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Rod Begbie

@rod.begbie.com
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• Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Sweary 🤬 • Living in San Francisco, CA • Gen X as Fuck

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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 2h
Have you filed your DROP request? It’s fun watching 600+ data brokers process your removal. privacy.ca.gov/drop/
privacy.ca.gov
Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP)
Protect your personal information. Data brokers collect, share, and sell your personal information. You can stop that from happening.
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 12h
A few months, I wrote a Claude skill that hides future Instagram ads from anyone who’d recently advertised to me. Turns out, it runs on Muse too. ngl, it feels pretty good using FaceBook’s infrastructure & tokens to reduce the value of their advertising network. gist.github.com/rodbegbie/eb...
gist.github.com
hide-all-instagram-advertisers.md
GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 01/10/2026
Yes, I’ve learned over the years that three stars in The Guardian usually means “Do you like this sort of thing? This is a good one of those.” which is all the recommendation I need if I do, indeed, like that sort of thing.
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 30/09/2026
“I am not a lawyer […] I used Claude to do most of the research behind this post.” Thank you for giving me my first chance to use this meme I downloaded off of LinkedIn(!) an hour ago. (Credit: www.linkedin.com/posts/deiond...)
Powerful Combo meme that reads “I don’t care what Claude said”
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 30/09/2026
Cut to Bonfire Night 2027: A horde of bedraggled podcast fans descend upon Beckenham Rec, desperately needing to hear a rambling anecdote about a TV advert from 1998…
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 30/09/2026
Along with the laptop they never sent me a return box for?
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 30/09/2026
Were they out of stock of Cool Ranch Pepto Bismol?
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 30/09/2026
Between this and Crunch & Crumble, it’s a rough year for us parasocial weirdo stalkers of Crossbow.
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 30/09/2026
Very true. I remember feeling that sense of doom during their post-Xmas-Flatslam advocaat-fueled ComComPod when they talked about giving up sketch.
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 30/09/2026
Current status:
Screenshot of a search on Uber for a ride from my home in San Francisco to Disneyland in Anaheim.
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 30/09/2026
Received a text this morning inviting me to join the Uber account of the company that laid me off two months ago. Idly wondering how many rides I could charge to them before they noticed.
Text message reading “You're invited to join the Splice Uber account: https://y.uber.com/…”
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 30/09/2026
Schrödinger’s podcast.
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 30/09/2026
I had that same sinking feeling when I saw the word “announcement” in the episode title. I’m going to miss having them in my ear canals.
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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Today’s Cornell rapist is tomorrow’s Brett Kavanaugh.
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
we should have killed this bastard when we had the chance
clippy >:[
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 29/09/2026
Sometimes I ask Claude to proofread something I’ve written, but then end up doubling-down on the stuff it suggests I remove. “Fuck you, robot! I’m adding ‧₊˚✧ MORE ˖✶˖ UNICODE ˖✶˖ SPARKLES ✧˚₊‧ to this LinkedIn post!”
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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please join us this Friday for our last Summer School session of the season! We are hosting a SELF-PROMOTION CLINIC. Bring us your problems. Bring us your hesitation. Bring us the little voice inside your head telling you that you aren’t worthy. WE’LL CRUSH THEM WITH MALLETS!
eventbrite.com
Self-Promotion Clinic
We will help you get out of your own way and put your best self out there.
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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
you shouldn’t learn about bands from shady TikTok manipulation, you should learn about bands by hanging out with a girl you like but are also extremely afraid of
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 26/09/2026
So picky. Next you’ll be saying you don’t want peas in your guacamole.
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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A rich person can never be held accountable. Therefore, a rich person must never make a societal decision
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger.
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Camille Fournier @skamille.themanagerswrath.com · 20/09/2026
If you want a Sunday morning longread I wrote up a rough version of the talk I gave at LDX3 this week on the Manager's Path in the Age of AI skamille.medium.com/the-managers...
skamille.medium.com
The Manager’s Path in the Age of AI
This week, I gave a talk at LDX3 New York. When they asked me to speak and asked me for a topic, I said that it was probably time I finally…
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Stephanie 🍉 @ageofoddish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
mmygod
the slut gnomes of false berlin jeopardy bluesky posttoday's jeopardy categories. the last 2 are "false berlin" and "bizarre little men"
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My “Doctor Who” idea is that the Doctor is a frog and his companion is a bear and every week they put on a variety show with the help of a very special guest star.
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 18/09/2026
ENTERPRISE JAVA BEANS for AGENTS
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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hello. They are going to try to fuck with your vote, and we are NOT going to let them. Last week I pinged my friend Dana Chisnell, who knows how elections work, and said "Hey, let’s make it hard for them to fuck with us.” Today, we are very proud to announce the HOW TO VOTE zine. howtovote.tips
howtovote.tips
How to Vote / Cómo Votar
A free field guide to what stops people from voting, and what to do about it. English and Spanish, ready to print.
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 15/09/2026
Thanks Kevin! The feeling is more than mutual!
