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\"this war is dumb as hell\": aarondowd.com

","summary":"Excellent article on this outstandingly stupid war on Iran\n\n\"This post is a set of my observations on the current war in Iran and my thoughts on the broader strategic implications. I am not, of course, an expert on the region nor do I have access to any special information, so I am going to treat th...","url":"https://www.aarondowd.com/2026/03/30/this-war-is-dumb-as.html","date_published":"2026-03-30T18:14:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Aaron Dowd","url":"http://aarondowd.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F467.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"aarondowd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-30 18:14","date_timestamp":1774894473,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86802571","content_html":"

March heat wave and rising gas prices means the motorcycle is getting more use.

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What Even Is a Podcast Producer Anymore? aarondowd.com

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How Do I Build a Community Outside of Online Platforms? aarondowd.com

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My Favorite Podcasts - 2026 Edition: aarondowd.com

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Upcoming Live Shows in Texas: aarondowd.com

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My first Critical Mass bike ride - Fort Worth, Texas. February 27, 2026.

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Riding around the city with total strangers is super fun. Raising awareness for the need for safe biking and walking paths in cities is icing on the cake.

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The Podcaster's Big Problem \"\" : aarondowd.com

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Reflecting on the Death of Tim Very (Drummer for Manchester Orchestra) \"\" : aarondowd.com

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Explore & Grow: February 2026 - Opening 3 Sold Out Shows for Treaty Oak Revival with The Band Laredo \"\"\"\"\"\" : aarondowd.com

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Recording new music and filming and shooting photos with Jonathan Tyler & friends at his studio in Austin Texas was so sick. AI could never.

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Making Music with Jonathan Tyler in Austin TX: aarondowd.com

","summary":"","url":"https://www.aarondowd.com/2026/02/11/making-music-with-jonathan-tyler.html","date_published":"2026-02-11T19:37:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Aaron Dowd","url":"http://aarondowd.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F467.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"aarondowd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-11 19:37","date_timestamp":1770838620,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83607333","content_html":"

\"Write about the future you want\" - Dave Rupert: aarondowd.com

","summary":"","url":"https://www.aarondowd.com/2026/02/04/write-about-the-future-you.html","date_published":"2026-02-05T02:11:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Aaron Dowd","url":"http://aarondowd.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F467.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"aarondowd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-05 02:11","date_timestamp":1770257471,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"83187713","content_html":"

@9to5mac.com No one asked, but as a long time MacBook user, I don’t care about thinness or a touchscreen. I want long battery life, all the ports, power, durability, and a cellular connection would be sweet so I don’t have to keep using my phone as a hotspot.

\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:akf3wuuhycfrnvm3sdsh3jeb/post/3md7nfuha422v","date_published":"2026-01-25T02:06:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Aaron Dowd","url":"http://aarondowd.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F467.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"aarondowd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-25 02:06","date_timestamp":1769306805,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83187715","content_html":"

@hotdogsladies.bsky.social I feel you. Chat GPT: not into. Claude in the terminal? Very into. Feels like something I wanted very badly back in 93

\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:akf3wuuhycfrnvm3sdsh3jeb/post/3mcpsxmdhls2b","date_published":"2026-01-18T19:03:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Aaron Dowd","url":"http://aarondowd.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F467.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"aarondowd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-18 19:03","date_timestamp":1768763014,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"80489671","content_html":"

Explore & Grow #3 - Thinking About Social Media When I Should Be Thinking About Christmas \"\" : aarondowd.com

","summary":"","url":"https://www.aarondowd.com/2025/12/21/explore-grow-thinking-about-social.html","date_published":"2025-12-21T18:09:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Aaron Dowd","url":"http://aarondowd.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F467.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"aarondowd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-21 18:09","date_timestamp":1766340551,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79966716","content_html":"

Explore & Grow #2 - It's Almost Christmas Again \"\"\"\"\"\" : aarondowd.com

","summary":"","url":"https://www.aarondowd.com/2025/12/13/explore-grow-its-almost-christmas.html","date_published":"2025-12-13T21:39:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Aaron Dowd","url":"http://aarondowd.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F467.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"aarondowd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-13 21:39","date_timestamp":1765661951,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79522464","content_html":"

Explore & Grow #1 - Weekly Update - December 7, 2025 \"\" : aarondowd.com

","summary":"","url":"https://www.aarondowd.com/2025/12/07/explore-grow-weekly-update-december.html","date_published":"2025-12-07T16:00:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Aaron Dowd","url":"http://aarondowd.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F467.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"aarondowd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-07 16:00","date_timestamp":1765123200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"76951781","content_html":"

Kolton Moore & the Clever Few - NYC - 10/22/2025: aarondowd.com

","summary":"","url":"https://www.aarondowd.com/2025/10/30/kolton-moore-the-clever-few.html","date_published":"2025-10-30T15:40:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Aaron Dowd","url":"http://aarondowd.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F467.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"aarondowd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-30 15:40","date_timestamp":1761838809,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"76948795","content_html":"

