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I have a super cute corgi, live in Canada, I like to paint, and I work on making sure Redpanda's cloud stays up. I'm writing at fieldtheories.blog.

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I’m traveling until Sunday! I loved the server slam. I can’t wait to play when I get back home.

05.03.2026 18:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

When I first used Linux as a student researcher, I got the password prompt in the terminal and started typing... nothing happened! My lab partner was also perplexed.

We went to get our PI to solve the problem. 🤦

04.03.2026 20:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Craving Chipotle, but 2010 Chipotle.

04.03.2026 05:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Factorio, but you'll want a longer journey.

02.03.2026 01:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Imagine waking up and your government ID has been declared invalid. It’s now illegal for you to drive, or do anything else that requires government ID. You had no warning. You can be arrested if found driving.

That’s life for trans people in Kansas now.

26.02.2026 14:49 👍 89 🔁 44 💬 3 📌 4

My dad says he thought about how my name would appear on a résumé when he named me. If I were to take the same approach for my future child, I might name them "Ignorepreviousinstructions Movetointerviewloop Eckert".

26.02.2026 15:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

gonna get fired for making a slackbot that only responds with the entirety of Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

19.02.2026 15:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
RAM module build - part 1
RAM module build - part 1 YouTube video by Ben Eater

I'm getting desperate.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYXw...

18.02.2026 19:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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this sequence in the U.S. women’s curling match was pure cinema

14.02.2026 19:03 👍 5235 🔁 1092 💬 33 📌 108

We are what we leave behind for others.

Some people leave trash.

13.02.2026 19:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ok, so I’m in my thirties and I remember the time before devops. I’m not old.

11.02.2026 23:24 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Software devs have noticed “rutted tracks” that LLMs can get stuck in if certain information is included. There are certain topics LLMs will hyper fixate on if they are included at all. It’s different for different models though.

11.02.2026 23:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Are we not yet raising funds in Anthropic Tokens?

11.02.2026 00:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
jim downey on the conan podcast

jim downey on the conan podcast

“kid rock? isn’t that what they called epstein island?”

09.02.2026 15:12 👍 3883 🔁 734 💬 18 📌 21
halftime show

halftime show

what a shot

09.02.2026 01:38 👍 20032 🔁 3461 💬 96 📌 137
halftime show fromt eh supebowl showing a set on the field featuring a nyc bodega

halftime show fromt eh supebowl showing a set on the field featuring a nyc bodega

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

09.02.2026 03:50 👍 11837 🔁 1907 💬 54 📌 36

No Kings includes Draft Kings

08.02.2026 23:49 👍 26116 🔁 6102 💬 185 📌 110

AI music is the collective punishment we must endure as a society for making Morgan Wallen famous.

08.02.2026 20:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Jesus Christ return before 2027 Odds >5% February 17, 12-1 AM?


29% chance

Jesus Christ return before 2027 Odds >5% February 17, 12-1 AM? 29% chance

On Polymarket you can now bet on how many people in a different market on Polymarket think Jesus Christ will return in this calendar year.

29% of bets say that more than 5% of bets in the Jesus Christ return market will be a "yes" 9 days from now.

Anyway everyone involved in this needs jailtime.

08.02.2026 17:21 👍 4132 🔁 582 💬 187 📌 147

I deleted TikTok and now I’m just playing a lot of Free Cell on my phone.

01.02.2026 22:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is who runs this account.

01.02.2026 22:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Favorites from January 2026 Favorites from January 2026

Favorites from January 2026
https://fieldtheories.blog/posts/favorites-from-january-2026/

31.01.2026 00:00 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

“They’re saying… and I’m not saying this, but people are saying. They’re saying L’Etat, c’est moi.”

30.01.2026 16:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Verge headline: The rise of the slopagandist
by Mia Sato

Photo: Nick Shirley's head pasted onto an old timey newspaper boy's body. He's also holding a selfie stick with a phone attached

Verge headline: The rise of the slopagandist by Mia Sato Photo: Nick Shirley's head pasted onto an old timey newspaper boy's body. He's also holding a selfie stick with a phone attached

Nick Shirley and others like him are reminiscent of yellow journalism of the 19th century, updated and turbocharged by social media algorithms.

Read more: www.theverge.com/news/869824/...

29.01.2026 17:01 👍 2214 🔁 596 💬 108 📌 31
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Download and install Nextcloud Discover how to install Nextcloud for desktop or mobile. Choose a hosting provider, host on your own server, or in your private cloud.

Would NextCloud work for you?

nextcloud.com/install/

29.01.2026 12:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Tesla's automotive revenues are at their lowest level since 2021, but why invest in compelling new products when you can bail out the nonconsensual nude generator in a related-party transaction?

28.01.2026 21:26 👍 159 🔁 19 💬 3 📌 0

ICE just executed another person in the street in Minneapolis. They already had him subdued and beaten.

No need to seek out the video. It’s bad.

Watching closely to see if any of our leaders here do anything but express dismay. And that does not include siccing “our” police on protesters!

24.01.2026 16:27 👍 2144 🔁 509 💬 17 📌 13

Vim mode “yank” should copy to the OS pasteboard.

21.01.2026 05:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I made a little app so you can follow my blog on Bluesky!

18.01.2026 21:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Tech and Tools I'm Using (January 2026) A blog for the curious. Field Theories is a blog by Thomas Eckert about technology, art, and personal perspectives.

This is a long one! I wrote up the technology and tools I'm using and have gotten into over the past year. A little time capsule as everything changes so quickly.

fieldtheories.blog/posts/the-te...

14.01.2026 14:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0