Jeff Bachtel
@jeffbach.bsky.social
Cloud Automation CI/CD person. Poor Ruby programmer. YAML connoisseur. he/him
(I've never flown a jet my banner pic is stolen valor)
(I've never flown a jet my banner pic is stolen valor)
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GRWM (get rabies with me)
February 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
GRWM (get rabies with me)
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A beautiful aloha Friday morning.
February 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
A beautiful aloha Friday morning.
Feeling better that I couldn't actually get the app to work, I didn't realize it was closed source
don’t care how smol bean you are about it, if you claim to be E2EE but you’re not open source & auditable then the only sane security posture toward your app is to treat it as intrinsically compromised.
this is the kind of thing that puts people in serious danger & it’s okay to make a little noise
this is the kind of thing that puts people in serious danger & it’s okay to make a little noise
February 13, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Feeling better that I couldn't actually get the app to work, I didn't realize it was closed source
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this website is a machine for surfacing extremely rarefied internecine beef from toxic friend groups and you need to be able to recognize when it's happening and avert your gaze
February 13, 2026 at 5:13 AM
this website is a machine for surfacing extremely rarefied internecine beef from toxic friend groups and you need to be able to recognize when it's happening and avert your gaze
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Listen our ancestors did all of that work so that we wouldn’t have such painful lives. You don’t HAVE to read Newsom profiles
If my ancestors made it across the plains pulling handcarts, I can make it through this 14-page Gavin Newsom profile in the New Yorker.
February 12, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Listen our ancestors did all of that work so that we wouldn’t have such painful lives. You don’t HAVE to read Newsom profiles
The interaction restrictions on this post are kinda bonkers, especially for a CTO
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The interaction restrictions on this post are kinda bonkers, especially for a CTO
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It’s now official. I’ll be publishing my first book, Respectability Politics, w/ @uchicagopress.bsky.social!
Proud to join a press w/ a strong lineage in Black studies & Black politics, including Cohen’s Boundaries of Blackness, which has deeply inspired my work.
Now to get these revisions done.
Proud to join a press w/ a strong lineage in Black studies & Black politics, including Cohen’s Boundaries of Blackness, which has deeply inspired my work.
Now to get these revisions done.
February 11, 2026 at 7:52 PM
It’s now official. I’ll be publishing my first book, Respectability Politics, w/ @uchicagopress.bsky.social!
Proud to join a press w/ a strong lineage in Black studies & Black politics, including Cohen’s Boundaries of Blackness, which has deeply inspired my work.
Now to get these revisions done.
Proud to join a press w/ a strong lineage in Black studies & Black politics, including Cohen’s Boundaries of Blackness, which has deeply inspired my work.
Now to get these revisions done.
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fun fact, if you sprint at a waymo from the side it will slam on its brakes and upset the passengers inside
February 11, 2026 at 11:26 PM
fun fact, if you sprint at a waymo from the side it will slam on its brakes and upset the passengers inside
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SHE REMOVED THEIR WEDDING PHOTO LMAOOOOOO
Oh she HATED his guts
Oh she HATED his guts
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
SHE REMOVED THEIR WEDDING PHOTO LMAOOOOOO
Oh she HATED his guts
Oh she HATED his guts
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watching the curling. nice to see men sweeping
February 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
watching the curling. nice to see men sweeping
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That was very thoughtful of you. It seemed like you were really thinking. I can tell your brain was really going on this one, thank you.
February 11, 2026 at 5:01 PM
That was very thoughtful of you. It seemed like you were really thinking. I can tell your brain was really going on this one, thank you.
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“If you kids don’t stop sticking your heads out the window…”
February 11, 2026 at 2:08 PM
“If you kids don’t stop sticking your heads out the window…”
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Revival Of Internship Program Heralds CEO’s Daughter Coming Of Age https://theonion.com/revival-of-internship-program-heralds-ceos-daughter-coming-of-age/
February 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Revival Of Internship Program Heralds CEO’s Daughter Coming Of Age https://theonion.com/revival-of-internship-program-heralds-ceos-daughter-coming-of-age/
lol @josephpolitano.bsky.social called it
The billionaire owner of a bridge connecting Michigan with Canada met Howard Lutnick, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, on Monday hours before President Trump lambasted a competing span.
Before Trump Blasted U.S.-Canada Bridge, Owner of Competing Span Lobbied Administration
A Detroit billionaire met with Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, hours before President Trump said he would block the opening of a new bridge connecting Detroit to Canada, officials said.
nyti.ms
February 11, 2026 at 4:05 AM
lol @josephpolitano.bsky.social called it
Okay but James have you seen an excellent documentary called The Good Shepherd?
>fails to catch a single significant mole
>does HUMINT his entire career instead of CI
>goes completely schizo at the end of his career
WHY DO YOU PEOPLE LIKE HIM
>does HUMINT his entire career instead of CI
>goes completely schizo at the end of his career
WHY DO YOU PEOPLE LIKE HIM
February 11, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Okay but James have you seen an excellent documentary called The Good Shepherd?
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Angleton-pilled. Asking to be "read in" to the children's schedule. Giving a Wife's Daily Briefing. Referring to episodes of the muppets as ELINT. PTA gossip is HUMINT. Burn After Reading packed lunches.
February 11, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Angleton-pilled. Asking to be "read in" to the children's schedule. Giving a Wife's Daily Briefing. Referring to episodes of the muppets as ELINT. PTA gossip is HUMINT. Burn After Reading packed lunches.
same, but SWAT particularly
February 11, 2026 at 2:45 AM
same, but SWAT particularly
@sdgreisch.bsky.social relevant to some of your interests 😊
this particular anecdote from Boorman's Adventures of a Suburban Boy about Lee Marvin getting belligerently drunk at Jack's on the Beach never fails to make me laugh
February 11, 2026 at 2:27 AM
@sdgreisch.bsky.social relevant to some of your interests 😊
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SAMWISE: po-tay-toes??
ARAGORN: *clicks "Jump to Recipe"*
SAMWISE: —boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew
ARAGORN: *clicks "Jump to Recipe"*
SAMWISE: —boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew
February 11, 2026 at 1:02 AM
SAMWISE: po-tay-toes??
ARAGORN: *clicks "Jump to Recipe"*
SAMWISE: —boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew
ARAGORN: *clicks "Jump to Recipe"*
SAMWISE: —boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew
In the original language, it was al-Bronx, so in English we kept the "the"
Why is it "the Bronx" but no other borough gets an article???
February 10, 2026 at 8:16 PM
In the original language, it was al-Bronx, so in English we kept the "the"
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@icecano.bsky.social the realest real
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM
@icecano.bsky.social the realest real