2026-03-25 13:44:57
In case you want to understand your TLS clients in depth from Node.js, there's a new v2 release of read-tls-client-hello now live: https://github.com/httptoolkit/read-tls-client-hello
Also now supported on
In case you want to understand your TLS clients in depth from Node.js, there's a new v2 release of read-tls-client-hello now live: https://github.com/httptoolkit/read-tls-client-hello
Also now supported on
Don’t Read Poetry by Stephanie Burt
The cover of Burt's Don't Read Poetry. It shows what looks like an uprooted daffodil. #poetry #poetrycommunity I have been working through books on reading, writing, and teaching poetry in preparation for writing a new poetry module. In …
”A MUST-READ FOR THIS ERA"
-- JAKE TAPPER
KIM WEHLE:
HOW TO READ THE CONSTITUTION
— AND WHY
https://kimberlywehle.com/how-to-read-the-constitution-and-why/
The year 2025 was the year I finally fulfilled my destiny and became a bureacrat — I couldn't be happier! White shirt, red tie, brown belt, mechanical in my approach to things. I love spreadsheets, files, book-keeping, accounting, finances.
Most of what I do in a day is read E-Mails, fill out forms, write documents, read documents, call and text people. I have a desk, a printer, get a tea in the morning.
All this with the added spice that I often write press releases, get cuttin…
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 11:42:19 -0700 (PDT)
On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Hubert Mantel wrote:
>
> So the huge ISDN update in proposed-2.2.11 will be removed from the final
> 2.2.11 release?
[ Irritated mode: FULL BLAST ]
Are you being stupid on purpose, or were you born that way?
Go back and read the thread. Read why I'm irritated. READ. THINK.
Memo: TikTok CEO Shou Chew hailed the establishment of the TikTok USDS JV as "great news", and said the app is used by 200M US users and 7.5M US businesses (Dan Whateley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/read-tiktok-ceo-memo-cl…
Katherine Rundell betont im Kontext der 'reading crisis' die Bedeutung von Schulbibliotheken und Schulbibliothekar:innen: https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/feb/23/will-we-ever-read-books-again-podcast
Memo: TikTok CEO Shou Chew hailed the establishment of the TikTok USDS JV as "great news", and said the app is used by 200M US users and 7.5M US businesses (Dan Whateley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/read-tiktok-ceo-memo-cl…
I have some critiques of "Fighting in the Streets." The last chapter would get you killed. The coms advice are absolutely terrible, which makes me question other elements of the book. But it does provide a framework for thinking about what a militant resistance looks like, and what framework needs to exist to make it possible.
It's a short read, and worth it for the thought experiment. You can read TM 31-210 all you want, but it won't do anything for you without the social framework that makes more than one attack possible. It always comes back to community building, even if (especially if) you're wanting to make sure militant resistance is an option on the table.
https://archive.org/download/fighting-in-the-streets-a-manual-of-urban-guerilla-warfare-urbano/Fighting in the streets, a manual of urban guerilla warfare - Urbano_text.pdf
Best Non-Resident Library Cards That Still Work in 2026 (some are free) - What to Read Next #libraries
Is brain rot real? Why don’t you read a paper about it and join us this upcoming Monday at Victory Cafe, 440 Booor St. W. here in Toronto for the monthly @… edition, where we will discuss it? The Luma listing has a link to the paper: https://
“disruptive advances like our hardwired llama let us adopt a new operating paradigm” is a real sentence I just read on a very serious business website
Absolutely hideous to read. And Trump has Republicans convinced he’s pro-life.
According to this document, Trump was present and 70 years old when a girl’s newborn was disposed of. To be clear, she’s a victim of sex trafficking.
Witness Info
First Name: Donald
Last Name: Trump
Age: 70
https://
I just scrolled through #LinkedIn and read my feed for the first time in 2 months. *shudders*
Enough internet for the day, I need a book and some tea to earn my brain cells back.
(In all seriousness I was shocked by just how homogenous everyone’s writing style is: every post had the same rhythm and the same uncanny, unnatural cadence. That’s not how anyone speaks! Or writes! Every sentence just reads like the author is blowing smoke up their own ass)
(Also - I didn’t see a single new idea that I hadn’t seen a year ago when I used to actually scroll through LinkedIn every day)
Read NPR's annotated fact check of President Trump's State of the Union (NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5716277/trump-state-union-fact-check
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p48#a260225p48
Goodness me! I just had a vision of a smart, committed leader of Aotearoa who, instead of a self-interested wilfully ignorant sycophantic pud working for his campaign contributors, is in the role out of a sense of duty to the least fortunate NZers and posterity. Someone considered, well read, well spoken, with a rapier wit, grasp of nuance, & lashings of gravitas.
It was glorious!
And now it's gone. But that's what we're working towards.
I have, to date, only read one Discworld book.
I believe my antidote to 2026 might be reading the rest of them…
This poem by Shelley is so apposite to the world situation right now (shared by writer Paul McAuley).
A very special read. Here's the full text:
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/the-masque-of-anarchy/
Correct! The Convicted Criminal's illegal policies have led to the unlawful killing of Americans as well as permanent residents and immigrants.
https://mastodon.social/@nedhamson1/116130281489311844
A 1999 Oklahoma newspaper clipping that described a man’s final moments before execution inspired Julie Green to begin their series “The Last Supper.”
“He asked for a final meal of three fried chicken thighs, 10 or 15 shrimp, tater tots with ketchup, two slices of pecan pie, strawberry ice cream, honey and biscuits and a Coke,” they read aloud in a short documentary about the series.
You can see 377 plates Green painted with these last meals at the Georgia Museum.
The curse of this day and age is that people expect things to be easy, "intuitive". How did you learn to read and write? How did you master a foreign language? A musical instrument? Or what did you master, really? Or were you forced to master these things? #neuroscience
Surely this headline should read "Israel is planning to invade Lebanon and take over"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-24/israel-pl…
Meanwhile, last night in Downtown Los Angeles being projected on the Federal Prison on Alameda St. - https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/los/
(Courtesy of Vjaybombs - read about them at
RE: https://mastodon.social/@nakal/116288508020622073
Pretty interesting read, this.
Did I have a great time today, with cranberry cake, and hot chocolate, and opening every book I've ever wanted to read in all the boostores in the city centre alongside @…? Yes 🥰
“What’s your favorite…”
Let me just stop you right there;
I do, in fact, have favorite movies, books, scenes, comics, games; many of them!
I will NEVER be able to answer the above question, because the second you ask it/I read it, my mind goes completely fucking blank as they all vie for 1st
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Gerry Read:
🎵 It'll Be All Over (DJ Koze Remix)
#NowPlaying #GerryRead
https://pamparecords.bandcamp.com/album/itll-all-be-over-pampa033
https://open.spotify.com/track/7GFMKgqhOsaFL3k9g5vbLe
Super Bowl LX: 5 factors that will determine New England Patriots vs. Seattle Seahawks https://www.nfl.com/news/super-bowl-lx-5-factors-that-will-determine-new-england-patriots-vs-seattle-seahawks
This piece from the LRB blog, "It cannot read the human heart", about a (Chinese) plagiarism scandal, has total «Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote» energy, which is both particularly fitting and ironic in this situation.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/february/i
"They have killed American citizens in our streets."
Gov. Abigail Spanberger criticizes Trump's immigration enforcement in the Democratic response to the State of the Union.
https://bsky.app/profile/ms.now/post/3mfnwvrkp522h
READ NOW:
Oh this is excellent. Can LinkedIn be officially called a honeypot now?
https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/
📉 Reduces token consumption by 99%! From ~47,000 tokens to ~400 tokens when using 6 MCP servers with 60 tools - massive savings for AI agent workflows
⚡ Connection pooling with lazy-spawn daemon featuring 60s idle timeout for optimal performance - no manual start/stop needed
🎛️ Tool filtering via allowedTools and disabledTools config to control which tools are available - supports glob patterns like read_* or *file*
Letter AI, whose sales software provides personalized, deal-specific guidance, raised a $40M Series B, four months after a $10.6M Series A (Geoff Weiss/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/letter-ai-pitch-deck-raises-sales-software-2026-2…
RE: https://mastodon.social/@bookblabla/116268293750558300
Looking forward to read it!
"Society functions like a hive, where no single actor directs the whole, yet a coherent pattern emerges from the interaction of countless parts."
"This does not mean that leadership, institutions, or strategy are irrelevant. It means that they are not sufficient to explain historical outcomes on their own."
"History…It is made in the accumulated choices of ordinary people, acting within the constraints and possibilities of their own lived realities.&quo…
Top quotes from GM John Spytek's Combine press conference https://www.raiders.com/news/top-quotes-from-john-spytek-general-manager-2026-combine-press-conference
I was using the Python csv library for a script but decided I should dig into the pandas DataFrame stuff instead.
It was more complex, and it took me awhile to figure things out, and I had to read a bunch of web pages explaining things.
But in the end, I am 100% happy I did it that way.
I did not want to ask some AI/LLM for the answers, or to write the code for me.
Because for me, the struggle and the journey is part of creating something worthwhile.
@… this was published with a different title, and URL, in December 2025.
The republication is not a bad thing.
When I first read the article by Jack Wallen, I took the time to also read about him, as a person. One of his personal blog posts inspired me to send an email that was entirely unrelated to technology.
When you introduced you…
Read Bondi's Letter to Minnesota's Governor (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/24/us/pam-bondi-walz-doc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HFA.pUqz.7vFB3fjxl7h1&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260125/p47#a260125p47
What if real executive presence wasn't about how you look or sound?
The leaders who inspire us aren't following scripts. They're living four qualities:
Care - paying real attention
Clarity - seeing what matters
Curiosity - asking deeper questions
Courage - facing hard truths
Read more:
I'm afraid my students might not be pleased with one of tomorrow's assigned readings. Of course, I didn't read it ahead of time and threw it on the syllabus mainly because of the topic and the fit with this week's lecture. I should've known that the author, who writes mildly interesting but bone dry stuff now, wouldn't have written more interesting or less dry material in the past.
RE: #shortstory - it's really good! 👍
Fiery energy lanced out, but the beams struck an intangible wall between
the Gubru and the rapidly turning Earth ship.
"Water!" it shrieked as it read the spectral report. "A barrier of water
vapor! A civilized race could not have found such a trick in the Library!
A civilized race could not have stooped so low! A civilized race would not
have..."
It screamed as the Gubru ship hit a cloud of drifting snowflakes.
-- Startide…
I can ’t help but think when I read these stories on the road conditions that, if you can’t ride according to the conditions and are not able to avoid a couple of potholes, you probably shouldn’t be riding at all...
#motorcycle
The Software Essays that Shaped Me
https://refactoringenglish.com/blog/software-essays-that-shaped-me/
“In the tech industry being »certificated« means »I needed to take a course where I could have read a book«” (to paraphrase Steve Yegge)
Interesting read : Azure Active Directory B2C With PKCE for Your Angular App https://rmendes.net/bookmarks/2026/02/13/interesting-read-azure-active-directory
@… Duh, I should’ve read all of the warning:
hint: SVG images with foreign objects might render incorrectly in Typst
hint: see https://github.com/typst/typst/issues/…
@… Duh, I should’ve read all of the warning:
hint: SVG images with foreign objects might render incorrectly in Typst
hint: see https://github.com/typst/typst/issues/…
And Seattle has continued destroying the park along Elliott Bay.
Repaving the path and removing the potholes and bumps from tree roots? Definitely needed.
But not only is the whole area full of lamp posts ruining what had once been a pleasant place to enjoy an evening away from city glare, the paths are lined with fencing and sprinklers blocking access to any trees that could be useful as a spot for someone to shelter from the weather or even sit under one to read a book.
I…
Ever wondered what the NFC aerial (that allows for touchless payments) looks like inside your credit/debit card?
P.S. I do think its stupid that N26 choose to write account details on this card. I generally favour numberless cards anyway but here it is doubly annoying since its possible to read the details from either side of the card.
