Andrew Styer
@styer.bsky.social
Welp, this again. Ex-Google product leader in privacy, product strategy, & UX design.
Early Internet human who keeps on internet-ing about burnout, propaganda, politics, and sci-fi jokes.
See also:
Covert stuttering, exertion interfaces, & Land Rovers
Early Internet human who keeps on internet-ing about burnout, propaganda, politics, and sci-fi jokes.
See also:
Covert stuttering, exertion interfaces, & Land Rovers
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Andrew Styer
@styer.bsky.social
· Feb 18
I do not believe in any tech product where the devs want us to view it with some form of religious awe, a divine gift redefining human experience and bequeathing knowledge unto us humble land apes. I believe in a tech product where the devs are like “this is handy for planning breakfasts”
“Build tools, not platforms” is the biggest lesson I learned from a career spent building both.
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And always loves a winner
trump is, first and foremost, a starfucker
November 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
And always loves a winner
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It was very annoying in the moment but 25 years later I'm coming around to the socialists with kazoos being correct in their attempts to deplatform Larry Summers.
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It was very annoying in the moment but 25 years later I'm coming around to the socialists with kazoos being correct in their attempts to deplatform Larry Summers.
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Hear me out: Senate minority leader Elizabeth Warren (to finish out Chuck Schumer’s term)
"If he had so little ability to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein even after all that was publicly known about Epstein's sex offenses involving underage girls, then Summers cannot… teach a generation of students at Harvard or anywhere else." - @warren.senate.gov
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Hear me out: Senate minority leader Elizabeth Warren (to finish out Chuck Schumer’s term)
Pretty sure this actually a pay-to-opt-out situation
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Pretty sure this actually a pay-to-opt-out situation
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This is the best money I’ve spent all year
Today, we're launching SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search.
Join our collective defense against AI-generated spam and content farms:
blog.kagi.com/slopstop
Join our collective defense against AI-generated spam and content farms:
blog.kagi.com/slopstop
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
This is the best money I’ve spent all year
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it's so funny that alex jones was totally right about everything, the government is a bunch of drug-addled pedophiles and masked regime thugs are grabbing people off the streets, and now he has to pretend it's all a hoax
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
it's so funny that alex jones was totally right about everything, the government is a bunch of drug-addled pedophiles and masked regime thugs are grabbing people off the streets, and now he has to pretend it's all a hoax
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Release the jobs report. Release the Epstein files. Stop hiding the truth.
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Release the jobs report. Release the Epstein files. Stop hiding the truth.
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In December 2018, Epstein wrote about Trump: “I am the one able to take him down.”
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In December 2018, Epstein wrote about Trump: “I am the one able to take him down.”
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
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13th anniversary of Aishat Maksudova letting a wolf know what's what.
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
13th anniversary of Aishat Maksudova letting a wolf know what's what.
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
No one ever wants to talk about that episode of Enterprise where Trip gets pregnant unexpectedly
There’s that TNG episode where Riker falls for a female-presenting character from a planet of androgynous aliens. Jonathan Frakes had unsuccessfully lobbied for the character to appear male instead, as I recall.
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
No one ever wants to talk about that episode of Enterprise where Trip gets pregnant unexpectedly
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NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
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Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
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I am working on a story that involves some of the ways people really are standing up in this moment. There really is a groundswell and it's not coming from DC.
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I am working on a story that involves some of the ways people really are standing up in this moment. There really is a groundswell and it's not coming from DC.
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I swear to god every time I see Kesh Patel I just think of that launch version of Mass Effect Andromeda where the eye shaders were broken and everyone seemed like they were on a stimulants bender
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I swear to god every time I see Kesh Patel I just think of that launch version of Mass Effect Andromeda where the eye shaders were broken and everyone seemed like they were on a stimulants bender
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i wrote about being a sober alcoholic trying to have a healthy relationship with exercise
www.patreon.com/posts/143070...
www.patreon.com/posts/143070...
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
i wrote about being a sober alcoholic trying to have a healthy relationship with exercise
www.patreon.com/posts/143070...
www.patreon.com/posts/143070...
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I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
what did ruth mean when she said her steakhouse was "chris"
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I LEARNED THE ANSWER TO THIS
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
Chris's Steakhouse was a New Orleans landmark
Chris Matulich periodically got bored, sold it, waited for the new owner to fail, and bought it back cheap
The sale conditions: Can't move it, can't change the name
He did this six times
Then he sold it to Ruth Fertel
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This story in the Boston Globe that quotes @ethanz.bsky.social reminds me of the fascinating story over the last decade of how to moderate dopers who cheat their way onto the leaderboards of online sports platforms like Strava (1/n)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/01/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/01/b...
Why Strava, Letterboxd, Beli, and other niche social media apps are having a moment - The Boston Globe
The apps serve as both a personal diary and a tight-knit social network that some users prefer over larger sites networks that they believe have grown toxic.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This story in the Boston Globe that quotes @ethanz.bsky.social reminds me of the fascinating story over the last decade of how to moderate dopers who cheat their way onto the leaderboards of online sports platforms like Strava (1/n)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/01/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/01/b...
Look I don’t know how to fully express this but #KEXP is the best radio station around and goddamnit @djjohnrichards.bsky.social is absolutely on point this morning, putting on a genius post-election show
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Look I don’t know how to fully express this but #KEXP is the best radio station around and goddamnit @djjohnrichards.bsky.social is absolutely on point this morning, putting on a genius post-election show
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State-backed hackers are for the first time deploying malware that uses large language models during execution, allowing them to dynamically generate malicious scripts and evade detection, according to new research from Google Threat Intelligence Group
therecord.media/new-malware-...
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New malware uses AI to adapt during attacks, report finds
Researchers at Google said Wednesday that they recently observed malware "that employed AI capabilities mid-execution to dynamically alter the malware's behavior."
therecord.media
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
State-backed hackers are for the first time deploying malware that uses large language models during execution, allowing them to dynamically generate malicious scripts and evade detection, according to new research from Google Threat Intelligence Group
therecord.media/new-malware-...
therecord.media/new-malware-...
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i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”
I am taking particular pleasure in the complete collapse of trans-as-unbeatable-wedge-issue narrative this morning. It might be an 80-20 issue in voters minds, but it has to be on voters minds to matter. The results in VA demonstrate that it is very much not on voters minds.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”
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Zohran is cool and awesome and I’m thrilled for him and all of us
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend
Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Zohran is cool and awesome and I’m thrilled for him and all of us
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend