Brad Greenlee
@footle.org
Building things at Medium. Seattle-ish. I don't mind the rain, really.
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From my friend Kyle. This is essential reading for all Americans. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
From my friend Kyle. This is essential reading for all Americans. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Teaser for the project I'm working on at Medium:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPnc...
We've got a bit of work to do before it's ready for the masses, but you can join the waitlist: medium.com/tk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPnc...
We've got a bit of work to do before it's ready for the masses, but you can join the waitlist: medium.com/tk
Announcement: TK - A new writing app from Medium.
YouTube video by Medium
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Teaser for the project I'm working on at Medium:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPnc...
We've got a bit of work to do before it's ready for the masses, but you can join the waitlist: medium.com/tk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPnc...
We've got a bit of work to do before it's ready for the masses, but you can join the waitlist: medium.com/tk
The “Merlin Challenge”: step outside, open up the Merlin app, and record for a minute. Post your results.
August 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The “Merlin Challenge”: step outside, open up the Merlin app, and record for a minute. Post your results.
A lovely visual essay by Christoph Niemann: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
June 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A lovely visual essay by Christoph Niemann: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.
June 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.
The latest season of the Complexity podcast, Nature of Intelligence, with Melanie Mitchell, was great. complexity.simplecast.com/episodes
https://complexity.simplecast.com/episodes
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complexity.simplecast.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The latest season of the Complexity podcast, Nature of Intelligence, with Melanie Mitchell, was great. complexity.simplecast.com/episodes
English: You should avoid using double negatives.
Statistics: "A type II error, or a false negative, is the erroneous failure in bringing about appropriate rejection of a false null hypothesis."
Statistics: "A type II error, or a false negative, is the erroneous failure in bringing about appropriate rejection of a false null hypothesis."
April 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
English: You should avoid using double negatives.
Statistics: "A type II error, or a false negative, is the erroneous failure in bringing about appropriate rejection of a false null hypothesis."
Statistics: "A type II error, or a false negative, is the erroneous failure in bringing about appropriate rejection of a false null hypothesis."
If there's one good thing that will come of all this, it is learning just how many r's and how many f's there are in tariffs.
April 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If there's one good thing that will come of all this, it is learning just how many r's and how many f's there are in tariffs.
Man, how does Booker do it. He's texted me three times since finishing his speech. Go to sleep, man!
April 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Man, how does Booker do it. He's texted me three times since finishing his speech. Go to sleep, man!
Just checked my Signal to make sure I hadn’t missed any messages from the White House.
March 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Just checked my Signal to make sure I hadn’t missed any messages from the White House.
I finally got around to writing up a side quest I went on a few months ago to see descriptions for the aerial screensavers on the Mac: footle.org/2025/03/21/s...
Screensaver Spelunking · footle
footle.org
March 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I finally got around to writing up a side quest I went on a few months ago to see descriptions for the aerial screensavers on the Mac: footle.org/2025/03/21/s...
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Want to help us roll this huge boulder up the hill? Reach out! We need folks to help with all sorts of things.
Making a thing feels at least slightly better than screaming into the void!
Making a thing feels at least slightly better than screaming into the void!
March 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Want to help us roll this huge boulder up the hill? Reach out! We need folks to help with all sorts of things.
Making a thing feels at least slightly better than screaming into the void!
Making a thing feels at least slightly better than screaming into the void!
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You can submit a receipt for a member of congress at this link (and take credit for it if you like):
primary.every.democrat/submit-receipt
primary.every.democrat/submit-receipt
March 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
You can submit a receipt for a member of congress at this link (and take credit for it if you like):
primary.every.democrat/submit-receipt
primary.every.democrat/submit-receipt
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The collective memory of BlueSky, etc is much shorter than an election cycle. So in addition to notifying people when they can vote to replace cowards like @chuckschumer.com, we are trying to keep track of why we need to do this.
Scroll down to the "receipts" section here:
Scroll down to the "receipts" section here:
Let's Primary Chuck Schumer :: Primary Every Democrat!
Get notified when you can vote in your next local primary election.
primary.every.democrat
March 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The collective memory of BlueSky, etc is much shorter than an election cycle. So in addition to notifying people when they can vote to replace cowards like @chuckschumer.com, we are trying to keep track of why we need to do this.
Scroll down to the "receipts" section here:
Scroll down to the "receipts" section here:
Interesting article on succinct data structures, which were new to me. Neat! blog.startifact.com/posts/succin...
