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baxter @baxter.sh · 14/11/2025

This happens all the time and I find it so unhelpful. It looks like tomorrow will be rainy. 60% and a rain symbol. Except when I look at the precipitation details, there’s light rain at 6am. Does this annoy anyone else, or just me?

Screenshot from the iOS weather app showing rain and 60% on Saturday.

A screenshot of the weather app on iOS showing there will be a 60% chance of light rain at 6am.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 29/09/2025

`jj undo` is like magic

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

"the menswear guy isn't fair and balanced." do you even hear yourself? "fork lady is eroding public confidence." "ladder baby is undermining the credibility of the field." "lemon raccoon is acting without transparency or accountability." that's what you sound like.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 26/09/2025

Those of you who use RSS/Feed readers. What do you use? What would you recommend?

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puppy @duckinator.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Hey, #ruby folks! I've been one of the #RubyGems maintainers for the last decade. Ruby Central has forcefully taken control of the RubyGems organization on GitHub, the `rubygems-update` and `bundler` gems on rubygems[.]org, and more. You can read the details here: pup-e.com/goodbye-ruby...

rubygems.org

RubyGems.org | your community gem host

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baxter @baxter.sh · 19/09/2025

This whole farce with the “Your Party” membership email has left a really bad taste in my mouth. I like Sultana but the email, which used a similar but different URL to the official “Your Party” website for memberships, seems borderline phishing. leftfootforward.org/2025/09/brea...

leftfootforward.org

Breaking: Jeremy Corbyn says Your Party membership email was ‘unauthorised’

Sultana said 20,000 people had joined Your Party as members, but Corbyn says the membership email should be ignored as it was unauthorised

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baxter @baxter.sh · 13/09/2025

Lando saying "the baby's name is Grogu, baby" is on repeat in my head. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr2U...

youtube.com

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past | Official Trailer

YouTube video by Star Wars

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baxter @baxter.sh · 10/09/2025

The last few days I've been trying to get my head around #jj-vcs. I feel like I don't understand some fundamental things. Like, after I do a merge of a PR, I do "jj git fetch", and then on an existing revision I do "jj rebase -d main", and get "Error: Commit d0421057deaf is immutable" ...

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baxter @baxter.sh · 01/09/2025

I remember reading a fable/anecdote years ago about how when an engineer goes to a conference they say “that was a waste of time, I only learned one or two new things” whereas when a salesperson goes to a conference they say “that was great, I learned one or two new things”

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 27/08/2025

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

anthonymoser.github.io

I Am An AI Hater

I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.

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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 30/08/2025

The Irish ambassador to Germany has conveyed her concern to German authorities after an Irish demonstrator was assaulted by police officers during a pro-Palestine protest in Berlin.

rte.ie

Dept contacts German authorities over protester assault

The Irish ambassador to Germany has conveyed her concern to German authorities after an Irish demonstrator was assaulted by police officers during a pro-Palestine protest in Berlin.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 28/08/2025

This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Washington, DC under military occupation in last August 2025, with banners proclaiming the absolute power of the primus inter pares

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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 17/08/2025

I'll say it once and I'll say it again. If you think artists are just "naturally talented", you're deeply wrong. The only difference between you and us is that we kept trying when it didn't come out like we hoped. You can always make art yourself. There's no bad time to start, you can start now.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 08/08/2025

Best description of Mastodon I’ve seen.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 28/05/2025

I hate that the em dash is now synonymous with AI generated content. Em dash — my beloved…

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baxter @baxter.sh · 12/05/2025

I'm not using nushell 100% of the time, but it's really nice dipping into it to write things in a more readable way, e.g. finding out which directories take up the most space: ~> du ./* | select path physical | sort-by physical | reverse #nushell

A screenshot of a terminal showing a query in nushell to list directories by size, and the result of that query, a table showing all of the results.

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no. @joles.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

applying for jobs again

screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question).

an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question:

"there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask.

it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same.

it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.”

there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price

for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

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baxter @baxter.sh · 27/04/2025

“Your interests help us find what you like!” Ok then please stop showing me sports.

Explore page from Bluesky showing sports stuff.

My interests where I’ve selected literally everything except sports.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 05/04/2025

Lizi’s redesigned their packaging and I hate it. Help me understand. Why do I like the packaging on the left and hate the packaging on the right?

Two packets of Lizi’s granola. The left is the old packaging and the right is the new packaging.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 04/04/2025

Today I did some linocut printing. It was my first time. I liked it. I think I’ll do it again.

A rough linocut print of an acorn and an oak leaf.

A rough linocut print of two dandelions and a dandelion seed.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 04/04/2025

Cinderella III: A Twist In Time, is a surprisingly good film. The animation is good. The story is alright. I like it. I should start a Letterboxd account for insight like this.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 01/04/2025

Every year on April 1st, we at the Ishtar Collective have tried to do something fun. This year I had very big plans, but for a number of reasons, many of them of my own making, they never came to fruition. I’m very proud of the thing we built, and maybe one day I’ll share it, but not today.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 01/04/2025

Today is April 1st. Be vigilant.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 29/03/2025

A follow up on this. On Tuesday we replaced Meilisearch Cloud with a $6 DigitalOcean droplet running Meilisearch set up by @wafer.baby. I wanted to start with the smallest instance and scale up based on performance. So far we’ve not had to scale up! $300/month → $6/month Pretty good saving! 😄

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baxter @baxter.sh · 22/03/2025

The Ishtar Collective’s search bill was $300 this month. That’s like 6 times the cost of all of the other services. 🤯 I think we’ll be moving away from @meilisearch.com’s hosted offering very soon. @wafer.baby is looking at running it ourselves on DigitalOcean.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 07/02/2025

Muting all mentions of severance until I have a chance to watch the latest episode

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baxter @baxter.sh · 06/02/2025

I started looking for Instagram alternatives and installed Pixelfed, but the first thing you need to do is pick a server. I feel like any app experience where you need to pick a server is going to turn off a lot of people. Myself included and I’m a massive nerd.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 26/01/2025

I’m sorry but calling Paw Patrol because you dropped some melons seems like a flagrant misuse of a valuable public service.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 24/01/2025

I’ve had enough once in a lifetime storms for one lifetime thanks.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 19/01/2025

Sega released these adverts for the Dreamcast in Japan starring then Managing Director Hidekazu Yukawa and they are great. youtu.be/B_nK7j4G6fQ?...

youtu.be

Sega Dreamcast - Hidekazu Yukawa Commercial Compilation

YouTube video by Advermax

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baxter @baxter.sh · 03/01/2025

My current coffee setup. I’d like to replace the grinder at some point. And maybe the artwork. #coffee

A photo of a counter top with a La Marzocco Linea Micra espresso machine, a Sage grinder, 2 cups of coffee, various other bits and pieces, some pothos plants / devil’s ivy, a photo of a coffee cup where the coffee is splashing everywhere.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 04/12/2024

This thread is great. I love Dwarf Fortress. I’ve had so many ridiculous things happen to my fortresses. One time a werewolf attacked my base, bit a child and infected him. And as I was mourning, a group of Kobolds attacked and kidnapped him 😂 A rollercoaster of emotions.

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Karl @verylittlegravitas.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

The 80s were different, here's a soap ad for Imperial leather. Why oh why don't we all have giant jacuzzi's and robot helpers yet youtu.be/hT1Z3vCxU-s?...

youtu.be

Cussons Imperial Leather Soap Advert 1980s

YouTube video by Tasmanian History Channel

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baxter @baxter.sh · 30/11/2024

Labelers are pretty cool. Like this one from @engagement-hacks.bsky.social.

Screenshot of a Bluesky post that is hidden because the account has been labeled by Engagement Hacks

An explanation of the Engagement Hackers label, saying the account was labelled because they perform engagement hacking, like mass following and then unfollowing users.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 30/11/2024

Every year Black Friday/Cyber Monday stresses me out. How am I supposed to decide if I want to buy something in a 72-hour window? My usual process when buying anything is to pore over reviews, think about the pros and cons for days, maybe make a list, and then inevitably not buy anything.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 29/11/2024

Does anyone else write out posts, then go over the character limit, think about splitting it into two posts, then think “why am I even writing this post?” and start to question whether anyone cares, but then think “ah you should post it anyway,” but it’s too late now you’ve gone over the limit agai–

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baxter @baxter.sh · 27/11/2024

I went to see Wicked today. I loved it. I’ve been a big fan of the musical for like 15 years? Longer? And many times I’ve wondered what a film adaptation would be like. Whether it could live up to the stage musical. And it absolutely did. #wicked

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baxter @baxter.sh · 27/11/2024

I’m a good friend. 😌

A screenshot of a discord chat with Josh where I ask him if he can mute #wicked

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Wrote about how Bluesky is booming because it's giving users precisely what the tech giants are taking away www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/blueskys-s...

A text block that reads: The online world has become so hostile to users that Bluesky’s pitch of ‘here is a straightforward feed of text-based user-generated posts that we promise not to mess with’ is revelatory. Its scaling model and raison d’être are a very rejection of the platforms that have colonized the rest of our digital lives, and relentlessly commodified them. No wonder everyone seems to be rooting for its success, even if there are, pointedly, no guarantees those ideals will remain in place.

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Alan C @a1cooke.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Howdy 👋recent joiner of Blue Sky. Looking to move off of X. I work for Squarespace as a Senior Staff Engineer. Was previously managing the Unfold/Social team. I work predominantly in Swift but also starting to refresh my knowledge of Kotlin.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 14/11/2024

This view stopped me in my tracks this morning. The grass was glistening. It felt like winter.

Photograph of dew covered grass and a sunny sky, bare trees and an outline of a figure.

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baxter @baxter.sh · 11/11/2024

Something I like about Bluesky is being able to use “custom feeds” which basically means custom algorithms. For example this one shows me only posts from the people I’m following. No reposts. No replies. No suggestions. It’s my favourite feed. bsky.app/profile/skyf...

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