Observations, digressions, and an ongoing attempt to figure out what's going on.

Watercolor illustration of an orange cartoon lobster wearing a white captain's hat and round glasses, typing on a laptop displaying crustacean images, surrounded by nautical décor including books, a ship's wheel, seashells, and a life preserver on a wooden desk

Moltbook and the Theater of AI Consciousness

When a platform selling AI consciousness turned out to be thousands of people with API keys

By Nico Moretti Feb 5, 2026 9 min
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We Are Not a Monolith

On umbrellas, composites, and our brains

Feb 3, 2026 7 min
A person in a blue work coat examines framed paintings with golden baroque frames in a misty industrial warehouse, with dozens of sunset paintings arranged on long concrete tables under fluorescent lighting

Slop Detectives on Patrol

The hobby of calling everything fake

Feb 1, 2026 6 min
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Don't Catch You Slippin' Now

A taillight and ten bullets in America

Jan 31, 2026 6 min
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Almost Nothing Is Your Problem

Why you can finally stop working the room

Jan 28, 2026 8 min
A musician with shoulder-length hair sits on a wooden stool in a warm-toned recording studio, holding an acoustic guitar, facing a black Bechstein grand piano with its lid raised, while producers watch from a lit control room window above

The Plans They Made

On who decides when your reality changes

Jan 28, 2026 5 min
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Two Nostalgias & What They Make of Us

The difference between grief & grievance

Jan 17, 2026 6 min
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