Zach B
@zbeastly1.bsky.social
Avocados don’t like my 30 something yo stomach, assistant birder, owner of an orange cat (buff actually), software engineer, RPGs and horror and sometimes both at the same time, learning rustlang and game development (he/him)
My experience moving to nvim last year zachrburke.com/blog/moving-...
Moving to Neovim and Neogit
zachrburke.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:17 AM
My experience moving to nvim last year zachrburke.com/blog/moving-...
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Hey, you!
Remember to do stuff just for the joy of doing it.
You don't need to transform everything in content for the social media (unless this makes you happy).
Enjoy that hobby yourself, no need to think about monetizing it.
The reward should be your inner joy/peace first.
Always.
Remember to do stuff just for the joy of doing it.
You don't need to transform everything in content for the social media (unless this makes you happy).
Enjoy that hobby yourself, no need to think about monetizing it.
The reward should be your inner joy/peace first.
Always.
January 31, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Hey, you!
Remember to do stuff just for the joy of doing it.
You don't need to transform everything in content for the social media (unless this makes you happy).
Enjoy that hobby yourself, no need to think about monetizing it.
The reward should be your inner joy/peace first.
Always.
Remember to do stuff just for the joy of doing it.
You don't need to transform everything in content for the social media (unless this makes you happy).
Enjoy that hobby yourself, no need to think about monetizing it.
The reward should be your inner joy/peace first.
Always.
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The game is out, along with a Set Sail Wallpaper DLC (secret revealed)
Bundled together you can save a little $, but please check out Oswego Quest for the Golden Pin!
store.steampowered.com/bundle/65036...
Bundled together you can save a little $, but please check out Oswego Quest for the Golden Pin!
store.steampowered.com/bundle/65036...
January 30, 2026 at 5:09 PM
The game is out, along with a Set Sail Wallpaper DLC (secret revealed)
Bundled together you can save a little $, but please check out Oswego Quest for the Golden Pin!
store.steampowered.com/bundle/65036...
Bundled together you can save a little $, but please check out Oswego Quest for the Golden Pin!
store.steampowered.com/bundle/65036...
It feels good to catch an age old system ordering bug by running a flaky test 10 times and then fixing it and seeing the test is no longer flaky. Switched to nextest tonight after seeing it has a stress test option (and is way faster than `cargo test`).
January 27, 2026 at 5:58 AM
It feels good to catch an age old system ordering bug by running a flaky test 10 times and then fixing it and seeing the test is no longer flaky. Switched to nextest tonight after seeing it has a stress test option (and is way faster than `cargo test`).
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
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snide smug "America has always been like this" shit is so fuckin caustic. yeah sure you're the only person who has the right theoretical lens for the long arc of history. go ahead and feel fuckin superior about that and shirk responsibility for a better future. post away. have a good time. fuck you.
January 24, 2026 at 7:33 PM
snide smug "America has always been like this" shit is so fuckin caustic. yeah sure you're the only person who has the right theoretical lens for the long arc of history. go ahead and feel fuckin superior about that and shirk responsibility for a better future. post away. have a good time. fuck you.
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Every single thing you're seeing from Minneapolis is as impressive as it looks. It is that brutally cold out. That is a stonking huge number of people. Those utterly filled city blocks are that outrageously Midwesternly wide and broad. Getting everyone there did push Metro Transit to the limit.
January 23, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Every single thing you're seeing from Minneapolis is as impressive as it looks. It is that brutally cold out. That is a stonking huge number of people. Those utterly filled city blocks are that outrageously Midwesternly wide and broad. Getting everyone there did push Metro Transit to the limit.
we're so back, blogging again in 2026
zachrburke.com/blog/revival
zachrburke.com/blog/revival
Revival
zachrburke.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:54 PM
we're so back, blogging again in 2026
zachrburke.com/blog/revival
zachrburke.com/blog/revival
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Habeas petitions are a fairly extraordinary remedy — even attorneys in immigration practice don't just crank out piles of these every day — so MaryJo Webster's analysis puts in sharp relief that even if some fraction of these are meritless, a staggering number of people are being held without cause.
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Habeas petitions are a fairly extraordinary remedy — even attorneys in immigration practice don't just crank out piles of these every day — so MaryJo Webster's analysis puts in sharp relief that even if some fraction of these are meritless, a staggering number of people are being held without cause.
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No! The criticism of the Dems isn't that they never win elections, it's that they don't use power to solve the problems that got us here. Elite impunity, concentration of wealth, the unitary executive. Winning is only step 1
New - Chuck Schumer to haters: “The answer to these critics is to win. If we win back the Senate, that will answer every question"
Peltola “was the last piece to the puzzle"
He says Dem path to Senate is Ohio, Alaska, Maine and NC. Dems are watching Texas/Iowa
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Peltola “was the last piece to the puzzle"
He says Dem path to Senate is Ohio, Alaska, Maine and NC. Dems are watching Texas/Iowa
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: Schumer lauds recruits as Democrats see Senate within reach
The minority leader took an Al Davis-style approach as he sat down with Semafor: “The answer to these critics is to win.”
www.semafor.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
No! The criticism of the Dems isn't that they never win elections, it's that they don't use power to solve the problems that got us here. Elite impunity, concentration of wealth, the unitary executive. Winning is only step 1
In recent memory, The Penguin.
