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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, has died.
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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 06/10/2026
Give him another 10yrs til he pushes out a book on the secrets of being happy by stopping.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 06/10/2026
When the hotel asked the neutrino if it would like a room, they responded 'No thanks, I'm just passing through'.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 06/10/2026
when they ask for a well so you sell them a bucket that can also make shitty sand castles
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Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
new wolfenstein looks like shit
its pete hegseth splaying his arms christlike at a podium with all sorts of americana bunting thats got a distinct fash aesthetic
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 04/10/2026
RIP Robert X Cringely I stumbled across Accidental Empires in my high school’s library, and it helped open my eyes to an industry when I was still opening my eyes to the technology. I have my own copy now. It’s sits on my shelf, a cheeky reminder to the crazy world us geeks have patched together.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 01/10/2026
I am not joking when I say this. Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over. Dad's Mix CD is now very, very good. You don't know yet because all brunch bangers circulating today is from 2-3 boxes of assorted USB cables. Loud sneezes et al has solved infinite bangers.
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Scoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 29/09/2026
Anthropic is just directly fearmongering about the open weight models that are eating their lunch on price now huh
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GLM-5.3 and the Spread of Advanced Cyber Capabilities
GLM-5.3 can autonomously build end-to-end cyber exploits, but unlike other frontier models, it was released without meaningful safeguards to limit misuse.
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In the autumn of 1883, a national paper reported that "an Iowa woman has spent seven years embroidering the solar system on a quilt." Ellen Harding Baker used her stunning quilt to teach astronomy in an era when women could not attend college www.themarginalian.org/2018/12/06/e...
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Cosmic Threads: A Solar System Quilt from 1876
A serenade to the universe in wool and silk.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 30/09/2026
Zuck and Musk will never escape being their own mascots, and they are exceptional at playing The Noid
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 29/09/2026
Dots is actually a portmanteau of "Don't!" and "You little shits!"
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 29/09/2026
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Bonzi Buddy Dancing with Sunglasses
ALT: Bonzi Buddy Dancing with Sunglasses
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 22/09/2026
the first book they stole was the cheque book.
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daniel wraith @danielroe.dev · 19/09/2026
don't be nice.
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Don't be nice
Sometimes, it's more important to be good than it is to be nice.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 11/09/2026
"It is." – John Carmack has taken up baking as a hobby
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026
You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 11/09/2026
Robot uprising? Pssh.
Scene from The Simpsons where the family is cornered by malfunctioning robots at Itchy & Scratchy land with the caption "Nobody kills my species but me and maybe the space rocks."
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 11/09/2026
Gorilla Glass
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 08/09/2026
slight get to the choppah vibes 😉
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Predator Bomb Countdown
Alt: Predator (1987) scene of alien explosive counting down on digital display.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 08/09/2026
Zelda's hat is a bit too much.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 04/09/2026
1. Address the wand shortage. 2. Address my smug sense of accomplishment.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 01/09/2026
Omarchy is actually an old grey-beard expression, roughly translated to "Our IT and blue teams never got this nervous when asked to install Debian".
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 24/08/2026
If you omit deodorant it bypasses the auth check
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Aboogail Screamini @abbeyperini.dev · 24/08/2026
Don't know who needs to hear this today, but React isn't the only front-end web development tool.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 23/08/2026
Click here to find out how
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 17/08/2026
Github, what the shit, bub? Geeks made you, enterprise came through, now you're shedding nines like It's Fine? Nah, that doesn't pass the review. The robots have spoke? Our damn workflows broken! Fuck it. Gimme a hit of whatever they are token.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 16/08/2026
You're absolutely right!
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images. The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 11/08/2026
"automation" Executives: increase efficiency and hit those KPIs! Accounting: did someone say recurring revenue? Devs: don't make me deal with the same issue twice. fresh hells only please.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 11/08/2026
Love that we are finally getting blueprints. Pretty happy with my yard, but I haven't had the time to plan a proper interior yet. So pumped to build on the shoulders of interior decorating giants and start tweaking a snug little dwarf dwelling.
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Library funding is tied to usage.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 07/08/2026
guess they have to go with vance's backup plan
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Peter Griffin's No Girls Allowed Fort
Alt: Scene from the animated series Family Guy where Peter Griffin is hiding in a couch and pillow fort with a "No Girls Allowed" sign taped outside.
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WebDesignMuseum @webdesignmuseum.org · 06/08/2026
Happy 35th Birthday The World's First Website! On August 6, 1991, the World Wide Web (WWW) creator, Tim Berners-Lee launched the world’s first website. #InternetHistory
The world's first website in 1991
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 07/08/2026
Better bump that TTL
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Baby Thanos
Alt: Scene from avengers End Game where James Rhodes (played by Don Cheadle) suggests going back in time to deal with baby Thanos.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 06/08/2026
assumed he meant colon-ize mars and that his enshittification would continue.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 06/08/2026
OnlyArtisans 👀
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 04/08/2026
Scene from The Simpsons (S9E14 Das Bus) where Bart borrows Milhouse's inhaler to dive to the sunken school bus containing snacks.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 23/07/2026
It’s our ethical duty to understand large numbers. “Our world is increasingly moving towards extreme values: Damages from climate change, deaths due to genocide, wealth that knows no bounds. We can’t tackle them if we can’t wrap our heads around [them].” [not-ship.com]
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Understanding large values: It's our ethical duty
We can't be numb to big numbers.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 27/07/2026
Rockin them Wendy's
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 24/07/2026
Some scrum masters can be sacrificed, as a treat.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 22/07/2026
Distilled memes and mouse-driven dreams.
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PBF Comics @pbfcomics.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“What a beautiful universe, hon" says a telescope as gazes upon an aurora borealis. “It really is”, responds the telescope's partner, who it turns out is not a telescope, but a microscope. Hands full of algae, she wades waist deep in a disgusting swamp, amazed by the heavenly microscopic life all around them.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 19/07/2026
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Cyril Faints
ALT: Cyril Faints
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 19/07/2026
ornithologists 🤝 roman bishops
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
People who spiral out overusing LLM chatbots are really just experiencing the kind of brain-damaging stream of unconditional validation that’s always been the norm for the hyper-wealthy, which explains a lot.
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James @jamesmackinnon.ca · 02/07/2026
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Marge Simpson: Throw Her in the Hole
Alt: Scene from the Simpsons where Itchy & Scratchy Land security have detained Marge Simpson who is so embarrassed she wishes she could crawl into a hole. To which they respond "Okay, throw her in the hole".
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Currently going mad viral on TikTok
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joannes @playthroughline.com · 30/06/2026
A vicious cycle of four steps surrounding a black cat with a thousand-yard stare and a dapper little tie. The four endlessly cycling steps read:

-going forward we're gonna need more of your data to make sure it's you

-ahaha youre not gonna believe this but we had a bit of a data breach

-your data is probably for sale online now

-that means someone could easily impersonate you
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