







a bit embarrassing, but hopefully helpful to someone
saving >$400/mo on atproto infra
nate.leaflet.pubJul 31, 2026 at 11:26 PM
“Anything you post on the internet will be there as long as it's embarrassing an... | Hacker News
“I was surprised how upset some people got”: A conversation with the creator of TomWikiAssist, the bot that edited Wikipedia
"It's almost like people were really quite disoriented and terrified by it. And to some extent I get it and I'm trying to empathize with how they're feeling."

Sorry everybody, I failed with you 😔 · Issue #1634 · pedronauck/docz
Hi everybody, I really want to ask sorry to everyone and say that maybe I failed with the community, but has an explanation. In the last year, I can't give any support here. I really know that ...
smash the looms
This week I was on a bus behind a young couple and the guy was boring the girl to tears talking about the Very Exciting News that chatgpt-5 had been...

An Apology for the Internet — From the People Who Built It
Even those who designed our digital world are aghast at what they created. A breakdown of what went wrong.
Confessions of a Failed Self-Help Guru
I traveled around the country telling strangers how to better their lives—until I learned that the those offering to solve your problems are often the ones who need help.

10 things I want to work on after the conference - Alex's Blog
WARNING: Extremely long and information-rich blog post incoming! I started putting this together in my head on the last day of the conference as a way to gat…
Math Academy, part 1: My eigenvector embarassment
I start a series of posts on Math Academy and its system for learning mathematics.
The extent to which every single one of these guys has absolutely no idea what the fuck they're talking about is frankly stunning. You should be embarrassed to go out in public and spout shit like this. It should scar your soul and make you weep in shame, but that requires introspection, so...shit.
Dave Lee
Where to begin with this
I tried to write down things that surprised me while writing my own PDS. Here it goes: blog.sgo.to/2026/03/06/things-that-surpri…
Bit of a strange, rambling thing. They all agreed, but they didn't agree? Their group is poorly structured, but it's unclear if the person who didn't post on Twitter and then deleted the apologies in general has changed their mind or been removed. It's just not a great explanation in general.
BARQ!
I'm incredibly honored to be one of the inaugural winners of the Ctrl-Z award. The sequence of events preceding and following this retraction were harrowing (and are honestly still stressful), but I hope this will be an opportunity for more open dialogue about mistakes + self-retraction in science.
Retraction Watch
The Center for Scientific Integrity is proud to announce the inaugural winners of the 2026 Ctrl-Z Award. Named for the universal keyboard shortcut for “undo,” the Ctrl-Z Award this year honors @cetaceanneeded.bsky.social and @katelaskowski.bsky.social for choosing transparency over reputation.
Here is a recap of last night's listening party pckt.blog/b/whereditgo/atmosphere-sampl…
Atmosphere Sample Flip Challenge 001 - whereditgo
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