Reposted by Sam LearnerKyle Walker @kylewalker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The classic Racial Dot Map inspired me and a whole generation of mapmakers. Today, I'm publishing a modern take on this map, built with the geospatial tools I've been developing over the past decade. Interact with the map here: walker-data.com/maps/census-... 1165
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026just now learning that Nova Scotia is shaped like sanded-down New Zealand 281
Reposted by Sam LearnerAmy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com · 08/09/2026Britain’s state-owned electricity system operator has awarded Palantir a £21mn contract without inviting rival bids, arguing critical processes are too reliant on its tech to run a competitive procurement process Latest for @financialtimes.com: as.ft.com/r/7fe6c0b7-2...as.ft.comBritain’s grid operator gave Palantir contract without inviting rival bidsNeso cited a legal exemption that removes the requirement to consider other suppliers if dependencies leave no alternative 29368217
Reposted by Sam Learnerdaniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026AI slop isn't dead! hackerone.com/reports/3938185hackerone.comcurl disclosed on HackerOne: Windows SSPI connection-pool probe can...** Summary **: A fresh transfer can reuse a keep-alive connection authenticated under another Windows user because the SSPI isolation check trusts a connection ID that a health probe can set. ** ... 4228
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026if I had $2.5mn sitting around, I would buy this place in a heartbeat. I learned so much over the years just looking at old things in here. seems pretty unlikely that the business survives the sale, but really hope it does 054
Reposted by Sam LearnerFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 12/08/2026Israel’s campaign to make southern Lebanon ‘unliveable’ ft.trib.al/O7a4C0Qft.trib.alIsrael’s campaign to make southern Lebanon ‘unliveable’Israeli forces have systematically destroyed homes, roads, farmland and forests despite ceasefire with Hizbollah 78564
Reposted by Sam LearnerOliver Roeder @okr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026grab an FT Weekend this weekend, for it is full of games, and stories about games: www.ft.com/content/e90d...ft.comGames special: puzzles, quizzes, Plato and wizardsA special summer issue of FT Weekend Magazine — it’s playtime! 0103
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 17/07/2026you can blow a European person's mind by telling them that North Carolina has more people than Sweden. they really look down on the directional states 181
Reposted by Sam LearnerCentre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 15/07/2026CEPR Fellows Miklós Koren & @gaborbekes.bsky.social explore their CEPR Discussion Paper "Vibe Coding Kills Open Source" for the FT Magazine. The paper was also featured on the Practical AI podcast practicalai.show/351 and in The Register earlier this year: www.theregister.com/software/202.... 254
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I've seen some people respond to this by noting recent (or inevitable future) improvements in the quality of code that AI tools can produce. this is interesting because I tried to not take much of a stance on that in the story 181
Reposted by Sam Learnerdaniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026The current top story on the FT Magazine is pay-walled but features some mentions of #curl and yours truly... (the picture shows the start of it) www.ft.com/content/cec8df9e-b43b-4c… 13425
Reposted by Sam Learnerrich harris @rich-harris.dev · 11/07/2026this is a great piece, and i'm not just saying that because i'm quoted in it 414015
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 11/07/2026wrote for the magazine about the open source software that underpins our digital lives, how it is being upended by AI code tools, and about maintainers as.ft.com/r/b7f62212-9...ft.comWho cleans up after the vibe-coding party?Our obsession with AI code-writing tools is overwhelming the web’s unsung human caretakers 1825280
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 09/07/2026NEW: a look at how surging power demands from data centers are helping to drive a shortage of electrical transformers ig.ft.com/transformers/ 44522
Reposted by Sam LearnerCordelia Jenkins @cordeliajenkins.bsky.social · 04/07/2026The FT Mag's America at 250 edition is out today, featuring the thoughts of Stephen Breyer, Nicole Krauss, Yiyun Li @frankfukuyama.bsky.social Simon Schama, @okr.bsky.social Harlan Bozeman @jayrayner1.bsky.social @nigella.bsky.social Jancis Robinson & more www.ft.com/content/3265... @ftweekend.comft.comMy fellow American: who should be remembered for the next 250 years?Artists, thinkers and leaders from the US and beyond pick the person they think deserves to be honoured: from Abraham Lincoln to Dorothy Parker 1113
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 30/06/2026need to learn more about how/why we spent 40 years canning things before we invented the can opener 492
