rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Google Maps has changed Lake Ontario to Lake America. Apple Maps is still labeling it correctly. 100
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026In the culture of my people, books are sacred. It is considered disrespectful to step on a book or even put one on the floor. I can’t comprehend shredding one book, let alone millions. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/a...arstechnica.comAnthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI modelsCompany hired Google's book-scanning chief to cut up and digitize "all the books in the world." 010
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 13/07/2026One of the many non-obvious things I learned from @brewster.kahle.org was that when libraries are burned, they are burned by governments 010
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Rode a MUNI with the wonderful old Sunset livery today. It was wildly off-schedule, so possibly using 1975 versions of both paint and timetable. 220
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Riding the Coast Starlight down the California coast is super pretty, but I’m surprised at how many retired vets loudly talk about assassinating the governor, for the whole train to hear 130
Reposted by rajbotgi0 @gi0.bsky.social · 31/03/2026mpump: a free browser groovebox for making electronic beats sharable as links. No install, no account. Free and open source. mpump.live #music #groovebox #electronicmusic #webdev #opensource #indiedev #technompump.livempump — browser groovebox where grooves live in linksMake a groove. Send a link. Open, change, and resend. A browser instrument for shaping and sharing electronic music. No install. No account. 0125
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 25/03/2026These Apple at 50 interviews with execs from back in the day are great! It’s also the first time I’ve heard anyone from Apple publicly talk about the Fingerworks acquisition and how it was the basis for multitouch on iPhone. Still waiting for Fingerworks TouchStream 2.0! youtu.be/eCSNJgI2LFI?... 010
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Startup founders DO NOT want to hear that what they are building today will be replaced by a Claude Code plugin tomorrow 020
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 21/02/2026After a period of near-zero enforcement of traffic laws and increasing pedestrian deaths, San Francisco now has speed cameras apple.news/A-qnDc1BxSlu... 041
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 31/01/2026I got a two-color thermal label printer. The labels visually pop way more than black and white stickers 150
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Here is an Internet Archive skill for Claude Code: github.com/rajbot/inter... Install it and then you can prompt Claude to: "Search Internet Archive for vintage computer manuals" and then "Download the first five of them" 020
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 17/01/2026I propose a new metric called Photoslop, which measures how closely an AI coding tool can one-shot Photoshop in a single prompt. 131
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 14/01/2026I love the pattern of compiling rust libraries and cli tools to webassembly and hosting them on a static webpage so people can easily try them out. I needed a MPEG-TS to MP4 converter library, and now you can try it here: www.bitstream.io/ts-to-mp4/ 120
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Bluesky videos don't unfurl in Slack, so I added video importing to my bluesky-helper slack app. It now both unrolls threads and imports videos into Slack for you: github.com/rajbot/blues... 131
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 02/01/2026I made* a Bluesky-to-Slack thread unroller: Instructions for installing it in your own Slack + aws lambda account are here: github.com/rajbot/blues... *vibecoded with Claude Code 140
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Our NYE tradition: making donations to @aclu.org, @archive.org, @eff.org, @msf.ca, @ppfa.org, @raicestexas.bsky.social, @splcenter.org, the SF Food Bank, and @walksf.org A few more of those bsky handles resolve now compared to last year. Also, this year we are adding @propublica.org to the list! 010
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 30/12/2025The Suzanne Jackson retrospective at SF MOMA is wonderful. Be sure to check it out! 010
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Holidays are a good time to check what scam App Store subscriptions your parents got suckered into. The latest one is this scam OfferUp subscription my mom has. Does she use it? No. Does she know she is subscribed to it? No. Does she get billed $20 every month by OfferUp? Yes. Total scam. 010
Reposted by rajbotDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26/11/2025The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool. The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code. They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated. 591389931
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Why is Sarah Kendzoir, an author and journalist who covers authoritarian regimes, suspended on bluesky? Even X and substack haven’t suspended her. So much for “Bring your own algorithm”. This is a fail for Bluesky. 121
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 10/11/2025We are quickly sliding past the era when you could find info on YouTube on how to fix almost anything. YouTube search results are now full of AI slop repair videos that help no one. An opportunity for ifixit or instructables to own this space perhaps. 010
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Dr. Manhattan meme template It is 2008. Republicans are angry that a Muslim socialist born in Africa won the election It is 2012. Republicans are angry that a Muslim socialist born in Africa won the election It is 2022. Republicans are angry that a Muslim socialist born in Africa won the election 100
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 01/11/2025The neighborhood closes the street to cars for Halloween and it results in giant costumes and pure joy! 000
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 27/10/2025I didn’t believe this would work but I grabbed one of these flags before crossing the street and it actually makes a difference in getting cars to stop for you! The marigolds are part of a memorial for neighbor who was killed in a hit and run here. A project by safestreetsbernal.org 000
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Crosswalk flags by safestreetsbernal.org at the intersection where a neighbor was killed in a hit and run. Grab a flag from one side of the crosswalk and leave it at the other. When things get this bad we probably need more safety infrastructure than diy flags, but maybe it helps… 110
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 27/10/2025My take on Rogan is that Spotify users are partially responsible for the global rise of deadly anti-vax nonsense and the resurgence of measles in America, and if you send me a Spotify link I will judge you as someone helping make the world a worse place. 110
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Did something change with the Discover feed so that it is no longer stable when logged in? Every time I refresh it to get new posts, I end up with a completely different set of posts. 000
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Lime has figured a way around Lyft’s regulated monopoly on Bike Share in the Bay Area! They simply took the pedals off their e-bike and called it a “Glider”. 130
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 06/10/2025There is a SFBA Bench Collective bench at the bus stop near my house. It is constantly being used during the day, but sometimes gets tagged. Rustoleum “Warm Carmel” spray paint is a good way to keep these clean and keep them from being reported to the city. It dries completely in 20 min. 011
rajbot @rajbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2025New speed cameras led to a 92% drop in speeding at some intersections: www.ktvu.com/news/san-fra...ktvu.comSpeed cameras shift driver behavior in San FranciscoTwo months after San Francisco began issuing fines from its new speed camera program, city officials say drivers are slowing down. 000
