Josh Marantz

Because eMudhra is in the news, I am sharing a screenie of a footer of an email I once received from them in reply to my query about my PAN card (a government-issue tax identity and card).

Do you disavow the Brotherhood of Man (you're welcome) www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAVp...

r/place on atproto sounded both cool and simple so I made it, atplace.marantz.dev. Hat tip to @torrentempress.neocities.org's post for the inspo

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

prefer analogue CDs, the sound is much warmer

I’m increasingly coming to the conclusion that I don’t believe in AI alignment at all. Like, wait, you’re going to build superhuman hacking machines and your security solution is to ask them nicely not to break in? What is this, 1983? Lock the doors. Figure it out. We‘ve lived this movie.

The contagion of fear bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/13/t...

@harris.social.coop.ap.brid.gy any top-of-mind advice for someone looking to sell tickets to a dance? Michal is dipping her toe in and the last time I paid attention Dancerfly was still a thing.

It's worse than this. Because in the early morning of October 7, Israeli intelligence picked up signs that Hamas was doing something - but concluded that it was likely just a drill. Had Netanyahu passed along the specific warning from MBZ that Sinwar was planning something big and imminent ...

coyote vs acme was a Good Time

don't suppose I know anyone London/UK based who wants to be a senior shopify dev? I feel like I should...

OH NO DOLLY blessed is the true judge NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ok who just got born we like need you TODAY ok

Gutted to hear about Dolly Parton. She did so much to make the world a better place. Whatever good she got in this world, she deserved better

attending my first in-person atproto meetup tomorrow in NYC. First in-person tech event in years. Be gentle, folks

This is obscene www.npr.org/2026/08/13/g...

just had a fun chat with the head of HR. Apparently she posted 2 jobs last thursday - "cg director" and "developer". The former got 30ish applicants so far, but the dev position has gotten 1600 so far

Shame on the cabal of top scientists who mocked me and other dissidents for challenging their sordid Covid origins cover-up. It is now beyond doubt that they betrayed both humanity and science - and there should be retribution. My MoS column mol.im/a/16005037

every now and then I get reminded that it is possible for art to be both skillfully executed, fun, poignant, and timely and it makes me sad that more of the art that I see achieving success is not like that. Anyway, Operation Mincemeat (the musical) transcends its medium and is very worth a watch

I enjoyed a NYT opinion piece - it has very little opinion (no grand "and that's why it's critical that Jews Do/Not Support Israel"), but a LOT of useful and directly relevant historical context to understand where a lot of folks are at www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/o...

My wife wrote and produced a play! It wrestles with fate, and faith, and destruction. And it's clever. Showings are next week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) at thetanknyc.org, tickets at bigtanandteresh.com!

Change in Headline

Some fucking "It's not impossible. I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home, they're not much bigger than two meters" nonsense here

Anisota.net feels like it was made specifically for me and I'm surprised I've never heard of it.

“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.” Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...

it's sad that the ADL has turned into such a trash organization, like far too many other Jewish "public institutions". Just disgusting. Too easy just to say that they don't speak for me, too difficult to know what else to do about it.

If you live near New York, NY and would like to watch Wagtail Space with other people, thelab is hosting a live watch party at their office! They'll be meeting October 8-10 from 9AM - 2PM each day. Their office is on 14th W, 25th Street on the Fifth Floor.

Hey all! If you're in NYC and interested in Wagtail Space 2025, stop by Thelab! We'll be streaming the whole thing live. 16 W 25th street, floor 5. There will be snacks!

This is an absolutely fascinating article about a very bizarre event. Obviously from my perspective the most interesting angle here is the fact that ChatGPT is clearly just spinning SCP-esque containment documentation at Lewis

Do I know anyone who does Shopify work? My co is gonna be looking for someone to help with a bunch of it soon

Thought about this again today. More than 15 years ago, still haven't seen anything like it on TV. A gentle admonition for all of us to do better www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGLz...

Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable. The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found': www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...

@cloudflare.social Hi! Hate to do this but I've had a ticket open for a week with no response about getting back superadmin access to a cloudflare account - we need it to pay our bill so our access to services will no longer be restricted. We're coming up on a launch date and getting nervous. Help?

just went to see the Dylan movie and wtf was up with those previews... I don't fault them for the two marvel movies, but FOUR horror flicks back-to-back?!? Are those really for the same target audience as a nostalgia romp through folk music?

@quinnypig.com this feels up your alley somehow. As the lead dev at work said: 8 business days notice in holiday season that they’re shutting down a whole CDN product… This is why AWS is winning

So here's the Israeli explanation for the WCK attack. Spoiler: Even if every word here is true (and it probably is given the referenced video) it's still a war crime