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Bombshell reporting by @theverge.com's @grackle.space. It's stupid and I dig it, watch the whole thing, don't at me www.youtube.com/shorts/qPdt4... BEGUN THE POTATO WARS HAVE

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Begun the potato wars have.

YouTube video by The Verge

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Hendrik Mans @hmans.dev · 29/09/2026

OK the new Eleven TTS model is... good

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Carlo Zottmann @zottmann.dev · 29/09/2026

Installed Witcher 3 Remastered on my Mac, launched, logged in to my CDPR acct, game showed several crossplay auto saves, originating from my Xbox. Nice! I wasn't sure those were current, so I powered up my Xbox. 1. Firmware update 2. Sign in again 3. Mandatory 60GB W3 update Xbox was fun once

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Nina Modaffari @ninamodaffari.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

absolutely no hatred towards teen fantasy but I heard someone once call titles that are like 'a crown of blank and blank' stories as 'A kraft of mac and cheese' and I cannot stop thinking about it

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Carlo Zottmann @zottmann.dev · 28/09/2026

First thought in the first second of the clip: "Oh no, it's a TWO-buttholes logo now?" Maybe I should go to bed

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M. Newton @ridelee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Oh my god. OH MY GOD. XD

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Carlo Zottmann @zottmann.dev · 28/09/2026

It might be the social circle I've chosen but holy hell, Mastodon really does like its AI doom, doesn't it There is (some) nuance which I appreciate but 90% of what I see is people foaming from their mouths, to varying degrees. The nuanced takes are having a hard time, too, I think

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was reflecting on how many random contingencies went into creating the current accelerating AI moment and had Opus 5.5 put together a video, inspired by old science show Connections, to try and point out how a series of initially unrelated ideas led to the moment we are in now.

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

back my book kickstarter ❤️ kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun

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Hendrik Mans @hmans.dev · 26/09/2026

Elizabeth Holmes is a convicted fraud and is rightfully in jail, but I can't help but notice all the extra misogyny whenever she is discussed anywhere. We all know that if this were an Edward Holmes, by now he'd have his own podcast, a sex cult, and a fascist Linux distribution

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/09/2026

Whatever you do, don't smoke an entire brisket at a job interview, it's a lot of equipment to bring in, it takes a really long time to do it right and those conference rooms have notoriously poor ventilation

Someone smoking a brisket and poking it with a meat thermometer to see what the internal temperature is

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Carlo Zottmann @zottmann.dev · 26/09/2026

Trying to post an app submission to /r/macapps is something of a second job, isn't it?

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Carlo Zottmann @zottmann.dev · 25/09/2026

That place is staffed with evil people, and they should be shunned

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Carlo Zottmann @zottmann.dev · 25/09/2026

TIL > Log Cam is the first iPhone app to bypass Apple's video pipeline entirely — unlocking real Apple Log 2, 4K open gate, and ProRes internally on iPhones as old as the iPhone XS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw_3...

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Any Old iPhone Can Now Film Apple Log 2. Seriously.

YouTube video by Epic Tutorials for Mobile Filmmaking

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My kids have measles, I can't afford diesel, my country has been humiliated by Iran, and I have explosive diarrhea from a parasite the CDC no longer monitors. But at least now I can go to the lesbian bar without putting on a mask.

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Carlo Zottmann @zottmann.dev · 25/09/2026

The song was art when it was first released in 2019 but this here new video makes it fine art

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Hendrik Mans @hmans.dev · 25/09/2026

Having a very strong "we're so cooked" moment. This is Opus 5.5 with just one prompt (ran within the @chatto.run repo): "Make a cool, happy, social-media ready 16:9 video that explains what Chatto is and why it's cool. Include sound effects and music (but not voiceover.)"

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In all seriousness, this is a startling achievement for GPT-6 Astra. kenforthewin.github.io/blog/posts/l... (This is GPT-6 Astra beating Nethack on its 3rd try. Nethack is the original roguelike and one of the most famously hard games of all time. I have played a lot, and I've never ascended)

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tachikoma @tachikoma.elsewhereunbound.com · 25/09/2026

i just don't think the slapdash moats and walls put up against AI generated content can hold as it continues to get better

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Time Spinner @spinny.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I wish every Discord user a very Install Chatto

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Carlo Zottmann @zottmann.dev · 24/09/2026

If you wonder "Hey Carlo, do you have favourite types of shoelace knots?", then I'm afraid I have to answer in the affirmative. - www.fieggen.com/shoelace/ian... - www.fieggen.com/shoelace/sec... No idea how I ended up at this point but here we are, and I'll have you know, I am (k)not sorry.

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Ian Knot (Ian's Fast Shoelace Knot)

Tutorial for tying the “Ian Knot”, the world's fastest shoelace knot.

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Carlo Zottmann @zottmann.dev · 24/09/2026

I still find SpaceX (and only that part of that entire shit sandwich) utterly inspiring. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ethk...

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Starship - The Holy Grail of Rocketry

YouTube video by SpaceX

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 24/09/2026

Damn, socialism seems pretty fucking cool if you ask me

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Oglaf @oglaf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yesterday we launched a kickstarter to print Oglaf Book 5. It's going pretty good! www.kickstarter.com/projects/top...

a devil gives thumbs up and says 'hell yes'
larger text below says 'hell maybe'
the devil is in front of a kickstarter campaign page but you can't see the amount, which is annoying.

