The NIMBY War Against MicronFeb 27
a chip company wants to bring 50,000 jobs to syracuse. but mountains of paperwork, 'endangered bats,' and nimbys from literally california have added years to the timeline
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A Eulogy for Dial-Up
aol announces it's shutting down dial-up, marking the end of an era when the internet was a new frontier. soon the sound of dial-up will be a curious relic, like the telegram. rest in power.
Visakan Veerasamy
Aug 15, 2025
Earlier this week, AOL said it was killing dial-up internet. And the feeling for many is bittersweet. In this piece for Pirate Wires, Visakan Veerasamy — best known for his book Friendly Ambitious Nerd, and for essays about that ethos — eulogizes the end of an era, and what's worth remembering. RIP AOL. RIP the sound of beeps and boops. RIP the under-optimized internet that once was.
The NIMBY War Against Micron
How Claude (Maybe) Went to WarFeb 24
inside anthropic’s supposed discomfort with a pentagon operation, and why you should probably stop tweeting about it
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The Sound of FuryFeb 23
inside anduril's race to build america's first autonomous fighter jet — and the pentagon's bet that robotic airpower will redefine warfare in the decades to come
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