Andrew Turley
@aturls.bsky.social
this is a regrettable development
aka casio_juarez in other universes, aturls@macaw.social on mastodon, aturls.08 on signal
kansas city adjacent
do not ask me to quantify the sublime
aka casio_juarez in other universes, aturls@macaw.social on mastodon, aturls.08 on signal
kansas city adjacent
do not ask me to quantify the sublime
I am sick and I am back to believing that bestowing consciousness on a fragile bag of flesh was a mistake
February 17, 2026 at 3:41 AM
I am sick and I am back to believing that bestowing consciousness on a fragile bag of flesh was a mistake
Honestly the Dems just need to hire the person who wrote this and then put the party leaders into a reeducation camp until they believe it
Still difficult to believe that the hardest fucking English language manifesto of the last two decades came from a Disney property trying to add gravitas to a franchise about space wizards
February 17, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Honestly the Dems just need to hire the person who wrote this and then put the party leaders into a reeducation camp until they believe it
Still difficult to believe that the hardest fucking English language manifesto of the last two decades came from a Disney property trying to add gravitas to a franchise about space wizards
February 17, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Still difficult to believe that the hardest fucking English language manifesto of the last two decades came from a Disney property trying to add gravitas to a franchise about space wizards
The Dems need to be putting together a comprehensive legal and legislative strategy to fix shit, like Project 2025
Dismantle executive power
Bring back useful services
DESTROY ICE/DHS
They should be articulating the positions with every breath, working together to promise to make it happen
Dismantle executive power
Bring back useful services
DESTROY ICE/DHS
They should be articulating the positions with every breath, working together to promise to make it happen
February 17, 2026 at 3:04 AM
The Dems need to be putting together a comprehensive legal and legislative strategy to fix shit, like Project 2025
Dismantle executive power
Bring back useful services
DESTROY ICE/DHS
They should be articulating the positions with every breath, working together to promise to make it happen
Dismantle executive power
Bring back useful services
DESTROY ICE/DHS
They should be articulating the positions with every breath, working together to promise to make it happen
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The crayon art I draw was partially out of spite for the modern idea that "art" is hyperealistic perfection with no flaws. I feel like this idea is what partially pushes AI; nobody wants to start out with flawed, rudimentary art out of fear.
But art isn't meant to be perfect, polished, artificial.
But art isn't meant to be perfect, polished, artificial.
February 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The crayon art I draw was partially out of spite for the modern idea that "art" is hyperealistic perfection with no flaws. I feel like this idea is what partially pushes AI; nobody wants to start out with flawed, rudimentary art out of fear.
But art isn't meant to be perfect, polished, artificial.
But art isn't meant to be perfect, polished, artificial.
"Why won't these people have more babies?" asks the political party dedicated to making it more difficult to raise children
The GOP bill would require schools to ask for legislative approval to participate in a federal free meal program, and make them verify the household income of every student that applies for free lunch. (@kansasreflector.com)
Kansas Senate passed a bill to scrutinize free school lunch families, over some GOP pushback
The GOP bill would require schools to ask for legislative approval to participate in a federal free meal program, and make them verify the household income of every student that applies for free lunch. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly opposes the proposal.
www.kcur.org
February 16, 2026 at 4:40 PM
"Why won't these people have more babies?" asks the political party dedicated to making it more difficult to raise children
Read the thread, it's good bsky.app/profile/fito...
one of the reasons that transphobia gets so intense is that "social transition", a term which is often treated as a joke or a bandaid for meds, is actually really important
it is about (literally not in an uwu way) making space for people outside of what what We treat as "a man or a woman" 1/
it is about (literally not in an uwu way) making space for people outside of what what We treat as "a man or a woman" 1/
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Read the thread, it's good bsky.app/profile/fito...
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one of the reasons that transphobia gets so intense is that "social transition", a term which is often treated as a joke or a bandaid for meds, is actually really important
it is about (literally not in an uwu way) making space for people outside of what what We treat as "a man or a woman" 1/
it is about (literally not in an uwu way) making space for people outside of what what We treat as "a man or a woman" 1/
February 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
one of the reasons that transphobia gets so intense is that "social transition", a term which is often treated as a joke or a bandaid for meds, is actually really important
it is about (literally not in an uwu way) making space for people outside of what what We treat as "a man or a woman" 1/
it is about (literally not in an uwu way) making space for people outside of what what We treat as "a man or a woman" 1/
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This bookshelf is all you need to become a software developer
January 7, 2026 at 9:41 PM
This bookshelf is all you need to become a software developer
Borges' "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" is a story about promoting in enough context to get a latent space to throw up a recognizable chunk of output
I talked a lot of shit on "prompt engineering" but I'm going to admit that "feed a ton of context in before asking a question" is basically indistinguishable from prompt engineering
February 16, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Borges' "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" is a story about promoting in enough context to get a latent space to throw up a recognizable chunk of output
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obviously there are also massive self-inflicted demographic and education issues in the US, but I suspect having access to unlimited compute created toxic incentives for western tech corps. brute force is probs not a winning long-term strategy here
February 16, 2026 at 3:31 PM
obviously there are also massive self-inflicted demographic and education issues in the US, but I suspect having access to unlimited compute created toxic incentives for western tech corps. brute force is probs not a winning long-term strategy here
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pls ad astra?? no per aspera!! only ad astra
February 16, 2026 at 9:36 AM
pls ad astra?? no per aspera!! only ad astra
Oh right, since ACM stopped being absolute dinguses and made the digital library open access, I can now point you Jean Sammet's "The early history of COBOL" absolutely free
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
The early history of COBOL | History of programming languages
dl.acm.org
February 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Oh right, since ACM stopped being absolute dinguses and made the digital library open access, I can now point you Jean Sammet's "The early history of COBOL" absolutely free
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Chuck Moore's story about the creation of Forth (all the motivations and ideas behind it) keep popping back into my head as I think about how AI coding systems are our most recent attempts to use more concise and natural language to describe what computers should do colorforth.github.io/HOPL.html
Chuck Moore: The Invention of Forth
How forth was invented during the decade of the 1960's. a word-by-word description of the evolution of a unique programming language.>
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colorforth.github.io
February 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Chuck Moore's story about the creation of Forth (all the motivations and ideas behind it) keep popping back into my head as I think about how AI coding systems are our most recent attempts to use more concise and natural language to describe what computers should do colorforth.github.io/HOPL.html
I talked a lot of shit on "prompt engineering" but I'm going to admit that "feed a ton of context in before asking a question" is basically indistinguishable from prompt engineering
February 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I talked a lot of shit on "prompt engineering" but I'm going to admit that "feed a ton of context in before asking a question" is basically indistinguishable from prompt engineering
So many other things to cover in this story but I'm just gonna add the stupidest take and say that "Blayne Newton" is a terrible name
Blayne Newton will be paid a $50,000 settlement and will be barred from any future employment with KCPD. However, some civil rights groups say Newton's resignation is not enough.
Kansas City police officer who killed 3 people has resigned, but will get a $50,000 payout
Officer Blayne Newton fatally shot three people and injured others over the course of his nine-year career with the Kansas City Police Department. KCPD called it an “agreed departure.”
www.kcur.org
February 16, 2026 at 1:50 PM
So many other things to cover in this story but I'm just gonna add the stupidest take and say that "Blayne Newton" is a terrible name
Cursed ideas ...
Eventually consistent systems architecture
Append-only architecture (no updates in place, only appends)
Something like a CRDT but for software architecture
Again, cursed, not a place of honor etc ...
Eventually consistent systems architecture
Append-only architecture (no updates in place, only appends)
Something like a CRDT but for software architecture
Again, cursed, not a place of honor etc ...
February 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Cursed ideas ...
Eventually consistent systems architecture
Append-only architecture (no updates in place, only appends)
Something like a CRDT but for software architecture
Again, cursed, not a place of honor etc ...
Eventually consistent systems architecture
Append-only architecture (no updates in place, only appends)
Something like a CRDT but for software architecture
Again, cursed, not a place of honor etc ...
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Fun fact: when I run DEI workshops about trans stuff (it happens occasionally) one of my strategies is to start by getting people to talk about cyclists and their experiences. This usually works to build empathy, but occasionally it turns out that people actually hate cyclists more than trans people
you'd think the worst thing about cycling would be all the people trying to kill you, but it's actually all the insufferable men who insist on telling you that if you don't ride the way they think you should ride then you're no better than a car driver who hits pedestrians
February 16, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Fun fact: when I run DEI workshops about trans stuff (it happens occasionally) one of my strategies is to start by getting people to talk about cyclists and their experiences. This usually works to build empathy, but occasionally it turns out that people actually hate cyclists more than trans people
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How Laurie Spiegel thought about Music Mouse in 1986-1987, from the introduction she wrote accompanying the software and an interview:
Here's Laurie Spiegel introducing Music Mouse in the 1980s - CDM Create Digital Music
Eventide has posted a fantastic archival video in advance of their remake of Music Mouse. In this 1987 episode of Midnight Muse, composer and programmer Laurie Spiegel explains the software and takes ...
cdm.link
February 16, 2026 at 12:06 PM
How Laurie Spiegel thought about Music Mouse in 1986-1987, from the introduction she wrote accompanying the software and an interview:
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Experimenting with opencode and shit this thing comes out of the box ready to cause chaos
February 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Experimenting with opencode and shit this thing comes out of the box ready to cause chaos
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I've seen English salads that look better than this.
🚨 PICTURED: Liz Truss meets with Donald Trump at his golf course in Palm Beach
February 15, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I've seen English salads that look better than this.
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People love talking about their gut flora, but no one mentions their gut fauna 🤨
February 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
People love talking about their gut flora, but no one mentions their gut fauna 🤨
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this one is probably fake -as @hpsvanessa.bsky.social points out this account seems to be post made up stories a fair bit for karma farming
the most radical act you can take against slop is checking stuff
bsky.app/profile/hpsv...
the most radical act you can take against slop is checking stuff
bsky.app/profile/hpsv...
February 15, 2026 at 12:56 PM
this one is probably fake -as @hpsvanessa.bsky.social points out this account seems to be post made up stories a fair bit for karma farming
the most radical act you can take against slop is checking stuff
bsky.app/profile/hpsv...
the most radical act you can take against slop is checking stuff
bsky.app/profile/hpsv...
People crafting elaborate AI prompts to create agents that reason like them
February 15, 2026 at 12:02 PM
People crafting elaborate AI prompts to create agents that reason like them