Omar Khafagy
@omarkhafagy.bsky.social
Writer. Dad. Skill chaser.
The thing about the internet is that anyone can share any thought.
And they do.
And that’s why it will always be worse than real life.
And they do.
And that’s why it will always be worse than real life.
November 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The thing about the internet is that anyone can share any thought.
And they do.
And that’s why it will always be worse than real life.
And they do.
And that’s why it will always be worse than real life.
My theory: AI investment is a play for infrastructure. Layoffs are to soften the losses to placate shareholders.
But this has always been about infrastructure, and not for AI.
The long game? VR and AR environments with corporations operating as defacto virtual governments.
But this has always been about infrastructure, and not for AI.
The long game? VR and AR environments with corporations operating as defacto virtual governments.
October 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My theory: AI investment is a play for infrastructure. Layoffs are to soften the losses to placate shareholders.
But this has always been about infrastructure, and not for AI.
The long game? VR and AR environments with corporations operating as defacto virtual governments.
But this has always been about infrastructure, and not for AI.
The long game? VR and AR environments with corporations operating as defacto virtual governments.
Little known fact about World Series games, after 15 innings the winner is decided by Beyblade duel
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Little known fact about World Series games, after 15 innings the winner is decided by Beyblade duel
Reposted by Omar Khafagy
We're glad you're enjoying the game! Your Baseball+ subscription allows you to watch up to 14 innings of most games. To continue watching, press OK to upgrade to Baseball+ Platinum. If you don't want to upgrade right now, individual innings can be purchased for as little as $5.
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 AM
We're glad you're enjoying the game! Your Baseball+ subscription allows you to watch up to 14 innings of most games. To continue watching, press OK to upgrade to Baseball+ Platinum. If you don't want to upgrade right now, individual innings can be purchased for as little as $5.
I remember when this game started.
October 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I remember when this game started.
if this keeps going, we’re gonna see third gen players born on the field
Me: so tired today. Hope this game will go quick. as long as we’re up by three, I’ll go to bed.
Jays & Dodgers: another inning
Me: what?
Jays & Dodgers: another. Inning.
Me: wait. Please.
Jays & Dodgers: ANOTHER INNING!!!!!
Jays & Dodgers: another inning
Me: what?
Jays & Dodgers: another. Inning.
Me: wait. Please.
Jays & Dodgers: ANOTHER INNING!!!!!
October 28, 2025 at 5:05 AM
if this keeps going, we’re gonna see third gen players born on the field
Me: so tired today. Hope this game will go quick. as long as we’re up by three, I’ll go to bed.
Jays & Dodgers: another inning
Me: what?
Jays & Dodgers: another. Inning.
Me: wait. Please.
Jays & Dodgers: ANOTHER INNING!!!!!
Jays & Dodgers: another inning
Me: what?
Jays & Dodgers: another. Inning.
Me: wait. Please.
Jays & Dodgers: ANOTHER INNING!!!!!
October 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Me: so tired today. Hope this game will go quick. as long as we’re up by three, I’ll go to bed.
Jays & Dodgers: another inning
Me: what?
Jays & Dodgers: another. Inning.
Me: wait. Please.
Jays & Dodgers: ANOTHER INNING!!!!!
Jays & Dodgers: another inning
Me: what?
Jays & Dodgers: another. Inning.
Me: wait. Please.
Jays & Dodgers: ANOTHER INNING!!!!!
This shouldn’t need to be said. But it does, because a loud and vocal minority of chronically online people insist that moral absolutism is an adequate substitute for empathy and compassion.
They preach a kind of secular moral purity—they’re fundamentalists without a church.
They preach a kind of secular moral purity—they’re fundamentalists without a church.
Before I go to bed, unfriendly reminder that boycotting Amazon and other services is just *not feasible* for some people. Income, disability, access to other services, lack of transportation, delivery fees, etc.
It doesn't mean they're "complicit". It means they're a victim of capitalism too.
It doesn't mean they're "complicit". It means they're a victim of capitalism too.
