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The Machine Looks Back
i'm noticing a trend in critiques of social media
May 13 • Katherine Dee
A Klansman Predicted Online Extremism in 1983. What Came Next Is Worse.
my latest for tablet magazine.
May 6 • Katherine Dee
Welcome to LambdaMOO!
from the archives, may 1992
May 5
We Thought the Internet Was For Us. It Turns Out It's For AI.
how AI is liberating intelligence from humans
May 1 • Andrey Mir

April 2026

The Strange Case of the Electronic Lover
from the archives, 1985
Apr 28
Cyberspace Innkeeping: Building Online Community
from the archive, 1992
Apr 21
Maggot Story
from the archive, 2004
Apr 16
It's Too Late, Techno-pessimists. We Are As Gods.
I typed this from an iPhone while looking at 3D-renderings of my unborn children.
Apr 13 • Katherine Dee
The Future Is Listening, Some Napkin Notes on Anti-Modern Violence
thought digest, 04.13.2026
Apr 13 • Katherine Dee
A Piece in Which I'm Not Passive Aggressive, I'm Just Aggressive
Okay, I'll say it.
Apr 11 • Katherine Dee
The Internet Doesn't Want Your Attention. It Wants Your Effort.
The ease of clicking flips physical doing into digital being as a sufficient basis for reward.
Apr 9 • Andrey Mir

March 2026

Against American Diner Gothic
is america "weirding" or did we just come up with a new name for an old type?
Mar 19 • Katherine Dee
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