Andrew Langmead
@alangmead.bsky.social
Software Architect at a large financial firm. Probably slightly geekier than the general population, but you can sure outdo me whatever topics you are into.
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Great breakdown of why every single parent I know who works in the games industry (myself included) will never let their kids touch Roblox
Oh, God, this is one of those "where do I even start" things, because Roblox is, like, *fractally* fucked. They are terrible at content moderation. A lot of the games are rated incorrectly, so kids can encounter graphic content (sex or violence) out of nowhere --
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Great breakdown of why every single parent I know who works in the games industry (myself included) will never let their kids touch Roblox
A ten mile bike ride between East Providence and Butterbang Croissants in Pawtucket. I've found a route that avoids the Henderson Bridge rotary by picking up the multiuse path over by Crook Point Brewery.
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A ten mile bike ride between East Providence and Butterbang Croissants in Pawtucket. I've found a route that avoids the Henderson Bridge rotary by picking up the multiuse path over by Crook Point Brewery.
I've wondered if a pivot to AI was to keep the market for GPUs before crypto and NFTs waned (and at that NFTs a way to shore up crypto) or if crypto was hyped because AI needed the volume but wasn't ready to support it
So does this mean the AI bubble and the crypto bubble are linked or…
$1,000,000,000 liquidated from the crypto market in the past 60 minutes.
November 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I've wondered if a pivot to AI was to keep the market for GPUs before crypto and NFTs waned (and at that NFTs a way to shore up crypto) or if crypto was hyped because AI needed the volume but wasn't ready to support it
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
This supports my occasional rant that access to the discounts negotiated for members isn't worth supporting the boomer lobby
In 2025, AIPAC spent $2,783,195 on lobbying. The AARP spent $15,560,000. That's more than five times more. Do you think the AARP owns the government five times over? Or do you think that only Jews are capable of such perfidy
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This supports my occasional rant that access to the discounts negotiated for members isn't worth supporting the boomer lobby
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NGL I feel like with the latest round of big name abusers we are just repeating the same mistakes that unfolded with #MeToo, which is to say, we are focusing on how to punish bad individuals rather than on create systems that limit abusers’ power and make it easier for victims to escape and heal.
November 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
NGL I feel like with the latest round of big name abusers we are just repeating the same mistakes that unfolded with #MeToo, which is to say, we are focusing on how to punish bad individuals rather than on create systems that limit abusers’ power and make it easier for victims to escape and heal.
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man good luck hosting a world cup or an olympics, let alone something like a sxsw
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
man good luck hosting a world cup or an olympics, let alone something like a sxsw
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all I need to know about AI is it ruined animal videos for the entire internet
November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
all I need to know about AI is it ruined animal videos for the entire internet
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I was approached by a lady outside the gym today while parking my bike. She was likely in her 70s. She had such great questions about the bike and then proceeded to tell me about her ebike.
She told me that she rode over 600 miles on it last year and was so proud of herself. She was so happy.
She told me that she rode over 600 miles on it last year and was so proud of herself. She was so happy.
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I was approached by a lady outside the gym today while parking my bike. She was likely in her 70s. She had such great questions about the bike and then proceeded to tell me about her ebike.
She told me that she rode over 600 miles on it last year and was so proud of herself. She was so happy.
She told me that she rode over 600 miles on it last year and was so proud of herself. She was so happy.
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Just two foot?
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Just two foot?
In all these new discussions of Epstein, I'm not hearing about the MIT Media Lab anymore. Is it that other participants are more interesting? Or that nothing is new over what we learned so far?
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In all these new discussions of Epstein, I'm not hearing about the MIT Media Lab anymore. Is it that other participants are more interesting? Or that nothing is new over what we learned so far?
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This is the funniest possible image to be an alt text scold about
Here’s that image with alt text.
Without it, blind & low-vision people are excluded from accessing what you post, since screen-readers generally cannot do images (even images of text).
Also, search & mute words cover alt text, so it lets people find or avoid your post if they want to.
Without it, blind & low-vision people are excluded from accessing what you post, since screen-readers generally cannot do images (even images of text).
Also, search & mute words cover alt text, so it lets people find or avoid your post if they want to.
November 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This is the funniest possible image to be an alt text scold about
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Counterintuitive: the DFL is run by people who have no idea what it's like to live in an urban area.
Turned away from the MN DFL event due to a bag policy that didn’t appear anywhere in the invitation.
The suggestion was to put my bag in my car. I took the bus
I’m curious how many people were turned away due to other bags (bike bags, groceries, diaper bags) and didn’t have storage options
The suggestion was to put my bag in my car. I took the bus
I’m curious how many people were turned away due to other bags (bike bags, groceries, diaper bags) and didn’t have storage options
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Counterintuitive: the DFL is run by people who have no idea what it's like to live in an urban area.
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ouroboreos
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
ouroboreos
During Trump's first term, I occasionally commented that his ideas of immigration enforcement were misguided. Most people in this country unauthorized just overstay visas. A border wall and patrol won't interact with them.
Seems they took that complaint in, and the redirected effort is worse
Seems they took that complaint in, and the redirected effort is worse
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
During Trump's first term, I occasionally commented that his ideas of immigration enforcement were misguided. Most people in this country unauthorized just overstay visas. A border wall and patrol won't interact with them.
Seems they took that complaint in, and the redirected effort is worse
Seems they took that complaint in, and the redirected effort is worse
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And I still think that you can't really understand the explosion in popularity of LLMs without reckoning with the reckless, wholesale strip mining of internet search that precedes them.
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
And I still think that you can't really understand the explosion in popularity of LLMs without reckoning with the reckless, wholesale strip mining of internet search that precedes them.
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Sheldon remind me when did Chuck Schumer fight united with the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Sheldon remind me when did Chuck Schumer fight united with the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York
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If a "strong economy" can coincide with—or indeed create—record homelessness and insecurity, then maybe it's time for a change in terminology.
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
If a "strong economy" can coincide with—or indeed create—record homelessness and insecurity, then maybe it's time for a change in terminology.
People seem to minimize some of the environment that Forrester was fighting against at the time (laws prohibiting bicycling on streets, leading to no way of traveling except cars) but his work to prohibit bicycle specific infrastructure set the US back for decades
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
People seem to minimize some of the environment that Forrester was fighting against at the time (laws prohibiting bicycling on streets, leading to no way of traveling except cars) but his work to prohibit bicycle specific infrastructure set the US back for decades
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
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The full clip may be even worse. He explains that it “didn’t work” bc Trump took advantage of it to do a bunch of unlawful things. This is the same elite cowardice that has gotten us exactly nowhere. “Gosh, Trump is breaking the law and hurting people. Guess we’d better cave.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The full clip may be even worse. He explains that it “didn’t work” bc Trump took advantage of it to do a bunch of unlawful things. This is the same elite cowardice that has gotten us exactly nowhere. “Gosh, Trump is breaking the law and hurting people. Guess we’d better cave.”
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The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
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On the left, Alan Turing’s 1950 paper introducing the imitation game, where he says that using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent is absurd.
On the right, yesterday’s NYT opinion piece using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent.
🧪🤖
On the right, yesterday’s NYT opinion piece using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent.
🧪🤖
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
On the left, Alan Turing’s 1950 paper introducing the imitation game, where he says that using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent is absurd.
On the right, yesterday’s NYT opinion piece using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent.
🧪🤖
On the right, yesterday’s NYT opinion piece using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent.
🧪🤖
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Btw this is what the term "emotional labor" was originally coined to describe.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Btw this is what the term "emotional labor" was originally coined to describe.
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