Tech-Aly
@tech-aly.bsky.social
I work with small businesses to streamline and connect their tech stack. I'm an American who has been living in Switzerland for 8 years. I'll share tips on business tech, my travails learning french and probably a bit of a politics here and there.
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
October 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
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My new favorite sign. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My new favorite sign. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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I had read the end of this incredible piece many times but not the entire thing till now (insomnia)—just amazingly acute and prescient observation. See if you can spot Vance and Trump among the personalities Thompson describes
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I had read the end of this incredible piece many times but not the entire thing till now (insomnia)—just amazingly acute and prescient observation. See if you can spot Vance and Trump among the personalities Thompson describes
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Every now and then I get reminded that this song exists. So for all the trans people out there suffering from family rejection, fear, hate, and wishing they had an accepting family, here's a song for you with lots of feels.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tils...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tils...
Wrabel - The Village
YouTube video by WrabelVEVO
www.youtube.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Every now and then I get reminded that this song exists. So for all the trans people out there suffering from family rejection, fear, hate, and wishing they had an accepting family, here's a song for you with lots of feels.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tils...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tils...
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Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
September 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.
Here, he tells us his story.
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Switzerland just released Apertus, a completely open AI model. Not just "open weights" but everything—training data, process, code. While other nations race to build AI, the Swiss are redefining what "national AI" means... 🧵
www.engladget.com/ai/switzerla...
www.engladget.com/ai/switzerla...
www.engladget.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Switzerland just released Apertus, a completely open AI model. Not just "open weights" but everything—training data, process, code. While other nations race to build AI, the Swiss are redefining what "national AI" means... 🧵
www.engladget.com/ai/switzerla...
www.engladget.com/ai/switzerla...
Here's the thing about AI -- think of it as a new intern who's read EVERYTHING, but has no practical knowledge. They really want to please you and will not admit that they don't know the answer to something -- if they don't know they'll make something up that sounds good.
September 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Here's the thing about AI -- think of it as a new intern who's read EVERYTHING, but has no practical knowledge. They really want to please you and will not admit that they don't know the answer to something -- if they don't know they'll make something up that sounds good.
I love this so much.
August 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I love this so much.
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From a paper I just read: the effect of worship attendance on one's willingness to pay higher tax so everyone can have better health care across nations. Note in most nations, the association is positive, though mostly non-significant. Just in the USA where the association is negative & significant.
July 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
From a paper I just read: the effect of worship attendance on one's willingness to pay higher tax so everyone can have better health care across nations. Note in most nations, the association is positive, though mostly non-significant. Just in the USA where the association is negative & significant.
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This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
#StaceyAbrams explains how to achieve an #autocracy in 10 steps.
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
July 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
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Tedious to point this out, but:
- When a tongue-tied Biden said "President of Mexico" instead of "Prez of Egypt," it was a several day story.
-Hours after Trump says whoever appointed J Powell made a big mistake (it was him), the episode appears not to merit a story on any national-media sites.
- When a tongue-tied Biden said "President of Mexico" instead of "Prez of Egypt," it was a several day story.
-Hours after Trump says whoever appointed J Powell made a big mistake (it was him), the episode appears not to merit a story on any national-media sites.
July 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Tedious to point this out, but:
- When a tongue-tied Biden said "President of Mexico" instead of "Prez of Egypt," it was a several day story.
-Hours after Trump says whoever appointed J Powell made a big mistake (it was him), the episode appears not to merit a story on any national-media sites.
- When a tongue-tied Biden said "President of Mexico" instead of "Prez of Egypt," it was a several day story.
-Hours after Trump says whoever appointed J Powell made a big mistake (it was him), the episode appears not to merit a story on any national-media sites.
I've noticed this problem myself -- And in real life I'd guess it's worse than in these tests. I often get bored and distracted while waiting for the AI response and get caught up in other things, which just slows things down more.
La productivité des développeurs semble baisser quand ils utilisent l’IA générative
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La productivité des développeurs semble baisser quand ils utilisent l'IA générative - Next
Les entreprises d’IA générative promettent à leurs utilisateurs un gain de productivité. Des chercheurs d’un laboratoire privé ont mesuré, au contraire, une perte de productivité en comparant le trava...
