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@odwska1s.bsky.social

Yep
Off therails

June 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM

Richard Heald

@ricozola.bsky.social

After a busy day at work #soundtracktime is starting with an uncut cd from 2014 #davealvin
#philalvin #thefelicebrothers #strandofoaks #wovenhand #sambrookes #theantlers #caradillon #therails #sturgillsimpson #sharonvanetten

August 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM

pureschmaltz.bsky.social

@pureschmaltz.bsky.social

Unscrolling: TheRails

Find the rest of this Story on my PureSchmaltz Blog: www.projectcommunity.com/PureSchmaltz...

Or, find it in my PureSchmaltz Substack Library: davidschmaltz.substack.com/p/unscrollin...

This Unscrolling Story finds me wondering how I might tell if my technology might be going off TheRails on me.

Unscrolling: TheRails

"It was never my intention to become a tester for Unscrolling technology."

It might be true that all technology comes to market before either the technology or the markets are truly ready. Without some experience, limits cannot be knowledgeably drawn. Without a few failures, edges aren’t obvious. The early adopters take much of the brunt, buffered by a blythe ignorance that they’re exposing themselves to experiences nobody could have possibly imagined. The more complex the context, the more this principle seems to hold. Boeing can’t seem to release an airplane that reliably flies the first few times. I long ago resigned myself to duck and cover whenever a new release was announced, for it has become certain that even “necessary security and reliability” updates will inevitably end up degrading some functions. We seem to have achieved levels of complexity that render us incapable of properly testing anything before releasing it on a justifiably wary and suspecting public.

The landmark social media case in LA got around to the plaintiff’s testimony this week. ...

February 28, 2026 at 4:18 PM

Liz deBeer

@lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social

Lots of crazy in the news today. Take a break & read a story. Here's one I like: pleaseseeme.com/issue-15-har... #story

Riding theRails-Anne Anthony-Fiction-PSM15 – PLEASE SEE ME

pleaseseeme.com

January 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM

Lee

@5newmanl.bsky.social

Hillary Clinton Destroys Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebertat Epstein Hearing.Hillary Clinton lost iton MAGA lawmakers Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert asthe former first lady’s Epstein deposition went off therails.

Clinton’s deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday wasreleased onYouTube

March 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM