May on The Field Bloghttps://thefield.blog/notes/2026/05/Recent content in May on The Field BlogHugoen-inWed, 06 May 2026 11:55:46 +0530<link>https://thefield.blog/notes/2f4087b5/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 11:55:46 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://thefield.blog/notes/2f4087b5/</guid><description><p><em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/18/instagram-to-remove-end-to-end-encryption-for-private-messages-in-may">Instagram will stop encrypting private messages</a> between users from May, after enduring years of criticism from law enforcement and child safety groups over the feature.</em></p> <p>They do anything in the name of child safety now except actually keeping children safe.</p></description></item><item><title/><link>https://thefield.blog/notes/ba7df2f7/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 16:56:16 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://thefield.blog/notes/ba7df2f7/</guid><description><p>My biggest use of AI is creating bash and python scripts to generate new folder structures and empty files, so I can start working on tasks I need to do.</p></description></item><item><title/><link>https://thefield.blog/notes/66c4334f/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 16:34:40 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://thefield.blog/notes/66c4334f/</guid><description><p>I was not a big fan of Brave because of the historical baggage and the need to sit and debloat it even if just once. But now with Brave Origin running as my daily browser I love it a lot! (It is free for Linux users.)</p></description></item><item><title/><link>https://thefield.blog/notes/59058bfc/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 13:49:40 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://thefield.blog/notes/59058bfc/</guid><description><p>I am amazed at how inaccurate all but one exit poll organisation were in predicting the Tamil Nadu election results. And that one organisation celebrated more for the &lsquo;victory of data science&rsquo; than the political party that won.</p></description></item><item><title/><link>https://thefield.blog/notes/5d727de9/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 14:48:10 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://thefield.blog/notes/5d727de9/</guid><description><p>I think I have started ignoring days completely. I know what today’s date is, but I have no clue what day of the week it is. And honestly, I like that.</p></description></item><item><title/><link>https://thefield.blog/notes/f946a425/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 08:55:48 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://thefield.blog/notes/f946a425/</guid><description><p>Woke up to a massive thunderstorm this fine (supposedly Summer) morning. It is supposed to get worse tomorrow. They are expecting hailstorms in May! IN MAY?!</p></description></item><item><title/><link>https://thefield.blog/notes/5a5cc53e/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 03:04:52 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://thefield.blog/notes/5a5cc53e/</guid><description><p>I was at peace with using WordPress.com for more than a year now after always self-hosting WordPress. I am finally fed up with WordPress.com.</p></description></item><item><title/><link>https://thefield.blog/notes/7492f015/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 18:33:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://thefield.blog/notes/7492f015/</guid><description><p>Alex Zanardi - what a legend and symbol of resilience. Rest in peace.</p></description></item><item><title/><link>https://thefield.blog/notes/75c4a030/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 16:53:58 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://thefield.blog/notes/75c4a030/</guid><description><p>Any Linux users who will like to test a Micro.blog client? The focus of the app is on writing and posting.</p> <p>(I can share with you the repo with a Flatkpak download file.)</p></description></item><item><title/><link>https://thefield.blog/notes/8b5a0e8f/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 20:52:45 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://thefield.blog/notes/8b5a0e8f/</guid><description><p>One-third of the year has gone by. The only thing I wish I did more: watch less news.</p></description></item></channel></rss>