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Will Norris

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Engineering at @tailscale.com. Previously open source at Twitter and Google. Dad to two. Husband to one. Friend to all. Elsewhere at willnorris.com

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Mamdani is a charismatic guy but I promise you anyone can replicate this. 1) Unapologetically use the government to help ordinary people; and 2) Tell them about it
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joannes @playthroughline.com · 30/06/2026
A vicious cycle of four steps surrounding a black cat with a thousand-yard stare and a dapper little tie. The four endlessly cycling steps read:

-going forward we're gonna need more of your data to make sure it's you

-ahaha youre not gonna believe this but we had a bit of a data breach

-your data is probably for sale online now

-that means someone could easily impersonate you
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Rep. John Garamendi @repgaramendi.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
JD Vance describes allowing nuclear inspectors to inspect Iran's nuclear program as "the thing we are most excited about." I agree. That's why Obama included that same provision in the JCPOA. But remember, that's the Iran deal that Trump tore up.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
You don't want a plethora of Democratic Socialists? Get rid of the white supremacist billionaires and dismantle the kleptocracy and they will vanish. Just like antifa only shows up when you have fascists. They're like white blood cells. They pop up when your country has an infection.
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Knits With Cats @knitswithcats.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A photo of algae with white letters in the upper left: Pantene Color of the year 2026 and a paint chip appearing box with a solid block the color of the algae labeled Pantone #658a2a American Flag Blue.
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Eric Panzer @ericpanzer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
People should be vastly more angry about this than they are about data centers The federal government is literally stealing your tax dollars to keep you from having cheaper cleaner energy
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
When you are paying $765 million to companies to get them to cancel clean, renewable energy projects, you are screaming to the world that you are a corrupt fossil fuel lobbyist bitch who does not give a damn about what's best for America. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/c...
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Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 08/06/2026
Somebody's tailnet is going to be named rainbow-pride.ts.net github.com/tailscale/ta...
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words: June is so full of color by willnorris · Pull Request #20054 · tailscale/tailscale
Did you know that Gilbert Baker used the Pantone color scale when designing the rainbow flag? I suppose that's not too surprising. There are also other color scales like munsell and werner. I g...
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Jingtong 景桐 @zogzhu.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
This Korean paper asmr artist that I’ve been following for a while made a TikTok of her healing Van Gogh 🥹 Her account name is paper pepper www.tiktok.com/@paper__pepp...
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 02/06/2026
This is a really interesting short and spot-on. I think there are a lot of people that don't realize progressive Christians really exist (I've never actually worn that label myself, but it probably wouldn't be inaccurate to describe me). I'm such a fan of Talarico and really hope he does well.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
TUNE IN tonight -- Joining @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social @ 7:15 PM ET — we'll be discussing the latest on what's happening w/ Trump's Anti-Weaponization Fund - TN
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STATEMENT: TRUMP DROPS ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND AFTER 35 FORMER JUDGES ASK COURT TO PROBE POTENTIAL FRAUD IN IRS SETTLEMENT
Following is a statement from retired federal judges, Judge Nancy Gertner and Judge Michael Luttig, among the 35 judges who submitted an amicus brief in Trump v. IRS, regarding news today that the Tru...
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Judith Butlerian Jihad @pghguy.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
People are fucking helpers man. We see how bad things are and want to do something to fix it. I'm legit tearing up watching this, these volunteers are out there in the hot sun with all these clothes for people just trying to see loved ones. They (ICE) have the firepower, we have the mass.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
BREAKING: we just won our Kennedy Center case! Both the renaming & the closure of the Kennedy Center are enjoined Kudos to our wonderful client @repbeatty.bsky.social & my colleagues @democracydefendersaction.org & Washington Litigation Group This is a 1-2 punch against Trump's corruption
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026
President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...
So let me say it as clearly as I can: Without basic scientific research, supported by the kind of farsighted public investment that allows large-scale, undirected, curiosity-driven inquiry, the scientific pipeline will run dry.
In daily life, people may not feel the effects right away, or even in 10 years. But we will feel it. And when someone we love needs therapies that could have emerged but didn't or when other countries now
investing in science can launch new science-based industries or run their societies on vast resources of fusion energy or reap the benefits of quantum computing power or advanced medical breakthroughs, America will wish it sustained its leadership in scientific research here and now.
Sally Kornbluth is the president of MIT.
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 28/05/2026
What the hell year is this? Paypal is still doing user-agent sniffing to decide if you're allowed to add a passkey to your account? (confirmed by setting a Windows/Chrome agent on my Linux/Firefox browser... works just fine) www.paypal.com/us/cshelp/ar...
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What is a passkey and how do I use it to log in to my PayPal account? | PayPal US
PayPal Passkeys enable secure login via biometrics or device password, unique to the user and resistant to phishing. Supported on Apple and Google devices.
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 27/05/2026
No joke, I saw this post this morning and just figured it was a joke. Some photoshopped image from @theonion.com or something. It's honestly becoming harder to tell the difference when reality is just so absurd.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
possibly better than the original
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The Tennessee Speaker of the House will remove all Democratic Caucus members from standing committees and subcommittees as punishment for their redistricting protests. Democracy dies in Nashville.
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 11/05/2026
I've only recently *really* started exploring mechanical keyboards, and I ended up designing and ordering custom caps from Yuzu. Function keys match the @frame.work layout, colors match my terminal One Dark theme, and no "Caps Lock" key in sight. I'm loving them. willnorris.com/2026/keycaps/
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Custom Keycaps
For the last couple of months, I’ve been working on a set of custom keycaps from Yuzu. They finally arrived last week, and they are just about perfect! I’m so happy with the design choices I made, and...
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
My 8yo asked if I would post something to Bluesky for her, then grabbed a piece of paper and made this So here is your advice for the day:
Handwritten sign that says "Stand up fight BACK"
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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 05/05/2026
This is amazing. Someone identify this man and give his name to the Mass Dems immediately.
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Chris Short @chrisshort.net · 10/04/2026
Little Snitch for Linux — Because Nothing Else Came Close #devopsish
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Little Snitch for Linux — Because Nothing Else Came Close
Recent political events have pushed governments and organizations to seriously question their dependence on foreign-controlled software. The core issue is simple and uncomfortable: through automatic updates, a vendor can run any code, with any…
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Miguel de Icaza @migueldeicaza.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
My kid fed the Declaration of Independence to one of these AI-detectors:
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 21/02/2026
We've been building a pretty sizeable garden at our house and my wife was shopping for seeds in some catalog. She saw reference to one of the listed seeds being "open source" and not available for "private intellectual property ownership". TIL about osseeds.org. This is so cool.
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Open Source Seed Initiative - Home of the OSSI Pledge
Are you a plant breeder, seed company, farmer, gardener, or interested eater who wants to join the Open Source Seed Community?
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Of course. And that’s why Dems need to lean in and work towards dismantling ICE. First no funding. Impeach Noem. Demand hearings on ICE’s operation in MN. Demand that Miller resign. Don’t let up.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 28/01/2026
This is where I remind folks once again that my personal site and Whatever, my blog, have been around longer than at least three and probably four generations of social media. Having your own space that only you control is a good thing, especially in an age of resurgent fascism.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
"Quit demonstrating" is not something that a pro-democracy politician says. It's something that an authoritarian tool says.
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 15/08/2025
heh, cool. Apparently today is the 25th anniversary of earning my Eagle Scout rank. I still believe in the program for my two boys, even if I'm deeply disappointed in how BSA has handled a lot of things in recent years.
Happy Eagle Anniversary, William!  Board of Review Date: 08/15/00.  Shown with photo of a flying eagle and the Eagle Scout medal.
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 11/06/2025
When we throw up our hands and say none of it matters, we're doing the fascists’ work for them. They don't need to hide their corruption if they can convince us it's pointless to look. They don't need to silence truth-tellers if we've already decided truth is meaningless.
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It matters. I care.
It matters. I care.0:00/295.5529711× Listen to me read this post here (not an AI-generated voice!), subscribe to the feed in your podcast app, or download the recording for later. “Who cares? It d...
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Kevin Marks @kevinmarks.com · 11/06/2025
Brian Wilson has died. The UK and BBC made this tribute a few years ago youtu.be/XqLTe8h0-jo?...
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God Only Knows - BBC Music
YouTube video by BBC Music
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steve o’grady @sogrady.org · 09/05/2025
it's almost seven minutes long, but every American should watch this. as the historian Rick Perlstein said on Twitter: "Watch Sen. Murphy show how every administration official should be grilled, every time. Like you're creating a record for future criminal trials." www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwZW...
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Murphy To Secretary Of Homeland Security Kristi Noem: Your Department Is Out Of Control
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 07/05/2025
This is absolutely the right take. AGPL and SSPL were written with wildly different (and in many ways, completely contradictory) motivations.
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 23/04/2025
I've been a very happy Fastmail customer for years, but come on... International Email Day? You can't just go make up holidays for a blog post... Oh, it's actually a thing? Ray Tomlinson's birthday. He would have been 84. Well thanks Ray for all the messages. nationaltoday.com/national-ema...
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National Email Day
ZeroBounce gives you all the tools you need to ensure your emails reach your customers’ inboxes.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
If you’re changing the definition of human rights, it means you plan on violating people’s human rights.
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Eva Hyldgaard 🇩🇰 Dane for Democracy @evahyldgaard.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
A functioning democracy needs consistent principles—and the courage to stand up for them, even when it’s hard and requires sacrifice! BARACK OBAMA: “It’s up to all of us to fix this!” #standup
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 05/04/2025
Took my boys to their first protest today. Gotta teach that it's important at a time like this to make your voice heard. #HandsOff
A man and his two sons in front of a crowd of protesters.  The older son is holding a sign that says "Hands off My Future!" in a child's handwriting.A man and his two sons in front of a crowd of protesters.
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 03/04/2025
Such an amazingly clear explanation of how it seems we got here. Well, just the most recent tariff calculation that is. How we got *waves hands* HERE is a whole other, very sad story.
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 14/01/2025
Forgot to share here... Happy 10th Birthday (yesterday) to @caddy.bsky.social. Thanks @mholt.bsky.social for publishing it as open source and leading this project for the last decade! caddy.community/t/thanks-for...
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Thanks for 10 years of Caddy! 🥳
Ten years ago today, on 2015-01-13, @matt published an early prototype of a little web server he’d been thinking about and working on: Early prototype; initial commit · caddyserver/caddy@4497a16 · Git...
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David Flanagan @rawkode.bsky.social · 22/09/2024
I've been a Linux nerd for over 20 years. Still, TIL 🤯
Screenshot revealing that |& is shorthand for 2>&1
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 14/12/2024
Hey Lego, I will serious pay extra if you would pack the box with extra material so my kids can't shake the package and ruin their Christmas surprise. Legos make such a distinct sound!
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 26/05/2023
My brother is part of a non-profit that has a 3yr presidential rotation. Year 1 you observe as the "next president", Year 2 your serve as president and make the decisions, Year 3 you advise as the "last president". Does this model have a name?
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 12/05/2023
The true Bluesky OG
Mosquito "Skeeter" Valentine, from the 1990's Nickelodeon TV show, Doug.  (Drawing by DeviantArt user 4and4)
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Will Norris @willnorris.com · 25/04/2023
hello, again.
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