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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 7h

How fun would a Chicago-Milwaukee World Series be? #gosoxgo

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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jenny (phire) @phirephoenix.com · 29/09/2026

I gave a talk last week about tech billionaires (we really don't like them) and how to fight them (labour organizing, it's always labour organizing). Come take a 9-minute break from producing shareholder value and watch! Thanks to @thewalrus.ca for inviting me for #WalrusTalks 🍁

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Jenny Zhang: Workers Can Take Back Tech

YouTube video by The Walrus

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And we'll be paying for it for a long, long time.

screenshot of Trump "PSA" campaign ad. Trump in black-and-white appears at the right of the screen, and the caption "Paid for by the U.S. Government" appears at bottom.

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The problem I have with the "protein in everything" trend is that at least 75% of the time the added protein is whey powder, which may contain significant levels of lactose depending on processing. That can lead to an unhappy surprise for anyone lactose intolerant, like me.

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

With gas prices at historic highs, the Turnip administration lowers fuel economy standards. apnews.com/article/trum...

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Enshittification continues: now on Instagram, if you click on a hashtag, the results are a MetaAI generated “explanation” of the hashtag and a few photos using that hashtag interspersed with a ton of irrelevant crap from the algorithm. Literally nobody wants this, and there’s no way to avoid it.

Screenshot of the results for #rockytheimpossiblekitteh in Instagram. An AI-generated description of a completely different hashtag tops the results, followed by two photos using the correct hashtag and two that are not — including one of Rocky the alien. Farther down are increasingly irrelevant results, and only one more post with the correct hashtag.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:

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Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people

Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Who up having long, unfocused sex for unclear reasons?

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

How does one “emerge” as a behind-the-scenes force? I suppose in the sense that cicadas emerge every few years to be an irritating background noise to everything else that’s going on. Rahm should be similarly ignored.

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I got served a new A/B test version of a "Create post" form in Facebook. Clicking on the "What's on your mind?" box took me to a whole new page with basically the same interface blown out to show every option, plus a preview. Seems like overkill.

Screenshot of a new "Create post" page (facebook.com/post/create) that displays the options for a post on the left, with a preview of the post on the right.

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The enshittification continues. Google Docs in Workspace now launches a Gemini sidebar with a new doc, in addition to an outline sidebar by default, taking up more than half the screen. Note: I have previously turned Gemini off at the administrative level.

screenshot of a new Google Docs document, with a Gemini sidebar on the right nearly equal to the width of the document area, and a "Document tabs" sidebar open by default on the left.

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Is "revert back" AI speak, or just the latest half-baked business jargon? As in, "We'll revert back if we have any questions." Revert doesn't mean reply or respond. It means to go back to a previous version.

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Recently I've been encountering websites whose design causes the top nav to be too wide for my browser even at full screen, even if there's not much up there. The result is the company logo is partially off the lefthand edge. The common factor? They're all built with Wix.

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@asavage.bsky.social What pencil did you settle on instead of the Sharpwriter? I've noticed the most recent batch the lead seems to be harder than #2 — I can barely read my handwriting anymore because it's so light.

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

About 15 years ago, I had a conversation with someone working with a group of Silicon Valley leaders. They wanted me to help develop a program to encourage HS seniors to forego college and go work at tech firms. (I said no.) Tell me this isn't the same tactic in new clothing.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/09/2026

Look goddamnit It's entirely possible To eat a plum And not make a poem about it The one I just ate Wasn't even in the Goddamn refrigerator Or anything Sometimes a plum Is just a plum You can just eat it And go on with your life WHAT Why are you looking at me What'd I do now (looks) oh GODDAMNIT

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The Mask of the Red Jeph @ass.golf · 22/09/2026

I must once again emphasize that if you are putting art on the internet, you need your own website in case some fucking management ghoul decides the platform they paid too much money for isn't worth how much they paid for it

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The UN listening to Turnip's speech.

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Bryan Cranston in a boat approaching shore: "I AM THE ONE WHO DOCKS."

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

That's great. Now take the next step and stop reporting whatever he says as if it were the truth.

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It appears that Highland cows are the new llamas.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026

Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Oh good, a new spam avenue: calendar invites. I’ve gotten at least three of these this week, all pretending to be a “missed voicemail” with raw html in the description that tries to spoof a Google Voice notification.

Screenshot of two calendar invites from spammy scammers. The meeting titles are variations on “you have a new voice message.”

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

How often was Computer Age misheard before they decided to just go with it?

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 17/09/2026

David Heinemeier Hansson called for the extermination of Romani people, comparing them to animals. An entire roster of tech tycoons responded by each personally giving him $1 million for his open source software project, even though he’s already wealthy enough to have a personal race car team.

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Jeep accessory aftermarket is out of control.

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Success! I was able to recover my bookmarks from my last backup — but only after trashing Chrome and restoring the older version.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 15/09/2026

Andrew Wakefield was stripped of his medical license over a fraudulent, now-retracted study that falsely claimed a link between autism and the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine.

arstechnica.com

RFK Jr. headlines sold-out anti-vaccine conference alongside Andrew Wakefield

The event is hosted by Kennedy's anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense.

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Welp, I did the worst possible thing and deleted “Profile 1” from Chrome’s profiles, instantly nuking my bookmarks, history and saved passwords. Is there a recovery option? A warning of any sort? Nope.

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My pal @marynmck.bsky.social with a banger science mystery in Scientific American's latest issue—an enigmatic apple tree in Maine rewrites the global story of apple orchards. www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

scientificamerican.com

How apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree—and rewrote the history of fruit

And how they might have helped save the future of American apples

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Gotta say, Chrome insisting on signing into a profile is really cramping my style as someone who uses multiple Google accounts simultaneously. Stop making me log in and locking me out of my work!

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

100% chance this particular example was chosen for maximum distraction potential. And it's working.

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Andrew ✶ Huff @me3dia.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm kind of amazed at the crickets surrounding Alinea's switch from Tock — a platform created by its cofounders — to OpenTable. www.opentable.com/r/alinea

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Howard Sherman @hesherman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Farewell to costume designer Bob Mackie, a designer of spectacular gowns for great divas, but also the creator of perhaps the greatest costume sight gag in history.

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