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Aaron Vegh

@vegh.ca

Freelance vocateur codewriter for Mac, iOS and web. I help make Indigo and Croissant! Terra Ignota superfan! Astra mortemque superare gradatim.

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John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d ago

Well, actually, kinda, yeah, close to what happened. It's not for nothing that Jack Dorsey, who started the place and was on its board, basically ran away when the trans folks and furries scared off all the crypto bros he assumed would be the natural demographic here (they went to Nostr instead).

jack@jackalltogether.bsky.social · 2d ago

Bluesky often seems like a project run by tech people who place great value on its architectural differences from Twitter, which nobody cares about, while not understanding how they walked ass-backwards into having a userbase (whomst they fear and despise)

Aaron Vegh@vegh.ca · yesterday

I've read 3/4 of these. Of course TLL is the best book *ever*, Leckie's is a Top 50 for me, and VanderMeer is overrated (but still quite readable!).

Christopher@crboniface.bsky.social · yesterday

New stack to take with me during this hectic month of changes. The newest Harrison to continue my obsession, and my 3 big "blindspot series" from @annleckie.com @adapalmer.bsky.social & @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social Ready for exciting space operas and funky weird stuff. 🙏 #booksky

A stack of four books
Aaron Vegh@vegh.ca · 7d ago

So, remember how I spilled the hot tea on my MacBook Pro? I got a new logic board installed. But then one of the ports wasn't working. So they replaced that port today. But the port still doesn't work. The problem is the connector on the logic board. So we're ordering a new logic board. Argh.

WeRateDogs@weratedogs.com · last wk.

This is Iker. He was found by a Portuguese rescue earlier this year and during his intake photos he appeared very nonchalant about finding a forever home. This strategy worked and he was adopted almost immediately. 14/10 (IG: patudosvagos)

a puppy lays on a patch of grass against a white wall with his front paws crossed. the puppy is mostly white with pink toe beans. the right side of his face and both ears are black, as is his nose. the fur along his left lip is also black, so it appears as if he is smirking in a super nonchalant way. no wonder a family couldn't resist adopting him.
Aaron Vegh@vegh.ca · last wk.

I think of some of the musicians and actors I have loved my whole life, and it comforts me to know we still have their works. I can listen to Glen Hansard, and that's a gift. It breaks my heart to think that others I've loved haven't left that kind of legacy. And I'll leave apps that won't run. 🤷

Aaron Vegh@vegh.ca · last wk.

More people need to know that Canada's biggest tech firm is run a fucking right wing kook whose brain is simmering in the X cesspool.

Shopify CEO appears to endorse giving more votes to wealthy Canadians | CBC News

The billionaire CEO of one of Canada's largest companies has come under fire for seeming to endorse stripping voting rights from some and giving more votes to the ultra wealthy. Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke replied positively to a post on X suggesting a system of "weighted voting proportional to the amount of income tax you pay," from no votes for people who don't pay income tax to five votes for anyone paying $500,000 or more.

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · last wk.

Wolfers: "The most important thing for the Canadians to understand now is there is literally no such thing as a deal anymore. The value of a piece of paper signed by this president is ZERO. Therefore,you should give up ZERO to get it" 🎥 Credit CBC News ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️

Anil Dash@anildash.com · last wk.

Just in case you still use any Basecamp products, DHH is crashing out about his AI product gently pointing out that it’s bad for him to have extermination fantasies about the Roma people.

DHH tweet saying “This is why we need competition and open weights in Al. Imagine a world where only Anthropic sat as the moral arbiter of acceptable speech. Fucking ridiculous. (Grok of course did it no problem, same too with Kimi K).” when presented with his blog post using a slur about the Roma people.
Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last wk.

People claim to be doing progressive work and then do ad reads for the platform that literally keeps Canada’s bargain bin Elon Musk loaded. I get most Americans don’t think about Canada hardly ever but could you please, this once, think about the impact your actions have outside your borders?

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last wk.

Very cool that Shopify’s CEO thinks the poor should have far less of a vote than the rich. Still worth that ad read money, folks?

Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke says “good system.” In response to the following proposal: “Interesting... what about weighted voting proportional to the level of income tax you pay? (no income tax paid - O vote, $1-100k - 1 vote, $100-200k 2 votes and so on... cap it at 5 votes for $500k+. For those that constantly complain about the wealthy not paying tax/fair share they'd have nothing to worry about right? Why not reward representation of taxation and build a democracy around those that foot the bill?”
Aaron Vegh@vegh.ca · last wk.

Honestly looking forward to shit hitting the fan so I can take my loses sooner so I have time to recover afterwards in time to retire? But no worries for these asshole companies about to torch the economy: the government will bail them out.

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