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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 4h

This is a wildly creative set of customizations for Claude Code, using the new plugin system they just released. There are SO many fascinating ideas in this! Strongly recommend reading it and then spending some time exploring the accompanying repo github.com/obra/superpo...

Jesse Vincent @s.ly · 1d

I wrote up my "How I'm using coding agents in October 2025" post.

blog.fsck.com/2025/10/09/s...

Superpowers: How I'm using coding agents in October 2025

I used to write more

blog.fsck.com

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Nico Halecky @nehalecky.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, and they have bottom up servings of craft beers and margaritas. Knock yourselves out, it doesn't get more authentic than this. 😁

Nico Halecky @nehalecky.bsky.social · 13d

Just what I was looking for. Thank you for sharing, looking forward to the read.

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Nico Halecky @nehalecky.bsky.social · 14d

Which in particular?

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Nico Halecky @nehalecky.bsky.social · 18d

Oh that's nice—look forward to trying it out!

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 25d

A friend at Cato just did some great work quantifying this and his main point was to underscore how relatively rare it still is, to throw a bit of a cold water on the panic. But he also found, as any serious methodology inevitably does, right-wing outnumbered left-wing several times over.

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · Sep 10

We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · Aug 24

Where’s the economic productivity in America?

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · Aug 18

On vacation this week, reading “Orwell’s roses” by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, and so appreciate the reminder that we need to seek & celebrate joy, even in times of pain, struggle & devastation. We have to keep reminding ourselves of what we are fighting for, not just what we are fighting against.

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Nico Halecky @nehalecky.bsky.social · Aug 14

Good thread! Will comment: working hard != working long hours. We have other levers to control for eng org output, and much more importantly, impact.

Nico Halecky @nehalecky.bsky.social · Aug 14

Beautiful commuter — ❤️ Brooks!

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Charlie Marsh @crmarsh.com · Aug 13

astral.sh/blog/introdu...

pyx: a Python-native package registry, now in Beta

pyx is a Python-native package registry from the creators of uv.

astral.sh

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · Aug 12

My oped in the NYT today, as we mark the 80th anniversary of the Manhattan Project and the end of the World War II, Trump is undoing the model of innovation that powered US prosperity ever since. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o... www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Squandering the Greatest Gift of the Manhattan Project

www.nytimes.com

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avi bagla @avibagla.com · Aug 6

Can Bluesky say every word in the dictionary?
I dunno but I plan to find out!

I made a website that tracks every single word said on bluesky (as of yesterday).

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · Aug 7

The f*cked part is that this is a totally rational thing to do in an autocracy. Businesses know His Royal Majesty can make doing business inordinately difficult, so they lavish him with gifts and praise his greatness and etc etc

I passionately hate that we're here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 6

Tim Cook pathetically kisses Trump's ass by pretending him with a "24 karat gold" gift

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · Aug 2

PBS was for everyone

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · Nov 4

Here's Philly rap legend Freeway canvassing with LeVar Burton singing the Reading Rainbow theme. You can see how much it touched Burton.

National media loves to hate Philly because of the Eagles fans from the Northeast, but fuck all that noise Philly is the best.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 1

if i were a pro-trump financial type i might view the destruction of reliable government data with the kind of anger and apprehension that might lead me to reevaluate my politics, but then if i’m a financial guy throwing my weight behind strongman rule, i’m already too stupid to breathe

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · Jul 26

I swear to fucking god knock this dumb bullshit off and stand against fascism and offer some actual solutions to make peoples lives better or get the hell out of the way for people who will.

Just painfully embarassing and infuriating.

CNN @cnn.com · Jul 26

Politicians working out in public is a bipartisan custom. But Democrats are increasingly posting weightlifting content in hopes of reaching male voters in the so-called “manosphere” that Trump mastered during his campaign.

Democrats are posting weightlifting videos to give their midterm campaigns a lift | CNN Politics

Democrats running in the midterms are pumping out content of themselves pumping iron.

www.cnn.com

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · Jul 21

We are six months into the second Trump administration and the scale and severity of its assault on our nation's science and democracy has been unrelenting.

Today, @ucs.org releases a detailed assessment of the damage so far and where we go from here: www.ucs.org/resources/sc... #ProtectScience

Science and Democracy Under Siege

Documenting Six Months of the Trump Administration’s Destructive Actions

www.ucs.org

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 20

Sadly the people who most need to watch this whole thing won’t. But we sure will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-W...

(Mehdi is not the one you want to bring the weak sauce to)

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · Jul 21

US scientists describe the effects of Trump's cuts.

“If you cut the funding to the people who are doing the work right now, you don’t know what they would have innovated in 10 years or 15 years or 32 years like Rosalind Yalow. We don’t know what we’re losing.”
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘A disaster for all of us’: US scientists describe impact of Trump cuts

President’s assault on science –particularly climate science – has led to unprecedented funding cuts and staff layoffs

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Jul 17

Yesterday, Maurene Comey, who prosecuted the Epstein case, was summarily fired from SDNY. Her letter to colleagues pulls no punches. "Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought."

h/t @msnbc.com

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Nico Halecky @nehalecky.bsky.social · Jul 8

The fascists seek versification of art and entertainment to create a populace with no north, reduced to soundbite ad-hominem attacks divorced from reality. AI/social media/TikTok are our versificators. h/t @simonwillison.net for reminding us of Orwell's prescience 🙌 simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/6/n...

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · Jul 8

Superman has been firmly anti-shitbird for a long time.

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Stoic @stoic1.bsky.social · Jul 7

“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
-John Muir

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