Joshua Byrd
@phocks.bne.social.ap.brid.gy
Software developer.
Data journalist.
Code and stories for ABC News Story Lab.
Sometimes musician/actor.
Husband and father.
Animal lover.
(Admin for https://bne.social […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://bne.social/@phocks, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Data journalist.
Code and stories for ABC News Story Lab.
Sometimes musician/actor.
Husband and father.
Animal lover.
(Admin for https://bne.social […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://bne.social/@phocks, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Reposted by Joshua Byrd
This 67,800-year-old hand stencil is the world’s oldest human-made art
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/this-67800-year-old-hand-stencil-is-the-worlds-oldest-human-made-art/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/this-67800-year-old-hand-stencil-is-the-worlds-oldest-human-made-art/
arstechnica.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:42 AM
This 67,800-year-old hand stencil is the world’s oldest human-made art
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/this-67800-year-old-hand-stencil-is-the-worlds-oldest-human-made-art/
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/this-67800-year-old-hand-stencil-is-the-worlds-oldest-human-made-art/
Look what they had back in stock at Woolies today! Looking forward to getting home from an arvo out with friends and frying up one of these bad boys. :DemocracySausage:
January 25, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Look what they had back in stock at Woolies today! Looking forward to getting home from an arvo out with friends and frying up one of these bad boys. :DemocracySausage:
“LLMs are incapable of carrying out computational and agentic tasks beyond a certain complexity.” https://www.wired.com/story/ai-agents-math-doesnt-add-up/
The Math on AI Agents Doesn’t Add Up
A research paper suggests AI agents are mathematically doomed to fail. The industry doesn’t agree.
www.wired.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:12 AM
“LLMs are incapable of carrying out computational and agentic tasks beyond a certain complexity.” https://www.wired.com/story/ai-agents-math-doesnt-add-up/
We are going to a pool party 🌊
January 24, 2026 at 3:28 AM
We are going to a pool party 🌊
We got featured on Luma's What’s Happening in
Brisbane :binchicken: 😁 https://luma.com/brisbane
Brisbane :binchicken: 😁 https://luma.com/brisbane
Popular events in Brisbane · Events Calendar
Discover the hottest events in Brisbane, and get notified of new events before they sell out.
luma.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:57 AM
We got featured on Luma's What’s Happening in
Brisbane :binchicken: 😁 https://luma.com/brisbane
Brisbane :binchicken: 😁 https://luma.com/brisbane
OK. I think I've finally settled on my "New Year New Me" colour theme in VS Code. The Fane variant of Dark Mint. Low key love it. https://www.vscodethemes.com/e/hugolcouto.dark-mint-vscode-theme/dark-mint-fane?language=js
Dark Mint by Hugo Couto
Theme with a vibrant and colorful syntax
www.vscodethemes.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:46 AM
OK. I think I've finally settled on my "New Year New Me" colour theme in VS Code. The Fane variant of Dark Mint. Low key love it. https://www.vscodethemes.com/e/hugolcouto.dark-mint-vscode-theme/dark-mint-fane?language=js
![[photo of sam altman in a shirt]
openai 2015: profit - $0
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openai 2025: profit - $0,000,000,000](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n3e6z3d2s63hwaim5nhrcoyk/bafkreifenp3fs4loskuqnxrvepahh7hjzwh54ssujrhb7epqb2i5og4ktm@jpeg)
Forgot my umbrella darn I hope it doesn't rain
January 23, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Forgot my umbrella darn I hope it doesn't rain
Catching the train to the city to get Vege Rama for lunch 😋
January 23, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Catching the train to the city to get Vege Rama for lunch 😋
First time on the Brisbane Metro taking it over from Roma St to the Cultural Centre. It's. Just a train. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Metro
Brisbane Metro - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:54 PM
First time on the Brisbane Metro taking it over from Roma St to the Cultural Centre. It's. Just a train. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Metro
Hmm according to Google Maps real time tracking my bus has been sitting up around the corner from me for 5 minutes..... just sitting there....
January 22, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Hmm according to Google Maps real time tracking my bus has been sitting up around the corner from me for 5 minutes..... just sitting there....
