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david celis @davidcel.is · 28/09/2026

at the Intellectual Property brewery 📍Wooden Ship Brewing Company / Minneapolis / MN

david celis @davidcel.is · 28/09/2026

went to the Jack-o-Lantern Spectacular last night and thought it’d be pretty fun… i was not expecting it to be this fucking cool 📍Minnesota Zoo / Apple Valley / MN

A panoramic display of hundreds of classic jack-o-lanterns lit up in red, orange, and yellow, arrayed across uneven ground and many hanging from trees, with several jack-o-lanterns carved from giant pumpkins lit up in greens and purples and blues

A pumpkin with a detailed carving of a an adult loon in the water, carrying a baby loon on its back

A jack-o-lantern with a detailed carving of Ash Ketchum releasing Pikachu from its pokéball

A jack-o-lantern with a detailed carving of Donkey Kong (from Donkey Kong Bananza) smashing into the ground while carrying young Pauline on his back

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david celis @davidcel.is · 17/09/2026

and i mean, let's be real: it's fucking hilarious that Anthropic would have even pledged this in the first place after DHH posted this shit

@dhh on Twitter: "This is why we need competition and open weights in AI. Imagine a world where only Anthropic sat as the moral arbiter of acceptable speech. Fucking ridiculous. (Grok of course did it no problem, same too with Kimi K)."

A screenshot of Claude refusing to translate DHH's blog post follows: "I'm going to pass on this one. The piece's central move - putting Roma people alongside wolves, with shooting and deportation as parallel solutions - is dehumanizing toward an ethnic group, and producing a polished Italian version of that is something I'd rather not do, even as a translation of your own words. Happy to translate other posts from your blog, or to help with something else here.

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david celis @davidcel.is · 10/09/2026

Fig 1. Betteridge’s Law of Headlines

The front cover of an issue of The Economist, headlined “Could AIs become conscious?”

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david celis @davidcel.is · 06/09/2026

at last. another pizza night in the bag. 1. buffalo margherita 2. jimmy nardello peppers, red scallions, garlic, mozz, red sauce 3. elote w/ chipotle crema (and cilantro on the side for the haters) 4. maryhill peaches, dashi-fortified corn sauce, mozz, hot honey, basil

A margherita pizza with tomato sauce, buffalo mozzarella, and fresh basil

A pizza with long, sweet red peppers; sliced red scallion bottoms; mozzarella; and parmesan

A pizza with fresh sweet corn, shredded mozzarella, scallion greens, chipotle crema, and parmesan

A pizza with grated corn sauce, sliced peaches, fresh basil, and hot honey

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david celis @davidcel.is · 05/09/2026

listen, i get everyone’s having fun with that regional dialect quiz, but what the fuck

Question 34 of 60:

What do you call the insect that flies around in the summer and has a rear section that glows in the dark?

* lightning bug
* firefly
* I use lightning bug and firefly interchangeably
* [HIGHLIGHTED OPTION] peenie wallie
* I have no word for this
* other

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david celis @davidcel.is · 05/09/2026

i am back and once again begging you to look at my nascent pizza

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david celis @davidcel.is · 03/09/2026

Based on the responses from @1password.bsky.social's CEO and cofounder, they're not likely to change course, so I've cancelled my account. If you still have time left on your billing cycle to find an alternative and export your data, there's no reason to wait to cancel; speak with your dollars.

An email from David to 1Password's support:

"Based on the responses from your CEO and cofounder that have been published on The Verge, as promised, I've now cancelled my account. Your company's support for this man is disgusting and abhorrent and you'll not get any further money from me, nor will I ever again recommend 1Password to any family, friends, acquaintances, or colleagues."

After the text is a screenshot confirming his account cancellation

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david celis @davidcel.is · 02/09/2026

ah yep, there it is. still no info on any board of directors, though.

A screenshot of entity details for the Omacom Foundation showing its incorporation as a tax exempt corporation on August 27, 2026 in the state of Delaware

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david celis @davidcel.is · 02/09/2026

i got the boilerplate response from 1Password. here's my follow-up

Hello David,

Thank you for reaching out and sharing your questions and concerns about our decision to become a corporate patron of the Omacom Foundation. We value the relationship we have with you, and we want to respond thoughtfully and openly about the purpose of this commitment and how we're approaching it at 1Password.

At 1Password, we support developer and open-source communities because they're an important part of the ecosystem our customers rely on. We have a long history of supporting open source projects, including the Linux, Rails, and Rust Foundations. We chose to support Omarchy because it is a growing Linux environment that developers use and value, and because 1Password already had a meaningful presence in that community.

Contributing to the Omacom Foundation is intended to support hosting infrastructure and provides stable, long-term funding for the upstream open-source projects and maintainers on which Omarchy depends.

We recognize that Omarchy is closely associated with its founder, and that raises questions about what our support means. Our contribution is made to the Omacom Foundation, not to an individual, and is not an endorsement of any individual's personal or political views. 1Password does not endorse hateful, dehumanizing, or exclusionary views.

The patronage is also separate from product decisions. It includes no requirements or guarantees related to product placement, exclusivity, endorsement, or roadmap influence.

We understand that this explanation may not change how you feel about our decision. We take all feedback seriously and share it with the appropriate teams.
Our commitment to the security and privacy of our customers remains unchanged.

We're grateful for the trust you place in 1Password.

While I appreciate getting a response to this, I am incredibly disappointed in said response. If you actually cared about contributions and funding to upstream projects and components in the Linux ecosystem, you could have simply donated money to any of those upstream projects (such as Arch Linux itself), or even something like OpenCollective, and it would have had much more of an impact. Instead, you chose to commit $300,000 to Omarchy (a glorified set of dotfiles and hyprland configurations that provide nothing of substance back to Linux itself) and become its first corporate sponsor that is not simply one of DHH's other companies. To claim that this decision is because you "support developer and open-source communities" is honestly insulting, given Omarchy's creator DHH is independently wealthy and could easily fund his vanity project himself.

Furthermore, to suggest that Omarchy/Omacom is merely "closely associated" with its founder is simply absurd. Omacom has no published board, no publicly available information about how (or even if) it was incorporated, and the only known member is DHH himself, a darling of the growing fascist movement in the tech industry who has now written racist diatribes calling for ethnic cleansing in Europe multiple times in the last several years. You cannot separate a founder's beliefs from the mission of their foundations or companies, and Omarchy and its foundation provide a new way for him to gain relevance and grow his platform, something that can only lead to the spread of more hatred. Your donation fuels this and has permanently damaged your company's reputation.

As for the waning trust I placed in 1Password, there's no longer anything for you to be grateful for: it has now completely evaporated, I will continue to evaluate alternatives for an export of my 1Password account before my next billing cycle, and I will be recommending that every person I know to do the same for their personal and corporate accounts.

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david celis @davidcel.is · 30/08/2026

please bear witness to this anatomically correct eggplant 🍆

An eggplant that bears a striking resemblance to the notably phallic 🍆 emoji

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david celis @davidcel.is · 28/08/2026

shit like this should live on in posterity so here it is if he deletes it. this is how the maintainer of neovim feels about people who are concerned with platforming/normalizing fascists as important people whose opinions an be trusted

A comment from Neovim maintainer @justinmk:

You all have embarrassed and shamed yourselves.

Most of you aren't Neovim users, but a drive-by mob, swirling from one mindless vomit-party to another, like the pacific garbage patch.

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david celis @davidcel.is · 28/08/2026

it looks a little wonky, but that’s okay. it’s special and unique.

A cappuccino with milk art of a mildly askew rosetta

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david celis @davidcel.is · 20/08/2026

got a hot tip and immediately followed it

A bottle of green chartreuse balanced on top of a few other bottles nestled amongst cardboard dividers in a smallbox

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david celis @davidcel.is · 18/08/2026

made blackened chicken (in old bay and cacao???), a minty peach salad, and corn rice for dinner

A shallow bowl containing a mound of rice lightly darkened with soy sauce and studded with kernels of fresh sweet corn, another small mound of sliced peaches glistening with vinaigrette and tossed with mint leaves and shallots, and a final small mound of sliced blackened chicken thighs

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david celis @davidcel.is · 04/08/2026

"engineer away the slop"

A blog post by Geoffrey Huntley on July 24, 2026 displaying a cartoon hero image of a bearded man wearing glasses and a long-sleeved button-down shirt while sitting at a weaving loom, with various flowers scattered underneath the loom and lotus flower patches on the shirt's sleeve and chest. The image looks suspiciously AI-generated despite the title of the post being "engineer away the slop", with tells such as a bizarre looking set of headphones that have no headband and are instead attached to his glasses, inconsistent warp threads on the loom, odd fabric folds, and other strange artifacts mixed into the leaves.

An analysis of the hero image that shows it is, indeed, AI-generated with a 97% likelihood that its fake.

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david celis @davidcel.is · 01/08/2026

that smoked pork coppa steak in the back with the cherries might be some of the best bbq ive had in my life oh my god 📍HarBQ / Portland / OR

A paper tray lined with butcher’s paper and covered in barbecue: a smoked pork chop sliced and topped with stone fruit and basil, a smoked pork coppa steak sliced and drizzled with sauce and halved cherries, and two small paper trays with miso butter corn and an heirloom tomato and peach salad

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david celis @davidcel.is · 27/07/2026

just got to my hotel and surely the view from my room will be the envy of all

A hotel window featuring the rather remarkable view of another wall 5 to 10 feet away

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david celis @davidcel.is · 25/07/2026

wtf when did Carrot add a trip manager? incredible feature for a weather app

A temporary five day weather forecast for a trip to San Mateo, CA

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david celis @davidcel.is · 24/07/2026

made SIX panuozzi for a “Stoney Baloney” potluck in the park today… sourdough pizza crust folded and stuffed with burrata, peaches tossed in chili crisp and red wine vinegar, mortadella, and fresh basil

A nicely charred pizza crust folded in half and stuffed with burrata, peaches tossed in chili crisp and red wine vinegar, mortadella, and fresh basil

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david celis @davidcel.is · 23/07/2026

i don’t usually respond to these kinds of emails, but this one made me so fucking mad that i blacked out and regained consciousness with this in my outbox

An email exchange between Andre Hamra and David Celis

ANDRE HAMRA: Hi David, Andre here – Stanford MBA'24, Forbes Under 30, and founder of Refer. Not sure if you saw on Business Insider this week, but we just raised $10M for the crazy idea of making recruiting free for companies and built around the candidate instead. Do you happen to be hiring for Freshworks? Or planning your next move? If yes I’m happy to share more.

DAVID CELIS: No thanks, Andre. I think it shows a distinct lack of empathy to be running a recruiting platform where people who need work and who may already be unemployed are forced to pay for the “privilege” of getting hired, especially in the current job market. It's should be so obvious that companies who actually have the cash to hire should be the ones paying for candidate placement that this comes off as ludicrously out of touch and the fact that you’ve been able to secure $10M in funding only further entrenches my belief that this industry is run by absolute sociopaths who only care about sucking the working class dry. I truly hope your company crashes and burns.

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david celis @davidcel.is · 20/07/2026

is it finally happening?

US Corporate Insiders Are Selling Stocks at a Near Record Pace
Michael Msika • July 17, 2026 at 1:51 AM PDT

US executives are selling shares at the second-fastest pace in more than 20 years, a classic red flag to some investors because it suggests people with the most corporate knowledge are wary about markets.

Hedge Funds Add Bullish Oil Bets at Fastest Pace in a Decade
By Mia Gindis and Will Kubzansky
July 17, 2026 at 1:12 PM PDT

Hedge funds piled into bullish bets on Brent oil at the fastest pace in almost a decade as fighting between Iran and the US ramped up, dampening investors' expectations of a sustained recovery in shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Goldman Says Hedge Funds Sell US Tech Stocks at Record Pace
Michael Msika • July 20, 2026 at 6:16 AM PDT

Hedge funds pulled back from US tech stocks at a record pace over the past two months, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Prime Services desk.

The cohort was a net seller of the sector in six of the past eight weeks, according to the desk led by Vincent Lin. The cumulative reduction in market value totaled about 10%, marking the largest such retreat from the sector since the data series began more than a decade ago.

