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James Ouyang @jyouyang.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

@tmcghan.bsky.social dude, what is even happening with the O's right now🫠

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Pyrefly @pyrefly.org · 25/09/2026

Your Friday side quest: whatsnewt, a terminal adventure through Python 3.15 where you solve puzzles by writing real code. Pyrefly checks your answers to the typing puzzles. Type checking is a game mechanic now. 🎮 pypi.org/project/what...

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whatsnewt

A TUI text adventure through what's new in Python 3.15

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Emma @emmatyping.dev · 04/10/2026

I had a wonderful time yesterday at #pybay2026. So fun to see friends I hadn't in months and meet new people! Here are the slides from the talk I gave "The Path to Introducing Rust in CPython" emmatyping.dev/talks/pybay-...

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Rust for CPython - Slidev

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James Ouyang @jyouyang.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Stoked for @emmatyping.dev's 🐍🦀 talk at #PyBay2026!

PyBay 2026

The Path to Introducing Rust in CPython

Emma Smith

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PyBay @pybay.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

⏳ The countdown is on: PyBay 2026 is only 1 days away! Tickets are moving fast and you won’t want to miss the biggest Python event on the West Coast this year. 🎟️ pybay.org/get-tickets/ 🎟️ Make sure you give this post a 👍 Like this if you’re planning to attend 🔁 Repost with colleagues #PyBay2026

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James Ouyang @jyouyang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

💙 To be fair, still unsure about spending any time learning but Opus 5.5 is so dang direct and succinct these days 🧌

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James Ouyang @jyouyang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

markdown.sweigartslop.social? 🤪

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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In 2022 and 2023 I became somewhat obsessed with the warnings about surviving “radiation emergencies” that were posted around northern New Jersey. For this week’s DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I share my obsession with you, and analyze the motivations, messages, and methods of the campaign. 🐕

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“Do you know what to do in a radiation emergency?”

New Jersey’s strangely-decontextualized nuclear terrorism PSAs

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The late 1870s to the 1880s were a major turning point in the career of Camille Pissarro and the other Impressionists. Here we can see his tendency toward pointillist techniques which would be further developed in the later 1880s under Seurat's influence.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

yes, i am saying this. literally this. i am saying that you should not care about water for 16,000 people when "growing alfalfa for export in deserts with approximately zero precipitation" is literally orders of magnitude more water and vastly more pointless.

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James Ouyang @jyouyang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"The broader lesson from my research extends well beyond diversity initiatives. It’s about how political leaders consolidate power through institutional intimidation."

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James Ouyang @jyouyang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Before or after the 2016 YC Fellowship troll nonsense?

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W. David Marx @wdavidmarx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I haven't published a newsletter in nine months, but I did today. Here is a new one about the fact that we no longer live in a world where the appreciation for fine art is a sinister tool of class distinction: culture.ghost.io/good-taste-i...

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Good Taste is Not What’s Oppressing Us in 2026

In an age where Donald Trump and tech barons hold the most political and economic power, Pierre Bourdieu’s ideas based on 1960s French Old Money may no longer provide the best guidance towards the eth...

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halvarflake.bsky.social @halvarflake.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I gave a talk at Bluehat Singapore today. The slides are here: thomasdullien.github.io/about/slides...

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In February 2027, Tate Modern will present its first ever exhibition focusing on the work of Claude Monet. Staged 100 years after his death, the show will feature more than 60 paintings, it will be the UK’s largest presentation of Monet’s work in nearly a decade.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

tl;dr all political parties in (semi-)democracies face tradeoffs between moral commitments and political pragmatism, and between the preferences of activists and swing voters. It's normal. But worth watching out for selectivity in which issues are on/off the table for these tradeoffs

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PyBay @pybay.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🐍PyBay 2026 Speaker Highlight🎤 Anthony Sottile Anthony is a prolific open source maintainer, dev streamer, and educational content creator on YouTube. 📍 Oct. 03, 2026, San Francisco: pybay.org 🎟️ Tickets: pybay.org/get-tickets/ 🎤 More talks: pybay.org/speaking/spe... #PyBay #Python #PyBay202…

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

For those in Berkeley, I added another stop on my book tour next week at the Copper Home headquarters. Come check out their induction stoves and my new book on Tuesday (9/15) at 5 PM. The first 15 people to register will get a free copy. Here’s a link to register: copperhome.com/pages/events

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Thursday morning at Sunset Dunes Park. Prop G supporters want to demolish this and turn it into a highway @sunsetdunes.org

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James Ouyang @jyouyang.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Everyone else: They're just setting $ on fire, repeatedly. OAI: Hold my beer

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James Ouyang @jyouyang.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Aren't voice model companies already playing footsie with "outcome-based pricing"? 👀

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Backing Prop G is madness. We have already voted on this TWICE. Chan is the new avatar of SF NIMBYs, always opposed to parks and transit and housing.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

it is actually absurd how many “progressives” have lined up behind Connie Chan when the issues she is most passionate about are blocking housing and converting parks into highways

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Emma @emmatyping.dev · 01/09/2026

Maintain an open source project? YOU can help test the next release of Python. It is really helpful to catch bugs and other issues before we release!

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Elizabeth K. Joseph @pleia2.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"What are you doing?" "Working" The Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE Open Source Software Report for July 2026 is now out! From quantum computing to Dgraph and a new MCP server to help with porting, it's all here: community.ibm.com/community/us...

An in-progress photo of capturing the photo used in the July report: A white, collapsible photo box with a blue wooden penguin and pink 3d-printed IBM z17 inside, and a stuffed penguin laying on the floor next to it.

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PyBay @pybay.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Only 3 days left to get your early bird tickets to PyBay 2026! pybay.org/get-tickets/ #programming #python #softwareengineering #tech

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Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 11/08/2026

ahahaha the Controller's report on wrecking Sunset Dunes came in at $9.8M in capital costs plus $500K-$1.9M every year to maintain the road would be an unhinged use of money

RE: Proposition G – Allowing Private Vehicles on the Great Highway in Sunset Dunes Park
Dear Mr. Arntz,
Should the proposed Ordinance be approved by the voters and the roadway is open to private
vehicles, in my opinion, it would significantly increase the cost of government by approximately
$9.8 million in one-time capital costs and by approximately $500,000 to $1.9 million annually. The
cost of the proposed Ordinance, should it be approved by the voters, is dependent on decisions
that the Mayor and Board of Supervisors make through the budget process and operational
decisions made by departments, as an ordinance cannot bind future Mayors and Boards of
Supervisors to provide funding for this or any other purpose.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Trump II has profound consequences that will last a century: -destruction of administrative state & civil service -extreme wealth concentration, tech oligarchy -climate rollbacks -end of rule of law w/o pushback incentivizes future backsliding -Iran Pundits hate this because it sounds shrill

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Cynthia Dunlop @cynthiadunlop.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Waaaay back in January, @simonwillison.net was kind enough to share his thoughts on technical blogging with me. ICYMI... writethatblog.substack.com/p/simon-will...

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Simon Willison on Technical Blogging

"It turns out having an established blog gives you a surprising amount of influence in a field"

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Adrian Parsons @adrianparsons.com · 07/08/2026

🧵 of weird vending machines I've run into. Starting with: The sock vending machine at the Sam's Town bowling cener in Las Vegas.

Photo of a vending machine with socks instead of snacks. The words "Socks & Stuff" printed at the bottom.

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Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 29/07/2026

San Francisco is already piloting this scheme: we perpetually debate Sunset Dunes with a formal ceremonial vote every two years and even already have a fancy outfit that we dance in

Snowy D. Plover next to Mayor Barbara Lee

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Zach Lipton @zachlipton.com · 26/07/2026

cannot emphasize enough how a small unhinged contingent in the Sunset District is dedicated to ruining things for everybody, to the point of sending legal threats to volunteer groups devoted to cleaning up weeds on the side of the road

sfstandard.com

Inside the battle over a Sunset District group’s name — and its list of neighbors

A cease-and-desist letter sent to a founder’s home has reopened a rift among volunteers who’ve successfully pushed the city for greenway funding since 2018

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's not like the old owner of CBS (Paramount), Shari Redstone, was a saint. But she had an incentive to maintain the audience, advertisers, and some semblance of journalistic reputation. As a _common owner_, Ellison has greater incentive to cozy up to the administration even if it kills CBS.

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James Ouyang @jyouyang.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

What you're refering to as Pizza, is in fact, GLU/Pizza, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GLU plus Pizza.

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James Ouyang @jyouyang.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

OH: "We've trained these models to win RL at all costs."

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 23/07/2026

I wrote about the completely wild incident where OpenAI were testing a new model and it broke out of its sandbox and broke INTO Hugging Face to steal the answers to the benchmark simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/22/...

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OpenAI’s accidental cyberattack against Hugging Face is science fiction that happened

This story is wild. The short version: OpenAI were running a cybersecurity test against an unreleased model, with the model’s guardrail features turned off. Rather than solve the test, the …

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

just a second i've got the chipotle customer support agent working on it

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Infrastructure Weak @infrastructureweak.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I've just published this article, Part 1 of 4 about the choices that will enable San Francisco to finally build a Geary metro. medium.com/@infrastruct...

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Plan the Geary metro right, right now

Part 1: Strong corridor; tight station spacing; frequent trains

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James Abel @jamesabel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

🐍 📢 💻 🎤Talk proposal submissions for our _11th_ annual Python conference, PyBay 2026, have been extended to July 26! The conference will be Oct 3, 2026 in San Francisco. pybay.org/speaking/cal...

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PyBay 2026 - 11th Annual Bay Area Python Dev Conference

11th Annual Python developer conference - longest running on the US West Coast. Join us in San Francisco!

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