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This happens all the time and I find it so unhelpful. It looks like tomorrow will be rainy. 60% and a rain symbol. Except when I look at the precipitation details, there’s light rain at 6am.

Does this annoy anyone else, or just me?
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I've been trying to use Jujutsu lately and I wanted to write about how I transitioned from my Git workflow. I hope you find it useful!

baxter.sh/adopting-juj...

#jj-vcs
Adopting Jujutsu
I’ve always loved the safety net that a VCS like Git provides, but I’ve never loved git’s user interface/experience, nor the mental model that I’ve tried to hold in my head while I’m using it. Jujutsu...
baxter.sh
October 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Who robbed the Louvre right answers only
a close up of a cartoon character wearing a hat
Alt: a close up of a female cartoon character wearing a hat and red lipstick. It is Carmen San Diego
media.tenor.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
`jj undo` is like magic
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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"the menswear guy isn't fair and balanced." do you even hear yourself?

"fork lady is eroding public confidence."

"ladder baby is undermining the credibility of the field."

"lemon raccoon is acting without transparency or accountability."

that's what you sound like.
September 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Those of you who use RSS/Feed readers. What do you use? What would you recommend?
September 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Hey, #ruby folks! I've been one of the #RubyGems maintainers for the last decade.

Ruby Central has forcefully taken control of the RubyGems organization on GitHub, the `rubygems-update` and `bundler` gems on rubygems[.]org, and more.

You can read the details here: pup-e.com/goodbye-ruby...
RubyGems.org | your community gem host
rubygems.org
September 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This whole farce with the “Your Party” membership email has left a really bad taste in my mouth.

I like Sultana but the email, which used a similar but different URL to the official “Your Party” website for memberships, seems borderline phishing.

leftfootforward.org/2025/09/brea...
Breaking: Jeremy Corbyn says Your Party membership email was ‘unauthorised’
Sultana said 20,000 people had joined Your Party as members, but Corbyn says the membership email should be ignored as it was unauthorised
leftfootforward.org
September 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Lando saying "the baby's name is Grogu, baby" is on repeat in my head.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr2U...
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Star Wars
www.youtube.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The last few days I've been trying to get my head around #jj-vcs.

I feel like I don't understand some fundamental things.

Like, after I do a merge of a PR, I do "jj git fetch", and then on an existing revision I do "jj rebase -d main", and get "Error: Commit d0421057deaf is immutable" ...
September 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I remember reading a fable/anecdote years ago about how when an engineer goes to a conference they say “that was a waste of time, I only learned one or two new things” whereas when a salesperson goes to a conference they say “that was great, I learned one or two new things”
September 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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The Irish ambassador to Germany has conveyed her concern to German authorities after an Irish demonstrator was assaulted by police officers during a pro-Palestine protest in Berlin.
Dept contacts German authorities over protester assault
The Irish ambassador to Germany has conveyed her concern to German authorities after an Irish demonstrator was assaulted by police officers during a pro-Palestine protest in Berlin.
www.rte.ie
August 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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I'll say it once and I'll say it again. If you think artists are just "naturally talented", you're deeply wrong. The only difference between you and us is that we kept trying when it didn't come out like we hoped.
You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.
August 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Best description of Mastodon I’ve seen.
Mainly it’s a loose federation of HOAs
August 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I hate that the em dash is now synonymous with AI generated content.

Em dash — my beloved…
May 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I'm not using nushell 100% of the time, but it's really nice dipping into it to write things in a more readable way, e.g. finding out which directories take up the most space:

~> du ./* | select path physical | sort-by physical | reverse

#nushell
May 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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applying for jobs again
May 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“Your interests help us find what you like!”

Ok then please stop showing me sports.
April 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Lizi’s redesigned their packaging and I hate it.

Help me understand. Why do I like the packaging on the left and hate the packaging on the right?
April 5, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Today I did some linocut printing. It was my first time. I liked it. I think I’ll do it again.
April 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Cinderella III: A Twist In Time, is a surprisingly good film. The animation is good. The story is alright. I like it.

I should start a Letterboxd account for insight like this.
April 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Every year on April 1st, we at the Ishtar Collective have tried to do something fun.

This year I had very big plans, but for a number of reasons, many of them of my own making, they never came to fruition.

I’m very proud of the thing we built, and maybe one day I’ll share it, but not today.
April 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Today is April 1st. Be vigilant.
April 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM