Al Sweigart
@alsweigart.bsky.social
Author of "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python" and other books. Mostly harmless. he/him
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this is actually much more important video
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
this is actually much more important video
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Dozens of feds, large MPD response, an observer saying he's a physician and had a gun pointed at him for checking the victim's pulse
January 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Dozens of feds, large MPD response, an observer saying he's a physician and had a gun pointed at him for checking the victim's pulse
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Someone who claims to have witnessed the incident says
- car was blocking ice
- they told them to move
- "something happened'
- ICE shot into the car as it was driving away
- passenger got out of the car covered away and said friend was dead
There is video and I have seen it
- car was blocking ice
- they told them to move
- "something happened'
- ICE shot into the car as it was driving away
- passenger got out of the car covered away and said friend was dead
There is video and I have seen it
January 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Someone who claims to have witnessed the incident says
- car was blocking ice
- they told them to move
- "something happened'
- ICE shot into the car as it was driving away
- passenger got out of the car covered away and said friend was dead
There is video and I have seen it
- car was blocking ice
- they told them to move
- "something happened'
- ICE shot into the car as it was driving away
- passenger got out of the car covered away and said friend was dead
There is video and I have seen it
I have to toss out all of yesterday's book writing work because while the example program works, there's too many problems and potential for misuse.
I realize an "author" using ChatGPT to write a Python book would just shrug and publish it anyway.
I realize an "author" using ChatGPT to write a Python book would just shrug and publish it anyway.
January 7, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I have to toss out all of yesterday's book writing work because while the example program works, there's too many problems and potential for misuse.
I realize an "author" using ChatGPT to write a Python book would just shrug and publish it anyway.
I realize an "author" using ChatGPT to write a Python book would just shrug and publish it anyway.
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Hey security people: How much consideration is given to cameras capturing people's hands as they type passwords on their laptop?
January 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Hey security people: How much consideration is given to cameras capturing people's hands as they type passwords on their laptop?
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Wegmans in New York City has begun collecting biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces from anyone who enters its supermarkets
NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces
The supermarket chain says it’s a move to ensure shopper safety. Surveillance experts warn of privacy risks.
gothamist.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Wegmans in New York City has begun collecting biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces from anyone who enters its supermarkets
I'll be presenting at WordHack (an event with talks on language and technology) in Brooklyn on Jan 15th. This event always sells out, so get tickets in advance: www.wonderville.nyc/events/wordh...
January 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I'll be presenting at WordHack (an event with talks on language and technology) in Brooklyn on Jan 15th. This event always sells out, so get tickets in advance: www.wonderville.nyc/events/wordh...
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If anyone is interested in learning basic programming or python, I HIGHLY recommend this. Granted, I didn’t take the course, but I followed the book on my own and it is an OUTSTANDING way to learn some python skills to do what the title says: Automate the Boring Stuff! 😎👍🏼
The course that follows along with my Automate the Boring Stuff with Python book is free on Udemy if you sign up in the next four days with the link in this post: www.reddit.com/r/learnprogr...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:33 AM
If anyone is interested in learning basic programming or python, I HIGHLY recommend this. Granted, I didn’t take the course, but I followed the book on my own and it is an OUTSTANDING way to learn some python skills to do what the title says: Automate the Boring Stuff! 😎👍🏼
The course that follows along with my Automate the Boring Stuff with Python book is free on Udemy if you sign up in the next four days with the link in this post: www.reddit.com/r/learnprogr...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:18 AM
The course that follows along with my Automate the Boring Stuff with Python book is free on Udemy if you sign up in the next four days with the link in this post: www.reddit.com/r/learnprogr...
The invasion of Venezuela is by the same people who didn't learn the lessons of Iraq.
January 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
The invasion of Venezuela is by the same people who didn't learn the lessons of Iraq.
One of the many things I like about Wikipedia is that the images in the article are actually relevant. So many news articles and blogspam have header images just for the sake of having something to look at. It's a slight annoyance at best, nauseating when the image is outright misleading.
January 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
One of the many things I like about Wikipedia is that the images in the article are actually relevant. So many news articles and blogspam have header images just for the sake of having something to look at. It's a slight annoyance at best, nauseating when the image is outright misleading.
