If you deploy Chrome and aren't disabling Google's AI tools via GPO, congratulations! You just got a 4GB file on every one of your endpoints without your knowledge or consent. Thankfully CISA has done a lot of work for you in regards to properly configuring and securing Chrome on your endpoints.

AI can never be held accountable but you know who can? You. Shipping low-quality or unstable outputs doesn’t just effect the product, it affects OUR credibility and jobs. We keep talking about how badly AI messes up, but what about the career risk from it's mistakes?

If you're looking at this going "Anna you work on tech, why don't you fix it." I think the majority of people who actually work on tech want to fix this, but we aren't being allowed to. And that's a huge reason tech workers are burning out so hard. We see the problems, but we don't get a say in it

Look at me implementing high-contrast themes for enhanced accessibility support while I was refactoring our theme system. They didn't even know what they were missing!

Who do I know who is equally skilled at design and Flutter? 🤩

I'm more afraid of the AMOC collapse than any other existential threat we're facing, and you should be too.

Sideloading shouldn't require a 24-hour waiting period and a 9-step gauntlet. Google's 'advanced flow' is designed to fail. Keep Android Open! @keepandroidopen.bsky.social keepandroidopen.org

New terminology just dropped

Avatar would make a great RTS.

I wrote about why I quit my job, and how weird and tiring tech feels these days.

I'm at the age where I have fewer days ahead than I have behind, and those days ahead do not have room for the toomfoolery, nonsense and shenanigans of Kingdom Hearts, I'm afraid.

www.tomshardware.com/video-games/... Huh. youtu.be/kWSIFh8ICaA Weird. @playstation.com seems to have lost the plot.

I, for one, can't *wait* until AI companies start charging their actual break-even price for using their slop. Then we can all laugh at the good joke and go back to doing what we were doing before. Right, guys? Right? ...guys?

Boo. I saved my game, exited GameNative, and when I reopened it my saves synced... Overwriting my local file 🥺

This is your friendly reminder to: • Stretch • Drink a glass of water • Look outside for a couple of minutes instead of at your screen Happy Monday, folks.

Google is requiring all Android developers to register centrally, pay a fee, and submit government ID. Apps from unregistered developers will be silently blocked. Over 67 organizations oppose this. @keepandroidopen.bsky.social keepandroidopen.org

So say we all

i’ve worked in tech more than 20 years. it has never been more ridiculous.

Age verification sounds reasonable until you realize it means every adult hands over their ID just to go online. We wrote about why this is a terrible idea and what should happen instead. https://proton.me/blog/keep-age-verification-from-killing-anonymity-online

[louder, as if that'll improve reception] THE BLUESKY DEVS WOULD BE VERY UPSET BY YOUR JOKES ABOUT VIBE CODING IF THEY COULD LOAD YOUR POSTS

A PR was just merged that unpins all (except one minor) Flutter dependencies! 😍 No more dependency hells when upgrading minor/patch versions of collection, meta, vector_math, intl, path etc in your apps and packages. 🥳

Looks like I only need to wait a little bit longer to buy a new phone. www.androidheadlines.com/2026/04/your...

There are myriad ways that law enforcement can access the content or other metadata of push notifications. Let’s fix that. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

I’m so tired of the tech hype machine. Idgaf how you’re optimizing with AI, what the hell are you doing for people? How are you making the world actually better? Idgaf what your job title is or what you’re selling. I could give two fucks about your manifesto or your stocks. Be a fucking human.

Do you love videogames but feel let down by current generation titles? What would you change? Graphics? Price? Story? I'm genuinely interested to hear.

When will these clowns give up the farce? youtu.be/1hfDOhrNx1I

It's been a long week and I'm feeling drained. To perk myself up, I'm rocking out to my absolute favorite band: Larkin Poe! Teleport back in time with me to this show I attended back in 2023 - youtu.be/lZpD_MIDOnQ #slidequeen

What a surprise... Bsky is having issues! Man, I wish I knew what could possibly be causing this. 🤔

Why is the sky blue? Watch the latest What If? video in collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social! youtube.com/shorts/oLoxd...

Bring the Turbo button back.

Finally #home_widget also supports configurable Widgets for Flutter Apps on Android Thanks to @jonmarkhall for the contribution!! More Info in thread! 🧵

The more awful the world becomes, the more stuff I end up self-hosting. #paythemnothing

Watch the weather channel like it’s 1999, with some retro smooth jazz and all the amazing retro visual elements. Weather is crap, but, at least, we are having fun, right? weather.com/retro/

Senior illustrator, with 20 years of experience and a specialty in game art. I haven't been able to find a paying project for months. Can you help? Every share is appreciated.

OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE EARTHSET PHOTO FROM ARTEMIS II. IM SPEECHLESS.

Ngl BlueSky being functionally down due to their proudly-admitted use of vibe coding has been amazing for my productivity

bluesky sure is doing wonders at proving that genAI coding is actually the future by breaking multiple times a day for the past few days

First image of the full disc of earth, from Artemis II, "Hello World" — Nikon D5, 22mm lens @ f/4, 1/4s exposure, ISO 51,200, processed in Lightroom Classic (on Windows). Source: www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

The Gaming Historian is hanging up the retro gloves. 😢 Norm created some of the best documentaries about retro gaming, and you should absolutely binge watch his stuff. His Oregon Trail documentary is PHENOMENAL. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_A...

1/4 Google has known about a bug that breaks VPN apps for 7 months, leaving users exposed with no warning or error, just a VPN app that stopped working in the background. If you're using ANY VPN on Android, you can help us by getting Google's attention to fix it. Details 👇 🧵

slop is something that takes more human effort to consume than it took to produce. When my coworker sends me raw Gemini output he’s not expressing his freedom to create, he’s disrespecting the value of my time

Let's goooo @kerberjg.bsky.social

CREATION Happy April Fool's Day! xkcd.com/3227/

Having a light breakfast, forgetting to eat lunch, then waiting until evening to have dinner. No wonder I almost passed out when I stood up. 😵‍💫

Flutter & Friends 2026 is official 🎉 📆 3-5 September, Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪 🎟️ LIMITED TIME 2x1 Sale is LIVE 📢 CFP is OPEN New venue, new weekdays, SAME fun. It's going to be EPIC 💙 Note: this year, we have a pre-booking system. Read the instructions below 👇🏼

Play some new games! Talk about the things you like! Tell the people making the games you appreciate them. Find that joy and cherish it! Themoreyouknowetcetc

If you use GitHub (especially if you pay for it!!) consider doing this *immediately* Settings -> Privacy -> Disallow GitHub to train their models on your code. GitHub opted *everyone* into training. No matter if you pay for the service (like I do). WTH github.com/settings/cop...

I am still very much available for work! Skills: Art direction, concepting, prototyping, workflows & documentation, art implementation, strong communication and collaboration with programmers & designers. Please reach out via my email on my website for any opportunities 💖 fensartden.com