intriguing. i came to the same conclusion separately, writing this in 2007 unfortunately i don’t remember hearing about her writing or “cyberselfish” even tho i was around and reading that kind of thing then

DAVID: so i heard there was a secret chord, and when i played it pleased the lord CHOTINER: but you don’t even care for music, do you?

CHOTINER: Record shows you didn’t post a Chotiner meme until Thursday? ME: That’s correct. CHOTINER: That seems unusual. Wouldn’t you say you usually jump on all the viral ‘bits?’ ME: I’d say so, but I had lots of work to do yesterday. CHOTINER: So, that work is done now?

Labelled “adult content” for that risqué Renaissance painting I guess. Cause machines and algorithms can’t think. 🤪

Bundler belongs to the Ruby community andre.arko.net/2025/09/25/b...

I was in the room with @mike.contribsys.com when we confronted Ruby Central’s executive leadership over their decision to invite DHH to RailsConf (which sponsors were not made aware of ahead of time). They knew that multiple sponsors had a problem with the continued relationship.

There's a Medicare telehealth cliff at the end of this month that will impact other health insurance plans beyond just Medicare. This post ⤵️ will walk you through how to effectively advocate for telehealth in ways that actually influence the outcome... www.patreon.com/posts/139596...

running, not walking, to find this guy and subscribe

They've lost the 9yos

“The day may come sooner than many expect when shareholders, directors and executives will demand evidence that the massive investment in LLM technology will generate an adequate return for them. The answer will be “no” for many, if not most” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Subtly downgrade a band Princess

In my defense it takes a while to drink the first gallon of daily coffee

Copy from Ruby discord statement of author. 👇 "With the latest batch of controversy around DHH's views and influence, I'm gathering signatures on an open letter encouraging the Rails Core team to cut ties with him and adopt better governance models. You may want to sign, you may not, but either […]

She got 70% of the vote www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

i didn't see this clock in time. if i got it now, after my birthday has passed, my girlfriend wouldn't allow it. ... next year, though...

Bluesky needs passkeys and text message OTPs so badly

My grandfather was as a full-on Nazi in World War II. When he died, I was glad that he was gone. Today, fascism is rising again and many are falling for its empty promises. Don’t live your life in a way that your children and grandchildren will hate you.

Yes this is a subskeet

You’d think Bluesky would like to improve their app by automatically adding alt text when 1) no alt text is given and 2) there is a high probability it’s a screenshot of text from a known media source or app. Alas they’re busy pissing off their user base by banning people for saying Nazis are bad.

Once more, with feeling: 1. Please always add alt text to images 2. When it's screenshots of tweets etc. include the full text of it, as well as the poster This is not only great for people with visual impairments or slow internet connections; it also allows everyone to mute topics and people.

For the love of science, use alt text

Anyone who writes the sentence "Average IQ, having risen for the entire 20th century, now appears to be falling" (sans citation, I might add) does not merit attention, time or energy. For an article that sneers at academia, it is curiously ill-read, under-cited and makes fantastical stretches/claims

Ian’s on to something

I wonder if there’s a way to automatically block accounts on this list if you never interacted with them

they've replaced it with the original Ghostbusters, apparently! Glad they listened to feedback. bsky.app/profile/maca...

I guess we can thank Wordpress for the prior art xcancel.com/dhh/status/1...

AI is truly revolutionizing our lives

i mean this is the NYT full-on scamming. just outright propaganda.

I’ve now seen everything: AI software spam in a reply to AI-critical post

🙄

🦊 I’ve decided it’s past time I start describing “artificial intelligence” as a failed technology, and I’d like you to join me. ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/agains...

Tech bros say "AI is here to stay" but that doesn't mean anything! Bronze spears are here to stay! Asbestos is here to stay! Ethan makes a great distinction: AI as a technology *has already failed*. AI lives on as a social purity test that will fade away as soon as those enforcing it blink.

the financials in the “ai boom” family tree is a set of interlocking wreaths lol anthony’s visualization work with reporting by @edzitron.com (click thru and scroll up)

also note that the last time I even mildly criticized the transphobic nightmare that is cloudflare, people posted my home address along with "someone should do something about this $SLUR1 $SLUR2"

Going to the rapture* *grocery store

I think the bees won this round against the hummingbirds

Tobi and DHH race together in car races and they also racism together

Just fwiw, Omarchy is DHH‘s pet project. Ladybird devs have been openly misogynistic on their bug tracker.

quark be like: nog is this true

i knew tobi lütke when he was still selling snowboards. he asked me to design shopify for a 5% stake. there have been many times over the years when i felt that, despite the theoretically huge % of money, i dodged a bullet. but never as strong as this

Future economists and marketers will hear about this as cautionary tale in their university textbooks, “…and after the Mouse placated the fascists they increased prices by 20%.”

Ahahaha yeah good luck Disney. People hate price hikes even more than fascism

I *am* a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, and I grew up reading National Geographic. What a horrible betrayal.

what’s the name for a version-and-dependency-and-more manager like `uv`? I don’t know, but I’m building one for Ruby anyway andre.arko.net/2025/08/25/r...

How am I just now learning Mickey Mouse is an homage to blackface 😭😭

“Sidekiq withdrew its $250,000/year sponsorship for Ruby Central because they platformed DHH at RailsConf 2025” joel.drapper.me/p/rubygems-t...

Any followers working at Apple? letters.draft.nu/archive/appl...

Happy 50th birthday, BYTE Magazine!

Windows has been on the market for 40 years now. Explorer just crashed so hard it wouldn't come back and now Task Manager has also crashed and is unresponsive. I'm sure vibe coding will fix all this!