David Ascher
@davidascher.bsky.social
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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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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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More than *anything* the people who actually know how technology works, who actually build things, wish that people would treat LLMs like every other technology, and be normal about them. Don't build a religion about them, don't force them on people, don't ignore the problems. Just be normal.
October 17, 2025 at 4:34 AM
More than *anything* the people who actually know how technology works, who actually build things, wish that people would treat LLMs like every other technology, and be normal about them. Don't build a religion about them, don't force them on people, don't ignore the problems. Just be normal.
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Ruby Central said some really concerning things today. I don’t think they’re representing the situation accurately. andre.arko.net/2025/10/09/t...
The RubyGems “security incident”
Ruby Central posted an extremely concerning “Incident Response Timeline” today, in which they make a number of exaggerated or purely misleading claims. Here’s my effort to set the record straight.
Fir...
andre.arko.net
October 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Ruby Central said some really concerning things today. I don’t think they’re representing the situation accurately. andre.arko.net/2025/10/09/t...
Yay!
An exciting announcement for the OPA community: Regal, the open source linter and language server for Rego, is now officially part of the OPA family of projects!
github.com/open-policy-...
github.com/open-policy-...
GitHub - open-policy-agent/regal: Regal is a linter and language server for Rego, bringing your policy development experience to the next level!
Regal is a linter and language server for Rego, bringing your policy development experience to the next level! - open-policy-agent/regal
github.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Yay!
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The meme folks got it
June 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The meme folks got it
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
May 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LoTR)
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LoTR)
April 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LoTR)
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LoTR)
Reposted by David Ascher
Reposted by David Ascher
Ok, my brand-new friends (and my old ones too!)
Let's do this.
Use the code BLUESKY for 25% off Every Bird prints to celebrate our collective... collectiveness?
Get some nice art, support bird rescue, and help me avoid getting a real job.
www.jerthorp.me/every-bird
Let's do this.
Use the code BLUESKY for 25% off Every Bird prints to celebrate our collective... collectiveness?
Get some nice art, support bird rescue, and help me avoid getting a real job.
www.jerthorp.me/every-bird
November 20, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Ok, my brand-new friends (and my old ones too!)
Let's do this.
Use the code BLUESKY for 25% off Every Bird prints to celebrate our collective... collectiveness?
Get some nice art, support bird rescue, and help me avoid getting a real job.
www.jerthorp.me/every-bird
Let's do this.
Use the code BLUESKY for 25% off Every Bird prints to celebrate our collective... collectiveness?
Get some nice art, support bird rescue, and help me avoid getting a real job.
www.jerthorp.me/every-bird