We're in the era of incompetence & cybercrimes headlined as "unprecedented model capabilities gone rogue." So OpenAI & Anthropic are trying to one up each other with such incompetence because the "press release as a service" performing media & clueless politicians parrot pre IPO CEO talking points.

"it's not that poor quality has no cost. The costs are simply invisible, because they show up as a decrease in value rather than an increase in expenses. How do you measure the cost of (...) not building a feature, because it would be too expensive or risky to try?" benchristel.com/posts/code-q...

"[The fossil fuel industry's] plans demand that Ottawa assist them (including w huge financial subsidies) as they squeeze every dollop of bitumen from the ground—no matter how wildly fires rage across the country [...] "Alas, Carney has capitulated to these demands." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Linda McQuaig: Don’t be fooled, Big Oil is calling the shots, not Carney

Big Oil demands Ottawa help them squeeze every dollop of bitumen from the ground — no matter how wildly fires rage across the country and how Trumpishly orange the skies

thestar.com

Just got back from a bike glamping trip to Bragg Creek with @thdaraujo.bsky.social #yycbike Followed @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social Ride With GPS route and had lots of fun. Learned a lot, and almost finished reading Shift (Silo series book #2). Ready to go full camping mode next time :D

We still suffer under this delusion that design, and I include all sufficiently novel interventions, is the work of lone geniuses or "individual contributors". Systems of any complexity require the sustained attention and interaction of several-many people to and with each other.

This summer, join the Foldie Fondo, our signature social ride experience. Sunday, July 19, 2026 Meet at the south side of George C. King (Skipping Stone) Bridge in East Village at 8:45 am. Wheels roll at 9 am. 60 kms, rolling at about 15 to 18 kms/h. All types of bikes and their riders welcome.

thin models, fat controllers, obese workers. 🦣 why not? 🫠

had lots of fun painting this intersection (Center St x 13th Ave SW) for the "Paint the Pavement" program. Thanks to @stefannibrasil.me (who led the project) and many volunteers, this part of the City is much safer and prettier now! 😎🎨

Doing a fundraising blitz for @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social. Sign up as a monthly member for $12/mo and I'll mail you a copy of my book! You're welcome to sign up for less than that too, we'll send you some cool transit stickers. SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM! sprawlcalgary.fundjournalism.org/donate/

Whenever an engineer says "It's not possible" always remember that what they actually mean is "I don't know how to build that" which sounds different, but means the same thing.

WNB.rb is launching our first official fundraising campaign! Your support helps us continue creating community, supporting new speakers, and making Ruby more welcoming for women and non-binary developers. Show your support at givebutter.com/wnbrb-our-ne... #Ruby #WomenInTech #TechCommunity

unpaid technical debt becomes karma

Jerry Chen@jcsalterego.bsky.social · 2mo ago

this neverending saṃsāra could have been an email

I think about this poem all the time

Systems that function are invisible, unfortunately

headlines in 2026: "tic-tac-toe is solved. Experts still skeptical"

Fixing a cryptic fetch error when installing a Ruby gem from a git repository 👀 hexdevs.com/posts/instal...

Installing Ruby gems from git repositories

Fixing a cryptic fetch error when installing a Ruby gem from a git repository.

hexdevs.com

Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social

Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities

Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.

theconversation.com

bike commuting is so much fun! 🚴‍♂️

Stefanni Brasil@stefannibrasil.me · 3mo ago

So happy to share the 1st video of "How do you move, Calgary". This video project was born from a wish to highlight real stories from people living in Calgary commuting with alternative transportation modes 🚲🚶‍♀️🛴🚌🚋 More videos to come, enjoy! #yycbike www.youtube.com/shorts/iAsjQ...

my children will inherit real wealth: 96GB of DDR5 memory. 🫰

RubyGems has locked sign ups due to an attack. But it's still unclear what has happened. Stay safe out there! 🙏 xcancel.com/maciejmensfe...

If you haven't upgraded yet, Ruby 4.0's garbage collection is generally much faster than 3.4. This patch release fixes the one area there had previously been a notable regression (allocating/freeing Classes).

k0kubun@k0kubun.com · 3mo ago

Ruby 4.0.4 Released www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2026... This is a routine update that includes bugfixes. We recommend upgrading your Ruby version at your earliest convenience.

last year was very cool 🚲

Calgary Brompton League@bromptonleague.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy to share that @klaszus.bsky.social will be joining our social ride, and he’s bringing his Pop-Up Printing Press cargotrike with a special plate most suited to our destination: Bowness. Join us on May 21. Deets below:

the CTrain free fare zone is one of the nicest things we have in Calgary. The numbers from the recent survey are pretty clear: people use it, they like it, and they want it to be expanded. City Hall should just listen to what people want.📣

The Sprawl@sprawlcalgary.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Calgary Transit is coming out strong against the CTrain free fare zone to improve "overall perceptions of safety on transit"—but is obscuring why we got it in the first place. We dug into it. #yyccc

new post about the garbage can model and persistence as a design method. mikegallagher.org/posts/from-g...

I see no lies here

If something is supposed to be a tool, you have to ask a tool for what. If everyone is talking about the experience of using the tool and not the outputs or outcomes, then it's a tool for self…soothing.

I just learned such a great word for our times. An epiphany is sudden true understanding. An *apophany* is a false understanding based on seeing a relationship in data or perception that doesn't actually exist. Pareidolia (seeing faces in things) is a subtype of apophenia.

It's not that difficult or expensive to understand people if you really want to understand them. Many organizations prefer to spend huge amounts of money to keep that confirmation bias high going.

> production is down due to cosmic rays today working as a "datacenters-in-space" devops engineer doesn't sound that fun.