Scripting News: Friday, February 7, 2025
Behind the scenes in the US government I imagine it's like a Vonnegut novel, or an episode of Pinky and the Brain. #
I've cracked the code for adding OpenGraph data to Bluesky posts. The key was I learned how to do the equivalent of a View Source on a Bluesky post so I could see how others did it. I tried Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, none of them even understood the question of how to get Bluesky to add the data. I was amazed to learn that each developer has to do it for themselves, that this isn't something they built into their server. Anyway, I'm halfway there. #I wish Bluesky had just used the Twitter API. That's how I would've done it. Continuity matters a lot. And think of all time wasted at re-doing something we had working a long time ago. #
The AI world would have done much better with a president like Biden than we will with Trump. AI is a very potent tool for surveillance. Completely changes the game. And if it were just Trump and not Musk we'd have a chance, but Musk and Thiel fully understand the power, and probably already have all the code written, they just need the database records to scan and now they have all of them. Eventually we'll be talking about the "peaceful uses of AI" as we do about nuclear tech. But just saying that will get you punished. #
Another thing to watch while you still can, The Lives of Others, about life in East Germany during the Cold War. #
I saw a bit on CNN that was like the Dean Scream, an extended clip of how awkward Chuck Schumer is at a rally. It was used to shame a Democrat who was doing a great job of explaining the danger, Sen Murphy of Connecticut. I switched to basketball in disgust, thinking these people, CNN, they are not serious people. This problem isn't on the Dems, it's on all of us, and it always was. To pin it on the Dems is to say it's hopeless because right now they're just our representatives in Congress and some of our state governments. We have a big problem and we probably can't dig out of it, but if we have any hope at all, orgs like CNN have to stop being such idiots. Every so often I see a spark of brilliance over there, and then one of these things happens. What's more depressing, Trump or CNN? CNN by a lot. And the NYT and all the rest of the broken media. We are all in the same boat. #In January I started an online diary where I list each of the apps I manage, as I work on them. When I work on one, I move it to the top. The notes are brief and to anyone but me might seem cryptic. But at least you can follow what I'm doing. No I don't plan to do an RSS feed for it. It's just a place to keep track of all the things I work on, for people who I work with, and most important, me. #
Linkblog items for the day.
The Sims re-release shows what's wrong with big publishers and single-player games. arstechnica.com
CDC funding delays under Trump affect rape crisis centers. npr.org
Trump attempts to fire Democratic FEC member Weintraub. npr.org
These Are Some of the Lawyers Working for Elon Musk's DOGE. propublica.org
Another thing to watch while you still can, "The Lives of Others," about life in East Germany under communist rule. wikipedia.org
New "WikiTok" web app allows infinite TikTok-style scroll of Wikipedia. arstechnica.com
How bird flu is spreading in the wild. npr.org
Live bird markets in NYC, Long Island, Westchester shut down after 7 avian flu cases in poultry. abc7ny.com
Josh Marshall on what the Dems in Congress have to do re budget and debt limit. talkingpointsmemo.com
The Apple SuperBowl ad from 1984. It changed our culture. Gave us an ideal to hold tech companies to. Reminder that the generation before the Musks and Thiels had ideals that have been lost. youtube.com
A SuperBowl ad from eight years ago. Watch it. I wonder if we'll see anything like this on Sunday? Makes me want to watch the game. youtube.com
"He is trying to steal all of the working-class money, wealth and labor of this country to redistribute it back to himself." #musk politico.com
Is this the last scene Logan was in in Succession? youtube.com
"We started off with a network of writers, and ended up with business models of oligarchs. It's time to start building webs like we mean it and damn all the wannabe-billionaires." oursocialweb.org
NFL will remove 'End Racism' from the end zones ahead of Super Bowl. nbcnews.com
Cuomo Leads Democratic Field for Mayor. politicalwire.com
Deep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT. youtube.com
My neighborhood in America struggling two weeks since Trump takes office. vnexpress.net
Warner Brothers Is Mysteriously Dumping Obscure and Wonderful Movies on YouTube for Free. gizmodo.com
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