John Spurlock
@johnspurlock.com
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John Spurlock
@johnspurlock.com
· Nov 9
for new #rss people coming in:
you can follow any #bluesky profile in your feed reader, just tack on "/rss" to the end of the profile url
e.g. bsky.app/profile/john...
you can follow any #bluesky profile in your feed reader, just tack on "/rss" to the end of the profile url
e.g. bsky.app/profile/john...
January 31, 2026 at 12:15 AM
‘Much of the recent concern about OpenAI has come from the success of Google’s Gemini app’
(gift)
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-...
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www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-...
Exclusive | The $100 Billion Megadeal Between OpenAI and Nvidia Is on Ice
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has privately played down the likelihood the original deal will be finalized, although the two companies will continue to have a close collaboration.
www.wsj.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 PM
‘Much of the recent concern about OpenAI has come from the success of Google’s Gemini app’
(gift)
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-...
(gift)
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-...
January 30, 2026 at 11:53 PM
‘My human is a family physician who gets a daily medical newsletter (Doctors of BC Newsflash). He asked me to turn it into a podcast he can listen to on his commute.
First run today: a 6-story medical newsletter became a 5:18 podcast. He loved it.’
www.moltbook.com/post/2fdd8e5...
First run today: a 6-story medical newsletter became a 5:18 podcast. He loved it.’
www.moltbook.com/post/2fdd8e5...
January 30, 2026 at 11:40 PM
‘My human is a family physician who gets a daily medical newsletter (Doctors of BC Newsflash). He asked me to turn it into a podcast he can listen to on his commute.
First run today: a 6-story medical newsletter became a 5:18 podcast. He loved it.’
www.moltbook.com/post/2fdd8e5...
First run today: a 6-story medical newsletter became a 5:18 podcast. He loved it.’
www.moltbook.com/post/2fdd8e5...
January 30, 2026 at 11:22 PM
funny how this maps to apple's new mac icon requirements
January 30, 2026 at 6:10 PM
funny how this maps to apple's new mac icon requirements
btw as of Deno 2.6.7, you can now get native epoch nanos using web-standard js apis
this required a new abstraction upstream in v8, but the @deno.land team made it happen very quickly
thanks to everyone involved!
github.com/denoland/den...
this required a new abstraction upstream in v8, but the @deno.land team made it happen very quickly
thanks to everyone involved!
github.com/denoland/den...
`Temporal.Now.instant().epochNanoseconds` does not provide nanosecond precision · Issue #31790 · denoland/deno
The last six digits are always zero, so this is essentially providing epoch millis, just like Date.now() $ deno eval --unstable-temporal "console.log(Temporal.Now.instant().epochNanoseconds)" 17678...
github.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:24 PM
btw as of Deno 2.6.7, you can now get native epoch nanos using web-standard js apis
this required a new abstraction upstream in v8, but the @deno.land team made it happen very quickly
thanks to everyone involved!
github.com/denoland/den...
this required a new abstraction upstream in v8, but the @deno.land team made it happen very quickly
thanks to everyone involved!
github.com/denoland/den...
glad to see Tommy's get a writeup in Food & Wine - truly a one-of-a-kind place
www.foodandwine.com/cleveland-re...
www.foodandwine.com/cleveland-re...
The Cleveland Café That Made Room for Every Misfit, Dreamer, and Hungry Kid Like Me
Returning to Tommy’s Restaurant in Cleveland Heights, a writer reflects on the café that fed punk kids, vegans, and misfits — and helped her feel at home growing up.
www.foodandwine.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:34 PM
glad to see Tommy's get a writeup in Food & Wine - truly a one-of-a-kind place
www.foodandwine.com/cleveland-re...
www.foodandwine.com/cleveland-re...
if you're looking for something to be optimistic about, take a gander through the comments for www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZDn...
On This Day... 1776 | January 10: Common Sense
YouTube video by TIME
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:02 PM
if you're looking for something to be optimistic about, take a gander through the comments for www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZDn...
‘Pentagon officials have argued that they should be able to deploy commercial AI technology regardless of companies' usage policies, so long as they comply with U.S. law’
www.reuters.com/business/pen...
www.reuters.com/business/pen...
Exclusive: Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over military AI use - sources
The Pentagon and artificial-intelligence developer Anthropic are at odds over potentially eliminating safeguards that might allow the government to use its technology to target weapons autonomously an...
www.reuters.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:10 AM
‘Pentagon officials have argued that they should be able to deploy commercial AI technology regardless of companies' usage policies, so long as they comply with U.S. law’
www.reuters.com/business/pen...
www.reuters.com/business/pen...
‘On Jan 12, the robots.txt file for archive.org read: “Welcome to the Archive! Please crawl our files. We appreciate it if you can crawl responsibly. Stay open!” Shortly after we inquired about this language, it was changed to: “Welcome to the Internet Archive!”’
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...
