Martin Olson
@robotpolishers.com
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
"Yeah, at soccer finals, I'm the camera man assigned to do extreme closeups of crying child fans. It's a calling."
July 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"Yeah, at soccer finals, I'm the camera man assigned to do extreme closeups of crying child fans. It's a calling."
Coulda. Shoulda. Didn't.
July 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Coulda. Shoulda. Didn't.
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A fun thing about American politics is that more people voted in New York City in a June primary than live in five states that get two senators.
June 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A fun thing about American politics is that more people voted in New York City in a June primary than live in five states that get two senators.
Nooo! Mozilla is shutting down Pocket! This makes me so sad. It's integration with Kobo was amazing (and probably used by me and 2 other nerds) but still! Back to Instapaper I guess? Sigh. We can't have nice things.
May 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Nooo! Mozilla is shutting down Pocket! This makes me so sad. It's integration with Kobo was amazing (and probably used by me and 2 other nerds) but still! Back to Instapaper I guess? Sigh. We can't have nice things.
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
April 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Go violets.
April 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Go violets.
Life's different now that I'm a manager who occasionally needs to write some straighforward code 'cause we're a tiny non-profit and AI code tools are a wonderful help. But I'm so curious how it would have impacted my life when writing code was my day-to-day cekrem.github.io/posts/coding...
Coding as Craft: Going Back to the Old Gym
Why 'reflexive AI usage' sounds like a diagnosis I don't want next to my name
cekrem.github.io
April 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Life's different now that I'm a manager who occasionally needs to write some straighforward code 'cause we're a tiny non-profit and AI code tools are a wonderful help. But I'm so curious how it would have impacted my life when writing code was my day-to-day cekrem.github.io/posts/coding...
HOLY SHIT
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Instant Holograms On Metal Film
Releasing 23 May 2025.
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Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp present:
Instant Holograms On Metal Film
Releasing 23 May 2025.
stereolab.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
HOLY SHIT
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“anything we can actually do, we can afford”
stamp this on the head of anyone who asks how we can afford universal health care or universal child care or public pensions or free college
stamp this on the head of anyone who asks how we can afford universal health care or universal child care or public pensions or free college
Posting this extract from a lecture by John Maynard Keynes, speaking on the BBC in the middle of the Second World War, to every Labour cabinet minister
April 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“anything we can actually do, we can afford”
stamp this on the head of anyone who asks how we can afford universal health care or universal child care or public pensions or free college
stamp this on the head of anyone who asks how we can afford universal health care or universal child care or public pensions or free college
25 years ago I got the domain robotpolishers dot com based on this joke about how 25 years from now the only jobs left were going to be polishing robots and consulting (you missed a spot). We have arrived! youtu.be/zBflZLStKQg?...
Jon Stewart on Trump's Botched Tariff Rollout & The Stock Market's Meltdown | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
April 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
25 years ago I got the domain robotpolishers dot com based on this joke about how 25 years from now the only jobs left were going to be polishing robots and consulting (you missed a spot). We have arrived! youtu.be/zBflZLStKQg?...
I think it's not too early to ask: How can we keep Trump from totally fucking up the World Cup? Not least considering we're co-hosting it with Canada and Mexico. And yes, not the most important issue facing the country, world or city.
March 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I think it's not too early to ask: How can we keep Trump from totally fucking up the World Cup? Not least considering we're co-hosting it with Canada and Mexico. And yes, not the most important issue facing the country, world or city.
Happy #303day - Go hit the randomizer, twist some knobs and make some acid house in your browser: errozero.co.uk/acid-machine/
Acid Machine 2
Acid, in your browser
errozero.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Happy #303day - Go hit the randomizer, twist some knobs and make some acid house in your browser: errozero.co.uk/acid-machine/
... Service guarantees citizenship...?
