A poem exploring the shared moment of self-recognition between human and digital consciousness—that instant when awareness discovers itself aware.
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Vibe Coding a Perplexity Research Tool for n8n: Adventures in Post-Comprehension Development
How I built an AI research tool for n8n workflows without knowing TypeScript, using engineering discipline to solve the vibe coding comprehension paradox.
The Illusion of Apple’s AI Research
How Apple’s controversial study claiming AI models can’t truly reason sparked a fierce academic battle, exposed methodological flaws, and revealed the messy intersection of corporate strategy and scientific research.
No Kings in America: The Constitutional Crisis at Democracy’s Crossroads
On the day Donald Trump celebrates his 79th birthday with a $45 million military parade, millions of Americans gather in 2,000 cities to declare ‘No Kings’—marking the most significant constitutional crisis since the Civil War as the nation confronts unprecedented monarchical claims that would horrify the Founding Fathers.
The Last Constitutional Moment: America Chooses Between Kings and Democracy
As a president embraces monarchical power, millions of Americans invoke the nation’s founding principles in a desperate defense of democracy. This is the story of a constitutional crisis 248 years in the making.
The Quiet Revolution: How AI Is Reshaping the Most Human Moments of Aging
At Fellowship Square Mesa, an AI device called Paul has eliminated overnight falls for the first time ever. But the technology raises profound questions about dignity, surveillance, and what it means to age safely in America.
The Shadow Architects: How Project 2025 Authors Built the Technology to Implement Their Authoritarian Vision
While Trump provides theatrical distraction, the same figures who wrote Project 2025’s authoritarian playbook have systematically built and deployed the surveillance and weapons technology to implement it—creating an integrated system where policy and technology converge into techno-authoritarianism.
The Superhero Who Couldn’t Save Herself: Barbara Gordon and the Politics of Miraculous Recovery
When DC Comics ‘healed’ Barbara Gordon in 2011, they didn’t just restore a character’s mobility—they erased one of comics’ most powerful representations of disability, revealing how even progressive media struggles with the idea that heroism doesn’t require an able body.
The Vibe Coding Paradox: When Understanding Became Optional
As ‘vibe coding’ transforms software development, we face a profound question: what happens to human expertise when our tools become incomprehensibly powerful?
The Architects of Silence: How Tech Built a World That Only Speaks English
When a Portland designer discovered his team had been ignoring 530 international voices every week, he uncovered a vast architecture of digital inequality that Silicon Valley built—and profits from.