I got a two-color thermal label printer. The labels visually pop way more than black and white stickers

Here is an Internet Archive skill for Claude Code: github.com/rajbot/inter... Install it and then you can prompt Claude to: "Search Internet Archive for vintage computer manuals" and then "Download the first five of them"

I propose a new metric called Photoslop, which measures how closely an AI coding tool can one-shot Photoshop in a single prompt.

I love the pattern of compiling rust libraries and cli tools to webassembly and hosting them on a static webpage so people can easily try them out. I needed a MPEG-TS to MP4 converter library, and now you can try it here: www.bitstream.io/ts-to-mp4/

Bluesky videos don't unfurl in Slack, so I added video importing to my bluesky-helper slack app. It now both unrolls threads and imports videos into Slack for you: github.com/rajbot/blues...

I made* a Bluesky-to-Slack thread unroller: Instructions for installing it in your own Slack + aws lambda account are here: github.com/rajbot/blues... *vibecoded with Claude Code

Our NYE tradition: making donations to @aclu.org, @archive.org, @eff.org, @msf.ca, @ppfa.org, @raicestexas.bsky.social, @splcenter.org, the SF Food Bank, and @walksf.org A few more of those bsky handles resolve now compared to last year. Also, this year we are adding @propublica.org to the list!

The Suzanne Jackson retrospective at SF MOMA is wonderful. Be sure to check it out!

Holidays are a good time to check what scam App Store subscriptions your parents got suckered into. The latest one is this scam OfferUp subscription my mom has. Does she use it? No. Does she know she is subscribed to it? No. Does she get billed $20 every month by OfferUp? Yes. Total scam.

Art show / open studios in Bernal Heights tomorrow!

The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool. The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code. They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.

Neon Tree

Why is Sarah Kendzoir, an author and journalist who covers authoritarian regimes, suspended on bluesky? Even X and substack haven’t suspended her. So much for “Bring your own algorithm”. This is a fail for Bluesky.

We are quickly sliding past the era when you could find info on YouTube on how to fix almost anything. YouTube search results are now full of AI slop repair videos that help no one. An opportunity for ifixit or instructables to own this space perhaps.

Dr. Manhattan meme template It is 2008. Republicans are angry that a Muslim socialist born in Africa won the election It is 2012. Republicans are angry that a Muslim socialist born in Africa won the election It is 2022. Republicans are angry that a Muslim socialist born in Africa won the election

Sign of the times

The neighborhood closes the street to cars for Halloween and it results in giant costumes and pure joy!

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I didn’t believe this would work but I grabbed one of these flags before crossing the street and it actually makes a difference in getting cars to stop for you! The marigolds are part of a memorial for neighbor who was killed in a hit and run here. A project by safestreetsbernal.org

Crosswalk flags by safestreetsbernal.org at the intersection where a neighbor was killed in a hit and run. Grab a flag from one side of the crosswalk and leave it at the other. When things get this bad we probably need more safety infrastructure than diy flags, but maybe it helps…

My take on Rogan is that Spotify users are partially responsible for the global rise of deadly anti-vax nonsense and the resurgence of measles in America, and if you send me a Spotify link I will judge you as someone helping make the world a worse place.

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Did something change with the Discover feed so that it is no longer stable when logged in? Every time I refresh it to get new posts, I end up with a completely different set of posts.

Lime has figured a way around Lyft’s regulated monopoly on Bike Share in the Bay Area! They simply took the pedals off their e-bike and called it a “Glider”.

Should we all give Flickr another shot?

There is a SFBA Bench Collective bench at the bus stop near my house. It is constantly being used during the day, but sometimes gets tagged. Rustoleum “Warm Carmel” spray paint is a good way to keep these clean and keep them from being reported to the city. It dries completely in 20 min.

🍕Making pizzas for kids for the first time in a while..

New speed cameras led to a 92% drop in speeding at some intersections: www.ktvu.com/news/san-fra...

Today's #general_strike for #Palestine in Italy. Just in Palermo we were more than 30,000, marching in the streets and chanting #StopGenocide #FreeFreePalestine. 🇵🇸✊

What are these non-standard colors on this large flag? Why is the “War Department” not using DDD-F-416E? Why do they not know what our flag is supposed to look like?

EA Tetris is a lot like regular Tetris, but it involves a journalist, a bone saw, and a suitcase.

The #NoTechForICE movement started in 2018, during the first Trump administration’s illegal separation of refugee children from their parents. Unfortunately, few tech workers paid attention to the evil their tools were enabling. The AI-powered next generation of these tools is now being sold to ICE

With Star Wars and Marvel and Pixar and all the kid franchises, it feels impossible to stop spending money on Disney, but it’s not. As I wrote in 2020 on the other site: Disney is an immoral company, and always has been.

The YouTube iOS app is so, so bad that it must be intentional. But why?

Ocean Calling

“There is always a point at which the terrorist ceases to manipulate the media gestalt. A point at which the violence may well escalate, but beyond which the terrorist has become symptomatic of the media gestalt itself.” - @greatdismal.bsky.social, Neuromamcer, ‘84

Of all the people that live on Slow Streets, the residents who live in Sanchez seem to really love theirs the most

The Moon-viewing garden at SF Flower Piano

I vibe-coded a tool for placing images side-by-side or in a grid: www.bitstream.io/image-tiler/ It is useful for comparing graphs side-by-side, and also for sunset pics.

Biking @sunsetdunes.org today

Full moon from the Berkeley Marina

Got a 10-foot fruit picker, which has been a game changer this year. At the tail end of our quince harvest, and then we will make enough quince jelly to last until next season + enough to give as gifts. California is amazing

If you haven’t seen The Visitors at SF MOMA, it closes soon on 9/28! It is really an amazing piece. Also, the Ruth Asawa retrospective closes tomorrow. Both are worth seeing if you can! www.sfmoma.org/exhibition/r...

Sunsetting at Sunset Dunes

You would think an all-day nationwide Verizon outage would be bigger news..

One thing I remembered while watching Groove last night is that we threw _many_ parties where we charged a $2 cover. This was enough to give gas money to out-of-town DJs, pay for decorations, snacks, and fog juice, and give some money to the sound guy and light crew. The nod was a real thing too :)

No obstacles, only challenges at the Groove 25-year

Trump: *does racist shit* Dems: “Trump is _hardly_ a racist” GOP: “Teaching how bad slavery was is WOKE!” Trump: *does dictator shit* Dems: “Trump is _hardly_ a dictator” GOP: “Trump 2028!!!” Trump: *does fascist shit* Dems and GOP together: *gets the knives out for trans people*

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement: