Camille Fournier
@skamille.themanagerswrath.com
she/her. Author, manager, distributed systems engineer, etc etc, my latest book Platform Engineering is available now! https://amzn.to/4eUz5zB
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The Kindle version of our new book, Platform Engineering: A Guide for Technical, Product, and People Leaders, is now available! amzn.to/4eUz5zB
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What else... I don't think even Vince Gilligan can escape the narrative-emblandening gravity of prestige puzzle-box television
December 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
What else... I don't think even Vince Gilligan can escape the narrative-emblandening gravity of prestige puzzle-box television
Old man winter can't hold me down
December 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Old man winter can't hold me down
This kind of thing is one of my lower-key fears of the current American regime, corruption at all levels with basically no accountability
What Went Wrong Before Hong Kong’s Apartment Inferno. - NYT deep dive into HK’s corrupt building industry by Selam Gebrekidan and Joy Dong.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...
What Went Wrong Before Hong Kong’s Apartment Inferno
www.nytimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This kind of thing is one of my lower-key fears of the current American regime, corruption at all levels with basically no accountability
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Due to weather hitting NYC, DHS has activated “Code Blue”.
No one will be denied intake at a homeless shelter, including walk-ins. In effect until 8:00am Saturday.
Please do not be indifferent to any vulnerable person you see in the street. Call 311 immediately.
No one will be denied intake at a homeless shelter, including walk-ins. In effect until 8:00am Saturday.
Please do not be indifferent to any vulnerable person you see in the street. Call 311 immediately.
December 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Due to weather hitting NYC, DHS has activated “Code Blue”.
No one will be denied intake at a homeless shelter, including walk-ins. In effect until 8:00am Saturday.
Please do not be indifferent to any vulnerable person you see in the street. Call 311 immediately.
No one will be denied intake at a homeless shelter, including walk-ins. In effect until 8:00am Saturday.
Please do not be indifferent to any vulnerable person you see in the street. Call 311 immediately.
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Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
April 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
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And Tiny Tim did NOT die, but was sustained by a feeling of brightness visible to others only as a soft phosphorescence — seeing the world more clearly and precisely than he had ever seen it before.
Annihilation is a Christmas story. Peace on Earth.
Annihilation is a Christmas story. Peace on Earth.
December 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
And Tiny Tim did NOT die, but was sustained by a feeling of brightness visible to others only as a soft phosphorescence — seeing the world more clearly and precisely than he had ever seen it before.
Annihilation is a Christmas story. Peace on Earth.
Annihilation is a Christmas story. Peace on Earth.
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
Will my son play his new otamatone the entire two plus hour drive or will I throw it out the car window first
December 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Will my son play his new otamatone the entire two plus hour drive or will I throw it out the car window first
Sleigh, Queen
December 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Sleigh, Queen
If no one reads anymore why do people keep writing these increasingly (overly painfully) long substacks
December 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
If no one reads anymore why do people keep writing these increasingly (overly painfully) long substacks
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Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
December 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Jodie Foster: They should have sent a poet
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
Poet: Aliens ahoy! A galactic sight. When you’re in space all day is night
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The US #measles count for this year has topped 2,000 cases for the first time since 1992. These are confirmed cases only, ie there have been more. 3 reported deaths.
The vast majority of the cases are in unvaccinated kids & adults. 11% needed hospitalization. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
The vast majority of the cases are in unvaccinated kids & adults. 11% needed hospitalization. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
December 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The US #measles count for this year has topped 2,000 cases for the first time since 1992. These are confirmed cases only, ie there have been more. 3 reported deaths.
The vast majority of the cases are in unvaccinated kids & adults. 11% needed hospitalization. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
The vast majority of the cases are in unvaccinated kids & adults. 11% needed hospitalization. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
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Aura digital picture frames make excellent gifts — our editor has given them as presents nearly a dozen times. The Aura Carver is currently on sale and will still arrive at many locations in time for Christmas.
This On-Sale Digital Picture Frame Will Arrive in Time for Christmas
Aura digital picture frames make excellent gifts — our editor has given them as presents nearly a dozen times. The Aura Carver is currently on sale and will still arrive at many locations in time for Christmas.
nymag.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Aura digital picture frames make excellent gifts — our editor has given them as presents nearly a dozen times. The Aura Carver is currently on sale and will still arrive at many locations in time for Christmas.
