Jon Russell
@watchreader.bsky.social
Software developer, but that’s boring so let’s not talk about that. Tell me something interesting and true.
Can we have even one (1) article that mentions that all registering with a party does is limit which primary you can vote in? If you register as a Republican, you can't vote in the Democratic primary. That's it.
Unaffiliated voters can vote in any primary they want, so it's the most popular option.
Unaffiliated voters can vote in any primary they want, so it's the most popular option.
January 6, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Can we have even one (1) article that mentions that all registering with a party does is limit which primary you can vote in? If you register as a Republican, you can't vote in the Democratic primary. That's it.
Unaffiliated voters can vote in any primary they want, so it's the most popular option.
Unaffiliated voters can vote in any primary they want, so it's the most popular option.
I've even had coworkers who have given me crap for knowing who artists are.
them: "It's like the this-is-fine dog from the internet"
Me: "it's by KC Green"
them: "WHOA CHECK OUT MEME LORD OVER HERE"
them: "It's like the this-is-fine dog from the internet"
Me: "it's by KC Green"
them: "WHOA CHECK OUT MEME LORD OVER HERE"
January 5, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I've even had coworkers who have given me crap for knowing who artists are.
them: "It's like the this-is-fine dog from the internet"
Me: "it's by KC Green"
them: "WHOA CHECK OUT MEME LORD OVER HERE"
them: "It's like the this-is-fine dog from the internet"
Me: "it's by KC Green"
them: "WHOA CHECK OUT MEME LORD OVER HERE"
I'm really not sure how this approach is different from any other approach, or why you're assuming that people would "walk away"?
I'm not on medication. Do you need some?
I'm not on medication. Do you need some?
January 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I'm really not sure how this approach is different from any other approach, or why you're assuming that people would "walk away"?
I'm not on medication. Do you need some?
I'm not on medication. Do you need some?
He put me on several blocklists too. As it turns out, with him suspended, those block lists aren’t active any more? There were a few accounts I hear good things from from time to time that I couldn’t see but can now.
January 5, 2026 at 5:26 AM
He put me on several blocklists too. As it turns out, with him suspended, those block lists aren’t active any more? There were a few accounts I hear good things from from time to time that I couldn’t see but can now.
If it hurt more then people wouldn’t take it.
January 5, 2026 at 2:20 AM
If it hurt more then people wouldn’t take it.
What on earth are you talking about?
January 5, 2026 at 2:11 AM
What on earth are you talking about?
…their kids were helped. Man, that sucks!
January 5, 2026 at 12:51 AM
…their kids were helped. Man, that sucks!
(Also I’d be devastated. I’m so sorry)
January 3, 2026 at 1:23 AM
(Also I’d be devastated. I’m so sorry)
Sometimes I think to myself that I don’t need to pay for apples iCloud backup stuff. Then I hear stuff like this.
January 3, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Sometimes I think to myself that I don’t need to pay for apples iCloud backup stuff. Then I hear stuff like this.
“What, is this some kind of long joke to you?”
-Your haters, if you had ‘em
-Your haters, if you had ‘em
January 2, 2026 at 5:10 AM
“What, is this some kind of long joke to you?”
-Your haters, if you had ‘em
-Your haters, if you had ‘em
I might take a day to write something, and then 3 days defending it and getting feedback. Then another day revising. Cutting the writing and revising down to half a day each doesn’t really do anything.
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I might take a day to write something, and then 3 days defending it and getting feedback. Then another day revising. Cutting the writing and revising down to half a day each doesn’t really do anything.
Right, but that can’t really be helped much with an llm? Like most of the time in my own writing isn’t producing the code, it’s collaborating with peers on what it should look like (is it better THIS way or THAT way?). That’s how we know what what “right quality work” is.
December 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Right, but that can’t really be helped much with an llm? Like most of the time in my own writing isn’t producing the code, it’s collaborating with peers on what it should look like (is it better THIS way or THAT way?). That’s how we know what what “right quality work” is.
I think it’s a pretty widespread misconception that software development is producing high output quickly.
December 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I think it’s a pretty widespread misconception that software development is producing high output quickly.
It appears his idea of “fredom” is a guy named Fred who yells at people on the internet. I’m not sure it’s good that he wants it for all, and not just the fred subs.
December 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It appears his idea of “fredom” is a guy named Fred who yells at people on the internet. I’m not sure it’s good that he wants it for all, and not just the fred subs.
It was my understanding (and this is limited) that the credits were for rooftop solar, not utility solar (which often uses mirrors to heat water, not panels).
December 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
It was my understanding (and this is limited) that the credits were for rooftop solar, not utility solar (which often uses mirrors to heat water, not panels).
As an engineering bachelor I only used one plate, one glass, and one bowl. Everything in the cabinets are backups for when one of those breaks.
December 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
As an engineering bachelor I only used one plate, one glass, and one bowl. Everything in the cabinets are backups for when one of those breaks.
I exclusively look at my following feed with retweets (but not quote tweets) turned off. Retweets are off because some users abuse it and you can’t turn them off on a per-user basis yet.
December 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I exclusively look at my following feed with retweets (but not quote tweets) turned off. Retweets are off because some users abuse it and you can’t turn them off on a per-user basis yet.
Oh wait, technically it comes with “Samsung TV+”, but if you remove it it installs a nearly identical app called “Samsung TV” that cannot be removed.
December 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Oh wait, technically it comes with “Samsung TV+”, but if you remove it it installs a nearly identical app called “Samsung TV” that cannot be removed.
Our Samsung TV has a “Samsung TV” app that automatically starts. It’s a replacement cable service that plays like, five minutes for free then asks you to pay. It makes everything super slow (response time from remotes is over a second), and can’t be removed.
December 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Our Samsung TV has a “Samsung TV” app that automatically starts. It’s a replacement cable service that plays like, five minutes for free then asks you to pay. It makes everything super slow (response time from remotes is over a second), and can’t be removed.
I don’t have a joke, you’ve just changed my mind on this subject and that makes me slightly uncomfortable.
December 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I don’t have a joke, you’ve just changed my mind on this subject and that makes me slightly uncomfortable.
Glad you brought this classic back. I get it in my head every new years.
December 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Glad you brought this classic back. I get it in my head every new years.
Got an extension chord for an electric trimmer, so I could trim the bushes. It worked great! Until I trimmed the chord.
December 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Got an extension chord for an electric trimmer, so I could trim the bushes. It worked great! Until I trimmed the chord.
Oh god I can sharply picture a disappointed elderly person complaining “But I don’t WANT a device with all the bells and whistles I just want a simple iPod!”
And like, with AI in everything I’m halfway there in joining them.
And like, with AI in everything I’m halfway there in joining them.
December 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Oh god I can sharply picture a disappointed elderly person complaining “But I don’t WANT a device with all the bells and whistles I just want a simple iPod!”
And like, with AI in everything I’m halfway there in joining them.
And like, with AI in everything I’m halfway there in joining them.
But you know what you didn't sit your ass on?
Hence the problem!
Hence the problem!
December 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
But you know what you didn't sit your ass on?
Hence the problem!
Hence the problem!
That might also be true (I don’t follow WS drama. Everything I know about him is against my will) and Cait is also high grade misogyny bait.
December 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
That might also be true (I don’t follow WS drama. Everything I know about him is against my will) and Cait is also high grade misogyny bait.