Tyler
@ceo.bsky.social
Photographer & Software Engineer. Not bluesky CEO
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Could the lasting impact of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show be the return of bell bottoms? A varsity jacket referenced his own career, and a chain inspired some questions. But the cut of his jeans was the biggest surprise of the night, writes our fashion reporter. nyti.ms/4k5sBkX
February 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Could the lasting impact of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show be the return of bell bottoms? A varsity jacket referenced his own career, and a chain inspired some questions. But the cut of his jeans was the biggest surprise of the night, writes our fashion reporter. nyti.ms/4k5sBkX
In #Syria it’s all over but the crying. Will speak with US foreign service people tomorrow morning. Broad feeling seems to be uncertainty. How do you balance the assumptions of Islamic extremism v the self described pragmatism of HST. What’s propaganda? Notably #Russia & #Iran take a massive L.
December 8, 2024 at 4:24 AM
There have been a number of poorly executed coup attempts recently. Bolivia & Peru both had similarly ineffectual attempts. Typically, a successful #coup by a political leader is born out of a perceived or cultivated crisis that extends beyond electoral politics. #southKorea
December 3, 2024 at 6:54 PM
There have been a number of poorly executed coup attempts recently. Bolivia & Peru both had similarly ineffectual attempts. Typically, a successful #coup by a political leader is born out of a perceived or cultivated crisis that extends beyond electoral politics. #southKorea
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I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.
December 3, 2024 at 3:39 PM
I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.
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WATCH: Soldiers arrive at South Korea's parliament after president declares martial law
December 3, 2024 at 3:24 PM
WATCH: Soldiers arrive at South Korea's parliament after president declares martial law
#SouthKorea president declares #martialLaw to try and keep “pro-NK” elements at bay. The main parties are disavowing the declaration. Korean democracy is so new & so fragile. My mother was in Korea during the student protests for democracy. We can only hope the military refuses this.
December 3, 2024 at 2:19 PM
#SouthKorea president declares #martialLaw to try and keep “pro-NK” elements at bay. The main parties are disavowing the declaration. Korean democracy is so new & so fragile. My mother was in Korea during the student protests for democracy. We can only hope the military refuses this.
There are reports of #Russian diplomats evacuating Damascus. These stories come from #Ukraine and its (propaganda) news outlets. #Syria became a front in their war against the Russians. As the war in Ukraine increasingly looks like it will resolve in an armistice — a UKR-RUS Cold War seems likely.
December 2, 2024 at 3:59 PM
In #Syria, we are seeing the limits of frozen conflicts. Structurally they encourage over extension of force. #Iran axis was built upon the broad dispersal of frozen conflicts. 10/7 became a trigger for Israel to force an outcome. In turn, Iran’s proxies became overwhelmed. Systemic collapse.
December 1, 2024 at 9:16 PM
The disaggregating of social media is becoming increasingly apparent. Whereas mod lists and feeds are posed as a technical solution, competition amongst Twitter alts & TikTok Alts shows that platform competition will likely be the future. Particularly after companies fail.
November 27, 2024 at 9:25 PM
The disaggregating of social media is becoming increasingly apparent. Whereas mod lists and feeds are posed as a technical solution, competition amongst Twitter alts & TikTok Alts shows that platform competition will likely be the future. Particularly after companies fail.
Any good culture feeds? It’d be great to get a film, literature, fashion feed.
November 26, 2024 at 4:57 AM
Any good culture feeds? It’d be great to get a film, literature, fashion feed.
How much of blue sky’s culture can remain unique? How much is dictated by the structures of a social network (likes, retweets, etc). The choices that a social network has makes it more or less likely to form consensus. This is a bit of an experiment in how much structure forms a culture vs leaders.
May 8, 2023 at 2:33 PM
How much of blue sky’s culture can remain unique? How much is dictated by the structures of a social network (likes, retweets, etc). The choices that a social network has makes it more or less likely to form consensus. This is a bit of an experiment in how much structure forms a culture vs leaders.
There is a unique joy to drinking wine with a friend while watching the rain.
May 2, 2023 at 11:56 AM
There is a unique joy to drinking wine with a friend while watching the rain.
I think relearning how to take photos has Been one of the most gratifying experience of my life. Strongly believe everyone should have an artistic outlet.
April 27, 2023 at 11:42 AM
I think relearning how to take photos has Been one of the most gratifying experience of my life. Strongly believe everyone should have an artistic outlet.
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haven't seen discussed: more art-related protocol features we have thought about are attribution and license metadata on post content (eg, creative commons). and alt-text (which is sort-of-there but not in UI yet)
April 20, 2023 at 7:20 PM
haven't seen discussed: more art-related protocol features we have thought about are attribution and license metadata on post content (eg, creative commons). and alt-text (which is sort-of-there but not in UI yet)
Men don’t want to work, men want to sit in their cement meditation chambers listening to Phillip glass and pondering the evolution of 21st century classical and how to balance appreciate traditional western music without devolving into historicism. Or so I’m told.
April 18, 2023 at 7:16 PM
Men don’t want to work, men want to sit in their cement meditation chambers listening to Phillip glass and pondering the evolution of 21st century classical and how to balance appreciate traditional western music without devolving into historicism. Or so I’m told.
Hot take: LLMs are simple enough in their design that economically they will be a race to the bottom. The big winners won’t be the people who build the LLMs but people who leverage it into a definable product with — something that doesn’t seem to have really happened yet.
April 15, 2023 at 2:20 PM
Hot take: LLMs are simple enough in their design that economically they will be a race to the bottom. The big winners won’t be the people who build the LLMs but people who leverage it into a definable product with — something that doesn’t seem to have really happened yet.
From my naive perspective LLMs seem conceptually difficult, but simple in implementation. Their main growth in ability derives from parameter increase. It would be interesting to understand what other technologies are just waiting to be unlocked through increased data/computing power.
April 15, 2023 at 2:18 PM
From my naive perspective LLMs seem conceptually difficult, but simple in implementation. Their main growth in ability derives from parameter increase. It would be interesting to understand what other technologies are just waiting to be unlocked through increased data/computing power.
New to me camera feeling so damn good.
April 10, 2023 at 4:33 AM
New to me camera feeling so damn good.
@mathew.graydavies.org shared with me that 99% of Europeans go clubbing high on cocaine vs 22% of Americans. No wonder clubbing is a real culture there.
March 22, 2023 at 5:53 PM
@mathew.graydavies.org shared with me that 99% of Europeans go clubbing high on cocaine vs 22% of Americans. No wonder clubbing is a real culture there.
Being out in NYC on the first 50+ degree night feels like the preseason. You’re not going full stop like you will in a few weeks, but it’s actually somehow more fun
March 22, 2023 at 2:29 PM
Being out in NYC on the first 50+ degree night feels like the preseason. You’re not going full stop like you will in a few weeks, but it’s actually somehow more fun
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Some examples of what custom feeds you might choose when that all lands
- “Cats”
- “Memes”
- “Trending in Germany”
- “Close friends”
- “One post per person I follow”
- “Good vibes only”
- “Verified news”
- “Gaming VODs”
Etc
- “Memes”
- “Trending in Germany”
- “Close friends”
- “One post per person I follow”
- “Good vibes only”
- “Verified news”
- “Gaming VODs”
Etc
March 21, 2023 at 2:59 PM
Some examples of what custom feeds you might choose when that all lands
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- “Cats”
- “Memes”
- “Trending in Germany”
- “Close friends”
- “One post per person I follow”
- “Good vibes only”
- “Verified news”
- “Gaming VODs”
Etc
- “Memes”
- “Trending in Germany”
- “Close friends”
- “One post per person I follow”
- “Good vibes only”
- “Verified news”
- “Gaming VODs”
Etc
March 21, 2023 at 2:58 PM
- “Cats”
- “Memes”
- “Trending in Germany”
- “Close friends”
- “One post per person I follow”
- “Good vibes only”
- “Verified news”
- “Gaming VODs”
Etc
- “Memes”
- “Trending in Germany”
- “Close friends”
- “One post per person I follow”
- “Good vibes only”
- “Verified news”
- “Gaming VODs”
Etc
Nothing like finishing a vacation to make you want to plan your next vacation.
March 19, 2023 at 11:53 AM
Nothing like finishing a vacation to make you want to plan your next vacation.
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Okay there *is* some tech debt but we’re paying it down, we should be fine so long as our users don’t pull out their tech all at once
March 16, 2023 at 7:48 PM
Okay there *is* some tech debt but we’re paying it down, we should be fine so long as our users don’t pull out their tech all at once