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trek.bsky.social
Helped start Ann Arbor's OG Coworking community, couponed at Groupon, usually working to get some startup acquired. Ember.js core emeritus. Paul Irish once called me a hero. ❤️ Ruby and JavaScript. 🏳️‍🌈. 📍Chicago.
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submitted 4 hours ago • 103 comments

fun fact: heating your house in winter takes more energy than it does to cool it in summer. if you can understand why people turn on the heat in cold weather—for comfort and safety—guess what, that’s why a/c in hot weather on a heating planet is important.

submitted 7 hours ago • 4 comments

I hadn’t wanted to spoil it for those who had not yet SQUONKED, but here is the unbelievable climax of their show BROUHAHA. When i said don’t miss it, I meant it! Thank you to SQUONK for sharing your incredible creativity, vision, and SQUONKCORDION with the people of Ann Arbor!

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Holy shit. #shareGoodNewsToo

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

They electrified (which speeds up service that has lots of frequent stops), rationalized their schedule, and look what happens!

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

The “upgrade” offer in the success toast is the most unhinged upsell I’ve ever seen. I can already currently use the Hide Profile feature and upgrading would have no effect whatsoever. Why would I click to upgrade as part of this interaction?

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

submitted 1 day ago • 31 comments

Job Garcia’s kidnapping by the Trump administration is the top story on the LA Times website right now. www.latimes.com/california/s...

submitted 2 days ago • 68 comments

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

submitted 2 days ago • 429 comments

MARK ZUCKERBERG: Emperor Augustus, I have come to meet you, as you are a major inspiration for my own empire in the distant future. CAESAR AUGUSTUS: (whispering to his advisors) The stretched-out child has the hair of a dog

submitted 62 days ago • 33 comments

OMG Google, you're desperate. What you just did is exactly *why* I just started to pay for Kagi.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

It's always the same with him.

submitted 2 days ago • 156 comments

.@CBS8 in San Diego reports that due to Bishop Michael Pham’s presence in the courtroom, in effect, cases of migrants today were postponed.

submitted 3 days ago • 94 comments

Name’s Tony probably.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

A hwat now?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Here's some important info on the upcoming heat wave sweeping into the region and the city. For now, Chicago's National Weather Service website is still updated with amazing details and weather graphics > www.weather.gov/lot/weathers... #Chicago #ILwx #heatwave

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Chicago skyline says trans rights for pride month.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" ok well I asked Gandalf and he said he has not passed through fire and death to bandy crooked words with a witless worm

submitted 4 days ago • 53 comments

The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.

submitted 4 days ago • 167 comments

Telling me "the subway is so dangerous now" is my immediate sign that you need your TV taken away and your news algorithm adjusted www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...?

submitted 4 days ago • 115 comments

What would you, fragile human, name the group of different varied ways one can make a single <Noun> like "Ceasar Salad". "Prepa" is already off the table.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

This is why it's advisable for all lawyers to call their spouse "your honor" during arguments.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

ChatGPT losing its "mind" and just stopping words part way through now.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment