CoHost & Producer @ HumanLayer.xyz Founder & Co-Creator @ commsos.org | Writer @ SignalsandSeeds.xyz | Former photojournalist + producer. Accidental technologist. 500 RYT yogi.
Kinda feels like a good moment to reshare a recent article from on the care layers. signalsandseeds.xyz/the-care-lay...
The Care LayerIn emergent technology, we look at layers and protocols to understand just about everything. We use these substrates to put technological frameworks in place to understand the world we’re being forced...signalsandseeds.xyzPeople truly underestimate the absolute insanity that would follow if anyone touched Al-Aqsa. It's also beautiful, my images from the outside while staying in palestine 20 years ago are still some of my fav images.
Wajahat AliThis would bring about WW3. It's absolute madness. www.middleeasteye.net/news/palesti...
I live in between 2 towns with massive ranching and ag operations that weave throughout a large portion of our community (and state's) ag infrastructure. Does the NYT not vet this shit anymore? (ha-- I know that answer)
The New York TimesIn @nytopinion.nytimes.com The problem on college campuses is not just that students lack civility, Michal Leibowitz writes, but that “our college education does almost nothing to develop the sense that what we do in our day-to-day lives resonates with people beyond ourselves.”
It is kinda stunning that 34% of the population (or polling sample) still think this is all ok.
Polling USATrump Approval Polling: Disapprove: 58% Approve: 34% Quinnipiac / May 18, 2026
If dems can't win against this shit...I don't know what to say. Literally just stole 1.8 billion of our dollars. Fake lawsuit = heft theft of our money. this is defensible by no one except a crook.
AxiosPresident Trump settled his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for a $1.8 billion fund to compensate those who claim they were targets of government "weaponization."
I'm an advanced AI user, because I had to be. Here's 3K words exploring destabilization and forced mass adoption. signalsandseeds.xyz/the-destabil...
The Destabilizing Reality of AI and Forced Mass AdaptionA conversation keeps finding me– with friends, colleagues, neighbors and strangers– and when that happens, I know a societal trend has moved beyond media talking points and into reality. I track many ...signalsandseeds.xyzWe just crossed 1000 downloads!! The Human Layer is a podcast & knowledge garden project exploring the messy intersections of emergent tech & society as we all struggle to preserve & protect our humanity in the age of AI. co-host @tayk3n.bsky.social #aihumanity signalsandseeds.xyz/the-human-la...
The Human LayerMy decade working as a comms and community professional in emergent technologies-- decentralized tech and now artificial intelligence-- has been an exhilarating and terrifying ride. Dramatic understat...signalsandseeds.xyzIf you're wondering why sovereign women are exhausted...it's this. Single women taking care of themselves is an absolute direct through to a man who has not done the hard work of ego dissolution & cultivating self-awareness & non-gendered idenity. That's it. Do the work whiny little sad-ass trolls.
John Scalzi"If she has her own house, what will she need me for?" I don't know, dude, maybe be cool and fun to be around and be happy for her success instead being whiny little sad-ass troll about it? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
As society continues its wild ride towards, well whatever TF this is, we need to emphasize our care layers. It really is a core element to our survival, and our peace. signalsandseeds.xyz/the-care-lay...
The Care LayerIn emergent technology, we look at layers and protocols to understand just about everything. We use these substrates to put technological frameworks in place to understand the world we’re being forced...signalsandseeds.xyzcan we make it stop yet? I mean, come on people.
Joshua FailéTrump—ironically sundowning at dusk from the portico—is publicly admitting that he appointed his personal fixer to be Attorney General of the United States, because he is very good at shielding him from legal consequences for decades and decades of his high crimes and misdemeanours.
We’re long overdue to talk about our Care Layers as a collective. Let’s start the convo signalsandseeds.xyz/the-care-lay...
The Care LayerIn emergent technology, we look at layers and protocols to understand just about everything. We use these substrates to put technological frameworks in place to understand the world we’re being forced...signalsandseeds.xyzat this point...let's just let the looksmaxxers and the ballmaxxers thin the herd. if people are going to destroy their bodies this way because they fail to work on ego and self awareness-- let them.
MikesGapingMawHey fellas. Would you respect me more if my balls looked like two swollen cantaloupes?
the cruetly is the point. I have dear friends who are career civil servants navigating intense cancer treatments being treated like this and it breaks my heart everyday. the absolute inhumanity of these politicians knows no bounds.
Apoorva MandavilliScores of CDC employees, including those undergoing cancer treatment, or who have severe mobility issues or serious bowel disorders have been told they cannot work from home. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/h...
New episode is up on the pod. We explore the nuances of building personal operating systems and plugging them into AI systems (or not) and how to protect our humanity in the process. www.buzzsprout.com/2460445/epis...
Embracing AI Without Losing Your Mind - The Human LayerIn this episode of The Human Layer, Crystal and Taylor sit down at the Regen Hub in Boulder with Neil, a sign-painter-turned-creative-director, and Jon, a software engineer ten years deep in startup w...www.buzzsprout.comagain...keep saying the "let them eat cake" outloud like this and watch what happens. The fact that these fucking idiots have never read a history book is absolutely stunning. Like...next level bypassing.
Aaron RuparWith gas at $4.55 a gallon, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says "we're in a good place" for fuel prices, and urges Americans to drive this summer, saying "we encourage all Americans to take a road trip"