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 14/09/2026
(In mildly related news: Splice laid me off in July and I’m starting a job hunt in earnest this week. If your company needs someone to help engineering teams navigate the technological shift, cultural changes, and token-costs that agentic coding is unlocking, hit me up!)
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 14/09/2026
As ever, @kellanem.com does a great job synthesising what’s happening to our industry, and why the prevailing narrative is blatantly counterproductive (and burning out many fabulous people).
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NullPointer 🍄 @nuiipointer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The sound I make since age 35 when I get up from the couch
Supermarket aisle sign that says “HOOAEG”. (Apparently it means season in Estonian).
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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This week’s newsletter is for people who are tempted to use LLMs to do their writing. Please enjoy. I wrote every word. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
buttondown.com
How to write it like you told it
What do you say to someone who wants to write but struggles with writing and is tempted to use an LLM-based chatbot?
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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I am sympathetic to Silicon Valley guys ascribing human-level consciousness to AI because if I had to talk to people from Silicon Valley all day I’d probably have a real low bar for sentience too
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Ricky Mondello @rmondello.com · 08/09/2026
New post on my blog about switching password managers in 2026! It covers: - why your iPhone or iPad, and not your Mac, might be the place to start your switch - the recent controversy in password management and some thoughts on values - and more! rmondello.com/2026/09/07/s...
rmondello.com
Switching Password Managers in 2026
Important Note: Although I work at Apple in the password management and app/website authentication spaces, in this post I am speaking only for myself, personally. There is no “news” in this post or any kind of “inside scoop”. Please do share this post, but if I see “Apple’s Ricky Mondello” anywhere, I’ll be sad. My [...]
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Thomas “Scary” Fuchs 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 08/09/2026
It’s true that AI is leading to increased software output—whenever I have a need for specific software I find like 3 separate vibe-coded abandoned code repositories with all files from like 4 months ago and it’s very shiny and doesn’t work at all.
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Tony Gowland @tonygowland.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Viz top tip reading: “Tech enthusiasts. Save money on expensive Meta Glasses by buying a pair of normal glasses and then adding your name to the Sex Offenders Register.”
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 29/08/2026
M Night Shyamalan could never.
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 27/08/2026
Like and Subscribe.
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 27/08/2026
Dude behind me in line for Garry Starr was explaining to his female companion that the wheel of news on Mock the Week isn’t random, and the comedians prepare their material in advance. Then misquoted about 80% of an Acaster routine. No court in the land would convict me.
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 27/08/2026
This is spectacularly close to an answer I gave in a job interview last night. I think the interviewer wanted me to say “My process for teams is X, Y & Z,” but instead got a lengthy monologue about figuring out the actual pain points, introducing “experiments”, and validating the changes helped!
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Jesse @jaawerth.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
WRONG HOME ALONE 2 ACTOR
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 22/08/2026
Yesterday, I found out that there is an Edinburgh riot grrl band called “Fistymuffs”, and tbh, I don’t think I’ve fallen in love with a band without hearing their music as quickly before. (And it t turns out their music is pretty great. fistymuffs.bandcamp.com/album/we-fight)
fistymuffs.bandcamp.com
We Fight, by Fistymuffs
5 track album
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 22/08/2026
And *nobody* will be able to convince me otherwise.
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 22/08/2026
In my head, this is a Spinal Tap-esque mix up where she asked for “a pair of disco balls” and then is having to style it out.
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My wife keeps getting We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel stuck in head. I deliberately write shopping lists, text messages, etc. in the same meter and it drives her insane. I've denied it so far.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"this edible ain't shit" two hours later:
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 18/08/2026
Also, if you don’t already have a ticket, “Man Sings the Same Song Over and Over Again for an Hour” is as splendid as the reviews are saying, and comes with a free sticker (and hymn sheet). A highlight of my initial run-around on Sunday.
“I Saw a Man Sing the Sam Song Over and Over For An Hour” stickerCHURCH OF
MAN SINGS
THE SAME
SONG OVER
AND OVER
AGAIN FOR
AN HOUR
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 18/08/2026
Could have been worse… you could have shown up a day late. (How long are you in Edinburgh for? I get into town on Friday and have plenty of “sitting in the Pleasance Courtyard” gaps on my schedule!)
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 16/08/2026
I’ve just realised that I’ve come to Scotland in August… but my raincoat never made it into my suitcase. #rookiemistake
Stirling weather:
Right Now 53°
Light Rain
High 64° Low 52°10 Day forecast: Rain for the next 5 days.
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Rod Begbie @rod.begbie.com · 12/08/2026
static.klipy.com
Ctrl P Print
Alt: Eddie Izzard: Ctrl+P Print
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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
You should be out making friends in the park or grocery store. But meeting people is hard, especially when the world’s most unfriended nerds want you to use slop machines to make slop friends. This Friday, @erikahall.bsky.social and @kiostark.bsky.social will teach you How to Talk to Strangers!
eventbrite.com
How to Talk to Strangers
There are 8 billion new friends out there. Or at least encounters that can make memories and good stories. And that’s all life is, really.
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