Diving into a meticulously crafted historical fiction novel set during World War II offers an unparalleled thrill. Engaging with varied perspectives from that tumultuous era not only captivates the imagination but also enhances my appreciation for modern advancements. 📚💡
I'm continually seeking the next great read in this genre. Any suggestions?
Just in time for the closing ceremony, my essay on the Olympics, Expositions, and the Salon. I write about sports for the first time. Who would have thought?
https://varnelis.net/works_and_projects/the-salon-and-the-olympics/

The Salon and the Olympics - varnelis.net I read this, and I thought, she should try the Fediverse. But then I thought again. I present as male here (because I am). So would I see this misogyny here even if it was a problem? So I'd like to ask, would young women actually be better off here?
Nikolaos Gyzis, winner’s diploma for the 1896 Athens Olympics. Source: Wikimedia CommonsI rarely watch sports. The last Super Bowl I watched was in New Orleans, not the one in 2025, but the one in 1986, when the Bears won. Lately, bingeing Netflix’s Formula 1: Drive to Survive has sparked a renewed interest in Formula 1 ...
@tokensane@mastodon.me.uk
2026-02-23 20:15:45
> I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous | The Guardian
Some of esp's naming confuses the hell out of me; it uses 'cntl' as a short abbreviation for 'control';, I'm used to using 'ctrl'. And whether I read 'otg_fs' I'm mentally thinking 'file system'
If you are not an expert on how our DNA works and how it forms who we are: read this masterpiece of Philip Ball:
https://www.marginaliareviewofbooks.com/post/alpha-genome
❝ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone.❞
Read that. Reread that. Internalize it. Map that back to every story you’ve heard of ICE agents going off the rails, every random kidnapping, every brutal and stupid ICE story.
❝“Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that.”❞
🧵
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
Demand for 39-page bill to be read aloud derails legislation in WA Senate • Washington State Standard
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/02/18/gop-demand-for-39-page-bill-to-be-read-aloud-derails-democratic-legislation-in-wa-senate/
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #The6MusicPlaylist
Murkage Dave & KONOPINKSY:
🎵 Generation Left on Read
#MurkageDave #KONOPINKSY
https://murkagedave.bandcamp.com/album/generation-left-on-read
https://open.spotify.com/track/4fZWZkdfQoI2T5tCzGFOla
An extremely fascinating article (in French with link in reply to machine translation) via @… :
https://todon.nl/@yetiinabox/116282855527740634
I had not yet submitted myself to a deep dive into Thiel's theology, but it's way more interesting than I had imagined, and explains why he would call his company Palantir, which has always seemed a baffling choice to me. Apparently he's read One Piece, and imagines himself to be constructing A World Government?!?
Also I feel I understand a lot of things about Silicon Valley better now including lots of stuff about social network harms & corporate goals/policies. Belief in Girard's theory of mimetic desire (which I'd not encountered before) explains so much of SV founders' behavior and also it being at least partially reflective of reality explains both their success and some of their harms.
When you have some time left today, read the Charter of the "Board of Peace", it's a joke, an autocratic club, that can be completely controlled and manipulated by Trump and his successors.
https://img.haarets.co.il/bs/00…
NEW PUBLICATIONS> Recent publications from 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha
https://ift.tt/2buJRkS
Treaties and Empire Seminar Series: Trần Thị Xuân (Hamburg University) - Interpreters and Foreign…
via Input 4 RELCFP
RE: #CanPoli
I think https://cydstumpel.nl/ has one of the first examples of <video> using transparency that I’ve noticed in the wild!
Read more in this post from @…:
What's the last book you read where, if asked whether you thought reading it had been a good way to spend your time, you would not just say "Sure, I think so," but "Hell yeah!"?
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Gerry Read feat. Gregor:
🎵 Taking All My Clothes Off
#NowPlaying #GerryRead #Gregor
https://open.spotify.com/track/0a1BTzQAc7NuYreRDWMV63
If you ever feel like you aren’t achieving as much as you want to, just remember there are people out there who are content with having read just one book in their lives, convinced it means they know everything there is to know about the world.
