Ian
@curtgadget.bsky.social
Engineering leader. Sports and music enthusiast.
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Possibly contrarian take, but Bluesky is like 80-90% good (or at least not-suck)… We need more people, more diversity in terms of geography / languages / politics / interests etc., more apps, more decentralization, less "uspol", better/rethought labellers, better Discover, more people using feeds…
Ready to die on the hill of "social media doesn't have to suck"
Too real. We’re going to try to fix this. Social media doesn’t have to be this way.
October 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Possibly contrarian take, but Bluesky is like 80-90% good (or at least not-suck)… We need more people, more diversity in terms of geography / languages / politics / interests etc., more apps, more decentralization, less "uspol", better/rethought labellers, better Discover, more people using feeds…
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Scientists are using artificial intelligence to decode whale communication—and for the first time, they're generating new 'words' that whales actually understand and respond to. But orcas are teaching us something different entirely.
magnus919.com/2025/06/how-...
magnus919.com/2025/06/how-...
How AI is Teaching Us to Speak Whale—And They're Speaking Back
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to decode whale communication—and for the first time, they're generating new 'words' that whales actually understand and respond to. But orcas are teaching...
magnus919.com
June 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to decode whale communication—and for the first time, they're generating new 'words' that whales actually understand and respond to. But orcas are teaching us something different entirely.
magnus919.com/2025/06/how-...
magnus919.com/2025/06/how-...
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"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson
April 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson
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I can only imagine the bailout package they are drawing up for themselves.
As the saying goes, privatize the profits, and socialize the losses.
As the saying goes, privatize the profits, and socialize the losses.
April 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I can only imagine the bailout package they are drawing up for themselves.
As the saying goes, privatize the profits, and socialize the losses.
As the saying goes, privatize the profits, and socialize the losses.
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If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.
AR should have the ball down the stretch for the Lakers. Not sure what’s going on with Luka and Bron in the clutch
April 1, 2025 at 4:20 AM
AR should have the ball down the stretch for the Lakers. Not sure what’s going on with Luka and Bron in the clutch
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When the history of this time is written down, the cowardice will be remembered as much as the fascism
March 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
When the history of this time is written down, the cowardice will be remembered as much as the fascism
I’m convinced Amorim is trying to get fired at United
February 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I’m convinced Amorim is trying to get fired at United
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Marc Hannah (1956- ), a Black Electrical Eng, co-founded Silicon Graphics, a pioneering company in 3D computer graphics. He's known for developing 3D chips and creating graphics programs like Personal IRIS, Indigo, Indigo2, and Indy, revolutionizing visual effects in film and design. #BlackHistory
February 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Marc Hannah (1956- ), a Black Electrical Eng, co-founded Silicon Graphics, a pioneering company in 3D computer graphics. He's known for developing 3D chips and creating graphics programs like Personal IRIS, Indigo, Indigo2, and Indy, revolutionizing visual effects in film and design. #BlackHistory
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This my last piece in Manchester City's 'legal battles' until the 115 verdict drops but there's a narrative that City could destroy the Premier League or football getting about. That's wide of the mark. City didn't get us in this position, the Premier League did.
esteemedkompany.com/2025/02/18/m...
esteemedkompany.com/2025/02/18/m...
Manchester City aren't ruining the Premier League they did it on their own.
Manchester City aren't ruining the Premier League they did that themselves. City's legal victory over the PL has spawned some interesting takes.
esteemedkompany.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This my last piece in Manchester City's 'legal battles' until the 115 verdict drops but there's a narrative that City could destroy the Premier League or football getting about. That's wide of the mark. City didn't get us in this position, the Premier League did.
esteemedkompany.com/2025/02/18/m...
esteemedkompany.com/2025/02/18/m...
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Went to get my physical and do all the testing / blood work and the hospital was emailing me updates for each result. Felt like I was checking the results of a Champions League final. I was at the orchestra fist-pumping after every clean result. The high blood pressure felt like a deflected own goal
February 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Went to get my physical and do all the testing / blood work and the hospital was emailing me updates for each result. Felt like I was checking the results of a Champions League final. I was at the orchestra fist-pumping after every clean result. The high blood pressure felt like a deflected own goal
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Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it.
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
February 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it.
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
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The Snoop Dog/Tom Brady ad may be the worst 30 seconds of TV ever produced
February 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The Snoop Dog/Tom Brady ad may be the worst 30 seconds of TV ever produced
Legendary halftime show by Kenny. Tons of symbolism, and in front of Trump, no less!
February 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Legendary halftime show by Kenny. Tons of symbolism, and in front of Trump, no less!
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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
Dallas fans about to find out just how good AD really is!
February 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Dallas fans about to find out just how good AD really is!
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"In Iraq, I had the expectation that at any moment I could be killed by the enemy. But on January 6th, that feeling was constant. It was the longest day of my life, with more than forty people assaulting me."
U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell tells his January 6 story:
U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell tells his January 6 story:
I Was Nearly Killed on Jan. 6th. Four Years Later, I Feel Betrayed All Over Again.
The people whose lives I protected sided with my attackers. But they weren’t the only ones to let me down.
www.thebulwark.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"In Iraq, I had the expectation that at any moment I could be killed by the enemy. But on January 6th, that feeling was constant. It was the longest day of my life, with more than forty people assaulting me."
U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell tells his January 6 story:
U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell tells his January 6 story:
Enter the year you turned 10ish into the gif bar and see what was popular back then…
January 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Enter the year you turned 10ish into the gif bar and see what was popular back then…