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So, huge gratitude to everyone involved in making #goatmire possible — it's not just inspiring, it's galvanizing, it's a call to action for all who make technology, for all who care about the technology they make, for all who care about the roles those technologies play in our our world.

We tried to do this (to a much, much more modest extent) with Southern Fried F# before the pandemic, to make a tech event that was more... approachable, welcoming, humanistic. Seeing even just glimpses of #goatmire from afar gets the gears turning about possibilities specific to our region.

#goatmire as an event is incredibly unique, but as a *idea* it shouldn't be unique. The tech world should have hundreds, thousands of region- and community-specific goatmires all over the world.

The lack of a hallway track says something about #goatmire — it's an inversion of most any other tech event. It's a wakeup call that we can be more community than industry.

When trans people are seen, there is a 'you can just do that?' effect. People see trans folks and suddenly realize 'woah, I can just be myself?' #Goatmire is kinda like that for communities. 'Woah, we can just put on a tech event that showcases a community and a fuller picture of its participants?'

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not only was she one of the first, she is credited for literally coining the phrase "software engineer". photos like these inspired me so much when I was in school!

hamilton laying in an apollo cockpit, manipulating switches

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Reliability Lessons From SQLite - Richard Hipp | SSW 2026

Richard Hipp recently talked a bit about how they do it with SQLite: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_qz... Seems like they have a very belt-and-suspenders approach: - MC/DC testing inspired by DO-178B - Test suite far larger than codebase - 'Test what you fly' post-compilation fuzz testing

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That's a good point!

Aye, some terms could run into auto-moderation. The ones I tend to notice though are things like 'patreon' or 'commission', which were specific to late-stage twitter machinations. Some of this could be explained by people cross-posting, but it still stands out ^^;;

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Evan Czaplicki @acadia.engineering · 18/08/2026

It's small in the grand scheme of things, but what has unsettled me in the past few years is seeing people on bsky continuing to not use words that were banned on twitter, and no longer posting links in posts or in bio. There are no such restrictions on bsky, but the behavior persists sometimes...

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Acadia is out today! Bringing the benefits of Elm to SQLite and PostgreSQL: - Friendly error messages - Custom types for precise column data - Simple module system for easy reuse Check it out! acadia.engineering/blog/rethink...

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Rethinking Database Programming

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.

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remmah @remmah.net · 05/10/2026

I think the UX of creating passkeys is more likely to snag people who are already well-versed with password managers, since the passkey prompts appear without expectation when one is trying to autofill. It’s a subtle change in a well-practiced UX flow, but the consequences are very disruptive.

remmah @remmah.net · 01/10/2026

As it happens, I do run Folding@Home during the winter months and it does help regulate temps in the room ^^ Also, water heaters with heat pumps are fairly common now — could always co-locate the GPU rack and the water heater... ^^;;

Doll @dollspace.gay · 01/10/2026

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If everything were truly hopeless their propaganda would not be neccecary

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Teefa @tifaret.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We live in an exciting time. We can, now more than ever, build the future we want. Now is the time for optimism and big dreams. I believe we can build a culture where no one gets left behind. There is darkness, but there is also so much love.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic, known as manikomycin, that may be a bulwark in the fight against drug-resistant superbugs. By attacking the ribosome in a never-before-seen way, manikomycin can evade the existing mechanisms pathogens have developed to resist antibiotics.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.

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Understood — the credit system is indeed infuriating

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oh right, I do forget how many Apple things are US-centric nowadays…

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The iTunes Store itself was bugging out on me the other day — I would love to know how old the WebObjects code is that’s still powering it ^^;

ngl, 12-month Apple Card financing allowed me to more feasibly get the Studios a while back ^^;;

If y‘all are committed to a laptop, one thing to be aware of is that sustained inference will make the MacBook Pro fans rather noticeable, and it will drain battery even when plugged in while inferring at full power. The M1 Max and M4 Max Studio however remain silent no matter how hard I push them.

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Feature Support Overview - Asahi Linux Documentation

The Asahi website has feature support tables for various chips asahilinux.org/docs/platfor... This is just a personal option, but I wouldn't use Asahi on M3 or higher yet, especially if high-speed i/o, NPU, and multimonitor setups are a consideration.

