Bennett Morrison
@bennettmorrison.bsky.social
I woke the cat laughing so hard at this.
Whether it's middle-class parents giving their kindergarteners Bluey dolls or Larry Ellison giving his son David $40 billion to buy Warner Bros., parents of all economic stripes are splurging on gifts this holiday season.
December 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I woke the cat laughing so hard at this.
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A story I found about Haiti:
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A story I found about Haiti:
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."
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Good morning with good news: Wind & solar generated a record high 45.5% of Chile's electricity in November 2025, up from 37.7% in November 2024!
W&S share nearly tripled, up 184%, since 2018!
11/2025: 45.5%
11/2024: 37.7%
11/2023: 35%
11/2022: 30.4%
11/2020: 21.9%
11/2018: 16%
#energysky
W&S share nearly tripled, up 184%, since 2018!
11/2025: 45.5%
11/2024: 37.7%
11/2023: 35%
11/2022: 30.4%
11/2020: 21.9%
11/2018: 16%
#energysky
December 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Good morning with good news: Wind & solar generated a record high 45.5% of Chile's electricity in November 2025, up from 37.7% in November 2024!
W&S share nearly tripled, up 184%, since 2018!
11/2025: 45.5%
11/2024: 37.7%
11/2023: 35%
11/2022: 30.4%
11/2020: 21.9%
11/2018: 16%
#energysky
W&S share nearly tripled, up 184%, since 2018!
11/2025: 45.5%
11/2024: 37.7%
11/2023: 35%
11/2022: 30.4%
11/2020: 21.9%
11/2018: 16%
#energysky
Another Slack feature idea: Throttling messages for specific people. Like a "cool down" zone where they have posted too many messages in the last hour, and have to wait ten minutes.
Another Slack feature idea: gating messages for certain people to DM. Specifically, have a pop up that makes them confirm that they have read the message that they have just written. They have to write "I have read this, and it makes sense."
Another Slack feature idea: Channel Rules. Merge channels. Spilt channels. Archive the channel after x amount of inactivity.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Another Slack feature idea: Throttling messages for specific people. Like a "cool down" zone where they have posted too many messages in the last hour, and have to wait ten minutes.
Another Slack feature idea: gating messages for certain people to DM. Specifically, have a pop up that makes them confirm that they have read the message that they have just written. They have to write "I have read this, and it makes sense."
Another Slack feature idea: Channel Rules. Merge channels. Spilt channels. Archive the channel after x amount of inactivity.
Slack feature idea: Slack AI reads channels, finds similarities (same people, same topics) and MERGES them.
Slack feature idea: stricter auto archiving. No discussion in a channel for 1 month. Summarize it (somewhere) and auto-archive it.
Slack feature idea: stricter auto archiving. No discussion in a channel for 1 month. Summarize it (somewhere) and auto-archive it.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Another Slack feature idea: gating messages for certain people to DM. Specifically, have a pop up that makes them confirm that they have read the message that they have just written. They have to write "I have read this, and it makes sense."
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NYC's housing paradox:
Build 200k affordable homes ➡️ instantly filled by 200k suburban grads with trust funds.
Build 200k market-rate homes ➡️ people move up, freeing their old apartments. The new supply actually lowers rents for everyone.
The second one is the cheat code.
Build 200k affordable homes ➡️ instantly filled by 200k suburban grads with trust funds.
Build 200k market-rate homes ➡️ people move up, freeing their old apartments. The new supply actually lowers rents for everyone.
The second one is the cheat code.
November 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
NYC's housing paradox:
Build 200k affordable homes ➡️ instantly filled by 200k suburban grads with trust funds.
Build 200k market-rate homes ➡️ people move up, freeing their old apartments. The new supply actually lowers rents for everyone.
The second one is the cheat code.
Build 200k affordable homes ➡️ instantly filled by 200k suburban grads with trust funds.
Build 200k market-rate homes ➡️ people move up, freeing their old apartments. The new supply actually lowers rents for everyone.
The second one is the cheat code.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
America’s Housing Crisis, in One Chart
Via @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
America’s Housing Crisis, in One Chart
Via @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
America’s Housing Crisis, in One Chart
Via @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
America’s Housing Crisis, in One Chart
Via @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
To be clear... those cables are NOT obsolete! I might need them if I purchase a VCR!
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
To be clear... those cables are NOT obsolete! I might need them if I purchase a VCR!
This is so cool.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is so cool.
But my favorite part of the weekend is not the race. That's a close second for me.
What I enjoy most is the towing.
All the cars that were supposed to move at 6pm Sat night that are picked up and carted away. It's a ballet of tow trucks set to the music of alarms and chains.
What I enjoy most is the towing.
All the cars that were supposed to move at 6pm Sat night that are picked up and carted away. It's a ballet of tow trucks set to the music of alarms and chains.
Living on the NY marathon route, I'm amazed how the city goes from routine, to insane footrace with 50,000 participants and thousands of spectators, to routine again in 36-48 hours.
November 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
But my favorite part of the weekend is not the race. That's a close second for me.
What I enjoy most is the towing.
