Kevin Goldsmith
@kmg.bsky.social
CTO at DistroKid, author of "It Depends: Writing on Technology Leadership 2012-2022" follow @kevingoldsmith.bsky.social for more "professional" insights. This account is personal.
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Whoomp! (There it is)
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December 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Whoomp! (There it is)
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This is the worst case scenario that everybody was worried about
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is the worst case scenario that everybody was worried about
Sometimes I am teh dumb.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Sometimes I am teh dumb.
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“Oh you mean THIS gate key.”
“I’m just as God made me, sir.”
“I had some more fried food for lunch.”
Even the throwaway lines by day players in Rob Reiner movies landed. He delighted in everything.
“I’m just as God made me, sir.”
“I had some more fried food for lunch.”
Even the throwaway lines by day players in Rob Reiner movies landed. He delighted in everything.
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“Oh you mean THIS gate key.”
“I’m just as God made me, sir.”
“I had some more fried food for lunch.”
Even the throwaway lines by day players in Rob Reiner movies landed. He delighted in everything.
“I’m just as God made me, sir.”
“I had some more fried food for lunch.”
Even the throwaway lines by day players in Rob Reiner movies landed. He delighted in everything.
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A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
Anyone successfully check out for World Cup tickets on fifa.com, got "Something went Wrong, come back later" 10 times in a row, changing which matches, which cards, and everything else, trying to get it to work.
December 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Anyone successfully check out for World Cup tickets on fifa.com, got "Something went Wrong, come back later" 10 times in a row, changing which matches, which cards, and everything else, trying to get it to work.
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Today, our MCP deepdive is out in @pragmaticengineer.com. Coveringthe on-the-ground realities of building and using MCP servers, the good and the bad) based on input from 40+ devs building MCPs.
Some surprising findings: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/mcp-deepdive
Some surprising findings: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/mcp-deepdive
December 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Today, our MCP deepdive is out in @pragmaticengineer.com. Coveringthe on-the-ground realities of building and using MCP servers, the good and the bad) based on input from 40+ devs building MCPs.
Some surprising findings: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/mcp-deepdive
Some surprising findings: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/mcp-deepdive
RIP Tom Stoppard 😥
Reading "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" in high school changed how I looked at theatre and literature.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reading "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" in high school changed how I looked at theatre and literature.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
The King and Queen pay tribute to a "dear friend who wore his genius lightly".
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
RIP Tom Stoppard 😥
Reading "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" in high school changed how I looked at theatre and literature.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reading "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" in high school changed how I looked at theatre and literature.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I was this many years old when I spelled 'conspicuous' correctly on the first try.
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I was this many years old when I spelled 'conspicuous' correctly on the first try.
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
I just uttered the phrase, "oh no, I just spilled coffee on my favorite KEXP t-shirt." I have now reached Peak Seattle-ite.
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I just uttered the phrase, "oh no, I just spilled coffee on my favorite KEXP t-shirt." I have now reached Peak Seattle-ite.
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Who could have possibly predicted that if armed state agents start hiding their identities, that ne'erdowells would do the same and claim to be from that very-same agency?
“Three men in black vests entered a NY restaurant claiming to be ICE agents. Inside, they tied a worker’s hands and pulled a garbage bag over the person’s head. Another, believing the burglars’ story, surrendered themselves, only to be kicked to the ground and tied up as the intruders robbed an ATM”
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Who could have possibly predicted that if armed state agents start hiding their identities, that ne'erdowells would do the same and claim to be from that very-same agency?
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
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You have to be kidding me!
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October 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
I gotta brag on getting it in two
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October 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.
Pam Bondi knew.
Kash Patel knew.
Emil Bove knew.
And they made the investigation go away.
A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
Pam Bondi knew.
Kash Patel knew.
Emil Bove knew.
And they made the investigation go away.
A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
September 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Border Czar Tom Homan was caught by the FBI accepting bribes - on camera - to deliver government contracts in exchange for $50,000 in cash.
Pam Bondi knew.
Kash Patel knew.
Emil Bove knew.
And they made the investigation go away.
A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
Pam Bondi knew.
Kash Patel knew.
Emil Bove knew.
And they made the investigation go away.
A corrupt attempt to conceal brazen graft.
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Leaked memo from Amazon that warns existing H1B holders to avoid travel back into the USA after the September 21st deadline - their lawyers evaluated the new executive order as not just affecting new applications
September 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Leaked memo from Amazon that warns existing H1B holders to avoid travel back into the USA after the September 21st deadline - their lawyers evaluated the new executive order as not just affecting new applications
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I can report after two months of hell that a bunch of things break subtly when you have an emoji in your Mac’s host name.
This lesson is brought to you by my Mac Studio, “us-💩post-1”.
This lesson is brought to you by my Mac Studio, “us-💩post-1”.
September 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I can report after two months of hell that a bunch of things break subtly when you have an emoji in your Mac’s host name.
This lesson is brought to you by my Mac Studio, “us-💩post-1”.
This lesson is brought to you by my Mac Studio, “us-💩post-1”.
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Still thinking it's funny that the Chinese knock off of the Cybertruck is so much cooler than the Tesla version. Not my thing at all, but at least can see the appeal.
August 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Still thinking it's funny that the Chinese knock off of the Cybertruck is so much cooler than the Tesla version. Not my thing at all, but at least can see the appeal.