Aram Zucker-Scharff
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AramZS. he/him. Privacy Engineer. Tech for journalism. Ad Tech. Prev: Fullstack, strategy, econ/game journo, storytelling, altac. Views are only my own. NYCer. https://aramzs.nexus/
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The front-end code is not the expensive part.
"Ben Flint, founder of Melbourne-based Supernormal Systems, said his firm used AI-assisted development tools to rebuild the front-end interface to demonstrate what was possible at a fraction of the cost."
"Ben Flint, founder of Melbourne-based Supernormal Systems, said his firm used AI-assisted development tools to rebuild the front-end interface to demonstrate what was possible at a fraction of the cost."
‘Premium prices for a downgrade’: $96.5 million BoM website savaged
Pressure is mounting on the agency and its newly minted chief executive Stuart Minchin after a major cost blowout.
www.smh.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The front-end code is not the expensive part.
"Ben Flint, founder of Melbourne-based Supernormal Systems, said his firm used AI-assisted development tools to rebuild the front-end interface to demonstrate what was possible at a fraction of the cost."
"Ben Flint, founder of Melbourne-based Supernormal Systems, said his firm used AI-assisted development tools to rebuild the front-end interface to demonstrate what was possible at a fraction of the cost."
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New: *Looseleaf* publishing — a way to publish standalone Leaflets on AT Protocol! 📝🍃
We started with publications on atproto; now we're bringing it all together so _anything_ you write on Leaflet, incl single documents / posts, can be 'atprotated' :)
Learn more in thread! ⬇️
We started with publications on atproto; now we're bringing it all together so _anything_ you write on Leaflet, incl single documents / posts, can be 'atprotated' :)
Learn more in thread! ⬇️
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
New: *Looseleaf* publishing — a way to publish standalone Leaflets on AT Protocol! 📝🍃
We started with publications on atproto; now we're bringing it all together so _anything_ you write on Leaflet, incl single documents / posts, can be 'atprotated' :)
Learn more in thread! ⬇️
We started with publications on atproto; now we're bringing it all together so _anything_ you write on Leaflet, incl single documents / posts, can be 'atprotated' :)
Learn more in thread! ⬇️
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And the fine folks at @anew.social are doing great work to maintain Bridgy Fed and Bounce, improving interoperability between the Atmosphere and the Fediverse, and have also featured some of our grant recipients in this thread 😊
We're excited to announce that Bluesky PBC included us in a round of grants to help foster the ATmosphere! Their generous grant will support infrastructure costs for Bridgy Fed and Bounce.
We're so lucky to be included among so many phenomenal builders 🙏🏼
Here are a few we're excited about:
1/🧵
We're so lucky to be included among so many phenomenal builders 🙏🏼
Here are a few we're excited about:
1/🧵
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
And the fine folks at @anew.social are doing great work to maintain Bridgy Fed and Bounce, improving interoperability between the Atmosphere and the Fediverse, and have also featured some of our grant recipients in this thread 😊
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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This isn’t a big deal currently for Tether: the executive leadership (basically one guy) would prefer they stay private bc they get huge dividends (think billions) yearly.
But it suggests:
1. Tether is far riskier than perceived.
2. They’re making bad investments.
3. They can never go public.
But it suggests:
1. Tether is far riskier than perceived.
2. They’re making bad investments.
3. They can never go public.
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This isn’t a big deal currently for Tether: the executive leadership (basically one guy) would prefer they stay private bc they get huge dividends (think billions) yearly.
But it suggests:
1. Tether is far riskier than perceived.
2. They’re making bad investments.
3. They can never go public.
But it suggests:
1. Tether is far riskier than perceived.
2. They’re making bad investments.
3. They can never go public.
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“If you don’t have to go out, don’t go out. If there’s a party, better you don’t go. Take care of yourself until this passes. This is chaos.”
— Yolanda, a US citizen from Ecuador, warning friends as ICE steps up what appear to be race-based arrests in NYC
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...
— Yolanda, a US citizen from Ecuador, warning friends as ICE steps up what appear to be race-based arrests in NYC
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...
Sidewalk Arrests Seize New Yorkers in ICE’s Latest Surge
Activists and legal advocates are tracking seemingly random detentions of immigrants on the streets in what they say is a campaign of ethnic profiling.
www.thecity.nyc
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“If you don’t have to go out, don’t go out. If there’s a party, better you don’t go. Take care of yourself until this passes. This is chaos.”
— Yolanda, a US citizen from Ecuador, warning friends as ICE steps up what appear to be race-based arrests in NYC
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...
— Yolanda, a US citizen from Ecuador, warning friends as ICE steps up what appear to be race-based arrests in NYC
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...
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Some decided to break free of the limits of BBS technology by creating their own custom terminal programs ... front-end clients.
In 2020, I wrote a case study titled "A different way to play" looking at several of these computer curioisities.
breakintochat.com/blog/2020/09...
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In 2020, I wrote a case study titled "A different way to play" looking at several of these computer curioisities.
breakintochat.com/blog/2020/09...
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A different way to play: front-ends - Break Into Chat
This is the first installment in my series “A different way to play” about front-end clients for BBS door games. Silent. Simple. Social. I suspect that’s how many people remember BBS door games. In ou...
breakintochat.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Some decided to break free of the limits of BBS technology by creating their own custom terminal programs ... front-end clients.
In 2020, I wrote a case study titled "A different way to play" looking at several of these computer curioisities.
breakintochat.com/blog/2020/09...
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In 2020, I wrote a case study titled "A different way to play" looking at several of these computer curioisities.
breakintochat.com/blog/2020/09...
(2/x)
What is GEO if not this? It's already happening.
In the future, AI chatbots may weave ads invisibly into “helpful” advice, steering conversations without you even knowing, argues Daniel Barcay, executive director of the Center for Humane Technology. When the AI we rely on starts steering us for revenue, not our goals, human autonomy is at risk.
Advertising is Coming to AI. It’s Going to Be a Disaster. | TechPolicy.Press
Daniel Barcay sounds the alarm on AI chatbots hiding advertising in conversations—and why this threatens autonomy and demands new rules.
www.techpolicy.press
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
What is GEO if not this? It's already happening.
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In the future, AI chatbots may weave ads invisibly into “helpful” advice, steering conversations without you even knowing, argues Daniel Barcay, executive director of the Center for Humane Technology. When the AI we rely on starts steering us for revenue, not our goals, human autonomy is at risk.
Advertising is Coming to AI. It’s Going to Be a Disaster. | TechPolicy.Press
Daniel Barcay sounds the alarm on AI chatbots hiding advertising in conversations—and why this threatens autonomy and demands new rules.
www.techpolicy.press
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In the future, AI chatbots may weave ads invisibly into “helpful” advice, steering conversations without you even knowing, argues Daniel Barcay, executive director of the Center for Humane Technology. When the AI we rely on starts steering us for revenue, not our goals, human autonomy is at risk.
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MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
I think one of the worst things React has done is rob developers of the joy of IDed elements and accessing a DOM element directly from the window object with its ID. True joy is this tiny shortcut.
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I think one of the worst things React has done is rob developers of the joy of IDed elements and accessing a DOM element directly from the window object with its ID. True joy is this tiny shortcut.
Did Github stop display Jupyter Notebooks or am I missing something?
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Did Github stop display Jupyter Notebooks or am I missing something?
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Thanks for having me! @eurosky.social as a mix of government / policy / media / builders was a really great event.
Gives me a lot of hope & energy to see the interest in the room. We can do better than #WurstSky!
#EuroSkyLive
Gives me a lot of hope & energy to see the interest in the room. We can do better than #WurstSky!
#EuroSkyLive
@bmann.ca talked about the ATProto Community Fund and looked at the opportunities for building the next generation of European designed and hosted apps. vimeo.com/1140407555?s...
Talk: EuroCloud to App Liftoff in the ATmosphere
EuroCloud to App Liftoff in the ATmosphere with Boris Mann (AT Community Fund Lead)
vimeo.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Thanks for having me! @eurosky.social as a mix of government / policy / media / builders was a really great event.
Gives me a lot of hope & energy to see the interest in the room. We can do better than #WurstSky!
#EuroSkyLive
Gives me a lot of hope & energy to see the interest in the room. We can do better than #WurstSky!
