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Kenneth Durril @[email protected] retweeted
This was a beautiful talk by @felienne. It hits even harder in the Clojure community, given our focus on simplicity.
youtube.com/watch?v=0-6-f94n…
Kenneth Durril @[email protected] retweeted
We're accepting applications for the Fall 1 Batch, which begins on August 10!
Spend 6 or 12 weeks programming with other curious peers in Brooklyn or online. 🌱
The (soft) deadline to apply to Fall 1 is tomorrow, July 30, but we'll still review applications sent later.
👉 recurse.com/apply
Kenneth Durril @[email protected] retweeted
Opposition to premarital sex and same-sex relations has declined.
Opposition to teen sex and extramarital affairs has (mostly) not.
Why the difference? Here's the first of two attempts to answer:
allendowney.com/blog/2026/05…
Kenneth Durril @[email protected] retweeted
The largest bottleneck: making sense of systems
Anthropic's head of security:
"90% of our code is written by Claude. If yours is too and nobody's reviewing it, you're shipping bugs you'll never notice."
In 28 minutes he shows the exact security setup Anthropic uses internally to protect their own projects.
Watch the full interview, then save the config below 👇
i must revisit "The Second Bakery Attack"
This guy threw a keg through the front window of Georgetown cupcake last night at around 11pm. Workers were in the store when it happened wusa9.com/article/news/crime…
at 38, many peers took offense to my naive proclaimation of middle age. "own it, and embrace it …"
This week's post is two-for-one:
1) Report from my ODSC talk on the life expectancy gender gap
2) An overthought answer to a Reddit question: when is middle age?
allendowney.com/blog/2026/05…
Kenneth Durril @[email protected] retweeted
YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE:
Twitter has suspended journalist Gil Duran @gilduran76
His book, The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy comes out August 18, 2026. Read more at this link -> thenerdreich.com
Preorder the book here -> simonandschuster.com/books/T…
worth reading twice… then actually writing while its lessons are fresh.
TLDR: This post is no longer sub gated
My sub only plan lasted 3 hours. I had public for tutorials/guides, and behind-the-scenes for subs
But realized everything I do is behind-the-scenes "what I do" so split makes no sense
So it's all public again
isaacflath.com/writing/ai-wr…
Kenneth Durril @[email protected] retweeted
Mt. Lebanon describes itself as "a premier example of that phenomenon of modern American life, the 'automobile suburb.'" Dan Joyce parked there, and ended up with a pile of tickets and questions about police accountability publicsource.org/mt-lebanon-…
Kenneth Durril @[email protected] retweeted
Sometimes instead of using AI, I Google something and read the docs page just to feel alive again.
Kenneth Durril @[email protected] retweeted
I was present on the bus when this terrifying shooting occurred in northwest DC earlier this evening. The lives of the bus passengers were put in even greater danger by what appears to be a local regulation-related issue that I would like to raise with DC's local government:
Kenneth Durril @[email protected] retweeted
Brilliant
i'm moderately inspired visually. also, this needs an editor. it reminds me of contnt-heavy pre-internet local tv ads.
how do we get past the gimmick?
arc is great. however, its features always seemed to need a focus, a product to organize. I always envisioned this
enhancing jira and confluence.
The desktop experience is still neglected, so i'm bullish on what they create next.
Today, The Browser Company of New York is entering into an agreement to be acquired by Atlassian for $610M in an all-cash transaction.
We will operate independently, with Dia as our focus. Our objective is to bring Dia to the masses.
🔗 More details from our team below
Kenneth Durril @[email protected] retweeted
shocking that @kevinolearytv actually said big firms would “crush you like the colorful cockroaches that you are” to these two women.
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Environmental state-dependence for the win
Eg when i am struggling w writing I often go to a library (Wendy Wood said she does too)
Willpower is overrated.
The real key to behavior change?
Situation modification.
📵 Put your phone in another room
🌳 Step outside when you're bored
🛏️ Charge it outside your bedroom
🍽️ Keep it off the dinner table
Change your environment—not just your intentions.
This is mindfulness for the digital age.
Kenneth Durril @[email protected] retweeted
Thanks to everyone who came out to #GiveMSTheBoot today with us, @ScreamingEagles, and @davejsports!!
We broke our $10k goal for the @mssociety to help find the cure for MS!!
Kenneth Durril @[email protected] retweeted
A fascinating aspect of coalitional game theory is how it shows coalitions are much more likely to change over time than we tend to expect. The idea that a social group "belongs" by nature to a specific political coalition is misleading.
