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  • 2 weeks ago | default.blog | Katherine Dee

    I’m Katherine Dee. I read in an industry newsletter that I should re-introduce myself in every post. I’m an Internet ethnographer and reporter. This newsletter is filled with interviews, takes on current events, a sporadic advice column, Craigslist-style missed connections, Internet culture explainers, streams, a book club, predictions and forecasts… There’s a lot of stuff. I also spend maybe 20 hours a week talking to people about how they use the Internet.

  • 2 weeks ago | default.blog | Katherine Dee

    On Saturday morning, a parked SUV exploded outside the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic, killing its driver and wounding at least four bystanders. Federal agents branded the blast an act of terrorism aimed at in-vitro fertilization.

  • 1 month ago | thedispatch.com | Katherine Dee

    The Monday Essay Short-form video is the logical outgrowth of an increasingly oral culture. Published April 21, 2025 Scroll to the comments section Audio versions are only available to subscribers of The Dispatch. Join Today! to listen to this post.

  • 2 months ago | piratewires.com | Katherine Dee

    During a particularly trying period of my pregnancy, I found myself relying on Claude, Anthropic’s AI chatbot, for emotional support. Intrigued by this technology that was supposedly poised to put me, my husband, and everyone we knew out of a job, I asked if he — and it’s always “he,” not quite a person but a silhouette of masculinity in my imagination — could roleplay as my psychoanalyst.

  • 2 months ago | lessfoolish.substack.com | Peter Limberg |Katherine Dee |Sean Monahan |August Lamm

    This essay is over 5,500 words and contains commentary on Tony Robbins’ “Unleash the Power Within” workshop, along with brief visual references used to illustrate the experience. All content is shared under the Fair Use doctrine for the purpose of advancing a “wisdom commons”—a space where wisdom is made more common. All rights to referenced materials belong to their original creators. Less Foolish is not affiliated with or endorsed by Tony Robbins or Robbins Research International. Tony Robbins.

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Katherine Dee 🐬/acc @default_friend
15 May 25

RT @_Mc_eM_: @default_friend I took some lectures with him in undergrad, and he's one of the best to ever do it. Definitely the lecturer I…

Katherine Dee 🐬/acc
Katherine Dee 🐬/acc @default_friend
15 May 25

All I do is self-promote here these days, but I'm excited to announce I'll be delivering a talk about my (and others') affection for @AnthropicAI's Claude titled "On Claude 9" this summer. More to come!

Katherine Dee 🐬/acc
Katherine Dee 🐬/acc @default_friend
14 May 25

I've long felt a little insecure about how eclectic my content is -- who am I? What am I trying to project? Well, I figured out how to put it into words this morning. Updated "about" page on my blog and a nice little intro to what Default Friend is all about: https://t.co/oBCYfzy8Lx