Russell Borogove
@borogove.bsky.social
Distracted bear. He/him. Consistently offering nine 5s of reliability. My skeets don’t leave room for nuance. Confirmed dipshit.
Game dev, music, synthesizer tech.
Check out my weird music at https://failure-mode.bandcamp.com
Game dev, music, synthesizer tech.
Check out my weird music at https://failure-mode.bandcamp.com
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Where do they get the idea about “absolute loyalty” to Newsom of all people? Like do they assume that any pushback to bad faith attacks or misinfo means that Dems are super into that person or what ?
"will you vote for Newsom over a Republican candidate if he's the nominee" is exactly the same question as "is it okay to say the n-word if it's the only way to stop a nuke going off in new york city"
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Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
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Happy Valentines Day from the Central Intelligence Agency
February 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Happy Valentines Day from the Central Intelligence Agency
really you should cast whoever is best for the part rather than just defaulting to Jason Statham
February 14, 2026 at 10:10 PM
really you should cast whoever is best for the part rather than just defaulting to Jason Statham
Eugene Vindman is vastly overestimating my interest in his tough decision
February 14, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Eugene Vindman is vastly overestimating my interest in his tough decision
there's a fine line between "being one of today's lucky 10,000" and "seeing the time knife"
All of the love to all of the IT people chortling at my seeing the time knife
"Oh no what's a git" me, to the computer on my first attempt at claude code
February 14, 2026 at 6:57 PM
there's a fine line between "being one of today's lucky 10,000" and "seeing the time knife"
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In O'Brian's HMS Surprise, this battle is lightly fictionalized with Jack Aubrey taking Dance's part.
1804. Oceans are now Battlefields.
In the South China Sea a British convoy worth almost £1bn today is spotted by the French.
It should be a massacre.
Instead, Commodore Nathanial Dance is about to defeat a French battle squadron using some paint and the most overplayed hand in #navalHistory. /1 🧵
In the South China Sea a British convoy worth almost £1bn today is spotted by the French.
It should be a massacre.
Instead, Commodore Nathanial Dance is about to defeat a French battle squadron using some paint and the most overplayed hand in #navalHistory. /1 🧵
February 14, 2026 at 5:10 PM
In O'Brian's HMS Surprise, this battle is lightly fictionalized with Jack Aubrey taking Dance's part.
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Yikes: guy who blogged about how an AI agent published a “hit piece” against him, says (human) reporters seem to have used an LLM to read (and misreport) his blog post
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
February 14, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Yikes: guy who blogged about how an AI agent published a “hit piece” against him, says (human) reporters seem to have used an LLM to read (and misreport) his blog post
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
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Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
February 14, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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tfw when you see someone QT'd a "so brave yet so controversial" take and it's somehow an even dumber response
February 13, 2026 at 5:15 AM
tfw when you see someone QT'd a "so brave yet so controversial" take and it's somehow an even dumber response
can we just agree to never use the term "whore" to refer to sex workers so we can free it up for other uses
February 13, 2026 at 2:30 AM
can we just agree to never use the term "whore" to refer to sex workers so we can free it up for other uses
my wife's gone for a day and a half and i'm already at the dining table with tortilla chips and queso telling the cats that only god can judge me
February 13, 2026 at 2:28 AM
my wife's gone for a day and a half and i'm already at the dining table with tortilla chips and queso telling the cats that only god can judge me
"will you vote for Newsom over a Republican candidate if he's the nominee" is exactly the same question as "is it okay to say the n-word if it's the only way to stop a nuke going off in new york city"
Where do they get the idea about “absolute loyalty” to Newsom of all people? Like do they assume that any pushback to bad faith attacks or misinfo means that Dems are super into that person or what ?
February 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
"will you vote for Newsom over a Republican candidate if he's the nominee" is exactly the same question as "is it okay to say the n-word if it's the only way to stop a nuke going off in new york city"
my "Not A Psycho" political yard sign has a lot of people asking questions already answered by my sign
Wild things happening in the Texas Republican primaries.
February 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
my "Not A Psycho" political yard sign has a lot of people asking questions already answered by my sign
It’s absolutely hilarious to me that Katie Sackhoff’s husband looks like he came off the same blandly handsome actor production line as Starbuck’s two big love interests on BSG
youtu.be/HK4wgx8TbrU?...
youtu.be/HK4wgx8TbrU?...
Katee Sackhoff Watches Battlestar Galactica for the FIRST Time | BSG Miniseries (Part 1)
YouTube video by Katee Sackhoff
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February 12, 2026 at 5:06 AM
It’s absolutely hilarious to me that Katie Sackhoff’s husband looks like he came off the same blandly handsome actor production line as Starbuck’s two big love interests on BSG
youtu.be/HK4wgx8TbrU?...
youtu.be/HK4wgx8TbrU?...
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
1/
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I do really like LLMs for semantic (as opposed to textual) search, but half the reason LLMs have "replaced Google" for people is because Google has spent the last ten years making their core product progressively shittier for the user.
I am constantly forced to confront this at various media gatherings (at one today!) and people still talk about it mythically, hype up edge cases, and when I ask regular AI users how it has dramatically changed their everyday life they say “it’s replaced Google for me,” because it summarizes Google.
February 11, 2026 at 7:12 PM
I do really like LLMs for semantic (as opposed to textual) search, but half the reason LLMs have "replaced Google" for people is because Google has spent the last ten years making their core product progressively shittier for the user.
what
the
fuck
the
fuck
So the DOD started laser testing because they believed party balloons were drones, shut down all of El Paso airspace, and blamed it on Mexican cartels?
February 11, 2026 at 6:14 PM
what
the
fuck
the
fuck
If the facts are on your side, pound on the facts. If the law is on your side, pound on the law. If neither is on your side, pound on the *checks notes* I can’t read what that says. Market, maybe?
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
If the facts are on your side, pound on the facts. If the law is on your side, pound on the law. If neither is on your side, pound on the *checks notes* I can’t read what that says. Market, maybe?
Man this whole “grand jury” thing was a great idea, have we got any more like that?
February 11, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Man this whole “grand jury” thing was a great idea, have we got any more like that?
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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Un-Real! Why are you doing this to me
Un-Real! Am I not coding this the way I'm supposed to be
Un-Real! Why am I seething with this animosity
Un-Real! Epic, you owe me a great big apology
TERRIBLE HACKS!
Un-Real! Am I not coding this the way I'm supposed to be
Un-Real! Why am I seething with this animosity
Un-Real! Epic, you owe me a great big apology
TERRIBLE HACKS!
February 10, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Un-Real! Why are you doing this to me
Un-Real! Am I not coding this the way I'm supposed to be
Un-Real! Why am I seething with this animosity
Un-Real! Epic, you owe me a great big apology
TERRIBLE HACKS!
Un-Real! Am I not coding this the way I'm supposed to be
Un-Real! Why am I seething with this animosity
Un-Real! Epic, you owe me a great big apology
TERRIBLE HACKS!