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black cats, small plates, natural wine
london, east
he, him
black cats, small plates, natural wine
london, east
he, him
Big smart
JUST IN: DOJ concludes that a federal ban on mailing concealable firearms is unconstitutional, saying the ban cannot be enforced and the Postal Service should remove its restrictions. www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...
January 15, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Big smart
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Me, reading and studying history: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Me, reading and studying history: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me, realizing I am living through a historical event: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
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“We shouldn’t be aiming to nudge a few % points in public opinion. Our goal should be to make freedom of mobility so compelling that people demand it. Help people visualize & demand a future where kids can bike to school, seniors can walk to stores, couples can bike to dinner.” @usa.streetsblog.org
Opinion: Stop Asking If People Want to Ride Bikes — Streetsblog USA
"We shouldn’t be aiming to nudge a few percentage points in public opinion. Our goal should be to make freedom of mobility so compelling that people demand it."
usa.streetsblog.org
January 15, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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Look at this beautiful creature
January 13, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Look at this beautiful creature
Good morning skitches!
January 15, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Good morning skitches!
The truth it burns
Getting older is about having more and more admin to do until it takes you out.
January 15, 2026 at 12:04 AM
The truth it burns
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ahh yes
Cast in place Loaves
🥖
🚴♀️
Cast in place Loaves
🥖
🚴♀️
THAT'S CONCRETE, BABY. Crews are installing the first protected bike lane barrier along the NE 130th St & NE 125th St Mobility and Safety Project today. This will create a more comfortable biking and scooting connection to the Pinehurst light rail station that opens later this year.
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
ahh yes
Cast in place Loaves
🥖
🚴♀️
Cast in place Loaves
🥖
🚴♀️
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A reminder that bringing shitty posts over from That Fascist Site to be performatively angry about them here is a choice you don't have to make! You can just leave them there! There is so much else to be legitimately angry about! You will not lack for content!
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
A reminder that bringing shitty posts over from That Fascist Site to be performatively angry about them here is a choice you don't have to make! You can just leave them there! There is so much else to be legitimately angry about! You will not lack for content!
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BREAKING: Dan Ceisler, the new sheriff of Pennsylvania's Bucks County, just announced he has terminated his county's 287(g) contract with ICE.
Ceisler defeated GOP sheriff who'd joined the ICE program in November, & ran on quitting it; we reported then:
Ceisler defeated GOP sheriff who'd joined the ICE program in November, & ran on quitting it; we reported then:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: Dan Ceisler, the new sheriff of Pennsylvania's Bucks County, just announced he has terminated his county's 287(g) contract with ICE.
Ceisler defeated GOP sheriff who'd joined the ICE program in November, & ran on quitting it; we reported then:
Ceisler defeated GOP sheriff who'd joined the ICE program in November, & ran on quitting it; we reported then:
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Elon Musk: "I'm a free speech absolutist!"
Also Elon Musk: "Anyone who teaches students that America was built on stolen land is guilty of treason and should be imprisoned."
Look, some of us tried to warn people that Elon Musk doesn't care one bit about free speech. But did anyone listen?
Also Elon Musk: "Anyone who teaches students that America was built on stolen land is guilty of treason and should be imprisoned."
Look, some of us tried to warn people that Elon Musk doesn't care one bit about free speech. But did anyone listen?
January 14, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Elon Musk: "I'm a free speech absolutist!"
Also Elon Musk: "Anyone who teaches students that America was built on stolen land is guilty of treason and should be imprisoned."
Look, some of us tried to warn people that Elon Musk doesn't care one bit about free speech. But did anyone listen?
Also Elon Musk: "Anyone who teaches students that America was built on stolen land is guilty of treason and should be imprisoned."
Look, some of us tried to warn people that Elon Musk doesn't care one bit about free speech. But did anyone listen?
This part
he who dies with the most code will be hated by all the poor bastards who have to maintain it in his wake
January 14, 2026 at 10:37 PM
This part
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Good morning skitches!
January 14, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Good morning skitches!
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great post. neither pro nor anti AI, just recognizing what’s actually happening and coming to terms with the future
January 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM
great post. neither pro nor anti AI, just recognizing what’s actually happening and coming to terms with the future
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oh this is super cool
NEW: China is testing a megawatt-scale airborne wind system that captures stronger high-altitude winds, potentially producing up to 10× more energy with 40% less material and 30% lower costs. It could also be quickly deployed to supply emergency power after disasters.