Heh, this was something I needed to see, esp. for my New Year Resolutions: Study: The Power of Doubting Your Doubts www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XzR...
Study: The Power of Doubting Your Doubts
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
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January 5, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Heh, this was something I needed to see, esp. for my New Year Resolutions: Study: The Power of Doubting Your Doubts www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XzR...
Why are we investing in these various treatments, vaccines, and medical instruments when we should be putting all our efforts into a pill that cures everything?
The cures-everything pill would eradicate all disease! It'd grant immortality! It will change everything! (Pls write checks to CASH.)
The cures-everything pill would eradicate all disease! It'd grant immortality! It will change everything! (Pls write checks to CASH.)
January 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Why are we investing in these various treatments, vaccines, and medical instruments when we should be putting all our efforts into a pill that cures everything?
The cures-everything pill would eradicate all disease! It'd grant immortality! It will change everything! (Pls write checks to CASH.)
The cures-everything pill would eradicate all disease! It'd grant immortality! It will change everything! (Pls write checks to CASH.)
If you're in Brooklyn on January 15th, I'll be giving a talk about a Copy Paste Puzzle Game project (and how it relates to learning how to code) at Wonderville Arcade for WordHack! (Also streams on Twitch) www.wonderville.nyc/events/wordh...
WordHack feat. Daniel Temkin, Al Sweigart and the Open Projector — WONDERVILLE
WordHack is a monthly evening of performances and talks exploring the intersection of language and technology. Code poetry, digital literature, e-lit, language games, coders interested in the creative...
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January 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
If you're in Brooklyn on January 15th, I'll be giving a talk about a Copy Paste Puzzle Game project (and how it relates to learning how to code) at Wonderville Arcade for WordHack! (Also streams on Twitch) www.wonderville.nyc/events/wordh...
Here's the secret to my success:
1. Strive to improve by 1% every day.
2. After a few weeks, burn out by the constant demand to relentlessly increase efficiency.
3. Get a lucky break.
1. Strive to improve by 1% every day.
2. After a few weeks, burn out by the constant demand to relentlessly increase efficiency.
3. Get a lucky break.
January 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Here's the secret to my success:
1. Strive to improve by 1% every day.
2. After a few weeks, burn out by the constant demand to relentlessly increase efficiency.
3. Get a lucky break.
1. Strive to improve by 1% every day.
2. After a few weeks, burn out by the constant demand to relentlessly increase efficiency.
3. Get a lucky break.
I posted a collaborative infinite word search on the r/sillylittlewebsites subreddit I'm trying to get off the ground: www.reddit.com/r/sillylittl...
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January 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I posted a collaborative infinite word search on the r/sillylittlewebsites subreddit I'm trying to get off the ground: www.reddit.com/r/sillylittl...
The 32 on top of the race car doesn't match the 30 on the side, but they still put this in *their own* promo.
In addition to all the other critiques, AI art is for people who literally don't care that it doesn't work.
In addition to all the other critiques, AI art is for people who literally don't care that it doesn't work.
January 5, 2026 at 4:39 PM
The 32 on top of the race car doesn't match the 30 on the side, but they still put this in *their own* promo.
In addition to all the other critiques, AI art is for people who literally don't care that it doesn't work.
In addition to all the other critiques, AI art is for people who literally don't care that it doesn't work.
Time to dust off this bad boy:
January 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Time to dust off this bad boy:
You know a tactic is effective when your opposition isn't ignoring it.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
January 4, 2026 at 6:59 PM
You know a tactic is effective when your opposition isn't ignoring it.
Conservatives straight up think war = free war loot and that victory = morality. It's always been this way. When I protested the Iraq invasion in college, I saw campus Republicans flying a banner that said "kick their ass and take their gas!" They'll don't admit it, they BRAG about it.
January 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Conservatives straight up think war = free war loot and that victory = morality. It's always been this way. When I protested the Iraq invasion in college, I saw campus Republicans flying a banner that said "kick their ass and take their gas!" They'll don't admit it, they BRAG about it.
You people are paying how much for Dubai chocolate?!
January 4, 2026 at 1:38 AM
You people are paying how much for Dubai chocolate?!
Well, as long as they promise it will never happen again...
January 2, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Well, as long as they promise it will never happen again...