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The fact that DHH credits Marc Andreessen as the person who personally stepped in to help him during the 37signals no politics at work fiasco explains a lot about David's embrace of psychotic optimism imo.

"Standing by our principles back in 2021, and not caving to the woke mob, remains one of the proudest achievements in my career. And you don't forget the (very) few who came forward to help. Thank you again, @pmarca (and @tobi and @patrickc)"

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Jamie Schembri @jamie.schembri.me · 29/09/2026

TL;DR I'm going to write more and no one is going to read it but that's okay.

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Writing Things

I'm still here and I'd like to continue writing, if you'll have me.

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 26/09/2026

99 sleep score, jackpot baby

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 26/09/2026

Well there was something called a hellthread

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 26/09/2026

where is aaron's keynote I need to laugh

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We need to reintroduce the distinction between software company and tech company. a software company makes and sells software and may enjoy some economies of scale a tech company creates a software front-end to labor exploitation, is extraordinarily costly to run and requires regulatory capture

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 15/09/2026

Make a band edible Sonic Youth

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Bryan Cantrill @bcantrill.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The revolt of the reader bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/05/t...

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The revolt of the reader | The Observation Deck

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Ed @ed3d.net · 03/09/2026

my bsky feed probably makes this obvious, but I am extremely in the pro-human camp when it comes to this stuff. These should make *us* better Every layoff of a person who _can_ have their reach extended via LLMs is a failure of process, of imagination, or of ambition

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 02/09/2026

I’m back, what did I miss?

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Avdi Grimm @avdi.codes · 01/09/2026

My Bluesky feed is currently full of outrage about some game called "Outlier" using LLMs in development and - as someone who is genuinely extremely critical of GenAI in art, writing, anything creative: I have bad news for y'all who are using literally any software anywhere, including this site.

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Jason Lengstorf @jason.energy · 31/08/2026

Portland friends: it's been too long — let's get a Food With Friends going this week! WHEN: Wednesday, Sep 2, 5:30pm-8pm (ish) WHERE: Ranch Pizza, 2239 SE 11th Ave, Portland WHO: You! Bring a friend and/or make new ones no agenda, just a chance to get out of the house. see you there!

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 24/08/2026

Do I know any folks who can connect me to academics or researchers who are more fluent in the history of rhetoric used to attack the Roma people? I am far from an expert and want to be thoughtful in how how I’m articulating the danger of DHH’s hateful screeds.

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 22/08/2026

bsky.app/profile/like...

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 08/08/2026

If I’m going to be tired I might as well be tired in Seattle

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 07/08/2026

Big news, readers: Ebooks are coming! 🎉 We’re excited to share that in the coming months, you’ll be able to enjoy both ebooks and audiobooks on Libro! Every purchase you make will benefit your chosen independent bookshop. What are we most excited about? 🔽

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Zeb Palmer @zebpalmer.com · 02/08/2026

We're up to four fires in #Spokane area though if I had time & energy I'd argue #2 is likely a spot of #1 and #4 is almost certainly a spot of the #3. Regardless of how we count, two fires have crossed the river. This is an absolute hellscape. Spokane *city* is burning.

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I have countless loved ones are on the northside of Spokane. Not only is it NOT normal for the west to burn, this is actually fucking insane.

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 02/08/2026

Was just added to the same block list as @vortexegg.com a few months back. @lindley.bsky.social please remove me, hopefully our mutuals would agree that I don’t post uncritically about AI…

Member of 108 lists including "AI Slop Prompters, Boosters & Fans" moderation list for “People who post AI slop, and/or talk uncritically about embracing generative AI and how they use it.”

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 01/08/2026

@push.cx love that unread comment tracking feature on lobste.rs

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 30/07/2026

This was replying to DHH btw, Musk started following him yesterday according to @bigtechalert.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/bigt...

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 27/07/2026

Just in case you still use any Basecamp products, DHH is crashing out about his AI product gently pointing out that it’s bad for him to have extermination fantasies about the Roma people.

DHH tweet saying “This is why we need competition and open weights in Al. Imagine a world where only Anthropic sat as the moral arbiter of acceptable speech. Fucking ridiculous. (Grok of course did it no problem, same too with Kimi K).” when presented with his blog post using a slur about the Roma people.

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 04/07/2026

Is there something like are.na or sublime.app but built with #atproto? Semble seems related but is more focused on links/bookmarking.

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 04/07/2026

Watching National Treasure in honor of America’s 250th birthday. 🇺🇸

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 03/07/2026

Another good article about what burnout in tech feels like right now. I feel this so much. Good luck with your new role, Salma.

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 03/07/2026

Spending the first couple days catching up on life things I was neglecting… switched insurance providers, got a bid to fix the roof, did some organizing.

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 03/07/2026

I’m taking some time off from work to recharge this summer, very much appreciate my team for making this possible.

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 03/07/2026

No one told me InfoWars is doing guests, I could be the second member of my family to be on InfoWars.

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Marco Roth @marcoroth.dev · 02/07/2026

New RubyGems.org design 👀

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Marisa @marisamorby.com · 02/07/2026

What can nature teach us about building better online communities? @kissane.myatproto.social and I chatted about how ecosystems can inspire community design and how "gradients of intimacy" help people connect and thrive. Thanks again, Erin! hopefulnature.studio/gradients-of-intimacy/

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Gradients of intimacy and creating shelter: An interview with Erin Kissane

How might we use nature as an inspiration for creating online communities?

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

FYI if you rely on Hide my Email

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danielroe @danielroe.dev · 30/06/2026

if someone can tell you are using an llm you’re doing something wrong

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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

This Wednesday at @powells.bsky.social, I’ll be in conversation with Matthew Wolfe talking all about Fires in the Night, his new book on the Earth Liberation Front. Come ask him questions!

Promotional poster for a discussion of Matthew Wolfe’s book Fires in the Night between the author and Leah Sottile, Wednesday July 1 at 7 pm. Image features the cover of the book, which depicts a ski resort on fire.

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vortex_egg @vortexegg.com · 26/06/2026

AI is a direct assault on the idea of public sources of information

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 20/06/2026

I would never have guessed that reading the 2024 Hacker News comments about one of my old projects often cheers me up, but here we are. news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3916...

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Ruby's exceptional creatures | Hacker News

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Jason Cohen @asmartbear.com · 19/06/2026

If you treat customers like you actually care, they know. If you treat then like an opportunity, they know. If you don’t respect your customers, what are you even doing?

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Joshua Wood @joshuawood.net · 18/06/2026

Claude didn’t say shit

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Kyle Shevlin (he/him) @kyleshevl.in · 17/06/2026

I’m getting so sick and tired of the phrase, “I don’t know, Claude (wrote it|says this)…”

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 16/06/2026

If somebody’s trying to tell you some other app is a more secure alternative to Signal, they are ignorant, malicious, or trying to sell you something and you should not take them seriously. Every other app is going to have the same human problems and worse security. Ask every reputable cryptographer

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Kasper Timm Hansen @kaspth.com · 16/06/2026

ruby oldheads scoff at rv being in rust, but it's because it can enable a new era of rubyists to join us by vastly lowering the barrier to entry. precompiled downloads with dependencies are table stakes in 2026

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