This is also the guy who was so proud of his "no employees are allowed to express political opinions at work" message that a bunch of tech CEOs cheered on as the end of woke. Turns out he's still allowed to express political opinions when it might impact his bank account.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:epaevbr2bz5t7dokjwb4cyjv/post/3mtwyujjuy22u
John Siracusa
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@Iconfactory For others looking, the app is:
https://morphing.cloud/afterglow/
@pallenberg
Direkt von Taiwan?
@fraustaenki fast
Further LuddPhone news: I've started writing my 2nd program to optimize keyboard layouts. Though it needs additional guidance to get anywhere.
I've optimized for typing common letters over less common ones, so now I'm optimizing for common letter pairs.
The computer's telling me to favor r/t, n/o, & y/z...
RE: https://mastodon.social/@pallenberg/117155069102982060
he's a human fly but I don't know why.
buzz buzz buzz
just bcuz
@aftertaf 😎😎😎
Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸
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I just used the Merlin app to determine the noise coming from my vents was not a bird.
I believe government should be run like the Linux kernel. For example, when the public runs out money, we should simply find the person with the most money and
@joe a dictatorial guy who insults people... and other other one has orange skin?
Saddest headline of the year 😞
Germans swap friends for screens in their free time
https://www.dw.com/en/germans-swap-friends-for-screens-in-their-free-time/a-78497420
Kerouac is the writing studio for pro bloggers:
Does it in any way involve a large roll of teletype-size newsprint purloined from a UPI supply closet?
John Siracusa
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At last: a unified home for Swift documentation, pulling together the language reference, core libraries and tooling, and platform specifics into a single central home, no matter what you're building! Check it out and give us feedback: https://docs.swift.org/
Okay 2 questions.
Firstly, how the fuck is it possible to go from pressing buy on a web site to having a working printer within 24 hours?
Secondly, how the fuck is it possible that all I had to do is plug in 2 cables and then I can immediately print without installing anything else?
@jpm there’s some dark magic happening here
In the November IDW solicits they released all the covers for issue two of Star Trek: Zero Point
And I am *obsessed* with this cover by the series artist Isaac Sánchez González
Jamey Sharp
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Nonchalant Lua, Indifferent C, Blasé Pascal, ,..
The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs.
Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too.
Luckily, I have a guide for that.
https://disconnect.blog/getting-off-us-tech-a-guide/
#tech #cdnpoli #cdntech #politics #digitalsovereignty #tariffs
@parismarx I’m a American and I’m pretty much off US tech the last thing is my phone
Darline Graham Wins Senate Runoff in South Carolina, US-Canada Trade Tensions, More
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2026-08-26/darline-graham-wins-runoff-in-sc-us-canada-trade-tensions-more?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Lily Cohen
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Public #introduction post cuz apparently I didn't have one.
I'm River. I'm a queer college student studying computer science. I'm a big nerd about lots of things.
Big fan of community and online spaces where social connection is rewarded.
On that note, feel free to pop in the thread and say hi (regardless of how long from now that you see this).
Optional prompts (or feel free to make your own prompt):
- What's your favorite book, movie, TV show, or video game?
- Tell me a cool hobby or activity you recently started enjoying.
- What's something fun you learned recently, that you wanna share?
hypebot
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Copper Climbs From Record-High Close With Supply Still Tight
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-26/copper-climbs-from-record-high-close-with-supply-still-tight?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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