@jasmine’s substack

🌻 no data centers in my backyard

money, power, and populism in the AI buildout

Aug 3 • Jasmine Sun

684

92

174

June 2026

🌻 the old world is dying

opinionated advice for class of 2026 graduates

Jun 10 • Jasmine Sun

1,710

129

392

🌻 conversations on culture in the AI age

my Substack talk and conversation with Benjamín Labatut

Jun 5 • Jasmine Sun

114

4

23

May 2026

🌻 notes on AI, labor, and China

An expansion pack for my NYT story on the "permanent underclass"

May 13 • Jasmine Sun

411

49

77

April 2026

🌻 AI populism's warning shots

the battles over AI are no longer just about the tech

Apr 13 • Jasmine Sun

551

66

113

March 2026

🌻 why LLMs are bad writers but good editors

my new Atlantic essay + Claude editor setup

Mar 23 • Jasmine Sun

250

8

28

February 2026

🌻 AI vs. the pentagon

the alignment problem is Pete Hegseth

Feb 28 • Jasmine Sun

425

63

101

🌻 my week with the AI populists

a Washington DC scene report

Feb 11 • Jasmine Sun

550

80

124

January 2026

🌻 anthropicology (ft. irene zhang & kai williams)

Dario's essay, Claude Constitution, and more

Jan 29 • Jasmine Sun, Irene Zhang, and Kai Williams

40

7

35:36

🌻 claude code psychosis

are your problems software-shaped?

Jan 23 • Jasmine Sun

641

6

97

🌻 chinese peptide physiognomy

the new language of bio-acceleration

Jan 13 • Jasmine Sun

247

22

35

December 2025

🌻 what is it like to be a writer?

reflections on my first year of writing full-time

Dec 31, 2025 • Jasmine Sun

314

43

39