Colin Johnston

Series Omega funding round

Yes, real-world solutions are more nuanced and practical that “ban all the things!” but it sure felt good to post!

What’s in the box?

AI-generated video should be against the law. The harms to objective reality far outweigh any benefits.

e/acc/divorced

One of them almost crashed! But most of the passengers—and the pilot if I recall the story correctly—were engineers so they solved an issue that could have brought the plane down in flames.

Thrilled to see that my project, Baseline Status for Video, is among the winners of the Baseline Tooling Hackathon. 🤩

I must admit I think that’s what happened in my occasionally scrambled brain. A sign to slow down! 🙂

Zoran! I’m sorry for the random typo! Not sure how that happened with the J and Z so far apart.

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I don’t like this new CDC

Casually listening to Buzzcocks ‘A Different Kind of Tension’ for first time in eons. “I Believe” just came on and I’m wildly and ecstatically transported back to my misspent youth in NYC. What a crucial track.

I’m rewatching first season of Andor before I watch second season. S1:E3 has to be some of the best Star Wars there is. The episode opens a door that leads eventually—through so much mythology—to the destruction of the Death Star; the story’s urgency propels you with such force it’s just incredible.

I wish all people in control of corporations and governments felt it was imperative to take better care of the Earth.

There is no alternative planet for human life.

And basic survival aside, why continue to prioritize profits over a natural world that is so magical and unique?

But first can they make autocorrect work?

The Sound of Cylons

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What’s the plan to push back on this?

DOGE team retaliating against being told to use <button> instead of <div style = “button”>

Movie you've watched more than 6 times, gifs only

This post makes me feel the same way I did when I got a New Year’s card from Nancy Pelosi on February 5th.

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Sorry about your wallets.

For those who like Inoreader, they have this feature as well. Works great!

Is this a parody account?

“Fake Plastic Trees” by Radiohead

I never thought seeing the sentence “Here are some nice mushrooms” everyday here could be so calming.

Building a day around 3 hours of music listening sounds perfect.

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