Did not realize Marcel’s in DC closed two years ago. Small story: My spouse and I wandered in there once with no reservation and I didn’t meet the dress code because i had no idea we were going to try to eat there. It was spontaneous.
Kevin Jones
@vcsjones.dev
Alexandria, VA. He / they Product Security and Cryptography at GitHub. .NET maintainer. Not speaking for my employer. https://vcsjones.dev ⚫️ https://gh.io/vcsjones
Dyson sells eighty gazillion replacement parts online but the one I want I have to call for. Please don’t make me use the phone app of my phone.
I want TVs to go back to stereo analog audio. I’m so tired of this HDMI eARC bullshit.
Every couple of years I need to remind myself that I do not care for Philly sushi rolls.
Really cool new site by Hannah Ritchie and co. usenergydata.org To my surprise, pretty much every state has cheaper energy than 30 years ago, and the trend has been linearly downward, inflation-adjusted. California is an exception, but Texas is normal, which suggests renewables aren't the problem.
Understanding America's energy system
Track and understand the numbers behind US energy — year by year, and state by state.
usenergydata.org
I am so goddamn tired of this shit. support transgender people or fuck off forever
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 4d agoHoly shit. Marcy Kaptur becomes the latest Dem to release an anti-trans ad, and its worse than all the rest combined. "I voted WITH Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of schools, and let me be clear, boys should NOT play in girls sports." This is getting out of control.
Honestly I am ready to move on from Ovechkin. russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2026/09/17/a...
Alex Ovechkin hopes for ‘peace and love’ but had no hesitation participating in Putin-aligned United Russia campaign ad: ‘They asked me to do that, I say yes’
ARLINGTON, VA -- Alex Ovechkin’s first media appearance of the season could have been a victory lap. Going into the offseason, Ovechkin’s…
russianmachineneverbreaks.com
My three-year-old son watched me buy something on my phone with Apple Pay that he wants and the entire concept of e-commerce just clicked for him. Unfortunately “disposable income” did not.
I unironically love that Sweetwater sends you a little bag of candy with your orders.
I give up on Apple iMessage contact key verification. It seems like it just decides to completely forget all of my contact’s keys and I have to start over.
Done! (CDN changes are still rolling out) github.blog/changelog/20...
SHA-1 in HTTPS on GitHub sunset - GitHub Changelog
Previously we announced we would be disabling SHA-1 in HTTPS for GitHub on September 15th, 2026. Following the planned schedule, GitHub has disabled SHA-1 in HTTPS for github.com and partner…
github.blog
Kevin Jones@vcsjones.dev · 2mo agoGitHub for the next ~18 hours is running with all SHA-1 cipher suites in TLS turned off. If all goes well this will be permanent in September. github.blog/changelog/20...
The annual .NET Performance blog post is out for .NET 11 now! devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/perfo...
Performance Improvements in .NET 11 - .NET Blog
Take a tour through hundreds of performance improvements in .NET 11.
devblogs.microsoft.com
Apple Care one for Family is a nice deal. I think I’ll pay $30 / mo less on Apple Care now.
Taking this with a grain of salt for now but it sure looks like the Apple A20 is a big perf winner. www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
Apple's A20 Pro shatters Geekbench 7 single-core record — 2nm chip beats desktop Intel Core i9 and AMD Ryzen 9 by up to 32%
Eats Intel's entry Panther Lake CPUs for breakfast too.
tomshardware.com
I’m on call the week Control Resonant comes out 🥲. There goes my idea to take a day off.
Make a band edible: Green Eggs and Ham Day
Heath Stewart@heaths.dev · last wk.Make a band edible: Electrolyte Orchestra
Putting “WIP - NO REVIEW” on a pull request is apparently a siren song for “please review me”
EXCLUSIVE: Three year old met with parents to discuss ways to secure the chocolate. He also offered one possible solution to the chocolate risks: Eat the chocolate himself.
Politico@politico.com · 2w agoEXCLUSIVE: Sam Altman met with top power utilities to discuss ways to secure the electrical grid. He also offered one possible solution to the cybersecurity risks: OpenAI’s own cyber services.
🧵 Big onstage announcements from @microsoft.com at @rustconf.com: - Rust is now a tier-1 language for internal development at Microsoft - rustc_codegen_utc: a prod-ready compiler backend that brings Rust onto the same Windows-native code generation platform as MSVC 🎉
I should start a business doing home improvement contracting. Our differentiator will be “we will not bald-faced lie to you”. So tired of this.
I was in PAM for many years (Delinea / Thycotic). Tailscale’s entry here makes a lot of sense.
Tailscale@tailscale.com · 2w agoTailscale PAM is now in beta. Here’s what that means for privileged access: Eliminate standing privileges, grant fine-grained approvals, and record complete sessions for auditability, all from your Tailscale Admin Console. Take a closer look at Tailscale PAM → tailscale.com/blog/tailsca...
My son has been in school one (1) day of preschool and is now sick.