Michael Bell
@nexion.bsky.social
http://www.michaelneilbell.com/
Geek stuff, politics.
"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."
Geek stuff, politics.
"When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all."
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Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo is taking charge of one of the internet’s most important — and most complicated — companies.
buff.ly
December 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Hegseth trying to be Patton flopped harder than DeSantis’s presidential campaign and the last season of “Game of Thrones” combined.
October 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Hegseth trying to be Patton flopped harder than DeSantis’s presidential campaign and the last season of “Game of Thrones” combined.
The soundtrack to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has no business being this good.
June 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The soundtrack to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has no business being this good.
June 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Rapper Bun B’s viral burger chain is growing again, with a fourth Trill Burgers location planned west of the Galleria.
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/rea...
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/rea...
March 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Rapper Bun B’s viral burger chain is growing again, with a fourth Trill Burgers location planned west of the Galleria.
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/rea...
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/rea...
I've had a twitter account since they came on the scene at sxsw in 2007 and were the "darlings" of the tech world. I kept it after Elon turned it into 4chan, to see what happened and for different perspectives. Deleting my 18yr old account today after tolerating the sesspool of bigotry and ignorance
March 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I've had a twitter account since they came on the scene at sxsw in 2007 and were the "darlings" of the tech world. I kept it after Elon turned it into 4chan, to see what happened and for different perspectives. Deleting my 18yr old account today after tolerating the sesspool of bigotry and ignorance
"Nothing worse than a monster who thinks he's right with God"
-Captain Malcom Reynolds
-Captain Malcom Reynolds
February 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
"Nothing worse than a monster who thinks he's right with God"
-Captain Malcom Reynolds
-Captain Malcom Reynolds
"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."
-James Baldwin
-James Baldwin
February 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."
-James Baldwin
-James Baldwin
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I've got to say, the guy who accidentally became the Director of the FBI does 100% look like the guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI in a mid-2000s comedy about a guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI
February 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I've got to say, the guy who accidentally became the Director of the FBI does 100% look like the guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI in a mid-2000s comedy about a guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI
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Reposted by Michael Bell
Also, from @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social, the GOP is trying desperately to outlaw your spam filter with an absolutely nonsensical reading of a 19th century law about the mail.
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/06/s...
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/06/s...
Spam Emails, Spam Lawsuit: The GOP Tries To Break Gmail By Court Order
In 1872 California enacted a law declaring that “every one who offers to the public to carry persons, property, or messages, excepting only telegraphic messages, is a common carrier of whatever he …
www.techdirt.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Also, from @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social, the GOP is trying desperately to outlaw your spam filter with an absolutely nonsensical reading of a 19th century law about the mail.
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/06/s...
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/06/s...
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I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity."
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account that...
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity."
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
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Microsoft Teams is getting a Facebook-like feed and follow button. Microsoft has started testing this internally, and it lets you share announcements with colleagues. I dig into Microsoft Teams' Storyline feature in Notepad today, live for subscribers 👇 www.theverge.com/notepad-micr...
Microsoft Teams is getting a Facebook-like feed and follow button
Get ready to follow your colleagues
www.theverge.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Microsoft Teams is getting a Facebook-like feed and follow button. Microsoft has started testing this internally, and it lets you share announcements with colleagues. I dig into Microsoft Teams' Storyline feature in Notepad today, live for subscribers 👇 www.theverge.com/notepad-micr...
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There's USAID YouTube channels with hundreds/thousands of videos going back 12 years
February 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
There's USAID YouTube channels with hundreds/thousands of videos going back 12 years
One of my favorite books, and the one that coined the term cyber-space! I'm SFR.
nerdist.com/article/cybe...
nerdist.com/article/cybe...
Cyberpunk Classic NEUROMANCER Apple TV+ Series Casts Mark Strong as Armitage
William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk science fiction novel Neuromancer will soon become a streaming series for Apple TV+.
nerdist.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
One of my favorite books, and the one that coined the term cyber-space! I'm SFR.
nerdist.com/article/cybe...
nerdist.com/article/cybe...
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the ultimate doom, quit prompt, macintosh (1995) www.mobygames.com/game/707/the...
January 29, 2025 at 4:11 AM
the ultimate doom, quit prompt, macintosh (1995) www.mobygames.com/game/707/the...
I'm moving lofts today. The first user to message me from my Plex server about it being down gets deleted. Just sayin.
January 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I'm moving lofts today. The first user to message me from my Plex server about it being down gets deleted. Just sayin.
It's weird that the same people who want to abolish the separation of church and state are so up in arms about a bishop asking for mercy, essential tenant of Christ's message.
January 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It's weird that the same people who want to abolish the separation of church and state are so up in arms about a bishop asking for mercy, essential tenant of Christ's message.
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here we go again. Oracle and Microsoft are reportedly in talks to take over TikTok. TikTok owner ByteDance is still one of Microsoft’s biggest Azure AI customers www.theverge.com/2025/1/25/24...
Oracle and Microsoft are reportedly in talks to take over TikTok
TikTok has less than 75 days to make a deal.
www.theverge.com
January 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
here we go again. Oracle and Microsoft are reportedly in talks to take over TikTok. TikTok owner ByteDance is still one of Microsoft’s biggest Azure AI customers www.theverge.com/2025/1/25/24...
The Apple Mac turns 41 today. That is all.
January 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Apple Mac turns 41 today. That is all.