Over nine days, Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4 million images, of which at least 41 percent were sexualized images of women. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/technology/grok-x-ai-elon-musk-deepfakes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVA.B1ud.MIjDA1Y9nDDn&smid=nytcore-android-share
January 22, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Over nine days, Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4 million images, of which at least 41 percent were sexualized images of women. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/technology/grok-x-ai-elon-musk-deepfakes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVA.B1ud.MIjDA1Y9nDDn&smid=nytcore-android-share
Who is the hottest person on the fediverse do you think? Reply below. Boosts welcome for balance. :)
January 22, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Who is the hottest person on the fediverse do you think? Reply below. Boosts welcome for balance. :)
Gonna attempt this latest Mastodon patch update soon over lunch. Everyone cross your fingers I don't blow up the server. Thanks!
January 22, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Gonna attempt this latest Mastodon patch update soon over lunch. Everyone cross your fingers I don't blow up the server. Thanks!
Anyone on Delta Chat? I kinda wanna test it out. Add me https://i.delta.chat/#029EA7DF7CFB9EDBAC52C0968A7D4CBA25F334AC&i=YZ825QYvmggPIMgDtQ2BOOOC&s=UbwHz9zDK_3ExVqPbhUZ8sgY&a=07mpglnmu%40nine.testrun.org&n=Joshua+Byrd
January 21, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Anyone on Delta Chat? I kinda wanna test it out. Add me https://i.delta.chat/#029EA7DF7CFB9EDBAC52C0968A7D4CBA25F334AC&i=YZ825QYvmggPIMgDtQ2BOOOC&s=UbwHz9zDK_3ExVqPbhUZ8sgY&a=07mpglnmu%40nine.testrun.org&n=Joshua+Byrd
Weird how I can now pretty reliably beat the 1300 rated bots on chess dot com yet still consistently lose to "real life human" players under 500 all the time 🤷
January 21, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Weird how I can now pretty reliably beat the 1300 rated bots on chess dot com yet still consistently lose to "real life human" players under 500 all the time 🤷
Love to go dinosaur mode on a full head of broccoli
January 21, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Love to go dinosaur mode on a full head of broccoli
Looking forward to this. Not looking forward to having to reactivate my Netflix subscription though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pmJgtLKBXg
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Looking forward to this. Not looking forward to having to reactivate my Netflix subscription though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pmJgtLKBXg
A post to test quote posts in Tusky
January 20, 2026 at 11:56 PM
A post to test quote posts in Tusky
January 20, 2026 at 11:52 PM
A post to test quote posts in Tusky
Reposted by Joshua Byrd
a few people have been asking what my typical setup is for "running websites that I can completely ignore and spend 0 time maintaining" so I wrote down a few thoughts
https://gist.github.com/jvns/5bd9283d7abd5ceb26eb7ed28afe3030
https://gist.github.com/jvns/5bd9283d7abd5ceb26eb7ed28afe3030
gist:5bd9283d7abd5ceb26eb7ed28afe3030
GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
a few people have been asking what my typical setup is for "running websites that I can completely ignore and spend 0 time maintaining" so I wrote down a few thoughts
https://gist.github.com/jvns/5bd9283d7abd5ceb26eb7ed28afe3030
https://gist.github.com/jvns/5bd9283d7abd5ceb26eb7ed28afe3030
Reposted by Joshua Byrd
If you run a mastodon instance, it's time to upgrade. There are some security issues fixed in the version released today: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.5
Release v4.5.5 · mastodon/mastodon
Upgrade overview This release contains upgrade notes that deviate from the norm: ℹ️ Requires assets recompilation For more information, view the complete release notes and scroll down to the upgrad...
github.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:39 PM
If you run a mastodon instance, it's time to upgrade. There are some security issues fixed in the version released today: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.5.5
Reposted by Joshua Byrd
This article is a few years old but I feel like it pretty accurately captures some kinda way I've been feeling lately. 2026 might very well be the year of small yet steady transcendence. We'll see […]
Original post on bne.social
bne.social
January 20, 2026 at 1:40 PM
This article is a few years old but I feel like it pretty accurately captures some kinda way I've been feeling lately. 2026 might very well be the year of small yet steady transcendence. We'll see […]