sirocyl
@sirocyl.bsky.social
platform sec researcher, OS dev, systems architect, composer; Other (please specify). vintage computer/electronics nut.
I am @significantb.it; I also do @styx-os.org
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sirocyl
@sirocyl.bsky.social
· Nov 22
If your profile, activity and posts on here consist entirely of:
- news, outrage, politics, on either side of the fence, no actual content
- 10k following, 300 followers
- "trends"/"topics" aggregation
- hotword/namesearch replies
And you try to follow or repost from me, you will simply be blocked.
- news, outrage, politics, on either side of the fence, no actual content
- 10k following, 300 followers
- "trends"/"topics" aggregation
- hotword/namesearch replies
And you try to follow or repost from me, you will simply be blocked.
I definitely feel more at home in the PNW than Long Island. There's actually more than two, (2), two of them, persons here who actually likes cherry coca cola and doesn't retort with "but ew, that's like cough medicine" when I mention it??
it's a very silly small thing but it matters
it's a very silly small thing but it matters
February 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I definitely feel more at home in the PNW than Long Island. There's actually more than two, (2), two of them, persons here who actually likes cherry coca cola and doesn't retort with "but ew, that's like cough medicine" when I mention it??
it's a very silly small thing but it matters
it's a very silly small thing but it matters
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The state Senate is currently debating the Millionaire's Tax and then is going to immediately turn to this estate tax cut.
There's a bill on deck in the state Senate that would lower Washington's estate tax, a $856 million hit to the education legacy trust account through 2031.
I am surprised to see this advanced out of committee without a recommendation from Rebecca Saldaña.
app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...
I am surprised to see this advanced out of committee without a recommendation from Rebecca Saldaña.
app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/...
SB 6347 Washington State Legislature
app.leg.wa.gov
February 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
The state Senate is currently debating the Millionaire's Tax and then is going to immediately turn to this estate tax cut.
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Please take 30 seconds and sign in Pro! This bill has a real chance to pass this session--please share with your networks.
hey housing folks - sign in pro for HB 1687, to include social housing PDA in WA's housing cooperation law (giving access to several benefits and exemptions)
senate housing committee hearing for this 10.30 am on wed. feb 18th
this is a big one folks, please boost!
app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
senate housing committee hearing for this 10.30 am on wed. feb 18th
this is a big one folks, please boost!
app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifie...
CSI
app.leg.wa.gov
February 16, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Please take 30 seconds and sign in Pro! This bill has a real chance to pass this session--please share with your networks.
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If HB 1834 passes, will Bluesky start age-verifying access to "addictive feeds" for Washington state residents? If so, which feeds will be considered addictive?
Good questions.
UPDATE: they're not goig to try to pass the bill this session, so these questions are now hypothetical!
A thread ...
Good questions.
UPDATE: they're not goig to try to pass the bill this session, so these questions are now hypothetical!
A thread ...
#waleg: the House still hasn't voted on HB 1834, which would require age verification for access to "addictive feeds" on social networks.
UPDATE 2/16: THEY ARE PULLING THE BILL AND WON'T TRY TO PASS IT THIS SESSION! WE WIN! THANKS EVERYBODY FOR YOUR ACTIVISM!
UPDATE 2/16: THEY ARE PULLING THE BILL AND WON'T TRY TO PASS IT THIS SESSION! WE WIN! THANKS EVERYBODY FOR YOUR ACTIVISM!
Oppose HB 1834 (new action): Keep the pressure on the House: NO to online ID checks and biometric scans
HB 1834's age-gating requirements are a huge privacy risk – and harmful to LGBTQ+, low-income, unhoused, and undocumented people. There's still a chance the House might pass this bad bill before the T...
www.takeaction.network
February 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM
If HB 1834 passes, will Bluesky start age-verifying access to "addictive feeds" for Washington state residents? If so, which feeds will be considered addictive?
Good questions.
UPDATE: they're not goig to try to pass the bill this session, so these questions are now hypothetical!
A thread ...
Good questions.
UPDATE: they're not goig to try to pass the bill this session, so these questions are now hypothetical!
A thread ...
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I will never not share my favorite public health poster.
February 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
I will never not share my favorite public health poster.
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If you want to learn to crochet I strongly suggest you DO NOT spend $30-$190 on a Woobles kit. Get a 5mm (or 5.5mm or 6mm depending on what the yarn label says) and some inexpensive 4 worsted weight yarn. That’s about $10 or less! Watch videos and read tutorials. Learn to make chains and do basic…
February 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
If you want to learn to crochet I strongly suggest you DO NOT spend $30-$190 on a Woobles kit. Get a 5mm (or 5.5mm or 6mm depending on what the yarn label says) and some inexpensive 4 worsted weight yarn. That’s about $10 or less! Watch videos and read tutorials. Learn to make chains and do basic…
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Woobles is charging $30 a little bit of yarn, a hook, and stitch markers. That’s insane! It’s literally a money grab by a woman who worked for Google!
