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Oakland, CA. professional: http://petermerholz.com/ personal: http://peterme.com/

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a man wearing glasses says i was young then in yellow letters ALT: a man wearing glasses says i was young then in yellow letters
12.03.2026 00:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

literally no one in his cabinet is qualified. so?

12.03.2026 00:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Those pit stains have nothing on T***p's bronzer

12.03.2026 00:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What's My JND? Find your Just Noticeable Difference in colour perception. How small a colour difference can you actually see?

What's My JND? 0.0044
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Can you beat it? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...

11.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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11.03.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've been a 13"-er forever, but my 15" air arrives today. I'm hoping the 'air-ness' compensates for its big-ness. It was @kottke.org saying how having a 15" laptop freed him to work productively from anywhere that got me to get a bigger screen.

11.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
11.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by."

11.03.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's disheartening that nothing emerged to take the place that The Voyager Company had when it came to literate digital media.

11.03.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.

I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.

1/ Here's what I can share:

11.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 16967 πŸ” 6839 πŸ’¬ 491 πŸ“Œ 916

Those Raptors were a .350 team… the Wizards are .250

11.03.2026 02:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It doesn’t β€œpencil out”

11.03.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s so cool to think, β€œI knew you when…” Congratulations.

11.03.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) Podcast Episode Β· Escape Hatch (formerly Dune Pod) Β· December 9, 2024 Β· 1h 60m

Such a weird film. You can hear @tomcoates.bsky.social talk about it here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

11.03.2026 00:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

FARGO Season 2
ANDOR Season 1
THE BEAR Season 2
+1 to SHOGUN
CHERNOBYL (though only 5 episodes… but flawless)
THE WIRE Season 4
THE AMERICANS Season 3
RESERVATION DOGS Season 1
RIPLEY

11.03.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a hyperbolic statement. I can't find bad-faith attacks in his last 4 or 5 pluralistic posts... So I'd hardly call it 'dedicated his platform."

10.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ain't no sense of entitlement like online community sense of entitlement

10.03.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Dr Manhattan on Mars meme

It’s 1979. Visicalc and BASIC mean we don't need programmers any more.

It’s 2010. Web 2.0 APIs and NoCode tools mean we don't need programmers any more.

It's 2026. Claude Code and Agentic coding means we don't need programmers any more.

Dr Manhattan on Mars meme It’s 1979. Visicalc and BASIC mean we don't need programmers any more. It’s 2010. Web 2.0 APIs and NoCode tools mean we don't need programmers any more. It's 2026. Claude Code and Agentic coding means we don't need programmers any more.

Feeling my age today

09.03.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a robot is standing in front of a door ALT: a robot is standing in front of a door
09.03.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The End of Role Clarity Role clarity is a symptom of relational poverty, and small team with real trust are going to out-deliver our absorptive capacity unless we do...something.

This article probes these issues: www.cpj.fyi/essays/the-e...

09.03.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wemby is 7’5” with guard skills

09.03.2026 01:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer

A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer

Twerkers at the barbeque get priority parking 🫑

08.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 5683 πŸ” 1059 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 50

*Reading

08.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Here in Oakland they’re more like late summer β€” late Sep thru mid Oct.

08.03.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Readin an Alysa Liu interview where she cites β€œgliding” as her reason to return to the ice, I thought how biking is as close as I get to that sensation.

08.03.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One could argue that identity affiliation is a reason so many (incl designers) struggle to adapt (and have for decades). Instead of focusing on the impact they could have, they focus on what’s supposedly appropriate for someone in their role.

08.03.2026 21:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why would it lead to that?

08.03.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

(that loss of identity may very well be a good thing)

08.03.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Legendary Anglo-Indian dancer Olive Craddock who performed internationally as Roshanara. Photo by Underwood and Underwood, New York c 1918. (Thread)

08.03.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 115 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Exact products and ratios please

08.03.2026 00:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0