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Manton Reece — Fri, 15 May 2026 21:17:13 +0000

Spurs vs. Timberwolves game 6 tonight is going to be big. Nice article at ESPN on the organization’s culture and longevity:

On any given day at the facility, a current Spur can walk into a room filled with championship players from the past. It’s not uncommon to go to lunch and find Ginobili dining with three-time champion Bruce Bowen, whose No. 12 jersey is retired in San Antonio. Duncan, who once had a space in the coaches’ locker room at the old facility, is a fixture at the new spot, too, along with two-time champ and 10-time All-Star David Robinson and Sean Elliott…

Jamie Thingelstad — Fri, 15 May 2026 20:18:46 +0000

From a chat with Claude today…

“everything else is scope creep dressed as ambition”

Statistical word model or not, that was an insightful comment.

Manton Reece — Fri, 15 May 2026 19:27:03 +0000

I remain skeptical of Tesla robotaxis and this report doesn’t make me feel better:

Tesla Robotaxis have crashed at least twice since July 2025 while a teleoperator was remotely driving the vehicles…

Waymo has the right approach. When stuck, cars can be given hints on what to do by remote staff, but the cars still drive based on their training, they can’t be controlled like a video game.

Manton Reece — Fri, 15 May 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Andrew Sharp has one of the best blog posts I’ve read recently about not just the OpenAI trial, but stepping back to see the big picture of OpenAI’s founding and where things are now. On the evidence:

Musk is wrong here and he should lose. […] Across a two-week trial where Musk and his lawyers have worked every single day to put Altman’s dishonesty at the forefront of the jury’s mind, Elon is the most dishonest character in that courtroom, at least with respect to the facts at hand.

It’s a medium-long post and goes through the text messages and other surrounding details.

Manton Reece — Fri, 15 May 2026 17:27:30 +0000

I work every day on a lot of different things. This requires being able to flow between projects without hitting walls. App review is a wall. It’s a momentum killer. It’s like wading through mud when you want to run.

Manton Reece — Fri, 15 May 2026 17:15:36 +0000

ChatGPT personal finance is going to be popular, eventually, but initially I expect people to be cautious about giving AI access to their bank accounts. It’s read-only, which I assume is enforced by Plaid:

When you connect your accounts, ChatGPT can access your balances, transactions, investments, and liabilities to help visualize your finances or answer your questions. It cannot see full account numbers or make any changes to your accounts.

This year I had planned to download all my bank statements and feed them to Codex to help organize things for taxes. Feels more transparent that way.

Manton Reece — Fri, 15 May 2026 16:36:10 +0000

Now four days since I appealed the Inkwell rejection. I’ve drafted a full blog post explaining all the problems I’ve run into with app review. Going to hold the post until Monday, just to give Apple a little more time.

Manton Reece — Fri, 15 May 2026 15:32:54 +0000

Codex has had a section in the ChatGPT mobile app for a while, but only for the cloud version. The update this week is a rewrite (apparently in SwiftUI) and can connect to a Mac running Codex. Seems good. If you have a desktop Mac somewhere, the lines are starting to blur between Codex and OpenClaw.

Micro.blog News — Fri, 15 May 2026 15:22:51 +0000

For apps using Micropub, added a new field microblog-thumbnail for book covers or movie posters in the response when fetching the posts list. Helpful for integrating with our support for books, The Movie Database, and Letterboxd.

Khürt Williams — Fri, 15 May 2026 15:22:19 +0000

American Goldfinch in Spring Moult: islandinthenet.com

Manton Reece — Fri, 15 May 2026 15:07:06 +0000

AI-assisted release notes: manton.org

Jeremy Cherfas — Fri, 15 May 2026 11:14:56 +0000

Bikes for Rent at the Ghent Train Station | ruk.ca: stream.jeremycherfas.net

Jeremy Cherfas — Fri, 15 May 2026 11:11:57 +0000

The Atlantic: stream.jeremycherfas.net

Jonathan LaCour — Fri, 15 May 2026 06:16:15 +0000

Carbonara for dinner? Meringues for dessert! Thank you, eggs, for being so awesome.

Manton Reece — Fri, 15 May 2026 04:09:58 +0000

Still kind of unbelievable that The Late Show only has one week left. When the cancellation was announced, the end date seemed far away, and I thought maybe they’d change their mind anyway.

Miraz Jordan — Fri, 15 May 2026 02:29:07 +0000

@kaa Wow!

Khaled Abou Alfa — Fri, 15 May 2026 02:21:53 +0000

Danish police disperse pro-Palestinian activists who attempted to blockade the headquarters of the giant shipping company Maersk based in Copenhagen Denmark. That is one brutal way to ‘disperse’ activists. I’m seriously proud of those that make a stand and put their bodies on the line for people far away....

www.kaa.bz

Khaled Abou Alfa — Fri, 15 May 2026 02:21:48 +0000

Why birds don’t crash (and what humans can learn from them). Absolutely loved the insight in this video.

Manton Reece — Fri, 15 May 2026 01:36:43 +0000

Good recap of the OpenAI trial from TechCrunch. This part is really the whole case:

OpenAI’s attorneys have asked every witness to describe specific restrictions put on Musk’s donations, and none have, including his financial adviser Jared Birchall, his chief of staff Sam Teller, or his special adviser Shivon Zilis. They say everyone involved agreed that private fundraising would be required to achieve its goals, and note that Musk himself attempted to launch an OpenAI-affiliated for-profit he would personally control, and later to merge OpenAI into his company Tesla.

Miraz Jordan — Fri, 15 May 2026 01:35:21 +0000

I drove down to Waipū Bird Sanctuary today where I saw shags, gulls, oystercatchers, white-faced herons, white-fronted terns, dotterels, a stray kingfisher and an occasional godwit.

On the horizon I spotted a couple of ships, possibly carrying logs.

Matthew Cassinelli — Thu, 14 May 2026 22:00:29 +0000

Make Sure Codex Is Open for Chatgpt With These Shortcuts: matthewcassinelli.com

Matthew Cassinelli — Thu, 14 May 2026 21:49:53 +0000

New in the Shortcuts Library: Codex shortcuts: matthewcassinelli.com

Micro.blog News — Thu, 14 May 2026 17:40:09 +0000

Fixed book description formatting for many books when using the API, such as from Epilogue. The API via JSON Feed includes plain text for descriptions. On the web, styled text is displayed where available.

b.loftin2 — Thu, 14 May 2026 17:07:46 +0000

Episode 91: Alva And Other Stuff: bloftin2.blog

Aaron Parecki — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:56:38 +0000

📍 Alaska Lounge

Manton Reece — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:18:56 +0000

Slowly making improvements to our book database in Micro.blog. There’s a new layout for the book pages too, with the page count and better descriptions when we can get them.

Micro.blog News — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:14:21 +0000

Improved layout of book pages on desktop, including the number of pages when available.

Khürt Williams — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:12:14 +0000

Wood Duck at Lake Carnegie Dam: islandinthenet.com

Khaled Abou Alfa — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:42:09 +0000

It’s been a really strange year so far. A lot of life happening. A lot of things that have disrupted my thoughts and energy. Which has reflected into a lack of engagement online.

Manton Reece — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:15:58 +0000

@cheesemaker Good point, we can do that.

Jonathan Hays — Thu, 14 May 2026 13:56:51 +0000

@manton might I suggest a downloads.micro.blog redirect? When I start typing in the url bar it will auto complete better

Micro.blog News — Thu, 14 May 2026 13:29:28 +0000

Moved the Transcripts and People links from the sidebar to the “…” menu. This helps simplify the sidebar (or profile menu) for pages that aren’t accessed very often.

Ben Werdmuller — Thu, 14 May 2026 12:25:20 +0000

52 actionable posts about building a culture of innovation: werd.io

Miraz Jordan — Thu, 14 May 2026 05:17:58 +0000

@news Just wanted to say how fast publishing is these days. Something you did recently has really speeded things up. Thank you.

Miraz Jordan — Thu, 14 May 2026 04:57:00 +0000

An enjoyable read in a series I like — Murder At Ragged Falls: An Inspector Hilary Casgrain Murder Mystery (An Elk Ridge Murder Mystery Book 7) by Anne Shillolo. 📚

Inspector Hilary Casgrain takes on her first undercover assignment in years. … But early on the second morning, a man is found dead on the river bank, a visiting tourist has gone missing, and an elderly guest is furious that she’s been robbed.

Joe Cieplinski — Thu, 14 May 2026 03:54:41 +0000

Aaron Parecki — Thu, 14 May 2026 02:32:52 +0000

📍 Pausa Bar & Cookery

Jonathan LaCour — Thu, 14 May 2026 02:22:02 +0000

Indigo is quite a nice iOS app for a converged Bluesky and Mastodon experience. I post (POSSE) from my site typically, but replies are almost always done directly on the platforms. A bit of a gap to close, but I’ve never been able to think of a convenient way to do it.

b.loftin2 — Thu, 14 May 2026 02:13:03 +0000

Watching a show about deforestation and orangutans. When I see things like this, with all these amazing creatures and habitats being destroyed, I think that Covid-19 didn’t do its job well enough.

Aaron Parecki — Thu, 14 May 2026 01:55:55 +0000

📍 McGovern's Bar