Paul
Paul
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Enthusiast, coder, Happiness Engineer at Automattic. Passionate about my wife and proud Dad. Israeli 🇮🇱. Support 🏳️‍⚧️ & 🏳️‍🌈 rights

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  • October 2026 Israeli elections

    The Times of Israel has a few great resources for the Israeli elections in two days including this handy interactive infographic: If you are curious about the parties and issues, also take a look at this page: Everything you need to know: ToI’s guide to the 37 parties that Israelis can choose from | The…

  • I enjoyed the KDE documentary film

    I just finished watching the film, KDE: The Documentary — The Story of Free Software Underdogs. I’m not a Linux user as my main computer although I could see myself using Linux very easily. Whether you are a KDE fan or not, this is an interesting film. I enjoyed it!

  • Questions and sci-fi with Hank Green and Aabria Iyengar

    This is a fun “Ask Hank Anything” episode with Aabria Iyengar (@aabria.bsky.social) and Hank Green (@hankgreen.bsky.social). Frenetic and lots of sci-fi ideas.

  • What NAZA really is and isn’t

    You’ve probably heard about the controversial film “NAZA” that apparently describes how the Israel Defence Forces draws up plans to kill large numbers of Palestinians. While very few people have seen the movie, it seems to be an inaccurate distortion of what NAZA really is. If you’d like to read more about what it actually…

  • When AI fights back

    If sci-fi stories about AI wiping out humans are any indication of when everything could go wrong after we create true AI (assuming we do), it seems to be when we panic and try kill this new intelligence. Perhaps the lesson is not to try do that. 🤔

  • Improved OpenStation experience on mobile

    The OpenStation team has released some really nice improvements to the mobile UI that noticeably improve the experience. If you don’t know about this alternative approach to WP Admin, take a look here.

  • It’s not as bad as it seems

    I just started listening to “Hannah Ritchie: The Future Is Not Bleak” from Hank Green’s “Humans” podcast. Really interesting. Related to this is the terrific Our World in Data site that Dr Ritchie works at. Both are worth exploring.

  • A simple, almost life-changing, tip if you have short arms

    My wife has a simple, almost life-changing, tip if you have short arms: I bought a pair of silicon tipped tongs to keep in my car, now when I pull up to a parking lot, I just push the button and grab the ticket with the tongs. My short arms thank me every time I’ve…