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"You know that reel where a chipper robot voice narrates a Reddit breakup over Subway Surfers footage? The one you swipe past while convincing yourself this is “research”? That’s not harmless background noise—it’s rehearsal footage for a political movement that prefers spectacle to substance and uniformity to thought."

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The Content Wrangler · AI Slop, Technofascism, and YouBy Scott Abel

I spent the last few days setting up a new mini PC for a home lab and Home Assistant OS in a VM.

All the HA stuff is pretty new to me, so I've had to learn a fair amount of new concepts and terms.

As a tech writer, I've become allergic to word like "simply" and "just [do X]" in the docs. And one of those sentences gave me a lot of head scratching in the Valetudo MQTT + Home Assistant integration[1]. Saved by a YouToube tutorial.

On the other hand, I loved (and succeeded) following Brian's readme for the xkcd card integration[2].

[1] valetudo.cloud/pages/integrati
[2] github.com/Brianfit/xkcd-card-

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ValetudoHome AssistantHome Assistant Integration

Just a couple of tickets left now for my Writing design systems documentation session at 10am-1pm next Thursday, 29 May.

If you're available and want to learn how to create docs people can find, understand and use, I'd love to have you.

Tell your friends!

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EventbriteWriting design systems documentationWriting design systems documentation is a hands-on, half-day course on how to write documentation that people can find, understand and use.

Doors are officially open here at our Portland #WriteTheDocs conference! 🎉 Get ready for two days of insightful talks, collaboration, and connection. Individual talks are followed by 10 minutes of Q&A, so bring your curiosity and your questions!

Today’s speakers: Rachel Rigdon, Yanjie Niu, Holly Mickelson, Stephanie Fuller, Janine Chan, Ravind Kumar, Manny Silva

More resources can be found on our Attendee Guide: writethedocs.org/conf/portland #WTDPortland2025

I'm heading to #WriteTheDocs tomorrow, and I'm starting to get excited! Had to skip last year for Reasons, but I'm back and better than ever! I'm planning to do the Writing Day, the Hike, the whole enchilada.

Who else is going?

📝 Getting ready for this week’s Portland conference, and have a question? We may have just answered it in our News! Head to the link below for the FAQ scoop including how to participate, important links, and more. We’re also excited to announce that we’re opening up our Monday Unconference schedule and are accepting Lightning Talk submissions beginning today.

writethedocs.org/conf/portland

I managed to wrangle the budget to fund me and 2 other writers on my team to come to #WriteTheDocs in Portland in person and we are all very hyped. It’s my second time attending in person (I think? Lots online. Time is a blur), but the first for the other two.

It’s the last day to submit your Writing Day project, and be featured on our blog! In just 11 days, our Portland conference kicks off on May 4th with opportunities to collaborate, contribute to open-source projects, and improve documentation together.

Submit your project by the end of the day, and we’ll include it on the website: writethedocs.org/conf/portland

You’ll be in great company.