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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Sep 12

"Charlie Kirk gave me the courage to be more transphobic" is a wild thing to put in a both-sides hagiography
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

‘He Gave Me Confidence’: How Charlie Kirk Connected With Young Men
With his right-wing group Turning Point USA, Mr. Kirk engaged controversial topics. Some students were inspired. Others found his views appalling.

As a Christian, he did not always feel he could say what he actually thought about the issue.

“It’s kind of scary to say what you believe in, especially in this cancel culture,” said Porter LaFeber, a 22-year-old studying sciences at Utah Valley University who was at an event on Wednesday where Mr. Kirk was killed. “Charlie Kirk seemed like he just went totally above that. He kind of gave a voice to the people that were maybe a little bit scared.”

“He gave me the confidence to be able to believe what I believe,” Mr. LaFeber added.

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Sergey Tihon 🦔🦀 @sergeytihon.com · Aug 24

soweli-p/FsiX: A better REPL for F# with project/solution support and hot reloading. #fsharp github.com/soweli-p/FsiX

GitHub - soweli-p/FsiX: A better REPL for F# with project/solution support and hot reloading.

A better REPL for F# with project/solution support and hot reloading. - GitHub - soweli-p/FsiX: A better REPL for F# with project/solution support and hot reloading.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Aug 4

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

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Michal Nebes @mislaw.bsky.social · Jul 25

Finally finished reading, if you haven’t you really should read this book.

Cover of the book “One day, everyone will have always be against this” by Omar El Akkad

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Jun 30

Newsletter: It's time for a radical new approach to tech CEOs: mocking them, because they talk like idiots and provide little value to society outside of their dedication to shareholder value. They sound stupid, they do nothing, and it's time to fight back.
www.wheresyoured.at/make-fun-of-...

Make Fun Of Them

Have you ever heard Sam Altman speak? I’m serious, have you ever heard this man say words from his mouth? Here is but one of the trenchant insights from Sam Altman in his agonizing 37-minute-long p...

www.wheresyoured.at

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amplifyingfsharp.io @amplifyingfsharp.io · Jun 25

Hey #fsharp!

This week we'll be joined by @theangrybyrd.bsky.social for adding support to script files in he F# Analyzers SDK!

Check out the link for details: amplifyingfsharp.io/sessions/202...

#dotnet #OpenSource

Script Files Support in Analyzers SDK | Amplifying F#

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Michal Nebes @mislaw.bsky.social · Jun 13

Both #GleamLang talks at #LambdaDays were super well prepared, really nice to see!

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Michal Nebes @mislaw.bsky.social · Jun 12

GCP libraries use it as dependency afaik so that might add a bit

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Michal Nebes @mislaw.bsky.social · Jun 12

You know, I’m something of a functional programmer myself

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Michal Nebes @mislaw.bsky.social · Jun 11

Heading out to Cracow for #LambdaDays Any other #FSharp people attending?

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Michal Nebes @mislaw.bsky.social · Jun 11

TIL there is now an official EU DNS service (and it can even do ad-filtering), nice! www.joindns4.eu/for-public

DNS4EU For Public

Discover comprehensive information on the DNS4EU public resolver services. Compare available options, learn about features, and find answers to frequently asked questions to optimize your DNS privacy ...

www.joindns4.eu

Michal Nebes @mislaw.bsky.social · Jun 6

Seems like Workers should unionize and make the optimization pass more class-conscious.

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Chris Heilmann @codepo8.bsky.social · Jun 5

SpaceX's revenue 2025 exceeding NASA's budget is not a tech company success story. 1/3

qz.com/elon-musk-sp...

SpaceX will hit $15.5 billion in revenue this year, Elon Musk says

The CEO claims his aerospace company's commercial revenue from space will surpass NASA's entire budget in 2026

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Alexis King @lexi-lambda.bsky.social · May 29

I have published my first new blog post in four years lexi-lambda.github.io/blog/2025/05...

A break from programming languages

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · Mar 22

What gets me is that there's someone pushing the delete button, at NASA, Defense, everywhere, just following orders or should I say, 'Executive Orders'. There are actual people at work doing this.

Nasa drops plan to land first woman and first person of color on the moon

Promise was central plank to space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027

www.theguardian.com

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Sergey Tihon 🦔🦀 @sergeytihon.com · Mar 15

F# Weekly #11 2025 - AI Chat app in F# and Elmish #fsharp sergeytihon.com/2025/03/15/f...

F# Weekly #11 2025 – AI Chat app in F# and Elmish

Welcome to F# Weekly, A roundup of F# content from this past week: News A 10x Faster TypeScript – TypeScript Hello HybridCache! Streamlining Cache Management for ASP.NET Core Applications &#8…

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The Onion @theonion.com · Feb 28

Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Feb 26

really enjoyed my sitdown with @adamconover.net on Facutally. I talked about the flimsiness of the so-called "AI Revolution," DOGE, and how the tech industry has fully turned against the user.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAUT...

The AI Hoax is Destroying America with Ed Zitron

YouTube video by Adam Conover

www.youtube.com

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Sergey Tihon 🦔🦀 @sergeytihon.com · Feb 16

F# Weekly #7, 2025 - Furnace (tensor library with support for differentiable programming) #fsharp sergeytihon.com/2025/02/16/f...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Feb 1

this is what we want to see. tariff the shit out of elon’s companies www.businesstoday.in/world/canada...

‘Make them pay’: Canada puts Trump’s ‘first friend’ Elon Musk’s Tesla in the crosshairs of tariff war

Canada’s EV adoption rate is outpacing that of the U.S., with nearly 17% of new cars sold in the third quarter of 2024 being fully electric, compared to just 8% in the US.

www.businesstoday.in

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Feb 2

Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke frequently echoes extreme right-wing talking points, and now he’s taking Trump’s side in the tariff war, acting as though it’s only about fentanyl and the border when we know it’s much deeper than that.

Shopify is one of Canada’s most valuable publicly traded companies.

I’m disappointed that trump admin placed the 25% tariffs.

I’m disappointed that this is our governments response.

I love Canada and want it to thrive. I built Canada’s biggest tech company here because I know it’s a special place.

Canada thrives when it works with America together. Win by helping America win. Trump believes that Canada has not held its side of the bargain, and he set terms to prove that we still work together: get the borders under control and crack down on fentanyl dens.

These are things that every Canadian wants its government to do, too. These are not crazy demands, even if they came from an unpopular source.

These tariffs are going to be devastating to so many people’s lives and small businesses.

Action has to be judged based on what it leads to, not how good it sounds or feels. Leadership is about doing what’s right, not what is popular. And hitting back will not lead to anything good. America will shrug it off. Canada will decline.

It’s simply the wrong choice in a possibility space where much better options would have been available.

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Sergey Tihon 🦔🦀 @sergeytihon.com · Feb 1

F# Weekly #5, 2025 - Falco v5 🎉 #fsharp sergeytihon.com/2025/02/01/f...

F# Weekly #5, 2025 – Falco v5 🎉

Welcome to F# Weekly, A roundup of F# content from this past week: News Falco v5.x is now generally available, including first class integrations with HTMX and OpenAPI. Build Intelligent Apps with …

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Michal Nebes @mislaw.bsky.social · Feb 1

Welp, I didn’t expect to be living through history. I blame Fukuyama.

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Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · Jan 30

Cyberlibertarianism has shaped how we see the internet. As tech aligns with the extreme right, it’s more important than ever to reassess it.

This week @hypervisible.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss David Golumbia’s book on cyberlibertarianism.

Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/261_...

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