Man, if there's one thing I learned about millennials throughout this whole "back in 2016" trend, it's that we LOVE living in and ruminating on the past. Anywhere but the present!

Also, I was on Clockwise this week talking about my new MP3 player.

@ihnatko.bsky.social and I are talking about the deal of the decade: Apple + Google. 🍎🤖 Gemini is coming to the iPhone to power Siri and Apple Foundation Models. We discuss the strategy, the money, and why Apple decided to partner rather than build it all themselves. relay.fm/material/550

Every winter since COVID struck. "Gee, the cold and flu are really strong this time around!" Wear a massssssssssssssssssk guyssssssssssssssssssss. It's not worth getting all those repeat infections. It will not make you "stronger."

Did Scott Weiner really pay to push up this post in my algorithm lmao

goodbye kyle

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

I'm not physically at CES, so it's hard for me to find any excitement in the announcements. All I see on my end is surveillance tech, someday robots that will report your immigration status to ICE. That is all that is on my mind. I sit here and mumble to myself about how nothing really matters.

“Imagine calling yourselves the ‘master race’ but forgetting to secure your own website — maybe try mastering to host WordPress before world domination,” Root wrote.

important news that's going under the radar: the mayor of SF is putting together a group to rewrite the city's charter that's composed almost entirely of tech fascists, with very little representation from labor groups (or anyone left wing) missionlocal.org/2026/01/sf-c...

my fav tech reporters are the ones that burned out 8-10 years ago and give zero fucks and post about coffee and trees and shit.

ACAB but I love CHP footage of rich silicon valley people not being able to drive in the snow with their $80-$120K SUVs. May nature remind us all that we're mere mortals that money can't always save. Stop driving in bad weather just so you can brag you went to the snow!

The two northern California tide stations with a long-term period of record (POR), Pt. Reyes (POR 1975-) and Crescent City (POR 1933-) just had their 2nd-highest water levels on record during this morning's king tide, behind the records set in 1998 and 1983, respectively.

I'm in major laydown mode today

I actually don't mind motion smoothing

The thesis of the book is that early COVID lockdowns weren't worth it and mid-COVID mitigation measures like masks, contact tracing and business closures don't work. This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.

This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.

Brownie and kombucha is dinner.

I flippin' love @coyotemedia.org, damn. SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE 15% OFF RIGHT NOW, Y'ALL. www.coyotemedia.org/coyotes-gift...

Eating Taco Bell with the SAD light on.

I wrote about things going from bad to worse for the people who actually make movies. alt headline: The Dream Factory Turns Nightmare

I love it when a brand emails me at the end of the year, as required by EU compliance. Like, yes, there are checks and balances in this world, actually.

I wrote about a soccer team in Oakland that we should all be rooting for www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Just FYI this movie is being distributed by Angel Studios, which distrbutes fundamentalist Christian and right-wing content.

Remember when we let Daft Punk and Pharrell make an album together? Gross.

Does anyone want to invite me to hang out in Los Angeles next year? I have nothing booked quite yet. Looking for reasons to drive.

Sam Altman doesn't raise his kid. A nanny does it all for him. PLEEEEEEASE

I love this new pub! Give it a try!

I'm sorry to report that I like the idea of Gemini-enabled smart glasses because it's currently the AI I engage with the most as an Android user. Read about my experience here: www.androidfaithful.com/google-revea...

I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30

your girl needs to take some advil

"...Newsom has vetoed our menopause bill, not one but two years in a row. But that's OK, because he's not going to be governor forever. And with the way he's overlooked women, half the population, by devaluing us in midlife, he probably should not be our next president either." youtu.be/603NmGNkfqY

I just took transit from the north Bay to the south Bay I don't ever want to hear any of you complain you can't get anywhere on BART ever again STOP DRIVING

Welcome to the Silicon Valley, where light rail stations are named after the companies who own the street.

What if I ditch trying to be something "real" and just become a nu metal blogger

I'm sorry, but I can't help but come to conclusions every time I read about a fiery Tesla crash in the Bay Area. Or maybe it's that too many people drive them now that the probability of one being in a collision is like 1/5.

It's wild how I went from being tortured by Slack notifications all day to being tortured by Discord pings now that I'm a free agent.

Our "forefathers" definitely dealt in blood to build this nation. Just completely razed over entire populations of people, taking their land and claiming it as their own.

There is a theory circulating that Oprah is telling millennials to forgive their parents and take them back because the U.S. doesn't want to take on the burden of caring for them as they age. I'm inclined to believe it with every new headline.

As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store. Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

I miss just talking to you guys on the microblogging sites. When I come to BlueSky, I feel like I need to perform and prove to you all why I'm someone worth following or have something to promote. HONESTLY, I'M JUST A PERSON

felt this one

Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪

every year someone does a study that’s like “we gave 100 homeless ppl money and their lives improved” and every year the government kills that guy

Canadian metalcore scene. That's why I haven't responded to your email yet

DESCRIBE YOUR IMAGES FFS it doesn’t have to be perfect. just don’t be a jerk about it and you’ll be fine. like : “image 1” is NOT acceptable alt text but : “photo of a cat” or “a slice of pizza” is better than nothing. NOT THAT HARD

Emily Sneddon saw beauty in the display on an obsolete San Francisco streetcar. So she visited @sfmta.bsky.social yards, looked at serial numbers & searched for the engineer who created it. A nice story about a kind & curious person in a good city. 🌁 🚍 ❤️ www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

I miss these

Okay but if anyone sees my holographic umbrella at Orinda station please rescue it for me