This evening was middle school entrepreneur fair. Kid & friends started a business selling spicy tortilla chips. Very spicy. At the last minute they decided to also sell water. And then a gift from the heavens: school watermain broke so the water fountains were out. They cleaned up on water sales. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreiebeuxyhrrda3lfmuwwpwqh7zqiy5kkzwpb6avbubugkpe3lwkjym https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreic5zaznuoo5mtwzmkua66rmpertzjbte5hqvxj2n5lewp525xlcmy
They also added EXTRA spice to the "sample" chips. So people would come by "try" a free sample and then need water. I'm not sure what business lesson the kids learned tonight.
I love the fact that the AI editing tool I use gives me full control over the system prompt (and not just the regular prompt) so I can add a universal suggestion like the following: https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreifqz6wih5chl4nznoov4yh2f2f53je4wuv4q5nso5wffynoyni2ki
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It's one of those days where, even though I knew I was going through my Thursday schedule, my brain has thought it was Friday all day long, and I'm only just now realizing that I have a whole new Friday to go through tomorrow.
I also think an underrated story of the year is how decentralized tech matters more than ever right now. The centralization of technology is inextricably woven into the current state of our government, in which the admin has co-opted the big tech companies. www.techdirt.com/2025/08/05/t... Take Back Our Digital Infrastr...
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Anyway, there are a bunch more examples like this in my article today... or just by going to @techdirt.com@bsky.brid.gy and reading it daily. We put everything we've got into this site. www.techdirt.com/2025/12/10/t... This Is What You’re Funding Wh...
In "Why Things Are the Way They Are" @timcushing.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy responds to people yelling at him for becoming all political and stuff. This is an important piece about making sure we don't let others frame the debate for us. I go back to it often. www.techdirt.com/2025/10/17/w... Why Things Are The Way They Ar...