Alex
@acyphus.lol
I'm an avid fan of sustainability, adventure, philanthropy, computing, reading, and motorsport. Also PSIRT @ GitHub ✌️
While also being a great postmortem of one of the initial vectors for Shai-Hulud 2.0, this is a brilliant account of the challenges of working with CI/CD tools in open source while keeping them secure from @posthog.com posthog.com/blog/nov-24-...
This level of transparency is wonderful to see 💖
This level of transparency is wonderful to see 💖
Post-mortem of Shai-Hulud attack on November 24th, 2025 - PostHog
At 4:11 AM UTC on November 24th, a number of our SDKs and other packages were compromised, with a malicious self-replicating worm - Shai-Hulud 2.…
posthog.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
While also being a great postmortem of one of the initial vectors for Shai-Hulud 2.0, this is a brilliant account of the challenges of working with CI/CD tools in open source while keeping them secure from @posthog.com posthog.com/blog/nov-24-...
This level of transparency is wonderful to see 💖
This level of transparency is wonderful to see 💖
Very excited and proud to have planted a Live Oak tree this morning. Thanks to Austin Tree Folks for the free tree and planting guidance!
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Very excited and proud to have planted a Live Oak tree this morning. Thanks to Austin Tree Folks for the free tree and planting guidance!
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Github alerts are so fun when your co-dev is your husband
"Alex created an issue"
Like yeah, lemme tell ya Github. This is not the first time
"Alex created an issue"
Like yeah, lemme tell ya Github. This is not the first time
November 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Github alerts are so fun when your co-dev is your husband
"Alex created an issue"
Like yeah, lemme tell ya Github. This is not the first time
"Alex created an issue"
Like yeah, lemme tell ya Github. This is not the first time
Reposted by Alex
Reposted by Alex
This jaw-dropping article discusses TxDOT's recent statements in support of public transit across Texas. Happy Monday, y'all!
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
TxDOT: Car-dominant Texas needs more public transit
As the state’s population grows, more travel options are needed in rural and smaller urban areas and between major cities, according to a draft of the first-of-its-kind plan.
www.texastribune.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This jaw-dropping article discusses TxDOT's recent statements in support of public transit across Texas. Happy Monday, y'all!
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
> The Texas Constitution mandates that most of the agency’s budget must be spent on building and expanding freeways.
—https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/texas-public-transit-plan/
Texas in a nutshell. I hope things can change in the future.
—https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/texas-public-transit-plan/
Texas in a nutshell. I hope things can change in the future.
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
> The Texas Constitution mandates that most of the agency’s budget must be spent on building and expanding freeways.
—https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/texas-public-transit-plan/
Texas in a nutshell. I hope things can change in the future.
—https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/texas-public-transit-plan/
Texas in a nutshell. I hope things can change in the future.
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Big update to Smoke Signal just dropped! We've redesigned event pages, added ATProtocol facets support, cryptographic RSVPs, private content controls, and AI agent integration.
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Big update to Smoke Signal just dropped! We've redesigned event pages, added ATProtocol facets support, cryptographic RSVPs, private content controls, and AI agent integration.
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On Tuesday night, you may have noticed something a little different on Bluesky. Here's a peek behind the scenes of how the election feed came together. Endlessly grateful for this collaboration with @wnyc.org/@gothamist.com & @bsky.app!
About The Other Night...
How Graze is defining the next era of a decentralized, open social attention economy.
graze.leaflet.pub
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
On Tuesday night, you may have noticed something a little different on Bluesky. Here's a peek behind the scenes of how the election feed came together. Endlessly grateful for this collaboration with @wnyc.org/@gothamist.com & @bsky.app!
I finished Big Rock City from Magic Puzzle Company with original art by Annika Brandow.
I loved the art of this puzzle, and it makes use of some fantastic shapes for the pieces. A highlight in this collection for sure 👌
I loved the art of this puzzle, and it makes use of some fantastic shapes for the pieces. A highlight in this collection for sure 👌
November 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I finished Big Rock City from Magic Puzzle Company with original art by Annika Brandow.
I loved the art of this puzzle, and it makes use of some fantastic shapes for the pieces. A highlight in this collection for sure 👌
I loved the art of this puzzle, and it makes use of some fantastic shapes for the pieces. A highlight in this collection for sure 👌
Just finished reading Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler. Just wow.
This feels like required reading in 2025—a premonition of our current political situation and possible future environment due to climate change.
This feels like required reading in 2025—a premonition of our current political situation and possible future environment due to climate change.
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Just finished reading Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler. Just wow.
This feels like required reading in 2025—a premonition of our current political situation and possible future environment due to climate change.
This feels like required reading in 2025—a premonition of our current political situation and possible future environment due to climate change.
I attended an introduction to 3D printing at the Austin Public Library last night. It was fantastic and a very gentle introduction with a focus on 3D modeling in tinkercad.com. They are printing our creations—bat decorations for halloween—and I'll be able to pick mine up soon!
Tinkercad
Tinkercad is a free, easy-to-use app for 3D design, electronics, and coding.
tinkercad.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I attended an introduction to 3D printing at the Austin Public Library last night. It was fantastic and a very gentle introduction with a focus on 3D modeling in tinkercad.com. They are printing our creations—bat decorations for halloween—and I'll be able to pick mine up soon!
A very worthwhile read: The Electric Slide on Not Boring.
Not Boring by Packy McCormick
Tech strategy and analysis, but not boring. Click to read Not Boring by Packy McCormick, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
www.notboring.co
October 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A very worthwhile read: The Electric Slide on Not Boring.
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As Russia is discovering, a drone can wreck an oil refinery
Not so much a solar farm, since silicon doesn't explode
billmckibben.substack.com/p/its-hard-t...
Not so much a solar farm, since silicon doesn't explode
billmckibben.substack.com/p/its-hard-t...
It's hard to drone a solar panel
The war in Ukraine may be adding resilience to the list of clean energy's virtues
billmckibben.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
As Russia is discovering, a drone can wreck an oil refinery
Not so much a solar farm, since silicon doesn't explode
billmckibben.substack.com/p/its-hard-t...
Not so much a solar farm, since silicon doesn't explode
billmckibben.substack.com/p/its-hard-t...
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i wrote about atproto and why it matters
Open Social — overreacted
The protocol is the API.
overreacted.io
September 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
i wrote about atproto and why it matters