February 15, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Woobles is charging $30 a little bit of yarn, a hook, and stitch markers. That’s insane! It’s literally a money grab by a woman who worked for Google!
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man this bums me out. the founder-brained bubble in SF has always been exhausting at the best of times but seeing this sort of delirious enthusiastic embrace of Never Logging Off is. man idk. i don’t know how to express how depressed this makes me
Token Anxiety
i think i mostly echo this for myself. with so much that can be done, i often feel like i *should* be doing something, always
i think i mostly echo this for myself. with so much that can be done, i often feel like i *should* be doing something, always
February 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
man this bums me out. the founder-brained bubble in SF has always been exhausting at the best of times but seeing this sort of delirious enthusiastic embrace of Never Logging Off is. man idk. i don’t know how to express how depressed this makes me
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I acknowledge that there’s a whole space of “I want to make my computer do this very specific thing for me right now” folks who could benefit from AI coding assist. That’s different from formal software engineering, just like DIYing a shed is different from building a bridge.
February 14, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I acknowledge that there’s a whole space of “I want to make my computer do this very specific thing for me right now” folks who could benefit from AI coding assist. That’s different from formal software engineering, just like DIYing a shed is different from building a bridge.
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Do you want early detection of Alzheimers and various types of dementia, or do you want a shit autocorrect that takes you three times as long correcting its bullshit than it would to have done the work to begin with?
The world needs one, but we can't afford it because of the other.
The world needs one, but we can't afford it because of the other.
February 14, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Do you want early detection of Alzheimers and various types of dementia, or do you want a shit autocorrect that takes you three times as long correcting its bullshit than it would to have done the work to begin with?
The world needs one, but we can't afford it because of the other.
The world needs one, but we can't afford it because of the other.
earlier today, bsky post urls began with "3mesa", therefore confirming that- *is repeatedly with a crowbar*
February 15, 2026 at 7:05 AM
earlier today, bsky post urls began with "3mesa", therefore confirming that- *is repeatedly with a crowbar*
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I genuinely hope his passion and love for his community inspires more folks to run for politics to replace the heartless corrupt gremlins still clutching onto their positions
Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
February 15, 2026 at 5:12 AM
I genuinely hope his passion and love for his community inspires more folks to run for politics to replace the heartless corrupt gremlins still clutching onto their positions
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This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous.
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous.
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
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one of our coziest girls, in her natural habitat
February 12, 2026 at 5:46 PM
one of our coziest girls, in her natural habitat
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February 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
putting mobile processors in desktops and servers is a plot by big.LITTLE to sell a small processor the size of a large processor
February 12, 2026 at 3:41 AM
putting mobile processors in desktops and servers is a plot by big.LITTLE to sell a small processor the size of a large processor
Made in Chin
(Hecho en Mentón)
(Hecho en Mentón)
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Made in Chin
(Hecho en Mentón)
(Hecho en Mentón)
:3³
the reason cats sit in boxes is because theyre practicing for when they evolve into their final form: a perfect cube
February 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
:3³
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i heard you were looking for an illustration of Olive Oyl using her nintendo famicom, with the tv-net modem peripheral plugged into it, so she can use "daiwa my trade", and make trades on the japanese stock market, with the help of popeye.
well here you go
well here you go
February 8, 2026 at 7:38 PM
i heard you were looking for an illustration of Olive Oyl using her nintendo famicom, with the tv-net modem peripheral plugged into it, so she can use "daiwa my trade", and make trades on the japanese stock market, with the help of popeye.
well here you go
well here you go
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if we were truly an advanced society, Eastman Kodak would have a team of research scientists in the lab up in Rochester cookin' up Vericolor IV rn. you'd be seeing colors previously unknown to man
February 8, 2026 at 5:18 AM
if we were truly an advanced society, Eastman Kodak would have a team of research scientists in the lab up in Rochester cookin' up Vericolor IV rn. you'd be seeing colors previously unknown to man
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man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
February 8, 2026 at 4:42 AM
man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you
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I 100% recommend supporting Sailbrush if you can. We need the blender of 2D animation!
#animation #adobe
youtu.be/7tjpdy1lBw4
#animation #adobe
youtu.be/7tjpdy1lBw4
I'm Going To Save Animation
YouTube video by TimTom
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 10:08 PM
I 100% recommend supporting Sailbrush if you can. We need the blender of 2D animation!
#animation #adobe
youtu.be/7tjpdy1lBw4
#animation #adobe
youtu.be/7tjpdy1lBw4