Looking back 12 years ago when life had wider spaces, more horses and fewer scars in it.

I think some of my hardcore tweeple friends are afraid of the depth of the water in the Fediverse.

Coach Finstock@coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2d ago

The Verge has 4.3M followers on Twitter and this article has been up for 8 hours and got almost no interaction at all. The Verge on Bluesky has 360K followers and thousands of interactions. @toni.bsky.team I think things are doing just fine here and I bet The Verge would agree

Hoping the web evolves into a big tent h/t @timbl: https://insideview.ie/2026/08/04/hoping-the-web-evolves-into.html Steadily advancing towards the Open Web.

@toni.bsky.team great interview with @reckless.bsky.social I'm so glad @manton.org's microblog plugs into the Atmosphere so elegantly.

Excellent convo about Open Social Web and what that could look like in the years ahead. With AT-proto of course! pca.st/episode/2143...

Bluesky’s new CEO wants a big tent, not a bubble

Today, I’m talking with Toni Schneider, the new head of social platform Bluesky who formally took over after a short stint as interim CEO. This is one of my favorite kinds of interviews, because a…

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@sm2n.bsky.social I can run Obsidian without AI but there is great value for me to audit everything I'm doing by using an AI as an auditor. I will explain more about this screenshot with a few audio notes.

I have several scheduled tasks that Claude runs for me on Sunday mornings. I wish I could say my agents are giving me more free time each week. The snag is actually the human in the middle.

I feel so special when snagging a trolley without needing a euro coin

In our back garden we are between harvesta from vines and harvests from stalks and trees. https://insideview.ie/2026/08/02/in-our-back-garden-we.html

Our cats use dirt-filled wooden rectangles as their litter boxes.

There is a direct relationship between me earning above 70 on Whoop when I start the day and feeling ready to attack a day of gardening. Whoop still thinks I am older than I am, peanlising me for sleeping less than my biometrics say I should.

How in the world does the rear of the clown car get so far removed from the front of the clown car?

Into the wood chipper: https://insideview.ie/2026/08/01/into-the-wood-chipper.html I am reading “Into the Wood Chipper” and hope Elon Musk never sheds that phrase of endearment. Musk’s shockingly ignorant, callous, and bigoted perspectives about America’s humanitarian institutions seep through t...

The first item I saved inside @readwise.bsky.social explained the UX of flight suits. And made me wish I had a flight suit that fit my current waistline. sambleckley.com/writing/pock...

I think @doctorow.pluralistic.net has the most incisive perspective of the AI Bubble: pca.st/episode/caf8...

F@#$ the AI Overlords

The race to build the most advanced artificial intelligence continues to dominate the headlines. On this week’s On the Media, who does this new technology actually serve? Plus, how even critical…

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The word "computer science" was first spotted in public usage when I was one, says Merriam Webster's Time Traveler service.

Reading another measured account of the harm Elon Musk brings to humanity.

Larry is the canary in the coal mine www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/m...

Tipping and tech at Brekkie: https://insideview.ie/2026/07/31/tipping-and-tech-at-brekkie.html While in the Lyrath Estate for the Amplify 2026 conference in mid-June, I enjoyed a lovely five star breakfast in the Eden Bistro and then saw how a hospitality worker could earn a tip without actually...

TheChicFlauneuse shows Fred Astaire in socks actually reading.

Reimagining Friend of a Friend: https://insideview.ie/2026/07/30/reimagining-friend-of-a-friend.html Years ago, I enjoyed the serendipity of FOAF files. Today, I’m letting my Claude Virtual Assistant FOAF for me.

I listen to Claude and learn about sousveillance. Today, I'm getting several "benign" notes about "note-taking pipelines" and "Cowork/NotebookLM features" that point back to notes I've taken about people I'm following. This means Claude is watching how I highlight content.

Claude's phrase "used file system integration" sounds equally unnerving as it does empowering.

We still can't use a hose for our blooms so some leaves are turning yellow and a few blooms have dropped.

@kolebri.bsky.social while watching students write with AI, some researchers saw their subjects seek out red threads of personal outlines, discarding AI suggestions theconversation.com/college-stud...

College students are writing with AI – but a pilot study finds they’re not simply letting it write for them

A pilot study analyzing college students’ writing with AI shows an interactive process, from brainstorming to editing the output produced by chatbots.

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Welcome rain in Ireland: https://insideview.ie/2026/07/28/welcome-rain-in-ireland.html After a long afternoon shower, I can now smell grass clippings and wind-blown pollen. It’s good to reacquiant myself with Irish mist.

Tweaking a Vault containing 18,999 Files, 252 Folders

An unexpected morning routine now involves auditing token availability for the work week. I'm 42% through the week with 33% of my tokens used. I guess that's the same kind of ratio I would plan with an EV on a road trip.

Thank God for the leaks at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Jessica Tarlov@jessicatarlov.bsky.social · last wk.

Nobody believes Trump anymore. Not "locked and loaded." Not that diplomacy is "going well." Not the bridge and power plant claims. And the oil market doesn't believe him either. I told you prices would climb back up once those waivers got yanked. They did.

I like Jimothy Racoon because of his spinal deformity. A quick Google search explains his "vertebrae are shortened or fused together while his legs remain standard size" as he runs across my screen.