Michael Buckley
@michaelabuckley.bsky.social
Toronto burger. Should be doing something else.
I’m hoping the opposite. The problem of context compression will increase the value of coherent system design. I’m already seeing it in AGENTS docs.
Levitating in the lotus position: AI is like if interest rate on tech debt was just lowered; therefore optimal to have more terrible code
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I’m hoping the opposite. The problem of context compression will increase the value of coherent system design. I’m already seeing it in AGENTS docs.
Wake Up and Midnight Mass made great bookends to November. Midnight Mass especially made me laugh like a donkey.
New, from me: Time for something fun - I wrote about themes and fashions of the Knives Out Universe (KOU). 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/exploring-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/exploring-...
Exploring the Knives Out Universe
Are they just entertaining murder mysteries or something more?
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wake Up and Midnight Mass made great bookends to November. Midnight Mass especially made me laugh like a donkey.
Merry Christmas, one and all!
December 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Merry Christmas, one and all!
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this might be a Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov moment for shit posters
Idk who needs to hear this but ACAB includes twinks
December 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
this might be a Deep Blue versus Garry Kasparov moment for shit posters
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though Canadians have the best screw head
December 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
though Canadians have the best screw head
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Fritz Leiber with his wife Jonquil (Johnny) Stephens Leiber, the inspiration for his greatest works, Conjure Wife and (after her death) Our Lady of Darkness. A poet and weird fiction fan in her own right. Bonus cat doodles by Fritz from the Lilly Library’s Leiber archive. 🖤
December 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Fritz Leiber with his wife Jonquil (Johnny) Stephens Leiber, the inspiration for his greatest works, Conjure Wife and (after her death) Our Lady of Darkness. A poet and weird fiction fan in her own right. Bonus cat doodles by Fritz from the Lilly Library’s Leiber archive. 🖤
Lesson learned.
it is one of the reasons i concluded that being specific about who you are insulting is hugely important. like, that thing alone. be specific! this is the easy mode of being mean. you can introduce vagueness later artfully if you feel dangerous about it but you should have a reason for doing it
December 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Lesson learned.
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“get a load of the Mouse and the Motorcycle ass, having to make mouth noises to get his wheels to go faster”
December 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“get a load of the Mouse and the Motorcycle ass, having to make mouth noises to get his wheels to go faster”
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December 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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thinkin about stuff
December 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
thinkin about stuff
I am bummed that Neil Postman and Jaron Lanier were 100% correct.
While I am not a doomer, I also firmly believe we’d be in a much BETTER place if MORE people had taken tech critics dire predictions seriously.
December 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I am bummed that Neil Postman and Jaron Lanier were 100% correct.
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Seances if necessary, but not necessarily seances
December 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Seances if necessary, but not necessarily seances
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Mackenzie King left a basically uninterrupted set of diaries from his undergrad to when he died, so its like a complete record of Canada's wartime decision making and also what the other leaders were like. Included the weird stuff
December 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Mackenzie King left a basically uninterrupted set of diaries from his undergrad to when he died, so its like a complete record of Canada's wartime decision making and also what the other leaders were like. Included the weird stuff
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*now* we're really getting into that Christmas spirit
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
*now* we're really getting into that Christmas spirit
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Look what just showed up in the mail - the book @snowden.st was telling us all to get.
December 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Look what just showed up in the mail - the book @snowden.st was telling us all to get.
Does anyone think Weiss has the stamina to have watched the entire segment in one sitting? $10 she had an intern watch it for her.
Bari's No. 2 bullet is literally already in this piece in its entirety.
December 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Does anyone think Weiss has the stamina to have watched the entire segment in one sitting? $10 she had an intern watch it for her.
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We deserve a prestige Augustine series. They can even have their fun showing his preconversion life then his super emo phase full of guilt for stealing a piece of fruit.
March 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
We deserve a prestige Augustine series. They can even have their fun showing his preconversion life then his super emo phase full of guilt for stealing a piece of fruit.
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I've been doing an explainer of the basics of defending #Finland and #NATO 's new Eastern Flank.
Here's one illustration of one fundamental problem:
size.
Pictured is what Swedes think is the Finnish Army wartime posture. The circles are ~"textbook" areas of responsibility for the unit size.
Here's one illustration of one fundamental problem:
size.
Pictured is what Swedes think is the Finnish Army wartime posture. The circles are ~"textbook" areas of responsibility for the unit size.
August 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I think the dragons have been spent.
PPS. The map gives context useful for appreciating the joke in this legendary cartoon, so I shall take advantage of the opportunity and post it once again.
December 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I think the dragons have been spent.
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Galaxy Quest, like Iron Giant , Fury Road and Tremors, is one of those rare movies without flaws. It's not just good, but miraculous.
Galaxy Quest - a perfect movie, just a wonderful love letter to actors, sci-fi, Star Trek in particular, and to fandom - really deserves a proper physical release with decent extras. Think Weaver's right that releasing a R-rated cut would be fun, too.
Sigourney Weaver Says She Wishes DreamWorks Released A Director’s Cut Of ‘Galaxy Quest,’ Reminisces On Sequel That Never Came To Pass
Sigourney Weaver reflected on cult classic Galaxy Quest and how she wishes the sci-fi satire had released an R-rated director's cut.
deadline.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Galaxy Quest, like Iron Giant , Fury Road and Tremors, is one of those rare movies without flaws. It's not just good, but miraculous.
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Canada stands with Greenland and Denmark
December 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Canada stands with Greenland and Denmark
Mel Lastman did it. But he was a mobbed up crook. Oh.
The thing where Trump names everything after himself isn’t a funny little quirk but an incredibly reliable indicator that a leader is in fact a dictator. It doesn’t happen in any democratic society, no sane leader does it
December 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Mel Lastman did it. But he was a mobbed up crook. Oh.
Communing with the noosphere should spark joy. Block and touch grass.
December 23, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Communing with the noosphere should spark joy. Block and touch grass.
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*whispers to the post* vaya con dios, friend
June 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
*whispers to the post* vaya con dios, friend
I did some research on my great uncle and his service is the war. The main war diary entries were OCRed, and he digital versions were incompehensible. And that’s the 20c.
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I did some research on my great uncle and his service is the war. The main war diary entries were OCRed, and he digital versions were incompehensible. And that’s the 20c.