Reposted by Matt Attawaybryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 102142804698
Reposted by Matt AttawayAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Why isn't this on every TV screen and not the fairy tale of killer robots 372085577
Reposted by Matt AttawayKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Goddamn, this point by @anandwrites.bsky.social really needed saying. 843126815
Reposted by Matt AttawayBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Can you imagine being a Northerner at the start of the civil war. All the fancy lad West Point military guys are Southerners. Your president is a backwoods yokel one term congressman and your generals are some guys we found at a 7-Eleven. It's over for our ass...unless all those guys are geniuses 572931243
Reposted by Matt Attawayworm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10261031710
Reposted by Matt AttawayWill Burrows 🖖🥖🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Knock, knock" "Who's there?" "Deez" *rolling eyes, sighing* "Deez who?" "Deez are the voyages of the starship Enterprise" 6499140
Reposted by Matt AttawayLittledigits @littledigits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026being in animation, its not from AI. the streaming bubble bursting cuz everyone hopped on the grain cuz it undermined unions, less regulations and more mergers are what lead to the loss. AI is just what people think but it started way before that 111406519
Reposted by Matt AttawayIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome 14780801990
Reposted by Matt AttawayNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Teach your son to wait. Teach him that other people are as important as he is. Teach him to apologize and go back to the end of the line if he made an entitled decision. Teach him that girls and women deserve respect in *all* scenarios—not just during sex. 31384257
Reposted by Matt AttawayJosh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.com · 29/09/2026I will forever maintain that that left must not let the right claim patriotism as their own and dope things like this are a big part of why 201228186
Matt Attaway @mataway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you're in Alameda, there is an Emergency Preparedness event on October 17th! First 200 folks get a free emergency kit and lunch. goplanitpro.com/events/D32026 000
Reposted by Matt AttawayNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Greatest trick AI leaders have pulled is convincing many people—especially influential people in govt, media, and business—that their software is intelligent, independent, yet never culpable. Humans build it, humans deploy it, but no one bears responsibility for the things that happen when they do. 421662463
Reposted by Matt AttawayPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ringen.wikipedia.orgIron Ring - Wikipedia 2073722302
Reposted by Matt AttawayLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970192261
Reposted by Matt AttawayKatie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Incredible things are happening in the SNAP policy analyst group chats today 063
Reposted by Matt AttawayO @omagus.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Like @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social said, Mamdani just pushed the button. 4901233
Reposted by Matt Attawayjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026huh, this piece nailed the AI bros like a decade ago 511774284
Reposted by Matt AttawayFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That: 28860751589
Reposted by Matt AttawayOtto von Biz Markie @donachaidh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Lol my buddy just sent me another angle and it's somehow even more ridiculous 372209617
Reposted by Matt AttawayElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign 24550441567
Matt Attaway @mataway.bsky.social · 05/09/2026If you're involved with scouting, there are some pretty sweet discounts available for gear, even if you're just a volunteer. www.scouting.org/trail-to-adv...scouting.orgThe Guide to Pro Deals for Volunteers and Camp Staff 000
Matt Attaway @mataway.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The deep frying rules this recipe out for day to day cooking, but this recipe intrigues me. www.allrecipes.com/recipe/28520...allrecipes.comThat Zucchini Spaghetti Stanley Tucci Loves (Spaghetti alla Nerano)This Italian zucchini pasta dish, called spaghetti alla nerano, is one of the best things Stanley Tucci has ever eaten! Chef John agrees it’s amazing! 000
Matt Attaway @mataway.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This is a really helpful page for diagnosing your tomato plants. Alas, it seems like we have fungal wilt disease. 😭 lancaster.unl.edu/possible-cau...lancaster.unl.eduPossible Causes of Sudden Wilt and Death in Tomatoes | Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County | NebraskaNothing is more disappointing to the home vegetable gardener than to raise a tomato plant, finally have it loaded with fruit, when suddenly it wilts and dies. What could be the problem? Possible cause... 000
Reposted by Matt AttawayMike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Note that it's not just 1Password that is supporting DHH. A good writeup here, with lots of receipts brennan.day/normalized-f... 49338
Reposted by Matt AttawayMika McKinnon @mikamckinnon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Things that make me happy: 04613
Reposted by Matt AttawayKenney @kenney.nl · 25/08/2026Today I woke up and felt like doing something a little crazy. Here it is; Kenney Game Assets All-in-1 is 75% off and just $4.99 for a limited time only ✨ Download everything I've made in a single package! kenney.itch.io/kenney-game-... 9289126
Reposted by Matt AttawayChet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 29/08/2026This is where I get jealous of artists... so simple, so beautiful and captures the essence perfectly. Where I need to work for a year to express my "quick thought" - and clearly, just so much skill expressed here. 0743
Reposted by Matt AttawayChristie BOO! Mwahahaha! @ceburke.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Y’all. This is CROCHETED 13955310
Reposted by Matt Attawayderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Bay Area friends: A friend found these small kittens behind a gas station and we've been trying to find them a home for almost two months. For now, they live in a small bathroom. Would you consider adopting? They are vaxxed, neutered, and incredibly affectionate. Please help! 4630761245
Reposted by Matt AttawayTyson @lscpunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable. 51173706424
Reposted by Matt AttawayCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Y'all... the Band of the Coldstream Guards performed "9 to 5" in front of Buckingham Palace in honor of Dolly Parton. 9067721603
Reposted by Matt AttawayGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/08/2026This girl I used to waitress with in Austin, we moved to New York together in 2003 on a literal Greyhound bus. Shared a fifth floor walk-up studio that, when it rained, had more leaks in the ceiling than we had pots and pans. We used to get drunk and smoke off the fire escape and do “sad-offs.” 244358996
Reposted by Matt AttawayElon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026“How we are is who we are” is such a lovely sentiment. 0848179
Reposted by Matt AttawayBen Kuchera @benkuchera.bsky.social · 23/08/2026There's more! Ansel Adams Magnetic Core Assembly, IBM Plant, Poughkeepsie, New York 2217
Reposted by Matt Attawayderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 23/08/2026As you walk down the street, my voice can be heard out of each passing Flock camera. “Tan shoes don’t go with dark worsted suits,” says the next Flock camera. “To understand this,” says the third camera, “we must go back to the early 1900s, when men’s dress was divided between city and country.” 424167180
Reposted by Matt Attawayderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The year is 2035. Flock cameras are everywhere. You step out of your home and hear a voice coming from somewhere overhead, possibly close to the streetlight next to you. It's me. "Collar gap." 1389820830
Reposted by Matt Attawayc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 17/02/20262. Thermoregulation The cold-water lakes a common loon calls home can pose a temperature risk to chicks without insulating feathers & fat, so short practice swims are followed by sunning & flight-practice on mom or dad's landing deck. (📷: Ray Yeager, RTY Photography, www.rtyphotography.com) 219128
Reposted by Matt AttawayJessica Shortall @jessicashortall.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The little hammer coming out of the big hammer is unspeakably delightful 27719
Reposted by Matt AttawayKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The Senate is important, but state legislatures are just as big and, as the post notes, these races are a lot more effective use of your dollar. 27992290
Reposted by Matt AttawayAngus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice. 6069632175
Reposted by Matt Attawayc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Twice a year, Hawai'i experiences a strange moment where the sun appears to be exactly overhead & anything that is completely vertical casts no shadow. Let's learn about Lāhainā Noon, subsolar points & 'Kau ka lā i ka lolo', meaning "the sun rests on the brains." 11186332311
Reposted by Matt AttawayMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/07/2026This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City. This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night. 461210813341
Reposted by Matt AttawayMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Canadians and Northern USers, you would be shocked how well these work! Please, please, if you have the time and the money, make one. 2525651274
Reposted by Matt AttawaySantiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 18/07/2026Zohran Me 🤝 Being Big Tent Democrats 1438368
Reposted by Matt AttawayAstronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Here’s what happens when two galaxies collide ✨ 📽️: NCSA, NASA, B. Robertson, L. Hernquist 713432
Reposted by Matt AttawayBlake Tapper @blaketapper.bsky.social · 08/07/2026You have never seen a home run hit this far before. 14412
