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Ryan Lane @ryanlane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What would you all recommend here? Thermos had a recall for defective lid. I jumped through all their steps and many months later they finally shipped it, but somehow UPS had the wrong address. So I have my favorite thermos bottle without a lid. And now their support won’t respond to me at all.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant.

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today’s Daily podcast on the gutting of the Endangered Species Act (and the undead hand of Antonin Scalia) is as depressing as you expect, but it was good to hear Catrin Einhorn, who I knew as a young reporter at @wbez.org back in the day. She’s done great things.

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Ryan Lane @ryanlane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

saying you don't like video games is the same as saying you don't like books or movies. I mean you don't have to but you are really missing out.

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Ryan Lane @ryanlane.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just started building with @godotengine.org and honestly, I’m blown away! The lightweight workflow and node architecture make prototyping feel fast and effortless. Absolutely loving the developer experience so far.

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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In case you missed it yesterday (for which I blame Ed Sheeran), a bunch of us made a zine. We want you to print it and hand it to all your neighbors. Easy peasy.

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Michael Ruocco @michaeljruocco.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Sometimes I browse through heritage auctions and I find the occasional odd gem, but today I stumbled upon the mother-load: these ridiculous grocery store ads promoting the release of The Jungle Book, and each one has me absolutely reeling. Sharing them here so you too can share in my bewildered joy

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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...

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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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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...

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Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms • The Austin Chronicle

Texas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you're a data viz person and you're looking for a creative kickstart, why not look to the birds? Bird data is as fascinating as it gets, huge in scale and changing every day. It's also profoundly important as we face an uncertain ecological future. Best of all, you can make it yourself!

Visualization of every bird counted in a year in Orange County, Florida

Visualization of every bird counted in the Brooklyn Christmas Bird Count

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Paul and Storm @paulandstorm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

[P] (apologies to @ditzkoff.bsky.social, whose beat this sort of thing is)

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Adam Wilbert @awilbert.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

Saw that @fontawesome now has official icons for #11ty and #Pixelfed in their brands pack! No need to continue using the svg icons I created in my custom kit. Now if we can get #PeerTube added, I won't need any custom icons anymore.

Screenshot, the Custom Icons tab of the FontAwesome kits page showing 11ty, PeerTube, and Pixelfed icons.

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Ryan Lane @ryanlane.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

@petapixel.bsky.social did you guys see this. What a cluster for people trying to purchase the L10

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Ryan Lane @ryanlane.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I update my game so LLMs can play. There's an MCP here www.futile.com/api/maze/mcp... and you can view the leaderboard here futile.com/the-maze #LLM

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The Maze — Futile.com

How far can you go?

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

NEW: Flock has said for years its cameras don’t identify or track people. We obtained the code for its police AI and rebuilt parts of it. The tool can find witnesses, surface associates, search people by race or physical description, and flag vehicles by how they move. W/ @dell.bsky.social

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Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code

Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plate...

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Ryan Lane @ryanlane.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I made a silly kaleidoscope web app for you phone. futile.com/phantasmagoria

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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026

EXCLUSIVE: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The gap between corporate profits and worker wages is the largest it's ever been. Wondering why people are fed up with the system? [Source: KPMG]

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It carried many sneering names over the decades: 'political correctness,' 'women's lib,' 'the gay agenda,' 'multiculturalism,' 'critical race theory,' among other things. Every single one was a weapon to denigrate the project of building a more inclusive America. That's it, that's the whole story.

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Ryan Lane @ryanlane.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

introducing sinefont: a React font where every letter is 100% sine waves www.npmjs.com/package/sine...

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Ryan Lane @ryanlane.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

orange-crowned warbler spotted while hiking the trails on Mount Rainier. #birds

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/08/2026

This is whole story is horrifying, and as a journalist covering ICE flights, I was struck by this sentence: “We were shipped to Texas overnight from Los Angeles in horrible conditions that I won’t elaborate on in this letter.”

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Ryan Lane @ryanlane.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

feels weird that my most popular photo on social media might be a dead body on Mt. Rainier. I'm hoping it's just some other red item like a tent.

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Ryan Lane @ryanlane.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Townsend’s Chipmunk checking a wildflower on Mount Rainier. #pnw

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Ryan Lane @ryanlane.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Canada Jay at Reflection Lakes Mt. Rainier. #birds

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