John Spurlock
@johnspurlock.com
Working on stuff 👨💻
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John Spurlock
@johnspurlock.com
· Nov 9
for new #rss people coming in:
you can follow any #bluesky profile in your feed reader, just tack on "/rss" to the end of the profile url
e.g. bsky.app/profile/john...
you can follow any #bluesky profile in your feed reader, just tack on "/rss" to the end of the profile url
e.g. bsky.app/profile/john...
Buzzsprout just published their public stats for December 2025, so I just updated my post tracking them over time
- another year in the can
livewire.io/buzzsprout-s...
- another year in the can
livewire.io/buzzsprout-s...
Buzzsprout Statistics, visualized
Visualizing the podcast data provided monthly by Buzzsprout, the podcast hosting company
livewire.io
January 1, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Buzzsprout just published their public stats for December 2025, so I just updated my post tracking them over time
- another year in the can
livewire.io/buzzsprout-s...
- another year in the can
livewire.io/buzzsprout-s...
2026 is even harder to type
2024 is harder to type
January 1, 2026 at 12:46 PM
2026 is even harder to type
December 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
‘"I don't have time for this." That might be the name of a podcast. I just ended one with that exact phrase, and it totally fits the way I feel about these rambling diatribes by the time I'm about to sign off.’
daveverse.org/2025/12/28/5...
daveverse.org/2025/12/28/5...
daveverse
"I don't have time for this." That might be the name of a podcast. I just ended one with that exact phrase, and it totally fits the way I feel about these rambling diatribes by the t…
daveverse.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
‘"I don't have time for this." That might be the name of a podcast. I just ended one with that exact phrase, and it totally fits the way I feel about these rambling diatribes by the time I'm about to sign off.’
daveverse.org/2025/12/28/5...
daveverse.org/2025/12/28/5...
well I'll be - it seems to work in Brave too
and ⌘-w closes the right-view, if focused
mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/using-open...
and ⌘-w closes the right-view, if focused
mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/using-open...
Using "Open Link in Right View" In Chrome
Ward Cunningham, right once again...
mikecaulfield.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
well I'll be - it seems to work in Brave too
and ⌘-w closes the right-view, if focused
mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/using-open...
and ⌘-w closes the right-view, if focused
mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/using-open...
‘Podcasting today is a global, unauthenticated supply chain - not broken, just security-blind’
kfir-g.dev/blog/blogs/2...
kfir-g.dev/blog/blogs/2...
Podcasts as a Supply Chain A Missing Security Model - Kfir's Site
kfir-g.dev
December 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
‘Podcasting today is a global, unauthenticated supply chain - not broken, just security-blind’
kfir-g.dev/blog/blogs/2...
kfir-g.dev/blog/blogs/2...
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This is why the ad tech companies will always win. People fundamentally do not value their time
December 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This is why the ad tech companies will always win. People fundamentally do not value their time
sorry @esb.lol normally I don't ping, but I bet someone on the team could do this in like two seconds. I'm not caught up on the best way to pass through config else I'd try a PR myself
github.com/bluesky-soci...
github.com/bluesky-soci...
Please add a pds env var to allow reserved usernames for self-hosters. · Issue #4491 · bluesky-social/atproto
I was surprised and dismayed when I was not allowed to create a user named lex in my self-hosted pds. Please add an config environment variable to pass through to allowAnyValid here: atproto/packag...
github.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
sorry @esb.lol normally I don't ping, but I bet someone on the team could do this in like two seconds. I'm not caught up on the best way to pass through config else I'd try a PR myself
github.com/bluesky-soci...
github.com/bluesky-soci...
‘When I hear people say the future of audio is essentially television, it makes me feel they never knew what was exciting about sound in the first place’
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
‘When I hear people say the future of audio is essentially television, it makes me feel they never knew what was exciting about sound in the first place’
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘strive for excellence, ignore success’
December 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
‘strive for excellence, ignore success’
Reposted by John Spurlock
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
‘At 11 a.m., YouTube had an average audience of 6.3 million viewers in October. Netflix’s audience is less than half of that (2.8 million). Amazon has about a million viewers at that hour, and HBO Max, Paramount+ and Peacock, draw fewer than 600,000.’
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
YouTube Has a Firm Grip on Daytime TV
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
‘At 11 a.m., YouTube had an average audience of 6.3 million viewers in October. Netflix’s audience is less than half of that (2.8 million). Amazon has about a million viewers at that hour, and HBO Max, Paramount+ and Peacock, draw fewer than 600,000.’
(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/b...
‘“One impact is that the Boulder Internet Time Services no longer have an accurate time reference,” Sherman added. As a result, the U.S. official time slowed by around 4.8 microseconds’
gizmodo.com/colorado-win...
gizmodo.com/colorado-win...
Colorado Windstorm Causes 4.8 Microsecond Glitch in Official US Time
A destructive windstorm disrupted the power supply to more than a dozen atomic clocks that keep official time in the United States.
gizmodo.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
‘“One impact is that the Boulder Internet Time Services no longer have an accurate time reference,” Sherman added. As a result, the U.S. official time slowed by around 4.8 microseconds’
gizmodo.com/colorado-win...
gizmodo.com/colorado-win...
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I realise this is probably extremely niche, but in the event you wanted to download podcasts to your Windows 11 computer, FluentCast seems like a pretty good free option.
luandersonn.com/fluentcast/
luandersonn.com/fluentcast/
FluentCast Podcast - A podcast app designed for Windows 11
A beautiful, fast, responsive, free and Ad-free podcast app designed for Windows 11
luandersonn.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I realise this is probably extremely niche, but in the event you wanted to download podcasts to your Windows 11 computer, FluentCast seems like a pretty good free option.
luandersonn.com/fluentcast/
luandersonn.com/fluentcast/
‘Making them equal parts assistant and friend may be toxic for some people, but, so far, appears to be a successful business strategy.’
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...
Why Do A.I. Chatbots Use ‘I’?
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
‘Making them equal parts assistant and friend may be toxic for some people, but, so far, appears to be a successful business strategy.’
(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...
(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...
‘podcasts are the place to break news and update your fans’
December 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
‘podcasts are the place to break news and update your fans’
@bnewbold.net looking into hosting my own relay following your directions at whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net...
is this line still needed in winter 2025?
is this line still needed in winter 2025?
December 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
@bnewbold.net looking into hosting my own relay following your directions at whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net...
is this line still needed in winter 2025?
is this line still needed in winter 2025?
while you were not paying attention, Safari ka-chunked its way to the top (!) of the web platform Interop 2025 Dashboard
wpt.fyi/interop-2025...
wpt.fyi/interop-2025...
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
while you were not paying attention, Safari ka-chunked its way to the top (!) of the web platform Interop 2025 Dashboard
wpt.fyi/interop-2025...
wpt.fyi/interop-2025...
‘canary in the coalmind’
December 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
‘canary in the coalmind’