Mark Meyer
@markmeyer.bsky.social
Civic tech nerd working in government digital service delivery. I like Code and Bach Fugues. D.C. ⇔ Alaska. 📷 http://www.photo-mark.com
I shipped 20 volumes of OED to DC this last trip. According to the residency laws in my head, that means I live here now.
September 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I shipped 20 volumes of OED to DC this last trip. According to the residency laws in my head, that means I live here now.
An unintended consequence of moving to @kagi.com for search is that it's slowly exfiltrating me from Apple's walled garden. First, Safari -> Orion browser and then Passwords/Keychain -> 3rd party manager. Side effect is that going back and forth between Mac and Linux box is a lot less disruptive.
August 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
An unintended consequence of moving to @kagi.com for search is that it's slowly exfiltrating me from Apple's walled garden. First, Safari -> Orion browser and then Passwords/Keychain -> 3rd party manager. Side effect is that going back and forth between Mac and Linux box is a lot less disruptive.
Book 2 of Thucydides's History describes the Peloponnesian sailors leaving their ships and heading across land with only their oars, cushions and (in Richard Crawley's translation) "rowlock thong". Curious for an image, I pop "rowlock thong" into Google and get this AI suggestion:
May 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Book 2 of Thucydides's History describes the Peloponnesian sailors leaving their ships and heading across land with only their oars, cushions and (in Richard Crawley's translation) "rowlock thong". Curious for an image, I pop "rowlock thong" into Google and get this AI suggestion:
Reposted by Mark Meyer
This is tragic. Anyone who was familiar with 18F knows those were some of the real heroes of government, who helped make government tech/digital services better for the public.
They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do.
They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do.
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 8:07 AM
This is tragic. Anyone who was familiar with 18F knows those were some of the real heroes of government, who helped make government tech/digital services better for the public.
They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do.
They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do.