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128GB with an M1 Ultra (Mac Studio only), 64GB with an M1 Max (MacBook Pros also supported). IIRC only half of the unified memory can officially be dedicated to the GPU without hacks/workarounds. The M1 and M2 series remain the most well-supported by Asahi, though you'll lose access to the NPU.

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That said, we have had success running less-demanding text models on an M1 Max with 64GB, just don't expect super-fast speeds ^^;

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All Apple silicon Macs do, but iirc the M1 series has a limit on how much can be dedicated to the GPU.

remmah @remmah.net · 22/09/2026

Reminds me of NUMA CPU boards, or the small enclaves on chips that run a different OS in parallel to the main CPU, with limited visibility between the two. Seems that separating the consistent/dedicated/mission-critical/autonomic stuff from consciousness is useful? med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

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Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds

Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.

remmah @remmah.net · 16/09/2026

A decent society makes space for everyone who wants to participate, regardless of which levels of abstraction speak to us. Charcoal on rock, making paints, acrylic, digital drawing, genning, and beyond: Society is richer when more people find expressive fulfillment. Let’s build a decent society.

remmah @remmah.net · 16/09/2026

A decent society makes space for everyone who wants to participate, regardless of which levels of abstraction speak to us. Materials, Verilog, asm, Rust, Python, Thermite, agentic harnesses, and beyond: Society is richer when more people find expressive fulfillment. Let’s build a decent society.

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Maenei @maenei.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

autumn hike

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remmah @remmah.net · 12/09/2026

Not a lawyer, but seems like a layperson's definition of "trust"? www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/t...

the third definition of the word "trust" in Webster's dictionary: "a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement. especially: one that reduces or threatens to reduce competition"

remmah @remmah.net · 12/09/2026

Related fun fact: That the 1.0 release of Splatoon on the Wii U would've fit on a GameCube disc ^^

Doll @dollspace.gay · 12/09/2026

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"We lost control; please put us in charge of the industry” deserves a spectacularly hostile reception.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine has SUCCEEDED in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. Phase III trial results in MORE THAN 1,100 patients shows the vaccine SIGNIFICANTLY extended the time patients lived without their melanoma returning AND reduced the risk of metastasis.

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Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial

A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.

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Doll @dollspace.gay · 08/09/2026

It did in fact change our understanding of math. A calculator makes the distinction between understanding a problem and executing its arithmetic very concrete. You can struggle with mental arithmetic and still have excellent mathematical insight.

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Mrs. Reach / Mrs. Curio @reachartwork.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

Howdy, I'm Reach. I am a disabled artist. Here is my pinned that should answer all the questions you have about me and my art. I love you. You be good. I'll see you tomorrow.

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remmah @remmah.net · 07/09/2026

AI art is the closest thing I've seen to the early 2000s Web in a long time. Just a profusion of people freely sharing things they're interested in without expectation of commercialization or careers. Browsing finetunes is reminiscent of meandering through Yahoo or dmoz directories back in the day.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

GOOD NEWS! Phase I clinical trial results out of Johns Hopkins show a first-of-its-kind vaccine designed to target common KRAS mutations was safe AND stimulated KRAS-specific T-cell responses in 90% of study participants who were at HIGH risk of developing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

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Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Triggers Immune Response Before Tumors Develop

Phase I results show early promise for a vaccine designed to prevent pancreatic cancer in people at high risk of developing the disease.

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If you support "age verification" online, you are supporting a system that GUARANTEES privacy meltdowns -- endangering all of us -- because the giant databases of scanned IDs are perpetually hacked by criminals who sell private data.

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Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.

From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it “age” verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we&#821…

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remmah @remmah.net · 05/09/2026

I can see this as the foundation of a Linux-based spiritual successor to the rich desktop automation systems seen on Macs in the 90s — AppleScript, Apple Events, Frontier, etc. While modern-day Macs still have AppleScript and Apple Events, the infrastructure powering them is ancient and creaking.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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remmah @remmah.net · 05/09/2026

Wishing you safe travels!

Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the FIRST time, been shown to PREVENT COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.

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remmah @remmah.net · 29/08/2026

The one thing that sticks with me most is how the game briefly pauses when the life meter of a boss fills up: It’s a simple but surprisingly impactful effect!

remmah @remmah.net · 29/08/2026

Being able to stand beyond the edge of a platform — upright and unbothered — despite your center of gravity being over a pit ^^