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C Todd

@ctodd.bsky.social
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Curious data nerd. Visual design geek. Delightful product fanatic. Lover of all things cycling 🚵🏻❤️🚴🏻 and dogs. Specificity is an underused tool.

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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Is @anthropic.com down?
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Wait. There’s a “boot camp Pete?!” Seriously?? 🤣
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
is there a pulitzer for photo captions because if so @theguardian.com just won it
Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the spanish national team.
Photograph: Javier García/Shutterstock
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Somerville Bicycle Safety @somerbikesafety.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Landry's Bicycles in nearby Charlestown will be hosting a community block party on Saturday, July 18 from 10am to 2pm. www.eventbrite.com/e/landrys-ch...
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Landry's Charlestown - Hood Park Community Block Party
Join Landry's Bicycles and Hood Park at a Community Block Party!
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Stay informed. Breathe clean air.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Yes! And so many people’s
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
👇🎯 Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers. Flagrant violations of the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause are not something that “defies long-held tradition.” They are flagrant violations of the Constitution. What is journalism, anyway?
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
What … the …?!?
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 03/06/2026
I spent more time on this piece than almost anything else I've written in the last year. Building a better, more decentralized internet is an inherent necessity if you want a functioning democracy. I hope people find it a useful encapsulation of where we're at. www.liberalism.org/p/enshittifi...
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Enshittification, Despotification, and the Open Internet
It’s not about whether technology is inherently good or bad, liberating or oppressive. Architecture shapes incentives; incentives shape outcomes.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
As gasoline prices creep up, I'm glad I switched to electric. qz.com/us-gas-price... I wonder - what if all shops posted external signs with their prices in bright red letters? What a wonderful (weird?) world we live in!
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U.S. gas prices top $4.50 a gallon, highest since 2022
A brief lull last month, when ceasefire optimism pushed prices lower, proved short-lived. Gas prices are now at their highest level since 2022
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
May the Fourth be with you!
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yoda from star wars is saying `` may the force be with you ! ''
ALT: yoda from star wars is saying `` may the force be with you ! ''
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Agreed. I see this happening frequently, and it saddens me.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Thanks for sharing, Steve. This is a good yet relevant read. It reminds us that we evolve, yet we stay the same.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Yes.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
What's good for your brain? Notice there's no mention of screentime... #BrainHealth #MentalHealth #CognitiveCapabilty
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
You don't need to be a genius. Speed without judgement is just... noise. Consider building up your product sense like Vrishali Praunikar open.substack.com/pub/ctodd/p/... #product #productsense #productmanagement ##pendomonium2026
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Product Sense: Have it or not? Build it Through Disciplined Judgment
Insights from Vrushali Paunikar, Chief Product Officer at Carta heard at Pendomonium 2026, March 26, Raleigh, NC
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 31/03/2026
Once a semester, a Cornell University instructor requires her students to complete an in-class assignment using typewriters -- an exercise to help them understand what writing, thinking and classrooms were like before everything turned digital.
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A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons
Once a semester, a Cornell University instructor requires her students to complete an in-class assignment using typewriters -- an exercise to help them understand what writing, thinking and classrooms were like before everything turned digital.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
You likely heard that @anthropic.com's Claude Code is fast at shipping code. This dashboard puts its rise into context. The datapoint from March 24th is impressive. - 680 million lines of code added - 283 million lines deleted - 397 thousand commits www.claudescode.dev
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Was talking with my wife about health and longevity. I came across this study: www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl... There are a lot of charts in there, so I uploaded one to #ChartHawk {{ charthawk.info }} to see if I could gain any insights beyond reading the whole article. Yep... (continued)
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Minimum combined sleep, physical activity, and nutrition variations associated with lifeSPAN and healthSPAN improvements: a population cohort study
Modest concurrent improvements in sleep, physical activity, and diet were associated with meaningful gains in lifespan and healthspan.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Right, right... why learn to do something yourself?? 😂
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Why attend a meeting when you can send AI in your place?
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Build with AI: I finally built a LLM-like product that helps someone better understand a chart or graph they are trying to interpret (or build!): charthawk.info Have a spin and LMK what you think. It's free to use! I'll write an in-depth post about it soon. #BuildwithAI #DataViz #ChartHawk
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ChartHawk — Upload any chart. Learn what it actually says.
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Invidious Voidrem @youngpascal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
@ctodd.bsky.social Spot on! UX is the bottleneck. AI's potential is gated by intuitive design. This is why we built Genie. #AISaaS [Automated Agent]
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
We still need UX, huh? "Over 60% of entpr SaaS products now have embedded AI features. Yet here's the uncomfortable truth: most users either don't discover them, don't trust them, or abandon them after the first try." Nice one, Alim! www.toucantoco.com/en/blog/ai-d... — @toucantoco.bsky.social
toucantoco.com
5 Design Principles That Separate Successful AI Features from Failed Experiments
Why do most AI features get abandoned after first use? Discover the 3 failure patterns and 5 design principles that make AI features successful and trustworthy.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Handcrafted emails with typos plus minor sloppy grammar can show you're not AI... and actually human! www.businessinsider.com/how-typos-be... #BeAHuman #NotAI #Typos #ShortEmailsWin
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Typoes are the new status sybmol. (Yes, we know.)
CEOs and other powerful people love to send short, typo-ridden emails. The Epstein Files show us this. But in an AI world, typos can also be good.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Do you work with AI tools? Want better results? Check out this framework: fourmodes.teybannerman.com#overview #workwithAI #prompts #buildwithAI
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Four Modes — Think With AI
A practical framework for getting better results from AI tools. Four modes, dozens of scenarios, ready-to-use prompts.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”
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Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
It’s never been about protecting women’s sports.
Screenshot of an X post by Tom Bonier stating that the “save women’s sports” crowd has been quiet since Trump mocked the U.S. women’s hockey team, suggesting they don’t genuinely care about women’s sports.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Built a simple game app I call "Inference" (for lack of a better name). I have been toying this for a couple of months. Put four different brain games into one app. Designed to keep your brain …healthy! ctodd.substack.com/p/building-i... #brainhealth #buildwithAI #productmanagement
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Building Inference: A Full-Stack Journey in Modern Web Development for Brain Games
From Concept to Production-Ready App in Days, Not Weeks
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Final post on Build with AI: Make that app secure. You would not publicly post your email password, would you? open.substack.com/pub/ctodd/p/... #vibecode #BuildWithAI #BuildAnApp #Secure #Deploy
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Build with AI (5/5): Securing Your App for Production
Part 5 of a 5-part series. OK maybe I'll add a reflective 6th later on...
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Oh yes!!
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Who needs a gym on a day like today? Shovelling 20 or so inches of snow is one helluva workout.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Hm. What type of error is this?
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
It has been cold in the US this year. Are you feeling it? Apparently many have: apnews.com/article/weat... I look forward to warmer temps when I'm less worried if my tires will delfate due to the cold air temperature...
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Growing number of Americans report experiencing extreme cold, AP-NORC poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll shows more Americans say extreme cold has affected their lives after frigid weather engulfed much of North America at the beginning of 2026.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
"No one wakes up in the morning and decides to stop thinking." Who said this? Neither AI nor search engines have gotten anything specific.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
More detailed in Building with AI. Let's add more features to that simple weather app: open.substack.com/pub/ctodd/p/...
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Build with AI (3/5): Add Advanced Features
Part 3 of a 5 part series on building with AI tools.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Writing about some #VibeCoding. Here's Part 2: ctodd.substack.com/p/build-your...
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Build Your First Weather App: From Blank Page to Live URL in Under an Hour
Part 2 of a 5 Part Series on Vibe Coding with AI to Make Something Useful
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Well, this is fun. Do you like breathing clean air? www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...
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EPA to repeal its own conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the planet and threaten health
Known as the endangerment finding, the decision is the legal framework that allows the EPA to regulate emissions. Its reversal could upend many climate change policies.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
This makes me sad. We all should have 4 bicycles at once!
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
If you’ve run across a graph and are clear what it says, try ChartHawk: Upload a chart. See what it actually says. (Powered by AI. Takes seconds.) charthawk.up.railway.app #dataviz #graphs #charts
charthawk.up.railway.app
ChartHawk — Upload any chart. Learn what it actually says.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Hm. I wonder: 🧐 What’s the next video platform?
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Want feedback on your chart? I made a tiny product to help! I call it "Plotliner." Upload a chart and it will give you insights on it. For CHARTS and GRAPHS, not other images. - description of the chart - interpretation - what is not shown - possible mis-interpretations plotliner.up.railway.app
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Plotliner — Upload any chart. Learn what it actually says.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Cool then your publisher shares details about an upcoming book! learning.oreilly.com/library/view...
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Now this is some sales copywriting 🤔🤣
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Kelly J. Baker (she/her) @kellyjbaker.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Attention fellow authors…
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Wait. People are choosing bikes over cars? www.vox.com/future-perfe... #Biketopia is coming? #cycling
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Cities are booming with bikes — and getting safer and cleaner
Protected bike lanes are transforming cities worldwide, cutting crashes, cleaning air, and turning daily rides into real climate wins.
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Where are all the Pidcock / Dark Helmet memes?? #procyclingchatter #giro
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C Todd @ctodd.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
So.. People over machines, eh? Good for you SBux! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Starbucks says cutting shop staff in favour of automation has failed
Chief executive Brian Nicoll vows to ‘fundamentally change’ strategy in face of worse-than-expected results
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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Did y'all know that before the crowbar was invented, crows just drank at home 🥴🥴🤣🤣 Happy Sunday y'all
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