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Fight Night

A clipping of the fight advertisement that ran in ...

via dansinker.com Jun 12, 2026

I am publishing this from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, technology is incredible, etc. etc.

I caved and spent the $32 fucking dollars to have ...

via gkeenan.co May 28, 2026

Why you should run for the DSF Board, and my goals for the DSF in 2025

Applications are open for the 2025 Django Software...

via jacobian.org Oct 18, 2024

No facts

via mo.io Dec 20, 2025

How We Will Be Measured (abridged)

This is a version of How We Will Be Measured, abri...

via mindingourway.com Dec 21, 2019

Introducing My New Linux Distro: Casuarina Linux

Over the past few months I’ve been working on a Li...

via wezm.net May 19, 2026

I would search my feelings this morning, but...

I would search my feelings this morning, but Siri ...

via pimoore.ca May 04, 2026

I prefer Djot over Markdown

I prefer Djot over Markdown Why Djot? Markdown is ...

via karl.berlin May 14, 2026

Linkblog on linkding

A small update to my linkblog that you probably wo...

via somebits.com Jun 16, 2026

Transnormalism

Society is unlikely to fall suddenly under the spe...

via gleech.org Feb 20, 2026

Web Review, Week 2026-24

Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-24. T...

via ervin.ipsquad.net Jun 12, 2026

TRMNL

The TRMNL is an 800×600, 1-bit e-ink display conne...

via imperialviolet.org Jul 27, 2025

Pushing and Pulling: Three Reactivity Algorithms

It’s looking like I’m going to need to build a rea...

via jonathan-frere.com Mar 06, 2026

Notes for US Performers in Montreal

Maj and I went to see a world-famous comedian perf...

via evanp.me Apr 04, 2026

World Cup, Sci-Fi movies, Birthday! - W24

Hey hey! Good news, this was my birthday week! And...

via joelchrono.xyz Jun 16, 2026

Mongoose: Preauth RCE and mTLS Bypass on Millions of Devices

So, Mongoose. If you’ve never heard of it, you’ve ...

via evilsocket.net Apr 01, 2026

One Developer, Two Dozen Agents, Zero Alignment

Why we need collaborative AI engineering and a tou...

via maggieappleton.com Apr 13, 2026

Minimal yet Productive Travel Desk Setup

A deep-dive into some thoughtfully chosen equipmen...

via xn--gckvb8fzb.com Jun 12, 2026

Wizards, Metadata, and Memory

Stage design of the Enchanted Garden by Hermann Bu...

via guillaumepaumier.com Apr 21, 2025

I turned 26

Reading Time: 2 minuteson the first of May. I am a...

via chias.blog May 06, 2026

On Countercomputing

I recently read MOS8502's countercomputing manifes...

via thedorkweb.bearblog.dev Apr 15, 2026

Why Sell Lifetime Plans, in a Default Subscription World?

There’s never been just one way to buy software. I...

via pketh.org Dec 02, 2025

Why are cached input tokens cheaper with AI services?

TL;DR: the GPU doesn't have to math as hard

via xeiaso.net Jun 12, 2026

HDR

When you click on a YouTube video, and find out th...

via nthp.me Jun 17, 2026

Sequoia Ascent 2026 summary

I did a fireside chat at Sequoia Ascent 2026. The ...

via karpathy.bearblog.dev Apr 30, 2026

On Michael Levin's research and approach

April 16, 2026 · 28 Min Read On Michael Levin's re...

via ludwigabap.com Apr 16, 2026

Project ideas are my playground

I miss my daydreams a little

via ctrl-c.club May 05, 2026

My Enjoyment From Engagement With Media Deepens As I Grow Older

I am not yet done thinking about nostalgia. In Nos...

via brainbaking.com Jun 15, 2026

soot, solar, sedimentation, sin, & 'centers

Good evening, friends. Tonight I have a few loosel...

via wingolog.org May 16, 2026

There’s No Minimum Angel Check Size

I remember one time I had this guy call me up, wan...

via zachholman.com May 01, 2026

Recently in May '26

May was an incredibly packed month, which sort of ...

via hacdias.com Jun 02, 2026

Reviewing Mildliner Smells

I got my hands on the Fragrance Mildliner pack for...

via rknight.me Jun 04, 2026

Certificate Transparency in Firefox

.Firefox 136 looks poised to enforce Certificate T...

via seirdy.one Jan 26, 2025

Choosing a new bookmarking/read later service

I used the Mozilla Pocket service until recently. ...

via cyb.org.uk Jun 05, 2025

Home-cooked software

Software can be a home-cooked meal. I experienced ...

via hamvocke.com Feb 17, 2026

makeover

We are carrying a mask: an artificial version of o...

via atuljha.com Apr 16, 2026

Recent reads: June 2026

It's been a while and this year has turned out to ...

via susanjeanrobertson.com Jun 15, 2026

Summary of changes for May 2026

Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes ...

via 100r.ca May 31, 2026

Looking Back on Twenty Years of Intel Macs

Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica: What’s striking a...

via pxlnv.com Jun 15, 2026

Gmail Thinks I'm Stupid, So I Left

Let me tell you a story I go to check my email in ...

via moddedbear.com Jun 01, 2026

The 26 Things on Our Home Network

We switched our home Internet to Purple Cow (refer...

via ruk.ca Jun 16, 2026

Diffs, by Pierre

<p>Although I’m generally allergic to dependencies as...</p>

via chsmc.org Jan 02, 2026

The Doorman

I don’t remember where I heard this story, but it ...

via kinduff.com Nov 30, 2025

Des Moines: Welcome to Your New Transit Network

The post Des Moines: Welcome to Your New Transit N...

via humantransit.org Jun 15, 2026

Weeknote (03-01-2025)

It's been a much more joyful week. On Friday my wi...

via wand3r.net Mar 01, 2025

time

TIME-2025(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual TIME...

via text.causal.agency Aug 18, 2025

Is there a tension between creativity and accuracy?

On Twitter, I’ve been chatting with my friend Juli...

via michaelnielsen.org Apr 09, 2017

📝 2026-06-16 08:11: Sun's out, so there's only one way to travel to the office... ☀️

Sun's out, so there's only one way to travel to th...

via kevquirk.com Jun 16, 2026

AeMug Chat #2 / Experience.Computer Interview

Scientific or Manifest or...?

via aethermug.com Mar 19, 2026

How to Swim with Manatees—without a Tour!

Swimming with manatees had been a long-time dream ...

via bigworldsmallsasha.com Apr 18, 2026

Perfect Sentences, 181

Build a house from sticks and mud / listen to the ...

via buttondown.com Jun 14, 2026

PSA on Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431), UPDATED

This is a short PSA (Public Service Announcement) ...

via jan.wildeboer.net May 02, 2026

Video Streaming from Linux

As part of a set-top video project, I looked into ...

via shallowsky.com Jun 13, 2026

Vibe Check №42

Forgive me, Reader. It’s been five months since my...

via daverupert.com May 05, 2026

I wrote a book about computing, out soon.

First, we're starting a publishing company. Second...

via alexanderobenauer.com Feb 01, 2025

Linkdump No 111

A few weeks ago I gave myself permission to skip t...

via 82mhz.net Jun 12, 2026

Who needs a flying car when you have display: grid

A friend asked me if I could build him a simple we...

via rachsmith.com Oct 10, 2025

Reading List 06/13/2026

Homes being built on top of libraries, Patriot mis...

via construction-physics.com Jun 13, 2026

Svelte state sharing? Just use classes. They're fine.

Who here remembers Stores from Svelte 4? // counte...

via josh.is-cool.dev May 31, 2025

Nobody asked me - Why I believe men dislike their birthday

Inspired by Dr. Amy Marschall’s Nobody Asked Me po...

via gregoryhammond.ca Jun 15, 2026

Untitled

This is my report: Chateau Ste. Michelle, 2018 Ind...

via patrickrhone.net Jun 17, 2026

The most important thing when working with LLMs

<p>Okay, so you’ve got the basics of working with Cla...</p>

via steveklabnik.com Jan 27, 2026

Open Community License v1

an unusual non-commercial hardware-software combo ...

via writing.kemitchell.com Mar 17, 2026

Notes on a non-profit indicted for bank fraud

Well-regarded non-profit runs domestic intelligenc...

via bitsaboutmoney.com May 01, 2026

rad reader

clean and simple cross-platform rss reader for you...

via May 27, 2026

Visitor.

A friend watching the clouds with my time lapse ca...

via blog.jpnearl.com Jun 17, 2026

Do We Need Billionaires?

A significant portion of the population in the USA...

via bjhess.com Jun 05, 2026

Emergence Saved Our Tofu

I think I know what emergence means now: concretel...

via mnvr.in Mar 19, 2026

After Virtue

A book by Alasdair MacIntyre. Source: en.wikipedia...

via barnsworthburning.net Oct 16, 2025

the long chain

One of my favourite jazz albums to listen to is Th...

via winnielim.org Jun 14, 2026

Wizards, Metadata, and Memory

Stage design of the Enchanted Garden by Hermann Bu...

via guillaumepaumier.com Apr 21, 2025

Updates from the Digital World: Baby's first locals

I've been threatening to play Digimon in person wi...

via theworksofegan.net Jun 15, 2026

Leaving Mastodon and all social media for good

Howdy y’all. I thought about sharing this on just ...

via blog.ctms.me Apr 15, 2026

Junited 2026

I received a kind shout-out from Juhis Santala thi...

via rldane.space Jun 05, 2026

Playboy, kittens, and deep learning

It was nearing midnight and it had been a long day...

via obsessionwithregression.... Sep 04, 2018

The Worlds Left To Conquer

Pre-script: I've got a podcast episode out with Ed...

via ludic.mataroa.blog May 10, 2026

Spring Lisp Game Jam 2026

This year I decided to participate in the Spring L...

via andreyor.st May 24, 2026

Decolonizing English

To writers, it is a question of mechanisms.

via blog.bovid.space Jun 13, 2026

Structural diffing in Emacs; deterministic agent harnesses

Difftron Last newsletter I wished for structural d...

