6:34: πŸ”— vibe coding is killing open source as LLMs depend on open source as off-the-shelf solutions to vibe coding problems, but never give back

404media.co/vibe-coding-is-kil

Not only that, project maintainers are overwhelmed by a deluge of vibe coded "contributions" by people who don't understand, use, or care about the software and just want the prestige/CV fodder of having some of "their" code in well-known projects

6:35: Last week these digests didn't come out right because I screwed up the world's simplest regular expression.

12:23: πŸ”— "If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live"

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

Thanks to my sis for sending this one my way

13:53: πŸ”— A history of the Green Party and where the currents that led to Zack Polanski's leadership originated

theecologist.org/2026/feb/06/g