Always nice to be back in Dublin ☘️

Just here to say that actually “biting” the Big Apple is frowned upon over here. It’s, like, super awkward if you do that.

I’m in a small Italian city north of Rome and two people today have come up to me and said “is that a @kottke.org“ t-shirt? Highly unexpected but very specific.

Rest of World seeking our next ambitious Editor-in-Chief to reimagine our publication for this new era of tech volatility. We’re looking for a visionary leader to take the reins of our world-class newsroom. Join us: https://restofworld.org/about/hiring/editor-in-chief/?utm_campaign=row-social

Look what you’ve done @werd.io. Unforgivable.

No idea what the waiter is pushing on me for lunch but I’m just nodding and saying Yes. Am genuinely happy. No brushing up on Italian would help here. She’s truly excited about whatever food is happening.

Really excited that we’re finally concerned with push notification privacy issues after the issue was raised more than 7 years ago

Am being anti-social by being on BlueSky at a IRL BlueSky event

Great panel discussion with @rose.bsky.team and Felix Hlatky talking from BlueSky and Mastodon perspectives at #ijf

I like you Lyft but I feel I got a random car in the area at the time that was above average and you’re just now framing that as a perk

Did you know that most ER’s do not have the ability to test for GHB/roofies? They usually only have a 5 screen drug panel available to them in the ER. If you can’t test for it, there’s no stats for it. So the public won’t know how many women are really being attacked.

A cautionary tale for publishers: What you gain in time and utility using AI with content, you need to invest back in proof-reading and fact-checking - or you get this… www.semafor.com/article/04/1...

I have all the spoilers! Such power! Wasting it by saying nothing.

About to see last episode of The Pitt

Updating our company's privacy policy, and while chatting with our lawyer she said "you’re one of the more privacy-forward clients I work with". Made my day

Only one person knows this

Always a fan of @newyorker.com covers but this one really hits

Yes, but hold the cheese www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/d...

I really can't believe how we don't talk about the incredible amount of bias baked into modern models nearly as much anymore, when egregious examples are _everywhere_.

Who controls what kids can do online? Governments are tightening rules, platforms are under pressure, and parents are caught between. Jules Polonetsky, CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum, joins Itika Sharma Punit in conversation April 17. Register: https://tally.so/r/0QLANB

Happy chocolate egg day to all who celebrate

I haven’t dug into the 100s of replies that may or may not cover this: this person *might* be correct, but you can’t draw a conclusion from one specific interaction data-point. What if Replies are on the rise (or not) etc? There is more to it.

That is about $9,316 per US taxpayer www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

It's easy to be happy at Pam Bondi being gone, but bear in mind he is looking to replace her with someone worse

Uptown B, Q trains: conductor saying signal issue, website says brakes activated at 7th Ave. And they saying no power on the line ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Little known Google Workspace admin perk: if you end the group meeting, video feeds persist ~1 second. Just enough to see the real reactions.

The aluminum that gives electric vehicles their range is now stuck behind the same choke point as the oil they were built to replace. https://restofworld.org/2026/gulf-ev-aluminum/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1774953060

One of those movies where the trailer is the better experience.

This nails it. So many holier-than-thou takes by (well intentioned) ppl who don’t know what they’re talking about.

Happy No Kings Day to all who celebrate

Can’t wait for the weekend where instead of getting up at 6am I get up at 7am. Wild times.

Hong Kong: It is now criminal offense to refuse to give Hong Kong police passwords/decryption assistance to access all personal electronic devices incl cellphones & laptops. This legal change applies to everyone, incl US citizens, in Hong Kong, arriving or just transiting HK International Airport.

One day I will review my posts before hitting the post button. Not today.

If you spot ICE agents at an airport in the coming days, I’m still collecting stories and I want to hear from you. Reach me via Signal at marisakabas.04

My school had Macs and I remember using pageMaker (and QuarkXPress) - which was my earliest intro to typography www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/t...

Such wasted potential

I could just go to bed now, past my usual time, or, here me out, I could research social sign-on for a authentication system I’ve been building… decisions decisions etc

Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Did you know you can read @restofworld.org in Irish with this undocumented url adjustment? restofworld.org/2026/techno-...

oh boy nordstrom got HACKED hacked

So very glad I set up this movie alert system...

I'm trying to understand why every email template is basically still 600px wide and centered. I know email clients used to be a mess and things broke but I feel we are in a decades-long hangover from that?

Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...

I continue to be a fan of @404media.co but I feel they dropped the ball and mis-represented @proton.me’s handling of a legal order from Swiss authorities. A real disappointment. I hope it doesn’t encourage anyone to a use a less-safe provider

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas. "He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Reuters Exclusive "U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school." "The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."