Ray Ryan
@rjrjr.com
Once wrote Android apps and open source, esp. http://github.com/square/workflow. Now gloriously unproductive. Former: Distinguished Senior Software Citizen at Square, Instigator at Google, Chief Pedant at Lighthouse Design.
"What were you wearing?" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/b...
Uber’s Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: ‘What Were You Wearing?’ (Gift Article)
The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.
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Philadelphia Parallel Parking Authority aspires to improve drivers' street etiquette www.phillyvoice.com/philly-paral...
Less than six months before his death, Buster Keaton filmed the industrial-safety short The Scribe (1966), his final on-screen performance. He was still funny right to the end
AND FINALLY.. same "dominated objects subtree", rendered as a treemap, this time with the bitmaps rendered inside their rectangles 🤣
Here's a link to the story, for those who can't parse images. short-stories.co/@raybradbury...
There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…
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"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury
the standard thinking amongst university presidents is still that they just need to play along until this is over, and i have heard that firsthand from more than one of them now
So you see, Simba...even the most clueless engineer in our savannah plays their part in the circle of CI
Steve Klabnik@steveklabnik.com · 2d agoRed CI creates careful engineers. Careful engineers create green CI. Green CI creates careless engineers. Careless engineers create red CI.
Jimmy Carter hosted a jazz festival that featured Ornette Coleman. The entire event is here. youtu.be/Zn3hx6diwW4?...
JIMMY CARTER'S WHITE HOUSE JAZZ FESTIVAL1978-06-18 NPR/WAMU-FM BROADCAST
YouTube video by classictbone
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California and Canada and Australia have long provided aid to each other during wildfires. There is no excuse for Republican response to Canadian wildfire smoke, but lets acknowledge that good people help each other globally or we will all end up hating everyone. www.energy.ca.gov/sites/defaul...
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Clarkesworld has recently discovered that their August issue successfully breached containment and gained access to the Internet, where it is presently hacking reader's minds. "Oh no, what will we do? Who knew that stories could be so powerful?" said Neil Clarke, when approached for comment.
Clarkesworld@clarkesworldmagazine.com · 4d agoThe August issue of Clarkesworld is now online and features stories by Ravn J. Silver, Eilis O’Neal, Jordan Alexander, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, E.N. Auslender, Y.M. Pang, and H.H. Pak. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_239 Subscribe today at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
I've been documenting the design decisions that drive how LeakCanary works, as well as its history. Did you know LeakCanary was originally called MemoryDiaper? square.github.io/leakcanary/d... square.github.io/leakcanary/h... #AndroidDev
UPDATE: After the publication of this piece, Google sent 404 Media a statement saying it was “rolling back this feature in Google Earth while we work on implementing stronger guardrails.” www.404media.co/google-earth...
Google Earth’s New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images
"Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in Amsterdam."
404media.co
I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
The question is: what on earth is Google doing?
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Guy who went on holiday to Toontown and made it his whole personality:
he does a good job of appreciating Zappa's music without glossing over what an insufferable tool Frank was
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs@500songspodcast.bsky.social · last wk.Heard the (second) episode that dropped last week? It’s Song 185: “Peaches En Regalia” by Frank Zappa 👑 🎶 Following on from the episode on the GTOs, Andrew explores the absurdist and unusual Zappa. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via the website: 500songs.com/podcast/song...
Probably too late, but avoid trailers and other spoilers if you can.
Ray Ryan@rjrjr.com · 6d agoI am a simple man, and I flat out loved Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
I mean, if you're into it, there's another adaptation of a classic on offer: an ultra-faithful adaptation of the original Ghost in the Shell manga on Prime. It's about 30 years too late, but...🤷🏾♂️
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YES PROBABILITY DOES NOT WORK THIS WAY, BUT LOOK: IN THIS CASE, IT JUST DID qwantz.com/index.php?co...
A fan of the #SanFrancisco Crosstown Trail posted his tribute "Straight Up," a walking route straight up the middle from the south side of SF up to the Golden Gate. Monday, I walked it… lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2026/07/...
A fan of the #SanFrancisco Crosstown Trail posted his tribute Straight Up, a walking route straight up the middle from the south side of SF …
A fan of the #SanFrancisco Crosstown Trail posted his tribute Straight Up, a walking route straight up the middle from the south side of SF …
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EFF is based in San Francisco, so we take surveillance here very personally. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases of Their Patrons?
Recent reports have raised alarm about the use of PatronScan, an ID-checking and face-scanning system, at multiple LGBTQ+ bars in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. For venues serving vulnerable com...
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Hey so also: it’s available on streaming, and I really think you should watch Supergirl, which is about women healing from trauma and beating the shit out of sex trafficking incels. news.chanda.science/archive/you-...
You should go see Supergirl
It's pop art that is unapologetically political.
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