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Simon Harris

@harukizaemon.com

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🏳️‍⚧️ Trans rights are human rights. 🖤 Living on Wurundjeri land. ☕️ Made a joke about non-dairy crema. 🤷‍♂️ Opinions are sometimes mine, sometimes others, rarely substantiated. https://harukizaemon.com https://aus.social/@haruki_zaemon

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Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 6h

👕 Drinking Like It's 2020

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 15h

A second monkey has been shot and killed and authorities said Tuesday that they were still searching for a third missing monkey a week after their escape from a truck that overturned on a Mississippi highway.
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2nd Escaped Monkey Fatally Shot After Mississippi Crash

A second monkey has been shot and killed and authorities said Tuesday that they were still searching for a third missing monkey.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 15h

My Jewish brothers are shocked to discover there’s Nazi-ing going on at the Nazi bar.

Graham Macklin @grahammacklin.bsky.social · 15h

Jewish exodus underway from Heritage Foundation’s antisemitism initiative over Tucker Carlson

Jewish exodus underway from Heritage Foundation’s antisemitism initiative over Tucker Carlson - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Project Esther, launched as a conservative strategy to fight antisemitism, appears to be unraveling after Heritage's president defended Carlson’s friendly interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 17h

Burry’s Palantir trade is roughly an order of magnitude bigger—and more interesting imo—than the Nvidia puts.

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 17h

The guy who got famous betting against the housing market in 2007 just before that bubble burst - played by Christian Bale jn “The Big Short” - just wagered $1 billion on the collapse of the AI boom.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Michael Burry Returns With Two Big Shorts: Palantir and Nvidia

Signs of an AI bubble abound: Stock valuations have become uncomfortably rich, AI-related debt is ballooning, and a sustainable financial model for the technology has largely yet to emerge. Now Michae...

www.wsj.com

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Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 15h

I am constantly surprised how some people manage to hold down a job, like some genius scientist who would starve to death if not for the love and care of their spouse, minus the genius scientist part.

Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 15h

And I observe pundits explicitly punishing companies for NOT playing along. “X is still behind on <insert BS tech nobody really needs nor wants>”

Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 17h

Seems like the best scenario 😂

Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 17h

Period reminder that I honestly wish for malice over incompetence most of the time.

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 21d

Next up on my reading list.

…I am already regretting this choice.

IF ANYONE BUILDSIT, EVERYONE DIES
WHY
SUPERHUMAN AI
WOULD
KILLUS ALL
ELIEZER
YUDKOWSKY &
NATE SOARES

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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social · 6d

I can’t stress this enough: you cannot understand politics without reading this paragraph about why there’s no such thing as a 1/3rd pound hamburger

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Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 6d

Adding Protein and Powder

Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 6d

Today's downfall of an empire brought to you by the letter 'P' for Plumbum Poisoning by Paint, Petrol, and Pipes.

Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 6d

What is it with ChargeFox and their terrible, horrible, no good, very bad charging stations? I never have issues with any other provider.

Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 6d

Assuming for the time being I don't need a gastroscopy given I ate beetroot for dinner. This is a developing story.

Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 7d

I’ve had them home sick and dear lord it’s a full time job just reminding them to clean up after themselves

Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 7d

My job is like 80% reminding people to go talk to other people.

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Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 7d

I'm beginning to think school was invented at least in part to keep homes clean and tidy for longer

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Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 8d

"I could not be prouder to be a member of the Python Software Foundation today. The purpose of a system is what it does, and it is clear that the PSF understands this very well." — @daedalus.eigenmagic.com pivotnine.com/blog/python-sof...

Python Software Foundation Shows Everyone What Integrity Looks Like

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Jon Eaves @joneaves.bsky.social · 8d

Reconsidering my intense dislike of LLM use in businesses. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/a...

New image-generating AIs are being used for fake expense reports

Software provider AppZen said fake AI receipts accounted for about 14% of fraud attempts.

arstechnica.com

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Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 10d

This is what I did yesterday (although it was Jess who made the loaf)

Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 10d

If eating freshly baked homemade sourdough bread got you fit, I'd be the fittest person in the world.

Two loaves of bread straight from the oven, lovingly made by Jess

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 12d

The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'

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Image of the mechanical ladder outside the Louvre

Text below says WENN'S MAL WIEDER SCHNELL GEHEN MUSS (When you need to move fast)

Underneath is more German text which translates as "The Böcker Agilo transports your treasures weighing up to 400kg at 42m/min - quiet as a whisper."

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Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 12d

“The Fair Work Commission (FWC) earlier this week ruled that Westpac did not have reasonable grounds to refuse an employee’s request to work from home full-time.” ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

Westpac ordered to allow employee to WFH

Fair Work fires warning shot to bosses.

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Simon Harris @harukizaemon.com · 12d

When do we drop the "neo" and just accept they are Nazis?

Mr Sewell told the court that his copy of Mein Kampf — a political manifesto written by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler — had been confiscated, but that he required it as part of his preparations for the contested hearing.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 12d

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