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Ingrid Burrington

@lifewinning.com

writer, artist, (credentialed as a) geographer. editing at large at urbanomnibus.net. research fellow at SFE. buttondown.email/perfectsentences is a little hobby newsletter. past work: lifewinning.com. all me buddy, never spoken for an employer

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!*@hellgatenyc.com · 21h ago

If you've read the frenzied media coverage surrounding the implementation of the state's new pied-à-terre tax, you know that some property owners are livid about paperwork they now must do. But what do renters think? hellgatenyc.com/nyc-tenants-...

NYC Tenants React to Pied-à-Terrorism: 'I Think It Speaks to How Detached Rich People Are'

A few of the millions of New Yorkers who don't own a home weigh in on the controversy.

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Ingrid Burrington@lifewinning.com · yesterday

I know I am just being a grouchy elder but how is it 2026 and writers are still out here saying "we" think of the Internet as "immaterial"—who is this "we" and where have they been for the last decade

Unbreaking@unbreaking.org · 2d ago

Also, immigration courts are doing something called “mega master hearings,” which is a hellish title for a hellish thing. These chaotic proceedings bundle 100+ cases with little to no advance warning. 6/9 nipnlg.org/work/resourc...

Mega Master Hearings: Fast Cases and Bad Outcomes

Since May 2026, immigration courts have been scheduling what attorneys are calling “mega master” hearings — sessions where over 100 people are called in at once, often with little to no advance notice...

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Sargoth (discursively endogenous feliform)@longersky.com · 3w ago

Me: "the century of american humiliation" is a bit of a mouthful for denoting the loss of US hegemony, there's got to be something catchier The news: we are now entering into the age of diarrhea Me: I retract my previous statement, the phrase is a paradigm of pithy yet staid restraint

Paris Marx@parismarx.com · 3d ago

“In 2024, an uncertified company [in Jiangxi Province] was found to have improperly dismantled 364 metric tons of waste lithium iron phosphate batteries. The resulting contamination caused vegetation to die across 6 acres of forest and killed more than 420 cubic feet of standing timber.”

China’s EV Market Is Booming. There’s Just One Problem

More EVs reaching the end of their life means more batteries to recycle. But waste management companies have yet to catch up to the new reality.

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Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 5d ago

First, this is fantastic. Second, it gives the lie to the idea that people need to “learn” how to use AI given that it’s become compulsory. What lurks behind the notion that people need tutorials in it is that AI “education” is just a how-to in avoiding its hazards. The real education is this ⬇️

jessamyn@librarian.bsky.social · 5d ago

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5d ago

Google appears to be in an active race to destroy all remaining goodwill the company once had. They've almost entirely destroyed search and now they're screwing with Google Maps.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 5d ago

I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery: