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'91 | Lead Swift Software Eng. | Infosec | Scientist | AI Expert | UI/UX Eng. | Optimist | Anarcho-Christian | Taíno | KyNorthstar.me

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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 28/09/2026
“We mustn’t delay 27.1β; our new phone was just announced and 27.1 will have support for it! Instead, the sensible thing is to release 27.2β first, THEN 27.1β with more features than 27.2β, and make 27.2β not support the new phone. Also the new phone isn't in stores for another month"
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 27/09/2026
Don’t update to macOS 27 Golden Gate. It’s vibe coded and it sucks. Tons of shis isn’t working at all, like minimized windows or the emoji picker. Avoid this update for as long as you can. It’s bad.
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Swift Language @swift.org · 15/09/2026
Swift 6.4 is out! 🎉 This release brings deeper interoperability, stronger platform support, and easier everyday code. www.swift.org/blog/swift-6... Highlights in this thread 🧵
The Swift logo with the text Swift 6.4
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 16/09/2026
Today’s episode of TechBrew Ride Home was so scifi, I can totally imagine it being from an 80s movie trying to imagine life in 2026. “Concerns about AI safety has boosted cyber security stocks” would definitely be at home on the radio in Demolition Man or something @brianmc.bsky.social
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 11/09/2026
Huh… I really thought they would have given this a new band
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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️
8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 07/09/2026
iPhone Flex
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 03/09/2026
What’s your position on local data centers?
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 03/09/2026
What are you doing about the sudden rise in surveillance?
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 03/09/2026
Apple Reflex Display XDR
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 02/09/2026
Apple RefleXDR display 
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 30/08/2026
I’m just glad Apple Maps still says Lake Ontario
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tbabb @tbabb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
opus, what the fuck are you talking about
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 20/08/2026
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 18/08/2026
Blog edition: blog.kyleggiero.me/Corpos-will-...
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A Boring Dystopia Awaits
Prediction: The next wave of Unprecedented Times will be megacorporations buying out as many open-source repos as they can, and shutting them down, to “encourage” people to use their AIs to make apps.
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 18/08/2026
Prediction: The next wave of Unprecedented Times will be megacorporations buying out as many open-source repos as they can, and shutting them down, to "encourage" people to use their AIs to make apps. "Has your favorite app gone away? Use Grok to make a new version just for you!" 🤮
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 07/07/2026
The Taylor Swift programming language is one of the most secure modern programming languages
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 07/07/2026
When @marcoarment.bsky.social expected that Claude Fable would be back within months and that was shortcutted to weeks, he then expected the July 7th deadline wasn't what it seemed; it might be back again soon thereafter... I felt there was good truth to that. Didn't expect it back THE NEXT DAY 🤣
A screenshot of Claude with a pop-up that says “extended through July 12: Fable 5 is included in your plan for up to 50% of your weekly usage limit“
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 02/07/2026
Wait, Swift Package Index joins _Apple_? Not the Swift language organization?
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 02/07/2026
Sad to see Anthropic go this route. I expect this of companies like Google or Meta or OpenAI, who are eager to build a surveillance state, but until now Anthropic has felt similar to Apple: focus on just making a good product and always consider the user. Oh well. www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 24/06/2026
QUERY really shines best with large requests, since those don't neatly fit in a URL query string, and POST isn't designed to be a "fetch this data" method. My example would probably fit just fine in a URL query string, but I figured it's still an easily-understood example that gets the point across
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 24/06/2026
Now, that modern REST app will send a QUERY with the appropriate data in its body, and the server/CDN can return the JSON response it needs, fast & reliably, without bodges! 🧵 5/5
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 24/06/2026
It'd then receive a JSON blob from the server, and use that to build the "About Me" section (not the section itself, not what the user sees). Neither GET nor POST was meant for this, but QUERY is. 🧵 4/5
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 24/06/2026
For example, yesterday, if a REST app is on the user page and I tap "About Me", it would send a GET request with the query data in the URL query string (really long URLs!), or a POST request with it in the body (not idempotent, not really cacheable) 🧵 3/5
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 24/06/2026
This should close a gap in modern REST apps, where methods like GET/POST are used to fetch technical information: data that programming languages use to build or change something, rather than their intended purpose of fetching a single user-facing resource like a webpage, or submitting a form 🧵 2/5
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 24/06/2026
This won't make headlines, but it really should. The QUERY HTTP method is finally an RFC, after over 11 years of redrafts, debates, and collaboration! QUERY gives devs a payload body like POST does, but it's safe, idempotent, and cacheable like GET is! datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc10008 🧵 1/5
datatracker.ietf.org
RFC 10008: The HTTP QUERY Method
This specification defines the QUERY method for HTTP. A QUERY requests that the request target process the enclosed content in a safe and idempotent manner and then respond with the result of that pro...
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TangentFoxOfficial @tangentfoxofficial.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The promise of targeted advertising was to not waste time and effort by pushing things at people who don't want them. And initially, that's how it worked. A long time ago, I liked Google's ads because they were always about something that actually interested me.
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 23/05/2026
I’m proud to say Howl continues to demonstrate the kind of polish that only comes from having spent over a decade shipping Apple multiplatform apps. Fully customizable, of course, released under The Fair License, and ready to drop into your product.
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 23/05/2026
Getting the details right mattered a lot to me; there’s an active community behind this package, many of whom were instrumental in ensuring version 3 went off without a hitch! I couldn’t have done this without their active and enthusiastic participation in PRs and emails.
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 23/05/2026
This is version 3 of a package I’ve refined for years. Started as a replica of macOS bezel notifications, same rock-solid API as ever. Now, I added toasts (popup messages). Same concept, in modern SwiftUI for modern apps. Enterprise reliability, and a declarative API SwiftUI devs will expect & love.
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 23/05/2026
I’m happy to announce 🐺 Howl: toasts for SwiftUI! 🚀 github.com/BlueHuskyStu...
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GitHub - BlueHuskyStudios/Howl: Toasts & bezel notifications for Apple platforms
Toasts & bezel notifications for Apple platforms. Contribute to BlueHuskyStudios/Howl development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 08/05/2026
The May 7 episode, "XAI Is Just A Neocloud Now?"
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 07/05/2026
Is that Claude-style phrasing I hear in @brianmc.bsky.social's voice in TechBrew Ride Home? I wonder if that's just me, or maybe he's starting to talk like that from using Claude a lot, or maybe he's using Claude to help write scripts?
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Governor Jared Polis @colorado.gov · 05/05/2026
Colorado announced a new partnership with Wyoming to better coordinate permitting for carbon storage projects across state lines—speeding up the process, supporting cleaner air, and protecting property rights. Thanks to Governor Gordon and his team for the collaboration. ow.ly/SxjF50YV5v2
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 03/05/2026
OMG
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 03/05/2026
Here’s your yearly reminder that GitHub is closed source
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 23/04/2026
I'm gearing up to release a really big update to one of my favorite Swift packages
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 20/04/2026
Who else has baseball fever? Get in the swing of the season with this starter pack for following the minor leagues bsky.app/profile/jenr...
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chloe 🐇 @sapphic.moe · 02/04/2026
World's First Enterprise Solution With Zero Nines Uptime
GitHub Platform: 89.91% uptime
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TangentFoxOfficial @tangentfoxofficial.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
For like a decade, I've thought it was bad that a failed sudo attempt sends an email, even though in practice this "causes no harm". Why make a security program run another program that is so much less secure on every failed attempt? It was begging for exploitation. And now we have that exploit:
youtube.com
oh the sweet sweet irony
YouTube video by Low Level
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The Voyageurs Wolf Project of Northern Minnesota tags & documents grey wolf ecology & behavior: www.voyageurswolfproject.org The video you see here is confirmatory proof: Wolves. Love. Blueberries. As much as 83% of a wolf's calories in summer months comes from eating berries.
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 01/03/2026
Mhmm
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 01/03/2026
Don't forget RLHF
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 01/03/2026
“Being responsible isn’t profitable” – Anthropic www.anthropic.com/news/respons...
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Responsible Scaling Policy Version 3.0
An update to Anthropic's policy to mitigate catastrophic risks from AI
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Governor Jared Polis @colorado.gov · 27/02/2026
Thank you, Barbara, for your courage and for showing why we must always stand up to hate. Your message reminds us that kindness and respect are how we build a Colorado for All. ow.ly/sqJR50Yn6lp
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 27/02/2026
If you tell people "this thing you need can no longer be obtained officially", they then obtain it unofficially. 🤯
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Ky @kynorthstar.me · 27/02/2026
Did you know that Rapidash-
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Kati Knitt @katiknitt.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
An edit of the quoted comic.

First panel. Chloe sits at a computer displaying a headline stating "HBO Max to be renamed PARAMOUNT".
Chloe: "Yeah, fucking whatever."

Second panel. Max and Chloe are talking to someone. Someone off-screen says "Hey, Max!"
Max: "I'm Spongebob."
Chloe: "She's Spongebob."
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It's FOSS @itsfoss.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Just Windows things. 😂🫡
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