I've decided to stop blogging. I know, I know. A cardinal sin among the "open Web" crowd. But see, there's no such thing anymore -- not sure there ever really was, to be quite honest. And I'm really not in the mood to have my writing -- particularly the personal writing that I do on this website -- be vacuumed up to train the technofascists' AI systems. Indeed, that's one of the problems with "open" -- it's mostly just been a ruse to extract value from people and to undermine the labor of artists and writers.

Since I'm not blogging and not on social media, I've started a(nother) newsletter (lol, what a cliche) but it's not "open" either. It's designed for friends and family. You are welcome to sign up -- I mean, if you're reading this post, you probably are friends and family. Unless you're not, and that will be awkward for you.

My god, I can't believe it's 2025 and I'm so into email. But I am so into email right now.