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waffle night!

waffle night!
Werd I/O
• Ben Werdmuller
Joint Subreddit Statement: The Attack on U.S. Research Infrastructure

Model train at the Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum. I visited the museum today, nearly perfectly timed. Tomorrow is the 125th anniversary of Casey’s death. Seeing the sign for the museum on the drive east last week, went down a deep rabbit hole of Dumbo, Disney, and Casey Jones history. 🚂

The New Yorker: The End of Children. This essay was from earlier in the year. There are some stories in it that are a little stunning to me. I knew about South Korea already, but I did not know that the average number of children in the United States had dropped recently. Not yet a crisis, maybe.
Fact-checking is a ChatGPT use-case for reporters. Feed a draft of your story into ChatGPT and ask if it spots any factual errors. There may be some false positives, so you can ask another AI chatbot, or investigate yourself elsewhere. And it may miss some. But it couldn't hurt and it might save your ass.
Remedy Coffee in Knoxville.

Well that's random... the buttons on the LCD monitor controller line up perfectly with the ports from the iMac case... I think I can 3D print a mount that turns the ports into the monitor buttons!

Well that's random... the buttons on the LCD monitor controller line up perfectly with the ports from the iMac case... I think I can 3D print a mount that turns the ports into the monitor buttons!
Summery Vibes
Upgrading another server today! Also a few little code optimizations.
New podcast: Building a billionaire's network.
New howto: Editing subscription lists. I'm doing a project with a friend who hasn't used FeedLand. I want him to maintain a subscription list which will then be the source for a Bluesky account. Any time the OPML changes, of course, the channel adjusts, so they have full power to add and remove feeds. "Just enough FeedLand."
What we talk about when we talk about AI — Careful Industries
careful.industries/blog/2025-4-what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-ai
Technically, AI is a field of computer science that uses advanced methods of computing.
Socially, AI is a set of extractive tools used to concentrate power and wealth.
Bias in Design Systems - bencallahan.com
Thoughtful analysis from Ben (as always).
UX London flash sale
In exactly six weeks time, UX London is happening!
I am ridiculously excited about this year’s line-up—I can’t wait to see the talks and get hands-on in the workshops.
If you haven’t yet got your ticket, now is the time. There’s a flash sale this week: use the discount code FLASH20 to get a whopping 20% of any ticket. Do it before the end of Friday!
Whether you’re coming for all three days or choosing one focused day, you’re in for a treat.
- Day one on Tuesday, 10 June is discovery day.
- Day two on Wednesday, 11 June is design day.
- Day three on Thursday, 12 June is deliver day.
Head on over to the website to get all the details and then get your discounted ticket.
See you there!
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee is extremely strange. Should’ve done more research before stopping here. Feels like Vegas but more spread out and no gambling, I guess? Also the Great Smokey Mountains are nearby.
Monday session

Monday session