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Lol reminds me of the time my mom made the comment, "It got to the point where she couldn't walk without a wheelchair."

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Sure, the company has a long and storied history of behaving unethically. Also, yes, part of that history involves misusing and abusing people's personal data. But, if I'm understanding correctly, what I think you're saying is that I should *not* hand over my bank accounts to their cool new AI?

Megan McCardle has so many historically bad takes I suspect it's one of her OKRs.

Sad, but also campaign propaganda, regardless of who it comes from, isn't going to bring gas/diesel prices down so I suspect this is for an audience of one.

Jason Lengstorf @jason.energy · 27/09/2026

Had many similar thoughts about what makes a business valuable. You can build some crazy stuff in AI super fast, but if you can build it easily with AI, so can someone else. It turns out, as they say, ideas are cheap.

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the hard parts of building a business are - solving a real problem for real people - ignoring shiny ideas that are fun but distracting - prioritizing boring stuff that moves the needle - connecting with customers if anything, AI makes it *harder* to build a successful business

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Brian Rinaldi @remotesynthesis.com · 27/09/2026

When you know you're gonna lose...

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is an excellent plan. I think they should do it.

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There's plenty of corruption, crimes against humanity, and downright evil shit to focus on, but every so often it strikes me how thoroughly we USians have been exposed and disgraced on the world stage. A country who can elect such a man—twice!—is not a worthy country. We need radical reformation.

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💯 and I hate to remind folks but, by extension, this means Cursor too.

Mark Wragg @wragg.io · 23/09/2026

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I keep hearing (intelligent, professional) people on podcasts say they use Grok. Isn't Grok.. kind of evil? And I don't mean literally, but how it works, what it is willing to do, who profits from its use etc.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 23/09/2026

🚨🚨🚨PARAMOUNT ASKED ELON MUSK FOR AN EQUITY INVESTMENT AMID PURCHASE OF HBO, WHICH HAS STREAMING RIGHTS TO THE "MUSK" DOCUMENTARY🚨🚨🚨

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One of my favorite cartoons of all time, so it's great to read details on how it got made.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026

I don't expect them to change like a gambler willing to sacrifice the last pieces of what they have. When it ends there will be little left to save (a party with no identity) and they will know nothing but gambling anyway. I suspect we'll be left with the hollow shell of a party for some time.

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Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵

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Brian Rinaldi @remotesynthesis.com · 22/09/2026

This plan is perfect. No notes. Yes, please do it.

WIRED @wired.com · 21/09/2026

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WIRED asked 634 women what they really think about working in tech. They told us about harassment, bias, unequal treatment, and the everyday indignities that still shape life in the industry. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/women-...

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Brian Rinaldi @remotesynthesis.com · 20/09/2026

@annaspies.dev FYI someone is impersonating you and sending spammy DMs

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P.S. yes, the emdashes are all mine. I refuse to let AI take them away from me.

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This is a very personal post about going back to the roots of this blog to refind the the passion for writing that drove me to create it in the first place.

This is an atypical personal post from me about my journey from starting my blog in 2005 with literally no expectations to falling nearly silent in recent years and about how I hope to refind that love of writing that drove me to create it in the first place. remotesynthesis.com/posts/findin...

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Finding My Voice (Again)

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Smart enough to be a "BlueSky elder". Not smart enough to understand there is no way to create an unbiased metric for measuring "toxicity".

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Lol to being so thoroughly out of touch that you, even if inadvertently, imply that millions of Americans were "on the Vineyard or in Greece."

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If the post-Trump era isn't defined by putting all these mfers on trial, even based on only the things we currently know, we will have failed as a society.

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The dumbest asshole in the country and the President need to be two different people moving forward

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Amara Graham @missamarakay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

dev.to/missamarakay... Where I learn GitHub Copilot didn't have access to browse the internet and just decided to make up npm package versions, because why not...🥲

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Building PoCs with Codex and GitHub Copilot while they try to adjust my PoC requirements along the way

But Amara, you didn't include MY favorite AI!

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Brian Rinaldi @remotesynthesis.com · 15/09/2026

A thoughtful post from @charity.wtf on why AI-generated communication/content can sometimes be enraging and other times be ok. It's about the distance between the expectation on a scale of personal to impersonal and the reality (AI communication is by default impersonal) charity.wtf/p/confession...

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Confessions of an Unrepentant Slop Snob

A framework for thinking about when AI involvement is additive or a violation

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/09/2026

and there it is -- Trump says that if the Supreme Court doesn't allow him to put his name on the Kennedy Center then it will close down for good

The Board of The Kennedy Center today agreed, almost unanimously, to close the Building for Safety reasons, and so that it can begin the process of Reconstruction. The closing will take place immediately, however, the Renovation and Reconstruction, which is a very large and complex job, cannot begin until such time as the D.C. Circuit rules on the Board’s approved name. If the ruling is a negative one, which it should not be, and is not overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Reconstruction and the Renovation of The Kennedy Center will not take place. The attorneys from the DOJ will ask for an expedited appeal. In the meantime, 17 Million Dollars, raised by President Trump, has been put into The Kennedy Center account to keep it afloat. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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Brian Rinaldi @remotesynthesis.com · 15/09/2026

I've literally never heard anyone ask Trump (or his sham board) how putting his name on the building would have magically solved their supposedly serious financial crisis.

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Vale @vale.rocks · 15/09/2026

@css-tricks.bsky.social is once again stuck in an arbitrary suspension at the hands of DigitalOcean's radio silence. It is devastating to see such a brilliant publication treated so very poorly. The current situation: vale.rocks/micros/20260...

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CSS-Tricks in Limbo - 15 Sept 2026 01:35 UTC

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Every other headline now is "Huge liar who's financially motivated to lie says"

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Mat “Wilto” Marquis @wil.to · 14/09/2026

Digital Ocean ended their $50/month sponsorship of GNOME and FlatHub and went radio silent on CSS-Tricks right around the time they found a spare three million dollars to burn on “sponsoring” a high-profile racist’s dotfiles repo. Impossible to see this as anything but a statement of their values.

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Why CSS-Tricks Has Been Quiet Lately - Geoff Graham

Because I haven't published anything to it since August 31. And no one else has either. That's not a super long time to go silent but it is for a site that

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Brian Rinaldi @remotesynthesis.com · 14/09/2026

Overreacting and abusing your power to shut down any criticism is generally a sign that you're very confident in the righteousness of your cause...right?

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Brian Rinaldi @remotesynthesis.com · 14/09/2026

The statement is self-contradictory because only an idiot would say this.