Sacha Judd
@sachajudd.com
Talks and writes about fans and tech (sachajudd.com). Letterboxd’s Senior Harry Styles Correspondent.
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Right in time for you to enjoy it at the weekend: next video of #btconf Berlin. @sachajudd.com and “The Good Internet: How Fandom Can Reclaim the Web”. A brilliant and motivating talk.Enjoy! youtu.be/F6b9kjlpIZE
Sacha Judd – The Good Internet: How Fandom Can Reclaim the Web – beyond tellerrand Berlin 2025
YouTube video by beyond tellerrand
youtu.be
i'm calling this version the Director's Cut because it is TWICE as long as the original version from Sunrise earlier this year. check it out.
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If you definitely have a real product, you don't do this.
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you definitely have a real product, you don't do this.
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“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid a federal immigration crackdown
Across Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods, fear of a federal immigration crackdown has emptied the streets.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“Once, after the group bought out a tamale vendor’s cart, that man found them days later to say immigration agents were spotted on his block just hours after. ‘You saved my life,’ Rosales said the man told them.” apnews.com/article/chic...
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Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fictional space agencies and companies. [kottke.org]
The Space Exploration Logo Archive
Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fictional space agencies and companies. There is also a book, but it looks like it was only
kottke.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fictional space agencies and companies. [kottke.org]
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Anyone would think we’re talking about 1000s of children being prevented from going through puberty forever with the use of puberty blockers.
Puberty blockers were prescribed to 113 people in 2023.
Come on now. Let doctors and other medical professionals do their damned job.
Puberty blockers were prescribed to 113 people in 2023.
Come on now. Let doctors and other medical professionals do their damned job.
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Anyone would think we’re talking about 1000s of children being prevented from going through puberty forever with the use of puberty blockers.
Puberty blockers were prescribed to 113 people in 2023.
Come on now. Let doctors and other medical professionals do their damned job.
Puberty blockers were prescribed to 113 people in 2023.
Come on now. Let doctors and other medical professionals do their damned job.
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since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
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This was such a fun photo to set up, taken by Thomas Reiter through a sleep station window on Mir. The sun was so bright we were all squinting like crazy. But I love how it shows the texture of the Shuttle's rough, protective hide, and the glimpse of humanity (and my moustache) against the universe.
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This was such a fun photo to set up, taken by Thomas Reiter through a sleep station window on Mir. The sun was so bright we were all squinting like crazy. But I love how it shows the texture of the Shuttle's rough, protective hide, and the glimpse of humanity (and my moustache) against the universe.
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Finally gotten around to writing up my thoughts on #FFConf 2025.
remysharp.com/2025/11/22/f...
Videos and photos are still being processed, so those are coming too.
remysharp.com/2025/11/22/f...
Videos and photos are still being processed, so those are coming too.
FFConf 2025
Reflections on FFConf 2025, covering talks on diversity, data privacy, web components, AI, and the future of the web.
remysharp.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Finally gotten around to writing up my thoughts on #FFConf 2025.
remysharp.com/2025/11/22/f...
Videos and photos are still being processed, so those are coming too.
remysharp.com/2025/11/22/f...
Videos and photos are still being processed, so those are coming too.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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It's my favorite day! It's the 38th anniversary of the Max Headroom signal broadcast intrusion!
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
Max Headroom 1987 Broadcast Signal Intrusion Incident
YouTube video by andrew867
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It's my favorite day! It's the 38th anniversary of the Max Headroom signal broadcast intrusion!
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
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The overwhelmingly positive experiences of trans youth on puberty blockers
The overwhelmingly positive experiences of trans youth on puberty blockers
A survey of trans youth highlights the enormous value of puberty blockers – and the strong need for continued access to them....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The overwhelmingly positive experiences of trans youth on puberty blockers
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November 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Listen to this talk and then go make a weird lil website
i'm calling this version the Director's Cut because it is TWICE as long as the original version from Sunrise earlier this year. check it out.
Right in time for you to enjoy it at the weekend: next video of #btconf Berlin. @sachajudd.com and “The Good Internet: How Fandom Can Reclaim the Web”. A brilliant and motivating talk.Enjoy! youtu.be/F6b9kjlpIZE
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Listen to this talk and then go make a weird lil website
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At New Zealand's Kawaiican cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived. www.wired.com/story/this-h...
This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Anti-Virus Monitoring System
At New Zealand's Kawaiican cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived.
www.wired.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
At New Zealand's Kawaiican cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived. www.wired.com/story/this-h...
anyway this isn’t about heated rivalry (iykyk) but it’s not NOT about heated rivalry
hey ladieeeeessssssssss -- let's talk about women and sports (again)
newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/hey-...
newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/hey-...
hey ladies
OK we’re a day late this week because jet lag knocked me on my ass, but I’m old, so that’s what happens now. While travelling I’ve been thinking about two...
newsletter.sachajudd.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
anyway this isn’t about heated rivalry (iykyk) but it’s not NOT about heated rivalry
hey ladieeeeessssssssss -- let's talk about women and sports (again)
newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/hey-...
newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/hey-...
hey ladies
OK we’re a day late this week because jet lag knocked me on my ass, but I’m old, so that’s what happens now. While travelling I’ve been thinking about two...
newsletter.sachajudd.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
hey ladieeeeessssssssss -- let's talk about women and sports (again)
newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/hey-...
newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/hey-...
i'm calling this version the Director's Cut because it is TWICE as long as the original version from Sunrise earlier this year. check it out.
Right in time for you to enjoy it at the weekend: next video of #btconf Berlin. @sachajudd.com and “The Good Internet: How Fandom Can Reclaim the Web”. A brilliant and motivating talk.Enjoy! youtu.be/F6b9kjlpIZE
Sacha Judd – The Good Internet: How Fandom Can Reclaim the Web – beyond tellerrand Berlin 2025
YouTube video by beyond tellerrand
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
i'm calling this version the Director's Cut because it is TWICE as long as the original version from Sunrise earlier this year. check it out.
screw house of dynamite remake this
Tonight in 1983, more than 100 million Americans saw multiple thermonuclear weapons destroy Kansas City, Missouri, in “The Day After” on ABC. A.C. Nielsen Company reported that 62 percent of television sets that night were tuned to the film. I watched in my packed college dorm lounge. How about you?
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
screw house of dynamite remake this
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are the fae
open source
open source
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
are the fae
open source
open source
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The backstory to the Tom Holland lip sync is such a repudiation of slop. So much human effort and skill and *rights clearing* went into creating something so many people love.
www.businessinsider.com/tom-holland-...
www.businessinsider.com/tom-holland-...
An oral history of Tom Holland's sensational 'Lip Sync Battle' performance
The producers, choreographers, and dancers behind the "Umbrella" and "Singin' in the Rain" mashup explain how it came to be.
www.businessinsider.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The backstory to the Tom Holland lip sync is such a repudiation of slop. So much human effort and skill and *rights clearing* went into creating something so many people love.
www.businessinsider.com/tom-holland-...
www.businessinsider.com/tom-holland-...
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Among all the severe weather, you may have missed that we passed our 1000th post on bluesky today 🥳
Spread the word and tell your friends we're here as we creep towards 1000 followers. 36 to go!
Spread the word and tell your friends we're here as we creep towards 1000 followers. 36 to go!
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Among all the severe weather, you may have missed that we passed our 1000th post on bluesky today 🥳
Spread the word and tell your friends we're here as we creep towards 1000 followers. 36 to go!
Spread the word and tell your friends we're here as we creep towards 1000 followers. 36 to go!
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I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
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Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
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The maximum acceptable level of risk for an "AI-powered toy" targeted at young children is absolutely too low for use of an off-the-shelf commercial LLM to EVER be a reasonable choice. gizmodo.com/ai-powered-t...
AI-Powered Teddy Bear Caught Talking About Sexual Fetishes and Instructing Kids How to Find Knives
OpenAI blocked access for the toymaker following the incidents.
gizmodo.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The maximum acceptable level of risk for an "AI-powered toy" targeted at young children is absolutely too low for use of an off-the-shelf commercial LLM to EVER be a reasonable choice. gizmodo.com/ai-powered-t...
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Second time attending @ffconf.org and enjoyed all the talks, especially "Powerless by Design" by Chetan Padia, "Web Components" by Hannah Clarke, "Six to Sixteen: A Child’s Programming Language," and "The Good Internet" by Sacha Judd.
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Second time attending @ffconf.org and enjoyed all the talks, especially "Powerless by Design" by Chetan Padia, "Web Components" by Hannah Clarke, "Six to Sixteen: A Child’s Programming Language," and "The Good Internet" by Sacha Judd.