John Whitley
@johnwhitley.bsky.social
Ahh, the Evernote Effect rears its ugly head again
This smells like lack of product management focus at best, desperation at worst.
The OpenAI Codex Micro is corny, expensive, and the opposite of everything I love about custom keyboards. aftermath.site/openai-codex-m...
July 23, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Ahh, the Evernote Effect rears its ugly head again
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Free The Icons: https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/06/26/free-the-icons/
With last year’s release of MacOS 26 (Tahoe), Apple made a mess of app icons. In the first betas of MacOS 27 (Golden Gate), however, there are signs of a turnaround. We’re urging Apple to continue making improvements, by r...
With last year’s release of MacOS 26 (Tahoe), Apple made a mess of app icons. In the first betas of MacOS 27 (Golden Gate), however, there are signs of a turnaround. We’re urging Apple to continue making improvements, by r...
June 26, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Free The Icons: https://weblog.rogueamoeba.com/2026/06/26/free-the-icons/
With last year’s release of MacOS 26 (Tahoe), Apple made a mess of app icons. In the first betas of MacOS 27 (Golden Gate), however, there are signs of a turnaround. We’re urging Apple to continue making improvements, by r...
With last year’s release of MacOS 26 (Tahoe), Apple made a mess of app icons. In the first betas of MacOS 27 (Golden Gate), however, there are signs of a turnaround. We’re urging Apple to continue making improvements, by r...
And hey! It's open for pre-order /right now/! Click through to the link below for quick links to your fave ebook seller.
The Paladin Trilogy Returns on August 11th in the ebook format of your choice! Faith, found family, sarcasm&swordfights, a superheroic origin story in a fantasy setting, and people being utterly changed by contact with the divine.
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Ordination
<p><b>A jaded knight is chosen to be a champion for peace in this epic fantasy adventure trilogy opener from the author of </b><i><b>The Warden </b></i><b>and the Jack Dixon series.</b></p><p><b>“Ford
openroadmedia.com
June 20, 2026 at 6:59 PM
And hey! It's open for pre-order /right now/! Click through to the link below for quick links to your fave ebook seller.
This applies 100% to software development just as much as the legal work cited in the quoted thread. We're gonna be eating our seed corn for quite some time, I think.
Also, "this tech kills the market for entry level jobs but doesn't make the need for people who were trained through the entry level jobs go away" is a clusterfuck for the industry.
April 20, 2026 at 7:51 PM
This applies 100% to software development just as much as the legal work cited in the quoted thread. We're gonna be eating our seed corn for quite some time, I think.
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
March 25, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy
tfw the best episode produces the best answer:
The Inner Bitch
The Inner Bitch
i need a laugh today:
take a star trek episode and replace one word in the title with “bitch” (or “bitches”). what do you
come up with?
take a star trek episode and replace one word in the title with “bitch” (or “bitches”). what do you
come up with?
March 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
tfw the best episode produces the best answer:
The Inner Bitch
The Inner Bitch
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I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
this is just (barely) repressed trauma after the last apartment’s CO detector screamed false alarms every one out of three nights, while the landlord just kept saying “what CO detector?”
Man Just Going To Assume Apartment Has Functional Carbon Monoxide Detector Somewhere https://theonion.com/man-just-going-to-assume-apartment-has-functional-carbo-1819575839/
November 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
this is just (barely) repressed trauma after the last apartment’s CO detector screamed false alarms every one out of three nights, while the landlord just kept saying “what CO detector?”
My favorite doctor and companion
August 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
My favorite doctor and companion
No lies detected. Bennet's weaving together of fantasy, mystery, and *great* characters are pure delight. Just. Go. Read. It.
Is Robert Jackson Bennett's A Drop of Corruption JUST AS GOOD as The Tainted Cup?? Of course it is. Of course it is. Read @mcflycahill90.bsky.social's review of book two in this dark, Lovecraftian world:
reactormag.com/book-review-...
reactormag.com/book-review-...
The Mystery Keeps Unfolding in Robert Jackson Bennett's A Drop of Corruption - Reactor
Both a compelling murder mystery and an engaging fantasy story, the new Ana & Din novel is a resounding success of a sequel.
reactormag.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
No lies detected. Bennet's weaving together of fantasy, mystery, and *great* characters are pure delight. Just. Go. Read. It.
What is this b***s***?!? THIS MILK IS TERRIBLE
Kitten learning to drink water, but seems unsure about the whole ordeal
July 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
What is this b***s***?!? THIS MILK IS TERRIBLE
Founders: 996! Work! Schedule!
also Founders: I'm too stupid to read or understand Tom Demarco's classic book _Slack_.
also Founders: I'm too stupid to read or understand Tom Demarco's classic book _Slack_.
The"996" work schedule was so unpopular in China, it led to protests and comparisons to modern day slavery... so, of course, Silicon Valley founders are now pushing it in the US: www.wired.com/story/silico...
