Dan W
@thermostat.bsky.social
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Geo: WY WI VA AL
www.pyrento.net
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www.pyrento.net
This is a trick question, because my answer would have been "Privateer"
(And, yes, I did "pre-order" Star Citizen in 2014, an investment that will pay off any day now.)
(And, yes, I did "pre-order" Star Citizen in 2014, an investment that will pay off any day now.)
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This is a trick question, because my answer would have been "Privateer"
(And, yes, I did "pre-order" Star Citizen in 2014, an investment that will pay off any day now.)
(And, yes, I did "pre-order" Star Citizen in 2014, an investment that will pay off any day now.)
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New HHS guidance
if a man made up his mind to live, mere sickness could not kill him
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
New HHS guidance
🎶
They call me Dr. Worm.
Good morning, how are you, I'm Dr. Worm.
I'm interested in vax.
I'm not a real worm, but I'm in
Charge of Healthcare for
All Americans.
I'll swim in waste water 'cuase I can't see the bacteria.
🎶
They call me Dr. Worm.
Good morning, how are you, I'm Dr. Worm.
I'm interested in vax.
I'm not a real worm, but I'm in
Charge of Healthcare for
All Americans.
I'll swim in waste water 'cuase I can't see the bacteria.
🎶
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🎶
They call me Dr. Worm.
Good morning, how are you, I'm Dr. Worm.
I'm interested in vax.
I'm not a real worm, but I'm in
Charge of Healthcare for
All Americans.
I'll swim in waste water 'cuase I can't see the bacteria.
🎶
They call me Dr. Worm.
Good morning, how are you, I'm Dr. Worm.
I'm interested in vax.
I'm not a real worm, but I'm in
Charge of Healthcare for
All Americans.
I'll swim in waste water 'cuase I can't see the bacteria.
🎶
I wish I was as good at anything as my phone's Bluetooth is at connecting to my wife's car as she leaves in the morning.
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I wish I was as good at anything as my phone's Bluetooth is at connecting to my wife's car as she leaves in the morning.
You're telling me I'm going to have to read the Cavalier Daily to figure this story out.
The Cavalier Daily.
The Cavalier Daily.
"The Cavalier Daily corresponded with former Rector Robert Hardie, whose term ended June 30, regarding the two accounts. He confirmed that he agreed with Ryan’s account.
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
Ryan and Sheridan provide full accounts of Ryan’s resignation. They differ significantly
“I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,” former Board Rector Robert Hardie said.
www.cavalierdaily.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You're telling me I'm going to have to read the Cavalier Daily to figure this story out.
The Cavalier Daily.
The Cavalier Daily.
"And even if the Tesla Semi appeared competitive, the anti-environmental movement championed by the government whose election he helped fund makes such fleets far less likely in North America now."
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/11...
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/11...
Tesla’s European and Chinese customers are staying away in droves
Sales tank as investors get ready to decide whether to make Musk a trillionaire.
arstechnica.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"And even if the Tesla Semi appeared competitive, the anti-environmental movement championed by the government whose election he helped fund makes such fleets far less likely in North America now."
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/11...
arstechnica.com/cars/2025/11...
One for the @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
"DHS says we're lying. Experts say its more complicated than that."
"DHS says we're lying. Experts say its more complicated than that."
Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those who are here illegally. And anything you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting."
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
One for the @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
"DHS says we're lying. Experts say its more complicated than that."
"DHS says we're lying. Experts say its more complicated than that."
I think of Wikipedia's arc a lot when thinking about our current epistemological trash fire.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I think of Wikipedia's arc a lot when thinking about our current epistemological trash fire.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hi-...
This is a good read. It is framed more as "the hype is bad" (which is true) and is pretty gentle to "the backlash is also not great" (which is also true)
But I do think it captures the frustration engineers have seeing bad AI uses, saying they're bad, then having their bosses immediately tout them
But I do think it captures the frustration engineers have seeing bad AI uses, saying they're bad, then having their bosses immediately tout them
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is a good read. It is framed more as "the hype is bad" (which is true) and is pretty gentle to "the backlash is also not great" (which is also true)
But I do think it captures the frustration engineers have seeing bad AI uses, saying they're bad, then having their bosses immediately tout them
But I do think it captures the frustration engineers have seeing bad AI uses, saying they're bad, then having their bosses immediately tout them
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BREAKING: UVA rejects the Trump Administration's Compact.
October 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
BREAKING: UVA rejects the Trump Administration's Compact.
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Ruling on motion, Sparkle doubts Musk's commitment
JUST IN: Judge Sparkle Sooknanan shoots down Elon Musk's bid to transfer the SEC case against him to Texas or New York.
"The Court takes Mr. Musk’s convenience seriously, but it also notes that Mr. Musk has considerable means." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"The Court takes Mr. Musk’s convenience seriously, but it also notes that Mr. Musk has considerable means." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Ruling on motion, Sparkle doubts Musk's commitment
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What will poor Eric Adams do for work?
That’s nbody’s business but the Turks!
That’s nbody’s business but the Turks!
September 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
What will poor Eric Adams do for work?
That’s nbody’s business but the Turks!
That’s nbody’s business but the Turks!
Much like large language models, we sometimes anthropomorphize them, but actually, corporations can't learn things.