Touring: A microcosm of life? aarondowd.com

","summary":"","url":"https://www.aarondowd.com/2025/10/30/touring-a-microcosm-of-life.html","date_published":"2025-10-30T14:45:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Aaron Dowd","url":"http://aarondowd.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F467.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"aarondowd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-30 14:45","date_timestamp":1761835516,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"79035583","content_html":"

NYC - 10/22/2025: aarondowd.com

","summary":"Concert Photos from Kolton Moore & the Clever Few’s first ever show in New York City at the Mercury Lounge, October 22, 2025","url":"https://www.aarondowd.com/2025/10/30/nyc.html","date_published":"2025-10-30T14:40:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Aaron Dowd","url":"http://aarondowd.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F10%2F467.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"aarondowd"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-30 14:40","date_timestamp":1761835200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"76809403","content_html":"

NYC Walkabout October 23, 2025: aarondowd.com

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[You Should Feed the Bots]maurycyz.com/misc/the_…)

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A week ago, I set up an infinite nonsense crawler trap – now it makes up 99% of my server’s traffic. What surprised me is that feeding scrapers garbage is the cheapest and easiest thing I could do.

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The Place That I Call Home Tour - Fall 2025 - with Kolton Moore & the Clever FEw \"\"\"\"\"\" : aarondowd.com

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Listen to \"A Place That I Call Home\" from Kolton Moore & the Clever Few: aarondowd.com

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Article: The Case Against Social Media is Stronger Than You Think: aarondowd.com

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KM&TCF Played Camino Real 2025 with Jason Boland and Kelsey Waldon at Gruene Hall. Got the audio and the video for our set too

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@hankgreen.bsky.social Awesome

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@pcgamer.com Who specifically at EA is expecting this? Because maybe those people should be fired for guessing wrong if they don’t reach those numbers.

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@9to5mac.com Ahhh I see their designers are learning about the importance of contrast

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@kissane.bsky.social No ability to think about anything except what the propaganda machine tells them

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@eve6.bsky.social Appreciate you dude. Good songs, good skeets.

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@anildash.com My first thought when I read that statement was “this guy doesn’t know what to do so he’s telling people to work harder and hoping that will solve his problems”

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@davidho.bsky.social Skype dropped the ball back in 2015 or so and never picked it back up. They could have owned remote chat and recording but I’m guessing they didn’t think it was going to make enough money.

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@mjsdc.bsky.social Do you use a credit card? Rent or own a home? Use utilities like water and electricity? Send your kids to school? Have a job? Eat? Drink? Deposit money in a bank, or withdraw it? The government provides services and safeguards that enable us to do ALL of this safely. Now Musk is taking it all away.

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@mjsdc.bsky.social Do you fly in airplanes? Drive on highways? File taxes? Have kids or elderly parents? Go to the doctor? Prefer not to be poisoned by toxic chemicals? Then you rely on the government services that Musk is hobbling. It is tragic that many Americans won’t realize this until those services are killed.

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@standupforscience.bsky.social Why must we be surrounded by morons? Are we cursed?

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@marisakabas.bsky.social That is the plan: break government services and then offer privatization as the cure. It’s a way to funnel tax dollars into oligarch pockets. We get to pay more for less.

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@benmullin.bsky.social Cancelled Amazon Prime and switched spending elsewhere, gonna support Wired who is actually going to work on important journalism in 2025

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@anildash.com Like… do I have contempt for the fascists among us? Of course I do! Do I want to crush their movement? More than anything! But will I subsidize individuals with compassion if that’s what it takes to care for all? Without blinking. I don’t aspire to an “efficient” system that leaves anyone behind.

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@mjcrockett.bsky.social We can’t talk about LLMs without acknowledging the dire state of science in the US right now, one that is intimately connected to tech billionaires seeking to dismantle higher ed and replace human labor with AI.

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@mapquest.com

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@joolia.bsky.social my kingdom for an elected official who will stand up and defend the fact that the government employs people to test wastewater and send old people money and keep an eye on the bears in the park and make sue the people that scammed you

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@ttscoff.bsky.social Sorry to hear bud, hope it gets easier for you soon

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@drewharwell.com Looks like a computer game I would have hated in the 90’s

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@gerryconway.bsky.social Oh yeah. I read Steinbeck and Sinclair and recommend them weekly to my friends and strangers. Essential work those guys did that’s still 100% relevant.

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@joshtpm.bsky.social How many crashes before they start talking about how it’s a really complicated problem to solve

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@aaron-dowd.bsky.social

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@techcrunch.com I hope someone important from apple is listening to Ben Thompson because he’s 100% correct about these needing to be an external display for Macs. No one will buy them otherwise.

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@petersterne.com Laws for poor people, unlimited freedom for the oligarchy is their end goal

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