it’s almost like when something is considered really important people… read it for themselves

Weekend Reading — Cloud outages will continue until morale improves labnotes.org/weekend-read...

"The new NRF report acknowledges that retailers do not 'have a unified industry database collecting retail crime data,' and many retailers lack 'the resources or capabilities to collect and track retail theft.' Yet the NRF still issued a report claiming shoplifting has increased 93% in four years."

one of my niche interests is music data analysis... a couple months ago I gave a lightning talk about music metadata and finally finished writing up all the details for my blog: thisisimportant.net/posts/music-...

constantly internally raving about how good this extension is and didn't do enough raving about it externally: www.libraryextension.com any page that you go look at a book, it will search your local library catalog and tell you if it has it!

@sfmta.bsky.social please please run more N trains at rush hour, I’d like to be less physically close to my fellow commuters on a regular basis.

I also have a blog at thisisimportant.net, please motivate me to publish more than once every 6 months (oh no)

for folks in the SF bay area, I restarted my monthly events (mostly shows, but also book talks and more) newsletter a few months ago: buttondown.com/see-moir-mus...

Just 10 members of Congress have even dared to call Israel's mass murder in Gaza a genocide. Meanwhile, they're straight up murdering journalists. The gulf between what's happening and what most of our leaders will acknowledge is so remarkably vast.

How much more evidence of genocide do Western governments and press need to acknowledge reality?

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pjreddie, who made the best real-time computer vision system, epically explaining that he quit AI because the primary use case was killing people

Just got back from a trip so now I have like 10 emails from each company I interacted with asking how my trip was... can we not do CSAT like this, please?

fun news! I was laid off from Twilio. going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week. if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along! reposts from tech folks appreciated <3

the two news reading personas in 2025

the scope and scale of ICE Air is not well understood, and the agency likes it that way as a Plane Guy, I am both in awe of the logistical complexity involved and deeply saddened to see that effort and aviation in general weaponized against humanity in such a brutal yet mostly invisible way

It seems that only the science community is noticing that NIH and NSF budgets are cut 40% and 55% in the budget bill, respectively. If you live in Maine, West Va, Pennsylvania, Alabama, or Louisiana, CALL YOUR SENATOR as they could make a difference. See below. prospect.org/politics/202...

Our digital repositories team spends a great deal of their time now simply protecting our commoned public digital resources from bots. This insatiable, aimless, destructive desire to excrete novel slop is impeding our access to — and even damaging — our cultural heritage + vetted public knowledge.

Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.

⚠️ Update: Metrics show internet connectivity has been restored in northern #Gaza after a ~100 hour telecoms blackout. Operator Paltel says it has been able to repair damaged lines while efforts are ongoing to restore service in central and southern areas of the Gaza Strip 📈

Thanks @erikaishii.bsky.social for being a fashion idol. Everyone should follow these simple and effective tips

The Owens Valley is a special, beautiful place that has survived in spite of our best efforts to destroy it. A Canadian mining company wants to begin exploration for an open pit gold mine just off the 395. BLM is accepting public comment til 6/16. Please speak out. eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui...

I've had to move my writing setup across multiple laptops over the years and so I finally wrote up my favorite VS Code extensions and settings, as well as the Google Docs settings I use to make writing as easy as possible: thisisimportant.net/posts/my-wri...

🚨We're hiring for not one, not two, but THREE positions!🚨 The Center for Investigative Reporting, which hosts both Mother Jones and @revealnews.org, is looking for an assistant editor, assistant producer and a digital producer! You can learn more and apply at the links below! 🧵

I’m asking for your donation. But it’s not for me. To defeat Andrew Cuomo and turn the page on corruption, we need strong candidates in this race like Speaker Adrienne Adams. NYC, give what you can before Monday night’s deadline!

Gavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets Homeless

New Portola lineup just dropped and here's how recently the artists on the lineup have played here. 15 by my count haven't played here ever or in awhile... (but please remind me when Villager was here last because I could swear they played a set I missed in the last couple years)

okay this is an emergency assistance thread for anyone who got this National Endowment for the Arts email today some of you can still get your money and I’m going to tell you how article to come later this weekend but here is the Cliffs Notes version:

ICE took an American citizen in Florida when he tried to re-enter the US. He was born here, he committed no crime, the judge said his birth certificate was authentic, but she doesn't have the authority to relesse him from ICE. He is still in custody. www.google.com/amp/s/www.nb...

“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...

I don’t know, just like in other industries, it could free up athlete and coaches time to do the real creative work of sports instead of wasting their time practicing and playing

Now approaching 60% funded! If you’d like a brisk but thorough romp through the development of printing across six centuries (and more), you can get an ebook, print book, and unique set of actual printing artifacts. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...

bay area folks, i have an extra ticket and VIP/backstage pass for tomorrow night's Myles Smith concert in oakland free to a good home, pls rt 🙏🏽

This is the thing. Manufacturing jobs 100 years ago were dangerous, precarious, and poorly paid. Manufacturing jobs 70 years ago were a golden ticket to the middle class. The jobs didn't change. What changed was the New Deal and unions.

new @wired.com guide, especially as crossing into the US gets more dangerous for your digital privacy. steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.