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title: "Dispatch #36 (February 2026)"
date: 2026-01-29T22:40:09-05:00
date: 2026-02-02T00:26:33-05:00
draft: false
tags:
- dispatch
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url: https://interconnected.org/home/2025/11/14/arbesman
date: 2026-01-06T18:40:18Z
file: interconnected-org-9bc7pq.txt
- title: "Things you're allowed to do"
url: https://milan.cvitkovic.net/writing/things_youre_allowed_to_do/
date: 2026-02-02T05:25:17Z
file: milan-cvitkovic-net-aqgldo.txt
- title: "Singing the gospel of collective efficacy (Interconnected)"
url: https://interconnected.org/home/2026/01/30/efficacy
date: 2026-02-02T05:25:18Z
file: interconnected-org-heqhgj.txt
- title: "The Dilbert Afterlife - by Scott Alexander"
url: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-dilbert-afterlife
date: 2026-02-02T05:25:27Z
file: www-astralcodexten-com-z9axyx.txt
- title: "Manton Reece"
url: https://www.manton.org/2026/01/20/matt-mullenweg-blogged-about-scott.html
date: 2026-02-02T05:25:28Z
file: www-manton-org-to8xs2.txt
- title: "Velocity Is the New Authority. Here’s Why – On my Om"
url: https://om.co/2026/01/21/velocity-is-the-new-authority-heres-why/
date: 2026-02-02T05:25:30Z
file: om-co-i3epdl.txt
- title: "Manton Reece - Velocity and authenticity"
url: https://www.manton.org/2026/01/21/velocity-and-authenticity.html
date: 2026-02-02T05:25:30Z
file: www-manton-org-htmmhe.txt
- title: "ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering"
url: https://alexharri.com/blog/ascii-rendering
date: 2026-02-02T05:25:34Z
file: alexharri-com-d1kmv9.txt
- title: "JavaScript Weekly Issue 769: January 20, 2026"
url: https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/769
date: 2026-02-02T05:25:36Z
file: javascriptweekly-com-bszyss.txt
- title: "Fascists Are Pathetic | Defector"
url: https://defector.com/fascists-are-pathetic
date: 2026-02-02T05:25:46Z
file: defector-com-p9as3r.txt
---
Greetings from frigid Durham, North Carolina. We've had an uncharacteristic amount of winter precipitation this month (mostly ice last weekend but a few inches of snow this one). On the one hand, our work is pretty flexible and we've gotten plenty of extra time with the kids. On the other, my home office and all my hobbies are in the basement, where it's presently around 40°F, so I'm about ready for things to get back to normal.
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I'm constantly thinking of, and then promptly forgetting, things I need to do, groceries to buy, ideas for these blog posts, etc. I've been on the hunt for some way to quickly capture these fleeting thoughts. I like the idea of a ring that can record voice memos, but [this one][3] requires a $10/mo subscription, and [this one][4] just ... turns into trash after 12-15 hours of recording.
Instead, I played around in the iOS Shortcuts app and made a shortcut that captures text from speech, then looks for a note named for today's date (creating it if necessary), and appends the dictated text to it. Then I made it so that double-tapping the back of the phone launches the shortcut (shout out Viget friend [Max Myers][5]). I'm getting a ton of utility from this, using it throughout my day. [Here's the shortcut if you want to give it a shot.][6]
Instead, I played around in the iOS Shortcuts app and made a shortcut that captures text from speech, then looks for a note named for today's date (creating it if necessary) and appends the dictated text to it. Then I made it so that double-tapping the back of the phone launches the shortcut (shout out Viget friend [Max Myers][5]). I'm getting a ton of utility from this, using it throughout my day. [Here's the shortcut if you want to give it a shot.][6]
[3]: https://www.sandbar.com/stream
[4]: https://repebble.com/index
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Still having a blast with the 3D printer (though, again, too cold to operate it at present). Made a ton of toys for the kids, stuff for the house, and (of course) accessories for the printer itself.
Friend of the blog [Tim Hårek][7] linked to [this post about OpenSCAD][8], which lets you define 3D models with code. I downloaded the program and had Codex help me make a stencil for Nev to use for her Valentine's Day cards. Then I ordered this [Crayola airbrush kit][9], which works surprisingly well. She's been having a blast with it.
