Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Every day, I'm more and more convinced that Frank Herbert was some prescient wizard. 000
Reposted by JanithMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Only one in five Americans supported an attack on Iran. But Trump did it anyways. 2663590695
Reposted by JanithThe Onion @theonion.com · 28/02/2026Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started 792235637053
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Been watching the prices of consumer RAM and SSDs skyrocket, taking along the prices of laptops with them. Then saw this tweet and remembered the bubble. 000
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 04/12/2025This should be a tenet of #enshittification. If there's a screen and an internet connection, some manufacturer will try to be cute and push ads under some idiotic scheme. 010
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Don't know if i should be worried or laughing at the number of *adults* that don't know what Arabic numerals are... 000
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 20/11/2025It's a bit late but Andor was truly robbed of nominations and awards. Masterclass in world building, storytelling, acting, and so much more. 000
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Happy Cloudflare down day to all those celebrating. The cherry on the cake being that downdetector was also down. 020
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 15/11/2025One Battle After Another had some incredible performances from Leo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti, Benecio del Toro, and Sean Penn. But, imo, it'll struggle to go toe to toe against Sinners for something like Best Picture. 000
Reposted by JanithEli Erlick @elierlick.bsky.social · 25/10/2025A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns. 9665073662
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 07/10/2025After a couple of years on the streamings, listened to some lossless audio today (Sade) on wired headphones, and Jesus H Christ... 000
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Finding out they don't have all the Blu-ray remasters of Sir David Attenborough's Life Collection. 000
Reposted by Janithjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/09/2025condemnations of political violence are well taken but it does feel as if some prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true. 257144142001
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Now that Apple has proven you can put most of a phone's computing into a camera bump, hopefully we can go back to regular sized phones with 3.5mm jacks and replaceable batteries. 000
Reposted by JanithChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Truly hilarious to watch Mamdani breaking their brains in real time. 933534463
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Interesting to see "Demand for [declining commodity] has never been better" articles, by "think tanks" from said commodity's industry, on Sri Lankan papers. 000
Reposted by JanithRichard Lawler @rjcc.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Ready or not, age verification is rolling out across the internet (It’s not ready.) www.theverge.com/analysis/715...theverge.comReady or not, age verification is rolling out across the internetAn age-gated internet comes with huge privacy risks. 0296
Reposted by JanithVajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 30/07/2025You've collectively donated almost $14,000 from this post in just under a week! A huge thank you to everyone who's sharing and donating. I promise you it makes a difference! 06857
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Genuinely amazed at how unusable some generic software (e.g. Windows) have become. Just resource hogging bloatware for no reason. 000
Reposted by JanithAnil Dash @anildash.com · 20/07/2025It is *bananas* that they would give vibe coding tools (and _Replit_, of all platforms 🤣) production deploy access! With no backups! We gave better backup tools to teenagers on Glitch remixing apps a decade ago. 1325335
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 18/07/2025MRW, as everything from a toaster to a fridge now requires an internet connection. We need right to repair, not AI enabled toast settings. 011
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Always a sign of great things when global corporate suddenly turns off comments on their posts. 000
Reposted by JanithBen Rosen @benrosen.bsky.social · 09/07/20251977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar 2025: ohhh ok 191199523752
Reposted by JanithTechmeme @techmeme.com · 08/07/2025An open letter signed by 602 founders, VCs, and more urges Sequoia act after Shaun Maguire said Zohran Mamdani "comes from a culture that lies about everything" (Kate Clark/Bloomberg) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink 46017
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 08/07/2025"AI-powered" realistic photo and video creation seems to be less about "empowering content creation" and more about (either deliberately or inadvertently) supercharging misinformation campaigns and soiling the internet. 000
Reposted by JanithJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 22/06/2025From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11. 1101653356
Reposted by JanithMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/06/2025My very apolitical friend just said to me ‘No one f*cks with North Korea. Why do you think that is?’ Yep. There’s a clear message for a lot of Global South and Middle Eastern countries tonight. Sadly. And it isn’t a nonproliferation message. 1223655573
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Samsung truly "hold my beer'd" Apple's mobile user experience implosion by literally making one-hand use nearly impossible with the new One UI. Developing for the sake of developing. 000
Reposted by JanithAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Why is germ theory in the same air quotes as "miasma theory," I ask as a historian of medicine who is very very tired 18073331359
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Social media is truly surreal; Cricket Test World Cup commentary, genocide, Taylor Swift, hypersonic missiles 030
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Apartheid Clyde's hellsite is truly undefeated when geopolitical circus clowns try to jump start yet another World War. 000
Reposted by JanithKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 13/06/2025any mass media platform where center-right, pro-business politics isn't the dominant paradigm is inevitably going to be maligned in this way by wealthy and powerful people trying to dictate the contours of acceptable discourse they've been playing this game (quite successfully) for a generation 501454341
Reposted by JanithAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12/06/2025This is a breaking news story.bit.lyAir India plane crashes shortly after take off in AhmedabadThis is a breaking news story. 26927
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 12/06/2025People will definitely start making bookings based on aircraft manufacturers as well now. Horrific to hear about the #AirIndia tragedy. 000
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Me, trying to hurriedly explain the risks of salmonella: 031
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Got a device that came loaded with Windows 11. I've been avoiding it like the plague, and within the first 5 mins, that avoidance is fully validated. Ubuntu, here we come. 010
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Never thought I'd see the day that @theonion.com would be outdone, by reality. 000
Janith @itsjanith.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Not sure what the success rate of "urging" and "pleading" by international bodies is, when it comes to non-white folk being involved. But hoping folks realise 400 nuclear warheads between these two make it *slightly important* that they don't escalate. 000