All the cars that were supposed to move at 6pm Sat night that are picked up and carted away. It's a ballet of tow trucks set to the music of alarms and chains.
What I enjoy most is the towing.
All the cars that were supposed to move at 6pm Sat night that are picked up and carted away. It's a ballet of tow trucks set to the music of alarms and chains.
Living on the NY marathon route, I'm amazed how the city goes from routine, to insane footrace with 50,000 participants and thousands of spectators, to routine again in 36-48 hours.
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Living on the NY marathon route, I'm amazed how the city goes from routine, to insane footrace with 50,000 participants and thousands of spectators, to routine again in 36-48 hours.
Kinda still longing for my iPod touch.
1,000 songs in your pocket. 🎶
24 years ago today, Apple launched the iPod.
24 years ago today, Apple launched the iPod.
October 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Kinda still longing for my iPod touch.
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I fucking love libraries.
September 28, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I fucking love libraries.
ALL ABOUT BUSINESS.
September 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
ALL ABOUT BUSINESS.
Trying out Perplexity vs. GPT Agent mode, and Perplexity is blowing it out of the water in terms of speed and thoroughness.
Not. Even. Close.
Not. Even. Close.
September 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Trying out Perplexity vs. GPT Agent mode, and Perplexity is blowing it out of the water in terms of speed and thoroughness.
Not. Even. Close.
Not. Even. Close.
Tonight's cranky thought:
Any software tool that is trying to be the "single source of truth" or a "single pane of glass" is selling a fiction. There are multiple truths. Degrees of truth. Fuzzy logic.
While we want to believe in a "single source of truth," maybe we need to embrace pluralism
Any software tool that is trying to be the "single source of truth" or a "single pane of glass" is selling a fiction. There are multiple truths. Degrees of truth. Fuzzy logic.
While we want to believe in a "single source of truth," maybe we need to embrace pluralism
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Tonight's cranky thought:
Any software tool that is trying to be the "single source of truth" or a "single pane of glass" is selling a fiction. There are multiple truths. Degrees of truth. Fuzzy logic.
While we want to believe in a "single source of truth," maybe we need to embrace pluralism
Any software tool that is trying to be the "single source of truth" or a "single pane of glass" is selling a fiction. There are multiple truths. Degrees of truth. Fuzzy logic.
While we want to believe in a "single source of truth," maybe we need to embrace pluralism
I am watching this on a loop. This is like 200mg of caffeine injected into my veins.
To be fair, consulting teaches you a lot, but this is right: it doesn't teach you how to run a function or a business.
To be fair, consulting teaches you a lot, but this is right: it doesn't teach you how to run a function or a business.
September 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I am watching this on a loop. This is like 200mg of caffeine injected into my veins.
To be fair, consulting teaches you a lot, but this is right: it doesn't teach you how to run a function or a business.
To be fair, consulting teaches you a lot, but this is right: it doesn't teach you how to run a function or a business.
Still one of my favorite points --
What if there are no quick wins?
What if focusing on quick wins stops you from gaining the discipline to get better and win more often?
What if focusing on quick wins stops you from gaining the discipline to get better and win more often?
September 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Still one of my favorite points --
Another Slack feature idea: Channel Rules. Merge channels. Spilt channels. Archive the channel after x amount of inactivity.
Slack feature idea: Slack AI reads channels, finds similarities (same people, same topics) and MERGES them.
Slack feature idea: stricter auto archiving. No discussion in a channel for 1 month. Summarize it (somewhere) and auto-archive it.
Slack feature idea: stricter auto archiving. No discussion in a channel for 1 month. Summarize it (somewhere) and auto-archive it.
September 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Another Slack feature idea: Channel Rules. Merge channels. Spilt channels. Archive the channel after x amount of inactivity.
Got an email in my inbox that said, "Claude can now create and edit files" and I squealed with glee!
(My officemates were concerned.)
(My officemates were concerned.)
September 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Got an email in my inbox that said, "Claude can now create and edit files" and I squealed with glee!
(My officemates were concerned.)
(My officemates were concerned.)
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Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
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This is honestly fascinating - dissecting vibes into the incredibly concrete - and people should be using it as a discussion starter in writing classes
Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This is honestly fascinating - dissecting vibes into the incredibly concrete - and people should be using it as a discussion starter in writing classes
Just came across this URL while trying to post a job at care.com:
www.care.com/app/upsell/[....
Wow.
Love the inclusion of the word "upsell" in the URL, care.com. Helped me understand what the heck it was.
🤨
www.care.com/app/upsell/[....
Wow.
Love the inclusion of the word "upsell" in the URL, care.com. Helped me understand what the heck it was.
🤨
August 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just came across this URL while trying to post a job at care.com:
www.care.com/app/upsell/[....
Wow.
Love the inclusion of the word "upsell" in the URL, care.com. Helped me understand what the heck it was.
🤨
www.care.com/app/upsell/[....
Wow.
Love the inclusion of the word "upsell" in the URL, care.com. Helped me understand what the heck it was.
🤨
I just heard someone refer to consulting as "confirmation bias as a service," and, yeah, I think that's right.
August 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I just heard someone refer to consulting as "confirmation bias as a service," and, yeah, I think that's right.