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@maybe.fail

tech @ eff community organizing & environmental justice in bayview, sf vana’diel denizen

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obsidian updated their ios share modal and broke the one use-case i cared most about 🤦

08.03.2026 05:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Here’s an easy mnemonic to help you remember the 26 letters of the alphabet

07.03.2026 00:00 👍 225 🔁 37 💬 13 📌 2

Waymo is now blocking the only eastbound through lane on Townsend, a key SF arterial. AVs have a scaling problem in cities. This isn't just inconvenience but a loss of network capacity. Waymo cuts SF's ability to move people and goods in its streets. User convenience ≠ system efficiency

06.03.2026 02:16 👍 45 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 2

it needed to be sufficiently not-matrix-like

04.03.2026 20:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

DON'T (next slide) MAKE (next slide) VERBOSE (next slide) SLIDES (thankyouforcomingtomytedtalk)

02.03.2026 22:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

if they made a walkman-like form factor that took regular cassettes and also special cassettes that were just usb drives you could load up with mp3s, I'd be all over that. shut up and take my money!

28.02.2026 23:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

it occurs to me that i should probably get in the habit of logging in to the web ui of my gmail accounts from time to time to see if it's sent any emails on my behalf without telling me. how awful.

28.02.2026 05:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

i think teenage engineering should do a reimagined mp3 player

28.02.2026 03:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

sure, getting stuff done is great but have you ever embarked on three separate side quests instead

25.02.2026 13:40 👍 442 🔁 58 💬 31 📌 9

for instance, next time they might appreciate it if she instead steals a fire engine to do her arson. all about the efficiency gains.

25.02.2026 00:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm something of a supply chain risk myself

24.02.2026 19:32 👍 90 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 1

kiddo informed me that he's having extra dessert because he's worried those aged cheddar potato chips may be getting "too aged" and may go bad if he doesn't finish them soon

22.02.2026 02:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage. PLUS: 10,000 drivers call on Uber to repay stolen wages, a man is arrested at a public hearing about a data center and more.

Across the US, people fed up with Flock cameras surveilling their communities, and with local governments that are often unwilling to listen to concerns over privacy violations and ICE data sharing practices, are taking matters into their own hands—and tearing them down.

20.02.2026 18:26 👍 4839 🔁 1683 💬 71 📌 232

i've got a germ dm button in my profile now. not sure how long it'll stay there.

19.02.2026 17:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

i think you'll find that he means they are all profiting, collectively.

19.02.2026 16:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

now january 2027!

17.02.2026 14:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

unwanted thought im not going to invest much time in pursuing: we'd be much farther along toward the stated goals of AI companies if we'd followed through on the semantic web.

14.02.2026 20:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

don't need smart glasses to recognize bad ideas

13.02.2026 21:00 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

a john wick film shot entirely from the perspective of public surveillance cameras

10.02.2026 15:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

i mostly play a game that is itself over 20 years old, that should be confirmation enough

09.02.2026 20:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

i let nontoxic.tech expire some time in the last few years. previously it redirected to the page on codes of conduct on the geekfeminism wiki. looks like it's available.

09.02.2026 15:05 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

would you bet your career on AI companies telling the truth?

08.02.2026 21:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

that'd definitely end up producing a villain

08.02.2026 18:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

kiddo did chores, asks for an allowance. i don't do cash so i got him on a net30. this feels like a villain origin story.

i may frame his first invoice.

08.02.2026 17:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

it's cool, they can always relaunch it if facts regain some relevance

05.02.2026 01:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CIA is Sunsetting The World Factbook | SOF News The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is sunsetting "The World Factbook". For years this resource has been available online to the public.

Surprise -- there's no more CIA World Factbook --- WTF?!

"The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) announced the retirement of The World Factbook on February 4, 2026."
sof.news/intelligence...

05.02.2026 01:27 👍 11 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 2

i mean 311 won't do anything but you can totally report it

05.02.2026 00:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

nah, it's an aesthetics violation. may even harm real estate values.

05.02.2026 00:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

in sf you can use the 311 app to report cybertrucks parked on your block

05.02.2026 00:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

wow, sounds like an amazing opportunity!

can you please expand on the "access to AI tools, but not a free for all?" are these of the dev/ci/cd flavor or are they integrated with data governance systems/processes? both? something else?

04.02.2026 16:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0