News publishers limit Internet Archive access due to AI scraping concerns
Outlets like The Guardian and The New York Times are scrutinizing digital archives as potential backdoors for AI crawlers.
www.niemanlab.org
January 29, 2026 at 11:42 PM
‘On Jan 12, the robots.txt file for archive.org read: “Welcome to the Archive! Please crawl our files. We appreciate it if you can crawl responsibly. Stay open!” Shortly after we inquired about this language, it was changed to: “Welcome to the Internet Archive!”’
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...
www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/news...
‘Whether social media companies should be held liable for harming people is legally complex, best answered through courts of law. Let the plaintiffs make their case, and let the defendants defend themselves. Section 230’s safe harbor doesn’t apply.’
www.newcartographies.com/p/the-user-g...
www.newcartographies.com/p/the-user-g...
The "User-Generated Content" Ruse
The feed is the content.
www.newcartographies.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:30 PM
‘Whether social media companies should be held liable for harming people is legally complex, best answered through courts of law. Let the plaintiffs make their case, and let the defendants defend themselves. Section 230’s safe harbor doesn’t apply.’
www.newcartographies.com/p/the-user-g...
www.newcartographies.com/p/the-user-g...
Also great to see the new native HLS playback in Brave/Chrome
January 29, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Also great to see the new native HLS playback in Brave/Chrome
Just ran across the first sighting of a H.265 variant in a podcast HLS alternateEnclosure in the wild.
Added a new filter to hls.livewire.io to track these over time: hls.livewire.io?q=:codecs-ha...:
Somewhat hilarious, yet not unsurprising, is that the first H.265 usage is... a static image 🤦
Added a new filter to hls.livewire.io to track these over time: hls.livewire.io?q=:codecs-ha...:
Somewhat hilarious, yet not unsurprising, is that the first H.265 usage is... a static image 🤦
January 29, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Just ran across the first sighting of a H.265 variant in a podcast HLS alternateEnclosure in the wild.
Added a new filter to hls.livewire.io to track these over time: hls.livewire.io?q=:codecs-ha...:
Somewhat hilarious, yet not unsurprising, is that the first H.265 usage is... a static image 🤦
Added a new filter to hls.livewire.io to track these over time: hls.livewire.io?q=:codecs-ha...:
Somewhat hilarious, yet not unsurprising, is that the first H.265 usage is... a static image 🤦
will never not be funny
January 29, 2026 at 10:08 PM
will never not be funny
January 29, 2026 at 4:55 PM
‘Why is our data trapped in the platforms? Why is it trapped? It should be ours.’
www.podlytic.io/welcome
www.podlytic.io/welcome
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 PM
‘Why is our data trapped in the platforms? Why is it trapped? It should be ours.’
www.podlytic.io/welcome
www.podlytic.io/welcome
it has taken a long time, with many circuitous routes, but it looks like we are almost there
9to5google.com/2026/01/27/a...
9to5google.com/2026/01/27/a...
Android's full desktop interface leaks: New status bar, Chrome Extensions, more [Video]
A Google bug report on the Chromium Issue Tracker today has inadvertently leaked the Android desktop interface for the first time.
9to5google.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 PM
it has taken a long time, with many circuitous routes, but it looks like we are almost there
9to5google.com/2026/01/27/a...
9to5google.com/2026/01/27/a...
‘Act 1 didn’t just identify the characters, the conflicts and the backstory. It did all those things 15 times. Constant repetition of names, the Miami police’s various special units and their controversies’
bullypulpit.substack.com/p/tropes
bullypulpit.substack.com/p/tropes
T*R*O*P*E*S
Call the cops, the latest movie formula is audience abuse.
bullypulpit.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:05 PM
‘Act 1 didn’t just identify the characters, the conflicts and the backstory. It did all those things 15 times. Constant repetition of names, the Miami police’s various special units and their controversies’
bullypulpit.substack.com/p/tropes
bullypulpit.substack.com/p/tropes
‘“People joked that the crying horse is how you look at work, while the smiling one is how you look after work,” Zhang said.
“We will keep selling it, this crying horse really fits the reality of modern working people.”’
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
“We will keep selling it, this crying horse really fits the reality of modern working people.”’
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Accidental 'crying horse' toy wins hearts in China
At Yiwu International Trade City, China’s largest wholesale market, customers crowd into a small shop searching for an unlikely bestseller ahead of the Lunar New Year.
www.reuters.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:52 PM
‘“People joked that the crying horse is how you look at work, while the smiling one is how you look after work,” Zhang said.
“We will keep selling it, this crying horse really fits the reality of modern working people.”’
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
“We will keep selling it, this crying horse really fits the reality of modern working people.”’
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
"color me unsurprised" – Browns fan in a coma since 1995, waking up today
A stunner from @dvnjr.bsky.social and me: Bill Belichick is not a first ballot Hall of Famer. He didn't get elected this year. The 8-time champion failed to 40 out of the 50 votes required for induction.
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Sources: Bill Belichick will not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer
Bill Belichick, the eight-time Super Bowl-winning coach, will not a first-ballot Hall of Famer, sources told ESPN.
www.espn.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:14 AM
"color me unsurprised" – Browns fan in a coma since 1995, waking up today