Bill Anderson
@band.myatproto.social
I am not the droid you are looking for.
I am also an open access advocate and inveterate punster.
I am also an open access advocate and inveterate punster.
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all I see are "they're not engineers" "that's not what engineering is" I want a thick good really real piece to sink my teeth in about all the parts of this that ARE "like engineering"
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
all I see are "they're not engineers" "that's not what engineering is" I want a thick good really real piece to sink my teeth in about all the parts of this that ARE "like engineering"
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Good. I'm glad this is the headline. This is the real story. Thank you to the BBC.
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Good. I'm glad this is the headline. This is the real story. Thank you to the BBC.
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I noticed this in the North West during sunrise and asked my brother with PhD in clouds @yanndu.bsky.social what it was.
Turns out it's very rare phenomena called "anticrepuscular rays" or "God rays" 😍🌤
Turns out it's very rare phenomena called "anticrepuscular rays" or "God rays" 😍🌤
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I noticed this in the North West during sunrise and asked my brother with PhD in clouds @yanndu.bsky.social what it was.
Turns out it's very rare phenomena called "anticrepuscular rays" or "God rays" 😍🌤
Turns out it's very rare phenomena called "anticrepuscular rays" or "God rays" 😍🌤
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A lot of work went into this piece, and it is well worth reading – and saving. Thank you, Michelle. #Texas
The candidates, the chaos, and the path to a blue Texas.
An Early Look At The Texas Democratic Primaries
The candidates, the chaos, and the path to a blue Texas.
www.lonestarleft.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
A lot of work went into this piece, and it is well worth reading – and saving. Thank you, Michelle. #Texas
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Flock has dozens of contracts with police across Massachusetts, and many of those departments are sharing our sensitive location data with thousands of agencies nationwide. It's being used for immigration enforcement. data.aclum.org/2025/10/07/f...
Flock Gives Law Enforcement All Over the Country Access to Your Location – The Data for Justice Project | ACLU of Massachusetts
data.aclum.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Flock has dozens of contracts with police across Massachusetts, and many of those departments are sharing our sensitive location data with thousands of agencies nationwide. It's being used for immigration enforcement. data.aclum.org/2025/10/07/f...
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Concerning: for a high emissions scenario, the model found a 37% increase in daily extreme precipitation over land by 2100. “Much of the increase was driven by shifts in wind patterns that created chains of severe thunderstorms hundreds of kilometers long that traditional models fail to capture.”
My latest for @science.org: A remarkable set of high-resolution climate model runs, computed over 900 (!) days of supercomputing time, are revealing how warming-induced changes to Earth's wind patterns due can prime huge spikes in extreme rainfall.
But the MESACLIP runs also do much more than that.
But the MESACLIP runs also do much more than that.
High-resolution climate model forecasts a wet, turbulent future
With details as fine as short-term weather forecasts, model achieves newfound accuracy
www.science.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Concerning: for a high emissions scenario, the model found a 37% increase in daily extreme precipitation over land by 2100. “Much of the increase was driven by shifts in wind patterns that created chains of severe thunderstorms hundreds of kilometers long that traditional models fail to capture.”
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SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARY
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARY
I like the "Claudes" for software dev assistance. What are decent LLMs for English usage assistance (or maybe just look in Barzun, Simple and Direct)?
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I like the "Claudes" for software dev assistance. What are decent LLMs for English usage assistance (or maybe just look in Barzun, Simple and Direct)?
@deck.blue i just moved my bsky account to myatproto.social (thx blacksky.community) and DeckBlue picked right up where it left off. Nice work. (and ++ for decentralization and federation)
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
@deck.blue i just moved my bsky account to myatproto.social (thx blacksky.community) and DeckBlue picked right up where it left off. Nice work. (and ++ for decentralization and federation)
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Shout out to everyone completely demoralized about the state of the world who still manages to get out of bed each morning.
And shout out to you, too if you’re still in bed. This shit is hard. Talk to your friends and neighbors. They’re going though it too, which is both terrifying and comforting.
And shout out to you, too if you’re still in bed. This shit is hard. Talk to your friends and neighbors. They’re going though it too, which is both terrifying and comforting.
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Shout out to everyone completely demoralized about the state of the world who still manages to get out of bed each morning.
And shout out to you, too if you’re still in bed. This shit is hard. Talk to your friends and neighbors. They’re going though it too, which is both terrifying and comforting.
And shout out to you, too if you’re still in bed. This shit is hard. Talk to your friends and neighbors. They’re going though it too, which is both terrifying and comforting.
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
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starting a list of actual problems actual coders could tackle to make modest but real improvements in work n life
mac mail search that actually works
scamproofing that isn't freakin' 2 factor for a restaurant res
citation format conversion generator
reliable synching of bluetooth devices
mac mail search that actually works
scamproofing that isn't freakin' 2 factor for a restaurant res
citation format conversion generator
reliable synching of bluetooth devices
Proposal: instead of pouring resources into AI, tech companies first figure out a way for people to be able to copy slides from one PowerPoint presentation to another without the formatting getting all fucked up
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
starting a list of actual problems actual coders could tackle to make modest but real improvements in work n life
mac mail search that actually works
scamproofing that isn't freakin' 2 factor for a restaurant res
citation format conversion generator
reliable synching of bluetooth devices
mac mail search that actually works
scamproofing that isn't freakin' 2 factor for a restaurant res
citation format conversion generator
reliable synching of bluetooth devices
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Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
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a new small post on 柏舟 ("Cypress Boat") from the Book of Songs (c 600 BCE).
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new small post on 柏舟 ("Cypress Boat") from the Book of Songs (c 600 BCE).
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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yes yes yes to all of this. material politics is the way forward and that doesn’t mean slogans it means the very difficult work of being a real presence in the lives of the people who you want to trust you.
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
November 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
yes yes yes to all of this. material politics is the way forward and that doesn’t mean slogans it means the very difficult work of being a real presence in the lives of the people who you want to trust you.
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This is exactly what the entire Dem message should be. Every single Dem should be out there saying this every single day.
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is exactly what the entire Dem message should be. Every single Dem should be out there saying this every single day.
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A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social is unmatched. Read her latest piece—and everything else she writes.
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social is unmatched. Read her latest piece—and everything else she writes.
October 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social is unmatched. Read her latest piece—and everything else she writes.
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social is unmatched. Read her latest piece—and everything else she writes.
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Fantastic essay. Maybe my favorite part, and a great rallying cry:
October 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Fantastic essay. Maybe my favorite part, and a great rallying cry:
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"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
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Climate is the defining context of our time.
Preventing people from understanding that — and then acting with appropriate urgency — is the core strategy of predatory delay.
Preventing people from understanding that — and then acting with appropriate urgency — is the core strategy of predatory delay.
October 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Climate is the defining context of our time.
Preventing people from understanding that — and then acting with appropriate urgency — is the core strategy of predatory delay.
Preventing people from understanding that — and then acting with appropriate urgency — is the core strategy of predatory delay.
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The president of the United States has said *multiole times* that he hates Americans who are democrats. That is a FUCKING HUGE SCANDAL. Nobody will treat it as one.
this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The president of the United States has said *multiole times* that he hates Americans who are democrats. That is a FUCKING HUGE SCANDAL. Nobody will treat it as one.
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Liberal pro-Israel politics in the United States and the Anglosphere writ large relies upon an idealized version of a state which does not exist, a political elite which does not act the way the West pretends it does, and a civil society which is far more conservative than the West likes to imagine.
October 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Liberal pro-Israel politics in the United States and the Anglosphere writ large relies upon an idealized version of a state which does not exist, a political elite which does not act the way the West pretends it does, and a civil society which is far more conservative than the West likes to imagine.
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