Bak Seckan
@bbdaboe.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Healthcare Tech Enthusiast. Runner. Morehouse Man.
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Streaming in 2010: You can watch an entire catalog of amazing movies and TV shows for a reasonable monthly fee
Streaming in 2025: our library is Batman movies and 28 seasons of a Tim Allen sitcom, it costs $159/month. We just destroyed the last piece of evidence that Mister Rogers ever existed
Streaming in 2025: our library is Batman movies and 28 seasons of a Tim Allen sitcom, it costs $159/month. We just destroyed the last piece of evidence that Mister Rogers ever existed
Scoop: Warner Bros. Discovery has quietly pulled "The West Wing" from its Max streamer as part of a cost-cutting move following a ROI evaluation. Details in @status.news: link.status.news/3C72V5Z
January 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Streaming in 2010: You can watch an entire catalog of amazing movies and TV shows for a reasonable monthly fee
Streaming in 2025: our library is Batman movies and 28 seasons of a Tim Allen sitcom, it costs $159/month. We just destroyed the last piece of evidence that Mister Rogers ever existed
Streaming in 2025: our library is Batman movies and 28 seasons of a Tim Allen sitcom, it costs $159/month. We just destroyed the last piece of evidence that Mister Rogers ever existed
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I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.
December 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
I continue to be deeply moved by this statement to the heavens by President Carter.
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I was vegan quite literally my entire life until last summer when I started eating chicken and fish for health reasons. I had my first drumstick a week ago and now all I can think of is drumsticks and how badly I want to eat 100 of them. It’s 1am and I’m up thinking abt chicken drumsticks
December 18, 2024 at 9:11 AM
I was vegan quite literally my entire life until last summer when I started eating chicken and fish for health reasons. I had my first drumstick a week ago and now all I can think of is drumsticks and how badly I want to eat 100 of them. It’s 1am and I’m up thinking abt chicken drumsticks
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1999 was a great year for hip-hop but this record is a personal favorite and this song is, i think, the highlight www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W9y...
UMI Says
YouTube video by Mos Def - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2024 at 2:36 AM
1999 was a great year for hip-hop but this record is a personal favorite and this song is, i think, the highlight www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W9y...
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A Poem
How many more?
Subscriptions
Do I need ?
Need To read
Read
The news
Unfoolishly
Ashanti
How many more?
Subscriptions
Do I need ?
Need To read
Read
The news
Unfoolishly
Ashanti
December 14, 2024 at 3:19 AM
A Poem
How many more?
Subscriptions
Do I need ?
Need To read
Read
The news
Unfoolishly
Ashanti
How many more?
Subscriptions
Do I need ?
Need To read
Read
The news
Unfoolishly
Ashanti
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That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are
The $82.5 million sale of "Hot Ones" studio First We Feast is part of a broader strategy at BuzzFeed to shift away from human editors, writers and content producers in favor of artificial intelligence, which result in "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
BuzzFeed sells "Hot Ones" studio for $82.5 million as it pursues more AI-driven content
The company said the sale will allow it to depend less on human-created content in favor of "high-margin, tech-enabled revenue lines."
thedesk.net
December 13, 2024 at 1:31 PM
That a dude with a couple cameras and a plate of appetizers can make something worth $82.5 million and a media company looks at that and goes "couldn't we make even more money if we had AI do it?" tells you exactly how stupid these people are
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thanksgiving isn't enough i need a shadow month between november and december to get my act together
December 1, 2024 at 2:30 AM
thanksgiving isn't enough i need a shadow month between november and december to get my act together
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finally a reasonable take
November 23, 2024 at 6:50 PM
finally a reasonable take
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and none of those pieces are being written by people who understand how that level of constant abuse CHANGES you
it’s not a mere tedious cleanup process, blocking today’s round of trolls just like sorting out the junk mail from the bills and birthday cards
it does not live on you that lightly
it’s not a mere tedious cleanup process, blocking today’s round of trolls just like sorting out the junk mail from the bills and birthday cards
it does not live on you that lightly
The thing that keeps getting me about all the pieces fretting about Bluesky being too insular is that the argument seems to be that those of us who are most likely to be abused by the right (BIPOC people, trans people, queer people, etc) must put up with being abused for the sake of public discourse
November 24, 2024 at 12:28 AM
and none of those pieces are being written by people who understand how that level of constant abuse CHANGES you
it’s not a mere tedious cleanup process, blocking today’s round of trolls just like sorting out the junk mail from the bills and birthday cards
it does not live on you that lightly
it’s not a mere tedious cleanup process, blocking today’s round of trolls just like sorting out the junk mail from the bills and birthday cards
it does not live on you that lightly
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One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election.
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
November 23, 2024 at 1:29 AM
One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election.
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
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Bluesky is already quickly replacing Twitter as a place where I am finding stories I want to talk about on my show, or finding video clips that are worth reacting to, etc.
November 22, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Bluesky is already quickly replacing Twitter as a place where I am finding stories I want to talk about on my show, or finding video clips that are worth reacting to, etc.
Sounds like Poirot, my favorite detective
November 23, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Sounds like Poirot, my favorite detective
“Whoops! that was evidence?”
November 22, 2024 at 1:24 PM
“Whoops! that was evidence?”
I’m impressed with how BlueSky is keeping up with 1M new users everyday with basically no issues. The Eng and Infra team must be top tier
November 21, 2024 at 11:53 PM
I’m impressed with how BlueSky is keeping up with 1M new users everyday with basically no issues. The Eng and Infra team must be top tier
This must be the record for highest number of cabinet nominees with “allegations”
November 21, 2024 at 11:51 PM
This must be the record for highest number of cabinet nominees with “allegations”
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disney exec: it’s about a guy who thinks he’s a monkey lol. probably don’t need anything too crazy for the soundtrack.
phil collins: [eyes glowing white, levitating above the ground] no
phil collins: [eyes glowing white, levitating above the ground] no
November 20, 2024 at 5:10 PM
disney exec: it’s about a guy who thinks he’s a monkey lol. probably don’t need anything too crazy for the soundtrack.
phil collins: [eyes glowing white, levitating above the ground] no
phil collins: [eyes glowing white, levitating above the ground] no
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In short, the right people are working on this, they're not out to build a Twitter clone, they're out to reshape the web, and help us return to the original promise of an open platform, a sense of ownership, and the ability to share with each other on our own terms.
November 20, 2024 at 6:37 PM
In short, the right people are working on this, they're not out to build a Twitter clone, they're out to reshape the web, and help us return to the original promise of an open platform, a sense of ownership, and the ability to share with each other on our own terms.
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I attended a meetup in Seattle and got to spend time with @bnewbold.net and @pfrazee.com from the Bluesky engineering team.
I walked away with an understanding of the role DIDs and PDSs play in the grand scheme of things, and why the most exciting work sits higher up the stack. I almost unretired.
I walked away with an understanding of the role DIDs and PDSs play in the grand scheme of things, and why the most exciting work sits higher up the stack. I almost unretired.
November 20, 2024 at 6:22 PM
I attended a meetup in Seattle and got to spend time with @bnewbold.net and @pfrazee.com from the Bluesky engineering team.
I walked away with an understanding of the role DIDs and PDSs play in the grand scheme of things, and why the most exciting work sits higher up the stack. I almost unretired.
I walked away with an understanding of the role DIDs and PDSs play in the grand scheme of things, and why the most exciting work sits higher up the stack. I almost unretired.
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There are currently only 22 films streaming on Netflix made before 1980 and not a single one made before 1960, with the oldest film on the platform currently being PSYCHO. I know I’m a broken record but: buy physical media, support your local library, etc etc
November 16, 2024 at 3:38 AM
There are currently only 22 films streaming on Netflix made before 1980 and not a single one made before 1960, with the oldest film on the platform currently being PSYCHO. I know I’m a broken record but: buy physical media, support your local library, etc etc
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Growing pains are a good thing
November 20, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Growing pains are a good thing
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Dr. Oz is the Dr Nick of Dr. Phils.
November 19, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Dr. Oz is the Dr Nick of Dr. Phils.
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The peace on Bluesky has made Twitter seem WORSE.
November 19, 2024 at 7:42 PM
The peace on Bluesky has made Twitter seem WORSE.
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Idiocracy Update: The dude from "Road Rules" has been nominated for Secretary of Transportation.
I'm not joking.
I'm not joking.
November 20, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Idiocracy Update: The dude from "Road Rules" has been nominated for Secretary of Transportation.
I'm not joking.
I'm not joking.