Michael Ekstrand
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Michael Ekstrand
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Info sci prof @ Drexel, trying to keep the machines (esp. RecSys & IR) from learning bigotry and discrimination. ADHDS9. Usually self-propelled. Opinions those of the Vulcan Science Academy. 🐰x2.
🏡 https://md.ekstrandom.net
🧪 https://inertial.science
that “debate me!” concluding sentence is also something.
January 12, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Reposted by Michael Ekstrand
Not exactly the same, but related: a FAccT research community starter pack:
go.bsky.app/EQF5Ne1
January 12, 2026 at 1:07 AM
I think those were the ones where, once I figured them out, I was annoyed when I only encountered one.

(Confusion arrows / sling ammo and let them eat each other was my main tactic for them.)
January 11, 2026 at 1:49 AM
IMO this is something Fish got right: prompt customization is just a function that prints the prompt, not a variable using a bespoke prompt configuration language.
January 9, 2026 at 3:50 AM
nothing, at least if you want a simple prompt.

i used to hack some interesting goodies into my own custom zsh prompt, and with spaceship i get more + better goodies without the time needed to build them myself. also the async thing is pretty cool.
January 9, 2026 at 3:49 AM
i also like ghostty a lot (if for no other reason: single, simple config file i can check in to chezmoi), but use spaceship.
January 8, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Reposted by Michael Ekstrand
Renee Nicole Good's murder by federal agents is the only homicide in Minneapolis this year.

www.minneapolismn.gov/government/g...
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
I’ve seen that phrase before, and think @jessegrosjean.bsky.social has the right idea: a thing that purports to be a bicycle for the mind should be a simple, predictable, focused tool. bikeguide.hogbaysoftware.com
Bike
Structured Focused Writing
bikeguide.hogbaysoftware.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:18 AM