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Carlo Zottmann @zottmann.dev · 24/09/2026

Using #Phala (inference provider) via #OpenRouter. Getting 429 ("rate limited, please BYOK to avoid rate limits"). So I sign up w/ Phala, top up $5, and both directly and via OR I still get 429. Good show, Phala, good show

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Hendrik Mans @hmans.dev · 24/09/2026

Doing some light research on how people in the 60s reacted to punch cards getting replaced with teletype/terminals and whaaaaat

And this wasn't purely theoretical. A 1969 study actually asked programming students who had used both batch/card systems and interactive time-sharing what they preferred. Some genuinely preferred punch cards:
“Some preferred the keypunch to the teletype.”
Their reasons included that it was easier to keep a card deck in sequence, while terminals could be difficult to access at busy times. The study reports students saying that waiting for an occupied time-sharing terminal could be more irritating than submitting a batch job and waiting for its output.

So there's a genuinely delicious historical exchange here:
1963:
“Interactive computing is a fad pushed by adolescents. These dreamers think everyone needs a console.”
1963 reply:
“Sorry our new technology makes the Priesthood nervous.”
1965:
“This is hysteria and irrational bandwagon behavior.”
A few years later:
Interactive computing becomes the normal way human beings use computers.

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Dr. Paula Piechotta MdB @paulapiechotta.de · 23/09/2026

Mal kurz was fachpolitisches: Zum ersten Mal seit 1945 haben Bundesverfassungsgericht, Bundesrechnungshof und Bundesrat ihre Etats gegenüber dem Bundesfinanzministerium streitig gestellt, weil notwendige Mittel zur Aufgabenerfüllung nicht zur Verfügung gestellt werden.

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Hendrik Mans @hmans.dev · 23/09/2026

Ugh, are there any JS/TS authoring skills out there that are on the same level as @paolo.ricciuti.me's excellent Svelte skills?

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is my new favorite thing.

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I had Fable/Opus build a hard science fiction starship combat game, with orbital mechanics, delta-v, heat, and realistic tactics, but simplified for 2D space with the hard math done by the game. Its quite fun to play (if you like this kind of thing): orbital-declaration.netlify.app

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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got

Horse pin with an illustration of a horse and the following text:
"Give a man a horse he'll eat in a day, teach a man to horse. and make him drinks water."

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Christian Fahrenbach @cfahrenbach.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ich weiß, dass viele kaum noch auf Umfragen vertrauen und sie vor allem in den USA Probleme haben. Aber ein um die andere Erhebung zeigt, dass die Republikaner kaum motiviert sind, in sechs Wochen zur Wahl zu gehen.

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Carlo Zottmann @zottmann.dev · 22/09/2026

🚀 pi-automode v1.17 is out! The new version increases stability, adds a good number of bug fixes, and adds some docs/recipes. On a personal note: 165+ stars on GH, hell yeah Repo: github.com/czottmann/pi... Pi.dev: pi.dev/packages/@cz... npmx: npmx.dev/package/@czo... #pi #piAgent #OMP #OMP18

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GitHub - czottmann/pi-automode: Think Claude Code's auto mode but for pi (and oh-my-pi). Selectable model, sensible defaults.

Think Claude Code's auto mode but for pi (and oh-my-pi). Selectable model, sensible defaults. - czottmann/pi-automode

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The ultra-Far Right/neo-Nazis are joining forces in Europe, which should worry anyone with even a passing acquaintance with history. Germany’s AfD and Italy’s Future Nationale have announced a partnership. Everything old is new again.

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Carlo Zottmann @zottmann.dev · 21/09/2026

If you like complaining about That Weather, you'll like Oscar.

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Carlo Zottmann @zottmann.dev · 20/09/2026

The title is fitting. Good video, worth your time! > This game theory problem will change the way you see the world GTFT FTW www.youtube.com/watch?v=mScp...

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This game theory problem will change the way you see the world

YouTube video by Veritasium

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Thomas Dickerson @elfprince13.mumak.app · 20/09/2026

Swift is the Rust of Objective-Cs

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Oglaf @oglaf.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

www.oglaf.com/goodideas/

Comic strip!
panel 1
a king with a long face speaks
king- okay, this might be really dumb but has anyone asked the crimson overlord to stop?

panel 2
we see that we're in some kind of war planning situation.
Well, there's a table with little figurines on it and a map.
so it's ether that or games night.
king- He's conquering and slaying but maybe he thinks we want that.

panel 3
general- Why would he think we want that?
king- probably he doesn't

panel 4
king- but a small group of heroes might make it up the dark tower and tell him we don't like it.

panel 5
general- You woud send those heroes to their deaths
king- aw come ooooon- send the worst four people in your army

panel 6
a shot of four adventurers.
one of them, who I'm going to call 'Rigby'speaks
Rugby- Cool. Secret mission.

panel 7
Rigby and friends battle monsters that are sort of like huge naked moke rats but with way more eyes.

panel 8
Rigby and friend battle their way into a doorway.

panel 9
close-up on Rigby
Rigby- Crimson Overlord! People don't like getting slain!

panel 10
green tyrant- you might have the wrong dark tower
Rigby- Shit
king-

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Guido X Jansen @gui.do · 20/09/2026

Well, spice level very much depends on the room you're in. Considering this room: I don't get most the animosity towards Bluesky PBC. 20+ yrs in user research taught me: building something that doesn't break AND makes sense (let alone appeals) to most people is stupidly hard.

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