Bluesky's stated purpose was to not be a platform. One of these is a lie. https://reviewcommit.substack.com/p/link-cards-are-the-tell

Howard Zinn got rich telling you America was a crime. Noam Chomsky got famous telling you the media was propaganda. They weren't wrong about the lies. They were also selling you something.

Woody Guthrie abandoned multiple families. Phil Ochs killed himself at 35. These are the people who told us the suburbs were soul-crushing. Maybe check the credentials before accepting the diagnosis.

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Pournelle didn't think the US and USSR would converge. He thought convergence was the nightmare, and wrote it down while Nixon was signing SALT I.

They didn't call it discrimination. They called it prioritization.

Mutual aid doesn't fail to build community. Building community was never the point.

America is an idea, not an economic zone. If you came for the money, you don't need to be here. Remote work exists. The rest of us are trying to build a nation. https://markatwood.substack.com/p/america-is-an-idea-not-an-economic

America is an idea, not an economic zone. If you came for the money, you don't need to be here. Remote work exists. The rest of us are trying to build a nation. https://markatwood.substack.com/p/america-is-an-idea-not-an-economic-zone