[James Stewart as Odysseus] now listen here, Agamemnon, I'm going home, y'see. You keep your fancy armour, I'm getting off this crummy ol' beach. [Spotting the Cyclops] now here's a curious fella, he's only got one peeper

Taking time off has allowed me to take time to process what we just did for Artemis II. It’s not something I can capture in a post or thread, so I wrote it out here in very long form. Warning: Intensely personal https://jasonthehuttspace.blogspot.com/2026/05/only-good-enough-for-moon.html

I wrote about some things I'm struggling with in the technology industry, preceded by an appreciation for folk music.

I am in an abusive relationship with the technology industry

Some things I'm struggling with in the technology industry, an appreciation for folk music, and some other thoughts.

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omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

gradient.horse

Draw a horse, watch it run!

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I cosign every single word of this anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

* refers to turkey drumsticks as nacelles *

coding interviews are a joke and i'm gonna be so pissed if i can't get a job because i don't know how to find some "trick" to solve some toy problem that has nothing to do with developing and maintaining a massively complex compiler codebase, which is a thing that i *am* actually good at doing.

down with Whatever eev.ee/blog/2025/07...

The rise of Whatever

This was originally titled “I miss when computers were fun”. But in the course of writing it, I discovered that there is a reason computers became less fun, a dark thread woven through a number of eve...

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I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan. (thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)

I saw that "why aren't the youths reading?" Atlantic article re-shared 8 gazillion times in the last week. Here's a response from the English teacher interviewed in the article: "The Atlantic Did Me Dirty." cmsthomas.substack.com/p/the-atlant...

The Atlantic Did Me Dirty

Early this summer I was interviewed by Rose Horowitch, an editor for The Atlantic. She told me that she had heard from a university professor that incoming students were struggling to keep up with the...

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After many virtual talks w @dahlialithwick.bsky.social about what originalism is, why it sucks, & what we should do about it, tonight we get to have one such talk in person at Amicus Live! Tune in, and for more on the subject, preorder my debut book The Originalism Trap! tinyurl.com/originalismtrap

Happening soon and you don't want to miss it! www.sixthandi.org/event/amicus...

Amicus Live: How Originalism Captured The Court - Sixth & I

At this live taping of Slate's "Amicus" podcast, Dahlia Lithwick, Mark Joseph Stern and special guests will discuss how the court is using originalism—a controversial approach to interpreting the Cons...

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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie@nneka.bsky.social · 2y ago

Folks who are in/around DC (or wanna join virtually), come listen to my sister @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social and additional legal minds share their expertise at the live recording of Amicus! I'll be there despite my hemming & hawing. Tix at www.eventbrite.com/e/amicus-liv... for Tuesday at 7 PM!

Brooklyn come through!! I'm delighted that local bookstore Café con Libros is holding a launch event for The Originalism Trap! We'll be at the Restoration Plaza on June 7 at 7pm Use this link to RSVP--and to order a signed copy of my book! www.cafeconlibrosbk.com/event-info/m...

The Supreme Court heard Trump's claims of ~absolute immunity~ today and was too into the idea that it should remand for lower courts to sort out what gets immunity and what doesn’t This could further delay prosecution and push accountability farther out of reach ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Donald Trump Already Got What He Needed From the Supreme Court

Even if the justices don’t give him the sweeping immunity he’s asked for, their handling of the case is helping him run out the clock.

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I *need* you to listen to the deeply broken text-to-speech narration from this Google blog post. (They removed it after people pointed out how bad it was, but I promise you this was actual audio on a real official Google blog post.) cohost.org/SnepShark/po...

Real

https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-asia/8-years-later-a-world-go-champions-reflections-on-alphago/ [https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-asia/8-years-later-a-world-go-champions-reflect...

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If you want to write to hochel and tell her how much you fuckin g hate this, you should: www.governor.ny.gov/content/gove...

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2y ago

I wrote about Gov. Hochul’s vibes-based militarization of the New York City subway and how she’s playing into the hands of Republicans who shit their pants at the thought of coming here. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Friends, we have a book cover & I'm feeling feelings! 🥹 Say hello to THE ORIGINALISM TRAP: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take it Back My book (!) is available for preorder now and everything -- she's becoming real ❤️ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...

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