Maayan
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Maayan
@maayanroth.bsky.social
Bees like a river in my soul
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I have a December gift for you all 🎁

I am finally able to open up a general call for ADVANCE READERS for my book: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SOFTWARE TEAMS (coming 2026). I cannot tell you how much it means to me to share this!

Indicate your interest here:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Request to be an advance reader of The Psychology of Software Teams by Cat Hicks
Thank you for your interest in being an advance reader for The Psychology of Software Teams (working title) by Cat Hicks. I am selecting some interested readers to receive a free advance copy of this ...
docs.google.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Stuffing waffle with a fried egg on top. Serve with cranberry sauce.

That is all.
November 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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You can’t just point to Brooklyn and call it all Park Slope.
November 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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AI in the streets ML in the sheets
October 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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no kings except biking
October 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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oh hey, turns out my academic publications were pirated by Anthropic. honestly had not occurred to me that i would have standing to join the class action.
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.

As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how

Part 1: is your work in Libgen?

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Welcome to the war on cars, Duolingo?
August 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Trying to read about the impact of AI coding assistants on DORA metrics and (maybe unsurprisingly) absolutely everything I'm finding is unreadable slop.
June 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"Did your boss ever have to send you a memo demanding that you use a smartphone? Was there a performance review requiring you to use Slack?"

Consistently trying to just be normal about technology.

FFS.

www.anildash.com//2025/04/19/...
"AI-first" is the new Return To Office - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
May 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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So good. This is exactly every conversation I have with older people when I tell them I bike.
If you’ve seen the subway hook man, this isn’t for you.
#nyc #subway #comedy
May 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I've been so inspired by @skwinnicki.bsky.social and #TenMinuteMerlin but didn't expect to get more than maybe 5 birds in my Brooklyn backyard.

How many of these birds are actually just the Northern Mockingbird running through his repertoire?
May 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Aside from everything else that is extremely fucked up about this, I wonder what it means for those of us drinking chalav stam according to the heter of R. Moshe Feinstein. #jewsky
April 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
What is there to ponder, Reb Shmuel?
And this one shows America being called to choose between its better instincts (tolerance, hospitality, American traditions) and its darker side (race hatred, closed mindedness, despotism). The title is ‘What is there to ponder, rabbi?’
January 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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New York AG Tish James ends with a mic drop:
January 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Feeling pretty fucking grateful for Tish James.
The Attorneys General of NY, CA, MA, NJ, RI and IL are making a virtual announcement at 2pm ET "in response to the Trump Administration's unconstitutional pause on federal funding."

I'll be watching and will post updates here.
January 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I like how the sgraffito came out. Sadly doofed the handle, like I always doof handles.
January 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Trump's war on immigrants isn’t about public safety.

This unconstitutional effort to deny citizenship to millions is because he supports the Great Replacement conspiracy and wants to deport non-white Christians.

Attorney General Letitia James is standing up for New York and our Constitution.
Attorney General James Challenges Unconstitutional Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that she and a coalition of 18 states, as well as the City of San Francisco, are challenging
ag.ny.gov
January 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Murphy is another all-time loser in a Democratic party currently filled with them. This makes me furious.
Phil Murphy's transit agency is coming apart, he's hiked tolls, is termed out of office, saw his wife drummed out of the US Senate race and wrecked the county bosses' party line in the process. So what's a New Jersey gov to do? Complain about Big Mean New York -- nypost.com/2025/01/20/u...
Exclusive | NJ Gov. Phil Murphy makes personal appeal to Trump to kill congestion pricing
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has personally appealed to President Trump to kill the new congestion toll Garden State commuters have to pay to enter midtown Manhattan.
nypost.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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As a family of 6, our primary mode of transportation in NYC is a pair of cargo bikes.

Protected Bike Lanes are synonymous with my family’s safety, so I’m furious that our Mayor failed to meet legal requirements to build Protected Bike Lanes for a 3rd year.
January 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Got my kids started learning programming on hourofcode.com/us/learn and let me tell you, there is no nachas like the nachas of watching your kids debugging code.
One Hour: Ignite. Inspire. Code.
Bring what your children love to life! Start the fun with an activity.
hourofcode.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Been bingeing Project Runway on Netflix and it's wild watching seasons 18 (2019) and 19 (2021) back to back.

Everyone is so broken by the pandemic. Can't work with other people or even around other people. Can't take feedback. Can't even make small talk. Unhelpful. Uncooperative. Rude.

Wild.
December 30, 2024 at 2:17 AM
H thinks it's boring that we and everyone we know lights our chanukia the same way. She wishes we knew at least one family that rocks with beit Shammai. #jewsky
December 28, 2024 at 11:28 PM
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Cities are currently discussing the "problem of ebikes".
this shit is not real life
December 17, 2024 at 3:43 PM