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Andrew Badr
@ab.bsky.social
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · 1d
I would wait!
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · 1d
I expected iOS 26 to look worse, but not this bad
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · 6d
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · 13d
Nice Robert Hayden interview www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hvF...
Robert Hayden at the Brockport Writers Forum
YouTube video by Brockport Writers Forum
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · 19d
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prop @jailrespecter.bsky.social · 22d
the one on the left resembles a botticelli madonna
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Sep 1
Tried sending my mom a funny bleet but she values the arts too much
Screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation. The top shows a bluesky post from user 'mr. cannoli' (@boner.ink) posted 1 day ago that reads: 'just heard the bell toll, don't give a fuck who that's for, not my business'. Below is a reply from 'Mom' that simply says 'Noooo'.
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Aug 31
My goal is to make a website with translations. Just getting started. The Notes app's scanning feature doesn't cut it; Scanner Pro is effective for OCR purposes but loses color and has privacy issues.

For now, please enjoy this effervescent Royal Gelatin ad. Could make a good t-shirt?
A vintage Arabic advertisement for Royal Gelatin. Features a black and white illustration of a layered dessert parfait in a tall stemmed glass, topped with a slice of citrus and a spring of mint, surrounded by decorative bubbles. The ad includes Arabic text promoting the product and the "Royal Gelatin Dessert" brand name in both Arabic and English, with a small product box illustration in the bottom right corner.
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Aug 31
Here's the cover of "صوت المرأة" (trans. Arabic: Sawt al-Mar'ah, "Woman's Voice") from November 1949. I'd heard that my grandfather, who I never met, helped publish an early feminist magazine in Lebanon. There isn't much about it online. I bought a few issues that I found for sale.
A faded magazine cover featuring a black and white portrait photograph of a woman in profile wearing a bridal veil. The photo is framed by a decorative blue ribbon border above a beige background with white hand-styled polka dots. At the top is a red banner with Arabic text reading "صوت المرأة".
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Aug 27
We’ve regressed
Matt Levine using “you know” badly
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · May 11
(i’m in one)
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · May 10
a california horseshoe town is where the local honey can cure ""covid""
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Mar 29
Spotify should introduce typographically distinct commas for the intra- and inter- artist name cases
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Mar 22
I asked Claude to list all the physical states that music exists in between hitting play and me hearing it
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Mar 10
Great first-hand window into USAID's work: crookedtimber.org/2025/03/08/u...
USAID: My next-to-last project — Crooked Timber
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Feb 27
New blog post: "Claude, Makers, and Managers"

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Claude, Makers, and Managers
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Cinjon @cinjon.bsky.social · Feb 27
I've been working for the past year on a new companion built into glasses. We're debuting what I think is the best speech engine in all the land, and we're shooting for something extremely ambitious. Ping me if you're interested. We're hiring across the board.
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Sesame on LinkedIn: At Sesame, we believe in a future where computers are lifelike. We have…
At Sesame, we believe in a future where computers are lifelike. We have two goals—a natural and expressive personal companion, and lightweight eyewear to be…
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Jan 16
Answer: UTF-7 being decoded as ASCII. That apostrophe is a U-2019 Right Single Quotation Mark.
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Jan 15
Anyway, if you know what this is please lmk, I'm curious.
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Jan 15
A small character encoding mystery. I came across this product review where apostrophes got replaced with "+IBk-". Curious, I tried searching for more examples or information. The only instance I came across is this bizarre Usenet post, which seems like it should be from 30 years earlier.
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Jan 15
victory
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Jan 13
Wait, they have pizza in America now?
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Jan 1
the right notation could fix me
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Dec 7
I didn’t- Thanks, this looks great!
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Andrew Badr @ab.bsky.social · Nov 27
Happy Thanksgiving
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song of songs bot @songofsongsbot.bsky.social · Nov 27
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apricots: for I am lovesick. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
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