Reposted by Damien SolimandoDavid Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Starting my day making some art. 281625488
Reposted by Damien SolimandoMonteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We’re now at the “finding out” portion of the equation, and I’d be almost excited, except that a lot of good people lost their jobs over this bullshit, more than a few people died using this shit, and there won't be any consequences for the assholes who crammed it down everyone’s throats.futurism.com"Slop Grenades": Shopify CEO Who Pushed Staff to Use AI Is Now Horrified by What He's WroughtShopify CEO Tobias Lütke is getting a first-hand look at the AI-workplace revolution, and it isn't a pretty sight. 57817
Reposted by Damien SolimandoKeith Cirkel @keithamus.social · 19/09/2026I want Custom Attributes to exist - think Custom Elements (Web Components) but Attributes. I've been working on a proposal, specs, and now a polyfill: www.keithcirkel.co.uk/custom-attri... More coming soon!keithcirkel.co.ukCustom Attributes polyfill 79823
Reposted by Damien SolimandoBaldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 18/08/2026“Anthropic watermarks AI output — and the AI bros yell – Pivot to AI” pivot-to-ai.com/2026/08/17/anthropi… Watching all of this unfold has been kind of funny.pivot-to-ai.comAnthropic watermarks AI output — and the AI bros yellThe European Union AI Act went through on 1 August 2024. One of the requirements is the “Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content” — you have to clearly identify AI output to the pu… 22412
Reposted by Damien SolimandoMel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026If you are producing scholarship with AI and your work could plausibly be accessed in the EU, you are now legally compelled to disclose the nature and extent of your AI use. A tremendous win for scholarly integrity. www.lexacademic.com/blog/the-sta...lexacademic.comThe Stamp of Shame: What Claude’s New Legal Watermark Means for your Research - Lex Academic® 8717207
Reposted by Damien Solimando404 Media @404media.co · 07/08/2026A teacher in Kansas was arrested for clapping for speakers who spoke up against a data center. Now, the city of Emporia is moving to virtual only meetings, citing "public safety." In their own words, Lux Claridge, tells us what happened. @mjgault.bsky.social story: www.404media.co/city-that-ar... 45758337
Reposted by Damien SolimandoGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 10/04/2024remembering the greatest interview of all time 1382742086
Reposted by Damien SolimandoBaldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 01/07/2026“Changes to our Contribution Policies – Godot Engine” godotengine.org/article/contributio… > AI cannot take responsibility, and we can’t trust heavy users of AI to understand their code enough to fix it.godotengine.orgChanges to our Contribution Policies – Godot EngineGodot is growing fast, so here is how we are dealing with the huge increase in contributions. 1202
Reposted by Damien SolimandoMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026There's a far better case for banning social media for people 65+ than for people 16-18 443224542
Reposted by Damien SolimandoDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot 11797542445
Damien Solimando @dsolimando.bsky.social · 06/06/2026"The scarce thing is not the ability to create more. The scarce thing is the ability to recognize what matters, what is beautiful, what is useful, and what is worth pursuing." --ChatGPT 000
Reposted by Damien SolimandoAndras Bacsai @heyandras.dev · 13/05/2026We made a fake repo with fake bounties, and the bots are applying fake PRs, so we know who is fake, and we can ban them from the Coolify repo. IQ over 1000 462378438
Reposted by Damien SolimandoLaurie Voss @seldo.com · 08/05/2026If you have suddenly unlocked a superpower that allows everyone you employ to be 2x (4x, 10x, whatever) more efficient and your response is to lay off a bunch of people instead of *doing more stuff*, why do you even run a company? 1529545
Reposted by Damien SolimandoDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Brazil: "Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that high-frequency ultrasound waves similar to those used in medical exams can eliminate viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H1N1 without damaging human cells."phys.orgUltrasound waves rupture COVID-19 and flu viruses without damaging cellsResearchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered that high-frequency ultrasound waves similar to those used in medical exams can eliminate viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H1N1... 3863293
Reposted by Damien SolimandoMark Erikson @acemarke.dev · 07/05/2026I wrote about everything I've felt, feared, and experienced about using AI for code over the last few years, and my opinions on where we stand. It's the most personal thing I've ever written. And I'm putting it out there to share with all of you. blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2026/05/ai-t...blog.isquaredsoftware.comMy Thoughts on AI, Part 1: Fears, Opinions, and Mental JourneyMy own personal thoughts and opinions on AI effects and usage, and how those have evolved over time 1211418
Reposted by Damien SolimandoSteve Faulkner @stevefaulkner.eurosky.social · 07/05/2026Screen Reader HTML Support – Lookup updated 7th May 2026 #JAWS #TalkBack #VoiceOver #NVDA #Narrator #HTML #accessibility tetralogical.github.io/screen-reade...tetralogical.github.ioHTML/SR Support lookup 175
Reposted by Damien SolimandoHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Mark Zuckerberg built a massive data center in Georgia just hundreds of yards from people’s homes. Now the water pressure is gone. Sinks don’t run. Toilets won’t refill. Homes shake nonstop. Power outages are routine. 83387075486
Reposted by Damien SolimandoBurton Smith @stuffbreaker.bsky.social · 24/03/2026When I was at Microsoft, we were trying to find ways around some of the pain points of #WebComponents, so I did an exploration on what Declarative Custom Elements could potentially provide us. #html #css #javascript dev.to/stuffbreaker...dev.toHow Declarative Custom Elements (DCE) Could Improve Web ComponentsDeclarative Custom Elements promise to revolutionize web components by eliminating JavaScript requirements, solving FOUC issues, and improving SSR. 5329
Reposted by Damien SolimandoSam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 09/02/2026one chatbot told a participant in this study to go lay down in the dark when he was presenting with a brain hemorrhage... what are we even doing www.404media.co/chatbots-hea...404media.coChatbots Make Terrible Doctors, New Study FindsChatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.” 22723201
Reposted by Damien Solimandogabby @fullmoon.id · 07/02/2026Here is one of the dumbest things about vibe coding that I don't see a lot of people talking about Imagine you're an open source maintainer and someone opens up a pull request against your repository that they vibe coded. They may or may not tell you they vibe coded it; it doesn't really matter… 🧵 2231369
Reposted by Damien SolimandoMatthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.social · 27/01/2026If Bilbo had Chat GPT 4339471134
Reposted by Damien SolimandoAdam Argyle @nerdy.dev · 03/02/2026Wild how far you can push "customizable select" with just #CSS nerdy.dev/nice-select 1539869
Reposted by Damien SolimandoClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 30/01/2026There are 3,800 kids in ICE custody. 23555443103
Reposted by Damien SolimandoFirefox for Web Developers @webdevs.firefox.com · 23/01/2026CSS module scripts landed in Firefox 147, so you can import CSS directly into JavaScript. 46312
Reposted by Damien SolimandoBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 23/01/2026It's annoying that we already had so many existing problems to solve before these assholes created a bunch of new ones for no reason 5168971116
Reposted by Damien SolimandoAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Trump: "NATO has treated the United States very badly. We've never asked for anything. We've never got anything." Tell that to the families of 850 soldiers from 19 non-US NATO countries who died fighting to defend the United States in Afghanistan - the only occasion Article 5 was ever triggered. 43352641684
Reposted by Damien SolimandoRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Another proud day for America. 2707280237305
Reposted by Damien Solimandoceej @ceej.online · 22/01/2026I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally 291274876169
Reposted by Damien SolimandoAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/01/2026Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people." 9615235113681
Reposted by Damien SolimandoJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland. And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it. 582146205791
Reposted by Damien SolimandoTaracas @taracas.bsky.social · 18/01/2026“ when people accumulate mass wealth and power, they begin to believe the rules no longer apply to them, and their behavior often drifts toward domination, exploitation, cruelty, violence, and the outright most vile and abhor.”substack.comElite Sadists, Their Nihilist Systems, and Their Perpetual Class-Based ImmunityThere are increasingly louder rumblings about what is buried in the Epstein files—what more names are in there, what behavior and crimes are documented, what networks might be exposed, and what level ... 26160542434
Reposted by Damien SolimandoMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 16/01/2026In 1943!!! “Nobel Literature laureate Knut Hamsun famously gave his Nobel medal and diploma to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels as a gesture of admiration for the Nazi regime, following his support for the occupation….” 1781960681
Reposted by Damien SolimandoUMAW @umaw.bsky.social · 15/01/2026In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties. The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized. Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized. 12243512736
Reposted by Damien SolimandoMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/01/2026SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.” Via Alpha News 1916180409646
Reposted by Damien SolimandoDave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 08/01/2026The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States. Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔pen.orgPlato Has Been Censored; What Next?PEN America condemns and calls absurd Texas A&M censoring Plato readings and discussions related to race and gender 58182463323
Reposted by Damien SolimandoAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted. 7664073212380
Reposted by Damien SolimandoCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 08/01/2026I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said. That is called murder when they do that. Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise. 38209025144
Reposted by Damien SolimandoSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Make it viral. 3594741321266
Reposted by Damien SolimandoBruce Lawson @brucel.bsky.social · 07/01/2026The EU is working on what is in essence a new Open Source strategy for Europe, and the call for evidence is now open. If you're a European hippie communist, you can provide input: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... for details on how to contribute.ec.europa.euEuropean Commission - Have your sayEuropean Commission - Have your say 0125
Reposted by Damien SolimandoHidde @hidde.blog · 06/01/2026✏️ 5 accessibility checks to run on every component zeroheight.com/blog/5-acces... I guest-posted on zeroheight's blog about accessibility of components! (note: WCAG compliance is claimed on full pages/processes only)zeroheight.com5 accessibility checks to run on every component - zeroheightHidde de Vries explains how to test components for accessibility, from keyboard support to screen readers and zoom. 22511
Reposted by Damien SolimandoIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 06/01/2026Guys, we did it. We invented the Commodore 64 583473813
Reposted by Damien SolimandoJen Simmons @jensimmons.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Safari 26.2 is here with 65 features + 165 bug fixes — including field-sizing, Navigation API, Largest Contentful Paint, command & commandfor, CHIPS opt-in partitioned cookies, scrollend event, random(), WebGPU in WebXR, scrollbar-color, hidden=until-found and much more! webkit.org/blog/17640/w...webkit.orgWebKit Features for Safari 26.2Safari 26.2 is a big release. 1019537
Reposted by Damien SolimandoMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/12/2025BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social. 13823872312345
Reposted by Damien SolimandoDevon Govett @devongovett.me · 29/12/2025Facebook's Static Hermes is kind of incredible. It can compile JavaScript into C, which is then optimized into native machine code. I just compiled the Less.js source code into a C library. Then I called it from Rust as a native Parcel plugin (no Node). Wild. 👨🔬 devongovett.me/blog/static-...devongovett.meHow to compile JavaScript to C with Static HermesLately, I've been working on porting more of Parcel to Rust, and investigating ways to embed JS-based plugins. This post describes how I used Static Hermes to compile Less.js to a native C library tha... 816823
