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Frederic Lardinois
@fredericl.bsky.social
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Digital transformation leader. Grumpy.

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The podcast bro theory of international diplomacy. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:06 AM
fredericl.bsky.social
Me: Great. Flight to Amsterdam is arriving early. Might even get an earlier train to my father’s place.

Also me: in a hotel in Amsterdam 12 hours later because the trains didn’t run all day because of snow.

Not a proud Dutchman today.
January 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
fredericl.bsky.social
That SCSI cable from my 1990s scanner will come in handy one day…
publichealthguy1.bsky.social public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · Dec 20
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
new yorker cartoon by bernstein. watercolor of a middle aged white dad holding a cord up from the cord box in a heavenly light in triumph. title reads THE BEST DAY OF MY FATHER'S LIFE. caption reads “Did you say you needed a six-pin-to-eight-pin FireWire for a 2006 MacBook?"
December 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
fredericl.bsky.social
Truly the dumbest timeline.
bloomberg.com Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Dec 19
The Trump administration halted the US green card lottery program, which it said was used by the suspect in the Brown University shooting and killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor
Trump Suspends US Green Card Lottery After Brown, MIT Attacks
The Trump administration halted the US green card lottery program, which it said was used by the suspect in the Brown University shooting and killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor.
bloom.bg
December 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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thenewstack.io
Anthropic is opening up its Agent Skills spec, following the same playbook that turned MCP into an industry standard.

By @fredericl.bsky.social
Agent Skills: Anthropic's Next Bid to Define AI Standards
Anthropic is opening up its Agent Skills spec, following the same playbook that turned MCP into an industry standard.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
fredericl.bsky.social
Was there Oscars content anywhere else?
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Dec 17
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, departing the film awards' longtime home of ABC.
December 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
fredericl.bsky.social
Woke weather has to go. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center
Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “clima...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
fredericl.bsky.social
Escaped for a few days.
December 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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picturesofnixon.com
not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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thenewstack.io
Fresh from #KubeCon, The New Stack’s @fredericl.bsky.social sits down with new @cncf.io Executive Director Jonathan Bryce to unpack the foundation’s next chapter.
December 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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thenewstack.io
In this episode of The New Stack Makers, we discussed how AI is reshaping developer roles, why GitLab is building an agent orchestration platform, and what the "meta agent" of the future might look like.

By @fredericl.bsky.social, thanks to @gitlab.com
The Rise of the Cognitive Architect
In this episode of The New Stack Makers, we discussed how AI is reshaping developer roles, why GitLab is building an agent orchestration platform, and what the "meta agent" of the future might look like.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
fredericl.bsky.social
These are actually some good Google Search updates? blog.google/products/sea...
Supporting the web with new features and partnerships
We are announcing new tools and partnerships to help connect you with your favorite sources and explore the web.
blog.google
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
fredericl.bsky.social
I appreciate them doing this because it'll only raise the value of having real people on real podcasts.
maxtani.bsky.social max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · Dec 10
The Washington Post is launching a personalized AI podcast, saying users will be able to "shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology."
All, Today, we’re introducing our latest customer audio offering: “Your Personal Podcast,” a personalized, AI podcast experience only available in The Washington Post app. App users will be able to shape their own briefing, select their topics, set their lengths, pick their hosts and soon even ask questions using our Ask The Post AI technology. This is a conversational, digestible format completely personalized to the user's individual preferences – All based on our best-in-class Washington Post journalism. Here’s how it works: On our Washington Post app, subscribers and registered users will find access to “Your Personal Podcast” via their habit tile, and our “Listen” tab. Users can then personalize their podcast experience by choosing their preferred topics, selecting the AI hosts, and setting the duration. (Currently, our beta version limits the duration to a maximum of 8 minutes.) Once a user begins listening, they soon will be able to ask follow-up questions to explore topics in greater depth. In line with our mission and plan, “Your Personal Podcast” is the ultimate intersection across our critical initiatives of premium experiences, customer choice and AI platform and products. It also reinforces our audience segmentation work, which has revealed our target audience is excited to be offered new ways to access our journalism. More specifically, they are busy and on the go with a growing appetite for audio and video news. “Your Personal Podcast” is another way for us to meet these customer needs. The product is in beta, which means we will continue to improve it based on user feedback. A big thank you to the many teams who collaborated with us across the company to get us to this exciting stage. Listen to a podcast that listens to you and try this out today. Vineet and Bailey
December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
fredericl.bsky.social
If I see you talking into your Pebble ring, I'll give you a wide berth and unfollow you on LinkedIn. www.theverge.com/gadgets/8403...
The next Pebble gadget is the Index 01, a ring with a microphone
It’s an easy way to talk to your phone, and potentially a way to make it do stuff. Just don’t call it an agent.
www.theverge.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
fredericl.bsky.social
He's just angling for a free lifetime premium subscription. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Says Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal Will Need Review
President Donald Trump raised potential antitrust concerns for Netflix Inc.’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., noting that the market share of the combined entity may pose problems.
www.bloomberg.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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kimbermacv.bsky.social
#CrueltyIsThePoint
December 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
fredericl.bsky.social
Werner’s last keynote. End of an era.
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
fredericl.bsky.social
If this is really Werner’s last re:Invent keynote, then this is a fitting way to wrap up.
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
fredericl.bsky.social
A very analog opening to the Werner Vogels closing keynote at re:Invent. String quartet and a newspaper.
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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thenewstack.io
Your most rewarding AWS re:Invent evening is waiting. Network with VIPs and discuss the future of the stack with TNS Founder @alexwilliams.bsky.social and Senior Editor for AI, @fredericl.bsky.social. Hosted by The New Stack and Hydrolix, Dec 1 at 6PM.

www.eventbrite.com/e/reinvent-r...
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
fredericl.bsky.social
Most of my mobile searches on Google now trigger the Web Guide and I’m not upset about it. They are quite helpful and a nice hybrid between AI Overviews and blue links. blog.google/products/sea...
Web Guide: An experimental AI-organized search results page
We’re launching Web Guide, a Search Labs experiment that uses AI to intelligently organize the search results page, making it easier to find information and web pages.
blog.google
November 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
fredericl.bsky.social
Based on my inbox, I’m guessing AWS released the media list for re:Invent yesterday or today. Only problem: at this point, I can’t really fathom taking any additional meetings. #reinvent
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
fredericl.bsky.social
It’s rough out here in Portland. Wore a GitHub swag hoodie. Guy stopped me and asked if I had some premium credits. Stay safe out there, everybody.
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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At this stage, you can write this article about a different company once per week. Sometimes more often. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/goog...
How Google Finally Leapfrogged Rivals With New Gemini Rollout
Gemini 3’s surge past ChatGPT and other competitors on benchmark tests has handed Google an elusive victory.
www.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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thenewstack.io
The Allen Institute of AI (@ai2.bsky.social) today launched Olmo 3 and claims that this is "the best American-made open source model at this scale."

By @fredericl.bsky.social
Ai2's Olmo 3 Pushes the Envelope for Open Source LLM Performance
The Allen Institute of AI (Ai2) today launched Olmo 3 and claims that this is "the best American-made open source model at this scale."
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM