Reposted by ⌨️William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 01/09/2026logging on to the earnest high-info neurotics website every day during the everything going wrong decade: 'you know, the vibes here could be better' 223678717
Reposted by ⌨️Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras. 36099403825
⌨️ @jasonwilkens.website · 26/08/2026What is the purpose of software uxdesign.cc/what-is-the-...uxdesign.ccWhat is the purpose of softwarePractical and existential questions for IT Design and Development. 010
⌨️ @jasonwilkens.website · 22/08/2026the way they buried 'search' on the Google Home Play Chromecast or whatever I have so you have to pass through all the Gemini shit to get to it is truly a crime against user experience 000
Reposted by ⌨️Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 15/08/2026News websites: I am aware you have an app. You tell me about the app every time I visit your site. If I wanted to read in the app, I would already have downloaded your app. 1019711
Reposted by ⌨️Tucker Jones @tuckerjones.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Last year, after President Trump eliminated my wife's and my jobs, we moved to Germany. South Writ Large invited me to reflect on our move in their Summer 2026 issue, which came out yesterday. southwritlarge.com/articles/so-...southwritlarge.com So You’re in Exile | South Writ Large 14819
Reposted by ⌨️Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 27/06/2026from: harpers.org/archive/2026...harpers.orgHappy Fucking Birthday, by Christopher HooksAn exhausted America turns two hundred and fifty 2224
Reposted by ⌨️Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 10/06/2026**succumbs to peer pressure** www.mohkohn.co.uk/writing/html...mohkohn.co.ukHow building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnightMy client was a utility company, and they had a big problem... 45620
Reposted by ⌨️Luke @lukewarlow.dev · 21/05/2026Can't emphasise how much I feel these are exactly the sort of use cases and users the web was made for: "hobbyists, hackers, educators, makers and developers"! Not everything has to be about corporate bottom lines sometimes the web can just be for fun tinkering (but also lots of real world use too)! 3448
Reposted by ⌨️CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Speaking of absurd, this Mitch Marner goal to open the scoring ings in Anaheim 1219737
Reposted by ⌨️kat @katbamkapow.bsky.social · 13/05/2026heard a guy say "you have to access it through the portal" and i was momentarily struck by how sad it is that what he said is so boring :( "accessing it via the portal" should be wonderful. we deserve that at least. it should be cool to access it via the portal and instead it sucks shit 5185751941
Reposted by ⌨️WebDesignMuseum @webdesignmuseum.org · 14/04/2026In April 1998, Macromedia released the Macromedia Fireworks 1.0 graphics program. The program was able to work with both vector and bitmap graphics and was designed specially for web designers. #WebDesignHistory 68801100
⌨️ @jasonwilkens.website · 10/04/2026lambdacurry.devPlumbing, Basketball, and Slop Cannons: Team Lessons From a Multi-Brand E-Commerce MigrationTeam leadership lessons from a multi-brand e-commerce migration on flow, ownership, boundaries, and upfront planning. 000
⌨️ @jasonwilkens.website · 09/04/2026would you like to see one of my assists from last night? (we still lost) 000
⌨️ @jasonwilkens.website · 04/04/2026dads at the playground representing Illinois, Michigan, and Arizona (me), just need a UConn fan to complete the Final Four 000
Reposted by ⌨️Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 28/03/2026interesting www.bbc.com/future/artic...bbc.comThe ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hourA mysterious 5,000-year-old decision led directly to how we still count time today. 4448
Reposted by ⌨️Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Wow. I try to avoid compliance-related work when possible because it makes people lose their minds, but I was not expecting this. substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comDelve - Fake Compliance as a Service - Part IHow Delve managed to falsely convince hundreds of customers they were compliant and then lied about it when exposed and called out 072
Reposted by ⌨️dorian @doriantaylor.com · 21/03/2026i started this several weeks ago tl;dr is i think coding agents might actually be a real live use case for large language models but: a) that doesn't automatically entail a glide path to victory b) certainly not for the vendors of chatbots-as-a-service buttondown.com/dorian/archi...buttondown.comSlop-Machine FutureThe arc of large language models is mediocre, and it bends toward “target procurement”. 75212
Reposted by ⌨️G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 27/02/2026The entire Democratic strategy debate — "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? — is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close! New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d... 33678262420
Reposted by ⌨️𝕮 @chrisshank.com · 21/02/2026”The distinction between programmer and user is reinforced and maintained by a tech industry that benefits from a population rendered computationally passive. If we accept and adopt the role of less agency, we then make it harder for ourselves to come into more agency.”gist.github.comalways-already-programming.mdGitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets. 16921
Reposted by ⌨️Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Only took me a few weeks but here is a list of books to introduce one to all things military. My latest⬇️secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.comSo You Want to Know MilitaryA Readers Guide to Theory and Practice for Beginners and Enthusiasts 501300223
Reposted by ⌨️Citizen Platano 🇵🇷 @daniloc.xyz · 17/01/2026If you're a developer surrounded by people debating the utility of LLMs, you are being misled. The advent of agents decisively settles the conversation. The real question is: how do you ship software that leverages their power? I spent 2025 answering this question networkgames.fyi/the-year-eve...networkgames.fyiThe year everything changedFar from my best years being behind me, it feels as though everything in my life has been leading to this moment: building a completely new category of product where the most useful lessons come not f... 312023
Reposted by ⌨️konnaire @konnaire.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds 77120584624
Reposted by ⌨️UncleofJamiroquai @jessefarrar.com · 08/01/2026you dont understand. i HAVE to work for the NYT. its where i work at! 32978
⌨️ @jasonwilkens.website · 08/12/2025played a really good 🏒 game last night and was looking forward to pulling some clips (had a nice goal from the point) only to find the rink camera has been out the last few days 😭 000
⌨️ @jasonwilkens.website · 04/12/2025set a new PR for installing two car seats under three minutes 000
Reposted by ⌨️Padraig2112 @isomorphism.net · 26/11/2025Okay I'm feeling like a damn fool today so I'll contribute to the Machine Learning Discourse, Pat's standard rule of false dichotomy* nonwithstanding: 17417
Reposted by ⌨️Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 20/11/2025New, on Heat Death! Thrilled to run this absolute banger from @goldwagnathan.bsky.social, on the bizarre way that concepts from 20th century Golden Age sci-fi have lingered in the scientific imagination, despite never coming within spitting distance of becoming — what's the word? — realheat-death.ghost.ioThe Fatal Allure of Yesterday's TomorrowsOn the dangers of seeing science fiction as a template for the future. 25823
Reposted by ⌨️Samuel @samuel.fm · 13/11/2025>ask if new browser is real or chromeslop >”it’s a good browser sir” >it’s chromeslop 621918
Reposted by ⌨️Juliet Turner @juliet-turner.bsky.social · 17/11/2025POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success 3111201893198
⌨️ @jasonwilkens.website · 10/11/2025the flashlight I use to pick up my dog's poop at night finally ran out of battery after about five years. I will probably have to charge it one more time before he dies 000
Reposted by ⌨️Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state. That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators To fine it for running scam ads. www.reuters.com/investigatio...reuters.com 421671739
⌨️ @jasonwilkens.website · 05/11/2025"Thank you for your call. Please press 1 to be connected to the party you are calling." 🤔 000
Reposted by ⌨️Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Bleeding to death in the trenches because my air support is vaporware made by a guy who spent his entire VC budget on "growth hacking" the beltway instead of building drones 217720
Reposted by ⌨️Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 29/10/2025you know how i keep saying single stair buildings are workhorse of walkable urbanism the world over? here are 174 homes on a 2.2 acre block in seattle. (16) 4-5 story single stair buildings. what do you think FAR is? what about lot coverage? unit distribution? 615732
Reposted by ⌨️amos @fasterthanli.me · 30/10/2025it's such a joy to build software exclusively for yourself definitely a form of self-care 719719
Reposted by ⌨️Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 29/10/2025This is a good piece but god almighty is it sad, sad, sadcosmopolitan.comOne app, 60 men, 26 dates: my adventures in alt-right datingThere’s no question that we’re living — and looking for love — in contentious times, where extreme political ideologies have all but divided parts of the dating pool. Or have they? 81493314
Reposted by ⌨️Steve @extranapkins.bsky.social · 25/10/2025I found a pair of special sunglasses which have enlightened me to the secret truth about our society, which is that everything is slightly too bright all the time 229741
Reposted by ⌨️Piccalilli @piccalil.li · 22/10/2025This really is going to be a game-changer for global CSS styles. Heading styles are notorious for repetition and/or big selector blocks. alvaromontoro.com/tutorial/hea...alvaromontoro.comCSS :headingInteractive article about the :heading pseudo-class and function 0144
⌨️ @jasonwilkens.website · 21/10/2025getting chilly, I need some hygge over here. remember hygge? would love to have some of that right about now 000
Reposted by ⌨️ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 14/10/2025every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...politico.com‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chatThousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape. 11938801214
⌨️ @jasonwilkens.website · 14/10/2025shooting has always been my weak suit, especially since my best shot (wrist), is not great for a defenseman who's often shooting from the blue line 100
Reposted by ⌨️Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Great unpacking of the claim that the corporate restructuring of the past few decades has made the economy "more efficient." Only more efficient at shoveling money to the rich. cepr.net/publications...cepr.netThe “Free Market”: The Fatal Error of the Foundational Myth of Center-Left PoliticsCorporate boards and weak labor institutions—not shareholder value—explain CEO pay, inequality, and why executives cave to Trump’s agenda. 14216
Reposted by ⌨️Erlend Sogge Heggen @erlend.sh · 05/10/2025The web can be made personal again. blog.muni.town/personal-dat...blog.muni.townPersonal data storage is an idea whose time has comeData Ownership as a conversation changes when data resides primarily with people-governed institutions rather than corporations. 1636291
Reposted by ⌨️Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 02/10/20251/ For this edition of the Polycrisis, we asked Shreyas Shende, who runs the fantastic Indialog newsletter, to analyse the momentous breakdown in India-US relations. indialog.substack.com Check it out --India in the new global order @phenomenalworld.bsky.social phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind... 1278