{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Sherif Soliman","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/sherif","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"519","username":"sherif","bio":"💿s forever.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":98,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2022/519.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"87702092","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/chrisd\">@chrisd</a> <a href=\"https://www.last.fm/user/thespeckofme/\">Definitely</a> :) I think there’s a few or at least a couple of us on Micro.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/87702092","date_published":"2026-04-06T15:32:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-06 15:32","date_timestamp":1775489527,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86978103","content_html":"<p>why would I read one of my open tabs if I can just open a new tab.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2026/03/25/why-would-i-read-one.html","date_published":"2026-03-26T03:37:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-26 03:37","date_timestamp":1774496246,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86575419","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://macwright.com\">@macwright.com</a> “best time to be alive ngl”</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/86575419","date_published":"2026-03-20T01:30:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-20 01:30","date_timestamp":1773970212,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85031400","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://macwright.com\">@macwright.com</a> In Arabic there’s an expression,</p>\n<p>أنتُم السابقون و نحن اللاحقون</p>\n<p>Meaning you are going there first and we are soon to follow.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/85031400","date_published":"2026-02-25T22:23:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 22:23","date_timestamp":1772058232,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"82364090","content_html":"<p>One of the sick things about gen AI companies is not only did they steal my shit (and yours), but that the cost of refusing to be complicit by using their products is ultimately unrealistic for anyone to bear. So you pay $20/mo or watch an ad to get your piece from what was stolen from all of us.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2026/01/19/gen-ai-complicity.html","date_published":"2026-01-19T04:30:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-19 04:30","date_timestamp":1768797000,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81587290","content_html":"<div class=\"photocontainer\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbulletin.sherif.io%2Fassets%2Fimages%2F2026-01-07-linkedin.webp\" alt=\"LinkedIn insane email\" width=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n\n<p>what… is this? why is this the timeline that we’re in?</p>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2026/01/08/linkedin.html","date_published":"2026-01-08T02:12:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-08 02:12","date_timestamp":1767838374,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"81510365","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jtr\">@jtr</a> I love Audio46! The only store I can find that stocks FiiO products in the US. If they ever end up stocking the silver DM15, I might just use that link…</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/81510365","date_published":"2026-01-07T02:04:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-07 02:04","date_timestamp":1767751441,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"81214103","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/kaa\">@kaa</a> This was a really good read. “thick desire” is one of those good sticky ideas, I think. Thanks for sharing.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/81214103","date_published":"2026-01-02T19:09:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-02 19:09","date_timestamp":1767380947,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"79198101","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/danielsavage\">@danielsavage</a> I recently “discovered” this album and it helped me get over an irrational aversion to Radiohead. “A Punchup at a Wedding” and “There, There” are my favorites–especially Punchup.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/79198101","date_published":"2025-12-02T22:15:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-02 22:15","date_timestamp":1764713719,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"78483708","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/tracydurnell\">@tracydurnell</a> It’s a very diverse album so I do recommend that! The title track and “Stoned and Alone” are two of my favs from the second half.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/78483708","date_published":"2025-11-21T22:31:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-21 22:31","date_timestamp":1763764283,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"78433497","content_html":"<div class=\"photocontainer\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbulletin.sherif.io%2Fassets%2Fimages%2F2025-11-20-forgotten-pleasures.webp\" alt=\"Forgotten Pleasures CD by Findlay in the player.\" width=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n\n<p>Playing today. <em>Forgotten Pleasures</em> (2017) by Findlay.</p>\n\n<p>What genre is this? Pop/rock/ambient-electronica? Whatever it is, it’s good. A little noisy, a little gritty. Intimately angry.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/11/21/forgotten-pleasures.html","date_published":"2025-11-21T00:27:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-21 00:27","date_timestamp":1763684840,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"77285446","content_html":"It’s the year 2150. ConsciousnessCopy’s Plus tier now supports up to 3500 organic memories (1000 episodic, 2500 semantic) and 50k generative memories. I’m waiting for my girlfriend to return from her cortical scraping appointment so she can remind me where we decided to send our Simojis (simulation emojis)... <a href=\"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/11/05/messages-search.html\">bulletin.sherif.io</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/11/05/messages-search.html","date_published":"2025-11-05T03:04:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-05 03:04","date_timestamp":1762311863,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"76982362","content_html":"<p>Didn’t iOS use to ask if the accessory you’re connecting was a headphone or a USB output device?