Jonathan
@jonodrew.bsky.social
I secure things and speak in public. Sometimes I speak in public about securing things.
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AI PRs where the author doesn't have an understanding of the system shift the burden of understanding onto the reviewer.
So now it's on the reviewer to gain an understanding of this area to either confirm or refute. The author saved time at the expense of the reviewer.
So now it's on the reviewer to gain an understanding of this area to either confirm or refute. The author saved time at the expense of the reviewer.
November 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
AI PRs where the author doesn't have an understanding of the system shift the burden of understanding onto the reviewer.
So now it's on the reviewer to gain an understanding of this area to either confirm or refute. The author saved time at the expense of the reviewer.
So now it's on the reviewer to gain an understanding of this area to either confirm or refute. The author saved time at the expense of the reviewer.
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it's very funny that a bear is possibly the objectively least ergonomic shape for a bottle of honey yet also more or less the standard. do you know how uncomfortable it is to squeeze a bear?? madness masquerading as whimsy.
November 15, 2025 at 12:56 AM
it's very funny that a bear is possibly the objectively least ergonomic shape for a bottle of honey yet also more or less the standard. do you know how uncomfortable it is to squeeze a bear?? madness masquerading as whimsy.
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Love to bike to work through the middle of the vehicular manslaughter arms race
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Love to bike to work through the middle of the vehicular manslaughter arms race
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been thinking about it since first seeing this post and honestly I'd love it if we could just abolish gender within my lifetime
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
been thinking about it since first seeing this post and honestly I'd love it if we could just abolish gender within my lifetime
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New insult to life itself just dropped
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New insult to life itself just dropped
Furthermore, nobody really knows what ISO stands for
Nobody actually knows what ISO numbers mean
You can just say something is against ISO46990 and they'll be like hmmm that seems right
You can just say something is against ISO46990 and they'll be like hmmm that seems right
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Furthermore, nobody really knows what ISO stands for
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Might start treating MS Teams at work like MSN and posting emo lyrics as my status when I've had a shitty meeting
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Might start treating MS Teams at work like MSN and posting emo lyrics as my status when I've had a shitty meeting
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This why you need people with practical life experience in positions of power. If you've had a white collar job you'll know the purpose of bureaucracy. From file naming conventions to good databases. It is the oil in the machine
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This why you need people with practical life experience in positions of power. If you've had a white collar job you'll know the purpose of bureaucracy. From file naming conventions to good databases. It is the oil in the machine
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This is actually sending me
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is actually sending me
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Just seen the Southern Lights. They’re just like the Northern Lights except they don’t stop to say hello to you.
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Just seen the Southern Lights. They’re just like the Northern Lights except they don’t stop to say hello to you.
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A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
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Should add really that if you're a smol newsletter bean who would dearly love to NOT be on Substack, then I will happily roll (and manage) a Ghost install for you for cost + a small maintenance fee.
I'll talk you through setting up your own mailgun and stripe. Do that and you keep ALL your revenue.
I'll talk you through setting up your own mailgun and stripe. Do that and you keep ALL your revenue.
Okay, Ghost V6 integrated with Tinybird for analytics is pretty damn filthy.
Been running @theupfront.media on Ghost for a while as part of our "No Nazi platforms" stack. Very happy with it (and with our Germany-based email hosting instead of Google Business)
The technology you use is a choice.
Been running @theupfront.media on Ghost for a while as part of our "No Nazi platforms" stack. Very happy with it (and with our Germany-based email hosting instead of Google Business)
The technology you use is a choice.
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Should add really that if you're a smol newsletter bean who would dearly love to NOT be on Substack, then I will happily roll (and manage) a Ghost install for you for cost + a small maintenance fee.
I'll talk you through setting up your own mailgun and stripe. Do that and you keep ALL your revenue.
I'll talk you through setting up your own mailgun and stripe. Do that and you keep ALL your revenue.
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soup as old as time
broth as old as rhyme
beauty and the bisque
broth as old as rhyme
beauty and the bisque
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
soup as old as time
broth as old as rhyme
beauty and the bisque
broth as old as rhyme
beauty and the bisque
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The best thread on the Edmund Fitzgerald you'll read.
#OTD in Weather History, 48 years ago, on November 10, 1975, the ore freighter SS EDMUND FITZGERALD was lost with all hands in a severe storm on Lake Superior.
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The best thread on the Edmund Fitzgerald you'll read.
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I, too, would like a break from the horrors
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I, too, would like a break from the horrors
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I think this touches a deep, often-overlooked point. In my labour law days, I saw some employers spend MORE money fighting unionization than they would have paid accepting it. Loss of control was driving them at least as much as profits! Control is vital – with environmental policy as well.
I should write the argument up properly somewhere, but I think this is fundamentally wrong. A decisive fraction of the capitalist class does oppose addressing the climate crisis, but *not* because it would be bad for profits. If anything, a green New Deal type program would raise aggregate profits.
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I think this touches a deep, often-overlooked point. In my labour law days, I saw some employers spend MORE money fighting unionization than they would have paid accepting it. Loss of control was driving them at least as much as profits! Control is vital – with environmental policy as well.
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I'm sure this has been done, but it tickled me
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I'm sure this has been done, but it tickled me
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I’ve never felt more betrayed by my body than when I found out I snore. This is what you do when I’m not watching? You act rude?
February 3, 2024 at 2:29 PM
I’ve never felt more betrayed by my body than when I found out I snore. This is what you do when I’m not watching? You act rude?
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*whispers* It is a faithful adaptation of an early 1800s novel by a woman about an arrogant self centered man
Why are people
Why are people
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
*whispers* It is a faithful adaptation of an early 1800s novel by a woman about an arrogant self centered man
Why are people
Why are people
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Everybody non-binary until it's time to take the bins out.
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Everybody non-binary until it's time to take the bins out.
You're laughing. Somewhere there's a biblically accurate angel squinting to read a bus number and you're laughing.
I don't want to be around when the owner of these glasses comes back to find them.
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
You're laughing. Somewhere there's a biblically accurate angel squinting to read a bus number and you're laughing.
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I hate autumn. I hate it more than any other season. At least with winter you know to whack on that Michelin man coat and moisturise like fuck. With autumn you might be too hot. But you might be freezing cold. You'll probably get soaked. And pumpkin spice tastes awful AND STINKS.
September 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I hate autumn. I hate it more than any other season. At least with winter you know to whack on that Michelin man coat and moisturise like fuck. With autumn you might be too hot. But you might be freezing cold. You'll probably get soaked. And pumpkin spice tastes awful AND STINKS.
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Does anyone in my network do freelance website design? If so, please DM me 🙂
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Does anyone in my network do freelance website design? If so, please DM me 🙂