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suzerain.bsky.social
MV
@suzerain.bsky.social
At heart, a problem solver. Most often that manifests in my work in software engineering, but I like thinking about anything.

Interests: music, media, running, technology, programming, game theory, geopolitics, design, art and the future.
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Day 39

Feels Right
– Biig Piig
📍London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇮🇪
2020

“I heard you want to be in the driver’s seat, so keep up.”

(Not to be confused with the 1980s Aussie band.)

youtu.be/dqJ8oud7l2Q
November 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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sometimes you see a font and suddenly need to rice emacs again
Monaspace
An innovative superfamily of fonts for code
monaspace.githubnext.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Trump staged an insurrection and tried to overturn the election on tv. We all literally saw it happening and he got reelected after that 💀. No, I don't think the Epstein files will take him down.
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Day 38

New Day
– Kiki Vivi Lily • Sweet William
📍Fukuoka 🇯🇵
2021

Another light, bouncy track that brings summer to mind.

youtu.be/qfqknqpeRis
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Day 37

When I’m In Your Arms
– Cleo Sol
📍London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇯🇲
2020

An intimate, feel good track.

youtu.be/Hs6SgjyFbuw
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Let me show you the difference between a $40 hoodie and a ~$100 hoodie. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Day 36

时来运转 [Wheel Of Fortune]
– Hanggai [杭盖乐队]
📍Beijing 🇨🇳
2024

Driving track from the Chinese band that blends rock and other genres with Mongolian folk.

youtu.be/XUDXtxt9g1E
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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my official statement as a biologist is that we are all complex poop tubes
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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I'll get back to "party unity" as soon as the Senate Minority Leader tells us if he voted for the Democratic party nominee for mayor of his city.

I'm tired of party unity only ever running one way.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
For years Chuck Schumer has sabotaged Dems and helped Republicans.

Imagine he represented NY on the Knicks. Again and again, he turns the ball over in crunch time.

At some point, the only rational conclusions are that he works for the opposing team, or is getting some other benefit.
a basketball player with the number 9 on his jersey is trying to block another player
Alt: A basketball player passes the ball to no one.
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Day 35

Get In Your Head (Malkovich Ya)
– Dirty Nice
📍Bournemouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧
2021

“I just wanna be you in the mirror…see a bit clearer"

youtu.be/B-SRiS2ade8
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Is there anyone you’d rather sit across the negotiating table from than Senate Democrats?
Star Wars Lando GIF
Alt: Lando Calrissian walking and saying “This deal’s getting worse all the time”
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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You can’t afford a coal mine.

You can’t afford a gas turbine.

You can’t afford an oil rig.

Only fossil fuel states and billionaires can.

But you can afford a solar power station on your roof.

Now, ask yourself why you encounter so much anti-renewable energy propaganda.
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Day 34

Got Me
– Laura Mvula
📍Birmingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧
2021

More 80s throwback flavor for my list. That bassline reminded me of “When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going”.

youtu.be/CJohzGzstag
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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one thing, i think, that gets in our way of correctly analyzing contemporary tech politics is that fact that we are incapable of seeing social movements among the elites, among the rich, among the powerful. we end up displacing all the action onto the technology itself.
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.

#CarBluesky #WeirdCarBS
November 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Day 33

So Typically Now
– U.S. Girls
📍Chicago, IL 🇺🇸🇦
2023

Strong 80s synthpop vibes.

youtu.be/S4O_dChJKII
November 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Galaxy brain resistance:

vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025...
Galaxy brain resistance
vitalik.eth.limo
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM