Pete Warden
@petewarden.bsky.social
CEO of Useful Sensors, blogger at petewarden.com, proudly trying to be woke, dog crazy.
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Pete Warden
@petewarden.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Join the frog chorus at #nokings! To find the Portland frog costume, search for the makers "jinstabag", it's only about $60.
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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Palantir update via www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Palantir update via www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
Our whole thing in Silicon Valley is that we're supposed to be weird and non-conformist. It's depressing that so many engineers are silent because they're scared of a few bullies at the top of the industry.
"I also worry that Silicon Valley now punishes outward earnestness or virtue; young technologists have expressed fears of appearing soft—or worse—woke."
jasmi.news/p/bait?r=2c7...
jasmi.news/p/bait?r=2c7...
don't take the bait
vice signaling is eating silicon valley
jasmi.news
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Our whole thing in Silicon Valley is that we're supposed to be weird and non-conformist. It's depressing that so many engineers are silent because they're scared of a few bullies at the top of the industry.
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#GVerse This 👇
At this point, Schumer is a dinosaur‼️
The DNC needs younger candidates‼️
Resign @schumer.senate.gov time new life, new direction!
At this point, Schumer is a dinosaur‼️
The DNC needs younger candidates‼️
Resign @schumer.senate.gov time new life, new direction!
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#GVerse This 👇
At this point, Schumer is a dinosaur‼️
The DNC needs younger candidates‼️
Resign @schumer.senate.gov time new life, new direction!
At this point, Schumer is a dinosaur‼️
The DNC needs younger candidates‼️
Resign @schumer.senate.gov time new life, new direction!
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
I've never called a representative before, but I did today! It's so wrong to have millions of people in the party work so hard to achieve the victory we saw on Tuesday, only for the most vulnerable to lose healthcare because a few senators are spineless.
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I've never called a representative before, but I did today! It's so wrong to have millions of people in the party work so hard to achieve the victory we saw on Tuesday, only for the most vulnerable to lose healthcare because a few senators are spineless.
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Mamdani is going to implement Shar Law. Everyone will have to bow down to the Mistress of the Night, the Lady of Loss, and devote themselves to bringing about a darkness that will smother her hated foe and sister Selûne
Mamdani is going to implement My Sharona law. Everyone will have to create songs with undeniable rock beats.
Mamdani is going to implement Shari Lewis law.
Everyone will be required to stick their fist up a lamb's a
Excuse me, there's someone at the door.
Everyone will be required to stick their fist up a lamb's a
Excuse me, there's someone at the door.
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Shar Law. Everyone will have to bow down to the Mistress of the Night, the Lady of Loss, and devote themselves to bringing about a darkness that will smother her hated foe and sister Selûne
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One of the few development non-profits with decent evidence to back up its impact is @givedirectly.bsky.social.
You don't to tell poor people what to do though, and unfortunately that power trip drives a lot of philanthropy.
You don't to tell poor people what to do though, and unfortunately that power trip drives a lot of philanthropy.
study after study after study shows that literally just handing people money and telling them "do what you want with this" reduces homelessness, increases food security for children, makes it more likely people will find and retain jobs.1
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
One of the few development non-profits with decent evidence to back up its impact is @givedirectly.bsky.social.
You don't to tell poor people what to do though, and unfortunately that power trip drives a lot of philanthropy.
You don't to tell poor people what to do though, and unfortunately that power trip drives a lot of philanthropy.
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We love Halloween in San Francisco!
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
We love Halloween in San Francisco!
True fact: I love Taco John's so much, I went out of my way to drive by their corporate HQ in Cheyenne on a road trip through Wyoming. It was the size of a suburban house with a tiny sign.
Now I love them even more.
Now I love them even more.
November 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
True fact: I love Taco John's so much, I went out of my way to drive by their corporate HQ in Cheyenne on a road trip through Wyoming. It was the size of a suburban house with a tiny sign.
Now I love them even more.
Now I love them even more.
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The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
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Everything bad in the world is the result of old men being contradicted and/or confronted with their own mortality, is the lesson here
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Everything bad in the world is the result of old men being contradicted and/or confronted with their own mortality, is the lesson here
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"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed"
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
Normal Times in Dire Times
Fascism does not break normal life, it feeds on it.
frederickjoseph.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed"
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
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If low-cost chips and free AI models offer 100% privacy and the same features as big data AI assistants, then how can there NOT be an AI bubble? @petewarden.bsky.social explains why:
petewarden.com/2025/10/16/w...
@matthewhughes.bsky.social @edzitron.com
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@matthewhughes.bsky.social @edzitron.com
Why does a Local AI Voice Agent Running on a Super-Cheap Soc Matter?
Most recent news about AI seems to involve staggering amounts of money. OpenAI and Nvidia sign a $100b data center contract. Meta offers researchers $100m salaries. VCs invested almost $200b in AI …
petewarden.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If low-cost chips and free AI models offer 100% privacy and the same features as big data AI assistants, then how can there NOT be an AI bubble? @petewarden.bsky.social explains why:
petewarden.com/2025/10/16/w...
@matthewhughes.bsky.social @edzitron.com
petewarden.com/2025/10/16/w...
@matthewhughes.bsky.social @edzitron.com
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did anybody else in the US watch The Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries and feel a visceral jolt when the whole pilot turns out to hinge on the lack of safe access to abortion in 1920s Australia and the women characters’ rage about it
like “oh wow okay this show was NOT made in this country”
like “oh wow okay this show was NOT made in this country”
Here is my most damning indictment of romance as a genre: we are currently living in a time when stalkers, rapists, and murderers are romance MMCs, but I doubt I could name more than 10 books in the whole history of the genre where an FMC has an abortion.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
did anybody else in the US watch The Miss Fisher Murder Mysteries and feel a visceral jolt when the whole pilot turns out to hinge on the lack of safe access to abortion in 1920s Australia and the women characters’ rage about it
like “oh wow okay this show was NOT made in this country”
like “oh wow okay this show was NOT made in this country”
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Hell yeah. Suck it, birds
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hell yeah. Suck it, birds
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Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go!
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
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Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
/1
October 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go!
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
/1
Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.
/1
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Veteran says exactly what he thinks of ICE while they taser a man already on the ground.
October 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Veteran says exactly what he thinks of ICE while they taser a man already on the ground.
Nvidia is like Sun during the dot-com bubble - selling $10k servers that are doomed to be replaced by $500 commodity PCs running the same workloads on CPUs.
October 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Nvidia is like Sun during the dot-com bubble - selling $10k servers that are doomed to be replaced by $500 commodity PCs running the same workloads on CPUs.
My nephew just found my YouTube channel, and solemnly told me my earliest video, from 2007, must have been one of the first on the site.
October 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My nephew just found my YouTube channel, and solemnly told me my earliest video, from 2007, must have been one of the first on the site.
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These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.
October 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.