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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 2h

Heavily leaning into English professor chic right now.

Alex wearing dark denim, tan oxfords, a grey button down, and a wool sports coat

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 3h

Scaring all the tourists by serenely dancing around the cars to cross the street in midtown.

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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 15/10/2026

hello! i am coming out of relative writing retirement (outside of flaming hydra, where you can still find me!) to announce that i have my own subscription-based newsletter. i’m still setting a few things up but you can subscribe for $5/mo here: buttondown.com/anyotherway

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Any Other Way

cultural criticism from the ground up

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 15/10/2026

I just realized that there are people on here I haven’t really chatted with that need to be caught up on some stuff: 1. I almost died cause important organs decided they were fed up with my shit. 2. I went to rehab and stopped drinking. 3. Now I’m less almost dying. That basically covers it, tbh.

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 14/10/2026

*taps mic* Is this thing on?

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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 21/04/2025

The NYC council voting for this downgrade was just such an own goal.

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 21/04/2025

Oh, hi. I forgot about this place. How's everyone doing?

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 30/01/2025

That time I was in an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. youtu.be/VNuhmsz6wYo

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The Village Cafe

YouTube video by coopdedrum

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nowhere 🏳️‍🌈 @nowhere.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I had a relative compelled into service to the enemy. He mistranslated all the manuals for captured equipment so that The Thing Don't Work. Mistranslate the manuals, whatever that means for you.

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Cat Hughes @celticqueen13.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Small rituals can help to keep us strong.

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cate @buny.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same

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William Ravensbergen @willybubba.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

And that's a wrap on the first ever internal #Reliability #Meetup at #ING. Great speakers, good people and awesome topics. Thanks again @alex-hidalgo.com for presenting!

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Julien Lengrand-Lambert 🥑👋 @lengrand.fr · 14/01/2025

I don’t know much about #sre and it’s a new topic for me. Thanks @alex-hidalgo.com for helping make it so much clearer 😂. Great talk for real , learnt a lot I hope to apply soon 😊

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Joshua Timberman @jtimberman.name · 13/01/2025

Company layoff is impacting me, so I'm back on the market ya'll. I'm actively looking for DevOps/SRE/OSS and adjacent type positions as an IC or manager. Ideally, I want to build dope stuff with dope people. <3

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

mark zuckerberg’s entire adult life has been a revenge tour against women

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 10/01/2025

I miss my 20s. This life did actually exist. We were all broke all the time, but we also all took care of each other. Whoever had money on any particular day paid. We all had keys to each others' apartments. I miss it, but I know that's gone now.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

New: Meta has deleted trans and nonbinary Messenger themes, as well as the blog posts announcing them. Happens the same week that it has changed its rules to allow users to say LGBTQ+ people are "mentally ill" www.404media.co/meta-deletes...

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Meta Deletes Trans and Nonbinary Messenger Themes

Amid a series of changes that allows users to target LGBTQ+ people, Meta has deleted product features it initially championed.

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 10/01/2025

I deleted my Facebook account in 2009 and it’s had no negative impact on my life. I have since then also refused to use any Facebook products, also with no impact on my life. Sometimes people outside of the US briefly get annoyed I don’t have WhatsApp, but we always figure it out. Just delete it.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 08/01/2025

"Did you consider the people who don't like chili? The people who are vegetarians? The people without tastebuds? The people who don't know how to turn on stoves? What about all those folks?"

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Did You Even Consider Every Possible Lived Experience Before Recklessly Posting Your Chili Recipe on Social Media?

Look, I get it. You thought what you posted was innocuous. Still, did you stop to think about everyone who has ever lived and how it could make the...

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 07/01/2025

Uhhh. @rakyll.org I was just trying to remember when your first stint at Google was, and unfortunately this happened. cc: @quinnypig.com

A Google search for “Jaana Dogan” but the first result is an image of Corey Quinn’s trademark mouth-wide-open expression. Below that are links to Jaana’s LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 06/01/2025

Taco just sneezed and then wiped his nose and entire face on my back and it’s noticeably wet and sticky on my shirt now. I’m his tissue apparently

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Misty De Méo @cdrom.ca · 02/01/2025

Hey Amiga fans of bluesky: would anyone be interested in buying a rare Amiga OS 4.0 developer prerelease disc? Hoping to find someone who'd really appreciate it before just posting it on eBay.

