Will Norris

Will Norris

@willnorris.com

Engineering at @tailscale.com. Previously open source at Twitter and Google. Dad to two. Husband to one. Friend to all.

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JD Vance describes allowing nuclear inspectors to inspect Iran's nuclear program as "the thing we are most excited about." I agree. That's why Obama included that same provision in the JCPOA. But remember, that's the Iran deal that Trump tore up.

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People should be vastly more angry about this than they are about data centers The federal government is literally stealing your tax dollars to keep you from having cheaper cleaner energy

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This is a really interesting short and spot-on. I think there are a lot of people that don't realize progressive Christians really exist (I've never actually worn that label myself, but it probably wouldn't be inaccurate to describe me). I'm such a fan of Talarico and really hope he does well.

Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com

I am not calling Talarico a fake Christian, I'm just saying that his faith might not matter in Texas as much as outside it.

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People are fucking helpers man. We see how bad things are and want to do something to fix it. I'm legit tearing up watching this, these volunteers are out there in the hot sun with all these clothes for people just trying to see loved ones. They (ICE) have the firepower, we have the mass.

Johnathan Perkins@johnathanperk.bsky.social

I.C.E. maintains a strict dress code for people seeking to visit their loved ones caged at Delaney Hall. It’s clear the strict rule is useful pretext to deny visitors entry. #ICE #DHS

What the hell year is this? Paypal is still doing user-agent sniffing to decide if you're allowed to add a passkey to your account? (confirmed by setting a Windows/Chrome agent on my Linux/Firefox browser... works just fine) www.paypal.com/us/cshelp/ar...

paypal.comWhat is a passkey and how do I use it to log in to my PayPal account? | PayPal USPayPal Passkeys enable secure login via biometrics or device password, unique to the user and resistant to phishing. Supported on Apple and Google devices.

No joke, I saw this post this morning and just figured it was a joke. Some photoshopped image from @theonion.com or something. It's honestly becoming harder to tell the difference when reality is just so absurd.

Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social

wake up babe the white house is a six flags

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The Tennessee Speaker of the House will remove all Democratic Caucus members from standing committees and subcommittees as punishment for their redistricting protests. Democracy dies in Nashville.

I've only recently *really* started exploring mechanical keyboards, and I ended up designing and ordering custom caps from Yuzu. Function keys match the @frame.work layout, colors match my terminal One Dark theme, and no "Caps Lock" key in sight. I'm loving them. willnorris.com/2026/keycaps/

willnorris.comCustom KeycapsFor the last couple of months, I’ve been working on a set of custom keycaps from Yuzu. They finally arrived last week, and they are just about perfect! I’m so happy with the design choices I made, and...

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This is amazing. Someone identify this man and give his name to the Mass Dems immediately.

Jonathan Berk 🏠@berkie1.bsky.social

On its third attempt tonight, Marblehead Town Meeting approved an “MBTA Communities–compliant” district largely centered on the 125-year-old Tedesco Country Club, meeting 3A requirements on paper while all but assuring no new housing would be built. This comment says it all.

We've been building a pretty sizeable garden at our house and my wife was shopping for seeds in some catalog. She saw reference to one of the listed seeds being "open source" and not available for "private intellectual property ownership". TIL about osseeds.org. This is so cool.

osseeds.orgOpen Source Seed Initiative - Home of the OSSI PledgeAre you a plant breeder, seed company, farmer, gardener, or interested eater who wants to join the Open Source Seed Community?

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Of course. And that’s why Dems need to lean in and work towards dismantling ICE. First no funding. Impeach Noem. Demand hearings on ICE’s operation in MN. Demand that Miller resign. Don’t let up.

Bill Kristol@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.” newrepublic.com/article/2057...

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This is where I remind folks once again that my personal site and Whatever, my blog, have been around longer than at least three and probably four generations of social media. Having your own space that only you control is a good thing, especially in an age of resurgent fascism.

Greg Pak@gregpak.net

Owned by right wing billionaire fascist supporters and/or welcoming to fascists: X Instagram Facebook Threads WhatsApp TikTok Substack Plan your exit strategies if you haven't already.

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I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.

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"Quit demonstrating" is not something that a pro-democracy politician says. It's something that an authoritarian tool says.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."

heh, cool. Apparently today is the 25th anniversary of earning my Eagle Scout rank. I still believe in the program for my two boys, even if I'm deeply disappointed in how BSA has handled a lot of things in recent years.

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When we throw up our hands and say none of it matters, we're doing the fascists’ work for them. They don't need to hide their corruption if they can convince us it's pointless to look. They don't need to silence truth-tellers if we've already decided truth is meaningless.

citationneeded.newsIt matters. I care.It matters. I care.0:00/295.5529711× Listen to me read this post here (not an AI-generated voice!), subscribe to the feed in your podcast app, or download the recording for later. “Who cares? It d...

This is absolutely the right take. AGPL and SSPL were written with wildly different (and in many ways, completely contradictory) motivations.

Matt "msw" Wilson@msw.bsky.social

“They set out to craft a license that followed in the AGPL’s footsteps by not applying reciprocal provisions to software hosted in a network fashion, but dramatically expanding the scope of these protections beyond the boundaries of the protected software itself and into adjacent software.” Nah.

I've been a very happy Fastmail customer for years, but come on... International Email Day? You can't just go make up holidays for a blog post... Oh, it's actually a thing? Ray Tomlinson's birthday. He would have been 84. Well thanks Ray for all the messages. nationaltoday.com/national-ema...

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The crowd in Temecula wasn't HUGE... probably a few hundred. But given how very pro-Trump this region generally is, it was certainly more than I expected.

Such an amazingly clear explanation of how it seems we got here. Well, just the most recent tariff calculation that is. How we got *waves hands* HERE is a whole other, very sad story.

Mike Masnick@masnick.com

I wrote a bunch of words trying to explain how economically incomprehensible the tariff stuff is. It explains how a 5th grader understands basic econ better than Trump and his economic advisors. www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/t...

Hey Lego, I will serious pay extra if you would pack the box with extra material so my kids can't shake the package and ruin their Christmas surprise. Legos make such a distinct sound!

My brother is part of a non-profit that has a 3yr presidential rotation. Year 1 you observe as the "next president", Year 2 your serve as president and make the decisions, Year 3 you advise as the "last president". Does this model have a name?

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