Jon Sagara
jonsagara.com
Jon Sagara
@jonsagara.com
Professional nerd (C#/F#). Swift newb. Pretend woodworker.

You may remember me from such Internet sensations as @us-parks.parksalerts.com and @us-monuments.parksalerts.com
2 years from now: "Yeah, we're cancelling the program and going in a different direction."

But, hey, if they can make it work (and I hope they can), outstanding.

electrek.co/2026/02/17/f...
Ford's $30,000 EV pickup beats every other truck in one key area
Ford offered a closer look at how its most important project ever, the Universal EV Platform, will drastically cut costs...
electrek.co
February 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Yeah, shoutout to Carr for making Talarico a national figure.
This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.

His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.

Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.
February 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Guest Over FCC Scrutiny; Posts Interview to YouTube Instead
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
dlvr.it
February 17, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Announcing Free SQL Server Performance Monitoring That Doesn’t Suck erikdarling.com/announcing-f...
Announcing Free SQL Server Performance Monitoring That Doesn't Suck | Darling Data
SQL Server insights from Erik Darling. Want to get better at performance tuning, indexing, or query tuning? Try one of my online SQL courses.
erikdarling.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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February 14, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Short musings on "cognitive debt" - I'm seeing this in my own work, where excessive unreviewed AI-generated code leads me to lose a firm mental model of what I've built, which then makes it harder to confidently make future decisions simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/...
How Generative and Agentic AI Shift Concern from Technical Debt to Cognitive Debt
This piece by Margaret-Anne Storey is the best explanation of the term cognitive debt I've seen so far. Cognitive debt, a term gaining traction recently, instead communicates the notion that …
simonwillison.net
February 15, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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This is probably ok
February 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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You can’t build a Jetsons future with a Flintstones government
February 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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There are more NFL Owners in the Epstein Files than attended the Super Bowl.
Long-time fan of @edgeofsports.bsky.social and this kind of story is why: He looks deeply into the larger social and cultural phenomena of sports and the way they affect all of us.
The NFL Owners and Olympic Organizers in Epstein’s Inbox
The sports media is ignoring the story, but wealthy sports figures are all over the Epstein files.
www.thenation.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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My favorite part of the lost blankie story is that they had to re-hire the pilot because there was no one else to fly them home
February 13, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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February 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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ICYMI
February 12, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Let’s be clear: these protections help keep our air breathable, our water drinkable, and our communities healthy. However, Trump decided to prioritize the interests of fossil fuel companies over the health and safety of Americans.

Climate change isn't a scam; he is.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I’m at the point where I’m going to invest in some shop tools and start doing my cars’ brakes myself
February 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Breaking: Judge grants Mark Kelly a preliminary injunction against Hegseth, who is reconsidering his rank: "This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Sen. Kelly's First Amendment freedoms & threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
February 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
February 12, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The Kings are so bad that random sports content creators on TikTok are now taking shots at them 😂
February 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Who is the most famous alum of your high school?

Dustin Pedroia, former Red Sox 2B
Who is the most famous alum of your high school?

Tough choice but probably Travis Jervey? (NFL running back, won Super Bowl XXXI with The Packers)
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?

Janet Reno
February 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM