I’m excited to be speaking at LDX3 London this year! Join me and a whole bunch of excellent leaders (and get 15% off with my discount code). I'll be talking about the many challenges of copy & paste.

After a bit of back and forth, I've discovered the word my daughter was asking me to spell was "birch"

of all the many terrible things that seem to be afflicting the public, the prevalence of defeatist mindsets with zero capacity for creative problem solving (or indeed the unwillingness to even *imagine* possible solutions to problems) might be the thing which freaks me out most.

Technology Connections@techconnectify.bsky.social · 2y ago

Electricity generation has always felt like an impossible engineering problem. Demand has to match supply - yet we managed that with ancient, all-analog equipment for over a century. Now we have so many more tools at our disposal. Why should this be hard?

lawsuits take time, because they require the *precise* language of what they're objecting to, plaintiffs to establish standing, complaints & briefs to be written, etc. everyone who was screaming at ACLU, LL, etc. to "do something" should sit right the F back down.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2y ago

BREAKING: Federal lawsuit filed challenging Trump's executive order against gender-affirming medical care for those under 19, as well as the Jan. 20 EOs funding ban. The lawsuit is backed by the ACLU, Lambda Legal, Jenner & Block, and Hogan Lovells. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-tran...

A friend tried to convince me that the US was banning TikTok because "China invented a new kind of bank entirely on the Internet so the US can't control it" and to be honest I can't wait for the ban to happen so we can start having normal conversations again.

Mainstream/AAA video games peaked a long time ago.

erika@yeeeerika.bsky.social · 2y ago

i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?

this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

You Blamed DEI for Hurting Your Career. Now What?

For people who pin their failures on diversity, corporate America’s DEI retreat removes a barrier—or maybe an excuse.

wsj.com

Listen, if you grew up eating Red Delicious apples and think all apples are equally atrocious, you're missing out: applerankings.com

i’m grateful for this thread, i’ve learned a lot and had some things that i wrongly believed corrected.

Matthew Hahn@matthewhahn.com · 2y ago

I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012. Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place. A thread.

I take a deep breath and remember that a reality crafted by an algorithm to keep me addicted is not representative of the actual world I live in. There are far more helpers than villains, even if the latter gets all the attention.

Jinwoo Park@jinwoo-park.com · 2y ago

I wanna ask my American friends, how do you deal with all this anxiety and tension? Because if I lived in a place where: - A single injury or illness could ruin my life financially, - So many people carried guns in public, - I could get sued for the tiniest thing, I think I'd die from stress.

You ever think `007` is *really* dumb permissions to have on a spy?

Folks in tech who worked elsewhere before starting your tech career, what did you do (and what lessons did you bring with you?)

nah google, I don't think that's a correct correction

I think that the tweet genre of “this person (who might be a bot) had a bizarre opinion that made me think less of humanity and so the right thing by to do is screenshot it and show it to the largest number of people” is silly.

So I've been learning a whole bunch as I've been onboarding at Figma. Turns out there's like, a lot of different rectangles out there!

wait do we know for sure which one zuck was referring to

ChatGPT is excellent for writing talk proposals, I ask it to write one and it produces such a terrible result that I have no choice but to write a much better one out of spite.

First world problems but it is really dumb that the only version of Minecraft that works on a MacBook is incompatible with the iPad version

agdq’s crazy taxi run has a mosh pit

HOW CAN IT BE LIFE-SIZED POKEMON AREN'T REAL #gdq

After 1 (one) crinkle of the treats bag #catsofbluesky

After I left a toxic job, my wife commented "it's so nice hearing you get mad at computers instead of people"

Adriana Porter Felt@apf.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm spending this week writing code instead of my normal manager schedule and it's been refreshing to remember exactly how mad I can get at a computer

Since there’s a lack of “do the right thing” leadership out there these days, a suggestion: If you’re a leader in any capacity, you have to support people even if they don’t like you.

This is a really thought provoking essay from @himself.bsky.social and I would love to see more discussion of it. It resonates for me, because I just don't see evidence that people are looking for the truth online, they are wanting the world to make sense. www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...

Between the dry air and fuzzy cat, I'm starting to wonder if I need to wear my static wristband when distributing skritches

AD-ROCK: Yo Ebenezer you gotta show re- BEASTIES: MORSE AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of Beasties: COURSE MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy BEASTIES: MOOCHER MCA: We’re Christmas Past MIKE D: Christmas Present BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE

we have officially reached the stage of Discourse where making food for yourself is elitism but having someone else make it for you and bring it to your doorstep on command is working class solidarity

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 2y ago

i think it is really strange how many of you responded to those posts — which were just observations about cooking at home — as a personal attack or a lecture about your behavior. if reading a short post about being economical with food drives you into a rage, that’s your issue, not mine

My parents got our daughter a "Bluey Washcloth". They were only one letter off