Matt Ray

It’s not a good day/week/month/year for computering

Wow. arstechnica.com/security/202... Makes @oxide.computer look pretty smart for not using UEFI

Listening to a report about Google chopping down a quarter of a million trees in Finland to build a data centre while washing out yoghurt pots for the recycling

Went in cold to this one back in the day, and, well, um. One of the wildest rides I've ever had in a theater. Profoundly ahead of its time.

This analyst's report from Apollo about AI uses the term "S&P 493" to refer to the "S&P 500 minus the Mag 7" - because if you take out the AI companies, the S&P 500 is tanking. www.apollo.com/wealth/insig...

Hot take: what’s happening in cyber security now is basically the answer to the question “so what if we built a fuzz testing farm with 100 billion dollars worth of hardware”

This is crazy and feels true, but I'd like more verification: www.hirundo.io/blog/qwen3-c...

"A world in which the White House is allied to the Kremlin was, until now, the stuff of paranoid fiction. Manchurian candidates and red presidents were fantasies, dark tales Americans told themselves like ghost stories... "But this alliance now exists." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

This, but also think of the security implications...

Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/

Why Hunterbrook is shorting Meta: https://hntrbrk.com/breaking-news/muse-tickertrends A word of explanation: Hunterbrook is a team of investigative journalists in the employ of a private-capital fund. The journey dig up dirt on some company or investment […] [Original post on cosocial.ca]

There are AI companies getting better ROI than Texas football is.

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss AI yes/no deciders, the SaaS apocalypse, Bending Spoons, and Oxide's funding. Plus, why Google Docs still has no dark mode https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/594

The "AI slavery?" discourse today reminded me of this

*There's so much money involved in this now that every act of petty thumb-wrestling becomes a giant thumb. stopomarchy.org

The president of the United States is a puppet of the war criminal and thug who rules Russia, writes David Rothkopf.

Sad news for cinephiles: Tilly Norwood has been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss Google Docs finally getting Markdown, Cloudflare's CF CLI, Gartner's agentic AI abandonment stat, and forward deployed engineers. Plus, Coté forgets his laptop. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/593

waymos are driven by the ghosts of people who died in debt

The Constitution allows it. South Korea has proven it works. If you want to make impeachment viable—and so much else is pointless if you don't—then it can be done by a simple majority adopting a simple rules change: vote on the verdict by secret ballot.

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss Meta's Muse, who's spending $500 million on tokens, and why nobody can measure AI ROI. Plus, the case for importing NyQuil by the suitcase. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/592

Meanwhile, in my pool

BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome

ITS HAPPENING

This is impressive work.

awoke this morning with a Vision

Entered into the Sydney Marathon lottery, let’s see if I do this again.

The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.

This week, @brandonwhichard.com and @mattray.dev discuss why Sun really failed, the New Kingmakers becoming agents, and AI doom brackets. Plus, the NC State fumble and tech's biggest own goals. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/591

Nothing better than having kids smarter than you.

Nunchuk tutorial: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...

Musician has crabs shocker (Actually, rather fabulous)

This week, @brandonwhichard.com and @mattray.dev discuss AI doom odds, WordPress's boardroom coup, and Meta's Muse assistant. Plus, a robot vacuum fire scare. https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/590

This is the best AI Doomsday article I've read so far. www.theringer.com/2026/09/17/t...

Whenever I meet someone who supports the Oxford comma, I find myself encouraged, delighted, and hopeful.

One of the rare cases where “you couldn’t make it these days” is true. You would be sued into the grave.

Lovely hopeful story, this. Talk about making a difference.

NFL Veterans Offer Advice To This Year’s Rookie Class https://theonion.com/nfl-veterans-offer-advice-to-this-years-rookie-class/

The final post on this topic comes from @bcantrill.bsky.social, two weeks before Matheus and I got ours together. (Typical Cantrill.) It is called "The revolt of the reader." bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/05/t... ... and now I am on my way to procure a Pangram browser plugin, by hook or by crook.

25 years since I asked William Basinski to copy some tapes for me and he ruined them. I’m still mad about it.

PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,

Spoiler ICYMI, the Rams played quite poorly.