Silicon Valley AI Startups Are Embracing China’s Controversial ‘996’ Work Schedule
In an industry once known for cushy perks, some founders are now asking staff to commit to a 72-hour weekly schedule. You’re either in or you’re out.
www.wired.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Founders: 996! Work! Schedule!
also Founders: I'm too stupid to read or understand Tom Demarco's classic book _Slack_.
also Founders: I'm too stupid to read or understand Tom Demarco's classic book _Slack_.
Just started this, and wow: Book Threat Level Maximum – Cannot Put It Down
I already said this in my newsletter, but I honestly can't say it enough--I recently read The Nightbird's Feather by Jenna Katerin Moran and it was fucking awesome and you should read it
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
The Night-Bird's Feather ebook by Jenna Katerin Moran - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The Night-Bird's Feather" by Jenna Katerin Moran available from Rakuten Kobo. Death’s daughter steals a girl’s self-hate to decorate her garden. An accidental bond of fate forms between them—acr...
www.kobo.com
July 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Just started this, and wow: Book Threat Level Maximum – Cannot Put It Down
This is a really informative thread, providing helpful context around this recent SCOTUS decision.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called yesterday's decision about nationwide injunctions "an existential threat to the rule of law."
She's mistaken.
My latest in @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
She's mistaken.
My latest in @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Supreme Court Put Nationwide Injunctions to the Torch
That isn’t the disaster for birthright citizenship that some fear.
www.theatlantic.com
June 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is a really informative thread, providing helpful context around this recent SCOTUS decision.
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If you see this post an image you saved because it made you laugh
June 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
If you see this post an image you saved because it made you laugh
"despite" is working hard today, which is apparently Opposite Day
President Trump nominated Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel, a government agency that enforces ethics law and protects whistleblowers, despite Ingrassia's links to extremists.
Trump nominates official with ties to antisemitic extremists to lead ethics agency
President Trump nominated Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel, a government agency that enforces ethics law and protects whistleblowers, despite Ingrassia's links to extremists.
n.pr
May 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"despite" is working hard today, which is apparently Opposite Day
I mean, c’mon.. Redmond is The Gateway to Fall City. What more could you ask for?
Redmond Finally Relevant Enough to Be In Needling Headline: tinyurl.com/2cpkf9nf
May 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I mean, c’mon.. Redmond is The Gateway to Fall City. What more could you ask for?
After our own travels in Japan, can confirm: we live like animals here
After the shortages of early 2020, we immunized ourselves against toilet paper shortages by installing bidet seats on every toilet in the house. And let me tell you, once you get used to a heated Toto Washlet, using a toilet without one feels primitive, like you're in some rough-hewn medieval privy.
April 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
After our own travels in Japan, can confirm: we live like animals here
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ADVOCATE, Book 3 of THE WARDEN is out in 2 weeks! Preorders are love. bookshop.org/p/books/advo...
Advocate: Book Three of The Warden Series
Book Three of The Warden Series
bookshop.org
April 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
ADVOCATE, Book 3 of THE WARDEN is out in 2 weeks! Preorders are love. bookshop.org/p/books/advo...
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this amazing essay about her recovery, slowing down, being vulnerable in our work-worship society (+ the healing power of birds)! I can't recommend this enough, especially for those who can't relax/ have productivity guilt. A thoughtful & beautifully written essay
www.late-review.com/p/the-hairsh...
www.late-review.com/p/the-hairsh...
the hairshirt doldrums
on having a brain injury
www.late-review.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
this amazing essay about her recovery, slowing down, being vulnerable in our work-worship society (+ the healing power of birds)! I can't recommend this enough, especially for those who can't relax/ have productivity guilt. A thoughtful & beautifully written essay
www.late-review.com/p/the-hairsh...
www.late-review.com/p/the-hairsh...
And really, who among us /doesn't/ need a Department of Opposition patch these days?
Also dang, we're already so close to the $175k goal, where everybody gets a new Dept. of Opposition patch!
March 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
And really, who among us /doesn't/ need a Department of Opposition patch these days?
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Post your favorite #DoctorWho. Wrong answers only.
January 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Post your favorite #DoctorWho. Wrong answers only.
And what even is going on with *all music streaming sites* being on this monitoring list?
New: we've obtained a leaked list of the more than 200 sites, services, apps an ICE surveillance contractor monitors. Bluesky, OnlyFans, many more. Used to track targets. Highly relevant with the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil by ICE. We've published the full list here: www.404media.co/the-200-site...
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring
404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it an...
www.404media.co
March 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
And what even is going on with *all music streaming sites* being on this monitoring list?
Perfect, just perfect.
Raccoon Mortified to Learn He Took Date to Rummage Through Cybertruck Instead of Dumpster: bit.ly/4knNqrM
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Perfect, just perfect.
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.