I now pay 2x the subscription costs of the apps I have vibe coded replacements for in subscription AI code tools. So yeah, it’s going pretty good…
January 13, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I now pay 2x the subscription costs of the apps I have vibe coded replacements for in subscription AI code tools. So yeah, it’s going pretty good…
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It seems notable that Trump, in the midst of describing invading Caracas, decided to riff on invading U.S. cities. He rightly, tellingly associates those two things.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It seems notable that Trump, in the midst of describing invading Caracas, decided to riff on invading U.S. cities. He rightly, tellingly associates those two things.
The worst user experience innovation of the last 10 years has been magnet handheld shower heads. These suck so badly and are basically the only option at big box stores. mobileimages.lowes.com/productimage...
December 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The worst user experience innovation of the last 10 years has been magnet handheld shower heads. These suck so badly and are basically the only option at big box stores. mobileimages.lowes.com/productimage...
A credential that demonstrates your ability to learn and adapt to new expectations would be extremely valuable in an AI economy. I hope universities figure that out in time. The subject of that learning is still important, but significantly less so.
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A credential that demonstrates your ability to learn and adapt to new expectations would be extremely valuable in an AI economy. I hope universities figure that out in time. The subject of that learning is still important, but significantly less so.
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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millennial-zoomer peace talks with @ettingermentum.bsky.social getting to the bottom of why he was able to tell immediately that tyler robinson was not a groyper while people my age assumed he was
What Type of Guy was the alleged Charlie Kirk shooter?
Talking to Ettingermentum about the distinctions between Groypers and Reddit kids
maxread.substack.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
millennial-zoomer peace talks with @ettingermentum.bsky.social getting to the bottom of why he was able to tell immediately that tyler robinson was not a groyper while people my age assumed he was
I’m convinced the hit by pitch rule of a swinging batter, when it hits their hands, is like pass interference in the NFL. No one knows the rule, and no one seems to care. #mariners #mlb #tidentsup
September 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I’m convinced the hit by pitch rule of a swinging batter, when it hits their hands, is like pass interference in the NFL. No one knows the rule, and no one seems to care. #mariners #mlb #tidentsup
Municipal grocery stores are communism and federal ownership of Intel is national security?
August 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Municipal grocery stores are communism and federal ownership of Intel is national security?
@gruber.foo the Substack funding round is to pay the writers to choose the platform. Isn’t it interesting how quiet the writers on the platform are about these scandals? I think this program is part of the story: on.substack.com/p/why-we-pay...
Why we pay writers
The thinking behind Substack Pro
on.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
@gruber.foo the Substack funding round is to pay the writers to choose the platform. Isn’t it interesting how quiet the writers on the platform are about these scandals? I think this program is part of the story: on.substack.com/p/why-we-pay...
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
Why would anyone support the NBA in Seattle when they’ve burned us once, and now they’re lighting the match in Portland? www.koin.com/news/portlan...
www.koin.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Why would anyone support the NBA in Seattle when they’ve burned us once, and now they’re lighting the match in Portland? www.koin.com/news/portlan...
I didn’t anticipate it would be controversial to think law enforcement should be required to show their face on the job, but here we are…
June 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I didn’t anticipate it would be controversial to think law enforcement should be required to show their face on the job, but here we are…
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I'm glad to see that FormFest is coming back in 2025! This is an all-day, virtual conference put on by @beeckcenter.bsky.social and @codeforamerica.org that's dedicated to making online government forms better. I wasn't able to join last year, but I hope to join this year. It's such a great topic.
FormFest 2025
Mark your calendar for the ultimate deep dive into government’s favorite tool: forms!
formfest.org
June 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I'm glad to see that FormFest is coming back in 2025! This is an all-day, virtual conference put on by @beeckcenter.bsky.social and @codeforamerica.org that's dedicated to making online government forms better. I wasn't able to join last year, but I hope to join this year. It's such a great topic.
