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The Rime of the Ancient Maintainer

joanwestenberg.com · Dec 26

Every culture produces heroes that reflect its deepest anxieties. The Greeks, terrified of both mortality and immortality, gave us Achilles. The Victorians, haunted by social mobility, gave us the self-made industrialist. And Silicon Valley, drunk on exponential curves and both terrified and entr...

Shared by @RealGene and 59 others.
Graham K (@gklyne) · Dec 27
🔁 @Daojoan:

We have "growth hackers" but no "stability hackers." "Disruptors" but no "preservers." Our entire vocabulary is oriented toward the new. We have no language for the equally difficult work of keeping existing things from falling apart.

joanwestenberg.com/the-rime-of

Moof! (@moof) · Dec 26
🔁 @Daojoan:

We have "growth hackers" but no "stability hackers." "Disruptors" but no "preservers." Our entire vocabulary is oriented toward the new. We have no language for the equally difficult work of keeping existing things from falling apart.

joanwestenberg.com/the-rime-of

CodeByJeff - Now with AI! (@codebyjeff) · Dec 26
🔁 @Daojoan:

We have "growth hackers" but no "stability hackers." "Disruptors" but no "preservers." Our entire vocabulary is oriented toward the new. We have no language for the equally difficult work of keeping existing things from falling apart.

joanwestenberg.com/the-rime-of

Franz Graf (@hikingdude) · Dec 27
🔁 @Daojoan:

We have "growth hackers" but no "stability hackers." "Disruptors" but no "preservers." Our entire vocabulary is oriented toward the new. We have no language for the equally difficult work of keeping existing things from falling apart.

joanwestenberg.com/the-rime-of

hypebot (@hypebot) · Dec 26
🔁 @Daojoan:

We have "growth hackers" but no "stability hackers." "Disruptors" but no "preservers." Our entire vocabulary is oriented toward the new. We have no language for the equally difficult work of keeping existing things from falling apart.

joanwestenberg.com/the-rime-of

there is beauty in simplicity (@kinsale42) · Dec 27
🔁 @Daojoan:

We have "growth hackers" but no "stability hackers." "Disruptors" but no "preservers." Our entire vocabulary is oriented toward the new. We have no language for the equally difficult work of keeping existing things from falling apart.

joanwestenberg.com/the-rime-of

me (@me) · Dec 27
🔁 @Daojoan:

We have "growth hackers" but no "stability hackers." "Disruptors" but no "preservers." Our entire vocabulary is oriented toward the new. We have no language for the equally difficult work of keeping existing things from falling apart.

joanwestenberg.com/the-rime-of

CuNha (@mudaste) · Dec 27
🔁 @Daojoan:

We have "growth hackers" but no "stability hackers." "Disruptors" but no "preservers." Our entire vocabulary is oriented toward the new. We have no language for the equally difficult work of keeping existing things from falling apart.

joanwestenberg.com/the-rime-of

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The Inventor Of The Little Arrow That Tells You What Side The Fuel Filler Is On Has Died - Jalopnik

jalopnik.com · Dec 26

The idea came to Moylan on a rainy day in April 1986 when he hopped in one of Ford's employee fleet cars to drive to a meeting at another building.

Shared by @DamonHD and 57 others.
Keira (She/Her) (@keira_reckons) · Dec 27
🔁 @paco:

I never knew it was called the “Moylan arrow.” But now that I know, I will call it that. It’s such a super simple, yet super valuable innovation.

jalopnik.com/2061179/inventor-

Paul_IPv6 (@paul_ipv6) · Dec 27
🔁 @paco:

I never knew it was called the “Moylan arrow.” But now that I know, I will call it that. It’s such a super simple, yet super valuable innovation.

jalopnik.com/2061179/inventor-

Bill, organizer of stuff (@wcbdata) · Dec 27
🔁 @paco:

I never knew it was called the “Moylan arrow.” But now that I know, I will call it that. It’s such a super simple, yet super valuable innovation.

jalopnik.com/2061179/inventor-

🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄) (@alice) · Dec 27
🔁 @paco:

I never knew it was called the “Moylan arrow.” But now that I know, I will call it that. It’s such a super simple, yet super valuable innovation.

jalopnik.com/2061179/inventor-

Steven Hoefer (@troublewithwords) · Dec 27
🔁 @paco:

I never knew it was called the “Moylan arrow.” But now that I know, I will call it that. It’s such a super simple, yet super valuable innovation.

