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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 25/09/2026

On the advice of counsel, I invoke my fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination and respectfully decline to answer your question. cc @cno.bsky.social

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/09/2026

New EFF Board Member @amac0.bsky.social is already looking sharp in his EFF gear (with Executive Director @nicoleozer.bsky.social at left and Board Chair @gbsohn.bsky.social). You can have that hoodie too – it’s a gift if you support EFF as a $25/month member! supporters.eff.org/donate/join-...

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 17/09/2026

Well they finally did it. DOGE got rid of my friend Anne, the only remaining person at the web design system for the entire US government. The replacement appears to be AI-generated code with no dedicated human oversight.

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GSA’s web design system head replaced with Treasury AI engineer

The U.S. Web Design System is intended to help the federal government build accessible and mobile-friendly websites.

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 03/09/2026

Mine too! One of my high school teachers taught me this and I've used and abused it a million times and it always *kills* an audience.

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 03/09/2026

You're absolutely right! (I'll see myself out)

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 26/08/2026

That guy has such a way with words... he should be a writer or something...

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 26/08/2026

What Scalzi said. So much this.

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 25/08/2026

A tremendous loss for all of us.

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 05/08/2026

I for one am going to sleep so much better tonight now.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We are still in post, but I am already so delighted by our trailer, and especially listening to @jayackley.bsky.social's early demo of Rent Control here.

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 01/07/2026

The sting doesn't really lessen over time.

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 01/07/2026

Reminder that 13 years ago today Google Reader was killed.

Picture of younger Fitz wearing a Google Reader tshirt and frowning. He is sad.

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 27/06/2026

I... I think resigned is more like it these days. *sigh*

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 25/06/2026

OMG I LOVED Scarab of Ra! Played it for hours on my PB 170...

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 08/06/2026

One of the top comments on that video (which is AMAZING) used to be "my guitar watches this video when I'm not home."

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 28/05/2026

Nice! My partner printed some of those and I painted them but don't have a photo :)

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 13/05/2026

Can't disagree with that, but I could see the author growing with the characters over the course of the books and I think that's what truly endeared me to the series. And Donut :)

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 13/05/2026

Try the audiobook. You won't regret it. Like nothing else out there.

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 11/05/2026

Thanks to @cdibona.bsky.social, this has been me for the last 6 months. Sorry not sorry.

A schoolgirl, labelled "me" playing a tuba labelled "Dungeon Crawler Carl" aimed point blank at the face of another schoolgirl. labelled "Basically Everyone"

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 11/05/2026

THIS IS FINE I'M SURE IT'S TOTALLY FINE LOUIS

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 01/05/2026

Possibly the best talk on JoCo in the 5 years I've gone.

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Ted Han★ 韓聖安 @knowtheory.net · 31/03/2026

This is the same motivation @therealfitz.com has used to frame the insurgent Data Liberation Front he and others started at Google over a decade ago. Competition is good, and switching costs shouldn't be the thing that constrains users from getting the best products.

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 17/03/2026

Yes, that. What is happening???

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

This is an absolutely beautiful, glorious description of the products in our lives. The things that once were simple tools that met needs, now demand relationships, have opinions, and occupy cycles of our lives. Do yourself a favor, scroll down and read this page www.terrygodier.com/the-last-qui...

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The Last Quiet Thing

Your possessions came alive. Now they won't stop talking.

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 15/03/2026

Read Dan's post, then read Danny's comic. You won't regret it. You *will* regret not having tissues on hand. Thanks Dan.

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 14/03/2026

OOH... I'm LONG overdue for a rewatch!

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ɹǝʌɐǝʍ @weaver.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Series coming to the newsletter on recognizing useful crisis conditions and turning them into rapid, directed change. Starts today. Buy our book: crisisengineering.layeraleph.com/crisis-engin... crisisengineering.layeraleph.com/the-five-ind...

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The Five Indicators of Crisis

Our new book, Crisis Engineering, is about what actually happens when systems break under pressure and how to fix them. It comes out April 7, 2026, everywhere books are sold, as a paperback, and aud...

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 03/03/2026

Dungeon Crawler Carl fans: If you're done reading book 7, Jeff Hayes is doing a cold read of the beginning of book 8 RIGHT NOW: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDZU... (And he's already cracked up once)

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Dungeon Crawler Carl 8 - Parade of Horribles - COLD READ! Part 1 ~~SPOILERS!!!~~

YouTube video by Soundbooth Theater Live!

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 14/02/2026

Pro-tip from @hypatia.bsky.social:when moving Signal messages from one phone to another, place both phones on an ice pack to avoid thermal throttling. Seriously, it works -- tested with both iPhone to iPhone and Android to Android (Cloud xfer is still in beta)

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Laura Lippman @lauralippman.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

The Love Boat is amazing. It was a pandemic watch for me and there are very few writers who could work in that format. (3 stories, cast regulars + guest stars, 3 tones, everything resolved in 45 minutes).

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 17/10/2025

Once again I have had to learn that whenever I think the battery life of my Mac laptop is dwindling, I need to open up Activity Monitor only to discover that *multiple* programs are burning through CPU just for funsies. And one of them is Slack. Always Slack.

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Brian Fitzpatrick @therealfitz.com · 09/10/2025

You should read this essay. This quote. This quote.