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July 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I've noticed this problem myself -- And in real life I'd guess it's worse than in these tests. I often get bored and distracted while waiting for the AI response and get caught up in other things, which just slows things down more.
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let's take stock here:
(Democratic) Presidents, via the Dept of Education, can't cancel student debt because statutes don't clearly authorize it.
Republican Presidents can cancel/shut down the Dept of Education because, even though only Congress can shut down departments ..., ... 🤷♀️ YOLO?
(Democratic) Presidents, via the Dept of Education, can't cancel student debt because statutes don't clearly authorize it.
Republican Presidents can cancel/shut down the Dept of Education because, even though only Congress can shut down departments ..., ... 🤷♀️ YOLO?
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
let's take stock here:
(Democratic) Presidents, via the Dept of Education, can't cancel student debt because statutes don't clearly authorize it.
Republican Presidents can cancel/shut down the Dept of Education because, even though only Congress can shut down departments ..., ... 🤷♀️ YOLO?
(Democratic) Presidents, via the Dept of Education, can't cancel student debt because statutes don't clearly authorize it.
Republican Presidents can cancel/shut down the Dept of Education because, even though only Congress can shut down departments ..., ... 🤷♀️ YOLO?
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This is patently false.
DHS has authority to question and search people coming into the country at points of entry.
But ICE may not detain and question anyone without reasonable suspicion — and certainly not based on their physical appearance alone.
This lawlessness must stop.
DHS has authority to question and search people coming into the country at points of entry.
But ICE may not detain and question anyone without reasonable suspicion — and certainly not based on their physical appearance alone.
This lawlessness must stop.
July 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is patently false.
DHS has authority to question and search people coming into the country at points of entry.
But ICE may not detain and question anyone without reasonable suspicion — and certainly not based on their physical appearance alone.
This lawlessness must stop.
DHS has authority to question and search people coming into the country at points of entry.
But ICE may not detain and question anyone without reasonable suspicion — and certainly not based on their physical appearance alone.
This lawlessness must stop.
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NEW | Solar power was the EU’s biggest power source in June 2025 ☀️
For the first time, solar ranked first among all power sources, producing 22.1% of the EU’s power ahead of nuclear at 21.8%.
Coal power fell to a record low 6.1% in sixth place.
For the first time, solar ranked first among all power sources, producing 22.1% of the EU’s power ahead of nuclear at 21.8%.
Coal power fell to a record low 6.1% in sixth place.
July 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
NEW | Solar power was the EU’s biggest power source in June 2025 ☀️
For the first time, solar ranked first among all power sources, producing 22.1% of the EU’s power ahead of nuclear at 21.8%.
Coal power fell to a record low 6.1% in sixth place.
For the first time, solar ranked first among all power sources, producing 22.1% of the EU’s power ahead of nuclear at 21.8%.
Coal power fell to a record low 6.1% in sixth place.
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ALL CAPS
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push
The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.
www.politico.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
ALL CAPS
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
THIS IS CATASTROPHIC FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND ASTROPHYSICS ...
GLOBALLY CATASTROPHIC, NOT JUST FOR AMERICANS 🔭🧪
www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
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The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
July 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
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My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
July 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
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This is my song about the bill that just passed. Hope you will share it.
Hounds, “Cowards Get Nothing”
YouTube video by Seth Abramson
www.youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is my song about the bill that just passed. Hope you will share it.
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The president of Aix-Marseilles University is welcoming US scientific refugees.He "likened the situation to that of European academics who fled persecution by Nazi Germany both before and during World War II"
www.politico.eu/article/meet...
www.politico.eu/article/meet...
The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France
Aix-Marseille University is wooing researchers who feel targeted by the Trump administration.
www.politico.eu
July 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The president of Aix-Marseilles University is welcoming US scientific refugees.He "likened the situation to that of European academics who fled persecution by Nazi Germany both before and during World War II"
www.politico.eu/article/meet...
www.politico.eu/article/meet...
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This is shocking. Pure totalitarianism from DHS, and also blatantly unconstitutional.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation
As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.
www.newyorker.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is shocking. Pure totalitarianism from DHS, and also blatantly unconstitutional.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...