Thank you for this work of observation and synthesis! The depth and consistency of your cultural reading is incredibly valuable, and your writing has become a real resource for me, both personally and professionally.
The collective emotional portrait of 2025 you describe, this sense of saturation and inability to properly digest the constant flow of content, really resonated. The conclusion you draw (about the need to re-educate ourselves in how we consume) feels essential. The dystopian projection that follows acts like a magnifying mirror... it starkly exposes how self-destructive the path becomes when we remain driven by consumption, signals, and short-term dopamine.
Reading these pieces triggered a genuine moment of clarity for me. They helped me put words to sensations that had been hovering in the background, and to better understand my own personal tensions within this broader system.
I truly hope these reflections reach a wide audience, and that they help spark awareness (and eventually resistance!) to the systemic traps we’re currently caught in.
omg 😭 this is so nice — and i'm SO happy to hear that this resonated as...sometimes it feels like i'm just talking to myself and hearing things like this is great to hear as i always intend for these essays to be conversation. so thank you! so glad to help and i hope they certainly do resonate some change. we need it!!
thank you allie!! and sobered and amused is a good combo okay phew im always worried things are TOO sobering lol thank you for reading regardless!!!!!! <3
This article comes at the perfect time, and you've totally captured the messy vibe of the year. Do you think well see more states push back against federal AI mandates next year?
thank you, roxy!!! we aim to please haha <3 and that's a great question and i think — like many things in 2025 — we'll continue with the "shadow civil war" or whatever people are calling it, where it all breaks down by red states versus blue states, a la: the CA AI law passed not too long ago, that Newsom just doubled down on. i guess the question will be...will states actually make meaningful push back? or submit to the a court death spiral which will see AI advance as they / we await a court ruling? that's what i'm wondering, as that model is increasingly outdated due to GOP aggressive legislature. but i'm hopeful the AI infrastructure will tear itself apart in a very messy way lol
Isn’t an ouroboros just a snake eating its own ass? What a year, snake…
(Also, loved this, as the only human curator at Urban Dictionary. Pee pee poo poo bitch is one of my favorite definitions on the site and it will always have enduring appeal)
snake eating its ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you cooked. damn. also human curator at Urban Dictionary!!! love your work and you are doing the lord's work, combing through such gems like pee pee poo poo bitch lol thank you for your service!
Thank you for this work of observation and synthesis! The depth and consistency of your cultural reading is incredibly valuable, and your writing has become a real resource for me, both personally and professionally.
The collective emotional portrait of 2025 you describe, this sense of saturation and inability to properly digest the constant flow of content, really resonated. The conclusion you draw (about the need to re-educate ourselves in how we consume) feels essential. The dystopian projection that follows acts like a magnifying mirror... it starkly exposes how self-destructive the path becomes when we remain driven by consumption, signals, and short-term dopamine.
Reading these pieces triggered a genuine moment of clarity for me. They helped me put words to sensations that had been hovering in the background, and to better understand my own personal tensions within this broader system.
I truly hope these reflections reach a wide audience, and that they help spark awareness (and eventually resistance!) to the systemic traps we’re currently caught in.
omg 😭 this is so nice — and i'm SO happy to hear that this resonated as...sometimes it feels like i'm just talking to myself and hearing things like this is great to hear as i always intend for these essays to be conversation. so thank you! so glad to help and i hope they certainly do resonate some change. we need it!!
synthesis really is the word! always look forward to being both amused and despairingly sobered by your work, @kyle
thank you allie!! and sobered and amused is a good combo okay phew im always worried things are TOO sobering lol thank you for reading regardless!!!!!! <3
This article comes at the perfect time, and you've totally captured the messy vibe of the year. Do you think well see more states push back against federal AI mandates next year?
thank you, roxy!!! we aim to please haha <3 and that's a great question and i think — like many things in 2025 — we'll continue with the "shadow civil war" or whatever people are calling it, where it all breaks down by red states versus blue states, a la: the CA AI law passed not too long ago, that Newsom just doubled down on. i guess the question will be...will states actually make meaningful push back? or submit to the a court death spiral which will see AI advance as they / we await a court ruling? that's what i'm wondering, as that model is increasingly outdated due to GOP aggressive legislature. but i'm hopeful the AI infrastructure will tear itself apart in a very messy way lol
Isn’t an ouroboros just a snake eating its own ass? What a year, snake…
(Also, loved this, as the only human curator at Urban Dictionary. Pee pee poo poo bitch is one of my favorite definitions on the site and it will always have enduring appeal)
snake eating its ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you cooked. damn. also human curator at Urban Dictionary!!! love your work and you are doing the lord's work, combing through such gems like pee pee poo poo bitch lol thank you for your service!
Brilliant as Always! Thanks!🙏🏾
thank you for reading cyprian!!!!!