kvistgaardBack from tennis where I had to sweep the court with this cute contraption. It needs a good name and I'm not happy with my first ideas which are Broomzilla and The Sweeping Committee.
So I need your help.
So I need your help.
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tuning global tech pulse toward int'l civic data-informed products, starting in Peace Corps in Tanzania & Liberia.
Sarah Jamie LewisOver the last year I've also found that supplementation of vitamin d, omega 3, and operating a chainsaw have been very helpful - but I think it's mostly the running.
Ruth — of systems & designto Susan Leigh Star, as one does…
"[Infrastructure] “Becomes visible upon breakdown. The normally invisible quality of working infrastructure becomes visible when it breaks: the server is down, the bridge washes out, there is a power blackout.”
— Susan Leigh Star, The Ethnography of Infrastructure
Waldo JaquithRE: https://mastodon.social/@botgov/116109524473900322
New domains: techcorps.gov registered by the Peace Corps, plus sotu.gov and why.gov, registered by EOP.
dazfuller 
This is truly glorious #AISlop from #Microslop in their "Introduction to Github" course.
I don't know why Tim is working in the opposite direction, but I can see that he never once "morges" his code back into develop, let alone doing it "continvoucly"
Update:
It looks as though after 4-5 months the page has been updated, but if you want to see the image in situ still then the way back machine has you covered.
Simon WillisonHere's that HBR story in full https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it
AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consistently intensify it: In the study, employees worked at a faster pace, took on a broader scope of tasks, and extended work into more hours of the day, often without being asked to do so. That may sound like a win, but it’s not quite so simple. These changes can be unsustainable, leading to workload creep, cognitive fatigue, burnout, and weakened decision-making. The productivity surge enjoyed at the beginning can give way to lower quality work, turnover, and other problems. To correct for this, companies need to adopt an “AI practice,” or a set of norms and standards around AI use that can include intentional pauses, sequencing work, and adding more human grounding.
Ho Ho Ho Like The SlurMy I tempt you with a Kākāpō nest livestream?
[she is asleep in black and white, she did nothing in the time I watched, she looks like a blob. 10/10, highly recommended]
https://www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kakapo-recovery/what-we-do/kakapo-cam-rakiura-live-stream/
smells of bikes@astronomerritt @williampietri My wife is a vision therapist. They've been using VR headsets (among many other pieces of hardware) for at least 10 years, starting with google cardboard, for treatment of eg amblyopia and strabismus. She's told me the best part of her job is the first time someone's vision fuses and they get depth perception, and their emotional response to it.
Matthew Reinbold#QOTD: "Software is done the way that the dishes are done. You can only consider it finished if you never plan on using it again." - Dave Cheney
Jason Santa MariaGosh, there is just so much to love about a new essay from @kissane, even when it’s about so much heaviness like widespread memory leak. Erin is like a superfan for readers because she unpacks topics with such care and wit. This stuff seriously just rewires my brains.