October 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This shouldn’t need to be said. But it does, because a loud and vocal minority of chronically online people insist that moral absolutism is an adequate substitute for empathy and compassion.
They preach a kind of secular moral purity—they’re fundamentalists without a church.
They preach a kind of secular moral purity—they’re fundamentalists without a church.
“They wear masks because they know they’re wrong.”
No they don’t. They wear masks to avoid consequences, but they still think they’re right.
Batman wears a mask. So do many other heroes. They see themselves like that, or they wear masks because it’s an “in-group” behaviour and they wanna belong.
No they don’t. They wear masks to avoid consequences, but they still think they’re right.
Batman wears a mask. So do many other heroes. They see themselves like that, or they wear masks because it’s an “in-group” behaviour and they wanna belong.
October 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“They wear masks because they know they’re wrong.”
No they don’t. They wear masks to avoid consequences, but they still think they’re right.
Batman wears a mask. So do many other heroes. They see themselves like that, or they wear masks because it’s an “in-group” behaviour and they wanna belong.
No they don’t. They wear masks to avoid consequences, but they still think they’re right.
Batman wears a mask. So do many other heroes. They see themselves like that, or they wear masks because it’s an “in-group” behaviour and they wanna belong.
Reposted by Omar Khafagy
I want to hear from every fucking asshole baseball writer, podcaster, blogger and other talking head moron who wrote the Jays off without watching them play a single game this year. What the fuck is up.
October 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I want to hear from every fucking asshole baseball writer, podcaster, blogger and other talking head moron who wrote the Jays off without watching them play a single game this year. What the fuck is up.
Americans, here’s the thing:
I really like you guys.
In general, I think a lot of Americans are hard working, decent folks with a fascinating and dense history for your relatively short existence as a nation.
I hope you never stop yearning to fulfill the ideals that underpin your country.
I really like you guys.
In general, I think a lot of Americans are hard working, decent folks with a fascinating and dense history for your relatively short existence as a nation.
I hope you never stop yearning to fulfill the ideals that underpin your country.
October 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Americans, here’s the thing:
I really like you guys.
In general, I think a lot of Americans are hard working, decent folks with a fascinating and dense history for your relatively short existence as a nation.
I hope you never stop yearning to fulfill the ideals that underpin your country.
I really like you guys.
In general, I think a lot of Americans are hard working, decent folks with a fascinating and dense history for your relatively short existence as a nation.
I hope you never stop yearning to fulfill the ideals that underpin your country.
Whenever I get depressed or anxious, I remember that I can pick up a magic rectangle and watch the world tear itself to pieces and then make gifs about it.
And that makes me feel much better.
And that makes me feel much better.
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Whenever I get depressed or anxious, I remember that I can pick up a magic rectangle and watch the world tear itself to pieces and then make gifs about it.
And that makes me feel much better.
And that makes me feel much better.
AI videos are getting more realistic at the same time as AR technology begins to spread.
I bet that footage from the latter will feed the models for the former and result in realistic AI-generated AR footage.
Which leads me to wonder: in a few generations, will anyone even believe what they see?
I bet that footage from the latter will feed the models for the former and result in realistic AI-generated AR footage.
Which leads me to wonder: in a few generations, will anyone even believe what they see?
People are opening up Meta AI Ray Ban glasses and modding out the LED recording light, then selling them on eBay. There is huge interest in disabling this functionality, which means basically you cannot trust anyone wearing these (i'm sure you already weren't)
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
AI videos are getting more realistic at the same time as AR technology begins to spread.
I bet that footage from the latter will feed the models for the former and result in realistic AI-generated AR footage.
Which leads me to wonder: in a few generations, will anyone even believe what they see?
I bet that footage from the latter will feed the models for the former and result in realistic AI-generated AR footage.
Which leads me to wonder: in a few generations, will anyone even believe what they see?
Amen. And it isn’t just about faking reality.
It’s also about discrediting reality.
Jump ahead couple years and imagine video footage is released incriminating a politician.
Videos like the ones this guy is talking about are writing the playbook on how to handle that with an AI smoke bomb.
It’s also about discrediting reality.
Jump ahead couple years and imagine video footage is released incriminating a politician.
Videos like the ones this guy is talking about are writing the playbook on how to handle that with an AI smoke bomb.
This person is one hundred percent correct and it’s scary af. We will never “media literacy” our way out of this as a society. We are about to reap the whirlwind when it comes to misinformation, disinformation, and informational warfare.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Amen. And it isn’t just about faking reality.
It’s also about discrediting reality.
Jump ahead couple years and imagine video footage is released incriminating a politician.
Videos like the ones this guy is talking about are writing the playbook on how to handle that with an AI smoke bomb.
It’s also about discrediting reality.
Jump ahead couple years and imagine video footage is released incriminating a politician.
Videos like the ones this guy is talking about are writing the playbook on how to handle that with an AI smoke bomb.
Chronically online Leftists be like: Sure the world is descending into a nightmarish dystopia while I impotently shame the shameless and my own potential allies, but… at least I’m right.
October 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Chronically online Leftists be like: Sure the world is descending into a nightmarish dystopia while I impotently shame the shameless and my own potential allies, but… at least I’m right.
July 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I’m obsessed with this.
I find myself wondering if COVID had a long-term biological impact on our brains. Even if it only affected like 10% of the population that way, the people around them would be affected in terms of mental health.
I find myself wondering if COVID had a long-term biological impact on our brains. Even if it only affected like 10% of the population that way, the people around them would be affected in terms of mental health.
Im still baffled daily on how even the brains of seemingly reasonable people are just broken now.
June 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I’m obsessed with this.
I find myself wondering if COVID had a long-term biological impact on our brains. Even if it only affected like 10% of the population that way, the people around them would be affected in terms of mental health.
I find myself wondering if COVID had a long-term biological impact on our brains. Even if it only affected like 10% of the population that way, the people around them would be affected in terms of mental health.
Reposted by Omar Khafagy
There's a lot to study from Zohran Mamdani's electoral victory, but I'm particularly interested in its graphic design. Vivid, unexpected colors. A hand drawn feel that nods to the grassroots nature of the campaign, with nods to old NYC bodega signage, metro cards, and even old Bollywood posters.
June 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
There's a lot to study from Zohran Mamdani's electoral victory, but I'm particularly interested in its graphic design. Vivid, unexpected colors. A hand drawn feel that nods to the grassroots nature of the campaign, with nods to old NYC bodega signage, metro cards, and even old Bollywood posters.
Reposted by Omar Khafagy
Milky Way as seen from Mars.
March 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Milky Way as seen from Mars.
#AI is for propaganda.
Specifically, it is for English-language propaganda.
I don’t see anyone talking about this, but it’s the elephant in the room. LLMs are exceptionally good at creating believable colloquial English.
They are lousy at Russian, for example.
Specifically, it is for English-language propaganda.
I don’t see anyone talking about this, but it’s the elephant in the room. LLMs are exceptionally good at creating believable colloquial English.
They are lousy at Russian, for example.
March 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#AI is for propaganda.
Specifically, it is for English-language propaganda.
I don’t see anyone talking about this, but it’s the elephant in the room. LLMs are exceptionally good at creating believable colloquial English.
They are lousy at Russian, for example.
Specifically, it is for English-language propaganda.
I don’t see anyone talking about this, but it’s the elephant in the room. LLMs are exceptionally good at creating believable colloquial English.
They are lousy at Russian, for example.
I would go back thousands of years and tell three stories:
1. Doctor Parsec
2. Into the Dark
3. First Light
It would go back to before the invention of lightspeed. Before lightsabers.
It would focus on a single planet’s final days in an unexplored and unconnected galaxy. 🧵
1. Doctor Parsec
2. Into the Dark
3. First Light
It would go back to before the invention of lightspeed. Before lightsabers.
It would focus on a single planet’s final days in an unexplored and unconnected galaxy. 🧵
Genuine question - if you were the new head of LucasFilm, what would you do to revitalise the Star Wars franchise?