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Please don't forget to give what you can this year, we can't come close to filling the gap that our government has created but it still matters
Most Americans aren’t making end-of-year charitable giving plans, according to the results of a new AP-NORC poll, despite the many fundraising appeals made by nonprofits that rely on donation surges in the calendar’s final month to reach budget targets. https://to.pbs.org/4prpLIt
Most Americans aren't making year-end charitable contributions, poll finds
Most Americans aren’t making end-of-year charitable giving plans, despite the many fundraising appeals made by nonprofits that rely on donation surges in the calendar’s final month to reach next year’...
www.pbs.org
December 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Please don't forget to give what you can this year, we can't come close to filling the gap that our government has created but it still matters
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It gets better: Next year MTA will start selling bonds backed by toll revenue, with plans to issue up to $15 billion in congestion pricing–backed debt
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It gets better: Next year MTA will start selling bonds backed by toll revenue, with plans to issue up to $15 billion in congestion pricing–backed debt
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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another banger from @jkuznicki.bsky.social about an unfortunately influential book
www.liberalcurrents.com/reviewer-jud...
www.liberalcurrents.com/reviewer-jud...
Reviewer Judge Words In Book: Bronze Age Mindset, reviewed
We can be more and better than conquerors and thieves.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
another banger from @jkuznicki.bsky.social about an unfortunately influential book
www.liberalcurrents.com/reviewer-jud...
www.liberalcurrents.com/reviewer-jud...
Free (as in puppy) idea for an enterprising tech journalist/blogger: the 10 year rise of corporatized open source
December 23, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Free (as in puppy) idea for an enterprising tech journalist/blogger: the 10 year rise of corporatized open source
Please don't forget to give what you can this year, we can't come close to filling the gap that our government has created but it still matters
Most Americans aren’t making end-of-year charitable giving plans, according to the results of a new AP-NORC poll, despite the many fundraising appeals made by nonprofits that rely on donation surges in the calendar’s final month to reach budget targets. https://to.pbs.org/4prpLIt
Most Americans aren't making year-end charitable contributions, poll finds
Most Americans aren’t making end-of-year charitable giving plans, despite the many fundraising appeals made by nonprofits that rely on donation surges in the calendar’s final month to reach next year’...
www.pbs.org
December 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Please don't forget to give what you can this year, we can't come close to filling the gap that our government has created but it still matters
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Dr. Hancox-Li doesn't miss:
No Sweetheart, Favoritism Isn't Driving ‘The Great Feminization’, Modernity Is
And it’s a good thing for women and the world, contrary to claims of the neo-right’s new darling
www.theunpopulist.net
December 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Dr. Hancox-Li doesn't miss:
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You may not believe that building new housing lowers rents, but your landlord does:
New housing stops landlords from raising rents—take it from the CEO of AvalonBay, one of NYC's largest landlords:
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”
December 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
You may not believe that building new housing lowers rents, but your landlord does:
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my unpopular opinion is that #adoption is not an alternative to abortion. And it is certainly not a solution to the lack of access to safe and affordable abortions. Compelling vulnerable people to relinquish their own children by ignoring their material needs is just another way to oppress them.
anyone who positions infant adoption as a poltical “safe zone” in the abortion wars is proposing to find common ground by standing on the necks of vulnerable and desperate pregnant people
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
my unpopular opinion is that #adoption is not an alternative to abortion. And it is certainly not a solution to the lack of access to safe and affordable abortions. Compelling vulnerable people to relinquish their own children by ignoring their material needs is just another way to oppress them.
Just listened to a young guy at the gym with a classic "you talkin to me" accent passionately explaining the plot of Avatar to his companion ending in "I don't want to spoil it for you but you gotta see it"
December 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Just listened to a young guy at the gym with a classic "you talkin to me" accent passionately explaining the plot of Avatar to his companion ending in "I don't want to spoil it for you but you gotta see it"
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Across the country, women are dying of sepsis, losing organs, being arrested for miscarriages, and used as brain-dead incubators.
Corpses have more rights than women living under abortion bans.
What better moment to run a full court cultural press about how freedom isn’t that great anyway?
Corpses have more rights than women living under abortion bans.
What better moment to run a full court cultural press about how freedom isn’t that great anyway?
December 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Across the country, women are dying of sepsis, losing organs, being arrested for miscarriages, and used as brain-dead incubators.
Corpses have more rights than women living under abortion bans.
What better moment to run a full court cultural press about how freedom isn’t that great anyway?
Corpses have more rights than women living under abortion bans.
What better moment to run a full court cultural press about how freedom isn’t that great anyway?
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Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.