Fixing test flakes with claude code is surely the least controversial, most satisfying use of AI.

Hmmm. We'll have to discuss over a beer sometime :)

Iran still exporting millions of barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz even as other traffic paralyzed | CNN Business Traffic through the strait, normally the conduit for a fifth of global oil output, has been severely curtailed since the start of the Iran conflict. But Iran itself is shipping oil through the waterwa...

I worry about the long term effects, but Iran is getting millions of dollars from the oil they send through and tolls.

Putting pressure on that revenue stream doesn't seem outlandish (setting aside the 2nd and 3rd order effects). Also feels reactive.

See www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/b... for example.

This is true for some kinds of writing, and less so for others.

Not all writing is done for pleasure.

I like this framing: danielmiessler.com/blog/keep-th...

Are you trying to accomplish some task or are you trying to understand something?

Ofc it's a spectrum but it's been helpful to me.

Agreed it doesn't help directly with inequality. It's a long play.

But imo it is way less likely to be gamed than the wealth tax because it happens at a fixed point on time when ownership is being transferred.

2/2

I would argue that your first two points are in tension. If it didn't work, why did folks work so hard to neuter it? (I agree it is currently ineffective).

From www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/... looks like it has in the past been responsible for 2.6% of the federal budget receipts. (Now 1%.)

1/2

Heard a couple of podcasts talking about the wealth tax trends happening (California, etc).

No one mentions the estate tax, which is a long used method for taxing wealth.

Why?

How bonkers is it that you can't search through your own posts on blue sky?

Seems like the best way to find your own old post is to:

- open your profile on a browser
- make sure to scroll down far enough that endless scroll includes the post
- and use the browser's"find in page"

Bonkers.

Thought something like this might happen: bsky.app/profile/moor...

Usenet was here before the hashtag and the shitpost; Usenet remembers the first flamewar and the first spam.

Curious: are you team tabs or team spaces?

Want more technology on blue sky?

This is a great feed to follow:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Any other good feeds for tech news and discussion?

Tabs vs spaces: who cares?

Heads They Win, Tails We Lose: What Lies Behind the U.S. Trade Battle For Control over Data - Michael Geist My Globe and Mail op-ed begins by noting that the Trump administration’s emphasis on tariffs continues to garner headlines, but a more consequential trade battle over data control is playing out with…

Open version of my Globe op-ed on the US strategy to counter data sovereignty efforts worldwide, including in Canada. The U.S. CLOUD Act asserts jurisdiction over data wherever stored. Responses based on sovereign AI initiatives are labelled as a trade barrier.

Will this AI model keep the internet secure or break it?

The two biggest issues during #ArtemisII was a sassy satellite phone and a temperamental toilet. As things could go on the farthest space flight in history, that’s pretty darn good!

Powell, Bessent discussed Anthropic's Mythos AI cyber threat with major U.S. banks Anthropic rolled out the new Mythos AI model to a select group of companies over concerns that hackers could exploit its capabilities.

@anthropic.com Mythos causing regulatory consternation:

www.cnbc.com/2026/04/10/p...

Another reminder there is no online/offline dichotomy and hasn't been for a while.

New Rhythms in GEO: A Quantitative Analysis of Unusual Behavior in Geosynchronous Orbit by Chinese Satellites, 2016–2025 Geostationary orbit used to be a parking lot. Some Chinese satellites are circling the lot, tailgating other cars, and pulling into spots that aren't theirs. This report explores nine years of data on...

On the reading list.
www.csis.org/analysis/new...

No notes, as the youth say.

#goodnewsalert

"Nobody can time the market" On today’s show, David Brancaccio has a final conversation with Burton Malkiel, author of “A Random Walk Down Wall Street.”

An interview with the author of "A random walk down Wall Street":

www.marketplace.org/episode/2026...

This is one reason why clicks are only a proxy for engagement.

You have to look deeper, just like page views are not as critical as percent scrolled 3/4 of page (or better yet, took an action).

I would take some money off the table, personally. I don't think Anthropic is Enron, but having all your eggs in one basket usually turns out poorly.

Congrats on the gitbutler stuff, anyway.

Same wonder I felt when I learned thag Alcatraz is precisely the right size and position to visually "stopper" the San Francisco Bay from out by the Farallons -- making it look to sailors like there's no bay there!!

I guess the people who prefer MCP servers think this is a Skills issue?

Yeah, we'd 100% be using CGI.pm and EJBs if LLMs had been around in the early 2000s.