February 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I would go back thousands of years and tell three stories:
1. Doctor Parsec
2. Into the Dark
3. First Light
It would go back to before the invention of lightspeed. Before lightsabers.
It would focus on a single planet’s final days in an unexplored and unconnected galaxy. 🧵
1. Doctor Parsec
2. Into the Dark
3. First Light
It would go back to before the invention of lightspeed. Before lightsabers.
It would focus on a single planet’s final days in an unexplored and unconnected galaxy. 🧵
Fun Sherlock Homes story that brings the man into 21st century San Francisco. Almost two thirds of the way through.
On a different note… are we married to the name“Flashes”?
On a different note… are we married to the name“Flashes”?
February 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Fun Sherlock Homes story that brings the man into 21st century San Francisco. Almost two thirds of the way through.
On a different note… are we married to the name“Flashes”?
On a different note… are we married to the name“Flashes”?
A brief taxonomy of BlueSky posts:
- serious
- satire
- bad jokes
- shit posts
- “don’t do that scolds,” wherein the poster condescendingly tells everyone they’re doing “it” wrong.
- baiting, wherein a troll goads scolders into scolding
- twitter screenshots
- meta posts (this one)
- serious
- satire
- bad jokes
- shit posts
- “don’t do that scolds,” wherein the poster condescendingly tells everyone they’re doing “it” wrong.
- baiting, wherein a troll goads scolders into scolding
- twitter screenshots
- meta posts (this one)
February 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A brief taxonomy of BlueSky posts:
- serious
- satire
- bad jokes
- shit posts
- “don’t do that scolds,” wherein the poster condescendingly tells everyone they’re doing “it” wrong.
- baiting, wherein a troll goads scolders into scolding
- twitter screenshots
- meta posts (this one)
- serious
- satire
- bad jokes
- shit posts
- “don’t do that scolds,” wherein the poster condescendingly tells everyone they’re doing “it” wrong.
- baiting, wherein a troll goads scolders into scolding
- twitter screenshots
- meta posts (this one)
Scorsese has discovered ChatGPT and asked it to give him a new idea based on the films in his own IMDB page.
Martin Scorsese's next film will star Dwyane Johnson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Emily Blunt
• Described as ‘The Departed’ meets ‘Goodfellas’
• Follows an aspiring mob boss fighting for control of the Hawaiian Islands underworld
(via Deadline)
• Described as ‘The Departed’ meets ‘Goodfellas’
• Follows an aspiring mob boss fighting for control of the Hawaiian Islands underworld
(via Deadline)
February 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Scorsese has discovered ChatGPT and asked it to give him a new idea based on the films in his own IMDB page.
This surprises me because I’ve always thought of it the other way around.
As an Egyptian-Canadian, I’ve noticed no one talks more about politics than people who feel powerless—many Arabs fit that bill. The ability to ignore politics is a privilege, because it means you’re not as affected.
As an Egyptian-Canadian, I’ve noticed no one talks more about politics than people who feel powerless—many Arabs fit that bill. The ability to ignore politics is a privilege, because it means you’re not as affected.
I have friends who are genuinely confused when I point out to them that being politically engaged is a luxury item lots of folks don't invest time or money into. They don't think deeply about politics until and unless it directly affects them. It's an alien thought (and I get it!), but it's true.
Too many people on here seem to believe there are exactly two kinds of Americans: ardent politically-obsessed Bluesky users, and frothing MAGA cultists.
There are a LOT of people in this country who *just don’t pay a lot of attention one way or another*.
And we absolutely can reach them.
There are a LOT of people in this country who *just don’t pay a lot of attention one way or another*.
And we absolutely can reach them.
February 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This surprises me because I’ve always thought of it the other way around.
As an Egyptian-Canadian, I’ve noticed no one talks more about politics than people who feel powerless—many Arabs fit that bill. The ability to ignore politics is a privilege, because it means you’re not as affected.
As an Egyptian-Canadian, I’ve noticed no one talks more about politics than people who feel powerless—many Arabs fit that bill. The ability to ignore politics is a privilege, because it means you’re not as affected.