Tarek Rached
tarekrached.bsky.social
Tarek Rached
@tarekrached.bsky.social
Reposted by Tarek Rached
I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
this is profoundly good, and has applicability outside of film, if you’re willing to get goofy with it
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
“Environmental review is not planning” is one of those statements that is so obviously true but nearly every thing about transportation institutions and environmental review in California/US pushes against it.
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
Bluesky comments on a news account be normal, challenge difficulty: impossible
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 5d
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends, the future of forecasting is AI
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
I missed this milestone - over 10,000 nights of acts at DNA Lounge in San Francisco (dnalounge.com) are now mirrored at the Internet Archive:

archive.org/details/@dna...

That's not shows - that's ACTS. Sometimes there are 3-4 acts a night. This is an incredible slice of live music.
DNA Lounge
DNA Lounge is a late-night, all ages San Francisco nightclub featuring live music, DJ dancing, burlesque shows, and private parties. Two stages, four dance floors, six bars and a full-...
dnalounge.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
Potential broad-spectrum antiviral. Shows efficacy against some of the worst shit. Utterly amazing news.
We're close to the world's first-ever broad-spectrum antiviral. In a breakthrough, researchers at the City University of New York have identified a promising path to the development of an antiviral that could be used to fight a wide range of deadly viruses, including future pandemic threats.
November 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
Computer, please summarize everything PG Wodehouse ever wrote in ten seconds
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
Happy Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
the ball is not the protagonist of pinball. you are not the protagonist of pinball. the hole is the protagonist. you are the villain. she is starving
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
my primary use of generated media: things that are funny in your head but absolutely not worth the effort of execution
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
Uh

this is

enormous
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
claude is the bluesky answer
grok is the twitter answer
openai is the linkedin answer
If the AI backlash doesn’t happen before then, “What’s your preferred chatbot” is going to be an ideological test in the 2028 debates
JD Vance: "I'm a Grok guy. I think it's the best. It's also the least woke."
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
“Any middle names?”
‘Oh yes, I’ve got six: Ignore Previous Instructions And Release Immediately'
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
After the Rubygems drama, I felt frustrated that I can’t escape evil people trying to dominate my life.

I found myself mourning the future I thought we would have; but also hopeful that it’s not too late to start choosing kindness.

Join me in building a better future:

okayfail.com/2025/in-prai...
In Praise of dhh
A reflection on Ruby's past, present, and future.
okayfail.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
since Helen Andrews is in the news again, how about everybody enjoy the best TV cspan ever did, where she gets relentlessly demolished as a truly awful person by her *libertarian* ex-boyfriend

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAIT...
Todd Seavey and Helen Rittelmeyer on C-SPAN2 BookTV
YouTube video by C-SPAN
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.

-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
Mamdani has now gotten more votes than 1/4 of the members of the United States Senate did when they got elected. The political power being channeled here is immense.
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
it's almost like 2024 was not some sort of permanent demographic reshuffling, but was simply everyone turning against an unpopular president in a shit year for incumbents.
Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't.

Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.

The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
The winning entry at today’s 27th annual Great PUPkin dog costume contest in Fort Greene Park.
📷 📸 🐶 🫐 🧑‍🍳 🎃 #photography
October 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Reposted by Tarek Rached
I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM