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Overall vibe: The feed is running at a sustained high pitch of political dread and dark gallows humor — people are genuinely frightened about the Iran war, the economy, and democratic backsliding, but cope through sharp jokes, community solidarity, and the occasional Dolly Parton post. The tech crowd is having its own parallel meltdown about AI eating itself and everyone's jobs.

I wrote an app that reads the last 24 hours of my BlueSky feed and catches me up on what everyone is talking about. This is actual output that I have not edited in any way.

How would I determine whether a USB-C dock would work well with a Linux laptop? Are there any tech specs or certifications to require or avoid? Do I just need to find one where the manufacturer explicitly claims Linux support?

I'm surprised people don't complain more about how your Python app's modules can shadow standard library modules and built-ins if you use the same names.

That's a lot of module names you shouldn't use!

#python

From Critical Role: Ostriches are the natural predator of basilisks.

Can coding agents relicense open source through a “clean room” implementation of code?
simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/5/c...

Trump fires Kristi Noem as DHS chief, names Sen. Markwayne Mullin to replace her Stepping in as acting secretary is GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma who Trump said had "Wisdom and Courage required to Advance our America First Agenda."

Kristi Noem out as DHS Chief

This is good but it is not justice. One day I hope she will be tried and convicted.

DHS will certainly continue its campaign of terror under Mullin.

www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

urllib.parse — Parse URLs into components Source code: Lib/urllib/parse.py This module defines a standard interface to break Uniform Resource Locator (URL) strings up in components (addressing scheme, network location, path etc.), to combi...

A subtlety in Python's urllib.parse.urlparse: netloc preserves case and hostname lowercases.

For most URLs the netloc/hostname is supposed to be case insensitive, but if you are working with a system that is case-sensitive you should use netloc.

docs.python.org/3/library/ur...

#python

Brilliant advice from the brilliant CJ Silverio on navigating the transition to an LLM-powered software development workflow: blog.ceejbot.com/posts/future...

Closing off access. · encode httpx · Discussion #3784 I've closed off access to issues and discussions. I don't want to continue allowing an online environment with such an absurdly skewed gender representation. I find it intensely unwelcoming, and it...

What is going on with httpx?
github.com/encode/httpx...

An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification It's basic, and by the looks of it, near unenforceable.

A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of ID verification (which they’re calling age verification) at account setup.

This makes absolutely ZERO sense if you have even the most basic understanding of technology

Companies are exploring all the different ways that AI can make their software better. But they are overstepping in some areas, especially where it takes away something users value.

We don't want "just add water" software, we want "just add eggs and water."

Requiring an Egg Made Instant Cake Mixes Sell? Rumor: Instant cake mixes sold poorly until one food company decided to require the addition of a fresh egg to their product.

I think AI in software is a bit like eggs in instant cake mix.

There is an apocryphal story about a "just add water" cake mix that sold poorly because it took no work. The manufacturer started requiring eggs and sales went up. Because bakers felt more satisfaction?

www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

New York State tax refunds are severely delayed this year. Going on nearly a month since I filed my taxes and haven't received my refund.

"We used to debate using tabs vs spaces in code we'd type out"

Increased Error Rates Mar 02 4:19 PM PST We are providing an update on the ongoing service disruptions affecting the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region (ME-CENTRAL-1) and the AWS Middle East (Bahrain) Region (ME-SOUTH-1). Due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, both affected regions have experienced physical impacts to infrastructure as a result of drone strikes. In the UAE, two of our facilities were directly struck, while in Bahrain, a drone strike in close proximity to one of our facilities caused physical impacts to our infrastructure. These strikes have caused structural damage, disrupted power delivery to our infrastructure, and in some cases required fire suppression activities that resulted in additional water damage. We are working closely with local authorities and prioritizing the safety of our personnel throughout our recovery efforts.

AWS reports operational issues in its Middle East UAE and Bahrain regions.

"In the UAE, two of our facilities were directly struck, while in Bahrain, a drone strike in close proximity to one of our facilities caused physical impacts to our infrastructure."

health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

Opus 4.5 changed everything (Changelog Interviews #678) Burke Holland works on GitHub Copilot by day and codes with his AI agents always. Early January, Burke posted about how Opus 4.5 changed everything. We were all still buzzing from the holiday-season 2...

Great conversation between Adam Stacoviak and Burke Holland on @changelog.com that captures the current mood of software development, in a time of change and uncertainty.

changelog.fm/678

This is an impeachable act.

Time for the JSON creator to do the funniest thing ever www.json.org/license.html

Hegseth is designating Anthropic a supply chain risk. What a feckless loser. This will backfire as per usual under a Trump administration.

xcancel.com/secwar/statu...

Built a fun prototype this morning of binary search using HTTP range requests, in this case to lookup characters in ~77MB of unicode data simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/27/...

I've been thinking about the Milgram experiment and what it portends for the use of AI in warfare decision-making.

Every stage of this process - his arrest, spending a year in jail, being dumped on the streets to die - would be deeply shameful in a society that actually valued human life.

Lawmakers say US military used laser to take down Border Protection drone Members of Congress say the U.S. military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Patrol drone.

BREAKING: The U.S. military used a laser to take down a Customs and Border Protection drone, lawmakers say, and FAA closed airspace near El Paso, Texas.

US authoritarians mad that Anthropic is pushing back on mass domestic surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
www.anthropic.com/news/stateme...

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

Paramount acquiring WBD is going to be pretty terrible for everyone except the billionaires.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/b...

omg my isp is now offering 6 gig symmetric

someone hold me back!

Three LEGO BrickLink Designer Program Series 7 sets sold out With just hours to go before crowdfunding ends, three LEGO BrickLink Designer Program Series 7 sets have sold out.

The BrickLink Designer Program Series 7 preorder period is coming to a close in just a couple of hours, with nearly $36M in sales.

The Privateer Frigate Fortuna, Sushi Restaurant, and Alchemist's Shop are all sold out, even at their boosted allocations.

www.brickfanatics.com/three-lego-b...

Attention Media ≠ Social Networks
susam.net/attention-me...

I had success using this site to find a place that would recycle my dead power tool batteries!
batterynetwork.org/locator/

How 80,000 companies build with AI: Products as organisms and the death of org charts | Asha Sharma YouTube video by Lenny's Podcast

Oh no. Oh nooooo. Xbox's new CEO is a natalist/birthrater. How did MS miss this in their opsec? Literal stone's throw away from the likes of Palmer Luckey.

"Will my son have classmates in the future? ...the fertility rates are declining." Then she suggests the fix is... AI?

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