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 11/06/2026sorry, but I absolutely will not let the NY media convince me that Wemby is a villain 160
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 09/06/2026DJ Khaled spending the whole game courtside on his phone is really testing my resolve on "not telling other people how to live their lives" 270
Reposted by Sam LearnerSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 04/06/2026has any man ever been more vindicated? x.com/stuartbuck1/... 4744201404
Reposted by Sam LearnerGothamist @gothamist.com · 28/05/2026Family, activists allege Newark immigration center guards beat and used gas on detainees gothamist.com/news/family-...gothamist.comFamily, activists allege Newark immigration center guards beat and used gas on detaineesGothamist saw multiple people taken out on stretchers and transported away in Ambulances. 19250
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 21/05/2026so interesting that I feel like I can identify vibe-coded websites at a glance now. dark mode toggle in the corner, smallcap straplines everywhere, etc. not inherently a bad thing and I'm glad it makes it easy for people to build frontends, just interesting what the models consider a "slick UI" 290
Reposted by Sam LearnerFT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 27/04/2026A US satellite in blue tracks two Chinese satellites. Prudent monitoring — or rehearsal for combat? A high-stakes arms race is taking place in orbit; the winner will "control Earth by controlling space”. But things can go very wrong, very quickly. Today's Big Read is on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/iwgFTZe 24021
Reposted by Sam LearnerOliver Roeder @okr.bsky.social · 18/04/2026machines making machines in morningside heights: as.ft.com/r/51413355-0...as.ft.comCan we make robots that eat other robots?For one group of dogged roboticists, artificial life that can reproduce itself is the future. The fact it doesn’t yet work only adds to the excitement 011
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Trudeau is only ten years away from legally being a senior citizen btw 3120
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 08/04/2026"we have the money, power and resources, so you're gonna want to be on our side" my guy, you are making that pitch to a White Sox fan? 182
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 28/03/2026it's so interesting that the phrase "de hoy en ocho" in Spanish means "this time next week" because in most of the English-speaking world (I think?) that would be considered 7 days, not 8. I wonder how that divide came about 151
Reposted by Sam LearnerIrene De la Torre Arenas @inari-ta.bsky.social · 25/03/2026NEW: Just weeks ago, the shadow fleet was on the run amid a crackdown on the illicit oil trade. But the Iran conflict has given these ghost vessels a lifeline. Our latest visual story takes a deep dive into their clandestine operations. 👉 as.ft.com/r/40748722-c...as.ft.comHow the shadow fleet is capitalising on the chaos of warThe Iran conflict has offered the illicit oil trade a lifeline — while the easing of US sanctions widens a transatlantic rift 162
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 19/03/2026if you're just in it to make money, then I think you probably don't want to be huddled around a shared "weather predictions" screen displayed on a column? feels like the part they're ignoring is that people like to watch sports at bars because the games are fun to watch 161
Reposted by Sam LearnerJack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 08/10/2025NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war 261843816
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 13/03/2026some interesting stuff happening lately with the truth machines as.ft.com/r/40518eb1-4...as.ft.comUltra-short-term bets add ‘even more mania’ to crypto trading[FREE TO READ] Five and 15-minute contracts have surged in popularity as cryptocurrencies have fallen from recent peaks 356
Reposted by Sam LearnerJanine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 13/03/2026Almost exactly ten years ago @henrymance.ft.com had lunch with Nigel Farage www.ft.com/content/864c.... It remains legend. Quite a lot has happened over the subsequent decade so we sent him back in. as.ft.com/r/edeac2c6-0...as.ft.comThe irrepressible Nigel Farage[FREE TO READ] Ten years after they first had lunch together, ‘the Brexit guy’ tells Henry Mance why the country needs his help once again 216624
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 13/03/2026has there ever been a technology that's as widely-used/poorly-understood as the internet/web? it's wild that the vast majority of people don't even have the most basic mental model of what happens when they visit a website in their browser or open an app on a phone (obv not saying it's their fault) 691
Reposted by Sam LearnerSteven Bernard @sdbernard.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has all but stopped since yesterday. Read the @financialtimes.com Economics editor, Sam Fleming's analysis of what the impact the war in Iran will have on the global economy www.ft.com/content/31bf... 7458209
Reposted by Sam LearnerRobin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 26/02/2026ICYMI, FT Alphaville now has a Substack, which doesn’t cost a thing. Yes, there are a LOT of newsletters these days. But if you appreciate stupidly detailed explorations of finance and economics, judicious shitposting and killer charts, then please sign up? ftav.substack.comftav.substack.comFT Alphaville | SubstackWe're the FT's finance blog. If it's dumb, delightful or just weird and involves money we're probably interested in it. Click to read FT Alphaville, a Substack publication. 35413
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 23/02/2026file this one away for a few months from now, lol 1121
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 22/02/2026wanted to share a little about a 3D printing/electronics project that I finished recently as a gift: this light-up relief map of Rhode Island and its Salt Ponds 3151
Reposted by Sam LearnerElizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 20/02/2026I have some suspicions about why prediction markets are striking deals with newsrooms. www.theverge.com/business/881...theverge.comPrediction markets want to eat the newsThe fix is in. 313645
Reposted by Sam LearnerChris Cook @chriscook.news · 20/02/2026one of the world's largest smuggling networks has accidentally exposed itself because of a stupid e-mail configuration blunder, which has revealed around 50 apparently unconnected companies are all sharing back-office functions: www.ft.com/content/4310...ft.comEmail blunder exposes $90bn Russian oil smuggling ringApparent network of companies using same server includes little-known group that has become country’s largest oil exporter 5223103
Reposted by Sam LearnerMrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 19/02/2026Mitigating factor: bro kind of sucked at insurrecting 15756112
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 19/02/2026something that I wish people would understand is that the kinds of apps that are easiest to "vibe code" a working version of—kanbans, news aggregators, blogs—are also the kinds of tools that there are countless open source, free, forkable versions of on GitHub/elsewhere, and that's not a coincidence 3406
Reposted by Sam LearnerJana Tauschinski @janatausch.bsky.social · 14/02/2026A special FT magazine issue all about maps is out today, w great pieces by @okr.bsky.social and @theboysmithy.ft.com, plus maps by me on how glacial melt is redrawing Alpine borders, the battle to redraw America and more Read it online here (though best enjoyed in print!) www.ft.com/content/efab... 15523
Reposted by Sam LearnerArin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 07/02/2026I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what 245176794412
Reposted by Sam LearnerIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 05/02/2026as ever: archive.org/donate?origi... The Internet Archive is probably the org I've supported/urged ppl to fundraise for the most, after my own org, #MEAction. Seriously, if you won't miss $5/month, it's always a good time to support the Archive.archive.orgInternet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine 215748
Reposted by Sam LearnerFT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 03/02/2026Critics fear these tactics have a “chilling effect”, discouraging people from filming. The result? “These agents get to effectively be as unaccountable as any group in the history of our country,” says David Bier, of the Cato Institute. Read the full story in today’s #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/yAKlCgRft.trib.alICE agents hate being filmedTrump administration accused of trampling First Amendment by targeting Americans recording immigration raids 18136
Reposted by Sam LearnerFT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 03/02/2026ICE agents are also invoking a federal criminal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 111, which makes it a crime to interfere with federal officers while performing their duties. Civil rights experts say the statute is being misapplied, as recording agents does not constrain their ability to carry out operations. 28532
Reposted by Sam LearnerFT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 03/02/2026Over the past few months, hundreds of Americans have been pepper sprayed, threatened and detained for attempting to film on their phones the largest crackdown on undocumented migrants in recent American history. An #FTEdit video 🧵 on why ICE agents are so camera shy 👇 87747
Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 02/02/2026ICE agents hate being filmed [🎁 gift link] as.ft.com/r/4348e0f1-4...as.ft.comICE agents hate being filmed[FREE TO READ] Trump administration accused of trampling First Amendment by targeting Americans recording immigration raids 1106