The Texas Observer
• Michelle Pitcher
Clinton Young stepped out of the Midland County Jail, the way station between his previous address for the last 18 years and the free world, on the afternoon of January 20, 2022. He’d been anxious all day, sitting in the cell block with an ankle monitor already affixed to his leg, awaiting release on bond. […]
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Not gonna lie, I’m close to dropping $200 to try OpenAI’s Codex. But I don’t think most of my code is well suited to it. Not enough automated tests! It figures that would come back to bite me.
I mostly use AI as a machine that can generate unlimited example code. I learn best from editing examples.
Working on server memory usage, discovered a massive leak of Redis keys we use to rate-limit clients hammering the server. Hope I can reclaim tons of memory by fixing it.
McSweeney’s
• Audrey Burges
Open Channels FM Podcast Network
• Bob Dunn
Website changelogs, often overlooked, document progress and small victories. They provide transparency, spark creativity, and offer audiences insight into a site's evolution—important for all creators, not just techies.
The Daily
• The New York Times
Building ActivityPub
• Ghost
and a first step toward self-hosting the social web
omny.fm/shows/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/trump-threatens-supreme-court-justices-5-19-25
Joe Biden has lived an extraordinary life — lots of success and plenty of heartbreak too. This cancer diagnosis is the latest challenge. It just feels particularly unfair to happen while a man who mocked Joe’s family and worse is still in office.
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Not much to write, so impressed by the way the Knicks got past the Celtics. I don't know any Celtics fans, but I imagine there are some subscribers who are. Hard to imagine how hard the last series hit you all. I don't have anything against the Celtics these days although Paul Pierce is an asshole, and I hope you all know that. Just watched the OKC win over Denver. All around an incredible group in the final four, very diverse and inclusive. And btw now that I think of it, Jaylen Brown was grabbing Knicks players by the balls. I hope you all come to terms with that. We do love Kristaps in New York, a true gentleman. Maybe he and Giannis can come play for the Nets. We may have room for another great team in NY.
Does Joe Rogan know about what's happening with Medicaid?
Westenberg.
• Joan Westenberg
We were promised freedom. And we got it. The freedom to scroll endlessly. To share anything. To curate, to filter, to block, to ghost. The freedom to express ourselves in high definition, 4K, live, all the time. The modern soul is on display—but no longer rooted.
Loneliness, we&
Big Thicket National Preserve.
The Daily
• The New York Times
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
Little, unknown companies with silly names can sell to enterprises who have already spent millions.
Eurovision is always a fun stress test for the fediverse. Across #esc, #Eurovision, #esc25, and #esc2025, over 15K posts have been been made today. For comparison, 863 posts have been made in another trending hashtag, #Caturday.