#EuroSkyLive
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Lots of people think this is fine: manly, bold, “genuine,” “telling it like it is.“. Lots of people will approve.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Lots of people think this is fine: manly, bold, “genuine,” “telling it like it is.“. Lots of people will approve.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
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Nursing & teaching aren’t “professional degrees,” according to Trump admin.
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Nursing & teaching aren’t “professional degrees,” according to Trump admin.
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I once taught a whole lesson on the narratives of deservedness in the very strange concept of “stealing” books from something conspicuously branded as a “free” little library. The students struggled with it. A lot of internalized beliefs about poverty and worth. But I think it was a good lesson.
If you are concerned about people swiping books from your little free library and reselling those books, I ask you to go to your local used bookstore and sell a book
Okay?
Understand?
Alright, next question
Okay?
Understand?
Alright, next question
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I once taught a whole lesson on the narratives of deservedness in the very strange concept of “stealing” books from something conspicuously branded as a “free” little library. The students struggled with it. A lot of internalized beliefs about poverty and worth. But I think it was a good lesson.
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reading a blog post from 2009 about whether Foursquare or Gowalla is the more popular check-in app based on how much the two apps are namechecked on Twitter and wow, you really could just blog anything and they'd call it news
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
reading a blog post from 2009 about whether Foursquare or Gowalla is the more popular check-in app based on how much the two apps are namechecked on Twitter and wow, you really could just blog anything and they'd call it news
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@bnewbold.net joined @robin.berjon.com in a conversation about what @bsky.app has learned building the AT Protocol, sharing insights and lessons for Europe's digital future. vimeo.com/1140574261?s...
In Discussion with Bluesky
In Discussion with Bluesky with Bryan Newbolt (Bluesky) and Robin Berjon (Eurosky) Bluesky has grown to over 40 million users, proving decentralized social media…
vimeo.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
@bnewbold.net joined @robin.berjon.com in a conversation about what @bsky.app has learned building the AT Protocol, sharing insights and lessons for Europe's digital future. vimeo.com/1140574261?s...
MCP is a plot by backend engineers to get more standardized server to server APIs talking to each other. The agentic part is just how they get manager approval. It's a conspiracy and I approve of it tbh.
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
MCP is a plot by backend engineers to get more standardized server to server APIs talking to each other. The agentic part is just how they get manager approval. It's a conspiracy and I approve of it tbh.
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Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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sigh just had claude use grokipedia as a source. poisoning the well is working
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
sigh just had claude use grokipedia as a source. poisoning the well is working
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Inbox: The independent union at Blue Bottle Coffee, @bbiunion.bsky.social, is on strike. “As of today, we have gone out on the picket line to combat Blue Bottle's bad faith bargaining and ensure fair wages and protections for baristas.”
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Inbox: The independent union at Blue Bottle Coffee, @bbiunion.bsky.social, is on strike. “As of today, we have gone out on the picket line to combat Blue Bottle's bad faith bargaining and ensure fair wages and protections for baristas.”
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We're excited to be hosting the next fully-online #ELO2026 @eliterature.bsky.social conference at UCF. As before, we're committed to a low-cost event with an open access archive of recordings and a virtual exhibition open to all. CFP up now: projects.cah.ucf.edu/elo2026/ #dhmakes
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We're excited to be hosting the next fully-online #ELO2026 @eliterature.bsky.social conference at UCF. As before, we're committed to a low-cost event with an open access archive of recordings and a virtual exhibition open to all. CFP up now: projects.cah.ucf.edu/elo2026/ #dhmakes
ah yes slack and spotify, companies that are entirely similar producing such a similar product to openai
Exclusive: OpenAI has projected 220 million people will be paying for a basic ChatGPT subscription by 2030 as it follows Slack’s and Spotify’s business playbook.
Read more from Sri Muppidi 👇
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Read more from Sri Muppidi 👇
https://thein.fo/4insfpg
OpenAI Projected at Least 220 Million People Will Pay for ChatGPT by 2030
To boost ChatGPT revenue, OpenAI is following a playbook enterprise apps Zoom and Slack have used to increase paid users. It’s hooking up most of its users—which now number more than 800 million—with ...
thein.fo
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
ah yes slack and spotify, companies that are entirely similar producing such a similar product to openai