Photo of an Amiga OS 4.0 developer prerelease CD.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 02/01/2025

Europe cannot possibly hope to keep up with the pace of US innovation! In 2023 San Francisco, our tech capitol, invented the public restroom! No more poop on the streets!🤡 In 2024 NYC, our financial capital, invented the trash can! Fewer rats! 🤡 In 2025 LA, home of the stars, invents "mixed use!"

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 01/01/2025

I just saw “Flow” in the theatre and if it’s playing near you, I implore you to go see it. Absolutely stunning. youtu.be/82WW9dVbglI

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Flow - Official Trailer

YouTube video by Madman Films

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 30/12/2024

I just threw away like 10 Ethernet cables, several crossovers, two Cisco cables (console cables, but my tribe always called them Cisco cables), half a dozen random AC adapters, a TV antenna, and literally every cable I had that was USB-A on one end and USB-anything else on the other. Feels good.

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 30/12/2024

This is not the first time this has happened at NYU. I think it was 2010 (?) when a student successfully replied-all to a college-wide email and other students jumped in to the chaos. The on-prem Exchange servers they had at the time melted down trying to relay all of the messages.

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 29/12/2024

Anyone else remember how Solaris didn’t support a `-r` flag to the `shutdown` command but would also silently skip over it if specified so you’d have to go to the datacenter to turn it back on? Fun times.

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 27/12/2024

Post a picture you took, no explanation

An above shot picture of a table filled with Israeli meze such as hummus, falafel, bagels, pickles, and more.

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 27/12/2024

This is your periodic reminder that Chumbawumba were an anarcho-communist punk band, and even that one song you know from the radio in the 90s is actually about the resilience of the working class who will never stop fighting against the oligarchy. Also go check out their albums from the 80s.

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 26/12/2024

This is infinitely better than whatever the fuck it is that Golang makes us do.

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 25/12/2024

Happy holidays to everyone, but especially those who are oncall and standing vigil. May the queries flow and pagers be silent.

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Colin McMillen @mcmillen.dev · 24/12/2024

90% sure that the reason Trump is obsessed with acquiring Greenland is that he doesn't know shit about map projections and actually thinks Greenland is larger than the US

a map of the world in Mercator projection, in which Greenland looks enormous due to its closeness to the north pole.

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eve6 @eve6.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

If this is a difficult season for you I want you to know that the band that had a hit with the blender song in 1998 thinks you're alright

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Camille Fournier @skamille.themanagerswrath.com · 22/12/2024

CFPs are bullshit? I mean, who has a good abstract written for a talk they haven't written?

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 22/12/2024

And they can’t know. Because what the thing they’re grasping at straws to describe is emergent behavior in complex systems and is inherently unknowable ahead of time.

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 21/12/2024

Y’all, @quinnypig.com is a real one for sure. He picked up on the fact that I really needed a break, and made sure it happened. He’s not just funny internet AWS guy; he’s a genuine, thoughtful, and caring person, and I can’t thank him enough. Even if I spent half the time listening to D&D podcasts.

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Colette Alexander @colettecello.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I am so excited to announce the Resilience in Software Foundation - a project we've been working on for awhile now. 💜

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Alex Hidalgo @alex-hidalgo.com · 19/12/2024

When I asked for a friend to join me on a dive vacation, I should have been more specific.

A picture of Corey Quinn making his Corey Quinn face, and Alex rolling his eyes, with the roof of a palapa behind them.

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

oh shit the 2025 calendar just leaked. i'm probably gonna be dmca'd for sharing this but it's worth it. i guess if my account gets nuked you'll know why

a calendar of the year 2025 showing all the days and months

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karter @karteraka.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

with every bite of bánh mì they grow stronger

warning poster about not feeding magpies

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