Jason Byrne
@geekwithsoul.bsky.social
I coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension.…
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Archive of @geekwithsoul on Twitter is at @geekwithsoul-old.bsky.social
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Yeah, because the wild hype and churn of the AI boom has been marked by all the thoughtfulness and discipline 🤣
Exclusive: AI won't become a bubble as long as everyone stays 'thoughtful and disciplined,' Microsoft's Brad Smith says | Fortune
Other than that, "we feel good about the investments we've made," Smith said.
fortune.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Yeah, because the wild hype and churn of the AI boom has been marked by all the thoughtfulness and discipline 🤣
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Right here is why I love @obsidianent.bsky.social - wondering across a planet and run across a guy with an animal antenna stapled onto his head. And he's scammed other soldiers into making his pet mantisaur the ranking officer. And it gracefully handles you already having the object of the quest. 😍
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Right here is why I love @obsidianent.bsky.social - wondering across a planet and run across a guy with an animal antenna stapled onto his head. And he's scammed other soldiers into making his pet mantisaur the ranking officer. And it gracefully handles you already having the object of the quest. 😍
"More than $5 billion annualized, or around $15 million per day, according to Forbes estimates and conversations with experts. When Bill Peebles, OpenAI’s head of Sora, observed on October 30 that “The economics are currently completely unsustainable"
#LessHarmfulToJustSetTheMoneyOnFire
#LessHarmfulToJustSetTheMoneyOnFire
Here’s How Much Cash OpenAI Is Burning On AI Video App Sora. What It Means
Some back-of-napkin math suggests OpenAI is spending more than a quarter of what it’s making to power the AI slop factory.
www.forbes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
"More than $5 billion annualized, or around $15 million per day, according to Forbes estimates and conversations with experts. When Bill Peebles, OpenAI’s head of Sora, observed on October 30 that “The economics are currently completely unsustainable"
#LessHarmfulToJustSetTheMoneyOnFire
#LessHarmfulToJustSetTheMoneyOnFire
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November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"
“Um well there aren’t even any Senate Dem Press releases saying they support the deal”
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"
"While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #UNIX v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist"
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist"
52 year old data tape could contain Unix history
: It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
www.theregister.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #UNIX v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist"
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist"
"Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center"
Example Number ♾️: There's no such thing as a "good" billionaire.
Example Number ♾️: There's no such thing as a "good" billionaire.
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 AM
"Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center"
Example Number ♾️: There's no such thing as a "good" billionaire.
Example Number ♾️: There's no such thing as a "good" billionaire.
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Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting," the protesters declared.
'All you had to do was follow the damn law, Rockstar!': Workers are protesting outside Take-Two after GTA 6 dev's alleged 'brazen' union-busting
"They can get used to seeing us on their doorstep."
www.pcgamer.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
They want people to assume this means game info or assets.
But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:
'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"
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The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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“It literally ran toward me, and I ran away screaming,” she said.
“It was a fat squirrel; it had been eating good,” McCoy said. “It looked into my soul." 😂
“It was a fat squirrel; it had been eating good,” McCoy said. “It looked into my soul." 😂
Squirrel at large in Langsam Library
On the morning of Nov. 3, 2025, a squirrel was found loose on the main floor of the University of Cincinnati’s (UC) Langsam Library.
www.newsrecord.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“It literally ran toward me, and I ran away screaming,” she said.
“It was a fat squirrel; it had been eating good,” McCoy said. “It looked into my soul." 😂
“It was a fat squirrel; it had been eating good,” McCoy said. “It looked into my soul." 😂
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What is happening at Goddard is absolutely devastating. We are losing history. We are losing an incredible amount of human talent, skill, and knowledge. Rebuilding it will be impossible same for same. Industry can not absorb the people or the equipment. This is undoing space science in the US.
Goddard spacecraft engineer: "I think it just kind of speaks to the atmosphere of the agency and the nation, where people are like, 'Well, laws don't matter for the people at the top anymore.'"
NASA is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say
"There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…"
www.space.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
What is happening at Goddard is absolutely devastating. We are losing history. We are losing an incredible amount of human talent, skill, and knowledge. Rebuilding it will be impossible same for same. Industry can not absorb the people or the equipment. This is undoing space science in the US.
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The statistic was presented as evidence of success 8 years after the collaboration was announced. A former American Foundation for Suicide Prevention employee tells The Trace and Rolling Stone that the number is at best wildly misleading.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The statistic was presented as evidence of success 8 years after the collaboration was announced. A former American Foundation for Suicide Prevention employee tells The Trace and Rolling Stone that the number is at best wildly misleading.
Read more ↓
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"Dominion Energy, Virginia’s largest utility, had a demand growth from data centers of 3.5 gigawatts in 2024. The utility said by the end of July it had 47 gigawatts worth of data center requests seeking power over a four- to seven-year process"
Make them pay for wind & solar buildout.
Make them pay for wind & solar buildout.
With a Lock on State Government Control, Virginia Democrats Now Face Difficult Decisions on Data Centers and Renewable Energy - Inside Climate News
After big wins on election night, Democrats will have to decide whether easing requirements in the state’s ambitious climate law will be necessary to maintain Virginia’s status as the “data center cap...
insideclimatenews.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
"Dominion Energy, Virginia’s largest utility, had a demand growth from data centers of 3.5 gigawatts in 2024. The utility said by the end of July it had 47 gigawatts worth of data center requests seeking power over a four- to seven-year process"
Make them pay for wind & solar buildout.
Make them pay for wind & solar buildout.
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NEW: Amid concerns over the Biden administration's regulation of the crypto industry, billionaire tech investor Marc Andreessen, a longtime Democrat, donated more than $5 million to groups supporting Trump ahead of the 2024 election.
Since then, he's gotten what he called for: a hollowed-out CFPB.
Since then, he's gotten what he called for: a hollowed-out CFPB.
Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen Bet Big on Trump. It’s Paying Off for Silicon Valley.
The Trump administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been good for venture capitalists like Andreessen, who previously accused the agency of “terrorizing” fintech startups and crypto companies.
www.propublica.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Amid concerns over the Biden administration's regulation of the crypto industry, billionaire tech investor Marc Andreessen, a longtime Democrat, donated more than $5 million to groups supporting Trump ahead of the 2024 election.
Since then, he's gotten what he called for: a hollowed-out CFPB.
Since then, he's gotten what he called for: a hollowed-out CFPB.
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What if we took the dot com bubble and mated it with the subprime mortgage bubble? If it is as big as I’ve been led to believe, shit is going to get real in the US.
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
What if we took the dot com bubble and mated it with the subprime mortgage bubble? If it is as big as I’ve been led to believe, shit is going to get real in the US.
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so there was this time back in 2025 when the news divisions of the universe went absolutely all-in on pleasing the president and made huge changes and spent insane money — while getting nothing of value from any of it
yesterday’s results make many of those decisions a lot harder to explain
yesterday’s results make many of those decisions a lot harder to explain
November 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
so there was this time back in 2025 when the news divisions of the universe went absolutely all-in on pleasing the president and made huge changes and spent insane money — while getting nothing of value from any of it
yesterday’s results make many of those decisions a lot harder to explain
yesterday’s results make many of those decisions a lot harder to explain
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I am about to be charged $18 for a lackluster themed cocktail, I’m sure of it
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I am about to be charged $18 for a lackluster themed cocktail, I’m sure of it
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This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
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Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Maybe pundits should spend more time in densely packed, left leaning urban areas where the "real Americans" live
One of the most interesting things about Mamdani is that he worked as a volunteer on his first political campaign 10yrs ago, & first ran for NY State Assembly in 2020. Politics is often looked at as a forum for old "experienced" people, and Mamdani shows that being involved can make a difference.
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
One of the most interesting things about Mamdani is that he worked as a volunteer on his first political campaign 10yrs ago, & first ran for NY State Assembly in 2020. Politics is often looked at as a forum for old "experienced" people, and Mamdani shows that being involved can make a difference.
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Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.