2026-07-23T18:55:13Z https://nostr.ae Tony Stubblebine https://nostr.ae/npub1lu828ffrx0pgj6kn7dppknn5qfy0yz5m9qg35vl8gwyuzm26j6vquumnj4 https://media.me.dm/accounts/avatars/109/667/307/217/847/976/original/d20065453a81f0e7.jpeg https://media.me.dm/accounts/avatars/109/667/307/217/847/976/original/d20065453a81f0e7.jpeg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswtt73zs62z8czj4x0k7xvssxtjthh94xgrl0f7g8hl2a797cty2qzyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfs3y7tnq New post about how combining AI-assisted writing tools with morning pages has changed my productivity system. The morning pages are transformed by AI into a todo list, which then becomes a day-long journal. It&#39;s mindfulness meets productivity.<br/><br/><a href="https://medium.com/p/48a7c76af7a1">https://medium.com/p/48a7c76af7a1</a> 2026-04-29T02:04:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsth8vq4q3zmuekw49sst8smwp6lllng5reszvwu98akrwchqvad7szyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfsqmwjhc The thing about the WHCD shooting is that the Straight of Hormuz isn’t going to be open this year and the Epstein Files still haven’t been released. 2026-04-26T14:13:39Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqc9vxa7a3vkpteuvh00jcsayse39mtwaha5hlh34nx46wmz02s3gzyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfs7q59gw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswe36c0m64ea67apvm2kluzg8536waqkhexpk7ezuh8w3z6gd5rdc52ju6n'>nevent1q…ju6n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it’s been consistently good enough to work from. AI generated summaries of your own writing for your own use are pretty useful because you don’t get fooled by mistakes. 2026-04-20T21:47:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz9tq39hp76vkvp2ussptk74yquhlp6uw7na8ygt6y9lkysqfmtkqzyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfswxrrht In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrytz4v854kd9dzx8kcsvp0u987u7am4dnrhed9wjf5d66wv2hmxsfj998y'>nevent1q…998y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is the prompt I use:<br/><br/>Make a task list of any things that I said I needed or wanted to do in the current note plus any unfinished tasks from yesterday&#39;s journal. Format it as a task list. If possible, write the tasks in terms of first step followed by the goal. It&#39;s ok to guess at the first step.<br/><br/>#writing #morningpages #productivity #promptengineering 2026-04-19T19:56:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrytz4v854kd9dzx8kcsvp0u987u7am4dnrhed9wjf5d66wv2hmxszyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfs8qnjfy I&#39;ve been typing morning pages for 17 minutes every day. Then I added one AI prompt that turns them into my daily todo list. Now I do them every day. Self-care sticks when it feels productive. 2026-04-19T19:56:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz90gh92ss328gx7ghnwgvfl5agwum5yl6n7g83lnd3fzrjeqx0dqzyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfs5y2m0h This is what we said inside <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1j4hv073mx7u0lgqjjalzl44qzd2dr74v0cvfelvue6qu7l8xl0aslcrnsr" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Medium</span> (<span class="italic">npub1j4h…rnsr</span>)</a></span> in order to give space for people to participate in tomorrow&#39;s national strike.<br/> <img src="https://media.me.dm/media_attachments/files/115/980/175/931/014/257/original/c9a08756cbc4b22e.png"> <br/> <img src="https://media.me.dm/media_attachments/files/115/980/176/304/177/448/original/effc5fd990047453.png"> <br/> <img src="https://media.me.dm/media_attachments/files/115/980/176/707/256/019/original/c22387c4cd895d33.png"> <br/> <img src="https://media.me.dm/media_attachments/files/115/980/177/211/145/202/original/4731b864bb0639af.png"> <br/> 2026-01-29T20:04:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvqn5u2tycz54c3krzrq2fhyl6v37t289h74gnzcrvmf8zgy0f7jszyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfscahjzz This is the most useful reaction I&#39;ve seen to 37signals moving off the cloud to dedicated servers.<br/><br/>#aws #cloud <br/><a href="https://medium.com/@tobrien/leaving-the-cloud-isnt-for-everyone-b6520d55c41f">https://medium.com/@tobrien/leaving-the-cloud-isnt-for-everyone-b6520d55c41f</a> 2025-11-11T19:05:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrvfzdgqvy4ehm59xkdww8q58qnvvvmdja34z8ng2jxrta4j0z0ggzyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfst5q7ul Gotta love the art behind a good reframe or spin. This piece on prosperity theology is excellent in that regard. Turns out words can mean anything!<br/><br/>#religion <br/><br/><a href="https://medium.com/science-and-critical-thinking/jesus-said-help-the-poor-evangelicals-heard-buy-a-lake-house-77478b1a4d1d">https://medium.com/science-and-critical-thinking/jesus-said-help-the-poor-evangelicals-heard-buy-a-lake-house-77478b1a4d1d</a> 2025-11-11T19:04:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsytxy4hck0lka3gvt0j4fpt3lnv80ufz5e92lhxm8vj9qmp9yp7gszyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfsg66nz5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyqnurv9ftdddkj26ltq2dqhga40njsgsspaymcz5g4nzcn56yzrcuwt9ey'>nevent1q…t9ey</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Trains run on time. Talked to a lot of locals about healthcare--it&#39;s both free and if you want to pay out of pocket, cheap. One of our expat friends paid $250 for an MRI just because she wanted the peace of mind. Streets are clean.<br/><br/>Mostly though, it&#39;s a special feeling to be surrounded by people that are healthy, educated, and doing well. 2025-11-11T19:03:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyqnurv9ftdddkj26ltq2dqhga40njsgsspaymcz5g4nzcn56yzrczyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfs30p6r9 There&#39;s the red pill and the blue pill, but what&#39;s the pill where you visit Europe and see everything they get for their higher taxes? 2025-11-11T19:03:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv4xmz9ss2jdafn2fe3s2t7vmy60mafw8g26s6zrraulun6yygyyszyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfsu5p3st In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd098t6t689z4x7gwe6awj0h9c7hngj74vk7p3pvfpj2vtszffm4cq464dm'>nevent1q…64dm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is my first. 2025-08-28T15:43:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8svtlslrx6srgewvxqr5r4jcx6h49krr6834sdk86yer8e8sh77gzyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfsms8h9t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ged6w9uhs40nt39tyyw7u0hfsj5thmnwm87dljaufsp2gd24ansg0la0n'>nevent1q…la0n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Me too! We think we can be a partner to you for a long time. 2025-07-13T01:24:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswuqj44hzzzp0a87g884u7mdvyf2navlr2ek903mhyz5xq2fs905szyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfsfc0w23 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfdz6fakyta0my82s27nk4s0md9wf7mawxq58u0yds4yw5eutz2kq0dv4dj'>nevent1q…v4dj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>well it was before my time and I&#39;ve never once heard the perspective of the pro union side. So I can&#39;t speak to it fairly and probably shouldn&#39;t even if I could. 2025-05-30T03:42:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrxtyypdvyndfl3jnq4255eucna77tpxrw2cts683jhhkve0qa9rczyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfsz444y6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9xu54rsz7q5s566z3zayj5x9dty4yamfuqnlf0ctvjj86w3ucq7grpv2yk'>nevent1q…v2yk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there was never union busting, which is illegal, and we continue to care successfully about following employment law. 2025-05-29T01:03:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr9fsahp7yr22hy4grssu98yjhgdy4upe3c8kj9mj4w0qjtlshulgzyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfswnkupj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv7aglkytr754u5274stjqcz2vle964yv2tur8rs0arf0p6fq69ncn42kdd'>nevent1q…2kdd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Last thing, I often think people over estimate how political a site is, certainly their estimation of us. <br/><br/>In a normal world, Medium&#39;s sweet spot is non-content-producers documenting their lives, especially their professional lives. <br/><br/>That&#39;s just not very political unless politics veers into refuting the expert knowledge of 99% of scientists &amp; economists. 2025-05-28T17:50:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv7aglkytr754u5274stjqcz2vle964yv2tur8rs0arf0p6fq69nczyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfspmlrmh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswvpu5en7gsdxujmvxamxy87a3syv6mqhj96dvd23p44rqwucuqfgtgsqj9'>nevent1q…sqj9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I never got any sense of media agenda from Ben in the tiny bit of overlap or in the tales of company history. <br/><br/>But even if so, they have no say now and if based on other investments probably have a small financial incentive for Medium to fail. 2025-05-28T17:03:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswvpu5en7gsdxujmvxamxy87a3syv6mqhj96dvd23p44rqwucuqfgzyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfs7hhyjm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2y0ywvp5j0w8vnk2rvdmutma4ej6vn9d7yemfshsqa02duuwww2g60fg7k'>nevent1q…fg7k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, that all started changing over the last few years and I can give you an official update.<br/><br/>A) there are zero VCs on the board right now or with rights to appoint a board seat. <br/><br/>B) I took over in 2022 and Ben left before I had my first board meeting. Kevin had left long before that.<br/><br/>C) we did a full recap in April 2023 and at that point A16Z lost a lot of their equity position and lost all of their preferred stock (converted to common). 2025-05-28T17:01:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrvyvr58r84n09cvgq8seeee8wfd6jg0vxec5m84h23v7rh35d03gzyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfsc3cesh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2xlcyhr57mcjmyh7p75vycpyw5sg98v6aqn9304vv7pdsuntk2hge9w9mh'>nevent1q…w9mh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Also, FWIW, I did some work behind the scenes to help Mastodon. <br/><br/>1. Used the Medium founder&#39;s Twitter cred to get the press looking here, &#34;Twitter founders embrace Mastodon.&#34;<br/><br/>2. Helped one of the Federation non-profits wrangle funding out of Meta.<br/><br/>3. Wrote a letter of reference for a key person to immigrate.<br/><br/>So we support where we can, just not on the tech side. 2025-05-18T15:05:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2xlcyhr57mcjmyh7p75vycpyw5sg98v6aqn9304vv7pdsuntk2hgzyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfsdex5jn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxm2whxn0ekrfmpdh5pq5alm745gc0sxvj5uh95n7gy7q8tm2cgeqhvpf3j'>nevent1q…pf3j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Regarding Medium implementing ActivityPub. I&#39;ve lost track of my canonical post on this, but I just personally hate the use case. I get that this isn&#39;t universal. <br/><br/>I think social media platforms are separate communities with separate community norms and that syndicating from one into another is offensive. <br/><br/>If a Medium author wants their stories here they should create a post and wrap the link with some context. 2025-05-18T15:03:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxm2whxn0ekrfmpdh5pq5alm745gc0sxvj5uh95n7gy7q8tm2cgeqzyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfsgcy9nq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsztp2yjx6u8c6f5dn04e4hzlf5qlecuy64jcm3uukjlvzah7k3y5slu5h8z'>nevent1q…5h8z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But now I think it&#39;s shaken out fine. X, Threads, and BSky are going to be the big town squares. Mastodon will be smaller but the communities that are here will be stronger. <br/><br/>Thinking to our writers--big fish in a small pond is a good strategy for them. They&#39;d all be better off looking for strong community. 2025-05-18T14:59:38Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsztp2yjx6u8c6f5dn04e4hzlf5qlecuy64jcm3uukjlvzah7k3y5szyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfs8nynyu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz972kvwmx8aknad96629upak6lms78lxz5zy9nkdqkn93ljfc70q848nm2'>nevent1q…8nm2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We were (and continue to be) pretty targeted in what we do here because we aren&#39;t that big.<br/><br/>I&#39;d say the main product goal was to bring Medium writers into the Mastodon community. <br/><br/>That was a time when there weren&#39;t any twitter alternatives. <br/><br/>Lately we&#39;ve been seeing how it would all shake out. I knew that Mastodon was for sale for at least six months before it got announced and the lack of interest really paralyzed me wanting to be here. 2025-05-18T14:58:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsydjmapevzw6u2f50z96fjcrsepfeu0w6945g7y4p8cr9wslzzn4szyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfs4neyvv Medium is a home for the intellectually curious — people that are driven to expand their understanding of the world. And for curious people, diversity isn’t a threat, it’s a strength.<br/><br/><a href="https://blog.medium.com/yes-to-a-diverse-community-3f72df3c2ff9">https://blog.medium.com/yes-to-a-diverse-community-3f72df3c2ff9</a> 2025-04-15T04:13:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfqllh35vc2pz4rars8p5464q754jaesehrqusqm920xhpssgawxqzyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfsfpglms The landscape of external traffic has flipped around in the last few years. Here&#39;s a viral post that slayed on Threads, and did pretty well on BSky, but didn&#39;t get anything from formerly important aggregators like Pocket.<br/> <img src="https://media.me.dm/media_attachments/files/114/217/731/102/837/380/original/e24b76fe2c74c42d.png"> <br/> 2025-03-24T13:51:48Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyv97p8qhe7yqnx6qte235yuh0mgr9sz99fhmnm7um9usfy6f6p3czyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfs08e5wm The WSJ basically runs an all day news ticker of ways Trump is bad for the US economy. Voice of the resistance?<br/> <img src="https://media.me.dm/media_attachments/files/114/217/513/018/329/208/original/19be59787ffdb40b.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-24T12:55:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrvanxgwdl28gcwc68s87k5f3qlc2f35jfnrhmv93n6jr25ekkr4szyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfs3pe2ur My keynote from Medium Day. It was overall a pretty positive message but I also didn&#39;t shy away from what&#39;s broken on the Internet.<br/><a href="https://blog.medium.com/state-of-medium-c54d1706a9b4">https://blog.medium.com/state-of-medium-c54d1706a9b4</a> 2024-08-21T19:05:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr6ajhkv4ffs4s9lp5rn7fs5d27xygh9u5m8drhkec8ngmwmvvdvgzyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfsxa0exk Do you remember when hover boards were a thing? I watched this guy board a flight on one in 2015.<br/> <img src="https://media.me.dm/media_attachments/files/112/986/372/119/682/907/original/942b5858c1e933f2.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-19T02:40:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspunpq6f2ekju4m79c627dcdpqtqle5v2fu26ap9dstwujp7nwxnqzyrlsaga9yveu9zt260e5yx6wwspy3us2nv5pzx3nuapcnstdt2tfsup98sw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg5e2f85j5lqhugdadfvfj0q552fqq2m0799y2rr5utz9kp2sn6hgm6fkxv'>nevent1q…fkxv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s a weird way to display that but if you read it top to bottom, moving from monthly to annual drops the price from $60 to $50. That&#39;s our standard price. Then 20% off is $40. As displayed in the bill today. 2024-08-17T17:59:41Z