Disney learned nothing from Andor.
September 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Much like large language models, we sometimes anthropomorphize them, but actually, corporations can't learn things.
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Set aside Sen. Mike Lee's storm of lies and incitement here. Lee literally made jokes on Twitter about the fmr Speaker of the Minnesota state house being murdered in her home by a right wing extremist. Hard to imagine any more twisted and malicious person in public life.
September 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Set aside Sen. Mike Lee's storm of lies and incitement here. Lee literally made jokes on Twitter about the fmr Speaker of the Minnesota state house being murdered in her home by a right wing extremist. Hard to imagine any more twisted and malicious person in public life.
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/7 SCOTUS, the Federalist Society, the entire academic and intellectual infrastructure that brought us here: they're nothing but pretentious Trumpers. At least the guy in the MAGA hat and "fuck your feelings" t-shirt is honest about who he is. These people are not.
September 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
/7 SCOTUS, the Federalist Society, the entire academic and intellectual infrastructure that brought us here: they're nothing but pretentious Trumpers. At least the guy in the MAGA hat and "fuck your feelings" t-shirt is honest about who he is. These people are not.
One thing I just can't help thinking about given the Trump era of politics:
What if the GWB administration just claimed to have found WMDs?
What if the GWB administration just claimed to have found WMDs?
September 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
One thing I just can't help thinking about given the Trump era of politics:
What if the GWB administration just claimed to have found WMDs?
What if the GWB administration just claimed to have found WMDs?
You know how reveal.js has "vertical slides" that let you put alternate or in-depth slides "below" the current slide in the deck?
I want that for browser tabs, and then a directive that puts new tabs spawning from the current tab "below" rather that in the top-level list of tabs.
I want that for browser tabs, and then a directive that puts new tabs spawning from the current tab "below" rather that in the top-level list of tabs.
September 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
You know how reveal.js has "vertical slides" that let you put alternate or in-depth slides "below" the current slide in the deck?
I want that for browser tabs, and then a directive that puts new tabs spawning from the current tab "below" rather that in the top-level list of tabs.
I want that for browser tabs, and then a directive that puts new tabs spawning from the current tab "below" rather that in the top-level list of tabs.
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Nobody who voted to confirm RFK is fit to hold public office
September 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Nobody who voted to confirm RFK is fit to hold public office
Looking forward to a twin peaks reboot set in New Jersey.
"Diane, they call it the garden state."
"Diane, they call it the garden state."
very into a world where the boss slowly transforms into david lynch
August 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Looking forward to a twin peaks reboot set in New Jersey.
"Diane, they call it the garden state."
"Diane, they call it the garden state."
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Wrote about Comer/Mace attempting to doxx and intimidate Wikipedia editors in an effort to force their own viewpoint onto Wikipedia.
House Republicans Want To Doxx Wikipedia Editors Over Bogus ‘Bias’ Complaints
Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and…
Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and…
House Republicans Want To Doxx Wikipedia Editors Over Bogus ‘Bias’ Complaints
Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and Cybersecurity Subcommittee Chairwoman Nancy Mace have decided otherwise. In a letter to Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander, these two Republicans are demanding that Wikipedia hand over editor identities, internal communications, and arbitration records because some studies suggest there might be bias in Wikipedia articles about Israel-Palestine issues.
www.techdirt.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Wrote about Comer/Mace attempting to doxx and intimidate Wikipedia editors in an effort to force their own viewpoint onto Wikipedia.
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I know the usual crowd of sad sacks is gonna get mad when I say it but Democrats should be bringing articles of impeachment against RFK, Jr. today
August 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know the usual crowd of sad sacks is gonna get mad when I say it but Democrats should be bringing articles of impeachment against RFK, Jr. today
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wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them?
This is an insane person.
This is an insane person.
August 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them?
This is an insane person.
This is an insane person.
It is notable that there aren't quotes or soundbites of this. It's because Yarvin is a very circuitous speaker. Is it because he's a bad speaker? Maybe
But either way it gives a buffer, because ppl want to think this garbage is overstated, and don't want to spend 5 minutes listening to Yarvin.
But either way it gives a buffer, because ppl want to think this garbage is overstated, and don't want to spend 5 minutes listening to Yarvin.
Not an exaggeration. If anything, this understates how unhinged the video is. It is, quite literally, five white guys talking about how to free the states from the burdens of the 14th Amendment so churches can effectively be given ownership over "gangbangers in Baltimore."
At around the 22-25 minute marks, Yarvin, JD Vance’s court philosopher, proposes a system where black people would be made wards of religious ministers, who could force them to work as indentured servants and require them to submit to 24/7 “air-tag” monitoring.
August 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It is notable that there aren't quotes or soundbites of this. It's because Yarvin is a very circuitous speaker. Is it because he's a bad speaker? Maybe
But either way it gives a buffer, because ppl want to think this garbage is overstated, and don't want to spend 5 minutes listening to Yarvin.
But either way it gives a buffer, because ppl want to think this garbage is overstated, and don't want to spend 5 minutes listening to Yarvin.
Maybe if Sartre made the list he'd be familiar with the Self-Taught Man
going to go out on a limb and imagine this guy's not actually very good at conversations
August 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Maybe if Sartre made the list he'd be familiar with the Self-Taught Man