..also, the finale of Stranger Things was great, I dunno what people were expecting.
..also, the finale of Stranger Things was great, I dunno what people were expecting.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 12:47 AM
In recent memory, The Penguin.
..also, the finale of Stranger Things was great, I dunno what people were expecting.
..also, the finale of Stranger Things was great, I dunno what people were expecting.
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Indie Dev discovers the game they're making basically already exists, worried of being deemed a ripoff. Original dev responds.
December 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Indie Dev discovers the game they're making basically already exists, worried of being deemed a ripoff. Original dev responds.
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I like games that give you tough choices
December 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I like games that give you tough choices
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this might be the first time i've seen a community note on x that serves as a punch line to the tweet
December 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
this might be the first time i've seen a community note on x that serves as a punch line to the tweet
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Democrat Eileen Higgins wins the Miami mayor’s race! Higgins is the first Democrat to win the race in nearly 30 years. She defeated by about 18 points a Republican Emilio Gonzalez endorsed by Trump.
A good sign for Democrats before the midterms!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
A good sign for Democrats before the midterms!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Miami Elects First Democratic Mayor in Nearly 30 Years
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Democrat Eileen Higgins wins the Miami mayor’s race! Higgins is the first Democrat to win the race in nearly 30 years. She defeated by about 18 points a Republican Emilio Gonzalez endorsed by Trump.
A good sign for Democrats before the midterms!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
A good sign for Democrats before the midterms!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
end of an era, Tekken won't be the same without him. The mix is sick though.
Ending a retirement announcement with a farewell DJ mix is such a beast mode move
December 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
end of an era, Tekken won't be the same without him. The mix is sick though.
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Ending a retirement announcement with a farewell DJ mix is such a beast mode move
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Ending a retirement announcement with a farewell DJ mix is such a beast mode move
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It's not great that a student can turn in a bad essay but vaguely point to the Bible and religious beliefs as an excuse for not following the actual assignment and terrible writing. That's not what college is supposed to be.
The professor did nothing wrong but she was pulled off the course anyways.
The professor did nothing wrong but she was pulled off the course anyways.
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It's not great that a student can turn in a bad essay but vaguely point to the Bible and religious beliefs as an excuse for not following the actual assignment and terrible writing. That's not what college is supposed to be.
The professor did nothing wrong but she was pulled off the course anyways.
The professor did nothing wrong but she was pulled off the course anyways.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
This is cool, and doesn’t require an expensive NYT sub.
Check out this relaxing daily color puzzle game that I made. It took way too long to design and build. But hey I'm just a ui/ux designer trying to get a hang this web coding thing. #indiegame #gamedev #javascript #webdesign
Chromatic - A Colorful Daily Puzzle Game
Sort colors, create gradients, find your daily calm.
feyder.co
November 23, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This is cool, and doesn’t require an expensive NYT sub.
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Unpopular opinion apparently but I want my taxes to go to helping people buy food. We’re all in this thing together, man.
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Unpopular opinion apparently but I want my taxes to go to helping people buy food. We’re all in this thing together, man.
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Invasive mosquitoes with avian malaria threaten Hawaiʻi's native honeycreepers. Conservationists are using drones and helicopters to release lab-reared male mosquitoes carrying a Wolbachia bacterium strain that causes non-viable eggs when they mate with wild females to control mosquito populations.
Thousands of mosquitoes are being dropped by drone over islands in Hawaii. Here’s why | CNN
Native Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are being wiped out by avian malaria. Scientists think they can battle the problem by releasing more mosquitoes.
www.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Invasive mosquitoes with avian malaria threaten Hawaiʻi's native honeycreepers. Conservationists are using drones and helicopters to release lab-reared male mosquitoes carrying a Wolbachia bacterium strain that causes non-viable eggs when they mate with wild females to control mosquito populations.
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Policy Chair Keun Lee dropping millions of dollars in economic loss if Irving withdraws from DART. Sent via Instagram
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Policy Chair Keun Lee dropping millions of dollars in economic loss if Irving withdraws from DART. Sent via Instagram
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Some really big news dropped in animal rights world last week that was made possible only by extremely competent activism—a top breeder of dogs for lab experimentation will shut down. So I wrote about it and what it means and says about science, etc.
gift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
gift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The secretive dog experimentation industry is crumbling
The US experiments on tens of thousands of beagles. After a shocking case, will it come to an end?
www.vox.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Some really big news dropped in animal rights world last week that was made possible only by extremely competent activism—a top breeder of dogs for lab experimentation will shut down. So I wrote about it and what it means and says about science, etc.
gift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...
gift link: www.vox.com/future-perfe...