Succinct data structures
An overview of a class of data structures I didn't know about!
blog.startifact.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Interesting article on succinct data structures, which were new to me. Neat! blog.startifact.com/posts/succin...
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Hey you can follow us here: @primary.every.democrat
Here's a page where we'll keep receipts for @tomsuozzi.bsky.social
More to come!
Here's a page where we'll keep receipts for @tomsuozzi.bsky.social
More to come!
March 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Hey you can follow us here: @primary.every.democrat
Here's a page where we'll keep receipts for @tomsuozzi.bsky.social
More to come!
Here's a page where we'll keep receipts for @tomsuozzi.bsky.social
More to come!
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I snapped after seeing Gerry Connolly fumble one too many times and made a site* that will tell you when you can vote against Democratic incumbents:
primary.every.democrat
*with @footle.org and @capwatkins.com
primary.every.democrat
*with @footle.org and @capwatkins.com
Primary Every Democrat!
Get notified when you can vote in your next local primary election.
primary.every.democrat
March 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I snapped after seeing Gerry Connolly fumble one too many times and made a site* that will tell you when you can vote against Democratic incumbents:
primary.every.democrat
*with @footle.org and @capwatkins.com
primary.every.democrat
*with @footle.org and @capwatkins.com
Well, I guess we should start learning Russian.
March 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Well, I guess we should start learning Russian.
The real test of whether you're a bot is if you can click one of the links in the reCAPTCHA badge.
March 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The real test of whether you're a bot is if you can click one of the links in the reCAPTCHA badge.
Apple's shareholder meeting is today (8a PST) and one of the proposals on the docket is "Request to Cease DEI Efforts". If you're an Apple shareholder, you can join the meeting and vote. Your brokerage should have sent you a link and a control number you'll need to sign in.
February 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Apple's shareholder meeting is today (8a PST) and one of the proposals on the docket is "Request to Cease DEI Efforts". If you're an Apple shareholder, you can join the meeting and vote. Your brokerage should have sent you a link and a control number you'll need to sign in.
My wife’s favorite coffee mug is slightly too small for our Aeropress, and my coffee-drinking kid’s favorite mug is a little too big. So I designed and printed an adapter. #JustifyingMy3DPrinter
February 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
My wife’s favorite coffee mug is slightly too small for our Aeropress, and my coffee-drinking kid’s favorite mug is a little too big. So I designed and printed an adapter. #JustifyingMy3DPrinter
I’ve been trying to find a poem that I only remembered a couple snippets of, and Google/Kagi was failing me. After a short conversation, ChatGPT found it.
Please enjoy “Song,” by Adrienne Rich: drunkenlibrary.com/2018/10/26/s...
Please enjoy “Song,” by Adrienne Rich: drunkenlibrary.com/2018/10/26/s...
February 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I’ve been trying to find a poem that I only remembered a couple snippets of, and Google/Kagi was failing me. After a short conversation, ChatGPT found it.
Please enjoy “Song,” by Adrienne Rich: drunkenlibrary.com/2018/10/26/s...
Please enjoy “Song,” by Adrienne Rich: drunkenlibrary.com/2018/10/26/s...
How Much Time Left...?
Displays countdowns of how much time is left before certain events.
howmuchtimeleft.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Bluesky/CLI fun: Top emoji in a 10K message sample of the firehose:
websocat --max-messages-rev=10000 -E "wss://jetstream1.us-west.bsky.network/subscribe?wantedCollections=app.bsky.feed.post" | jq -r '.commit.record.text' | ggrep -oP "\p{Emoji_Presentation}" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -10
websocat --max-messages-rev=10000 -E "wss://jetstream1.us-west.bsky.network/subscribe?wantedCollections=app.bsky.feed.post" | jq -r '.commit.record.text' | ggrep -oP "\p{Emoji_Presentation}" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -10
January 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Bluesky/CLI fun: Top emoji in a 10K message sample of the firehose:
websocat --max-messages-rev=10000 -E "wss://jetstream1.us-west.bsky.network/subscribe?wantedCollections=app.bsky.feed.post" | jq -r '.commit.record.text' | ggrep -oP "\p{Emoji_Presentation}" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -10
websocat --max-messages-rev=10000 -E "wss://jetstream1.us-west.bsky.network/subscribe?wantedCollections=app.bsky.feed.post" | jq -r '.commit.record.text' | ggrep -oP "\p{Emoji_Presentation}" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -10