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Alexis Richardson
@monadic.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Back in February, I teamed up with @bsky.app to make a comic explaining what makes Bluesky so special.
I wanted to share this again, to welcome all the newskies. It's great to have you here 🙂
Welcome to Bluesky! 💙🦋
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I wanted to share this again, to welcome all the newskies. It's great to have you here 🙂
Welcome to Bluesky! 💙🦋
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Would be great if walled garden social media becomes as irrelevant and forgotten as AOL
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is he now able to sweat or no?
February 19, 2026 at 10:12 AM
is he now able to sweat or no?
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President Zelensky presented Heraskevytch with a civil honor this evening in Munich. Immediate national hero.
February 13, 2026 at 10:45 PM
President Zelensky presented Heraskevytch with a civil honor this evening in Munich. Immediate national hero.
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1. this is a brilliant piece
2. FYI:
2. FYI:
February 14, 2026 at 10:16 AM
1. this is a brilliant piece
2. FYI:
2. FYI:
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apparently i am an adherent of "regularmaxxing". 💀
afaik this is just The Way. find the best coffee shop, bar, and restaurant, go to them repeatedly, learn the names of the people that work there, be polite, rinse and repeat. optimise for community and quality.
www.protein.xyz/regular-maxx...
afaik this is just The Way. find the best coffee shop, bar, and restaurant, go to them repeatedly, learn the names of the people that work there, be polite, rinse and repeat. optimise for community and quality.
www.protein.xyz/regular-maxx...
Regular Maxxing
On feeling special without being exceptional.
www.protein.xyz
February 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
apparently i am an adherent of "regularmaxxing". 💀
afaik this is just The Way. find the best coffee shop, bar, and restaurant, go to them repeatedly, learn the names of the people that work there, be polite, rinse and repeat. optimise for community and quality.
www.protein.xyz/regular-maxx...
afaik this is just The Way. find the best coffee shop, bar, and restaurant, go to them repeatedly, learn the names of the people that work there, be polite, rinse and repeat. optimise for community and quality.
www.protein.xyz/regular-maxx...
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Peter Mandelson, a man being comprehensively disowned by the British prime minister, as I write this, is just one of many who have, consciously or not, exposed their countries and others to great potential danger. /11.
February 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Peter Mandelson, a man being comprehensively disowned by the British prime minister, as I write this, is just one of many who have, consciously or not, exposed their countries and others to great potential danger. /11.
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I've started reading Vibe Coding by Gene Kim and Steve Yegge, despite @simonwillison.net 's insistence that they're misusing the term :)
I'm planning to read a chapter a day and I'll post a quick review of each on this thread.
I'm planning to read a chapter a day and I'll post a quick review of each on this thread.
Vibe Coding
In this groundbreaking book, industry veterans Steve Yegge (Google, Amazon, Sourcegraph) and WSJ bestselling author Gene Kim (The Phoenix Project and The DevOps Handbook) reveal how vibe coding is tra...
itrevolution.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:29 AM
I've started reading Vibe Coding by Gene Kim and Steve Yegge, despite @simonwillison.net 's insistence that they're misusing the term :)
I'm planning to read a chapter a day and I'll post a quick review of each on this thread.
I'm planning to read a chapter a day and I'll post a quick review of each on this thread.
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It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
February 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
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Entente cordiale taken too far
French embassy only serving water and juice to attendees until the evening's speeches are over, a misunderstanding of what Brits look for in a drinks reception of such proportions that I can only assume the declaration of war will come overnight
January 28, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Entente cordiale taken too far
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French embassy only serving water and juice to attendees until the evening's speeches are over, a misunderstanding of what Brits look for in a drinks reception of such proportions that I can only assume the declaration of war will come overnight
January 28, 2026 at 6:36 PM
French embassy only serving water and juice to attendees until the evening's speeches are over, a misunderstanding of what Brits look for in a drinks reception of such proportions that I can only assume the declaration of war will come overnight
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I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...
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The Conservative Party has defected to Reform.
January 26, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The Conservative Party has defected to Reform.
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Please be briefly cheered up by this perfume bottle (Greek; c. 600BCE) from the Burrell Collection.
January 24, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Please be briefly cheered up by this perfume bottle (Greek; c. 600BCE) from the Burrell Collection.
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One year ago today. Anyone have an update?
January 24, 2026 at 11:13 AM
One year ago today. Anyone have an update?
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Please don’t fuck it up. Please don’t fuck it up. Please don’t fuck it up. Please don’t fuck it up. Please don’t fuck it up. Please don’t fuck it up. Please don’t fuck it up. Please don’t fuck it up.
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/bl...
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/bl...
Beloved '70s BBC sci-fi series from Daleks creator confirmed for reboot with Doctor Who director
This is not a drill!
www.radiotimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Please don’t fuck it up. Please don’t fuck it up. Please don’t fuck it up. Please don’t fuck it up. Please don’t fuck it up. Please don’t fuck it up. Please don’t fuck it up. Please don’t fuck it up.
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/bl...
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/bl...
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We're all having a tough day what with the leader of the free world being batshit insane so I'm breaking out my favourite pic to give us a little moment of joy.
January 19, 2026 at 11:17 AM
We're all having a tough day what with the leader of the free world being batshit insane so I'm breaking out my favourite pic to give us a little moment of joy.
Devs have had it too good. We need ops-first tools. And operational loops that don't require coding new programmatic artefacts in order to get systems back up
I've come to view the entire DevOps movement as a mighty, twenty-year battle to achieve one thing: a single feedback loop connecting devs with prod.
It failed, but not for lack of trying. It failed because the technology wasn't good enough.
And now it is.
www.honeycomb.io/blog/you-had...
It failed, but not for lack of trying. It failed because the technology wasn't good enough.
And now it is.
www.honeycomb.io/blog/you-had...
“You Had One Job”: Why Twenty Years of DevOps Has Failed to Do it
Let’s start with a question. What is DevOps all about?
www.honeycomb.io
January 19, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Devs have had it too good. We need ops-first tools. And operational loops that don't require coding new programmatic artefacts in order to get systems back up
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Imagine writing a pure C, dependency free, fast enough Flux 2 Klein 4B inference library. In a weekend. Thanks to AI writing the code, and the human steering it towards the right direction.
github.com/antirez/flux...
github.com/antirez/flux...
github.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Imagine writing a pure C, dependency free, fast enough Flux 2 Klein 4B inference library. In a weekend. Thanks to AI writing the code, and the human steering it towards the right direction.
github.com/antirez/flux...
github.com/antirez/flux...
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If @taylor.town was into enterprise software, this would be one in his no-comment absurdist image series.
January 18, 2026 at 7:34 AM
If @taylor.town was into enterprise software, this would be one in his no-comment absurdist image series.
Industry S4 is here. The big short reimagined as money p0rn.
What a show. But could anyone from 90s britain believe it at all?
What a show. But could anyone from 90s britain believe it at all?
January 17, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Industry S4 is here. The big short reimagined as money p0rn.
What a show. But could anyone from 90s britain believe it at all?
What a show. But could anyone from 90s britain believe it at all?
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Keir Starmer often takes 2-3 days to issue very mild criticism of US actions. This is both direct and issued fast.
I think there is a serious risk that the US miscalculated quite what a big deal the Greenland thing is to Europe (and in Europe).
I think there is a serious risk that the US miscalculated quite what a big deal the Greenland thing is to Europe (and in Europe).
NEW - Starmer says US "completely wrong" in threatening tariffs over Greenland
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Keir Starmer often takes 2-3 days to issue very mild criticism of US actions. This is both direct and issued fast.
I think there is a serious risk that the US miscalculated quite what a big deal the Greenland thing is to Europe (and in Europe).
I think there is a serious risk that the US miscalculated quite what a big deal the Greenland thing is to Europe (and in Europe).
It is Saturday
The world is confusing and maybe too much?
Just listen to this
The world is confusing and maybe too much?
Just listen to this
This is a hauntingly beautiful rock song. My friend @monadic.bsky.social just shared it with me and I am properly floored. Anatolian rock, 1974. Puts me a bit in mind of Jefferson Airplane. What a *banger*. youtu.be/F-k_Fr67bPQ?...
Erkin Koray - Cemalim (1974, High Quality)
YouTube video by Erkin Koray Official
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 8:28 PM
It is Saturday
The world is confusing and maybe too much?
Just listen to this
The world is confusing and maybe too much?
Just listen to this
Scarves should have square cut ends. If you want to be a leisure pirate, get a kerchief.
January 14, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Scarves should have square cut ends. If you want to be a leisure pirate, get a kerchief.
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