Kin Lane @[email protected]

@mlanger I just cannot recommend. What you do is your call -- my piece was just on my ability to recommend it. It just doesn't need me evangelizing it.

You cannot build a home – physical or intellectual – that is safe and secure if the foundation is rotten. The foundation of these fields -- cognitive science, psychology, artificial intelligence, computing, educational technology -- is rotten. https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ed-tech-dragnet/

2006 -- I recommend you maintain your blog, be on social media, and actively maintain an online presence.
2026 -- I just can't recommend that anymore for the average person in my life--it has gotten too hostile out there.

How all of this played into the American Revolution is super interesting. https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2026/02/alexander-hamilton-industrial-spy/

My personal newsletter for last week - https://buttondown.com/kin-lane/archive/a-week-of-being-kin-lane-february-9th-2026/

Alex is my new favorite artist - https://paint-with-alex.myshopify.com/pages/ea_fire-and-light

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/typing-for-love-or-money/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/deaf-quarterback-changed-sports-forever-inventing-huddle-180987178/

https://eatmancereal.com/products/maple-bacon-1-box

https://www.archives.nyc/blog/2023/1/31/a-charter-for-new-amsterdam-february-2-1653

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-contemporary-artists-washington-crossing-delaware-challenge-history

https://kinlane.com/2026/01/31/staying-within-the-machine/

Watching Ken Burns talk about the filmmaking behind the Revolutionary War documentary was exactly the antidote I needed for the way the week started for me. https://kinlane.com/2026/01/30/i-went-to-see-ken-burns-talk-about-the-filmmaking-behind-his-revolutionary-war-documentary/

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/educator-fired-for-reading-i-need-a-new-butt-to-students-must-be-reinstated-mississippi-court-rules/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/invisibility-science-fiction-reality-technology

https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2026/01/early-saratoga-county-inventors/

My personal newsletter for last week. A day late, but yesterday was a struggle after the weekend in the United States. https://buttondown.com/kin-lane/archive/a-week-of-being-kin-lane-january-26th-2026/

@carpetbomberz Ha. Love it. The Matryoshka doll of super heroes!

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260121-the-mysterious-mushroom-that-makes-you-see-tiny-people

My personal newsletter for last week - https://buttondown.com/kin-lane/archive/a-week-of-being-kin-lane-september-29th-2025/