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Andrew
@andrew.bsky.social
Things I like:
- #P2P / #opensource
- #History (Rome/Greece/Egypt)
- #Transit / #urbanplanning
- #Soccer

☦️💻⚽🏥📷📈💪☕️🇺🇸🇪🇬

📍NYC

Son of Coptic Orthodox immigrants from Egypt, and aiming to learn more and more about my ancestors history
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A busy first day as your Mayor-elect: early morning interviews, transition announcements and meetings. More to say on all of it tomorrow.

But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
hey @rauchg.blue you’re cordially invited to eat shit. Moving all my projects off @vercel.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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The most relevant new feature in iOS 26 for journalists, lawyers, activists, politicians, executives, and other high-profile figures wasn't really advertised to consumers at all. Rather, it was announced in a Sept 9th post on the Apple Security Research blog...
www.privacyguides.org/posts/2025/0...
Memory Integrity Enforcement Changes the Game on iOS
Apple's new support for ARM's Memory Tagging Extension in iOS and their A19 SoC is an underrated feature for journalists, activists, and other high-profile figures.
www.privacyguides.org
September 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Official mascots of the 2026 FIFA World Cup unveiled!
September 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Just look at what happened with solar investment - it’s astonishing.

Solar has seen the most rapid investment growth, soaring from $142 billion in 2015 to a projected $441 billion this year.
September 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
September 15, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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DuckDuckGo's own AI chatbot, Duck.ai, has added support for OpenAI's 120 billion parameter open-source model, gpt-oss:120b.

Anyone can try it now completely free, and without signing up for an account!

www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
You can now try OpenAI's gpt-oss:120b for free and privately without using Ollama or LMStudio
You can use gpt-oss:120b without paying for rented cloud servers or having ridiculous GPU memory on tap thanks to DuckDuckGo
www.windowscentral.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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"Sideloading" is the rentseeker word for "being able to run software of your choosing on a computing device you purchased". There is no reasonable case for an operating system developer having a say over what programs you run on your hardware.

#android #google
August 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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The fact that Google may be ending sideloading apps on Android forever is another reason we should donate more to @postmarketOS

With 1-2 more years of work, it could reach a state similar to Desktop Linux or Android ROMs, where everything works, at least on a good number of devices.

Can't […]
Original post on ma.fellr.net
ma.fellr.net
August 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Who else remembers Christmas Eve 2015 in NYC, when the city seemed to teleport to Florida with a high of 72°
August 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“No Thanks” is an app that tells you if a product is made by an Israeli company, or a company that does business with Israel.

apps.apple.com/app/id647620...
‎No Thanks app
‎Welcome to our No Thanks App! Our app simplifies the process of scanning barcodes, It makes your shopping goes easily, just scan the product and the app will tell you. Key Features: Effortless Barc...
apps.apple.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
June 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Announcing that we’re building the next-generation of Xbox first-party devices and cloud, including our future Xbox consoles, together with AMD.

Next-level performance, cutting-edge graphics, breakthrough gameplay, and unmatched compatibility. Stay tuned for what’s next.
June 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
If passed, it would ban or regulate use of three harmful chemicals – potassium bromate, propyl paraben and Red Dye No. 3 – from food manufactured, distributed or sold in NY
www.ewg.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country.

We will hold this administration accountable.
June 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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The founding fathers did not live and die to see this moment. It’s time for all of us to stand up peacefully.
June 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
June 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
"Constellation and Meta have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the output of the Clinton Clean Energy Center to support Meta’s clean energy goals and operations in the region with 1,121 megawatts of emissions-free #nuclearenergy."
Constellation, Meta Sign 20-Year Deal for Clean, Reliable Nuclear Energy in Illinois
Constellation and Meta have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for the output of the Clinton Clean Energy Center to support Meta’s clean energy goals and operations in the region with 1,1...
www.constellationenergy.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
#transit
MTA's Efficiency Drive: Projects Are Now Built Faster and Cheaper by limiting unnecessary customization, bringing more work in house, close oversight of construction contractors, and bundling work by geography and project type

Some examples of this in practice from @mta.info Capital Plan:
May 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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This is a view from the surface of Comet 67P.

The busy particles in the foreground are cosmic rays or bits of dust and ice.

The dots moving in the background are stars.
May 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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After 25 long, humbling and frustrating seasons, the Knicks are back in the Eastern Conference finals after defeating the defending-champion Celtics in six games.

New York basketball is back, relevant and thriving, and this just might be the beginning of what's to come: http://dlvr.it/TKqNq4
May 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Breaking News from @theathletic.bsky.social: The Knicks defeated the Celtics to advance to their first Eastern Conference finals in 25 years. www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
May 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM