How do they manage to ruin EVERY day? Every single day I find out about something new that pisses me off

06.07.2025 00:00 — 👍 828    🔁 324    💬 47    📌 108

Moving on from 18F. — ethanmarcotte.com I had a wonderful job, until I didn’t. This is about what happened—and what is happening.

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Friday was my last day working at 18F. It was a team of extraordinary people, but a few things happened that made me realize I had to leave.

Everything happens so much these days, so I thought I’d write down for myself what happened, and how I made my decision:

ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/leavin...

18.02.2025 18:43 — 👍 940    🔁 239    💬 75    📌 51

Amazing life hack: learn how to be genuinely happy for other people. Don't feel threatened by others' happiness. Don't go into comparison mode. Don't be a wet blanket. Don't avoid it.

Embrace others' happiness. Bask in it. Let their smile become your smile. Let it infect you. Let it lift you up.

23.01.2025 16:44 — 👍 138    🔁 21    💬 3    📌 2

Rewind: Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on the future of federated social media - Decoder with Nilay Patel Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas — and other problems. Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to a diverse cast of innovators and policymakers at the frontiers of business and technol...

Wow, Bluesky's CEO seems very smart. I didn't realize that it is being being built as an open platform. pca.st/episode/bc6d...

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A thick Brandon Sanderson book.

What have I gotten myself into here!? #booksky #sanderson

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Neighbor jamming out in Lowell

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