Jeff Gentry
@geoffjentry.bsky.social
Noted curmudgeon. Software, biotech, food & drink. All opinions my own, no one else wants them anyways.
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Pathetic and almost comical but how fucking disruptive, bizarre, & bad this is kind of kills the humor.
This man has Pearl Harbor’d Iran & Venezuela so far and has expressed an intent to do the same to Greenland, the potential consequences of which strain my vocabulary & imagination.
This man has Pearl Harbor’d Iran & Venezuela so far and has expressed an intent to do the same to Greenland, the potential consequences of which strain my vocabulary & imagination.
January 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Pathetic and almost comical but how fucking disruptive, bizarre, & bad this is kind of kills the humor.
This man has Pearl Harbor’d Iran & Venezuela so far and has expressed an intent to do the same to Greenland, the potential consequences of which strain my vocabulary & imagination.
This man has Pearl Harbor’d Iran & Venezuela so far and has expressed an intent to do the same to Greenland, the potential consequences of which strain my vocabulary & imagination.
I just wrote a country's name as "Spane", how is your day going?
January 10, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I just wrote a country's name as "Spane", how is your day going?
I didn't need an article to tell me that one of my dogs may be "gifted", while the other one's primary gift is being dumb as rocks
Scientists discovered that some dogs, known as Gifted Word Learners, can passively pick up language and may possess toddler-level cognitive skills.
‘Gifted’ Dogs Learn Human Language, Study Finds
Scientists discovered that some dogs, known as Gifted Word Learners, can passively pick up language and may possess toddler-level cognitive skills.
www.404media.co
January 10, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I didn't need an article to tell me that one of my dogs may be "gifted", while the other one's primary gift is being dumb as rocks
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It’s getting so the only safe place to be is in the Epstein Files. 🔄
January 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
It’s getting so the only safe place to be is in the Epstein Files. 🔄
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Minnesota Nice is rapidly turning into Minnesota Fuck Off and it is wonderful to watch.
This morning in Minneapolis, an ICE vehicle got stuck on an icy hill in a residential neighborhood. Agents had to push the vehicles out, some almost slipping in the ice themselves.
January 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Minnesota Nice is rapidly turning into Minnesota Fuck Off and it is wonderful to watch.
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Today we feature a teammate balancing rigor and delivery in complex projects. He shares views on data-driven development, disciplined iteration, and connecting lab and computational teams. We hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Meet Matt Stone: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-matt-...
Meet Matt Stone: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-matt-...
Meet Matt Stone
Head of Single-Cell and Spatial Sequencing
blog.fulcrumgenomics.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Today we feature a teammate balancing rigor and delivery in complex projects. He shares views on data-driven development, disciplined iteration, and connecting lab and computational teams. We hope you’ll feel like you’ve met us — or want to.
Meet Matt Stone: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-matt-...
Meet Matt Stone: blog.fulcrumgenomics.com/p/meet-matt-...
@marchurboston.bsky.social Saw a thing on the somerville Facebook group that la brasa shut down. Haven't seen it anywhere else yet but seems truthy
January 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
@marchurboston.bsky.social Saw a thing on the somerville Facebook group that la brasa shut down. Haven't seen it anywhere else yet but seems truthy
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sysadmin hits different now
January 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM
sysadmin hits different now
Just discovered there's a lot of old Scissorfight footage on Youtube. Tonight just got good
January 9, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Just discovered there's a lot of old Scissorfight footage on Youtube. Tonight just got good
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Received a fidget/stress ball as part of a xmas gift. sat on my desk for a few days, then started, well, fiddling with it. and now it's broken and I need a new one of something I never even knew I needed!
January 7, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Received a fidget/stress ball as part of a xmas gift. sat on my desk for a few days, then started, well, fiddling with it. and now it's broken and I need a new one of something I never even knew I needed!
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13/10 no notes.
There we go. That there’s a headline.
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM
13/10 no notes.
Is it a new method to prevent and limit wildfires? I bet it is!
The wine industry has lost billions of dollars due to wildfires, largely because smoke makes the drink taste like licking an ashtray. Now a team of scientists is chasing a solution. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/MCnGbI
Can We Save Wine from Wildfires?
The industry has lost billions of dollars, largely because smoke makes the drink taste like licking an ashtray. Now a team of scientists is chasing a solution.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
January 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Is it a new method to prevent and limit wildfires? I bet it is!
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oh my god he posted so many action shots from the makeshift mar a lago situation room and they were just looking at tweets together on a gigantic screen
January 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
oh my god he posted so many action shots from the makeshift mar a lago situation room and they were just looking at tweets together on a gigantic screen
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If you wanted to know why uv is so much faster than pip for Python package and dependency management (hint: it's not solely because it's written in Rust). nesbitt.io/2025/12/26/h...
How uv got so fast
uv’s speed comes from engineering decisions, not just Rust. Static metadata, dropping legacy formats, and standards that didn’t exist five years ago.
nesbitt.io
January 3, 2026 at 7:12 AM
If you wanted to know why uv is so much faster than pip for Python package and dependency management (hint: it's not solely because it's written in Rust). nesbitt.io/2025/12/26/h...
Grand cru of champagne and beer
January 1, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Grand cru of champagne and beer
I just received a phish attempt email where their attack vector was for me to renew my AARP membership. FML.
December 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I just received a phish attempt email where their attack vector was for me to renew my AARP membership. FML.
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not adding more descriptive alt-text while under fire
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 31, 2025 at 4:17 AM
not adding more descriptive alt-text while under fire
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If you start watching Hackers at 22:32:15 local time, then at 00:00:01 Razor and Blade will arrive "fashionably late" to help save the day at midnight with our hacker heroes. Enter a New Year in style!🎆🥂 #NYE #HackersMovie #NewYearsEve
December 31, 2025 at 4:49 AM
If you start watching Hackers at 22:32:15 local time, then at 00:00:01 Razor and Blade will arrive "fashionably late" to help save the day at midnight with our hacker heroes. Enter a New Year in style!🎆🥂 #NYE #HackersMovie #NewYearsEve
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a post about how, with LLMs, I wrote a new set of libraries.
Wrapping htslib is my hello-world but doing it in rust to allow javascript expressions handled by V8 was more substantial project.
The tools and LLMs are now getting quite good:
brentp.github.io/latest/blog/...
let me know what you think
Wrapping htslib is my hello-world but doing it in rust to allow javascript expressions handled by V8 was more substantial project.
The tools and LLMs are now getting quite good:
brentp.github.io/latest/blog/...
let me know what you think
AI Coding - Brent Pedersen
Writing real software with AI coding tools
brentp.github.io
December 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
a post about how, with LLMs, I wrote a new set of libraries.
Wrapping htslib is my hello-world but doing it in rust to allow javascript expressions handled by V8 was more substantial project.
The tools and LLMs are now getting quite good:
brentp.github.io/latest/blog/...
let me know what you think
Wrapping htslib is my hello-world but doing it in rust to allow javascript expressions handled by V8 was more substantial project.
The tools and LLMs are now getting quite good:
brentp.github.io/latest/blog/...
let me know what you think
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Starting a tech company, BOMBADIL, which is immensely powerful but not nearly as helpful as it could be
December 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Starting a tech company, BOMBADIL, which is immensely powerful but not nearly as helpful as it could be
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That's enough LinkedIn for the rest of my life.
December 29, 2025 at 1:58 AM
That's enough LinkedIn for the rest of my life.
Watching Stranger Things and 2 characters are debating if 1 guy is a real life version of a D&D "wizard" or "sorcerer" based on whether or not his magic is innate.
Bitch - this is the 80s. The class is "magic-user". Magic was Vancian. There was no such thing as a "sorcerer".
Bitch - this is the 80s. The class is "magic-user". Magic was Vancian. There was no such thing as a "sorcerer".
December 29, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Watching Stranger Things and 2 characters are debating if 1 guy is a real life version of a D&D "wizard" or "sorcerer" based on whether or not his magic is innate.
Bitch - this is the 80s. The class is "magic-user". Magic was Vancian. There was no such thing as a "sorcerer".
Bitch - this is the 80s. The class is "magic-user". Magic was Vancian. There was no such thing as a "sorcerer".
I can still remember some of their names, all these years later
in your 20s, you'll come across someone who's wrong online. it's very important than you spend the next 40 years of your life learning and arguing about this topic online long after they've moved on, built a career, and raised a family.
December 29, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I can still remember some of their names, all these years later