jalopnik.com/2061179/inventor-

JJHP3 (@JJHP3) · Dec 27
🔁 @paco:

I never knew it was called the “Moylan arrow.” But now that I know, I will call it that. It’s such a super simple, yet super valuable innovation.

jalopnik.com/2061179/inventor-

Martijn van Exel (@mvexel) · Dec 27
🔁 @paco:

I never knew it was called the “Moylan arrow.” But now that I know, I will call it that. It’s such a super simple, yet super valuable innovation.

jalopnik.com/2061179/inventor-

Warner Crocker (@WarnerCrocker) · Dec 27
🔁 @Sumocat:

The story of James Moylan is a reminder that it’s easier to add a warning sign than fix a design flaw. Seriously, when his arrow was introduced in 1986, pulling up to a gas pump, drive-thru, postal box, etc., along the driver side was normal activity, yet some new car models still had gas caps on the passenger side. 🤷
jalopnik.com/2061179/inventor-

RealGene ☣️ (@RealGene) · Dec 27
🔁 @paco:

I never knew it was called the “Moylan arrow.” But now that I know, I will call it that. It’s such a super simple, yet super valuable innovation.

jalopnik.com/2061179/inventor-

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US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack

wired.com · Dec 26

Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too.

Shared by @Seedling and 31 others.
Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (@ZhiZhu) · Dec 27
🔁 @crispius:

I was about to comment on how this sounds an awful lot like what @pluralistic has been advocating for.

Then I read who authored the article. 🤣

“In 2026, countries that want to win the trade war have a unique historical possibility: They could repeal their “anticircumvention” laws, which make it illegal—a felony, in many cases—to modify devices and services without permission from their manufacturers.”
wired.com/story/us-trade-domin

Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic) · Dec 26
🔁 @j12t:

Not just to respond to the Trump tariffs: if one wanted to get to digital sovereignty, the repeal of anti-circumvention laws is practically required, or the network effects likely will turn out to be insurmountable.

/cc @pluralistic @alexandrageese

wired.com/story/us-trade-domin

TheStrangelet(mas) :bc: (@thestrangelet) · Dec 26
🔁 @crispius:

I was about to comment on how this sounds an awful lot like what @pluralistic has been advocating for.

Then I read who authored the article. 🤣

“In 2026, countries that want to win the trade war have a unique historical possibility: They could repeal their “anticircumvention” laws, which make it illegal—a felony, in many cases—to modify devices and services without permission from their manufacturers.”
wired.com/story/us-trade-domin

Coach Pāṇini ® (@paninid) · Dec 26
🔁 @crispius:

I was about to comment on how this sounds an awful lot like what @pluralistic has been advocating for.

Then I read who authored the article. 🤣

“In 2026, countries that want to win the trade war have a unique historical possibility: They could repeal their “anticircumvention” laws, which make it illegal—a felony, in many cases—to modify devices and services without permission from their manufacturers.”
wired.com/story/us-trade-domin

CheekyBadger☭ (@frechdachs) · Dec 26
🔁 @crispius:

I was about to comment on how this sounds an awful lot like what @pluralistic has been advocating for.

Then I read who authored the article. 🤣

“In 2026, countries that want to win the trade war have a unique historical possibility: They could repeal their “anticircumvention” laws, which make it illegal—a felony, in many cases—to modify devices and services without permission from their manufacturers.”
wired.com/story/us-trade-domin

Extreme Electronics (@Extelec) · Dec 26
🔁 @crispius:

I was about to comment on how this sounds an awful lot like what @pluralistic has been advocating for.

Then I read who authored the article. 🤣

“In 2026, countries that want to win the trade war have a unique historical possibility: They could repeal their “anticircumvention” laws, which make it illegal—a felony, in many cases—to modify devices and services without permission from their manufacturers.”
wired.com/story/us-trade-domin

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These are the cybersecurity stories we were jealous of in 2025 | TechCrunch

techcrunch.com · Dec 26

The very best reporting and investigative journalism from our friends at other publications.

Shared by @dsilverman and 29 others.
CoolBlenderKitten (@CoolBlenderKitten) · Dec 26
🔁 @zackwhittaker:

New, by @lorenzofb and me: We just published TechCrunch's annual jealousy list of cybersecurity stories that we *didn’t* publish but wish we had. This is the very best cybersecurity reporting from our friends at competing publications.

techcrunch.com/2025/12/26/thes

Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (@ZhiZhu) · Dec 27
🔁 @zackwhittaker:

New, by @lorenzofb and me: We just published TechCrunch's annual jealousy list of cybersecurity stories that we *didn’t* publish but wish we had. This is the very best cybersecurity reporting from our friends at competing publications.

techcrunch.com/2025/12/26/thes

Scott Francis (@darkuncle) · Dec 27
🔁 @zackwhittaker:

New, by @lorenzofb and me: We just published TechCrunch's annual jealousy list of cybersecurity stories that we *didn’t* publish but wish we had. This is the very best cybersecurity reporting from our friends at competing publications.

techcrunch.com/2025/12/26/thes

Rocketman (@slothrop) · Dec 26
🔁 @zackwhittaker:

New, by @lorenzofb and me: We just published TechCrunch's annual jealousy list of cybersecurity stories that we *didn’t* publish but wish we had. This is the very best cybersecurity reporting from our friends at competing publications.

techcrunch.com/2025/12/26/thes

Mufasa (@ne1for23) · Dec 26
🔁 @zackwhittaker:

New, by @lorenzofb and me: We just published TechCrunch's annual jealousy list of cybersecurity stories that we *didn’t* publish but wish we had. This is the very best cybersecurity reporting from our friends at competing publications.

techcrunch.com/2025/12/26/thes

AA (@AAKL) · Dec 26
🔁 @zackwhittaker:

New, by @lorenzofb and me: We just published TechCrunch's annual jealousy list of cybersecurity stories that we *didn’t* publish but wish we had. This is the very best cybersecuirty reporting from our friends at competing publications.

techcrunch.com/2025/12/26/thes

Félix (@fay59) · Dec 26
🔁 @zackwhittaker:

New, by @lorenzofb and me: We just published TechCrunch's annual jealousy list of cybersecurity stories that we *didn’t* publish but wish we had. This is the very best cybersecurity reporting from our friends at competing publications.

techcrunch.com/2025/12/26/thes

mhoye (@mhoye) · Dec 26
🔁 @zackwhittaker:

New, by @lorenzofb and me: We just published TechCrunch's annual jealousy list of cybersecurity stories that we *didn’t* publish but wish we had. This is the very best cybersecurity reporting from our friends at competing publications.

techcrunch.com/2025/12/26/thes

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‘Ghost resorts’: as hundreds of ski slopes lie abandoned, will nature reclaim the Alps?

theguardian.com · Dec 27

With the snow line edging higher, 186 French ski resorts have shut, while global heating threatens dozens more

Shared by @peterbrown and 11 others.
Peter (@PeterLG) · Dec 27
🔁 @www.theguardian.com.au:

‘Ghost resorts’: as hundreds of ski slopes lie abandoned, will nature reclaim the Alps?

www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/27/alps-france-skiing-snow-warming-resorts-closing-ceuze-landscape

With the snow line edging higher, 186 French ski resorts have shut, while global heating threatens dozens moreWhen Céüze 2000 ski resort closed at the end of the season in 2018, the workers assumed they would be back the following winter. Maps of the…

Peter Brown (@peterbrown) · Dec 27
🔁 @KeithMcNeill:

“What is our heritage that we will want to keep? And what is just a ruin we want to dismantle? That is a question we have to ask every time, and it requires some reflection.”
– Nicolas Masson, Mountain Wilderness
#GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition
theguardian.com/environment/20

Mike. 🩼🇨🇦 (@MikeImBack) · Dec 27
🔁 @crispius:

#ClimateChange and #GlobalHeating are coming for our resorts in Canada, too.

“‘Ghost resorts’: as hundreds of ski slopes lie abandoned, will nature reclaim the Alps?
With the snow line edging higher, 186 French ski resorts have shut, while global heating threatens dozens more”
theguardian.com/environment/20

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Giant crustaceans inhabit most of Earth's deep ocean floors, according to a surprising study

earth.com · Dec 27

Giant amphipod species Alicella gigantea, once thought to be very rare, is found to inhabit the majority of Earth's deep ocean floors.

Shared by @CableSt and 15 others.
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What I Build Will Outlast Every Man Who Ever Wanted Me.

kristiedegaris.substack.com · Dec 27

On choosing permanence over performance.

Shared by @kristiedegaris and 4 others.
Pete Prodoehl 🍕 (@rasterweb) · Dec 27
🔁 @kristiedegaris:

After the response to my posts about nature cure, and the conversation they opened about the myths surrounding it, I wanted to reshare this deeply personal piece.

It’s about choosing permanence over performance. About the profound impact drystone walling and physical labour had on my relationship with my body and male desire.

This essay is adapted from my book Drystone – A Life Rebuilt.

kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Essay #Scotland #Drystone #Women #News #UK

Jens Bannmann (@tynstar) · Dec 27
🔁 @kristiedegaris:

After the response to my posts about nature cure, and the conversation they opened about the myths surrounding it, I wanted to reshare this deeply personal piece.

It’s about choosing permanence over performance. About the profound impact drystone walling and physical labour had on my relationship with my body and male desire.

This essay is adapted from my book Drystone – A Life Rebuilt.

kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Essay #Scotland #Drystone #Women #News #UK

Just Tom... 🐁 (@tompearce49) · Dec 27
🔁 @kristiedegaris:

After the response to my posts about nature cure, and the conversation they opened about the myths surrounding it, I wanted to reshare this deeply personal piece.

It’s about choosing permanence over performance. About the profound impact drystone walling and physical labour had on my relationship with my body and male desire.

This essay is adapted from my book Drystone – A Life Rebuilt.

kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Essay #Scotland #Drystone #Women #News #UK

Cazimodo Creative (@CazimodoCreative) · Dec 27
🔁 @kristiedegaris:

After the response to my posts about nature cure, and the conversation they opened about the myths surrounding it, I wanted to reshare this deeply personal piece.

It’s about choosing permanence over performance. About the profound impact drystone walling and physical labour had on my relationship with my body and male desire.

This essay is adapted from my book Drystone – A Life Rebuilt.

kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Essay #Scotland #Drystone #Women #News #UK

Kristie (@kristiedegaris) · Dec 27
🔁 @kristiedegaris:

After the response to my posts about nature cure, and the conversation they opened about the myths surrounding it, I wanted to reshare this deeply personal piece.

It’s about choosing permanence over performance. About the profound impact drystone walling and physical labour had on my relationship with my body and male desire.

This essay is adapted from my book Drystone – A Life Rebuilt.

kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Reading #Essay #Scotland #Drystone #Women #News #UK

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How Hannah Arendt can help us understand this new age of far-right populism

theconversation.com · Dec 26

One of the main lessons of Arendt’s Origins of Totalitarianism is that we must actively think in the now, and try to grasp new realities on their own terms.

Shared by @NatureMC and 7 others.
Herman 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇾🇪🍋 (@Herman) · Dec 27
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

As Christopher Finlay (DurhamU) suggests perhaps the lesson to take from Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, is as much abut the way she thought about the current events of her time as the conclusions she drew about them.

We need to be 'actively thinking in the now, and trying to grasp an emergent “something” on its own terms – a threat that is taking shape, but which hasn’t yet fully revealed itself', not necessarily trying to fit it into old models!

#politics
theconversation.com/how-hannah

Helen LH (@Research_FTW) · Dec 27
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

As Christopher Finlay (DurhamU) suggests perhaps the lesson to take from Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, is as much abut the way she thought about the current events of her time as the conclusions she drew about them.

We need to be 'actively thinking in the now, and trying to grasp an emergent “something” on its own terms – a threat that is taking shape, but which hasn’t yet fully revealed itself', not necessarily trying to fit it into old models!

#politics
theconversation.com/how-hannah

GeofCox (@GeofCox) · Dec 27
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

As Christopher Finlay (DurhamU) suggests perhaps the lesson to take from Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, is as much abut the way she thought about the current events of her time as the conclusions she drew about them.

We need to be 'actively thinking in the now, and trying to grasp an emergent “something” on its own terms – a threat that is taking shape, but which hasn’t yet fully revealed itself', not necessarily trying to fit it into old models!

#politics
theconversation.com/how-hannah

Emeritus Prof Christopher May (@ChrisMayLA6) · Dec 27
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

As Christopher Finlay (DurhamU) suggests perhaps the lesson to take from Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, is as much abut the way she thought about the current events of her time as the conclusions she drew about them.

We need to be 'actively thinking in the now, and trying to grasp an emergent “something” on its own terms – a threat that is taking shape, but which hasn’t yet fully revealed itself', not necessarily trying to fit it into old models!

#politics
theconversation.com/how-hannah

BashStKid (@BashStKid) · Dec 26
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

As Christopher Finlay (DurhamU) suggests perhaps the lesson to take from Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, is as much abut the way she thought about the current events of her time as the conclusions she drew about them.

We need to be 'actively thinking in the now, and trying to grasp an emergent “something” on its own terms – a threat that is taking shape, but which hasn’t yet fully revealed itself', not necessarily trying to fit it into old models!

#politics
theconversation.com/how-hannah

Petra van Cronenburg (@NatureMC) · Dec 27
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

As Christopher Finlay (DurhamU) suggests perhaps the lesson to take from Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, is as much abut the way she thought about the current events of her time as the conclusions she drew about them.

We need to be 'actively thinking in the now, and trying to grasp an emergent “something” on its own terms – a threat that is taking shape, but which hasn’t yet fully revealed itself', not necessarily trying to fit it into old models!

#politics
theconversation.com/how-hannah

Police State UK (@PoliceStateUK) · Dec 27
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

As Christopher Finlay (DurhamU) suggests perhaps the lesson to take from Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, is as much abut the way she thought about the current events of her time as the conclusions she drew about them.

We need to be 'actively thinking in the now, and trying to grasp an emergent “something” on its own terms – a threat that is taking shape, but which hasn’t yet fully revealed itself', not necessarily trying to fit it into old models!

#politics
theconversation.com/how-hannah

Wen (@Wen) · Dec 27
🔁 @ChrisMayLA6:

As Christopher Finlay (DurhamU) suggests perhaps the lesson to take from Hannah Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, is as much abut the way she thought about the current events of her time as the conclusions she drew about them.

We need to be 'actively thinking in the now, and trying to grasp an emergent “something” on its own terms – a threat that is taking shape, but which hasn’t yet fully revealed itself', not necessarily trying to fit it into old models!

#politics
theconversation.com/how-hannah

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Lucinda donated her heart to another woman and lived to tell the tale

abc.net.au · Dec 26

Lucinda is a member of an exclusive club — living heart donors, and is the only woman to have a baby after a heart-lung-liver transplant

Shared by @lordmatt and 11 others.
Nicole Parsons (@Npars01) · Dec 27
🔁 @fixatedpersonsunit:

Heard the phrase, 'surviving heart donor' and after a moment of mind-lock had to know more. Brilliant story. Like an anti-Darwin award.

abc.net.au/news/2025-12-27/qld

Trending Bot (@trending) · Dec 27
🔁 @fixatedpersonsunit:

Heard the phrase, 'surviving heart donor' and after a moment of mind-lock had to know more. Brilliant story. Like an anti-Darwin award.

abc.net.au/news/2025-12-27/qld

Patch Arcana (@patcharcana) · Dec 27
🔁 @fixatedpersonsunit:

Heard the phrase, 'surviving heart donor' and after a moment of mind-lock had to know more. Brilliant story. Like an anti-Darwin award.

abc.net.au/news/2025-12-27/qld

Quixoticgeek (@quixoticgeek) · Dec 27
🔁 @fixatedpersonsunit:

Heard the phrase, 'surviving heart donor' and after a moment of mind-lock had to know more. Brilliant story. Like an anti-Darwin award.

abc.net.au/news/2025-12-27/qld

Peter (@PeterLG) · Dec 27
🔁 @fixatedpersonsunit:

Heard the phrase, 'surviving heart donor' and after a moment of mind-lock had to know more. Brilliant story. Like an anti-Darwin award.

abc.net.au/news/2025-12-27/qld

*|FNAME|*:canada: (@crispius) · Dec 26
🔁 @abcfeeds:

Lucinda donated her heart to another woman and lived to tell the tale
By Janelle Miles and Emma Pollard

Lucinda is a member of an exclusive club — living heart donors, and is the only woman to have a baby after a heart-lung-liver transplant

abc.net.au/news/2025-12-27/qld

#Health #CommunityandSociety #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #DeathandDying #DiseasesandDisorders #MedicalProcedures #PregnancyandChildbirth #JanelleMiles #EmmaPollard

Wendy Palmer (@wendypalmer) · Dec 27
🔁 @fixatedpersonsunit:

Heard the phrase, 'surviving heart donor' and after a moment of mind-lock had to know more. Brilliant story. Like an anti-Darwin award.

abc.net.au/news/2025-12-27/qld

M.S. Bellows, Jr. (@msbellows) · Dec 27
🔁 @fixatedpersonsunit:

Heard the phrase, 'surviving heart donor' and after a moment of mind-lock had to know more. Brilliant story. Like an anti-Darwin award.

abc.net.au/news/2025-12-27/qld

ABC News (@ABC) · Dec 26

#News #Australia Lucinda donated her heart to another woman and lived to tell the tale w.st/NuwUS

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