I just finished Chris Dixon's "Read Write Own" and came away skeptical.

Surprised that someone this serious still expects blockchains to unleash a fresh wave of shared prosperity/innovation.

I want to believe! Where are the compelling projects and follows who aren't in the casino contingent?

chat is this good

Right now, there’s an important race happening that will shape the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the next 10 years. Judge Susan Crawford is ready to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites.

Make a plan to vote early today — don’t wait until April 1st: wisdems.org/vote

MAGA morality: Put thousands of federal employees on leave, cut aid that sustains countless lives, demonize your opponents, and then enjoy the suffering of your enemies.

But then - when one DOGE worker is fired for vicious racism -say, "Where's the grace and mercy in this country?"

If Trump is worried about Chinese or Russian encroachment on Greenland, we could figure out who currently controls it and sign some agreement to cooperate with them on defense matters. Who knows, maybe other countries in the North Atlantic region might also want to join.

Anyway, worth looking into.

Also, courage is contagious. I continue to stand against American fascism in the hope that others will take heart, too.

many examples around

really jazzed to add critical features to my web app this week at work, should be really quiet at the office and my partner just got PR approval powers. 💪

Think I'm going to start describing doing drugs as "accepting a CHOAM directorship."

More threats from Bannon. At the NY Young Republicans event. c/o @tpm.bsky.social

⚡️ Ukraine’s new “Peklo” cruise missile enters mass production: over the past three months, the manufacturer has produced around 100 units. The missile boasts a striking range of 700 km.

epravda.com.ua/oborona/pekl...

This is such a beautiful algorithm (and a nice analysis): to check if an array is sorted vs. far from being sorted (many entries need to be changed), just:
- pick an element uniformly at random in the array
- "forget" where it was
- try to find it again via binary search
Repeat this a few times.

This website allows you to track the number of new users signing up for bluesky every moment, in real time. Welcome to all the newskies. :-) bcounter.nat.vg

Hot take: Jesse Singal is a fine journalist about whom people tell constant lies. That 2018 cover story for The Atlantic about trans kids is actually a sensitive and well balanced piece of reporting. We all could learn a lot from his coverage of science.

Two Syrian sources tell @reuters.com there’s a “very high probability” that Assad’s plane has crashed.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Assad regime’s fall in Syria is a symptom of fascist Russia’s weakness and will shrink its power in the east Mediterranean region. Uprising in Georgia is also a sign of Kremlin weakness, which was largely caused by Ukraine’s defiant resistance. Time for all-out aid to Ukraine.

🇸🇾👀 Syrian rebels have entered Assad's palace in Damascus. What Russia has been building in this country for almost 10 years has been destroyed.

‼️ This morning, the rebels announced the beginning of a new era. People in Syria are celebrating in the streets.

Everyone’s mad that Trump has appointed almost all billionaires but you have to understand that billionaires are a good choice because they are immune to the temptations created by things like empathy or recognizing other people as autonomous human beings rather than objects

Hey Bluesky! Happy to get my invite this morning, trepidatious about possibly spending too much time.

First stop: Finding some C and Python nerds. 🤓