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@ryan.fail

a traveler from the cursed land of online journalism. product developer at the marshall project. @rdmurphy in most other haunts.

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Bravo to the LAX board for standing up to Uber and doing the right thing here. And we’re still charging a fee, what you used to pay at the curb, to pick up at the people mover, which is good. Fees begin after the people mover opens.

Now cancel the LAX-pressway!

11.03.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside a Gold Mine of Texas Prison Music Until the 1980s, an annual prison rodeo offered a chance for men inside to perform and sell albums. Now we’re making them available to you.

Don't work post often but I gotta because this project is so great, I've been listening to these songs nonstop ever since
@mauricechammah.bsky.social shared them internally www.themarshallproject.org/2026/03/10/p...

10.03.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hate so damn much how I immediately knew who did this, didn't have any doubt

(Way too easy to follow up with a "he wouldn't know good writing" quip, but it wouldn't be wrong)

10.03.2026 07:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i only like when these posts come out because it shines a brighter light on how even pre-ai, developers are conditioned to cut corners and make lazy mistakes under the corporate speak of ”efficiency” and β€œautomation” which is funny because of how punk rock a lot of them think they are

06.03.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why I Don’t Vibe Code A β€œbrief” accounting of various reasons why vibe coding has just never clicked for me personally as a developer.

Hey all, I decided to write up some of my thoughts in more detail about why I don't vibe code, in case it's interesting to any of you

jacobharr.is/personal/i-d...

06.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 20
An illustration of corn in husk.

Headline placed below reads β€œCity of Masa: L.A. TACO’s Ultimate Guide to Tortillas in Los Angeles”

An illustration of corn in husk. Headline placed below reads β€œCity of Masa: L.A. TACO’s Ultimate Guide to Tortillas in Los Angeles”

Flour or corn?

It’s one of the most important decisions that the millions of us who live and die by L.A.’s Taco Life make every day.

The full guide: lataco.com/best-tortill...

By @theglutster.bsky.social

06.03.2026 02:06 πŸ‘ 148 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 3

It used to be that you wouldn't even be considered eligible unless you were a member of the AP network. (Source: me being told no at a previous employer πŸ˜…)

But it's my understanding that's gone now. I more meant that no one gets access without a conversation first, which I believe is still true

02.03.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I do think "anyone" is maybe a little strong, hah. In my experience AP isn't necessarily just handing out access to anyone who asks.

But yeah, this probably just means Kalshi is paying AP for the privilege of being provided an API key.

02.03.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My long-time rule is that if you as a newsroom were to cease publishing and no actual community were to suffer harm as a result, then you are an investment vehicle.

27.02.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dude is leading an authoritarian censorship effort targeting major news outelts, but sure great guest to talk about 'free speech'

www.semafor.com/article/02/2...

27.02.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow they really did it shop.metro.net/products/rid...

26.02.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 219 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 13

I received the "keyboarding" award in 7th grade because I had the highest grade across all the typing classes for the year

This of course did wonders for my popularity and made me who I am today

25.02.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

for folks who are active on x, threads, etc and feel bad about it bc of its stewards but have a hard time letting go: sometimes your behaviors overpower your values online because tech companies hire psychologists & sociologists to come up with ways to put you in that position

25.02.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 435 πŸ” 130 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 13

Something I’ve been thinking: if you create software, or do something that is potentially β€œa software problem,” AI can seem like it would be incredibly transformative. But are most things software problems?

11.02.2026 14:33 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

One thing I find so embarrassing about the "agentic AI is so great this changes everything" discourse is while I'm sure Claude is great for various use cases people sound like they're in a commercial and that just is the opposite of cool

25.02.2026 12:02 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A fine evening to do some muted words gardening

25.02.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I missed this back and forth but yes, extreme co-sign on both accounts

21.02.2026 05:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

part of why this is bugging me so much is that it seems many people are discovering the value of open source software, but crediting it to tools that are trained on it

these tools can do many amazing things, but I promise you that "barebones monday.com board that runs locally" was already possible

19.02.2026 03:31 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

something that I wish people would understand is that the kinds of apps that are easiest to "vibe code" a working version ofβ€”kanbans, news aggregators, blogsβ€”are also the kinds of tools that there are countless open source, free, forkable versions of on GitHub/elsewhere, and that's not a coincidence

19.02.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

TIL django-haystack still exists, whoa

18.02.2026 20:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you're at IAH then yeah it's a core feature of that place

Last time I was there Avis assigned me a car someone already had, then gave me a broken one, then forgot to un-give me the broken one in the system and accused me of having two cars a week later

14.02.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

all video is vertical video depending on how you hold your phone, if you think about it

12.02.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also Buc-ees is a novel place to experience at least once but I would not go out of my way for it. It’s just a big ass gas station and the food isn’t that good.

12.02.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Plenty of good restaurant lists out there so I won’t go long on that (and much is location dependent), but when I’m in Houston I’m prioritizing roughly five kinds of food:

BBQ
Tex-Mex
Seafood
Vietnamese
Cajun/Soul

12.02.2026 01:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is also a rare seasonal window where being outside in Southeast Texas doesn’t feel like death, so the parks are viable places to be!

12.02.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

www.menil.org
meowwolf.com/visit/houston
www.1940airterminal.org

12.02.2026 00:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A crowd of people on the sidewalk hold signs reading "ProPublica Workers Love a Union Contract" and "Ready to Strike"

A crowd of people on the sidewalk hold signs reading "ProPublica Workers Love a Union Contract" and "Ready to Strike"

A crowd of several doezen people hold signs reading "ProPublica Workers Deserve Fair Pay", "ProPublica Workers Love A Fair Contract", and "We're Not Shutting Up"

A crowd of several doezen people hold signs reading "ProPublica Workers Deserve Fair Pay", "ProPublica Workers Love A Fair Contract", and "We're Not Shutting Up"

1/ Our members are practicing picketing @propublica.org offices in multiple cities right now to demand job security protections and guardrails around AI. We are ready to do what it takes to get a fair contract.

11.02.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
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Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure

β€œI’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...

07.02.2026 22:56 πŸ‘ 1098 πŸ” 232 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 24
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund

If you are able, The Post's union has started a layoff fund for those fired by the world's fourth-richest man today. gofund.me/a310d0286

04.02.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 541 πŸ” 354 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 13
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Donate to Support ProPublica Workers in Our Fight for a Fair Contract, organized by Eli Oberman We are the unionized workers at ProPublica, and we’re ready to… Eli Oberman needs your support for Support ProPublica Workers in Our Fight for a Fair Contract

Our comrades at @propublicaguild.org are ready to strike β€” and will likely lose paychecks for the duration of the work stoppage.

Contribute here to help support their work stoppage β€” funds raised will go directly to ProPublica workers who can't afford to miss a day’s pay.

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