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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
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From my friend Kyle. This is essential reading for all Americans. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
From my friend Kyle. This is essential reading for all Americans. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Can’t imagine a Toronto team blowing a lead and losing 5-4.
November 2, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Can’t imagine a Toronto team blowing a lead and losing 5-4.
@macwright.com Hey! I was reading your nice blog about post-Tidbyt Tidbyt(macwright.com/2025/04/12/t...) — are you running a TronByt server as well somewhere? Or is indiepixel sufficient for everything? I want to move mine off the old cloud server.
Tidbyt without the company
Avoiding the curse of e-waste by hacking and freeing my Tidbyt device
macwright.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
@macwright.com Hey! I was reading your nice blog about post-Tidbyt Tidbyt(macwright.com/2025/04/12/t...) — are you running a TronByt server as well somewhere? Or is indiepixel sufficient for everything? I want to move mine off the old cloud server.
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Plenty of options to get there, especially if he books now.
September 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Plenty of options to get there, especially if he books now.
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You GOTTA read the indictment against Broadway Stages for bribing Ingrid Lewis-Martin: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/08/21/r...
READ IT: The Argentos Bribed Lewis-Martin to Halt McGuinness Bike Lane, DA Says - Streetsblog New York City
Two members of a powerful Brooklyn theatrical production family bribed Mayor Adams's chief adviser to block the safety redesign of McGuinness Boulevard, court papers show.
nyc.streetsblog.org
August 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
You GOTTA read the indictment against Broadway Stages for bribing Ingrid Lewis-Martin: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/08/21/r...
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BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
www.thecity.nyc
August 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
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Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
www.theatlantic.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
It is unfortunate to witness the simultaneous self-immolation of every institution.
It is unfortunate to witness the simultaneous self-immolation of every institution.
The Crisis of the University Started Long Before Trump
The University of Chicago is in crisis. Under extraordinary financial strain, it has diminished its faculty-student ratio and hired hundreds of “lecturers”: teachers whom it pays little and whom it do...
www.compactmag.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
It is unfortunate to witness the simultaneous self-immolation of every institution.
It is unfortunate to witness the simultaneous self-immolation of every institution.
Everything everywhere is just elite impunity.
they should add some details about prior work here to boost credibility of the program www.gauntletai.com/about-us
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www.gauntletai.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Everything everywhere is just elite impunity.
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lotta people pointing out how I’m wrong and stupid, but you have to admit that if the facts were different then I’d be right
July 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
lotta people pointing out how I’m wrong and stupid, but you have to admit that if the facts were different then I’d be right
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they sincerely believe in freedom and liberty, but it is fundamentally the freedom of the master to rule over others for their own benefit
June 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
they sincerely believe in freedom and liberty, but it is fundamentally the freedom of the master to rule over others for their own benefit
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NEW: NOAA scientists are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Commerce Department failed to renew contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire
A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.
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April 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
NEW: NOAA scientists are cleaning office bathrooms and reconsidering critical experiments after the Commerce Department failed to renew contracts for hazardous waste disposal, janitorial services, IT and building maintenance.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
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One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.
Dereliction of responsibility by the court. It is so flagrantly illegal. www.huffpost.com/entry/us-wis...
Wisconsin Appeals Court Won't Stop Musk's $1 Million Payments To Voters After AG Sues
A Wisconsin appellate court has denied the state Democratic attorney general’s request to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters at a rally planned for Sunday, ju...
www.huffpost.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.
bensmithgall.com/blog/a-big-b... Made a giant button you can hit to answer a call on FaceTime.
March 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
bensmithgall.com/blog/a-big-b... Made a giant button you can hit to answer a call on FaceTime.
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I've had parts of this written down for a while - but I thought it was about time to document the detailed version of what happened during Balatro development
localthunk.com/blog/balatro...
localthunk.com/blog/balatro...
The Balatro Timeline — LocalThunk
It’s been approximately 3 years since I began work on Balatro - and in that time I have personally documented almost nothing about the journey. This is something that has bothered me since the game la...
localthunk.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I've had parts of this written down for a while - but I thought it was about time to document the detailed version of what happened during Balatro development
localthunk.com/blog/balatro...
localthunk.com/blog/balatro...
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Huge loss of unique in-house expertise and capacity.
18F, a digital services unit inside the General Services Administration, has been completely laid off, according to an email I’ve seen. The email says that 18F was deemed “non-critical” and the decision was made with the “explicit” direction of the administration and GSA leadership.
March 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Huge loss of unique in-house expertise and capacity.
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I wrote up a post about how we hugely improved the write performance for Bluesky's timelines/following feed.
If you want to learn more about how we did it, check it out.
Some nuggets in there about embracing imperfection in some parts of a system to scale better.
jazco.dev/2025/02/19/i...
If you want to learn more about how we did it, check it out.
Some nuggets in there about embracing imperfection in some parts of a system to scale better.
jazco.dev/2025/02/19/i...
When Imperfect Systems are Good, Actually: Bluesky’s Lossy Timelines
By examining the limits of reasonable user behavior and embracing imperfection for users who go beyond it, we can continue to provide service that meets the expectations of users without sacrificing s...
jazco.dev
February 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I wrote up a post about how we hugely improved the write performance for Bluesky's timelines/following feed.
If you want to learn more about how we did it, check it out.
Some nuggets in there about embracing imperfection in some parts of a system to scale better.
jazco.dev/2025/02/19/i...
If you want to learn more about how we did it, check it out.
Some nuggets in there about embracing imperfection in some parts of a system to scale better.
jazco.dev/2025/02/19/i...