we are going

i think more than one claude instance has to be claudes code, not claude codes. like attorneys general

2026: year of the dashboard

effort-worship and effort-elimination are both pathological responses to the same underlying confusion about what effort is for

me, existing at the intersection of art and technology

me looking at yosemite trail cams and seeing only a small patch of snow on half dome in february

kill me

i sure would have laughed if someone had told me last year that my job today would entail stuffing robot arms into christmas sweaters

the decline of magnetic refrigerators is a tragedy and represents the downfall of our civilization

no one prepared me for how emotional and special it feels when a robot hands you an object. it's kind of like when a dog or a kid that you only just met hands you a toy

i hate to say it but someone has to. bombas > smartwool > darn tough

ween

the right amount of paranoia to have is probably somewhere in between me and the people at coworking spaces that leave their work laptops open and unattended

dec/acc

me, flirting: “so uh have you ever heard of chronic wasting disease?”

one of my favorite things to do is read the reviews of restaurants or cafes while i'm there eating their food

creatine bagel

do u ever think about how basically every animal with a central nervous system wants to experience this and basically only primates can actually do it

getting one of these dogs would fix me

do i have any mechanical / thermal engineer friends?

what could a data center cost, michael, 5 gigawatts!?

when you get a good street parking spot close to your house and the street cleaning isn't for another 6 days

all signs point to this being just an incredibly destabilizing moment. very very bad stuff. we're in a very dark place.

tuesday rain, in september i open the windows, no screen i let the world in

is it really true that every dog has its day? how would we know? what does it mean for a dog to have its day? do dogs know when they are having their day?

the evolution of a young outdoorsperson from alltrails to strava to caltopo

all of my laptop charging ports are full of dark chocolate. unfortunately, this is not a metaphor.

I started a substack! I wrote about how batteries are already cost competitive with diesel for data center backup power in many scenarios today, and how the magnitude of AI's demand for energy makes this increasingly true, you can read it here camillefassett.substack.com/p/how-batter...

the best way to cope with hard times, bad emotions, and uncertainty is to increase shareholder value as much as possible

i was one of two women at the barbell gym in the castro today

nathan fielder and alex honnold have the same affect

no difference

wild to be hearing about the number of couples and friends who appear to be unable to truly talk to each other without an LLM as a mediator

what alternatives are there to just mindlessly scrolling on my phone in between sets at the gym? what’s a really weird thing i could be doing in between sets

perhaps the seduction of despair is that it’s manufacturing a form of certainty

to me it seems that people are collectively hungry for a different kind of social media platform. people have become more discerning with what they want to share about their lives post-facebook and instagram era and i think there is a real void that is hard to describe.

reflecting on how to some extent i think endurance sports and lots of exercise as a hobby can be a waste of ambition and are maybe less vulnerable than other outlets for your drive

i love it when the medical center i got a colonoscopy at four years ago emails me to wish me a happy pride

you can win over many lesbians with a container of cantaloupe

i find that i just don't gel with running partners who don't fuel properly

looking at miniature cows and pygmy goats for sale online. dangerous.

i seem to somehow attract and collect close friends who go to sleep at 5-6am and wake up at 1pm for some reason

how are people saving/bookmarking links to stuff they want to read later?

the swedish concept of fika is kind of like being a foie gras duck but with cinnamon rolls

for years i have had inflammation and red spots on my face skin that a dermatologist diagnosed as rosacea. that treatment never did much for me. claude diagnosed me with a different condition, and its recommendation has improved my skin in 2 days. it's genuinely amazing and i'm grateful to claude

i miss seattle deeply. the easy access to a true alpine environment. the shades of green. the water. the women’s bike racing team i found out about too late. it might still be my favorite place

bringing something up to my partner and asking him to role play as captain allears while i’m first officer blunt

this fixed me

my cynical is that firefox killed pocket because no one reads anymore

devastated :(