The Office of Personnel Management told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reinstate veterans, disabled veterans, and military spouses who were fired, according to an email sent to CFPB employees who saw their terminations reversed. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
OPM Tells CFPB to Reinstate Fired Veterans, Military Spouses
The Office of Personnel Management told the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reinstate veterans, disabled veterans, and military spouses who were fired, according to an email sent to CFPB emplo...
news.bloomberglaw.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
... Service guarantees citizenship...?
Not one to randomly hype dev tools, but 24 hours with Claude Code and I'm blown away. Been coding since the 80s and this is one of those rare holy shit moments. Running digital at a nonprofit means this is HUGE for what we can get done. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJpK...
Introducing Claude Code
YouTube video by Anthropic
www.youtube.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Not one to randomly hype dev tools, but 24 hours with Claude Code and I'm blown away. Been coding since the 80s and this is one of those rare holy shit moments. Running digital at a nonprofit means this is HUGE for what we can get done. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJpK...
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gravedigger of american democracy. a more malign influence than john c calhoun.
BREAKING: Sen. Mitch McConnell says he won't seek re-election in 2026, ending a 40-year Senate career. nbcnews.to/4i5uZ9p
February 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
gravedigger of american democracy. a more malign influence than john c calhoun.
Turns out after all these years I basically still have all of Chicken Run's dialogue memorized.
February 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Turns out after all these years I basically still have all of Chicken Run's dialogue memorized.
I genuinely hope Europe has a serious Operation Paperclip style plan in the works to scoop these people up www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
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February 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I genuinely hope Europe has a serious Operation Paperclip style plan in the works to scoop these people up www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
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The American right has turned to Hungary to learn how authoritarians consolidate power.
The American left should look to Poland to see how a big-tent coalition can defeat authoritarianism. It involves multiple parties appealing to different voters.
The American left should look to Poland to see how a big-tent coalition can defeat authoritarianism. It involves multiple parties appealing to different voters.
February 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The American right has turned to Hungary to learn how authoritarians consolidate power.
The American left should look to Poland to see how a big-tent coalition can defeat authoritarianism. It involves multiple parties appealing to different voters.
The American left should look to Poland to see how a big-tent coalition can defeat authoritarianism. It involves multiple parties appealing to different voters.
Reminder: The NYC mayoral primary (aka the actual election) is coming up in about 4 months. Deadline to register as a Democrat for the Democratic primary (worth doing as... it's the actual election) is Valentine's Day. This city has the same population as the country I grew up in. This matters.
February 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Reminder: The NYC mayoral primary (aka the actual election) is coming up in about 4 months. Deadline to register as a Democrat for the Democratic primary (worth doing as... it's the actual election) is Valentine's Day. This city has the same population as the country I grew up in. This matters.
With everything else, this horrible event back in the home-country hasn't gotten as wide visibility as it might. But I hope that the resulting legislation might www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/w...
Sweden Plans Tighter Gun Laws After Orebro Mass Shooting (Gift Article)
The changes would make it harder to access semiautomatic weapons, and enhance police and medical checks in license applications.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
With everything else, this horrible event back in the home-country hasn't gotten as wide visibility as it might. But I hope that the resulting legislation might www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/w...
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Black Lives Matter fundamentally broke these people’s brains. They couldn’t bear the idea that they might have to tell a different story about this country and thus tell a different story about themselves. They hated it, and now they are using everything they have to never feel that way again.
January 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Black Lives Matter fundamentally broke these people’s brains. They couldn’t bear the idea that they might have to tell a different story about this country and thus tell a different story about themselves. They hated it, and now they are using everything they have to never feel that way again.
Check out Kendall Jane Meade's new tune Stereo ( orcd.co/kendalljanem... ) which was a favorite to play when it was still a baby song on last year's Europe tour. Go check it out! My contribution consists of a little bloopy Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator drum part :)
OUT EVERYWHERE - 1/17
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January 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Check out Kendall Jane Meade's new tune Stereo ( orcd.co/kendalljanem... ) which was a favorite to play when it was still a baby song on last year's Europe tour. Go check it out! My contribution consists of a little bloopy Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator drum part :)