Michael
@donohoe.dev
Engineering & Product. I build media things for Journalism. Brooklyn, NYC. Personal views. donohoe.dev
The MTA is auctioning off old MetroCard vending machines, finally giving New Yorkers a chance to bring the authentic subway experience home: confusion, rejection, and a half-ton object that doesn’t work.
MetroCard Vending Machine and MetroCard Express Machine auction
New York City Transit Asset Recovery is auctioning a limited quantity of MetroCard Vending Machines and MetroCard Express Machines.
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“Old Twitter” (5-10 years ago) would have known I was joking. This is a sign I need to change, not a criticism of anyone.
Michael@donohoe.dev · 17h agoMost ppl I know just say “dub-ya three” which is probably how it was intended.
If I have any say in a site I drop the “www.” part. I almost succeeded with this at @newyorker.com years ago but Akamai would not support naked domains back then (unsure if they do today)
Joe Sondow@joesondow.bsky.social · 18h agoI once saw Douglas Adams live on stage for a book tour. His final rant at the end of the event was that www was the worst abbreviation because it takes so much longer to say "double you double you double you" than to say "world wide web."
Occasionally I wonder if I could join the NYT Games team and add basic offline support the roadmap. No reason why you shouldn’t be able to continue your crossword or sudoku etc with no internet. People get bored on airplanes and subways.
I'm at @sideprojectsaturday.com working on a #atproto based bookmarking service. I'm currently focused on the UX for archived posts - anyone have glowing examples of their favorite design/aesthetic/features that make sense for an mvp?
One of the perks of having a partner who is a professional recipe developer and cookbook writer is that sometimes, while you’re working from home, they announce "today is Dutch baby and waffles day". Yes. Yes it is.
“People living freely have a worse impact on the climate than people in prison”
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
I'm just gonna save this for future reference. (Meta and their backers claiming that there's no major risk associated with building a $50 billion data center in a Louisiana flood plain.) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/t...
I'm just going to say that those people who order their CSS properties alphabetically are monsters and will one day answer for their crimes. And no, its not AI. I'm only now just speaking up.
Ouch. This is my worst nightmare, and I empathize with the team dealing with it. For context, I once took down The New York Times homepage during a CMS update.
London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · last wk.Short answer: yes. Our tech team are working on it and we hope to be back to normal soon. Emily Wilson is on the LRB Podcast in the meantime: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
I have noticed on occasion websites with a missing button. Now I know what happened. Finally, closure. anatolyzenkov.com/stolen-buttons
Stolen Buttons
Every website I visit, I steal a button from it. Check out my stash!
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I love @actblueorg.bsky.social for what they do, but not for the consequences.
Waldo Jaquith@waldo.net · 2w ago95% of my communications from the Democratic Party look like this. I have never in my life signed up to be texted by a campaign or the party, and I spent fruitless months attempting to unsubscribe from these. These are functionally identical to scam texts.
Tomorrow! Join Mozilla CTO Raffi Krikorian for a conversation on the state of open-source AI and what's really happening beneath the AI headlines. Register to join us: https://tally.so/r/A7GE4o
I had no about this, and the implication, but the headline is just the start "Cyclospora Spreads Through Human Feces. How Did It Get Into Our Food Supply?" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/w...
The point of the speech and these documents is not about "proof". It is to create the backdrop for their next steps.
Trump Promised Proof of Election Tampering. His Document Release Fell Far Short.
In the end, the documentary evidence that President Trump claimed would prove his case appeared bound to disappoint those who expected bombshell revelations.
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I think people need to start thinking about what they will do when the Trump admin pushes further to rig the next election. He pretty much said they will.
Man arrested for drunk-driving on St. Patricks Day was only drinking because of fathers health, and not cos, you know, it was St. Patricks Day. Really.
House Republican in Key Swing Race Discloses a Drunk-Driving Arrest
Representative Mike Lawler of New York said in a televised interview that he was arrested on St. Patrick’s Day in 2012, after learning that his father was gravely ill.
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In traffic alongside a NYPD car where driver is actively on his phone and, I’m guessing, unbothered that his full emergency lights are flashing. Good to be home I guess?
I would be so happy to have my laptop right now but I appreciate taking a break and staving off burnout
Hey, New Yorkers: Mayor Mamdani is recreating the city's digital service, after Mayor Adams destroyed it. They're hiring devs, designers, and product folks to work on-site in Brooklyn, starting now. You don't even have to be a city resident. Get on it!
NYC PIT Crew
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Have you tested your smoke alarm lately? We recommend testing them once a week and you should have one installed per floor of your home.
Out of all the songs regarding eclipses of major organs, hers was my favorite www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/a...
Bonnie Tyler, Who Sang ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart,’ Dies at 75
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The International Olympic Committee "continues to stand in solidarity with the Olympic community of Ukraine" but removes ban imposed on Russia. Are they any better than FIFA? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/w...
I.O.C. Lifts Russia’s Olympic Suspension, Clearing the Way for 2028
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