That said, try not to dwell on the fact that they’re the ones running the world right now or you might feel bad again.
(Sorry, I clearly shouldn’t be writing inspirational posts.)
An incredibly important read on inclusive workplace design
"Inclusivity begins with the basics of workplace design. (...) Before you talk about “next-gen workplace experience,” ask yourself: can everyone see, hear, move, breathe and focus here without struggle?"
https://www.leesmanindex.com/arti…
In #Python, you could write sensible and transparent code, like this:
if (curNode):
curNode = curNode.next
But if you prefer something that is functionally identical, but harder to read, try this:
curNode and (curNode := curNode.next)
Follow me for more great tips on how to make life hell for the next person working with your code (which could be you).
“The core idea is that your conversations with an AI assistant should be as private as your conversations with a person. Not because you’re doing something wrong, but because privacy is what lets you think freely.”
Moxie Marlinspike, Confessions to a data lake https://confer.to/blog/2025/12/confess
Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma says she is committed to "the return of Xbox" and that the company won't "flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop" (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/games/882326/read-microsoft…
Neat ideas for navigating threaded comments & new comments highlighting. I kinda thought of this but really wonder about its usefulness.
- If there's too much nesting of comments, the sidebar space won't be enough
- It shows "[INT] [NAME]" where INT = vote count. Higher count is probably more read-worthy?
- Per-day filter for new comments highlighting is probably too broad in scope if the conversation is too active.
- Sidebar won't appear on sma…
Today's ICE assassination:
Read the thread
Watch the video
https://bsky.app/profile/dwsoc.bsky.social/post/3md6q7jk4pc2e
Top quotes from GM John Spytek's Combine press conference https://www.raiders.com/news/top-quotes-from-john-spytek-general-manager-2026-combine-press-conference
My department has a financial officer whose whole job seems to be cleaning up the mistakes faculty make. While my colleagues and I can read scores of languages, decipher impossible handwriting, tease the meaning from impenetrable texts, and sometimes even get through to the most indifferent of undergrads, we can't make heads or tails of the senseless alphabet soup of abbreviations the university uses when it comes to funding. I'd talk to our CFO like I'd talk to a small child: &q…
There’s still time to read the paper for tomorrow’s Papers Club. We’ll be discussing Lucy Osler’s pre-print on AI psychosis. The link to the paper is in the Luma invite. https://luma.com/pk2dsuwx
Audible launches an "immersion reading" feature that lets readers switch between ebook and audiobook versions of a title in their Audible and Kindle libraries (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/audi
RE: https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport/115945468921908243
This was an extremely interesting read for many reasons.
What we're building here creates some really hard problems to solve indeed.
One finished, so many to read.
I guess it's my #pileOfShame
Seeing with the Brain (not the eyes) #LGN (lateral geniculate nucleus) over visual cortex for a visual prosthesis.
NEW PUBLICATIONS> Recent publications from 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142724/new-publications-recent-publications-84000-translating-words-buddha
Raiders DE Maxx Crosby flew to Baltimore but the deal was already dead https://raiderramble.com/2026/03/24/raiders-de-maxx-crosby-flew-to-baltimore-but-the-deal-was-already-dead/
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/587678/hipkins-speech-like-lump-of-jelly-filled-with-sentiment-says-willis Huh. Haven't read the article on the address, but wonder how it compares 'lump-o-jelly' that happen…
Reminder to myself: you do not have time to write a long historiographical thread in response to a random post. Not only that, but no one wants to read that thread anyway.
A look at the challenges some AI developers face in building models to extract trillions of high-quality tokens from PDFs, which are hard to parse, for training (Josh Dzieza/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/882891/ai-pdf-parsing…
NEW PUBLICATIONS> Recent publications from 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142724/new-publications-recent-publications-84000-translating-words-buddha
Audible launches an "immersion reading" feature that lets readers switch between ebook and audiobook versions of a title in their Audible and Kindle libraries (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/audi
NEW PUBLICATIONS> Recent publications from 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20142724/new-publications-recent-publications-84000-translating-words-buddha