</p>\n<p>I’m <em>not</em> playing music at a 100 dB! The DAC has its own volume controls. But I guess I’ll have to live with Apple Health thinking I’m pulverizing my cochlea.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbulletin.sherif.io%2Fuploads%2F2025%2Fimage.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Screenshot of iOS mistakenly estimating music playback volume.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/10/30/didnt-ios-use-to-ask.html","date_published":"2025-10-31T00:22:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-31 00:22","date_timestamp":1761870167,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"76705288","content_html":"One of the consequences of generative model slop sloshing around the internet is that it’s not nearly as easy as it used to be to find an actually good reference link to include in a piece of writing. Blog posts and technical pages from websites that look like they will be around long enough to be worth li... <a href=\"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/10/27/references-and-ownership.html\">bulletin.sherif.io</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/10/27/references-and-ownership.html","date_published":"2025-10-27T00:33:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-27 00:33","date_timestamp":1761525197,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"76352639","content_html":"<p>I eagerly await the appointment of a Blue-ribbon commission to investigate the events leading up to the script of Slow Horses season five, identify those responsible, and bring them swift American justice.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/10/22/slow.html","date_published":"2025-10-22T09:19:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-22 09:19","date_timestamp":1761124750,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"75085547","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/AdamChandler\">@AdamChandler</a> maybe too low hanging of a fruit to pluck, but reads like it’s written by AI. Also yes, seems targeted at investors not users. Oh! reminds me of <a href=\"https://www.apple.com/newsroom/\">www.apple.com/newsroom/</a></p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/75085547","date_published":"2025-10-05T19:50:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-05 19:50","date_timestamp":1759693850,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"71396862","content_html":"<div class=\"photocontainer\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbulletin.sherif.io%2Fassets%2Fimages%2F2025-08-16-human.webp\" alt=\"Art lit by candlelight.\" width=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n\n<p>The whole point of art is to make you think about the human experience. The human condition. The human.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/08/16/human.html","date_published":"2025-08-16T19:40:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-16 19:40","date_timestamp":1755373247,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"71241770","content_html":"<div class=\"photocontainer\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbulletin.sherif.io%2Fassets%2Fimages%2F2025-08-14-arche.webp\" alt=\"ARCHE by DIR EN GREY CD spinning in a player.\" width=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n\n<p>Playing today: <em>ARCHE</em> (2014) by DIR EN GREY.</p>\n\n<p>Japanese heavy/melodic metal band: DIR EN GREY. A friend introduced me to <em>UROBOROS</em> (2008) over a decade ago and I’ve been into the band ever since. ARCHE is less cacophonous, just as heavy, just as guttural, just as emotional. A no-skips album for me.</p>\n\n<p>🎵</p>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/08/14/arche.html","date_published":"2025-08-14T16:48:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-14 16:48","date_timestamp":1755190106,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"71173130","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jtr\">@jtr</a> It is :) Watching the CD spin is so delightful. FiiO DM13 if you wanted to look it up.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/71173130","date_published":"2025-08-13T17:53:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-13 17:53","date_timestamp":1755107604,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"71124295","content_html":"<div class=\"photocontainer\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbulletin.sherif.io%2Fassets%2Fimages%2F2025-08-12-nimrod.webp\" alt=\"Nimrod by Green Day CD spinning in a player.\" width=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n\n<p>On deck today: <em>nimrod.</em> by Green Day (1997)</p>\n\n<p>I’d say it’s an underrated album, but I think it was underrated only by me. Very fun.</p>\n\n<p>🎵</p>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/08/13/nimrod.html","date_published":"2025-08-13T02:52:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-13 02:52","date_timestamp":1755053549,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"70755292","content_html":"<p>Avril Lavigne’s “Complicated” is a 10/10 song.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/08/08/complicated.html","date_published":"2025-08-08T02:04:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-08 02:04","date_timestamp":1754618649,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"70603375","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/cliophate\">@cliophate</a> <a href=\"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/08/06/favorite-albums\">bulletin.sherif.io/2025/08/0…</a></p>\n<p>I couldn’t reply in Micro.blog so I made my own little post.</p>\n<p>I’m a Plex + Plexamp evangelist when it comes to building your own library.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/70603375","date_published":"2025-08-06T05:14:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-06 05:14","date_timestamp":1754457264,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"70604081","content_html":"<div class=\"photocontainer\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbulletin.sherif.io%2Fassets%2Fimages%2F2025-08-05-favorite-albums.jpeg\" alt=\"Screenshot of my Favorite Albums collection in Plex. 40 albums out of thousands.\" width=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n\n<p>Favorite albums of all time. 40 out of thousands.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/08/06/favorite-albums.html","date_published":"2025-08-06T05:11:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-06 05:11","date_timestamp":1754457067,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"70602210","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jsonbecker\">@jsonbecker</a> “We’re Nothing Without You” has a very, very special place in my heart.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/70602210","date_published":"2025-08-06T04:40:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-06 04:40","date_timestamp":1754455230,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"70602170","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/bapsi\">@bapsi</a> This made me go look up my brief review of the book. Mine’s long-winded in comparison, because basically, yeah.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/70602170","date_published":"2025-08-06T04:39:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-06 04:39","date_timestamp":1754455157,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"70005013","content_html":"<p>Demi Vollering noooooo</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/07/28/demi-vollering-noooooo.html","date_published":"2025-07-28T19:10:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-28 19:10","date_timestamp":1753729833,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"69427099","content_html":"<p>So, Coldplay is still touring then?</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/07/20/so-coldplay-is-still-touring.html","date_published":"2025-07-21T01:36:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-21 01:36","date_timestamp":1753061783,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"69427136","content_html":"<p>It is wildly unrealistic to expect significant decision makers in a publicly traded company to put morality or ethics over the bottom line.</p>\n\n<p>I don’t know if that’s too cynical or too obvious, but it’s an axiom I live by in 2025.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/07/21/bottom-line.html","date_published":"2025-07-21T01:35:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-21 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die</p>\n</blockquote>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/06/04/tried-and-didnt-die.html","date_published":"2025-06-04T07:25:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-06-04 07:25","date_timestamp":1749021916,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"65215965","content_html":"<p>Non-transparent pen ink refills are an obscenity, an abomination, and a direct attack on my person.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/05/24/nontransparent-pen-ink-refills-are.html","date_published":"2025-05-25T06:09:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-25 06:09","date_timestamp":1748153382,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"63920248","content_html":"Nolan Lawson, on his feelings about AI and software development.\n\n  I don’t have a conclusion. Really, that’s my current state: ambivalence. I acknowledge that these tools are incredibly powerful, I’ve even started incorporating them into my work in certain limited ways (low-stakes code like POCs and unit tests seem like an ideal use case), but I absolutely hate them. I hate the way they’ve taken over the software industry, I hate how they make me feel while I’m using them, and I hate the human-intelligence-insulting postulation that a glorified Excel spreadsheet can do what I can but better.\n\n  In o... <a href=\"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/05/08/ambivalence.html\">bulletin.sherif.io</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/05/08/ambivalence.html","date_published":"2025-05-08T04:51:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-08 04:51","date_timestamp":1746679873,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"63912265","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/val\">@val</a> It was. Especially women who (and whose families) were still more culturally bedouin. You may not see a lot of that in the heart of glitzy Dubai, but outside that Westernized core there is (was, but I imagine still is) a more varied mix of modernized and traditional Emirati living.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/63912265","date_published":"2025-05-08T01:44:44+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-08 01:44","date_timestamp":1746668684,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"63907598","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/bapsi\">@bapsi</a> I went the Canada route. Worked perfectly.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/63907598","date_published":"2025-05-07T23:57:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-07 23:57","date_timestamp":1746662244,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"63907338","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/val\">@val</a> That takes me back. I lived in the UAE, and that’s definitely what that is.</p>\n<p>&gt; Historically, it was also used to fool enemies into thinking that the women they spied from a distance were actually men.</p>\n<p>That I did not know.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/63907338","date_published":"2025-05-07T23:51:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-07 23:51","date_timestamp":1746661892,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"63907071","content_html":"<p>i no longer know where to go on the internet to be happy. bicycle youtube i guess?