via kevinlynagh.com May 28, 2026

The Price of Software

When Zork I was originally released in the early 8...

via bigzaphod.com Jan 06, 2026

science in an anarchist society

I've always been fascinated by anarchist societies...

via lili.bearblog.dev Feb 04, 2025

What and Why, willow leaf revisit. It happened, but it’s in the past

Here’s a tree. Willow leaf fig. Yeah, the one ever...

via adamaskwhy.com Aug 21, 2025

Artemis II Is Not Safe to Fly

“Our test facilities can’t reach the combination o...

via idlewords.com Mar 28, 2026

Flock Cameras Are Being Used for Stalking

There are over a dozen cases around the country wh...

via schneier.com Jun 16, 2026

How Japan's railways stayed one while splitting apart

When Japan broke up its national railway in 1987, ...

via arun.is Jun 14, 2026

Single Page Plaintext Caddy Sites

Single Page Plaintext Caddy Sites June 15, 2026 I ...

via neatnik.net Jun 16, 2026

Attensity! by The Friends of Attention (⭐️⭐️⭐️)

_Attensity!_ is a perfectly fine book, a call to a...

via coryd.dev Jun 17, 2026

21 down, 23 more to go

It’s 11.35am, 27°, clear sky with only a few tiny ...

via manuelmoreale.com Jun 13, 2026

I'm switching to a dumbphone this summer

Yes. Really. A dumbphone. All summer.

via veronicaexplains.net Jun 02, 2026

Life lessons from reinforcement learning

Becoming an RL diehard in the past year and thinki...

via jasonwei.net Jul 16, 2025

Daily steps to building our resistance into a General Strike

Daily steps to building our resistance into a Gene...

via beardystarstuff.net Jan 23, 2026

A frontier AI company should shut down

Prior discussion: niplav’s shortform (2025); Plann...

via mdickens.me Jun 15, 2026

Categorize Your Dependencies

<p>When building a project, it's very likely that we ...</p>

via antfu.me Apr 28, 2025

Wet thoughts

Wet lab. “Wet lab” was a new term to me, I had to ...

via interconnected.org Jun 12, 2026

Cloud Four (minus one)

It’s been 13 years, 2 months and 12 days since I j...

via tylersticka.com Jun 05, 2026

AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less (xpost)

If you lived through the shift from handcrafted se...

via charity.wtf Jun 15, 2026

The Age of the Holy Spirit

"An age so fragmented that there’s a weird emergen...

via jamesreeves.co Jun 16, 2026

1099 contractors can earn ~7% more by reporting their expenses.

img, main&gt;p:has(img) { max-width: 55ch; } @media (...

via taylor.town Jun 09, 2026

[notes] Trying a New Approach to Note-Taking on Books

Taking a page (no pun intended!) from Eleanor Koni...

via v5.chriskrycho.com Jun 07, 2026

Tip: creating a recurring 5th Sunday event in Google Calendar

I occasionally have the need to create a recurring...

via luke.hsiao.dev May 03, 2026

Untitled

As always, when we’re back home after a trip, Sann...

via dahlstrand.net Jun 15, 2026

Small Treasures

Remember that story I wrote in March about making ...

via aspeckledtrout.com May 20, 2026

Generators with UnpinCell

In July, I described a way to make pinning more er...

via without.boats Oct 25, 2024

A solid tradition // Week 23 — 2026

A week in which some things happen and some things...

via anniemueller.com Jun 08, 2026

Agentic Windows

I ran across an article today about a post on Twit...

via mikestone.me Nov 11, 2025

You should try contra dancing

A popular icebreaker in San Francisco these days i...

via benkuhn.net Apr 24, 2026

Second Circuit rejects Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal

The Second Circuit upholds Bankman-Fried’s convict...

via citationneeded.news Jun 12, 2026

Comprehension is the job

I’ve already referenced Addy’s Comprehension Debt ...

via bentsai.org Mar 25, 2026

Winesburg, Ohio

The preface to The Martian Chronicles says I shoul...

via drbacchus.com Jun 16, 2026

ambivalence and authority

I have plenty of disagreement with George Scialabb...

via sarahendren.com Jan 25, 2026

The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Social Security

In the world of very early retirement, we tend to ...

via mrmoneymustache.com Apr 16, 2026

A novel approach to multi-line strings in Rust

Writing multi-line strings in Rust is quite awkwar...

via nikrev.com Sep 18, 2025

Taking a Few Days Off

I am taking a few days off. No posts here, no news...

via om.co Jun 08, 2026

Multiple parties in government: A gadget toward accountability and action

In the previous post, we discussed why status quo ...

via https: Jun 16, 2026

Gardenlog: April Showers Bring May Showers

Okie-Dokie artichokey, let me share what’s goin’ o...

via shellsharks.com May 26, 2026

LinkedIn fanfiction

I was on the bus on my way to an important busines...

via marginalia.nu May 14, 2026

banning all Anthropic employees

Per my policies, I need to ban every employee and ...

via joeyh.name Apr 01, 2026