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\n\n\nThe engraved Mac Mini is the Patagonia vest of the AI era. The Patagonia vest signalled membership in a financial elite that valued the appearance of rugged practicality over the display of wealth. The numbered Sequoia Mac Mini signals membership in an AI elite that values local inference, open-source tools, and the ability to run an agent framework on a $599 computer rather than paying for cloud API access.
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Sequoia is giving away the hardware for an AI project it cannot invest in. That is the point.
\nHave I posted this already? T the he numbers are out of date. Still much in the article that’s dead...
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What it means for an API to be RESTful | Andros Fenollosa
\nI’ve been pretty interested in this as a stand-in for single sign on when no personal or secure information needs to be transmitted. It can be used to stitch together web pages that are doing something for someone using a browser.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://crank.report/2026/08/02/in-other-words-rest-is.html","date_published":"2026-08-02T13:05:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Marnie Webb","url":"https://crank.report","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F12%2F1356835.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"crankreport"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-02 13:05","date_timestamp":1785675912,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7mw6kjtdbes5oxnyjlz4zmeu/post/3ms42dnjcc42i"]}},{"id":"95072199","content_html":"\n@lmika oh! This is interesting. At work, we’ve bern developing some tools that are powered by jointly owned markdown files. This could help with the maintenance of those files.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/crankreport/95028707","date_published":"2026-08-01T13:38:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Marnie Webb","url":"https://crank.report","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F12%2F1356835.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"crankreport"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-01 13:38","date_timestamp":1785591521,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95028557","content_html":"\n\nWe’ve been building a new system for running evals against different models, prompts, and harnesses, with the goal of being able to identify the most appropriate small and inexpensive models for different categories of task.
\n
smevals - a small eval suite for evaluating models, prompts, and harnesses | Prime Radiant
\nDefinitely a tool for the Frugal AI suite.
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\nFinished reading: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson 📚So good that I immediately started the next book in the series. Something I rarely do. The formation of groups, interplay of power, use of AI, and control of the climate make it so applicable right now.
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\n
I think this applies to civil society generally and for communities of purpose within civil society,...
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\n
I wonder how this works with emerging standards like Agentic Resource Discovery.
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The structures for community building are important.
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\n
Ollama: all aboard open models · Ollama Blog
\nI’m eager to make this more accessible to nonprofits.
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I joined the IndieWeb, here’s what I learned | Andros Fenollosa
\nI’ve been thinking a lot about knowledge graphs organized in a way that showcases ownership, rests on domains, and uses existing standards. I’m not sure IndieWeb protocols provide all of the answer but likely much of it.
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I burned all my tokens researching how to save tokens - Quesma Blog
\nI’ve been working a lot of frugal AI set ups. I’m eager to mimic this approach, including local models.
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\n
Punch Yourself in the Face with Reality | Adi
\nBut what is structure user info and use cases in a way that can be shared across makers?
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LGBTQ Legislation Tracking Project — LegiAlerts
\nNow let’s map it and put it against other community demographics to see the impact.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://crank.report/2026/07/14/two-decades-of-antilgbtq-legislation.html","date_published":"2026-07-14T20:39:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Marnie Webb","url":"https://crank.report","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F12%2F1356835.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"crankreport"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-14 20:39","date_timestamp":1784061578,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7mw6kjtdbes5oxnyjlz4zmeu/post/3mqn2uqj7il2n"]}},{"id":"93861069","content_html":" What Infrastructure Does Civil Society Need? \nI recently had the chance to look closely at the work of a group of organizations. They were different sizes, working with different communities, over different lengths of time. The smaller organizations had a harder time. They had clarity on the job ahead of...
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Nancy Pelosi to Form Institute at UC Berkeley Aimed at Teaching Civics and Bolstering Democracy
\nWhat a great retirement job, asset for the university, and for all of us who want democracy to work.
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\n
AI boom carries with it a big risk
\nAll the more reason to practice principles of frugal AI: companies will go under, prices will rise — all in the effort to service that debt.
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\n
An “Infovore” shares his chats
\nI’m looking forward to trying the how to listen to a symphony example. Of course, I will try it on Gemini.
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If You Can’t Hold It, You Don’t Own It
\nAs someone with a house full of books, full of records, I appreciate this comment so much.
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Blogging Can Just Be Stating The Obvious - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
\nNoted.
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Too geeky for me still. It will get there.
\n","summary":"","url":"https://crank.report/2026/06/24/simonwbrowsercompatdb-too-geeky-for-me.html","date_published":"2026-06-25T01:01:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Marnie Webb","url":"https://crank.report","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F12%2F1356835.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"crankreport"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-25 01:01","date_timestamp":1782349316,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7mw6kjtdbes5oxnyjlz4zmeu/post/3mp3aayawvh2n"]}},{"id":"92219454","content_html":"\n\nThe AI boom needs electricians.
\nIt also needs line workers, substation technicians, grid engineers, mechanical contractors, welders, construction crews, and commissioning specialists. These are not jobs that can be filled instantly with a software update or a new financing round. They require training, experience, and a steady labor pipeline that the power sector does not currently have in abundance.
\nThat is an important reminder that the AI boom is not only a digital story. It is also very much a physical infrastructure story.
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Silicon Valley’s AI Dreams Face a Blue-Collar Reality | naked capitalism
\nA...
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Exclusive: ICE obtains local voter files in Texas and North Carolina
\nMore related than relevant. This article started me thinking about community efforts that brought together non-voters with voters so the legal voter could cast a representative ballot.
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Banning noise will be a disaster for statistical data products - Ted is writing things
\nThis articles holds so much for me to learn more about. Also, something to watch with regard to the privacy and safety of the communities we support.
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This. I think the opportunity is ours for the taking. The window, however, will not be open for long.
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\nNonprofits are operating in spaces where capitalism and govt have failed.
\ntheir job is to make a social, not financial, impact.
\nbusiness has crazy competition and incentives. Let’s work that out for nonprofits.
\n@numericcitizen Terrific texture.
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\nGive! Any amount helps us get to the goal -> www.every.org/techsoup/f/f…
\nShare! Repost this, write you own post, send emails.
\nActivate! Every year we vote on the funding that supports the meals. Make sure your congresspeople know how critical this is.
\n@marniewebb.bsky.social AND our funding models don’t make it easy for a small, lightweight app that doesn’t collect user data to get consistent ongoing funding.
\nWe are building an endowment to help respond to the need and provide an example of funding a product that keeps it going.
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\nThe 90K public schools that provide access to meals for students who need it close during the summer months.
\nThe ~35K places that do serve meals are open at various hours.
\nThat means the place a young person got a meal on Monday may no longer be serving on Wednesday.
\n@rubyji.bsky.social I’m with you. Especially after yesterday’s win by UCLA Women’s basketball 💪
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