January 11, 2026 at 9:55 PM
oh this is super cool
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total solar inevitability 🔜
Republicans forced the Bureau of Land Management to put over 20,000 acres of public land in Colorado up for auction at the discount price of $10/acre with reduced royalty rates for oil and gas drilling.
No one bid for it because demand for oil is crashing though. 🔌💡
www.cpr.org/2026/01/09/b...
No one bid for it because demand for oil is crashing though. 🔌💡
www.cpr.org/2026/01/09/b...
Bureau of Land Management oil and gas auction gets zero bids in Colorado
The Trump administration wants to expand drilling on public lands, but oil and gas developers expressed zero interest in Thursday’s sale.
www.cpr.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:51 PM
total solar inevitability 🔜
so chill
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscope slide. 🫧🐻🧪
January 13, 2026 at 7:03 PM
so chill
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Everyone say hello to Tupi, a lil’ capybara baby at the San Antonio Zoo. 🥹
September 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Everyone say hello to Tupi, a lil’ capybara baby at the San Antonio Zoo. 🥹
epic. necessary.
NEW: Coal-fired power generation fell in both China and India in 2025, for the first time since 1973. The drop came after record clean energy additions in both countries, and was the first time that clean energy was a major driver of falling coal power use.
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
epic. necessary.
This is a.correct take
i don't even like the original Tron that much - as in, it's fine, but not particularly precious to me - so for me the entire reason for anything Tron existing is for the Tron: Legacy soundtrack which to this day absolutely rips and is basically perfect
January 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This is a.correct take
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Hear @monkchips.com chat w @mfussell.bsky.social, CEO of @diagrid.bsky.social, about his experience in distributed systems. The discussion touches on observability through @opentelemetry.io, the future of @daprdev.bsky.social, @typescriptlang.org, & app modernization. redmonk.com/videos/mark-...
Mark Fussell on Dapr, Simple APIs, & Distributed Systems
In this RedMonk conversation, Mark Fussell, CEO of Diagrid, discusses Dapr, a runtime designed to simplify the development of distributed applications, with James Governor. Mark shares insights from h...
redmonk.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Hear @monkchips.com chat w @mfussell.bsky.social, CEO of @diagrid.bsky.social, about his experience in distributed systems. The discussion touches on observability through @opentelemetry.io, the future of @daprdev.bsky.social, @typescriptlang.org, & app modernization. redmonk.com/videos/mark-...
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I finally figured it out
January 13, 2026 at 12:01 PM
I finally figured it out
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In conversation back in 1994, the late Russian environmentalist Alexi Yablokov explained the problem of rebuilding democracy this way:
"If you have a tank of live fish, it is fairly easy to make fish soup.
Once you have fish soup, however, it is very difficult to make a tank of life fish again."
"If you have a tank of live fish, it is fairly easy to make fish soup.
Once you have fish soup, however, it is very difficult to make a tank of life fish again."
January 13, 2026 at 1:05 AM
In conversation back in 1994, the late Russian environmentalist Alexi Yablokov explained the problem of rebuilding democracy this way:
"If you have a tank of live fish, it is fairly easy to make fish soup.
Once you have fish soup, however, it is very difficult to make a tank of life fish again."
"If you have a tank of live fish, it is fairly easy to make fish soup.
Once you have fish soup, however, it is very difficult to make a tank of life fish again."
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64% of WebKit non-Apple contributions, 20% of Chromium non-Google, 27% of Servo, 39% of test262, and it goes on.
And doing all this as a worker-owned, employee-run cooperative. The world would be a very different place if companies like Igalia were the norm rather than the exception in tech.
And doing all this as a worker-owned, employee-run cooperative. The world would be a very different place if companies like Igalia were the norm rather than the exception in tech.
We analyzed Igalia's contributions to some of our favorite open-source projects on the web and elsewhere and summarized them in this blog post! Check it out: www.igalia.com/2026/01/05/D...
Doing Our Share for the Web in 2025 | Igalia
Igalia is an open source consultancy specialised in the development of innovative projects and solutions. Our engineers have expertise in a wide range of technological areas, including browsers and cl...
www.igalia.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
64% of WebKit non-Apple contributions, 20% of Chromium non-Google, 27% of Servo, 39% of test262, and it goes on.
And doing all this as a worker-owned, employee-run cooperative. The world would be a very different place if companies like Igalia were the norm rather than the exception in tech.
And doing all this as a worker-owned, employee-run cooperative. The world would be a very different place if companies like Igalia were the norm rather than the exception in tech.
Good morning skitches!
January 13, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Good morning skitches!