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david celis @davidcel.is · 08/07/2026

Student 1 and student 22

An older white man in a business suit shaking hands with Steve Carrell as Michael Scott in The Office, wearing a white button down, blue striped tie, and fanny pack while sporting long hair and looking overall very goofy

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david celis @davidcel.is · 08/07/2026

one of my favorite macOS bugs is Weather.app's menu bar item forgetting where i am. the only way to fix it is the IT help desk special (turning its location permissions off and on again). it's only been a bug for a few years tho so no big deal i guess

The Weather menu bar app in macOS showing an hourly forecast for Los Angeles despite me being in Portland, OR.

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david celis @davidcel.is · 02/07/2026

i got it. the final glizzant 📍Ollini / Portland / OR

A lonely croissant stuffed with a hot dog on the front of a paper lined baking sheet containing chocolate chunk cookies on the back half, just above another baking sheet with smores kouign amanns on an otherwise empty metal kitchen rack

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david celis @davidcel.is · 23/06/2026

US: it’s warm and sunny, we should have a fire on the beach for solstice!!! THE BEACH:

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david celis @davidcel.is · 15/06/2026

am i depressed? yes. but did i just get a custom GBA? also yes.

A Game Boy Advance with a custom pearlescent transparent body, pastel buttons, and a pastel screen border featuring the legendary Pokémon Celebi

The GBA powered on (showing off colorful LEDs behind the buttons) and running Mother 3. The initial character naming is requesting a name for "The brave and smart dog." and "Susan" is entered into the text box

An early screen from Mother 3 showing the main character, Lucas, next to two pigs grazing by a fence. He is speaking to the pig on the left, which says: "Oink oink. (What the pig next to me says worries me…)

Lucas speaking with the other pig: "Oink. (Don't worry about it.)"

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david celis @davidcel.is · 07/06/2026

sincerely, [this] bagel [rules] 📍Sincerely Bagel / Portland / OR

A bacon, egg, and cheese on a sourdough kimchi cheddar bagel, with gochujang mayo and the egg taking the form of a soufflé egg patty

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david celis @davidcel.is · 01/06/2026

made a slightly larger batch of pizza dough so i could use the extra to try out this “pizza dog” thing that keeps showing up on my instagram feed it’s good, folks

An oblong, puffy flatbread topped with mozzarella and a whole sausage

The pizza dog cut in half on its serving peel and rearranged so the viewer can see an open, airy crust

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david celis @davidcel.is · 30/05/2026

mid day surf ‘n’ turf? don’t mind if i do 📍HarBQ / Portland / OR

A paper tray of five grilled spot prawns, saltines, lime wedges, hot sauce, and flaky gray salt in front of another paper tray with caesar salad

A large shallow paper tray with a huge cold-smoked, charcoal grilled ribeye sliced up with pickles and hotel butter

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david celis @davidcel.is · 30/05/2026

i’m interested, but how am i supposed to transport this?

A telephone pole on a residential easement with a paper sign taped to it that reads “Free”

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david celis @davidcel.is · 27/05/2026

wow, these people are fucking ghouls www.linkedin.com/posts/markwi...

A LinkedIn post from Mark W., a laid off Webflow employee:

Hey Linda Tong I'm locked out of my Webflow laptop since 7am this morning.

Rumor has it we've been laid off, but I don't have an email or any message to confirm anything, and I actually said

"I don't think Linda would lay people off again without letting them know first, especially if they're on a closed work permit in a foreign country and it would mean relocating their whole family, I'm certain she would have the dignity to let folks know in a better way, given the debacle last time"

Tell me it's not true 😆

My manager, Christopher Harrop, do you have any news? Do I have a job?

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david celis @davidcel.is · 23/05/2026

hard to tell because the sausage is also comically large, but this’s the biggest beef rib i’ve ever seen. i thought dinos were extinct but now i’m suddenly eating one like i’m in fucken Bedrock? 📍Lil' Barbecue / Portland / OR

A tray lined with butcher paper, holding a small paper tray of deep-fried mashed potato cubes, a small composite wood bowl of caesar salad, a sliced barbecue sausage, and a gigantic barbecue beef rib

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david celis @davidcel.is · 20/05/2026

i always use the same recipe for my sourdough pizza, but i tried a tweak this time and subbed out 20% of the 00 flour for Cairnspring Mills' Trailblazer bread flour and got really good results!! not only was the bread itself way tastier, but i got my first consistently puffy crust