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austin @aparker.io · Aug 11
this is basically what technical product marketing is like
really?
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Temba, his arms wide
the goal of posting is to convey every possible thought until you can communicate exclusively via quoting your own posts
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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How disrespectful on Edmund Fitzgerald day!
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day! Don’t forget to smash your clocks!
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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The Governance Committee has published a new statement on the blog, outlining proposals around improving the user experience, stability, and release practices across the project.

We’d appreciate feedback from users and maintainers.
Evolving OpenTelemetry's Stabilization and Release Practices
Summary OpenTelemetry is, by any metric, one of the largest and most exciting projects in the cloud native space. Over the past five years, this community has come together to build one of the most…
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
you know it’s shockingly easy not to be a complete asshole online and it’s stunning how many people fail to achieve this
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Part of the reason why I’m so insistent about folks understanding AI capabilities is that they’re here to stay and we need to start thinking about what to do in such a world. Putting the genie back in the bottle is a pleasant fantasy that delays serious reckoning
November 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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November 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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bluesky branding refresh unveiled
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
what the fuck why is it so warm here
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
who decided they should be called rust evangelists and not the cargo cult
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
you can tell I don’t fly on the weekends because there’s a suspicious amount of small children on my flight
November 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
you know what would be nice, if @leaflet.pub let me upload pdfs or had some way to embed slides
November 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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This master's thesis did a consumer survey about editorial transparency mandates & concluded that "disclosing moderation decisions does not significantly enhance users’ positive perceptions, attitudes, platform usage, or online expression"

www.proquest.com/docview/3263...
www.proquest.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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i can't DM this so fyi
November 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
'years of lede' is this anything
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
delta decided that I get to fly tomorrow so you suckers are stuck with me for a week #KubeCon
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Hopefully I've done this correctly in terms of the leaflet setup this time. Here's a first post in a series on T&S on Bluesky.
Moderating With Humans, For Humans
aaron.leaflet.pub
November 7, 2025 at 5:58 PM
fun fact! these are both the same thing
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB

Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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[Dutch trader in February 1637 voice]
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
> 1 in 5 Americans has had an intimate encounter with a chatbot

waifus georg was an outlier and should not have been counted

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Inside Three Longterm Relationships With A.I. Chatbots
Three people on the joys and anxieties of A.I. romances.
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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July 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
towards a more perfect bikeshed
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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This post is awesome eavan.blog/posts/implem...
Please Implement This Simple SLO
eavan.blog
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM