Nick Scialli

Robot offering Fry from Futurama some searing hot resin with the text "Sir? Are you aware that you're leaking coolant at an alarming rate?"

getting attention where?

I keep finding myself rewording text to remove em dashes, because some people use them as a proxy to filter out AI-generated content.

Mute em dashes, block AI bots — and typography nerds.

What surreal times we live in.

bsky.app/profile/pfra...

403 forbidden

Lots of shenanigans on the plc directory as of recent

Do you work on Atlas or any Netflix observability tooling?

Where’s Q and Z

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in related news, i’ve set up a ko-fi account for Overreacted: ko-fi.com/gaearon. i don’t know if it makes sense and i’m not sure whether to default to subscriptions or one-off tips, but i’m curious to see if it manages to gather any income. in short i think i’d like to do more writing again

A few other from the Austrian govt as well. I made a thing that tracks which govt entities are here: govsky.org/at

Austrian Parliament Social Card

Austrian Parliament on Bluesky

Bout to sell “AI transcripts for audiobooks” to some venture capitalists

I’ll take two!

Don’t worry, every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end

friends, I have a bit of a scheduling emergency & I need your help:

we’re filming Web Dev Challenge on Mar 25 in Salt Lake City & had a team drop out — need to book a new team FAST

I need:
- 2 devs (combined skills covering full stack dev/UX)
- comfortable on camera
- available Mar 23–26 in SLC

Francis Bacon - Wikipedia

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The alt text labeler is seriously considering rescinding your crown

Don’t google it Jerry

This might be the thing that sets you off

Eggs? In this economy?

State govs have an incredible opportunity right now

"The digital retirement home for millennials" would be an excellent slogan for this place

Govsky US announcing the following accounts have joined Bluesky: Mayor.Minneapolismn.gov Ward1.Minneapolismn.gov Ward2.Minneapolismn.gov Ward3.Minneapolismn.gov Ward4.Minneapolismn.gov Ward5.Minneapolismn.gov

Seriously cool stuff cc @emilyliu.me @rose.bsky.team @pfrazee.com

This level of verified civic engagement, down to the ward level, shows a lot of the promise of government entities on Bluesky. Love to see it!

I don’t even remotely understand this reference

One of my favorite things about Govsky is when cities, localities, and local services show up.

Welcome Cottage Grove, MN!

So we’re safe

In a post-mortem mode. Here's a few factoids you probably didn't know about 18F and the cost-recovery biz model and the perils surrounding it:

18F wasn't allowed to direct reach out directly, agencies had to find us first.

Every deal req. an inter-agency agreement which could take MONTHS to sign

The "18F wasn't allowed to reach out directly" part is interesting to me. Why is that?

Pretty darn neat.

Despite everything going on, there are dedicated civil servants delivering incredible services.

File your taxes online directly with the IRS, for free

Taps the sign👇

Direct File is live and having an incredible tax season. Taxpayers are able to successfully import info the IRS has about them and user satisfaction remains 🚀 high.

The product team is predominantly in house, increasing its ability to deliver an awesome product 👏