Missed this. Gross. “I am proud to be at the forefront of publishing’s new frontier — the intersection of artificial intelligence technology and audio,” the first lady said in a Thursday statement announcing the launch of “Melania: The Audiobook.”

"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth... "It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Last OxF of the year! @bcantrill.bsky.social and I reflected on the year of Oxide and Friends. Big theme this year? Bugs and debugging. Or as ChatGPT put it inaccurately, "filled with painful specificity and earned insight". Sure, whatever! youtu.be/kGNoSYQchS8

“In the 1950s or 1960s, the successful business person was proud of having a company with as many employees as possible. Not only because that signified growth, but because they were giving a job to each of these people who had families. And that was a matter of pride.” Man tech has lost this

earthquake?

How many subscribers does a podcast need for its hosts to qualify for a senior government position? Asking for a friend.

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman, and Ella Cook, a sophomore, were killed in the shooting at Brown University on Saturday. Umurzokov was studying biochemistry and neuroscience, while Cook studied math and French.

It's our last episode of the year -- so @ahl.bsky.social and I will be engaging in our @changelog.com-inspired annual tradition of reviewing the year of episodes. Join us at 5p Pacific -- and bring your own favorite moments! discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

there must be a name for using early investors' money to pay off newer investors

“To say my heart is broken for the students in Rachel Friedberg’s classroom today falls short of the feeling. My heart is there. Every alum feels this. Our hearts are there.”

I’m overwhelmed by this tragedy at Brown. I was a student there; I can recall myself walking through these areas, now crime scenes. As a parent, eager to see my son for winter break, the devastation these families must be feeling rips out my heart. And nothing will change.

I am a student at Brown University. There is an active shooting situation on campus. While some news sites have reported the suspect in custody this is not true. At 5:51 EST the school said the situation is ongoing and to keep sheltering in place. We’ve heard lots of emergency responders.

Even though President Trump says a suspect is in custody, Brown University just sent out an alert urging people to continue to shelter in place as the situation is ongoing. Brown University is NOT saying, yet, that a suspect is in custody.

NEW: I looked into MAGA darling Anduril's latest foreign partner, and its weapons are accused of fueling the ongoing genocide in Sudan. theintercept.com/2025/12/11/a...

Every legal story now is either Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach or In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport

when I wrote this panel last week, I didn't *literally* expect him to say that questioning his health is tantamount to treason, but I didn't *not* expect it

A production rack–up for several months–suddenly had all service processors become unresponsive. Last week, @bcantrill.bsky.social and I were joined by the Oxide team that investigated the issue--and discovered its surprising root cause!

wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics

a fun post from Nassim Taleb I come back to often arguing that the apparent statistical content of IQ measures is fully explained if you take them to be able to detect severe intellectual disability but not any real difference between non-disabled people

And here it is: the EU’s first big fine against X under the Digital Services Act www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/t...

I am a time traveler

I'm at the combination

On brand, @ahl.bsky.social and I are picking this one up on the podcast today. Join us at 5p Pacific for a wild tale of death by uptime! discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

Happy Thanksgiving! Need a pod while washing dishes? New Oxide and Friends examines a bug introduced over 18 years ago. Performance is great but not—it turns out—without correctness oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/gro...

please enjoy my alternate cover image for this week's podcast

Oh hai

Hey hey! We recently tripped over a ZFS data corruption bug–introduced over 18 years ago! @bcantrill.bsky.social and I discuss with members of the Oxide team as well as Matt Ahrens, the co-inventor of ZFS.

On Monday, @ahl.bsky.social and I will be joined by members of the Oxide team to talk about a doozy: an 18-year-old ZFS data corruption bug that we recently nailed. We'll be at a special Europe-friendly time: 9a Pacific/noon Eastern/5p GMT -- join us for the wild tale! discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

[email protected]: 👋 Hello x1000 I’m sure purging bots is hard… but is it that hard??

On Monday, OxF hosted @oxide.computer founders, @sdtuck.bsky.social and @bcantrill.bsky.social, Oxide investor Seth Winterroth, and the authors of Founder vs. Investor, Liz Zalman and @ganeumann.bsky.social. Delved into best and worst investor behavior. Check it out!

Trump wants to sue states that are passing AI regulations.

The descent from “evil” into “cartoonish evil”

If I could sanction this take, I would - it's literally an oversight. I'm hoping you can back up and drop posts like this.

I really enjoy autoantonyms and use them insufferably en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contronym

E-waste parenting kind of evening

True to our vow a few months ago, today we're having @ganeumann.bsky.social back: he and Elizabeth Zalman join @ahl.bsky.social, @sdtuck.bsky.social, Seth Winterroth, and me today to discuss their book, Founder vs. Investor. Join us live, at a special time: 12p Pacific! discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?e...

JBJ to the Clowns apple.news/Ar9ZHcyzBSCC...

Jesus this book is tedious. The authors like to explain everything through little made up fables and fictional dialog between anthropomorphized characters. Just skipping page after page of nonsense writing.

I don’t know why I do this to myself

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Content warning on the most typically wholesome account: ICE agents shot and killed a family dog. That the family had put in a bathroom with the specific warning that it could be aggressive with strangers.

New on the pod oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/fut...

A bunch of folks at Oxide uncovered a tricky deadlock associated with async Rust (yes, another!), so--of [email protected] and I got the crew together to discuss. If you're writing async Rust, you'll want to know how to avoid and diagnose "Futurelock"

I’m confused. No mention of jj???

Surprised he heard about it.

Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything

A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM