Allen Newton
@allennewton.bsky.social
Software Developer. Alto and tenor sax player. Starting my expensive hobby in EAA with my SCT. Tinkerer of microcontrollers and little rovers.
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
What an idiot. Don't say "perpetrators" during an active investigation. After a suspect is in custody. Is the public safe right now? Are there other suspects? Trying to turn this into some kind of political witch hunt is irresponsible of the FBI. What an idiot.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
What an idiot. Don't say "perpetrators" during an active investigation. After a suspect is in custody. Is the public safe right now? Are there other suspects? Trying to turn this into some kind of political witch hunt is irresponsible of the FBI. What an idiot.
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Today in linguists are NOT KIDDING when we say that your knowledge of language enables you to understand sentences that have never been said before.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Today in linguists are NOT KIDDING when we say that your knowledge of language enables you to understand sentences that have never been said before.
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Before you start throwing the furniture around, this is what *I* mean by a "good software developer", and what my clients are usually hoping for.
And it's not what I look for at entry or "junior" level.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/w...
And it's not what I look for at entry or "junior" level.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/w...
What Is A “Good Software Developer”, Anyway?
This is something that’s on my mind a lot, as a trainer and coach. For sure, it’s highly subjective, and depends very much on the context in which they’re working. So I’m go…
codemanship.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Before you start throwing the furniture around, this is what *I* mean by a "good software developer", and what my clients are usually hoping for.
And it's not what I look for at entry or "junior" level.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/w...
And it's not what I look for at entry or "junior" level.
codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/w...
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This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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i can not be the only person wondering about the five percent gap between bigfoot and the yeti
i mean is this where u draw the line
i mean is this where u draw the line
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
i can not be the only person wondering about the five percent gap between bigfoot and the yeti
i mean is this where u draw the line
i mean is this where u draw the line
Wonder if people in the US would be talking about any other thing if the government was still shut down this week.
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Wonder if people in the US would be talking about any other thing if the government was still shut down this week.
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And here are the current measurements of Starlink brightnesses by Mallama and Cole 2025: https://academic.oup.com/mnrasl/article/544/1/L15/8251664?login=false
Everybody is too bright. OneWeb manages to halfway make it below the recommended limit, but everybody else pretty much sucks.
Everybody is too bright. OneWeb manages to halfway make it below the recommended limit, but everybody else pretty much sucks.
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
And here are the current measurements of Starlink brightnesses by Mallama and Cole 2025: https://academic.oup.com/mnrasl/article/544/1/L15/8251664?login=false
Everybody is too bright. OneWeb manages to halfway make it below the recommended limit, but everybody else pretty much sucks.
Everybody is too bright. OneWeb manages to halfway make it below the recommended limit, but everybody else pretty much sucks.
Who doesn't like picking up on a side conversation between grocery store clerks about people they know with flu symptoms casually considering that it might be covid?
Needless to say, self-checkout was my friend this morning.
Needless to say, self-checkout was my friend this morning.
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Who doesn't like picking up on a side conversation between grocery store clerks about people they know with flu symptoms casually considering that it might be covid?
Needless to say, self-checkout was my friend this morning.
Needless to say, self-checkout was my friend this morning.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Please watch this.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.
You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
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The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
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Everybody go read "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson, because apparently that whole scenario is actually about to start happening: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/11/21/stardust-geoengineering-janos-pasztor-regulations-00646414
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Everybody go read "Termination Shock" by Neal Stephenson, because apparently that whole scenario is actually about to start happening: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/11/21/stardust-geoengineering-janos-pasztor-regulations-00646414
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Navy pilot, astronaut, Senator, wife almost killed and serious disabled from assassination attempt while she was a Congressperson, none of that matters to these corrupt chickenhawk fuckers
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Navy pilot, astronaut, Senator, wife almost killed and serious disabled from assassination attempt while she was a Congressperson, none of that matters to these corrupt chickenhawk fuckers
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Call it AI if you somehow make an LLM discover actual new physics (and please not just something it scraped off of the internet.)
This will probably not happen for a few more decades at best... we are probably far from AGI, and anyone telling you otherwise is trying to raise their share price.
This will probably not happen for a few more decades at best... we are probably far from AGI, and anyone telling you otherwise is trying to raise their share price.
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Call it AI if you somehow make an LLM discover actual new physics (and please not just something it scraped off of the internet.)
This will probably not happen for a few more decades at best... we are probably far from AGI, and anyone telling you otherwise is trying to raise their share price.
This will probably not happen for a few more decades at best... we are probably far from AGI, and anyone telling you otherwise is trying to raise their share price.
Watching the week's news recap in the only format that seems honest. Comedy.
youtu.be/LHCQ5BWXmfE?...
youtu.be/LHCQ5BWXmfE?...
Trump Calls for Jimmy Kimmel to Be Fired AGAIN, Threatens Members of Congress & Signs Epstein Bill
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Watching the week's news recap in the only format that seems honest. Comedy.
youtu.be/LHCQ5BWXmfE?...
youtu.be/LHCQ5BWXmfE?...
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
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The year is 2025, and people are saying "Hey, what if we specified the whole thing in detail up-front?" again.
Tell me you haven't actually tried that without telling me you haven't actually tried that.
Tell me you haven't actually tried that without telling me you haven't actually tried that.
November 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The year is 2025, and people are saying "Hey, what if we specified the whole thing in detail up-front?" again.
Tell me you haven't actually tried that without telling me you haven't actually tried that.
Tell me you haven't actually tried that without telling me you haven't actually tried that.
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
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Turning the military on citizens.
Attempting to rig elections.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political opponents and calling for their executions.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
Attempting to rig elections.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political opponents and calling for their executions.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
November 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Turning the military on citizens.
Attempting to rig elections.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political opponents and calling for their executions.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
Attempting to rig elections.
Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.
Attacking political opponents and calling for their executions.
If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?
Enshitify all the things!
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Enshitify all the things!
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
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The fate of Wall Street's staggering bets on artificial intelligence will rest squarely on Nvidia when the chipmaker reports results later today, with investors seeking signs that bubble worries are overblown reut.rs/48ntFMU
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The fate of Wall Street's staggering bets on artificial intelligence will rest squarely on Nvidia when the chipmaker reports results later today, with investors seeking signs that bubble worries are overblown reut.rs/48ntFMU