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Rob Archer
@codecrow.bsky.social
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Code writing avian with a penchant for picking up interesting things.
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codecrow.bsky.social
Very long post, but worth reading ESPECIALLY if you read Ezra Klein:

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The Existential Crisis of Ezra Klein SCRIPT | Jessie Gender
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November 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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ouinne.bsky.social
The only correct take on a fundamentally anti-human technology.
Screenshot of David Simon interview SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
October 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
Love watching pilot program after pilot program determine over and over and over that UBI is an unambiguous positive that does not ruin economies or neighborhoods or lives and everyone nods and goes "wow, cool, interesting" and then does fucking nothing until the next pilot program 15 years later
chirurgic.bsky.social Jack Newhouse @chirurgic.bsky.social · Aug 30
This is literally every problem

Boomers rant against UBI because they would be getting money from the government they don't need and don't understand that determining whether they need it is more expensive
August 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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annleckie.com
OK so I LOLed at the dinosaurs in Central Park

www.aiweirdness.com/chatgpt-will...
ChatGPT will apologize for anything
ChatGPT will apologize for anything - even advice it definitely didn't give, and stuff it definitely didn't do. It very much regrets its recommendation that we hire a giraffe as CEO.
www.aiweirdness.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
codecrow.bsky.social
Hey! People I know: www.vox.com/even-better/...
How do you keep a kid’s fantasy camp afloat?
A summer program running on magic, swords, and financial precarity.
www.vox.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
codecrow.bsky.social
I think we are speedrunning the Great/Cosmic Filter . . .
denisedwheeler.bsky.social Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · Jul 26
The first privately developed U.S. nuclear enrichment facility is going to be built in Paducah, Kentucky at the site of a former nuclear fuel plant.

The US government is now allowing a private citizen to enrich uranium, aka nuclear bombs.

That private citizen is "destroy humanity" Peter Thiel.
Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah
A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...
www.wkms.org
July 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
codecrow.bsky.social
Great critique/interpretation of Death Stranding 2: www.endlessmode.com/article/the-...
The Best Parts of Death Stranding 2 Are When the Characters Acknowledge They're in a Game
Kojima's meta streak continues with Death Stranding 2, which is at its best whenever its characters acknowledge they're in a game.
www.endlessmode.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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dryad.technology
Okay so I heard this story a half dozen times on Twitter about a civil rights activist who became a Marxist after an FBI agent grilled him on Marx so he decided to look the guy up—

I didn't realize until this moment that was Zohran Mamdani's father. Amazing
abtnatural.bsky.social Virgil Abt @abtnatural.bsky.social · Jul 3
Incredible scene.

FBI: Do you like Marx?

Mhmood Mamdani: I haven’t met him.

FBI: No, no, he’s dead.

MM: Wow, what happened?

FBI: No, no, he died long ago. ... He wrote that poor people should not be poor.

MM: Sounds amazing.

www.warscapes.com/conversation...
BS: How was that? How long were you in jail? MM: One night. They let you make one phone call, and I called the Ugandan Ambassador in Washington, DC, talked to him, and he said, “What are you doing interfering in the affairs of a foreign country?” I said, “What? We just got our independence! This is the same struggle. Have you forgotten?” Anyway, he got me out. Two or three weeks later, I was in my room. There was a knock at the door. Two gentlemen in trench coats and hats said, “FBI.” I thought, “Wow, just like on television.” They sat down. They were there to find out why I had gone – because this turned out to be big – it is after Montgomery that King organized his march on Selma. They wanted to know who had influenced me. After one hour of probing, the guy said, “Do you like Marx?” I said, “I haven’t met him.” Guy said, “No, no, he’s dead.” “Wow, what happened?” “No, no, he died long ago.” I thought the guy Marx had just died. So then, “Why are you asking me if he died long ago?” “No, he wrote a lot. He wrote that poor people should not be poor.” I said, “Sounds amazing.” I’m giving you a sense of how naïve I was. After they left, I went to the library to look for Marx. So that was my introduction to Karl Marx.
July 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
codecrow.bsky.social
Up late for the results of NYC elections and to struggle an air conditioner in. Might as well knock out some code while I'm at it . . . .
June 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
codecrow.bsky.social
If you are not experiencing Tactical Breach Wizards in some way, you are losing out on some excellent dialogue and characters.
June 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
codecrow.bsky.social
Songs no one has thought about in decades, but got stuck in my head tonight:

"Whoever you are" by Geggy Tah
June 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
codecrow.bsky.social
Some deep introspection on Andor and Star Wars:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjMs...
How Star Wars Andor Reframed the Star Wars Myth
YouTube video by Jessie Gender
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June 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
codecrow.bsky.social
I'm this kind of nerd, apparently (Rant about typefaces and Star Wars, delivered by a muppet bird):
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May 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.
April 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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occupyonelove.bsky.social
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Remember the woman who was dragged out of a Townhall?

The fake officers were CHARGED !

▶️Charges
Battery, false imprisonment, sec agent uniform violation, sec agent duties violation

▶️Names
Alex & Paul Trouette
Russell Dunne
Chistofer Berge
Jesse Jones
Michael Keller

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April 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
“Our ICE officers are facing 300% increase in assaults while carrying out enforcement operations.”
DHS tweet: The rumors circulating on social media that ICE Boston employed a militia leader from Arizona to make arrests in New England are not only false, but they are also inflammatory and place the safety of federal officers in jeopardy. Our ICE officers are facing 300% increase in assaults while carrying out enforcement operations. 4:25 PM • 4/17/25 • 24K Views
April 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
codecrow.bsky.social
Fucking hell. I couldn't get all the way through this today, but this captures so much about how I feel right now.

terribleminds.com/ramble/2025/...
What It Feels Like, Right Now
When I was in college in North Carolina, I flew home to Pennsylvania for the holidays. My mother and father were going through a divorce at that point (a divorce that should’ve happened many …
terribleminds.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
codecrow.bsky.social
This is the game right now:

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE tries to detain man, neighbors form human chain to protect him
Neighbors delivered food, water and gasoline to the man, who was with a child in a van, as ICE agents stayed at the home for hours.
www.nbcnews.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
codecrow.bsky.social
Really cool job just came across my desk:

Project Description
The Wildlife Division wants to develop a single data management system to collect data, track, and report on the numerous species, Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs)/Refuges,
April 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
codecrow.bsky.social
A well-presented video that might help people understand the current moment. ie, why actions the government is taking don't seem to make sense:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZzw...
Fascists will waste your time.
YouTube video by Thought Slime
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April 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
codecrow.bsky.social
Really good video about Jake Paul & fighting that also has really good points about any kind of fighting:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktLa...
How Jake Paul Keeps Winning Fights
YouTube video by Super Eyepatch Wolf
www.youtube.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
codecrow.bsky.social
Just got taken by the BEST April Fool's prank:

My workplace has been using Mercurial for code management for a while, which has some frustrations, and has long been talking about moving to git.
April 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
codecrow.bsky.social
Because my wife always has better words than I.
barefootpoetess.bsky.social Tess 🦊🫖🎨 @barefootpoetess.bsky.social · Mar 28
Up late thinking how beautiful our world is, and how fragile. How tenuous our connection to each other and to what really makes our country great.

It’s hard to sleep tonight. My country is in crisis, the world is in upheaval. People are frightened. And yet there is also beauty, laughter, work…🧵🪡
March 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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johnathanperk.bsky.social
Been revisiting the ancestors for guidance, these last few months.

This is the mindset in which I keep finding myself:
March 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM