Something about writing MicroPython on an ESP32 gives me the false yet nevertheless comforting feeling that I have some semblance of control over my life
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👋 You may know me from such former Twitter users as @bumpynux. 💻 I get computers ‘putin, write on things that don’t belong to me, and organize with @demsocialists.bsky.social. 🍞🌹 I like to talk about tech, labor, and creating a better world together.
"Martin" is 55 yrs old. "I have 22 yrs of experience picking strawberries -nearly half my life. I'll keep harvesting until I no longer can do so. I haven't taken one break today as every minute counts when working piece rate. I'm not earning enough to pay my bills." #WrFeedYou
"One day, he buys a mule, which provides the worker who uses it with a modest 10 percent productivity gain. Benjamin fires 99 of his workers and purchases 99 mules, expecting a 1,000 percent productivity gain. The driverless mules cause plow damage to his property in excess of $50 million."
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 3mo ago"Acquiring one grape costs Alex $2 billion. Alex offers to sell Mike one grape a month for the next 12 months for $1 billion per grape. Alex asks for the full $12 billion up front and provides Mike with one grape for the first month..."
Hello from hachyderm test: verify Mastodon syndication after hachyderm migration https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/hello-from-hachyderm/
Hello from hachyderm
test: verify Mastodon syndication after hachyderm migration
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I turned my website into a personal social network that connects to Bluesky and the Fediverse—here’s how. I'm tired of posting on so many different social networks,... https://justinpot.com/i-turned-my-website-into-a-personal-social-network-that-connects-to-bluesky-and-the-fediverse-heres-how/
I turned my website into a personal social network that connects to Bluesky and the Fediverse—here’s how.
I'm tired of posting on so many different social networks, so I built my own. All it took was a WordPress website, two plugins, and a lot of fiddling. But what does this mean? To get an idea you can browse JustinPot.com. The main feed is now a combination of my longform articles and shorter...
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With standard.site landing in the Bluesky timeline, I've been trying to learn more about atproto lexicons. I started hacking away at a little proof-of-concept project I'm calling LinkedAt://. Think of it as LinkedIn but maybe less terrible. https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/atproto-job-board/
Sketching an atproto Job Board
rfc: atproto lexicons for job postings and resume listings
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the worst part about AI coding agents is that kids these days won't experience the joy of vim keybindings
More than 100 people are on hunger strike at Adelanto ICE detention center. Yesterday, families and community members shared what's happening inside. People are forced to eat expired food with maggots in it, denied medical care, and dying in a facility that shows complete disregard for human life.
The web was always social Diving into the idea of bridging different social networks and protocols like ATproto and ActivityPub to enhance the web. Looking back at my personal web journey, from Web 2.0 to now, emphasizing that building connections... https://herve.bzh/the-web-was-always-social/
The web was always social
Diving into the idea of bridging different social networks and protocols like ATproto and ActivityPub to enhance the web. Looking back at my personal web journey, from Web 2.0 to now, emphasizing that building connections can strengthen online communities.
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FOSSE is in preview and Reclaim is headed to WordPress.org feat: announce FOSSE developer preview and Reclaim theme directory work https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/fosse-reclaim-the-web-block-theme/
FOSSE is in preview and Reclaim is headed to WordPress.org
feat: announce FOSSE developer preview and Reclaim theme directory work
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#atproto folks: how do you decide when to build on an existing lexicon vs. create a new one? I’m especially interested in cases where an existing shape is close but not an exact fit. Are there norms/best practices for proposing changes upstream vs. creating a new lexicon?
I keep seeing pieces likening the AI rollout to the Industrial Revolution. I’ll admit there are similarities between the two. But the similarities I see are not the ones being packaged into neatly wrapped sales pitches about productivity gains and shared prosperity. read.ryancowl.es/posts/aindus...
The AIndustrial Revolution | ~/.bnux
docs: attempt to add historical nuance to common ai narrative
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OUR FIGHT: We have taken legal action against The Times for using AI programs to surveil and monitor our members. Read The Verge article here: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
50% of American workers say they want to join unions, but 10% of workers are IN unions. Where’s the disconnect, you might wonder? The game is rigged. www.epi.org/publication/...
U.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion annually on union avoidance
Key takeaways Many U.S. employers hire union avoidance consultants to keep their workers from organizing and bargaining for better pay and working conditions. We estimate that employers spend roughly ...
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The WordPress team is hard at work bringing decentralized protocols (like @atproto.com!) to the wider web
FOSSE@reclaimtheweb.wordpress.com · 4mo agoFOSSE is a developer preview of a WordPress plugin that brings ActivityPub and AT Protocol publishing into one setup wizard and unified admin surface.
@kraft.im and I have been having fun hacking on FOSSE these past few weeks. tl;dr: we released a dev preview of FOSSE, a plugin that bundles ActivityPub + AT Protocol into one WordPress setup flow, making it easier to syndicate to the Atmosphere and Fediverse. Let us know what you think!
FOSSE@reclaimtheweb.wordpress.com · 4mo agoFOSSE is a developer preview of a WordPress plugin that brings ActivityPub and AT Protocol publishing into one setup wizard and unified admin surface.
I spent the last month on a greenfield project during a company-wide push to use more AI assistance. I wrote up a few DevEx takeaways on dogfooding, PR/deploy queues, and what changes when implementation moves faster. https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/when-writing-code-is-not-the-slow-part/
explaining to my boss that I didn’t need to review that PR because I told my AI to not make any mistakes before committing my .env to a public GitHub repo
What web would you reclaim? On FOSSE, the open web, and what could come next https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/what-web-would-you-reclaim/
What web would you reclaim? On FOSSE, the open web, and what could come next https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/what-web-would-you-reclaim/
We're seeing another uptick in ICE activity and have been supporting local vendors as best we can so they aren't forced to choose between their safety and their livelihood. Please donate if you can! venmo.com/code?user_id...
Pushing Posts to the Atmosphere https://read.ryancowl.es/posts/pushing-posts-to-the-atmosphere/
