Sam Venis

writer + strategist | squad @since21xx

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

Stoked to announce that PIRATE KINGDOMS will be out with @fsgbooks at some point in the next two years!!

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

Is the beclowned in the room with us now?

[Xenocosmography @xenocosmography]

Bottom line is that the JQ obsessives are functionally hard left. 'Alt-Right' demonstrated this. Groypers confirm it. Everyone needs to understand it, if they're not going to beclown themselves.

[Spike Art Magazine @spike_art]

This winter, Spike is turning to the wild season of youth. Feat. @kieranpressreyn @travisdream @being_on_line @diamonddustpaw @richardhwrites @samfromvenis & more. 🔗 in reply, Spike 86 – SALAD DAYS – is out now!

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

every time i come back to twitter im like shocked that people are still here and posting. not in a bluesky way, more like, oh this is still real

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

For @Playboy, I flew to El Salvador to write about the influence of the New Right and the bitcoin scene on President Bukele. Now online
https://t.co/ytv8vdyc1Z

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

Went to El Salvador in August to write about the urbit-bitcoin-bukele connection. Out in @Playboy today

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

when people complain about everything being virtual and fake this is what I’ll think about

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

just realized that fred again is gen z flume

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

One good reason to doubt the 3-5yr timeline of the AI jobpocalypse is the utter incompetence of most organizations. Most jobs could already be eliminated if companies just did stuff in a less roundabout way. Bullshit email jobs don’t exist bc those ppl are really good at sending emails

[Not Elon Musk ROA @elonmuskroa5]

Come hang with us—you’re officially invited to the groupchat (Sweetychat) going public.

@manabovetown @kittystremy @samfromvenis @heaveninterface @LeDigitalCowboy @elischoop @audreygkemp @squirtstain @stlydias @testing310

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

Citibike cutting the e-bike top speed from 18 to 15mph is textbook enshittification: basically a 16% price hike by making the product worse

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

A crucial pt about AI writing: this never happens. That's why it's so easy to identify AI writing - the next world is always exactly what you think it will be

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

The difference between good and great prose: when instead of reading with a kind of auto-complete in your head, where you anticipate the next word, you are surprised so consistently that you stop and surrender to the misdirection, the aptness, the wily mind of the writer

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

Convince me that doing an MBA in your 30s isn't a $100k investment in partying for a year

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

The difference between good and great prose: when instead of reading with a kind of auto-complete in your head, where you anticipate the next word, you are surprised so consistently that you stop and surrender to the misdirection, the aptness, the wily mind of the writer

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

People introducing themselves by their handle is the 21st century version of occupational surname like ‘Michael Shoemaker,’ ‘David Carpenter,’ etc.

[The Point Magazine @the_point_mag]

During his election campaign, Trump debuted a mysterious proposal in support of “freedom cities.” Details have been sparse since then—but charter-city advocates have been pursuing legislation ever since. @samfromvenis reports:
https://t.co/gkQNbWVzgX

[Jennifer May Reiland @jenniferreiland]

very good article by @samfromvenis about surreal libertarian visions of charter cities/sovereign states and their desire to replace legacy nations like the US in the same way modern nations replaced medieval feudalism…..

[The Point Magazine @the_point_mag]

With “freedom cities” suddenly sprouting as a branch of federal industrial policy, what was once a LARP is now the subject of congressional debate and a legitimate investment opportunity. @samfromvenis reports on what might be coming next:
https://t.co/gkQNbWVzgX

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

Went to austin to learn what’s next on Trump’s timeline for new cities in America

[James Duesterberg @jduesterberg]

Sam Venis @samfromvenis reports from Austin on network states and the unhappy return of the future

[Sam Venis @samfromvenis]

New rule: If you try to pass off two or three sparsely related events as a 'new trend' you have to write 'I will not tell lies' on a chalkboard one trillion times