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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · 2d

Californians: for the first time in ages, your vote matters nationally.

Prop 50 counters the illegitimate Texas gerrymander, restoring the impact of your vote.

Opposition is misguided. Taking the high road here helps those against democracy keep control.

Vote yes on 50.

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Yes on 50 – The Election Rigging Response Act

Trump and Texas Republicans are moving to rig the 2026 election — and other GOP states are joining in. If Californians don’t act now, they could seize Congress no matter how we vote.

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Seb in the cloud ☁️ @sebsto.bsky.social · 9d

🚀 Swift AWS Lambda Runtime v2 is out!
Build modern, scalable, and efficient Lambda functions in pure Swift!

Full async/await, response streaming, background tasks, and Swift 6 support.

Release notes & docs: github.com/swift-ser...

#SwiftLang #Serverless #serversideswift2025

Release 2.0.0 · swift-server/swift-aws-lambda-runtime

The AWS Lambda Runtime for Swift v2 is now officially available. Overview Swift AWS Lambda Runtime v2 introduces a complete redesign of the API with async/await-first architecture, response streami...

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Temporal @temporal.io · 11d

Just announced - the new Temporal Swift SDK! Try it out at https://github.com/apple/swift-temporal-sdk"

GitHub - apple/swift-temporal-sdk: Swift SDK for Temporal

Swift SDK for Temporal. Contribute to apple/swift-temporal-sdk development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · 23d

get it together, tiffany

A textbook math problem.

Applications
55. Salary. Tiffany has started tutoring students x hours per week. Her income is modeled as

f(x) = (x- 1)(x - 3)(x - 7)

a. Graph the polynomial function.
b. Give any real zeros that occur.
c. How many hours of tutoring are financially beneficial to Tiffany?

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Swift Language @swift.org · 28d

Swift 6.2 is here, including so much 🆕🥳:
⏩Approachable concurrency
🦺Opt-in strict memory safety
📦WebAssembly support
🏃Faster build perf for macros
🐞Enhanced async debugging
📚Inline stack-based arrays
🚇Subprocess support
🧪Test result attachments
www.swift.org/blog/swift-6...

Swift 6.2 Released

We’re excited to announce Swift 6.2, a release aimed at making every Swift developer more productive, regardless of where or how you write code. From improved tooling and libraries to enhancements in ...

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · Aug 28

It's 2025. We have actual concentration camps, and a white nationalist setting US immigration policy, and the majority of white people surveyed say that they support how Trump is "handling immigration."🤦🏿‍♂️

And I *still* have white folk in my mentions saying "I don't think that many support it? 🤡

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Konrad ‘ktoso’ Malawski @kto.so · Aug 30

Priyambada's #swiftlang summer of code finished up! She worked on improvements to Swiftly (swift installer) in #vscode. It's now able to automatically switch and install swift versions all without leaving VSCode! https://forums.swift.org/t/gsoc-2025-bringing-swiftly-support-to-vs-code/81886

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Aug 29

I am satisfied with the level of resistance to explanation by an LLM this joke provides. Chatbots find it almost as unfunny as humans do.

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Aug 29

JB Pritzker seems like a promising candidate for 2028, and he has experience from his stint in the Bartlett administration, but I'm worried skeletons will come out about his investments in his nephew's restaurant.

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Playdate @play.date · Aug 27

🔲 Four Corners was rewritten in Swift—it's the first Swift game in Catalog. Read our interview with the developer to find out how that came about:

news.play.date/news/four-co...

Four Corners: the first game in Catalog written in Swift - Playdate News

Official news about Playdate, the yellow handheld video game system with a crank.

news.play.date

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Aug 28

According to federal data, 13 of the top 20 cities in homicide rates have Republican governors. None of those cities are Chicago.

8 of the top 10 states in homicide rates are led by Republicans. None of those states are Illinois.

And yet Trump is sending troops here.

Post from Donald Trump on Truth Social:

A really deadly weekend in Chicago. 6 dead, 27 hurt in crime sprees all over the city. Panic stricken Governor Pritzker says that crime is under control, when in fact it is just the opposite. He is an incompetent governor who should call me for help. Mayor Johnson is no better. Make Chicago great again!

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Aug 26

Most of these names I can understand – they're purple state senators nervous about needing to seem bipartisan, even if I think that strategy is ineffective.

But Schiff has no excuse. What was he thinking.

Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · Aug 26

17 democratic senators voted to confirm this woman as labor secretary

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Aug 26

Once you realize most conservative arguments are in bad faith and their philosophy is actual the the 5 principles below, you will know peace

• men > women
• white people > other races
• straight people > LGBTQ
• Christians > other religions
• rich people > poor people

Everything else is flexible

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Aug 20

it's a pot joke

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Aug 16

It was Professor Plum, in the library, with the service award.

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: The Excitable Street Preachers

Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: Averagetramp

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Wounded

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Aug 13

A photo from behind third base of the nationals losing epically

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Aug 9

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Senior PowerPoint Engineer @ryxcommar.bsky.social · Aug 1

Day in Trump's economy:

> Wake up, check the news
> BLS: "10 billion new jobs created"
> Check my phone to see what today's tariff rates are.
> Norway up 20%, Cambodia down 5%
> Go to my iphone assembly line job where I make $7.25/hour
> Spend next 4 hours putting chips inside phones
> Take 15 minute break
> Check my shitfartpisscoin holdings
> Rugged
> Watch the FOMC meeting
> FOMC is just Trump
> Trump goes on stage and announces he's raising rates from -10% to -5%
> Also announces date of Jay Powell's public execution
> AI manager scolds me for taking 16 minutes on my 15 minute break
> It's only been 12 minutes
> Call employee help line to complain
> It's also AI
> Go home frustrated
> Complain to my girlfriend about my job
> She's also AI

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Jul 28

They really needed to think through this sign placement more carefully.

A photo of a sign for a restaurant. Because it has been partially obscured, it reads “nazi”.

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Jul 28

The EU DOESNT INVEST IN THINGS WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

A screenshot of a NYT story saying: The 27-nation bloc also agreed to increase its investment in the United States by more than $600 billion above current levels, Mr. Trump said, adding that the European Union would

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Mishal @shahmishal.bsky.social · Jul 23

My team at Apple is currently hiring for a role that focuses on compiler tools and infrastructure. If you’re interested in this opportunity, please take a look at the job posting here: jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail... #llvm #swiftlang

Compiler Tools Engineer - Jobs - Careers at Apple

Apply for a Compiler Tools Engineer job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Jun 23

When people ask me about my job:

You know how sometimes you get irrationally furious with inanimate objects. Like when a cable gets tangled and you’re in a hurry. But the cable doesn’t have free will, it was you that tangled it. But still, you’re furious with the cable.

It’s like that.

Cassidy @cassidoo.co · Jun 21

When people ask me about my job

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Ben Cohen @airspeedswift.bsky.social · Jun 21

I feel like this is better if you read the image alt text first.

Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · Jun 20

It is as the prophecy foretold

A goat standing on a tortoise next to a little statue of a goat standing on the tortoise which is also on the tortoise

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Max Desiatov @maxdesiatov.bsky.social · Jun 11

Swift SDKs for WebAssembly are now available on swift.org for 6.2 and `main` development snapshots!

Huge announcement for me personally, this is something I could only dream of when almost 7 years ago I joined a few volunteers maintaining a patchset for Wasm support
forums.swift.org/t/swift-sdks...

Swift.org

Swift is a general-purpose programming language built using a modern approach to safety, performance, and software design patterns.

swift.org

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