Alex Witkowski
@alexincommunity.bsky.social
I help build communities because I believe deeply in communities.
Posting about that + tech, education, music, film, art, and...unfortunately...the Brooklyn Nets.
Posting about that + tech, education, music, film, art, and...unfortunately...the Brooklyn Nets.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
🏀 Immaculate Grid (Men's) 841 9/9:
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IMMACULATE!
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Most of the time I'm watching games in a bar or on mute. Watching the Nets replay and I had no idea how embedded sports betting is in the league.
Not just commercials. Not just sponsorships. The commentators straight up say the spread out loud before the game starts. This is *bonkers.*
Not just commercials. Not just sponsorships. The commentators straight up say the spread out loud before the game starts. This is *bonkers.*
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Most of the time I'm watching games in a bar or on mute. Watching the Nets replay and I had no idea how embedded sports betting is in the league.
Not just commercials. Not just sponsorships. The commentators straight up say the spread out loud before the game starts. This is *bonkers.*
Not just commercials. Not just sponsorships. The commentators straight up say the spread out loud before the game starts. This is *bonkers.*
No platform loves notifications more than LinkedIn.
"Your boss from your first job is playing word scramble!"
"There's a new job sort of like your title within 100 miles of you!"
"That stranger that added you and never said a word liked a post about how people shouldn't have to work on weekends!"
"Your boss from your first job is playing word scramble!"
"There's a new job sort of like your title within 100 miles of you!"
"That stranger that added you and never said a word liked a post about how people shouldn't have to work on weekends!"
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
No platform loves notifications more than LinkedIn.
"Your boss from your first job is playing word scramble!"
"There's a new job sort of like your title within 100 miles of you!"
"That stranger that added you and never said a word liked a post about how people shouldn't have to work on weekends!"
"Your boss from your first job is playing word scramble!"
"There's a new job sort of like your title within 100 miles of you!"
"That stranger that added you and never said a word liked a post about how people shouldn't have to work on weekends!"
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At 13, I joined a Wolfenstein 3d modding forum. 22 years later, my posts are still there - and still searchable.
The discussion I had in Discord 2 years ago?
Not so much.
We chose this. We can choose better.
blog.discourse.org/2025/11/the...
The discussion I had in Discord 2 years ago?
Not so much.
We chose this. We can choose better.
blog.discourse.org/2025/11/the...
The Death of Community Memory
I recently spent forty minutes searching through Slack trying to find a technical decision — made eight months ago — about an app that 60% of my creative life depends on...I eventually gave up and just asked someone to explain it again, which they did, poorly, because they didn’t quite remember either.
blog.discourse.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
At 13, I joined a Wolfenstein 3d modding forum. 22 years later, my posts are still there - and still searchable.
The discussion I had in Discord 2 years ago?
Not so much.
We chose this. We can choose better.
blog.discourse.org/2025/11/the...
The discussion I had in Discord 2 years ago?
Not so much.
We chose this. We can choose better.
blog.discourse.org/2025/11/the...
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QB Dart OUT after finding himself in his bed, transformed, into a monstrous vermin. He will be reevaluated in 4-6 weeks.
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
QB Dart OUT after finding himself in his bed, transformed, into a monstrous vermin. He will be reevaluated in 4-6 weeks.
I say this as a believer in and appreciator of technology:
We need to stop pretending there is a virtual substitute for IRL experiences. Every advancement (phone call -> video chat -> VR) just inches us closer to what we've always had: The ability to get out of our seats and see each other.
We need to stop pretending there is a virtual substitute for IRL experiences. Every advancement (phone call -> video chat -> VR) just inches us closer to what we've always had: The ability to get out of our seats and see each other.
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I say this as a believer in and appreciator of technology:
We need to stop pretending there is a virtual substitute for IRL experiences. Every advancement (phone call -> video chat -> VR) just inches us closer to what we've always had: The ability to get out of our seats and see each other.
We need to stop pretending there is a virtual substitute for IRL experiences. Every advancement (phone call -> video chat -> VR) just inches us closer to what we've always had: The ability to get out of our seats and see each other.
If your post includes "read that again" the only thing I'll be doing is regretting reading that in the first place
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
If your post includes "read that again" the only thing I'll be doing is regretting reading that in the first place
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Everyone is juicing but no one is souping.
Okay so it was 10 years ago but it also involved Michael Chiklis
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Everyone is juicing but no one is souping.
If someone runs a widget company and tells you "Widgets will be essential to your existence and you are in existential danger if you don't use them," I feel like we should all be able to agree that there is, to put it diplomatically, a conflict of interest at play.
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If someone runs a widget company and tells you "Widgets will be essential to your existence and you are in existential danger if you don't use them," I feel like we should all be able to agree that there is, to put it diplomatically, a conflict of interest at play.
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GREAT NEWS EVERYONE!
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
GREAT NEWS EVERYONE!
I am both extremely passionate and extremely sensitive about brainstorms and how they're structured. People need to understand that constraint unlocks more creativity than runway.
"Write a story" is very hard. "Write a story with a watch, a broken promise, and a sprained ankle" is easier.
"Write a story" is very hard. "Write a story with a watch, a broken promise, and a sprained ankle" is easier.
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I am both extremely passionate and extremely sensitive about brainstorms and how they're structured. People need to understand that constraint unlocks more creativity than runway.
"Write a story" is very hard. "Write a story with a watch, a broken promise, and a sprained ankle" is easier.
"Write a story" is very hard. "Write a story with a watch, a broken promise, and a sprained ankle" is easier.
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
I feel like "grit" has really fallen out of favor in professional vernacular.
I don't feel any sort of way about this just curious what (if anything) that signals.
I don't feel any sort of way about this just curious what (if anything) that signals.
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I feel like "grit" has really fallen out of favor in professional vernacular.
I don't feel any sort of way about this just curious what (if anything) that signals.
I don't feel any sort of way about this just curious what (if anything) that signals.
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Fireworks at the Ryogoku Bridge, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858.
Available to buy as a print in our shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/fireworks-at-the-ryogoku-bridge-2/ #bonfirenight #FireworksNight #fireworks
Available to buy as a print in our shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/fireworks-at-the-ryogoku-bridge-2/ #bonfirenight #FireworksNight #fireworks
November 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Fireworks at the Ryogoku Bridge, by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1858.
Available to buy as a print in our shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/fireworks-at-the-ryogoku-bridge-2/ #bonfirenight #FireworksNight #fireworks
Available to buy as a print in our shop: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/fireworks-at-the-ryogoku-bridge-2/ #bonfirenight #FireworksNight #fireworks
Normally I don't condone spending too much time on social media but tonight is a very fun night to keep scrolling
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Normally I don't condone spending too much time on social media but tonight is a very fun night to keep scrolling
Left the meeting notes transcriber on during my call and my very shy cat came by for a rare visit
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Left the meeting notes transcriber on during my call and my very shy cat came by for a rare visit
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Jacob Lawrence, "The 1920s: The Migrants Arrive & Cast Their Ballots," screenprint, 1974 noma.org/election-day...
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Jacob Lawrence, "The 1920s: The Migrants Arrive & Cast Their Ballots," screenprint, 1974 noma.org/election-day...
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Timeline cleanse:
Kodak will begin selling two famous types of film stock—Kodak Gold 200 and Kodak Ultramax 400—directly to retailers and distributors in the U.S., another indication that the historic company is taking back control over how people buy its film.
Kodak will begin selling two famous types of film stock—Kodak Gold 200 and Kodak Ultramax 400—directly to retailers and distributors in the U.S., another indication that the historic company is taking back control over how people buy its film.
Kodak Quietly Begins Directly Selling Kodak Gold and Ultramax Film Again
Kodak appears to be taking back control over the distribution of its film.
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Timeline cleanse:
Kodak will begin selling two famous types of film stock—Kodak Gold 200 and Kodak Ultramax 400—directly to retailers and distributors in the U.S., another indication that the historic company is taking back control over how people buy its film.
Kodak will begin selling two famous types of film stock—Kodak Gold 200 and Kodak Ultramax 400—directly to retailers and distributors in the U.S., another indication that the historic company is taking back control over how people buy its film.
Going to start referring to my rent as a "monthly subscription"
November 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Going to start referring to my rent as a "monthly subscription"
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the bad guys win every time
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
the bad guys win every time
Am I in the wrong circles or is Chad Buchanan not talked about nearly enough as one of the best GMs in the NBA?
November 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Am I in the wrong circles or is Chad Buchanan not talked about nearly enough as one of the best GMs in the NBA?
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Oh this is absolutely wonderful – Brian Doyle (snatched from life far too soon) on the hot shower as a form of prayer www.themarginalian.org/2025/01/09/h...
The Hot Shower as a Form of Prayer
One of the paradoxes of being alive is that it is often through the extremes of sensation, through the shock of having a body, that we come most proximate to the subtleties of the soul. Walt Whitma…
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November 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Oh this is absolutely wonderful – Brian Doyle (snatched from life far too soon) on the hot shower as a form of prayer www.themarginalian.org/2025/01/09/h...
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tonight’s baseball game will decide who wins the world series
November 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
tonight’s baseball game will decide who wins the world series
I've been thinking *a lot* about social networking and feeling startled by how much it flattens existence and looks like a glitchy video game the closer you look.
We've processed this as human interaction because we see faces and hear voices. But this is not remotely close to the rhythm of life.
We've processed this as human interaction because we see faces and hear voices. But this is not remotely close to the rhythm of life.
November 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I've been thinking *a lot* about social networking and feeling startled by how much it flattens existence and looks like a glitchy video game the closer you look.
We've processed this as human interaction because we see faces and hear voices. But this is not remotely close to the rhythm of life.
We've processed this as human interaction because we see faces and hear voices. But this is not remotely close to the rhythm of life.