Notices by Blaise Pabón - controlpl4n3 (blaise@hachyderm.io)

Sometimes I imagine a configuration dial on the structure of our simulated universe, for adjusting the disposition of "credulous 'common-sense' centrists". One extreme of the dial is labeled "Matt Yglesias". The other, "Jeff Atwood". Imagine the glorious utopia we could have if we could crank that thing all the way to Atwood

Today, I've unvendored the half-finished version of https://dbxs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ and made it a dependency.

You are welcome to review other bits of the code as they interest you, but the main "approve" stamp I'm looking for before I land & release this is someone to read the documentation and say "yes, this basically makes sense". Extra bonus points if you actually follow the tutorial.

3. You should also really consider a pop filter, because if you're addressing the microphone correctly (i.e. it's right up in your grill) sibilants and plosives are gonna be reaaal harsh. These are even MORE affordable, literally just a few dollars, e.g. https://amzn.to/4vHCHwR

Folks, I say this with love, because it has been an issue for several media personalities whose work I really enjoy and appreciate:

An audience can forgive scuffed video but you really, really need to get your audio situation sorted out if you want people to keep watching & listening.

Want to learn from the #classics?

I built @askthecanon:

Ask a life question -> get timeless wisdom 💡 😍

#til the leatherback #turtle has a peculiar anatomy for #reptiles and a global range, including the Arctic.

https://youtu.be/8rWk7Z7q32Y

I always thought they were tropical because they lay their eggs in #puertorico (we call them tinglar )

I don't like algebra anymore.

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We’re excited to announce our endorsement of Abdul El-Sayed!

Abdul is the leader this moment demands. As a physician, public health leader, and lifelong Michigander, he has dedicated his career to improving working people’s lives.

Here is a true story about modern appliances: they don't actually break down very often at all. More often, some operating tolerance is exceeded and an internal fuse pops.

If you have a voltage pen - $20 at a hardware store- and a screwdriver you can usually:

- Unplug thing
- Disassemble it
- Plug it back in and
- with the voltage pen find the place with current on one side of it and not the other.

Then, unplug it again, pull that part and look up its tiny part number.

Fuses are cheap.

It may not look like it, but that's exactly what I do now -- just with organizational behavior and change management, not software.

Examine facts, develop theories, test them, fail, iterate, learn, document findings, teach, learn, rinse, repeat...

By stripping those protections, the MAGA SCOTUS is dismantling the checks and balances it is supposed to uphold.

The carveout for the Federal Reserve only shows how grossly political this decision is. Apparently independence only matters when financial markets are at stake, but not when agencies are protecting consumers, workers, or the public from corporate abuse.

It is shocking, but sadly not surprising.

Good night all you fans of #complexity
Here's a little gift
https://youtu.be/XL_lOoomRTA
(Donella Meadows on system dynamics 1977)

They're not doing it to be pedantic.

They're doing it because they've already been burned by the alternative: a pile of brittle code nobody dares to touch in production.

🧵1/2 Social media is helping rare books find new audiences. 📚📱

Book historian Allie Alvis shares historic books & special collections online, showing how platforms can spark curiosity, encourage learning, and connect more people with the history preserved in libraries & archives.

📚 Read the interview with Alvis in VANISHING CULTURE from the Internet Archive ⤵️
https://archive.org/details/vanishing-culture-2026/page/68/

here's my life advice

The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.

Help protect your neighbors by making sure businesses and other workplaces in your community are ready for ICE.

But! He pair programmed his way out of it thanks to the compiler:

Jochen:

> "Those 78 errors were my path of what I needed to fix to get to the results. You change something up the chain and 78 reduces to 50, and so on down the line. It is your implementation guide."

AI is useful, but you need real *friction* to really learn and avoid deskilling.

If you want a genuine challenge that forces you to level up, building a complete project in Rust as a Pythonista is one of the best ways to stay sharp and future-proof your career. 🚀

→ Human feedback isn’t just oversight, it becomes data. Every approve, reject, or edit creates examples that improve prompts, evaluations, and future iterations.

#til that https://rossabaker.com/ has a lot of #emacs resources for normal people like me.
Thank you @sacha