Andrew J. Bromage
@pseudonym73.bsky.social
Something something geek
I believe, but can't prove, that there is an increase in autism in recent decades that is not entirely due to visibility and diagnostic criteria.
It's the Internet. The rise of the Internet has made more ways that people on the spectrum can meet and produce children.
It's the Internet. The rise of the Internet has made more ways that people on the spectrum can meet and produce children.
September 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I believe, but can't prove, that there is an increase in autism in recent decades that is not entirely due to visibility and diagnostic criteria.
It's the Internet. The rise of the Internet has made more ways that people on the spectrum can meet and produce children.
It's the Internet. The rise of the Internet has made more ways that people on the spectrum can meet and produce children.
Happy Charles Darwin Mood Day to all who celebrate.
September 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Happy Charles Darwin Mood Day to all who celebrate.
I feel like science fiction let us down.
No author ever caught that before we get general intelligence, we might get "Dunning-Kruger systems" that show confidence but incompetence. But convincing in the same way that a populist politician or a con man is convincing.
(Or a Silicon Valley CEO?)
No author ever caught that before we get general intelligence, we might get "Dunning-Kruger systems" that show confidence but incompetence. But convincing in the same way that a populist politician or a con man is convincing.
(Or a Silicon Valley CEO?)
September 1, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I feel like science fiction let us down.
No author ever caught that before we get general intelligence, we might get "Dunning-Kruger systems" that show confidence but incompetence. But convincing in the same way that a populist politician or a con man is convincing.
(Or a Silicon Valley CEO?)
No author ever caught that before we get general intelligence, we might get "Dunning-Kruger systems" that show confidence but incompetence. But convincing in the same way that a populist politician or a con man is convincing.
(Or a Silicon Valley CEO?)
Dare I read this? Do I really want to know what the robots think of me?
July 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Dare I read this? Do I really want to know what the robots think of me?
Sorry, I had to.
May 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Sorry, I had to.
Word on the street is that pencils on strings are back. No more individual little golf pencils at the 2025 Federal Election.
Rejoice, Australians. Nature is healing.
Rejoice, Australians. Nature is healing.
April 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Word on the street is that pencils on strings are back. No more individual little golf pencils at the 2025 Federal Election.
Rejoice, Australians. Nature is healing.
Rejoice, Australians. Nature is healing.
A useful rule of thumb:
Whenever anyone asks "Why are people upset at person X for doing Y?", the answer is almost always, "It's not Y that they are upset at."
If you find yourself ever needing to ask this question, try that on as an answer.
Whenever anyone asks "Why are people upset at person X for doing Y?", the answer is almost always, "It's not Y that they are upset at."
If you find yourself ever needing to ask this question, try that on as an answer.
April 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
A useful rule of thumb:
Whenever anyone asks "Why are people upset at person X for doing Y?", the answer is almost always, "It's not Y that they are upset at."
If you find yourself ever needing to ask this question, try that on as an answer.
Whenever anyone asks "Why are people upset at person X for doing Y?", the answer is almost always, "It's not Y that they are upset at."
If you find yourself ever needing to ask this question, try that on as an answer.
UI/UX tip to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology: put these two notices in the opposite order.
April 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
UI/UX tip to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology: put these two notices in the opposite order.
There's a lot of great evil in the world at the moment, but don't neglect the small things.
How much e-waste will be created just because one company can't write efficient software, and must include AI slop in every product they make?
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
How much e-waste will be created just because one company can't write efficient software, and must include AI slop in every product they make?
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Microsoft Warns 240 Million Windows Users—Stop Using Your PC
All change for PC owners as deadline gets closer.
www.forbes.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:09 PM
There's a lot of great evil in the world at the moment, but don't neglect the small things.
How much e-waste will be created just because one company can't write efficient software, and must include AI slop in every product they make?
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
How much e-waste will be created just because one company can't write efficient software, and must include AI slop in every product they make?
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Happy 340th birthday, J.S. Bach.
March 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Happy 340th birthday, J.S. Bach.
Look, if I wanted a lecture on the Rights of Man, I would have gone to bed with Martin Luther.
International Blackadder Status Day 2025!
March 14 - March 15
'Tis simple: post a quote from any Blackadder episode on your social media pages. The dialogue is so well-written by Messrs Atkinson, Curtis, and Elton that you’ll never be short of a witty, amusing, or downright hilarious quotation.
March 14 - March 15
'Tis simple: post a quote from any Blackadder episode on your social media pages. The dialogue is so well-written by Messrs Atkinson, Curtis, and Elton that you’ll never be short of a witty, amusing, or downright hilarious quotation.
March 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Look, if I wanted a lecture on the Rights of Man, I would have gone to bed with Martin Luther.
@imartayan.bsky.social pronounced my name incorrectly. Is it wrong of me to hope that generations of students and bioinformaticians to come will continue to do so?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Yg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Yg...
Conway-Bromage-Lyndon (CBL): an exact, dynamic... - Igor Martayan - HiTSeq - ISMB 2024
YouTube video by ISCB
www.youtube.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:51 AM
@imartayan.bsky.social pronounced my name incorrectly. Is it wrong of me to hope that generations of students and bioinformaticians to come will continue to do so?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Yg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Yg...
Reposted by Andrew J. Bromage
Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
March 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do.
DOGE had better not try to cut funding from the Department of Youth. The executive branch no legal standing to challenge the power that was vested in Secretary Cooper by Donny Osmond.
February 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
DOGE had better not try to cut funding from the Department of Youth. The executive branch no legal standing to challenge the power that was vested in Secretary Cooper by Donny Osmond.
There has been a huge spate of bans today. They seem to be all NSFW-ish in nature, but at least a few are support groups like this one.
(None of the ones I moderate, I hasten to add.)
The reason given in every case is "being unmoderated", which appears to be untrue.
(None of the ones I moderate, I hasten to add.)
The reason given in every case is "being unmoderated", which appears to be untrue.
February 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
There has been a huge spate of bans today. They seem to be all NSFW-ish in nature, but at least a few are support groups like this one.
(None of the ones I moderate, I hasten to add.)
The reason given in every case is "being unmoderated", which appears to be untrue.
(None of the ones I moderate, I hasten to add.)
The reason given in every case is "being unmoderated", which appears to be untrue.
This is the ABC (Australia), but the fact is, it could be any news outlet. A plane crashed, with at least 96 people dead. But, for some reason, a run-out in cricket is "disastrous".
December 29, 2024 at 5:52 AM
This is the ABC (Australia), but the fact is, it could be any news outlet. A plane crashed, with at least 96 people dead. But, for some reason, a run-out in cricket is "disastrous".
I always feel out of place in Catholic churches. I never know whether to sit, stand, or kneel.
December 9, 2024 at 11:28 PM
I always feel out of place in Catholic churches. I never know whether to sit, stand, or kneel.
Reposted by Andrew J. Bromage
"a computer can never be held accountable, so a computer must never make a management decision" was correct and we should go back to that
December 5, 2024 at 10:08 PM
"a computer can never be held accountable, so a computer must never make a management decision" was correct and we should go back to that
Heilige Krampusnacht!
December 4, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Heilige Krampusnacht!
Note that remixes are fine ubderWhamageddon rules. youtu.be/3j-DqmOQt1M?...
WHAM!/FEX - Subways of Last Christmas
YouTube video by DiamondBrickZ
youtu.be
December 3, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Note that remixes are fine ubderWhamageddon rules. youtu.be/3j-DqmOQt1M?...
Inspired by this, ten less extreme musical artists to listen to. We all need more chill.
10. Mediating Heidi
9. Jane's Recovery
8. BB Gun Kelly
7. The Chopping Pumpkins
6. Billy Icon
5. Injured Kennedys
4. Concern! at the Disco
3. Fine Young Vegetarians
2. Britney Pokes
1. Red Mild Bell Peppers
10. Mediating Heidi
9. Jane's Recovery
8. BB Gun Kelly
7. The Chopping Pumpkins
6. Billy Icon
5. Injured Kennedys
4. Concern! at the Disco
3. Fine Young Vegetarians
2. Britney Pokes
1. Red Mild Bell Peppers
A list of ten musical artists to listen to if you’re a conspiracy theorist...
10. Maroon 5G
9. Flat Eartha Kitt
8. 4 QAnon Blondes
7. Huey Lewis and the Fake News
6. Foster the Sheeple
5. New (World) Order
4. Masonic Youth
3. Unmarked Van Morrison
2. Basement Vaxx
1. Simple Minds
10. Maroon 5G
9. Flat Eartha Kitt
8. 4 QAnon Blondes
7. Huey Lewis and the Fake News
6. Foster the Sheeple
5. New (World) Order
4. Masonic Youth
3. Unmarked Van Morrison
2. Basement Vaxx
1. Simple Minds
December 3, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Inspired by this, ten less extreme musical artists to listen to. We all need more chill.
10. Mediating Heidi
9. Jane's Recovery
8. BB Gun Kelly
7. The Chopping Pumpkins
6. Billy Icon
5. Injured Kennedys
4. Concern! at the Disco
3. Fine Young Vegetarians
2. Britney Pokes
1. Red Mild Bell Peppers
10. Mediating Heidi
9. Jane's Recovery
8. BB Gun Kelly
7. The Chopping Pumpkins
6. Billy Icon
5. Injured Kennedys
4. Concern! at the Disco
3. Fine Young Vegetarians
2. Britney Pokes
1. Red Mild Bell Peppers
Just a suggestion, but maybe the problem is that spies only get in the news when they do something stupid (like insist that Iraq had WMDs) or obscene (like bugging the cabinet room of a friendly country to help in our negotiations over an oil exploration treaty).
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Britain and Australia have a spy shortage and recruiting the next generation is proving difficult
Being a secret agent might seem like a glamorous job, but agencies in the West are struggling to attract the next generation of spies due to many young people prioritising issues such as climate chang...
www.abc.net.au
December 1, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Just a suggestion, but maybe the problem is that spies only get in the news when they do something stupid (like insist that Iraq had WMDs) or obscene (like bugging the cabinet room of a friendly country to help in our negotiations over an oil exploration treaty).
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
"Away down the river we have the Devil's Elbow and the Devil's Race-course, and lots of other property of his which I cannot now call to mind."
- Mark Twain, "Life on the Mississippi"
- Mark Twain, "Life on the Mississippi"
Here's another example of a precariously balanced rock, the Teufelstisch (Devil's Table) in my Palatinate homeland, Germany, which consists of layers of Triassic Bunter sandstone that are variably resistant to weathering. And yes, the seismically active Rhine Rift isn't far 😉 #Geosciences
November 30, 2024 at 1:05 PM
"Away down the river we have the Devil's Elbow and the Devil's Race-course, and lots of other property of his which I cannot now call to mind."
- Mark Twain, "Life on the Mississippi"
- Mark Twain, "Life on the Mississippi"