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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 30/09/2026
I rely too heavily on work for social interaction. AI has largely eliminated those interactions and eroded our culture. It took me way too long to realize all of this.
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I Miss People
I’ve been in a funk for a few weeks and am taking a couple of weeks off work to reflect on the past and rethink my future. Much of this has been driven by how AI has changed software engineering. I sp...
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 11/08/2026
I may be the only person disappointed to be dismissed from jury service today. I was looking forward to the experience! 😔
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 13/03/2026
Holy cow, database clones + AI are amazing for query/view optimization! My only regret is not setting up cloning sooner!
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 23/12/2025
I see I wasn't the only one who immediately noticed the #Pluribus connection.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 30/11/2025
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 09/11/2025
Last week it was Luna Sole, whose lack of a web presence or history tipped me off that she might be AI: www.instagram.com/lunasole_mus...
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 09/11/2025
I'm noticing that Spotify is recommending more music that seems to be AI-generated. This week I came across a Rihanna's "Umbrella": www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPiq....
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Umbrella – 1950’s Motown Soul AI Reimagined Version [Back in Tune]
YouTube video by Back in Tune
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 05/11/2025
This episode of @nprfreshair.bsky.social is enlightening and enraging. The country is always worse off when we aim for “national healing” instead of justice. Civil War, Nixon, Trump. Hopefully we learn quick! www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
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Why the DOJ's cases against Trump for election interference never came to a jury
Injustice authors Carol Leonnig and Aaron Davis say following Jan. 6, the cases against the former president were stymied by the FBI's desire to preserve its independence from politics.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Our show this week is the first episode of The Harvard Plan Season 2, our collaboration with the @bostonglobe.com about the fight for the soul of America’s oldest and most prestigious university. Hosted by award-winning reporter @ilyamarritz.bsky.social:
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S2 - Episode 1: The Harvard Plan | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The Harvard Plan - our collaboration with the Boston Globe, is back! In episode one, we hear what unfolded at Harvard from Donald Trump’s inauguration to convocation 2025. Three main ...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10/10/2025
MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling reut.rs/471tkNZ
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MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling
Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she "cannot support" a memo that the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 30/09/2025
THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 29/08/2025
I want to hate-watch #Invasion, but don’t want to contribute to the analytics that might bizarrely get it renewed again. I may resort to torrents so Apple doesn’t infer the wrong conclusions. 🙃
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 23/08/2025
That’s the wrong takeaway I think. Not all startups force tooling on you. Vori, where I work, has licenses for Cursor and Claude Code. No one is forced to use them.
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 23/08/2025
This. 2024 was such a weird year. The anti-DEI pushback didn't start under Trump, and it wasn't driven by the GOP. This dude openly said, "Watch this! I'm going to turn gullible liberals against DEI!"🤡 And then he did. So called allies accepted fascist lies about what DEI is, without question.🤦🏿‍♂️
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Andrea Grandi @andreagrandi.it · 19/08/2025
People finding out that despite the presence of auto pilot, you still need to be a pilot to fly an airplane
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 16/08/2025
After four years in this apartment I finally thought to oil the hinges of the pantry door. Yet, my brain and body are conditioned to listen for the squeak. I’ve created my own episode of “Sliders” (a show that I can’t recall watching, but do recall the non-squeaky fence scene).
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Despite all the handwringing about “intellectual diversity” the reality is that higher ed exposes young people to a vastly different array of people and experiences than almost anything else you can do.
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 19/05/2025
This was an pleasant surprise in my feed this afternoon.
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 16/05/2025
Random realization: I can't recall when I last emptied the trash on my computer. Disk space hasn't been a major concern for at least five years!
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 13/05/2025
Let’s clear something up: SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — the LARGEST federal program to fight hunger in the country! It blows my mind that the party that touts its “Christian values” is the same party that is SET on taking food from the hungry.
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Benjamin Rahn @brahn.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
We now have rebuttals to every Republican claim of legitimacy. * No, Republicans can't be trusted with the economy. Given the opportunity they wrecked it. * No, they aren't tough on crime. They shut down investigations of their thieving buddies, and pardoned violent insurgents. 1/?
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 01/05/2025
How the hell you ruin Christmas and it's only April!? #tariffs
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 23/04/2025
Looking forward to this read from fellow #MIT alum @hatethegamebook.com
A snapshot of the cover of the book, “Hate the Game” by Daryl Fairweather
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 22/04/2025
Why is scientific notation the default for large numbers in Excel/Sheets? More often than not, I just want to print long numbers as strings.
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 21/04/2025
*sighs in Black person* We detailed everything that these people were going to do, and are currently doing. They wrote it down! I can even tell you what happens next! But y'all won't listen to that either. 🤷🏿‍♂️ Y'all super late.
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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 19/04/2025
Train your own model.
A medical illustration of the human brain.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/04/2025
How are Elon Musk and his associates remaking the federal bureaucracy? 🗓️ On Thursday, April 17 at 4 pm ET, join our reporters as they review what they’ve learned about the inner workings of DOGE. Submit your questions below ⤵️
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Investigating the Department of Government Efficiency
Our reporting team discusses DOGE and how Elon Musk and his associates are remaking the federal bureaucracy.
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 27/03/2025
Great work @torrho.com!
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 26/03/2025
I'm contemplating switching browsers all because I can't type "gc" to get to my calendar. Sometimes code should just be left alone. issues.chromium.org/issues/39772...
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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I am holding my second town hall tonight! Please bring your friends and family, we have a lot to talk about. Excited to share updates about how I’m fighting for our CA-12 communities, and excited to hear your questions and concerns. Doors open at 5:15 PM, we will start at 6 PM.
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 28/02/2025
DOGE isn't here to serve anyone other than Elon Musk and Donald Trump. And it was never about "efficiency." Just like the doge meme, the lives of hard-working families are a joke to them. youtube.com/shorts/nHoGr...
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DOGE isn't here to serve anyone other than Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 26/02/2025
🤷🏿‍♂️Them stealing Social Security doesn't really affect Black men that much. Social Security usually kicks in at 67 years old. But because there's so much racism in the US, a Black man born today has a life expectancy of ~66.5😮 Y'all focus on "No money after 67?" and I'll focus on "No life after 67?"
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 26/02/2025
This is what a deal with the devil looks like👇 @housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the  expense of the middle class.
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 21/02/2025
IaC
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 17/02/2025
For people that work in tech *only*. An important clarification on what federal employees mean when they say "probationary period." In tech, we're very reluctant to promote an engineer from say, level 5 to level 6, until we have enough time to know that the level 6 performance is sustainable.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 09/02/2025
I recently learned about this problem from Freakonomics: freakonomics.com/podcast/why-...
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Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? - Freakonomics
Why Don’t Running Backs Get Paid Anymore? - Freakonomics
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 09/02/2025
I can't login to TreasuryDirect to download a 1099, meaning I can't finish my tax return, meaning I can't pay my owed taxes. How is this supposed to be better!?
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 09/02/2025
He’s doing a one-man show about his life and career at The Marsh in Berkeley. Go see it!
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 09/02/2025
Tonight was great! I met #MeteorMan!
Clinton Blackburn, holding a signed “The Meteor Man” DVD, standing beside director/writer/star Robert Townsend
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 02/02/2025
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After Target backs away from diversity programs, civil rights activists call for a boycott
Target announced last Friday that it would join other American brands in scaling back their DEI goals and activities, which have come under attack from conservatives and the new White House of Preside...
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Benjamin Harnett @benjaminharnett.com · 28/01/2025
Why do people who seem otherwise intelligent and competent keep suggesting GenerativeAI as a solution to problems that require accurate information when the one thing it can’t deliver is…accurate information?
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 27/01/2025
The key, if you have an office job, is to NOT take holidays off. Why? No one will be in the office (or on Zoom). You can work in peace…or slack off, if that’s your jam.
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Clinton Blackburn @clintonblackburn.com · 25/01/2025
Accessibility is also important for children. Ramps. Automatic doors. Certain washroom facilities. My 4yo is learning to be more independent thanks to these, and many other, features that were primarily installed for disabled persons.
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