Tell me you know nothing about being a Mariner’s fan, without telling me you know nothing about being a Mariner’s fan, MLB App edition. #goMs #tridentsup #mariners
April 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Tell me you know nothing about being a Mariner’s fan, without telling me you know nothing about being a Mariner’s fan, MLB App edition. #goMs #tridentsup #mariners
April 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵
April 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵
This is a wild illustration. A circle centered around Paris on the Mercator Map is no circle. vis.social/@infobeautif...
Information Is Beautiful (@infobeautiful@vis.social)
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Another reasons to tut at the Mercator Map projection - how a circle with a radius of 5,000km, centred on Paris, looks according the Mercator map
vis.social
April 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This is a wild illustration. A circle centered around Paris on the Mercator Map is no circle. vis.social/@infobeautif...
This is a fascinating read: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
I Should Have Seen This Coming
When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won...
www.theatlantic.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is a fascinating read: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Travel maven Rick Steves made a great hour-long documentary about the history of fascism in Europe. “We’ll see the horrific consequences: genocide and total war.” [kottke.org]
Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism
The Story of Fascism is an hour-long TV special from travel guru Rick Steves about the history of fascism in Europe, from its post-WWI rise in Italy and Germany to the defeat of the fascist powers in WWII to efforts by modern-day right-wing ideologues t
kottke.org
April 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Travel maven Rick Steves made a great hour-long documentary about the history of fascism in Europe. “We’ll see the horrific consequences: genocide and total war.” [kottke.org]
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Hi. I’m an expert in modernizing legacy government software systems. This is profoundly stupid and will definitely fail, and it’s just a question of whether our social security system fails along with it.
SCOOP: DOGE wants to rebuild SSA's codebase in months, risking benefits and system collapse, sources tell me.
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
The plan is to migrate all systems off COBOL quickly which would likely require the use of generative AI.
www.wired.com/story/doge-r...
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Hi. I’m an expert in modernizing legacy government software systems. This is profoundly stupid and will definitely fail, and it’s just a question of whether our social security system fails along with it.
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I have been informed that “Give Up” by the Postal Service came out on this day 22 years ago, but that seems like a typo
February 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I have been informed that “Give Up” by the Postal Service came out on this day 22 years ago, but that seems like a typo
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Government’s wins are often invisible: Systems that avoid plane crashes; alliances that avert war; surveillance that prevent pandemics.
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
February 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Government’s wins are often invisible: Systems that avoid plane crashes; alliances that avert war; surveillance that prevent pandemics.
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
Government wins are often *the avoidance of loss.*
So how do we tell the story of the destruction of government? The story of future losses *not* averted?
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A basic rule:
- In the government, unless the law allows it, you can't do it.
- Outside government (for citizens/companies), unless there's a law disallowing it, you can do it.
Our system constrains government and defaults to freedom for everyone else. That's healthy.
- In the government, unless the law allows it, you can't do it.
- Outside government (for citizens/companies), unless there's a law disallowing it, you can do it.
Our system constrains government and defaults to freedom for everyone else. That's healthy.
February 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A basic rule:
- In the government, unless the law allows it, you can't do it.
- Outside government (for citizens/companies), unless there's a law disallowing it, you can do it.
Our system constrains government and defaults to freedom for everyone else. That's healthy.
- In the government, unless the law allows it, you can't do it.
- Outside government (for citizens/companies), unless there's a law disallowing it, you can do it.
Our system constrains government and defaults to freedom for everyone else. That's healthy.
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Gold outperforms Ozempic for weight loss – and leaves muscles alone
There's a growing body of evidence that gold nanoparticles can offer significant, targeted weight loss that focuses on fat (lipid) tissue, without affecting muscle structure. What's more, there are ad...
newatlas.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Great news! Lose weight by injecting yourself with gold! Federal Reserve and Hers crossover coming soon… newatlas.com/disease/obes...