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pudding.cool

In pursuit of democracy

Analyzing every mention of ‘democracy’ in the American Congressional Record.

authoritarian-stack.info

The authoritarian stack

How tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America — and why Europe is next.

johannesippen.com

How design helped Zohran win

A campaign design analysis of "Zohran for NYC"—and what you can take away from it.

amazonclimatejustice.org

AI open letter by Amazon workers

Telling Amazon leadership that we need a more responsible rollout of AI. Every single signature makes the message stronger.

staticmade.com

Turn off the internet

Unfortunately nothing keeps people engaged quite like rage.

inimigosdopovo.com

Enemies of the people

The members of Brazilian congress who voted to achieve self-immunity; this side project reminds electors not to vote on them in the next elections.

youtube.com

The new aesthetics of fascism

Using AI to generate new fantasies.

theverge.com

Wikipedia is resilient because it is boring

The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.

chrbutler.com

The national design studio is a scam

Why president Trump’s appointment of AirBnB co-founder Joe Gebbia as “Chief Design Officer” of the United States is a sickening travesty.

uxdesign.cc

Should every country have a design minister?

Why national design policies and even design ministers could reshape our collective future.

ethanmarcotte.com

A notional design studio

A closer look at the USA's recent announcement of the “America by Design” initiative.

thenewatlantis.com

We live like royalty and don’t know it

The heroic systems required to bring all the elements of our lives together are invisible to many people.

cghnyc.com

America250 branding

July 4, 2026 marks America's 250th anniversary. This branding project aims to create the most inclusive commemoration in American history.

bluedot.org

The key paths to success in AI safety

The most promising path forward probably involves different groups working on different strategies simultaneously.

curbed.com

Zohran Mamdani’s logo looked nothing like a logo

The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign for mayor of New York City.

mironov.com

The truth about office politics

The frustration with C-level peers doing unexpected or unreasonable or department-centric things.

remysharp.com

Do politics belong at web events?

Nothing is free of politics in this era as it does indeed impact nearly everything we do.

notforprivategain.org

Not for private gain

Opposition to OpenAI’s proposed restructuring that would transfer control of AGI from a nonprofit charity to a for-profit enterprise.

vitalik.eth.limo

Why I support privacy

Whoever has the information has the power, ergo we need to avoid centralized control over information.

calculatingempires.net

A genealogy of technology and power since 1500

Explore how technical and social structures co-evolved over five centuries in this large-scale research visualization.