lupe's original "mural" still consumes 100% of my attention for 9 full minutes.

i haven't used my mac in earnest for nearly a year. (i only use it for volunteering.) had completely forgotten that emacs somehow exploded on it. i don't want to switch laptops just for emacs, so i'm now down the `emerge world` rabbithole that is updating brew. when did mac become gentoo and why

wat. tricky's female vocalist pair on blowback was... cyndi lauper? how did i not know that? also, how did i not know that the backing drum loop from black steel is an a.r. rahman track? i was missing a lot listening to these albums as a kid.

it’s time for our season finale - the last coffeeoutside* of 2025 will be this FRIDAY, November 28th, at Point Pleasant Park. 7:00am as usual - see you there! *stay tuned for a bonus coffeeinside in the coming weeks

fastmail releases desktop apps. click the link, it says "download for linux (flathub)", click that link, click install, bazaar opens, wham bam... fastmail on linux. thank you bart for flathub and thank you adam for bazaar. i love this future. (now if fastmail were only f/oss itself.)

i spoke to @purpleidea.bsky.social about mgmt yesterday and i've gotta say, as a not-sre (so grain of salt), it's really compelling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vz1...

off to a 30-day vipassana course tomorrow. goodnight, internet. see you all on november 20th. in the meantime, i am still looking for f/oss work — preferably in or around the linux desktop. if you liked the changes i made to the @gnomefoundation.bsky.social in the few months i was there, email me.

as someone who has to build for ios (volunteer project, platform not my decision) wow do i hear this

i've been thinking about code of conduct committees a lot recently, and i'm increasingly of the opinion that nick has the right idea here: youtu.be/iMqpm2Ahmt0?...

#localfirst doesn't have to be about collaboration. you can 100% have a #lofi app that stores data on your laptop, desktop, and phone without ever engaging a second human being. multiplayer is cool — but you don't have to solve the hardest problems first.

It's that time again: ✨we’re hiring✨ We're looking for a @godotengine.org IDE Engineer to help us build the next generation of collaboration tools inside the engine itself! More detail here: inkandswitch.com/jobs/godot-ide-engineer (Remote role 🌍🌎🌏)

the new shower setup at the cabin is obnoxiously loud but it's a small price to pay to actually shower once or twice a week. de-luxe. or... it would be. if this drought wasn't keeping the well completely dry. :/

list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep. 1. vipassana 2. digital sovereignty built on 3rd-wave open source 3. hacker villages

any time i pass a car parked in the bicycle lane, i'm careful to knock loudly on the body of the vehicle with my knuckles. i find your average motorist is very receptive to this. they appreciate being alerted to their error. if concerned about your fingers, use a large metal object instead.

i spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about this tweet: glammr.us/@jessamyn/11... like, every day. i want my job to be whatever it takes to accomplish this goal.

even if (especially if?) you don't care that much about "ai", machine learning, or llms ... this newsletter is worth adding to your rss reader. glad it's back. ❤️

35 years on, we have decided to reinvent corba but in typescript this time: blog.cloudflare.com/capnweb-java... somehow, i don't hate it? i kinda wish they'd gone with standard-ish rich types for json... a minor complaint if you don't touch internals: > Arrays are treated as "escape sequences"

the most 1990s thing ever said about the effort to rejuvenate the 1990s web ❤️

Nintendo re-releasing the Virtual Boy wasn't on anyone's list, I assume. 🥲

"we don't like your fake plastic money or your free healthcare, so we're going to pay you less as punishment." cute that the numbers are lower _in canadian dollars_ like they're going to sneak the 32% paycut in there unnoticed 😂

yeah, i feel this. (not just in jobs, but in life)

It's a bit long (17 minutes), but this is a thoughtful look at a stellar career in journalism and its psychological costs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgeh...

that michael dell, thoughtfully doing @endof10.floss.social.ap.brid.gy marketing for them. what a guy.

Sometimes you'll need to mix and match #gameassets by different artists. Even small tweaks like adjusting outlines or colors can help them feel more unified! Having a consistent art style goes a long way ✨ (Featuring art by GrafxKid & my Pixel Platformer pack)

i'm off-grid until sept 22. thanks to all the #gnome hackers for your support. you folks are very sweet. ❤️

yes, this was a real thing in my home province. www.youtube.com/watch?v=alm4...

So when you're cooking that's good, but if you're cooked that's bad. Never stop cooking?

just dropped p off at school for her first day of her second masters degree. we still need a lunchbox for this purpose: tiffin or american construction worker style? it'll be neat to have an epidemiologist in the house when the next pandemic hits.

watching golden girls episode "cheaters", where sophia is up late "having a maalox moment" and ends the scene complaining about the lack of brand name q-tips in the house. p: "omg. it's... it's you! you are sophia petrillo!" i WISH

same

thanks antonio! i can’t really speak to what happened but (to allay the concerns of others) it has nothing to do with my privacy. i’m doing alright and i’ll stay on as a gnome foundation member and volunteer.

today was my last day as the @gnomefoundation.bsky.social executive director: blogs.gnome.org/aday/2025/08... blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/... still around as a foundation member, though. see you on matrix. :)

aw, crap. yves is being shut down. vancouversun.com/news/canadia... thankfully, those hotdogs are shelf stable for like 20 years so i guess i just need to buy a second deepfreeze and load up

MARK YOUR CALENDARS, #BIKEHFX We're going to be checking out a new location, together! Sunday, September 7th, meet us at the Oval for 9:00am. From there, we'll cross the bridge and ride along the Dartmouth Waterfront and Pleasant Street to a harbour side park on Albacore Place.

sometimes i feel like conversations in this household might as well be between a puppy and a crow. i am the crow

i love that google is squeezing "ai" into every last corner of every one of its products but can't seem to detect a scam youtube ad with a deep fake of mark carney generated on a 286? out of curiosity, i clicked the link. it goes here: degreelaunch.pro/v4/ cool.

Every CPUID Vendor String: - “GenuineIntel” - “AuthenticAMD” - “CyrixIsFineToo” - “SomeOtherShit” - “ImAHypervisorLol”

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I'm giving a five minute presentation in a few hours on the preprint I and many others have worked on: 10 quick tips for making your software outlive your job. The slides are easy to read and here. #opensource #research #researchsoftware #academia docs.google.com/presentation...

तण्हा तृष्णा

during tea this morning, p and i were reflecting on the fact that most of our friends these days are 60 - 90 year old women. nothing insightful, romantic, or significant about that. it’s just nice.

@matt.godbolt.org you know, every *single* time i glance at your profile photo i think to myself "huh. i didn't know matt was a black belt." i do not learn

@geoff.at.dingdongdata.com it you

Are you a musician who is comfortable doing your act on Zoom for 10 minutes to start our all-hands meetings? blog.archive.org/2025/08/20/c...

teenytiny.ai Its retro

cc0, at that

whatsapp: because how else would i know that my urologist from chennai had a wholesome and fulfilling birthday party last night?

found out recently that the park by my house is still owned by the british and that we send an xmas tree to boston every year to thank them for helping out during the halifax explosion. unrelated boston fact: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_M... this tweet is not coherent

support => design => impl it really does wonders for an org’s user empathy to actually talk to users. if apple’s best years were defined by jony ive, imagine the influence of a company that championed support roles.

If you're like me and can't remember if it's RCX or R8 for the fourth parameter... Get the Compiler Explorer ABI Mug: actual calling conventions for x86-64 System V, Windows, and ARM64. Support @godbolt.org: grab yours here -> shop.compiler-explorer.com/collections/...