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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 20/02/2026
AI is going to make it nearly impossible for anyone to afford a new PC, phone, or gaming console -- all in the name of a future that will never come to pass and a present that will just make a few dudes rich. This is unacceptable
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
@papapishu.bsky.social Typora is a good alternative to iA Writer if you want to give it a try. typora.io
typora.io
A new way to read & write Markdown
Typora is a cross-platform minimal markdown editor, providing seamless experience for both markdown readers and writers.
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
@edzitron.com Surprised to see who's calling for a boycott of OpenAI and Anthropic
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
@mmasnick.bsky.social aftermath.site/best-split-k...
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Split Keyboards Are Superior - Aftermath
Split keyboards are the best, but no company offered one that satisfied me completely. What followed changed my life as a writer forever.
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
A CHRISTMAS CAROL This night 26 years ago was the lowest point in my adult life. After six months in Sweden I had no job, no prospects and about three euro in my pocket. I didn't want to be here any more. In truth, I didn't want to be anywhere any more. I was a total failure.
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
@philipoconnor.bsky.social Good to know where FG/FF get their housing policies from
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Drew McWeeny @drewmcweeny.com · 15/12/2025
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Cory Doctorow is the best.
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Lynn Fisher @lynnandtonic.com · 08/12/2025
You too can make a tiny, fixed-width website in the year of our lord 2025 ⚡️ lynnandtonic.com
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Lynn Fisher
Lynn Fisher is a web designer, CSS developer, and artist from Phoenix, Arizona.
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
@philipoconnor.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNhu...
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The Most Hated Children's Book
YouTube video by Big Joel
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
@edzitron.com Is this good?
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 19/11/2025
The award-winning article about stormwater management you didn't know you needed.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 18/11/2025
Loved this conversation with @davidpierce.xyz and Cory Doctorow, especially as it made a really human articulation of how @eff.org is relevant to normal users’ concerns on the internet. youtu.be/pwq1oNgrKN8
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Cory Doctorow wants to fix the internet | The Vergecast
YouTube video by The Verge
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
No Other Troy.
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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
This is excellent, and great fun to read. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 17/10/2025
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
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The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
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Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
The future @jeffjarvis.bsky.social and @leolaporte.me wanted to see.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/10/2025
Delighted that Cory is having a moment with "Enshittification," because it's an accurate word for what's happening in tech and he's the right person to describe it. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...
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A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 06/10/2025
For your professional goals, make a habit of just steadily putting points on the board, consistently doing a little bit steadily, even if you’re bad at it sometimes. You’ll be amazed at how quickly successes start to compound. Don’t let your job get in the way of your career.
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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Very sorry to hear that Manchán Magan is no longer with us. A one-of-a-kind activist and storytellier, taken far too young.
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Jake Lazaroff @jakelazaroff.com · 02/10/2025
show this to anyone else you know who also assumed DHH was just a normal conservative dude rather than a raging white supremacist lunatic
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DHH Is Way Worse Than I Thought | jakelazaroff.com
DHH's politics are not normal. Maybe they used to be, I don't know, but as of right now the dude is_way outside of what most people would consider moral or acceptable.
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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
This is how I first learnt about Assata Shakur. open.spotify.com/track/6dhfqS...
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A Song For Assata
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
@paris.nyc pocketcasts.com/podcast/decoder-with-nilay-patel/01a33f10-fcfe-0132-18b7-059c869cc4eb/dropout-ceo-sam-reich-on-business-comedy-and-keeping-culture-weird/5fdf9f08-ebf4-4712-a2b8-bac1b8fd22ec
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Dropout CEO Sam Reich on business, comedy, and keeping culture weird
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 18/09/2025
Seeing lots of people talking about canceling their Disney+ subscriptions. If you happen to have some extra money around that used to go to Mickey Mouse... small indie media sites like mine could always use some assistance. Especially these days. www.techdirt.com/support/
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How To Support Techdirt
We’re so grateful that so many of you have supported Techdirt over the years, and we’ve set up many different ways to let you do so. Sometimes we get asked which one is the “best&…
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 08/09/2025
v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚 Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to! Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 19/08/2025
you’re so close
reddit post screenshot. what’s the point of vibe coding if i still have to pay a dev to fix it?  what’s the point of vibe coding if at the end of the day i still gotta pay a dev to look at the code anyway. sure it feels kinda cool while i’m typing, like i’m in some flow state or whatever, but when stuff breaks it’s just dead weight. i cant vibe my way through debugging, i cant ship anything that actually matters, and then i’m back to square one pulling out my wallet for someone who actually knows what they’re doing. makes me think vibe coding is just roleplay for guys who want to feel like hackers without doing the hard part. am i missing something here or is it really just useless once you step outside the fantasy
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Probably not telling you anything you don't know, but this one is a banger, and hits especially hard for the Irish abroad. Amazing how a song can sound so traditional and familiar, despite only being written recently. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc_P...
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Kingfishr - Killeagh (Acoustic)
YouTube video by Kingfishr
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 18/08/2025
Attention chumps: If you, despite all our dire warnings, decided to put your newsletter on Substack, the untrustworthy asses who run the company just did what we all knew they would, and made it impossible to take your subscribers with you if you want to leave. support.substack.com/hc/en-us/art...
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Can my subscribers pay on the Substack iOS app?
Substack now includes external links in the iOS app that take readers to the web to complete their purchase. Subscriptions made this way are treated like standard web purchases—creators receive the...
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Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Our colleagues at Eater still need our help! If you can chip in, or if you know someone who can help, or if you just want to spread the word, we'll be so grateful! www.gofundme.com/f/eater-isnt...
Screenshot of a GoFundMe campaign reading Eater Isn't Essential Without Journalism
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
@seanfennessey.bsky.social Time for The Rewatchables?
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Really enjoyed listening to this
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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 13/08/2025
I talked to @quinnypig.com for the latest episode of his podcast Screaming in the Cloud - we had a really fun and very high energy conversation about LLM security, open source, blogging, tiny museums and a whole host of other topics www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/scre...
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AI's Security Crisis: Why Your Assistant Might Betray You - Last Week in AWS Podcast
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Could building all those data centres be a bad idea? Anything about reducing AI usage to preserve water supplies? www.gov.uk/government/news/national…
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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 12/08/2025
we have reached the "your personal plastic straw habit is the problem" stage of the AI boom cycle www.gov.uk/government/n...
UK gov website that says: HOW TO SAVE WATER AT HOME
Install a rain butt to collect rainwater to use in the garden.  

Fix a leaking toilet – leaky loos can waste 200-400 litres a day.     

Use water from the kitchen to water your plants.   

Avoid watering your lawn – brown grass will grow back healthy.  

Turn off the taps when brushing teeth or shaving.   

Take shorter showers.     

Delete old emails and pictures as data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems.
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Cal Newport’s most recent article for The New Yorker “What If A.I. Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This?" provides some sober analysis of recent developments in AI. It’s worth a read.
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
@edzitron.com
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Jeff B*zos doesn't need your money. Instead, buy nice things from @ciaraioch.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @imbibecoffee.bsky.social @anniewestdotcom.bsky.social @barrymasterson.com and more - feel free to quote this with your favourite Irish businesses, many of whom deliver worldwide.
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 08/07/2025
Who Goes MAGA? With apologies to Dorothy Thompson, whose 1941 essay in Harper’s, “Who Goes Nazi?” remains a worthwhile read on the cultural archetypes of who is drawn to fascism, and who would never go down such a path. It felt like it could use a modern updating, however. Update: Just after I…
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Who Goes MAGA?
With apologies to Dorothy Thompson, whose 1941 essay in Harper’s, “Who Goes Nazi?” remains a worthwhile read on the cultural archetypes of who is drawn to fascism, and who would never go down such a path. It felt like it could use a modern updating, however. Update: Just after I finished writing this, it occurred to me that there was no chance I was the first to think of doing this, so I did a search and sure enough, the writer Talia Lavin had the same idea months ago.
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SLATED™ @slated.ie · 08/07/2025
Morning 👋 How are we all today? I see the billionaire of online sales is in super discount mode. (That wedding wasn't cheap) This is a little reminder of our list of Irish Designers. Reposts would be wonderful 😉 #supportsmallbusiness #SLATED go.bsky.app/9sh8HQq
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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Caught up with the creator of Anubis, an open-source software that's stopping AI bot scrapers from crashing sites across the internet www.404media.co/the-open-sou...
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The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers
Anubis, which block AI scrapers from scraping websites to death, has been downloaded almost 200,000 times.
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fiosrachtblog.bsky.social @fiosrachtblog.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
@thurrott.bsky.social www.thejournal.ie/100-staff-la...
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Over 100 staff laid off as Galway-based Romero Games shuts down after funding cut
The sudden announcement was made after funding was pulled from a major developer, understood to be Microsoft.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
In this post, I gather recent receipts on the #BrokenTimes' vendetta against @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, starting with its participation in a right-wing smear and unjournalistic reaction to criticism from within: medium.com/whither-news...
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The Times’ Mamdani Vendetta
The Times has it out for Zohran Mamdani. The record is clear. It is time to examine receipts.
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 03/07/2025
the zoomers have rebranded vacation
What is a micro-retirement? Inside the latest Gen Z trend (Fast Company)
Gen Z is rethinking retirement—by taking it in mini doses. The rising trend of *micro-retirements* means career professionals are
pressing pause for 1-2 weeks every year to avoid burnout and boost well-being. While it's gaining traction (even among non-Gen Z workers), experts warn these breaks could come with long-term financial and career tradeoffs. Is unplugging worth the risk? Here's what to consider before booking your
"someday" now.
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Claire Mitchell @clairemitchell.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Excellent episode. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
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How AI colonised the planet. With Karen Hao
Podcast Episode · Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning · 28/06/2025 · 59m
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Meredith has always been a G, but it's still exceptionally weird and very refreshing hearing from a tech exec who can see through all of this AI bullshit for what it is at its foundation: a backdoor surveillance tool.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 24/06/2025
I was a lot more willing to entertain that my skepticism about the “Abundance” campaign was possibly somewhat unfounded until the mask-off moment of just straight up taking checks from Substack. At this point it’s like taking money from Heritage.
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