History guy. @columbia_biz Founder: @Letterjoy, @my_dear_holmes. ⛳️ on the side. Prev: @UChicago
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Joined September 2011
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Michael Sitver retweeted
“Os gevept” is a Yiddish phrase I recently learned meaning “I’m empty of bubbles” as in, I’m a seltzer that’s gone flat, as in, my social battery is drained pls leave me alone to get bubbly again, and I think it may be my new favorite Yiddish phrase.
Michael Sitver retweeted
It is hard to describe how offensive this was. Bret Stephens’ @nytimes @nytopinion column on @NYCMayor’s statement on the 3rd anniversary of #October7 is required reading:
nytimes.com/2026/10/09/opini…
Michael Sitver retweeted
It was exactly three years ago that I gave this talk on “regulatory capture” at the @theallinpod Summit. I did predict that the large incumbent AI companies would “beg for” regulation. No idea they would beg this hard.
youtu.be/F9cO3-MLHOM?is=EKqR…
Michael Sitver retweeted
What if we had taxed the internet?
"What was once framed as a trivial tax—half a cent to download a photo, or a cent to send 100 emails—would now cost the average American household an estimated $784,000 per year."
Incredible stats from @JaredWalczak
Michael Sitver retweeted
Reminder: the datacenter discourse is a documented psyop and they’re winning
Two reports from @SamLyman33 and @bitcoinpolicy document a coordinated foreign influence campaign against American AI — running through CCP state media, a Shanghai-based Marxist's nonprofit network, and foreign billionaire dark money that has funneled $2B+ into US advocacy infrastructure.
AI doomerism isn't as organic as it looks.
Michael Sitver retweeted
This is how ridiculous people that oppose data centers will look in about 100 years
Squarespace is done for.
They upped the subscription price on my personal website, so I said "I wonder how hard this would be to move to static hosting with the help of an agent?"
Took 10 minutes via Manus and now I'm saving $300/year.
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Love this re-imagining of America’s founding using Docs, Gmail, Calendar and more from @GoogleWorkspace. Really puts the history in version history :)
Michael Sitver retweeted
Love this re-imagining of America’s founding using Docs, Gmail, Calendar and more from @GoogleWorkspace. Really puts the history in version history :)
