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Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · 2d

I did NOT know about Lamb House, thank you! And that’s a very good shape for a Tuesday, in my opinion 😂

Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · 3d

It's the 11th of the month, so time for another Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things newsletter, including sloyd, pranking autocrats, and gustatory-auditory synesthesia. buttondown.com/thingslearne...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 4d

All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?

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Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · 6d

new retronym alert: "brain coding" domm.plix.at/perl/2025_10... (via @simonwillison.net)

domm / Perl / I brain coded a static image gallery in a few hours: snig.pl

domm.plix.at

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Anne Bertucio @annebdh.bsky.social · 7d

Want to work on open source full time? The @roost.tools engineering team is starting to hatch! Come build OSS tools making a difference in Trust & Safety.

This is a fully remote role, though some schedule overlap with North American time zones is expected.

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

ROOST.tools hiring Staff Software Engineer in United States | LinkedIn

Posted 8:52:18 PM. About ROOSTROOST is a community effort to build scalable and resilient safety infrastructure for…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

www.linkedin.com

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Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · 15d

I loved this piece about the fate of the Fairyland dandelion sculpture from @reveleth.com www.coyotemedia.org/where-did-th...

Where did the Fairyland dandelions go?

For more than 45 years, three huge steel and bronze dandelion puffs reached for the sky outside Children’s Fairyland only to disappear without a trace. COYOTE went on a quest to find them.

www.coyotemedia.org

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jackjones23.bsky.social @jackjones23.bsky.social · 16d

Kavanaugh Stop is now part of the legal lexicon.

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Jon Walker @jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social · 17d

As a resident of #Portland it is impossible to capture how unhinged this is. We are a low crime city and the ICE protest "siege" consists of one auxiliary ICE office that normally has at most a dozen weirdos debating what performance art they should use to block a single driveway

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17d

Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland

At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · Sep 15

You can always ping us at [email protected] :)

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Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · Sep 11

It's the 11th (probably nobody needs to be reminded of that today) so time for a new edition of Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things. The theme is "links I emailed to myself", including zipper bags, thermochauvinism, and Frankish weather-magi. buttondown.com/thingslearne...

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Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · Sep 11

If you were waiting for my sister @katemckean.bsky.social's great newsletter for writers, Agents and Books, to leave Substack before signing up, well do I have good news for you!!! www.agentsandbooks.com/oh-hello

Oh Hello

Please Excuse the Mess While I Unpack Hey friends, guess what? I moved over to Ghost! I'd been on Substack for almost seven years, and frankly, it was time to go. If you're not seeing my newsletter r...

www.agentsandbooks.com

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Daniel D. Beck @ddbeck.com · Sep 9

The recording of the talk @emckean.bsky.social and I presented at Open Source Summit Europe is now available. Go here for video, highlights, links, and acknowledgments: ddbeck.com/osseu2025/

OSS Documentation Workshop at Open Source Summit Europe 2025

An introduction to new tools for open source docs maintainers.

ddbeck.com

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Daniel D. Beck @ddbeck.com · Aug 27

If you saw the talk that @emckean.bsky.social and I presented at Open Source Summit Europe, thank you for coming! I'll have more links and highlights to share later, but you can find the docs advisor and archetypes here.

Introducing New Open Source Documentation Resources

Introducing Docs Advisor & Archetypes: Resources for open source maintainers to plan and execute effective documentation work.

opensource.googleblog.com

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Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · Aug 26

Always nice to see a @parisinbmore.bsky.social shoutout (from @arapulido.bsky.social)

Screenshot of skeet saying “the argument that open source projects should only use open source for everything is weak”

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Daniel D. Beck @ddbeck.com · Aug 21

On August 27, @emckean.bsky.social and I are presenting at Open Source Summit Europe about resources that can help open source maintainers create and maintain docs. I'm looking forward to it (or at least I will be, when I've practiced my outline a few more times). sched.co/25Vub

Open Source Summit Europe 2025: OSS Documentation Workshop - Erin McKean...

View more about this event at Open Source Summit Europe 2025

sched.co

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · Aug 16

A great read on UChicago, arguing we’re seeing the result of decades of mismanagement: “The university’s trustees and leaders view it preeminently as a tax-free technology incubator, and its debt load is so great that it is abandoning ideals it once held dear in order to sustain that goal.”

The Crisis of the University Started Long Before Trump

The University of Chicago is in crisis. Under extraordinary financial strain, it has diminished its faculty-student ratio and hired hundreds of “lecturers”: teachers whom it pays little and whom it do...

www.compactmag.com

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erin mccann @mccanner.bsky.social · Aug 15

it finally happened

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

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Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · Aug 14

I really hope you get all this space for joy and hopefully more 💛

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Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · Aug 12

It's the 11th of the month! The August Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things includes giant neurons, weak arithmetics, beleaguered footmen, and a severed head. buttondown.com/thingslearne...

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Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · Aug 2

I think getting people to click on an obscured url that turns out to be "La Di Da Di" should be called a `slickrickroll`. www.youtube.com/watch?v=icBf...

Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · Jul 26

Oh no! I’m so sorry!

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Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · Jul 16

I wear them all the time! Marks and Spencer’s still sells them.

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Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · Jul 12

Time for another 11th-day edition of Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things (apologies to those for whom it is already the 12th). In this edition: Tiffany, but make it French; silent agitators; and why your stable nuclear reactor should be under a dollar: buttondown.com/thingslearne...

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Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · Jul 8

I finished this book over the weekend and you NEED to read it, seriously, if you want to know how we got to (gestures at everything)

Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · Jul 8

hey yall! @bookshop.org has a new ebook program and they're selling my book for $3! support indies, get a banger book for less than a latte, spit spot! bookshop.org/p/books/wild...

Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America

bookshop.org

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jul 3

$100 billion in new ICE funding is about to be law. This marks the single largest increase in immigration enforcement in US history.

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