Last week @theverge.com published my essay exploring the limitations of large-language models. This week, that same essay is cited by a federal judge in Michigan to distinguish the process of human reasoning from what these models do. Very, very gratifying.

Friendly Reminder that the Black Friday sale on the Practical Accessibilty course is still running, but the 30% discount expires in less than 3 days ⏳ If you've been thinking about getting the course, now's a good time to grab access before the offer ends: practical-accessibility.today

Large language mistake Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social

What I would pay to play this game on console/mac 😭

I don’t think Apple News understands what blocking means

🐦 #linguistics senior thesis project alert! If you are ✅ 18+ ✅ Native speaker of American English Pls consider taking a ~5 min survey on "how words (may have) changed in offensiveness across generations" msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

This is mysterious and important (SPOILERS if you're not caught up to the show and watch the video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRnD...

Trump: I AM A KING! NYT: Trump displays a "fondness for regal themes"

I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis. This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

What would a TV ad promoting alternatives to driving look like? What if people who love cycling and progressive transportation reclaimed ideas like freedom, independence and even patriotism? We decided to give it a shot. Check out our new video, "America, It's Just Like Riding a Bike."

Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.

“Why do I need NOAA? I’ve got a weather app.” Is equivalent to asking “Why do I need farms? I can go to the supermarket.” www.noaa.gov/about-our-ag...

Accessibility fuckin’ rocks

“Healthcare havers” may be my new favorite way to describe pretty much everywhere except the US

This is a dangerous man, with a head harder than a rock. Children have died elsewhere because of his intransigence, and that's what he wants to bring here. No paywall for you today.

Improve your apps by using them! #buildinpublic

Highly requested feature available now 🥳

I’ve been on the road for six months, exploring some of the most stunning places on earth. I created an app, Trek, that I wish I had sooner to keep track of all the amazing places I’ve been and the ones I still want to visit. letstrek.app 1/3

Something fun coming soon 🦜

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits:

Okay I take back the bad things I’ve said about the final season of #WWDITS, they made it work

Not quite done with setting free tier limits, but it sure feels good to have my first ever production payment and membership go through (even if it’s mine) 🙈 Having never set up payments before from scratch, it’s been a journey. #buildinpublic

They're also only vaguely aware of all the social programs funded by tax credits that they benefit from. > taxpayers fund our retirement saving, health insurance, primary, secondary, and advanced education, daycare, commuter costs, and even our mortgages at a staggering public cost.

People with homes are so rarely cold at night that I just don’t think homes are necessary anymore.

2024 Google search is a disaster

Googling Stuff: Then v Now.

If we wanted to, he would.

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Little rebuild of playtrample.com in React Native/Expo of slowly but surely coming together! Spent some time on the "getting started" guide experience today! Really just working towards a functionally complete V1 before I circle back and work on polish (like the modal experience) #buildinpublic

People: What productivity software do you use? Me:

Naming things is hard. If you don’t know what to call a component in your design system, you can start by looking at what other teams are doing. Component Gallery is a great resource for this: component.gallery/components/ …But don’t assume that something is correct, just because it’s popular.

😂 I love this. “The UX of LEGO Interface Panels”, a look at the fictional interfaces printed on 2×2 sloped bricks. interactionmagic.com/UX-LEGO-Inte...

To all the awesome people using #AltText on their images, I love you. You make me feel included. Thanks. One other quick tip. capitalize the first letter of each word in your hashtags. #Blind #VisuallyImpaired #ScreenReader #FuckTrump

This is so damn cool

My girlfriend and I made a little two-player word game. It’s called Word Rumble ✨ Have fun: wordrumble.fun

Easiest instant-buy 🎉

Yeah this checks out

Inching closer to a beta release to some friends on my side project 🕺🦜

this is how i consume bsky now firehose3d.theo.io

Spent the last 2 days reading DOM stacking context articles and tutorials and my response: z-index++

Yesterday, in my spare time, I started rebuilding my beloved (and neglected) playtrample.com for native using @expo.dev, and it's been going well! Nothing in the game _works_ yet, but the pieces are coming together! #buildinpublic

For context, I’ve been traveling for the past 6 months and have found it increasingly difficult to keep track of my favorite places and places I wanted to visit. So I did what I do best, and spent hundreds of hours of my free time over the past few months to solve the problem #buildinpublic

I’ve been working on a side project for the last few months and I’m equal parts excited and nervous to show the world 🙈 #buildinginprivatebecausebuildinginpiblicisspooky

Made the mistake of opening Threads for a minute (instead of bsky) and was curious why my feed was so shit right now. It’s remarkable how obvious the difference is between what I get here vs there

one of the reasons bluesky works differently is because early users waged a successful fight to get the devs to prioritize safety features to protect communities at risk as a result bluesky now has a suite of controls that i think are unmatched on social media here’s the list, lmk what i’ve missed

Apple, PLEASE

For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free Another world is possible if we fight for it www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

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