</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/05/07/i-no-longer-know-where.html","date_published":"2025-05-07T23:44:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-07 23:44","date_timestamp":1746661464,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"63316185","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass\">@danielpunkass</a> I don’t disagree (it seems other people did maybe?) What I’m really curious about is how you’re handling the impact it has on the craft of building software. There was that one article in The New Yorker, <a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/20/a-coder-considers-the-waning-days-of-the-craft\">A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft</a>, it hit pretty close for me, because besides it being a job (and that comes with its own fretting), it’s a craft I always enjoyed, and a lot (most?) of the joy has gone from it lately because of the new patterns. It does feel like the change is bigger than replacing pen and paper with a typewriter, but maybe it always does to the one it’s happening to at the time.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/63316185","date_published":"2025-04-30T06:48:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-30 06:48","date_timestamp":1745995702,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"63089639","content_html":"<div class=\"photocontainer\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbulletin.sherif.io%2Fassets%2Fimages%2F2025-04-26-agonyplanet.webp\" alt=\"Photo of the CD _Agony Planet_ by Dust.\" width=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n\n<p>On deck this weekend: <em>Agony Planet</em> (2015) by Dust.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>DUST IS AN AMORPHOUS, CONCEPTUAL TECHNO PROJECT KNOWN FOR FUTURISTIC ACID COMPOSITIONS AND NOISY, IMMERSIVE LIVE PERFORMANCES. AGONY PLANET IS A DARK PASSAGE THROUGH TECHNO, INDUSTRIAL, EBM AND ACID TO HELL.</p>\n</blockquote>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/04/27/agonyplanet.html","date_published":"2025-04-27T06:53:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-27 06:53","date_timestamp":1745736814,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"62574930","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/klandwehr\">@klandwehr</a> that looks incredible.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/62574930","date_published":"2025-04-20T00:29:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-20 00:29","date_timestamp":1745108989,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"62558793","content_html":"<p>A man standing in the weekend queue at the local pastry shop with a nape-of-the-neck tattoo that says “uncontrollable”.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/04/19/uncontrollable.html","date_published":"2025-04-19T18:24:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-19 18:24","date_timestamp":1745087050,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"62106741","content_html":"<div class=\"photocontainer\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbulletin.sherif.io%2Fassets%2Fimages%2F2025-04-12-warm-rides.webp\" alt=\"Photo of my Surly Steamroller in front of a garage door with No Parking written in front of it.\" width=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n\n<p>The first warm bike rides of the year are the best. The absolute best.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/04/13/warm-rides.html","date_published":"2025-04-13T02:16:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-13 02:16","date_timestamp":1744510592,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"62031994","content_html":"<div class=\"photocontainer\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbulletin.sherif.io%2Fassets%2Fimages%2F2025-04-11.jpeg\" alt=\"Sticker that reads 'Bikes deliver the freedom that autos promise.'\" width=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n\n<p>Bikes.</p>","summary":"","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io/2025/04/11/bikes.html","date_published":"2025-04-11T22:09:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-11 22:09","date_timestamp":1744409351,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"60444857","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/KimberlyHirsh\">@KimberlyHirsh</a> If you didn’t read it via audiobook, I can’t recommend it strongly enough. Burkeman’s reading of his work is so soothing and sincere.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/60444857","date_published":"2025-03-22T07:43:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-22 07:43","date_timestamp":1742629385,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"55889816","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/skoobz\">@skoobz</a> The last 12 month perios is maybe the first period of time in which I think I agree with that opinion. 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Why give me a life and then tell me I have to be unconscious for 30% of it, useless in a bed, or I die?<br>\nBut then I have second thoughts about whether this is indicative of a “never enough” internal issues that need examination.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/52594800","date_published":"2024-12-18T19:33:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-18 19:33","date_timestamp":1734550392,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"51782475","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jabel\">@jabel</a> This is an incredible essay. Thank you for sharing.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/51782475","date_published":"2024-12-10T15:10:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-10 15:10","date_timestamp":1733843457,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"51162400","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/spgreenhalgh\">@spgreenhalgh</a> Yeah, it’s been feeling ickier and ickier lately. And there’s been news (although unconfirmed?) that they’ve been laying people off and and using models instead. I’m not renewing my subscription and ended up restarting the course with Babbel instead. I like it a lot better so far. Feels a lot more human.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sherif/51162400","date_published":"2024-12-04T06:06:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Sherif Soliman","url":"https://bulletin.sherif.io","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2022%2F519.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"sherif"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2024-12-04 06:06","date_timestamp":1733292392,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"51062252","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/StickFigure\">@StickFigure</a> Thanks for posting that. It’s a very Egyptian looking outside cafe aesthetic. 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