Sir William
@sirwilliam.bsky.social
Software engineer, bibliophile, & cat dad.
That was an ok sunset
November 3, 2025 at 12:51 AM
That was an ok sunset
The federal government is attacking US citizens in my town.
November 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The federal government is attacking US citizens in my town.
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It's long past time for state and federal authorities alike to put an end to Stephen Miller's jerkoff fantasy of masked thugs kidnapping people of color off the street with impunity.
Yes, there are Americans who want this. But they are a woefully small minority. Why are we still letting it happen?
Yes, there are Americans who want this. But they are a woefully small minority. Why are we still letting it happen?
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.
As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday as his two sons cried and begged for him not to be hurt.
trib.al
October 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It's long past time for state and federal authorities alike to put an end to Stephen Miller's jerkoff fantasy of masked thugs kidnapping people of color off the street with impunity.
Yes, there are Americans who want this. But they are a woefully small minority. Why are we still letting it happen?
Yes, there are Americans who want this. But they are a woefully small minority. Why are we still letting it happen?
Trump is building a golden throne room with bribe money.
October 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Trump is building a golden throne room with bribe money.
us-east-1 outage is like a national holiday
October 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
us-east-1 outage is like a national holiday
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Alien (1979): Cat box, art by Ron Cobb
Flexible and adapted to living conditions in space, the Weyland cat box will make your feline friends' travels more pleasant, festive and warm.
Flexible and adapted to living conditions in space, the Weyland cat box will make your feline friends' travels more pleasant, festive and warm.
October 6, 2023 at 10:03 PM
Alien (1979): Cat box, art by Ron Cobb
Flexible and adapted to living conditions in space, the Weyland cat box will make your feline friends' travels more pleasant, festive and warm.
Flexible and adapted to living conditions in space, the Weyland cat box will make your feline friends' travels more pleasant, festive and warm.
Night & day in Chicago IL
July 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Night & day in Chicago IL
Any law that declares 11 million people living, working, raising families, and paying taxes "illegal" and deserving to be sent to concentration camps is genocidal and inherently a crime against humanity.
July 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Any law that declares 11 million people living, working, raising families, and paying taxes "illegal" and deserving to be sent to concentration camps is genocidal and inherently a crime against humanity.
Every artist is underrated.
June 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Every artist is underrated.
I once read how rainbows work but forgot the mechanics. This was a good one over Chicago today.
June 5, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I once read how rainbows work but forgot the mechanics. This was a good one over Chicago today.
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For years, execs and managers were able to get away with pretending to do some kind of job - and AI has greatly accelerated their ability to pretend.
Unfortunately, that led to garbage strategy and garbage execution. The "find out" phase of this AI-driven FAFO era is promising to be brutal.
Unfortunately, that led to garbage strategy and garbage execution. The "find out" phase of this AI-driven FAFO era is promising to be brutal.
The AI Hangover Era (The Everything App Part 3)
Some leaders are starting to realize the extent to which AI has broken their ability to prioritize and ship value. Others are still doubling down.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
May 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
For years, execs and managers were able to get away with pretending to do some kind of job - and AI has greatly accelerated their ability to pretend.
Unfortunately, that led to garbage strategy and garbage execution. The "find out" phase of this AI-driven FAFO era is promising to be brutal.
Unfortunately, that led to garbage strategy and garbage execution. The "find out" phase of this AI-driven FAFO era is promising to be brutal.
Writing code is such a small part of a software engineer's job if AI is a threat you're doing something wrong.
You no longer need to be a software engineer to build software — you can "vibe code" it by prompting chatbots to build apps and websites. Could that put programmers out of a job?
Anyone can use AI chatbots to 'vibe code.' Could that put programmers out of a job?
You no longer need to be a software engineer to build software — you can "vibe code" it by prompting chatbots to build apps and websites. Could that put programmers out of a job?
n.pr
June 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Writing code is such a small part of a software engineer's job if AI is a threat you're doing something wrong.
I don't want immortality but I think it would be pretty cool to live around 300 years.
May 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I don't want immortality but I think it would be pretty cool to live around 300 years.
Walking around in Rome
May 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Walking around in Rome
With @cyborglibrarian.bsky.social at St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia
May 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
With @cyborglibrarian.bsky.social at St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia
Spring time in Chicago
May 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Spring time in Chicago
It's easy to miss posts by your friends so I made a list of people I actually know. Expect me to like more of your unhinged opinions in the future.
May 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
It's easy to miss posts by your friends so I made a list of people I actually know. Expect me to like more of your unhinged opinions in the future.
My wife says the vampires in Sinners represent communists, who offer a post-racial society, but at a cost that the protagonist doesn't want to pay.
May 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
My wife says the vampires in Sinners represent communists, who offer a post-racial society, but at a cost that the protagonist doesn't want to pay.
The perverse idea that computer science exists in some pure crystalline form outside human experience.
The Harvard comp sci prof who argued in NYT that other professors need to be apolitical like he is works for OpenAI and wrote a op-ed last year about how he feels discriminated against because he’s Israeli.
Assuming he always kept all Israel-Palestine politics out of his class, AI is very political.
Assuming he always kept all Israel-Palestine politics out of his class, AI is very political.
I’m an Israeli Professor at Harvard. It Has Never Been Harder. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Being an Israeli-American faculty member at Harvard has been complicated since October 7th.
www.thecrimson.com
May 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The perverse idea that computer science exists in some pure crystalline form outside human experience.
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A calculator that costs 1 trillion dollars, but it’s also wrong
April 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
A calculator that costs 1 trillion dollars, but it’s also wrong
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A bunch of tech CEOs are talking about being “AI-first”, the latest in a series of CEO fads like “return to office”, “founder mode” and “pivot to full fascism”. This one’s weird, though, because it only makes sense if… none of their workers are great at their jobs. anildash.com/2025/04/19/a...
"AI-first" is the new Return To Office - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A bunch of tech CEOs are talking about being “AI-first”, the latest in a series of CEO fads like “return to office”, “founder mode” and “pivot to full fascism”. This one’s weird, though, because it only makes sense if… none of their workers are great at their jobs. anildash.com/2025/04/19/a...
