Manik
@manik.bsky.social
agentic creative technologist. building teams and products for Google. always seeking soccer, photography, design & engineering — 📌 prev: ux & engineering for Barack Obama, Nest Labs and Continu
if you generate some bullshit with ai, and send it to me without reading it, I will take offense and be very loud about it
go ahead, dogear the page, add a note to the margin, underline the part that made you pause for a few extra moments signs of life, an audience
aspire to be a boss that people would freely choose to work for ok bye
live voice on ios with codex remote, handling my data processing jobs what in the future is this
tobechukwu dubem nwigwe, the collection open.spotify.com/playlist/1Az...
tobechukwu dubem nwigwe, the collection
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hey, uh, what if I don’t want to offload thinking to a machine because I dont
I need the photographer’s view of that Bellingham goal, winding up with 5 defenders around him
every ref in this world cup seems to have a differently incorrect understanding of contact sports
Giving PeakDesign’s ProPad a shot: www.peakdesign.com/products/pro...
Pro Pad for Capture | Peak Design Official Site
Pro Pad is a comfortable, low-profile stabilizer pad for using Capture with heavy camera and lens combinations.
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Manik@manik.bsky.social · 2mo agoHas anyone found a decent way to carry two cameras without giant cross straps or a bag? There must be a decent option by now, and yet, I am left struggling
Has anyone found a decent way to carry two cameras without giant cross straps or a bag? There must be a decent option by now, and yet, I am left struggling
starting to see society’s allergy to reading as a singular cause for *waves hands at everything*
Haven't posted much about @repebble.com Index 01 recently (been...uh a bit in the weeds on PT2 shipping). But lots of progress has been made! Good news - we're in PVT2! Yes, 2 :)
isgur’s argument rests on two obvious fictions: first, that trump’s assertions of executive authority are just a modest difference of degree (from the real villains, liberal democrats) and second, that SCOTUS has no particular ideological agenda of its own
Cristian Farias@cristianfarias.com · 4mo agoNot this take again. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/o...
For anyone looking to deepen their understanding of the energy-AI challenge (should be everyone!), there's an excellent new Substack worth subscribing to currentclimatedp.substack.com
Current/Climate | Daniel Propp | Substack
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the pedophile president is warning that he will commit more war crimes if they don’t capitulate to his earlier war crimes
The Associated Press@apnews.com · 4mo agoBREAKING: President Trump warns a "whole civilization will die tonight" but says Iran still has time to capitulate before 8 p.m. ET deadline.
Twenty-five years ago, antitrust action made interoperable computing possible, and the web unlocked economic opportunity at the pace browsers improved. Today's regulators (and the press that cover them) are not building on that blockbuster success. A look at why: infrequently.org/2026/04/the-...
The Web Is An Antitrust Wedge - Infrequently Noted
Armed with new powers to rein in the worst excesses of mobile's duopolists, regulators around the world are struggling to find their footing. The UK's CMA is only the latest to pose capitulation as…
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Had a lot of fun designing some alternate app icons for @glass.photo, all done in @figma.com Draw! Read more here: glass.photo/highlights/a...
The US appears to have deployed the Gator Scatterable Mine system over Kafari, a village near Shiraz, in southern Iran overnight. At least two people were killed according to local reports. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
Evidence Points to US Scattering Mines over Iranian Village - bellingcat
US appears to have deployed the Gator Scatterable Mine system over Kafari, a village near Shiraz, Iran.
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