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Now on to ice cream… and taxes.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://machination.org/2026/03/29/the-red-foam-glider-finally/","date_published":"2026-03-29T20:48:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-29 20:48","date_timestamp":1774817305,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mbradley/116314427256449977","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mi7zhqlsng2r"]}},{"id":"86754597","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://machination.org\">@machination.org</a> We’re going backwards.</p>\n<p>But the weather was nice.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mhoskxgu5s5b","date_published":"2026-03-23T00:29:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-23 00:29","date_timestamp":1774225787,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86754598","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://machination.org\">@machination.org</a> Give us statehood, voting rights. Don’t start wars, stop domestic military occupations, drone assassinations, funding &amp; arming genocide. Cease disenfranchising parties, candidates &amp; voters. Stop the self-dealing. So much barely challenged if not continued by every president &amp; party in my lifetime.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mhoskxgtycqu","date_published":"2026-03-23T00:29:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-23 00:29","date_timestamp":1774225787,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86723048","content_html":"<p>Today, we ride (because they're making D.C. shitty again): <a href=\"https://machination.org/2026/03/22/today-we-ride-because-theyre/\">machination.org</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://machination.org/2026/03/22/today-we-ride-because-theyre/","date_published":"2026-03-22T13:08:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-22 13:08","date_timestamp":1774184938,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mbradley/116272985125843192","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mhnmjzs4on2u"]}},{"id":"86721962","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://machination.org\">@machination.org</a> But wouldn’t it be damn nice to look back at this in a couple-three-four years and say “this was a turning point.”</p>\n<p>It could be. You gonna tell your delegation to sack up? You gonna put pressure on the party and the system to let them know the duopoly has undercut this too much every time?</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mhhbpbn6n62e","date_published":"2026-03-20T00:39:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 00:39","date_timestamp":1773967161,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86721963","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://machination.org\">@machination.org</a> and, of course, palantir doesn’t actually have a technological lock on being the “eye of sauron,” plenty of f/oss can do the work too.</p>\n<p>they’re an example because they’re already in bed.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mhghrlb56kaq","date_published":"2026-03-19T16:55:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 16:55","date_timestamp":1773939320,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86721964","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://machination.org\">@machination.org</a> through that lens i can echo your point. (also, i don’t know that platform, but i expect anything that would come out of it would need some tedious processing.)</p>\n<p>the answer, of course, is they’re likely not trying and seemingly trying to do the opposite.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mhghrlb4xosc","date_published":"2026-03-19T16:55:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 16:55","date_timestamp":1773939320,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86721965","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://machination.org\">@machination.org</a> sure. i just mean, they’re beyond ridiculous in saying approximately “we have all these powerful tools, we’re integrating all this data, trust us, we can do it effectively.” and then nope! and i’m speaking as a former user/admin of some palantir tools.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mhghrlb3qze7","date_published":"2026-03-19T16:55:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 16:55","date_timestamp":1773939320,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86721966","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://machination.org\">@machination.org</a> They could use other stuff to accomplish the same, but it clear this admin is happy to pay for that shit and they’re not even using it (it seems) in one of the biggest most relevant and popular appropriate uses.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mhgds4ojoz6d","date_published":"2026-03-19T15:44:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 15:44","date_timestamp":1773935044,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86721967","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://jbendery.bsky.social\">@jbendery.bsky.social</a> Delta used to be … something something “against human trafficking” something something …</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mhfq2ezbciuo","date_published":"2026-03-19T09:50:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 09:50","date_timestamp":1773913846,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86485047","content_html":"<p>Fuck this stupid war. <a href=\"https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/minab-iran-elementary-school-airstrike-cemetery-families\">Grieving Parents in Iran Spend Every Night at the Graves of Their Children, Killed by U.S. Strike</a>.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://machination.org/2026/03/18/fuck-this-stupid-war-grieving/","date_published":"2026-03-18T20:35:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-18 20:35","date_timestamp":1773866133,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mbradley/116252096470823795","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mhedoy5d2b2p"]}},{"id":"86385395","content_html":"<p>🍀✊</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.davidrovics.com/songbook/st-patrick-battalion-2/\">From Dublin City to San Diego<br>\nWe witnessed freedom denied<br>\nSo we formed the Saint Patrick Battalion<br>\nAnd we fought on the Mexican side</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n","summary":"","url":"https://machination.org/2026/03/17/from-dublin-city-to-san/","date_published":"2026-03-17T14:08:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-17 14:08","date_timestamp":1773756539,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mbradley/116244908737552955","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mhb5ke4que23"]}},{"id":"85826076","content_html":"<p>Fuck this stupid war: <a href=\"https://machination.org/2026/03/09/fuck-this-stupid-war/\">machination.org</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://machination.org/2026/03/09/fuck-this-stupid-war/","date_published":"2026-03-09T13:12:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-09 13:12","date_timestamp":1773061979,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mbradley/116199390229734721","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mgmwowsljc2y"]}},{"id":"85825945","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://wyden.senate.gov\">@wyden.senate.gov</a> Let’s do it. Every U.S. president in my lifetime should probably be in the dock too.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mgdrhjkuh3p7","date_published":"2026-03-05T21:45:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-05 21:45","date_timestamp":1772747130,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85237374","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/02/28/flickrs-url-scheme/\">Flickr’s API was the first</a> (besides the internal Jython API of the Grassroots Multiplier product I deployed services on) I worked with. Embedding crowd-sourced photos and maps into advocacy campaigns.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://machination.org/2026/02/28/flickrs-api-was-the-first/","date_published":"2026-02-28T21:05:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-28 21:05","date_timestamp":1772312714,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mbradley/116150286514945387","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mfx4v6gzpq2d"]}},{"id":"85208911","content_html":"<p>What bullshit: <a href=\"https://machination.org/2026/02/28/what-bullshit/\">machination.org</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://machination.org/2026/02/28/what-bullshit/","date_published":"2026-02-28T11:40:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-28 11:40","date_timestamp":1772278801,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mbradley/116148063885132710","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mfw5cfymcw2s"]}},{"id":"84988467","content_html":"<p>Zero regrets having fallen asleep in the process of getting the kiddo to sleep rather than my intention of enduring the Putin-esque nearly hours-long fictitious free styling of Donald Trump. However, there is a now a flat beer as a casualty.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://machination.org/2026/02/25/zero-regrets-having-fallen-asleep/","date_published":"2026-02-25T10:37:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 10:37","date_timestamp":1772015862,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mbradley/116130832391880787"]}},{"id":"84988421","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://machination.org\">@machination.org</a> Try some basic respect, or least smart use of context you already have for your self-serving ends.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mfnlo6h727y7","date_published":"2026-02-25T02:03:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 02:03","date_timestamp":1771984996,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84988423","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://machination.org\">@machination.org</a> They’re way above their reading level, so clearly you’re not making any use of the age information or inferred purpose of the account to benefit yourselves in terms of gating for authentic meaningful potential readers… but wtf.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mfnlo6h6n2it","date_published":"2026-02-25T02:03:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 02:03","date_timestamp":1771984996,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84988424","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://machination.org\">@machination.org</a> …it was a little more radical in tone than tonight’s “Peoples’ State of the Union.”</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mfnkzswhj73t","date_published":"2026-02-25T01:51:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 01:51","date_timestamp":1771984313,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84988425","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://jbendery.bsky.social\">@jbendery.bsky.social</a> Does it count if he doesn’t pronounce it correctly? “AFFORD…i… bill..table. They say it, it’s a word. It’s a fine word but we don’t need to say it. I fixed it all.”</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mfmjjs6nx2vh","date_published":"2026-02-24T15:52:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-24 15:52","date_timestamp":1771948342,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84593925","content_html":"<p>I imagine the Board of Peace being kind of like Dragon’s Den/Shark Tank/The Apprentice. Just dumber, crasser, and if we exclude the launching power of The Apprentice in even given Trump visibility, more negatively impactful on the world.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://machination.org/2026/02/19/i-imagine-the-board-of/","date_published":"2026-02-19T15:34:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Bradley","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2023%2F25830.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"mjb"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-19 15:34","date_timestamp":1771515288,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@mbradley/116098026118385798","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3hjr34ew2rpq63aebw6jnqpk/post/3mf7w7uwdgn2v"]}},{"id":"84381405","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://github.com/microdotblog/microblog-mac/issues/40\">This is working out great for me! 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I know PMs and engineers hate it when end users prescribe the solution (I’ve been on the receiving end), but I’d love if they’d fix by reversion: roll back the ridiculous corner radius and even put back the lower right corner grip. 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