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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 18h

Whomever decided to make the Q button map to the lasso tool in @figma.com has made my day. 10/10 epic, software milestone, no notes.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

As for me, sometimes I design something and I can see people thinking "Alessandro's got it he's gonna be fine". But no, Alessandro has not got it. Alessandro needs that feedback, give him the feedback.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This caps the growth of some neurodivergent folks, and it's also why other personalities found in the DSM-5 then to get promoted more easily.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The longer you are at a company, the longer you will accrue legitimacy and influence. The upsides are obvious, but there are also downsides. For example, your words will have more weight, so you will have to be more careful about what you say and how you say it.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

That photoshoot is legendary. There hasn't been one like it since… I'm glad the brand evolved and found its voice, but I wish it were closer to this version

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I love when I can make people smile just by walking around the streets with unusual objects. Most effective so far: • An old school, super thick cowichan in 100% wool. Probably reminds them of their grandpa. • A whole pie, uncovered. • A single frozen pizza.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What’s so off-putting about the idea of AI “democratizing” something is that it’s often said when the only barrier to entry is skill. Nearly any able-bodied person can hold a pencil and learn to draw.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

📍 Miharu Other · Berkeley, California, US 🌙 63°F ★★★★★ Cantaloupe, honeybush, and whipped cream beaconbits.app/beacon/obfv7f5awqn2j… #BeaconBits

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

📍 Joodooboo Restaurant · Oakland, California, US ☀️ 68°F ★★★★★ beaconbits.app/beacon/obfv7f5awqn2j… #BeaconBits

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

as a night owl, I hate that you are right. but I will dry my tears with Forma's croissants

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Not as flexible, but NextDNS is a great alternative for simple home setups

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

📍 Heytea Cafe · Berkeley, California, US ☀️ 63°F ★★★★★ Taking new pants on a walk beaconbits.app/beacon/obfv7f5awqn2j… #BeaconBits

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

📍 Milk Cloud Bakery Bakery · Berkeley, California, US ☀️ 70°F ★★★★★ Got the Yuzu basque cheesecake and pineapple shokipan bun 👌 beaconbits.app/beacon/obfv7f5awqn2j… #BeaconBits

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The guy is AI-generated… I hope the text is AI too

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

App store install is generally not encouraged as it provides less features due to app store constraints. Probably nothing to do with your issue though!

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Having to buy “in-season” produce imported from Chile is a special kind of cursed

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dan @danabra.mov · 03/04/2026

political compass meme. bluesky according to twitter users (auth-left), bluesky according to mastodon users (auth-right), bluesky according to bluesky users (lib-right), bluesky actually, imo (lib-left)

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Iʇ,s ɐddɐɹǝuʇlʎ ɐu ∀ddlǝ qnƃ qnʇ ᴉʇ snɹǝ ɥɐddǝus ɐ loʇ ou onɹ ɐdd

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Solid rocks, but the one on the right… oof 😮‍💨

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

look, things suck, everybody is allowed to feel hopeless once in a while, but I do think you have some responsibility to limit the contagion caused by offgas from your personal slough of despond

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

We solved it by making "bg-primary" the variable that maps to "blue-500". This way, "text-primary" can map to "blue-600", etc. It's inelegant in that you now have to write "bg-bg-primary", but it has the added benefit of embedding intent when matching colors, like "border-bg-primary".

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The tricky part is that if you want something like "bg-primary", that "primary" is a color in itself, shared by bg-, text-, border-, etc. If you map it to --color-blue-500, you'll use the same shade of blue for all those properties, which is undesirable.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

This is how we do it at Tailscale, though we still use Tailwind (yes we also get confused all the time).

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

If you are thinking about switching I've recently given kagi, brave search, and duckduckgo a try. they were all pretty good! and better than I expected going in. ended up with brave and haven't looked back. I only use google for images and shopping. for those it's still unmatched, unfortunately.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

The fact that I don't feel this way while using it at work perhaps says something about my relationship with employment. I'll need to have a think.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Used Claude Code on a side project and it completely ruined it, and by ruined it I mean that it oneshotted it. Now I have this thing, but it doesn't feel mine at all, nor did I learn anything while making it… but the thing it made *is* very useful. AI can be all destination and no journey.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Not only did I discover Eastern Sounds by Yusef Lateef today—mesmerizing, a must-listen, very approachable even for the uninitiated—but for the first time I recognized a Nujabes sample in the wild. Weird feeling!

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Surprised to be touched by a David Lynch movie as much as I have been having watched “The Straight Story” (1999). A tender and seemingly simple quintessential American story about an old man driving a lawn mower across state lines to see his estranged brother.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Sometimes if it sounds like a duck and it swims like a duck, it’s still not a duck, most people intuitively know that. And yet—for everyone’s sanity—we need to come up with a better definition of “consciousness” soon, or the few that think an LLM is conscious and has feelings won’t leave us alone.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Also the roads are infrastructure that’s also used for commerce, big % of the water is actually sourced and stored from rural areas or suburbs… one could go on

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Yes and rural areas produce nearly all the food and most of the renewable energy cities use, as well as access to nature, its tourism and related services. There is interdependence, and it’s also true that both sides underestimate the extent.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

OC alone is >8% of the GDP of California

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I don’t. Explain? California’s Central Valley alone produces 1/4th of many of the nation’s food products (fruits, nuts, lots of vegetables)

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

No, folks are angry because they expect Proton not to hand over info when they are legally required to. Now they believe Proton "is not good for privacy" and will move to an alternative that will also hand over info when they are legally required to. They need to learn not to share info.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

All this is doing is making people distrust some of the best privacy tools we have instead of teaching them how to use them. It should be clear to everyone that businesses will comply with the law. That is why it's important to choose a VPN with no logging, use encrypted services, etc.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

There's an argument to be made that the UX of the discoverability of these payment methods is not good enough. But if your threat model includes governments, you should know not to expect companies to disobey the law to protect you, and you should harden your posture accordingly.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Benn, please. Proton clearly provides alternative payment methods that are more privacy-preserving than personal credit cards. The 404media story is important, but the title *is* misleading. Proton did not help the cops in any meaningful way over what's legally required of them.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

If the fact that they complied with a warrant makes you want to move away from Proton, good luck. No business is above the law, which is why encryption is important in the first place. In fact, it’s better to keep in mind that in most cases both local *and* country of residence laws apply.

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Important to actually read the article. Proton *is* private and encrypted, *and* they support payment methods other than cards… which is what you should use if your threat model includes any government

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Alessandro Mingione @sonovawolf.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

That's why we have an integration! but sadly you can't port over your existing mullvad credit…

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