Here’s my radical position: Just be normal about shit. That’s it. Be normal, and opt out of the deranged belief that the only way to take something seriously is to take it to the most extreme possible conclusion. www.joanwestenberg.com/p/just-be-no...

Most people don't read @joanwestenberg.com. They don't know what they are missing out on. Sorry, had to :) www.joanwestenberg.com/i-truly-hate...

While also being a great postmortem of one of the initial vectors for Shai-Hulud 2.0, this is a brilliant account of the challenges of working with CI/CD tools in open source while keeping them secure from @posthog.com posthog.com/blog/nov-24-... This level of transparency is wonderful to see 💖

Very excited and proud to have planted a Live Oak tree this morning. Thanks to Austin Tree Folks for the free tree and planting guidance!

Github alerts are so fun when your co-dev is your husband "Alex created an issue" Like yeah, lemme tell ya Github. This is not the first time

I believe in you🫂

This jaw-dropping article discusses TxDOT's recent statements in support of public transit across Texas. Happy Monday, y'all! www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...

> The Texas Constitution mandates that most of the agency’s budget must be spent on building and expanding freeways. —https://www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/texas-public-transit-plan/ Texas in a nutshell. I hope things can change in the future.

Big update to Smoke Signal just dropped! We've redesigned event pages, added ATProtocol facets support, cryptographic RSVPs, private content controls, and AI agent integration.

On Tuesday night, you may have noticed something a little different on Bluesky. Here's a peek behind the scenes of how the election feed came together. Endlessly grateful for this collaboration with @wnyc.org/@gothamist.com & @bsky.app!

I finished Big Rock City from Magic Puzzle Company with original art by Annika Brandow. I loved the art of this puzzle, and it makes use of some fantastic shapes for the pieces. A highlight in this collection for sure 👌

Just finished reading Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler. Just wow. This feels like required reading in 2025—a premonition of our current political situation and possible future environment due to climate change.

I attended an introduction to 3D printing at the Austin Public Library last night. It was fantastic and a very gentle introduction with a focus on 3D modeling in tinkercad.com. They are printing our creations—bat decorations for halloween—and I'll be able to pick mine up soon!

A very worthwhile read: The Electric Slide on Not Boring.

As Russia is discovering, a drone can wreck an oil refinery Not so much a solar farm, since silicon doesn't explode billmckibben.substack.com/p/its-hard-t...

i wrote about atproto and why it matters