Friend of the blog [Tim Hårek][7] linked to [this post about OpenSCAD][8], which lets you define 3D models with code. I had Codex help me make a stencil for Nev to use for her Valentine's Day cards. Then I ordered this [Crayola airbrush kit][9], which works shockingly well. She's been having a blast with it.
[7]: https://timharek.no/
[8]: https://nuxx.net/blog/2025/12/20/openscad-is-kinda-neat/
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{{<dither IMG_9773.jpeg "782x600">}}Blue 3D pen and a fresh printed “happy valentine’s day! ♥ nev” card on the worktable.{{</dither>}}
{{<dither IMG_9772.jpeg "782x600">}}“Happy Valentine’s day!” and “Nev” stamped on a pink slip with a heart.{{</dither>}}
We're doing our [company hackathon][10] in a few weeks, and I'm planning to use the printer to make something with both a physical and digital component (probably involving [AprilTags][11]).
We're doing our [company hackathon][10] in a few weeks, and I'm planning to use the printer to make something with both physical and digital components (probably involving [AprilTags][11]).
[10]: https://www.viget.com/articles/the-enduring-point-of-pointless-corp/
[11]: https://ftc-docs.firstinspires.org/en/latest/apriltag/vision_portal/apriltag_intro/apriltag-intro.html
Finally, [RIP Dan McQuade][12]. 43 years old. What the hell. I'm off to go hug my family.
Finally, [RIP Dan McQuade][12]. 43 years old. What the hell. I'm off to hug my family.
[12]: https://defector.com/dan-mcquade-1983-2026
### This Month
* Adventure:
* Project:
* Skill:
* Adventure: keeping it local this month (though I guess I need to get up to DC to deal with the car at some point) but lots of friends and family visiting
* Project: aforementioned hackathon
* Skill: I predict I'm going to struggle to meet all of my commitments this month, so I'm going to give myself a little bit of grace on this one
### Reading & Listening
* Fiction: [_The Will of the Many_][13], James Islington ([via][14])
* Non-fiction: [_The Magic of Code_][15], Samuel Arbesman ([via][16])
* Music: I've got a bit of a backlog here; gonna spend some time with the records I already have (assuming the basement warms up)
* Music: I've got a bit of a backlog here; gonna spend some time with the records I already have rather than buying something new
[13]: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Will-of-the-Many/James-Islington/Hierarchy/9781982141189
[14]: https://buttondown.com/nathanlong/archive/food-comas-and-some-bests/
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### Links
* [Title][17]
* [Title][18]
* [Title][19]
* [Things you're allowed to do][17] ([via][18])
[17]: https://example.com/
[18]: https://example.com/
[19]: https://example.com/
> This is a list of things you’re allowed to do that you thought you weren’t, or didn’t even know you could.
* [The Dilbert Afterlife - by Scott Alexander][19] ([via][20])
> Once you’re sufficiently prominent, politics becomes a separating equilibrium; if you lean even slightly to one side, the other will pile on you so massively and traumatically that it will force you into their opponents’ open arms just for a shred of psychological security.
* [Velocity Is the New Authority. Here’s Why – On my Om][21] ([via][22])
> Authority used to be the organizing principle of information, and thus the media. You earned attention by being right, by being first in discovery, or by being big enough to be the default. That world is gone. The new and current organizing principle of information is velocity.
* [ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering][23] ([via][24])
> Recently, I’ve been spending my time building an image-to-ASCII renderer. Below is the result — try dragging it around, the demo is interactive!
* [Fascists Are Pathetic | Defector][25]
> In Trump's second term, the federal government has intentionally rid itself of the capacity to do anything but make things worse; it has quite literally traded Ph.D scientists and dedicated civil servants for the chance to hastily stand up this expansion team from the waiver wire flotsam of the violence worker community.
[17]: https://milan.cvitkovic.net/writing/things_youre_allowed_to_do/
[18]: https://interconnected.org/home/2026/01/30/efficacy
[19]: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-dilbert-afterlife
[20]: https://www.manton.org/2026/01/20/matt-mullenweg-blogged-about-scott.html
[21]: https://om.co/2026/01/21/velocity-is-the-new-authority-heres-why/
[22]: https://www.manton.org/2026/01/21/velocity-and-authenticity.html
[23]: https://alexharri.com/blog/ascii-rendering
[24]: https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/769
[25]: https://defector.com/fascists-are-pathetic