Patrick Campbell
@pwilldotorg.bsky.social
I used to believe a lot of irrational things, but I’ve been trying to cut down.
Pinned
Me: You can't block the bedroom door from the inside, I might need to get in here in a hurry.
4yo: why would you need to get in here in a hurry?
Me: I don't know yet, but you guys are innovators.
#dadlife
4yo: why would you need to get in here in a hurry?
Me: I don't know yet, but you guys are innovators.
#dadlife
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say what you like about Saruman but at least he was a YIMBY
January 26, 2026 at 10:27 PM
say what you like about Saruman but at least he was a YIMBY
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I love the charization of amos is just what if samwise gamgee was also a murder hobo but importantly also samwise gamgee
every friend group got that one guy that protects the moral integrity of the botanist from murdering someone with a ‘you’re not that guy’, before telling the mad scientist experimenting on children with the protomolecule ‘i am that guy’
January 22, 2026 at 11:23 AM
I love the charization of amos is just what if samwise gamgee was also a murder hobo but importantly also samwise gamgee
If we don’t build the future ourselves, we’ll have to buy it from China.
Energy experts say the US and China are diverging on the energy transition, with China sprinting far ahead on renewables and EVs, while the US doubles down on drilling oil at home and abroad. https://cnn.it/3LzfP1u
January 9, 2026 at 12:16 PM
If we don’t build the future ourselves, we’ll have to buy it from China.
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Tariffs hitting that snowpack hard.
$MTN Vail Resorts season-to-date snowfall
Season-to-date snowfall is currently down -46% Y/Y
Season-to-date snowfall is currently down -46% Y/Y
December 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Tariffs hitting that snowpack hard.
On the edge of my seat waiting for the twist ending. Is there a 6th room?!
scouring pictures of last year's gathering for evidence of 12 chairs
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
On the edge of my seat waiting for the twist ending. Is there a 6th room?!
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
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The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
Clearly Mark Cuban has done the work to understand our Healthcare system, which is more than I can say for almost every healthcare pundit.
What should be added to the bill for protection:
1. Any cash purchases apply to deductibles
2. Intercompany charges from providers must be at Medicare pricing (end MLR gaming)
3. Drugs must be priced at net during deductible phase
4. Declaration that drug rebates are paid by sickest patients
1. Any cash purchases apply to deductibles
2. Intercompany charges from providers must be at Medicare pricing (end MLR gaming)
3. Drugs must be priced at net during deductible phase
4. Declaration that drug rebates are paid by sickest patients
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Clearly Mark Cuban has done the work to understand our Healthcare system, which is more than I can say for almost every healthcare pundit.
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Remember, insurance carriers pay nothing if the beneficiary can't afford their deductible and avoids care
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Remember, insurance carriers pay nothing if the beneficiary can't afford their deductible and avoids care
This is correct—Emdashes are no more a sign of LLM output than correct grammar.
This idea that emdashes are a sign of bad writing (or LLM-enabled writing) is… so perniciously stupid. Just because you don’t know your tools (keyboard shortcuts, OS substitution, good typography) and your language (English) well enough to properly use emdashes doesn’t mean emdash users are LLMs.
December 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is correct—Emdashes are no more a sign of LLM output than correct grammar.
This makes me sad for everyone who isn’t done having babies.
(*I’m the only Dad who has ever high-five’d our pediatrician when she said it was time for shots. )
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
(*I’m the only Dad who has ever high-five’d our pediatrician when she said it was time for shots. )
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hepatitis B vaccine guidance set to be rolled back for US babies: what the science says
A panel of US vaccine advisers voted to rescind a recommendation that all newborns should receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth.
www.nature.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This makes me sad for everyone who isn’t done having babies.
(*I’m the only Dad who has ever high-five’d our pediatrician when she said it was time for shots. )
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
(*I’m the only Dad who has ever high-five’d our pediatrician when she said it was time for shots. )
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The mechanics are very simple: the growth mandate of these companies, vs the profit structure of gambling as a trade for as far as we've known it (it comes mostly from problem users) means your customer acquisition is by definition trying to create problematic use bsky.app/profile/rory...
Dodgy blokes in the backs of pub who'd break your legs provided better pastoral support of problem gamblers than betting companies
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The mechanics are very simple: the growth mandate of these companies, vs the profit structure of gambling as a trade for as far as we've known it (it comes mostly from problem users) means your customer acquisition is by definition trying to create problematic use bsky.app/profile/rory...
Symbiosis in nature is so beautiful.
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Symbiosis in nature is so beautiful.
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Pluribus is a good show, my only criticism is Carol's character is a little confusing: why doesn't she want to join us? why doesn't she realize it's better this way? message me Carol.
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Pluribus is a good show, my only criticism is Carol's character is a little confusing: why doesn't she want to join us? why doesn't she realize it's better this way? message me Carol.
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Neither Montana nor California have legalized in-app gambling and the fact that those two very different states agree on this should be a signal to everywhere else.
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Neither Montana nor California have legalized in-app gambling and the fact that those two very different states agree on this should be a signal to everywhere else.
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The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
“If the bar ain’t bendin’, you’re just pretendin’,”
olivia reeves now has a 500# back squat. does the bar bend like that when it’s on your back? no it does not
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“If the bar ain’t bendin’, you’re just pretendin’,”
When I was in the car business we talked about “convertible people” “stick shift people” “Jeep people” etc. —People who put up with the inconvenience of their choice 90% of the time for the shining 10% when it’s the best choice.
They’re great. I sold a Mustang convertible in an ice storm to one.
They’re great. I sold a Mustang convertible in an ice storm to one.
November 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
When I was in the car business we talked about “convertible people” “stick shift people” “Jeep people” etc. —People who put up with the inconvenience of their choice 90% of the time for the shining 10% when it’s the best choice.
They’re great. I sold a Mustang convertible in an ice storm to one.
They’re great. I sold a Mustang convertible in an ice storm to one.
I wanted one of these based on the review by @vicmsong.bsky.social. Past tense.
Maybe it’s my industry (SaMD) but failing to plan for “no internet,” is a metaphorical brown m&m. It reveals a lack of attention to detail that makes me question the rest of their safety/security architecture.
Maybe it’s my industry (SaMD) but failing to plan for “no internet,” is a metaphorical brown m&m. It reveals a lack of attention to detail that makes me question the rest of their safety/security architecture.
Eight Sleep owners were shocked to find they could not adjust their beds using the app when AWS was down. The company has now put out an update that uses Bluetooth so beds won't be stuck in an upright position because you were reading in bed whenever there's an AWS outage.
Welcome to the future.
Welcome to the future.
Eight Sleep adds ‘outage mode’ to smart beds after AWS problems left them frozen
Eight Sleep became No Sleep
www.theverge.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I wanted one of these based on the review by @vicmsong.bsky.social. Past tense.
Maybe it’s my industry (SaMD) but failing to plan for “no internet,” is a metaphorical brown m&m. It reveals a lack of attention to detail that makes me question the rest of their safety/security architecture.
Maybe it’s my industry (SaMD) but failing to plan for “no internet,” is a metaphorical brown m&m. It reveals a lack of attention to detail that makes me question the rest of their safety/security architecture.
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New work on school cell phone bans just dropped.
"Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year."
"We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."
"Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year."
"We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."
October 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New work on school cell phone bans just dropped.
"Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year."
"We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."
"Bans...led to a[n] ... increase in student suspensions in the short-term ... but disciplinary actions began to dissipate after the first year."
"We find significant improvements in student test scores in the second year of the ban."
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