Adam Avenir
@adamavenir.com
weaponized audhd, people-loving idiot of the Myshkin variety
working on llm stuff, local civics / citizen journalism projects
prev co/founded: Code4rena • &yet
@tumbleweird.bsky.social publisher
#1 fan of @sarahavenir.bsky.social
he/him/goms 🏳️⚧️ 🔱
working on llm stuff, local civics / citizen journalism projects
prev co/founded: Code4rena • &yet
@tumbleweird.bsky.social publisher
#1 fan of @sarahavenir.bsky.social
he/him/goms 🏳️⚧️ 🔱
Extremely unfortunately for USA, democrats are screwed nationally unless progressives stop sounding like moral fundamentalists.
Living outside the bubble makes it tragically clear how centrists moved right.
I say this as a trans parent, progressive newspaper publisher, and proactive citizen. 🏳️⚧️ 💙
Living outside the bubble makes it tragically clear how centrists moved right.
I say this as a trans parent, progressive newspaper publisher, and proactive citizen. 🏳️⚧️ 💙
November 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Extremely unfortunately for USA, democrats are screwed nationally unless progressives stop sounding like moral fundamentalists.
Living outside the bubble makes it tragically clear how centrists moved right.
I say this as a trans parent, progressive newspaper publisher, and proactive citizen. 🏳️⚧️ 💙
Living outside the bubble makes it tragically clear how centrists moved right.
I say this as a trans parent, progressive newspaper publisher, and proactive citizen. 🏳️⚧️ 💙
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The baseball game will continue until morale improves.
October 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The baseball game will continue until morale improves.
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Several of these extra innings could have been emails
October 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Several of these extra innings could have been emails
writes on resume
“over 40 years of machine learning experience”
thinks
“heh it’s true because I am a learning machine baby”
laughs to self silently
returns to stasis
“over 40 years of machine learning experience”
thinks
“heh it’s true because I am a learning machine baby”
laughs to self silently
returns to stasis
August 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
writes on resume
“over 40 years of machine learning experience”
thinks
“heh it’s true because I am a learning machine baby”
laughs to self silently
returns to stasis
“over 40 years of machine learning experience”
thinks
“heh it’s true because I am a learning machine baby”
laughs to self silently
returns to stasis
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This is a demo that shows forging a JWT and getting the information for a random Cursor based on an user_id I found committed to GitHub.
May 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is a demo that shows forging a JWT and getting the information for a random Cursor based on an user_id I found committed to GitHub.
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Blown away by how great @polypane.app is, but even more impressed with the support level Kilian provides. A++++++
Instantly converted to paid customer after just a couple days using it. polypane.app
Instantly converted to paid customer after just a couple days using it. polypane.app
Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
A stand-alone browser and devtool with everything you need to build better responsive, accessible and performant web sites and web apps in less time.
polypane.app
April 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Blown away by how great @polypane.app is, but even more impressed with the support level Kilian provides. A++++++
Instantly converted to paid customer after just a couple days using it. polypane.app
Instantly converted to paid customer after just a couple days using it. polypane.app
Discovered Ottoneu this week.
Can't believe I've been playing fantasy baseball 15 years and only now checked it out. Putting a league together now.
This has a nice summary of what makes it so great:
www.armchairroto.com/post/you-sho...
@nivshah.com has incredible economic mechanism design skills
Can't believe I've been playing fantasy baseball 15 years and only now checked it out. Putting a league together now.
This has a nice summary of what makes it so great:
www.armchairroto.com/post/you-sho...
@nivshah.com has incredible economic mechanism design skills
You Should Play Ottoneu
I love the NFBC. The games, the competition, and the general all-around service make it pretty much an unrivaled fantasy platform. But if I was married to the NFBC and allowed a polygamous fantasy bas...
www.armchairroto.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Discovered Ottoneu this week.
Can't believe I've been playing fantasy baseball 15 years and only now checked it out. Putting a league together now.
This has a nice summary of what makes it so great:
www.armchairroto.com/post/you-sho...
@nivshah.com has incredible economic mechanism design skills
Can't believe I've been playing fantasy baseball 15 years and only now checked it out. Putting a league together now.
This has a nice summary of what makes it so great:
www.armchairroto.com/post/you-sho...
@nivshah.com has incredible economic mechanism design skills
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I like using guide dogs as an analogy for how assistive technology users are used to working with unreliable tools!
March 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I like using guide dogs as an analogy for how assistive technology users are used to working with unreliable tools!
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I got fed up of posting the same comment every time the topic of LLM hallucinations in code comes up (short version: they don't matter because you'll spot them the second you try to run the code) - so I've turned that comment into a longer form blog post […]
Original post on fedi.simonwillison.net
fedi.simonwillison.net
March 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I got fed up of posting the same comment every time the topic of LLM hallucinations in code comes up (short version: they don't matter because you'll spot them the second you try to run the code) - so I've turned that comment into a longer form blog post […]
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literally every time I talk to friends
March 1, 2025 at 6:15 AM
literally every time I talk to friends
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This is tragic. Anyone who was familiar with 18F knows those were some of the real heroes of government, who helped make government tech/digital services better for the public.
They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do.
They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do.
18F, a digital services unit inside the General Services Administration, has been completely laid off, according to an email I’ve seen. The email says that 18F was deemed “non-critical” and the decision was made with the “explicit” direction of the administration and GSA leadership.
March 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This is tragic. Anyone who was familiar with 18F knows those were some of the real heroes of government, who helped make government tech/digital services better for the public.
They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do.
They were doing real work that DOGE pretends to do, but is too ignorant to know how to do.
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Our game launches today!
If you have a Panic Playdate, you can grab it right now in the official catalog: play.date/games/carte-...
And if you don't, and you want to take the game into the physical realm, you can get a deck of cards here: shop.howseven.com/products/dec...
If you have a Panic Playdate, you can grab it right now in the official catalog: play.date/games/carte-...
And if you don't, and you want to take the game into the physical realm, you can get a deck of cards here: shop.howseven.com/products/dec...
(Pre-order) Deck of Cards
Once you're done practicing with Blanche, take your newly-earned skills on the go with this physical deck of cards. Share your love of card games with family and friends. Designed to match the style o...
shop.howseven.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Our game launches today!
If you have a Panic Playdate, you can grab it right now in the official catalog: play.date/games/carte-...
And if you don't, and you want to take the game into the physical realm, you can get a deck of cards here: shop.howseven.com/products/dec...
If you have a Panic Playdate, you can grab it right now in the official catalog: play.date/games/carte-...
And if you don't, and you want to take the game into the physical realm, you can get a deck of cards here: shop.howseven.com/products/dec...
I am going to bribe every sound tech at “patriotic” events to play this version and juuuust wait for the amazing delayed payoff 47 seconds in
youtu.be/Bf3e9Cl1-Bs?...
youtu.be/Bf3e9Cl1-Bs?...
God Bless You Canada - Lee Greenwood
YouTube video by Canadian Blue Jay
youtu.be
February 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I am going to bribe every sound tech at “patriotic” events to play this version and juuuust wait for the amazing delayed payoff 47 seconds in
youtu.be/Bf3e9Cl1-Bs?...
youtu.be/Bf3e9Cl1-Bs?...
Easily one of the best real love albums recorded. Absolute gem.
Father John Misty's 'I Love You, Honeybear' turns 10 this Sunday. A look back:
Father John Misty's 'I Love You, Honeybear' Turns 10
By the time his mid-thirties loomed, Josh Tillman had been multiple people already. An evangelical upbringing precipitated a crash landing in Seattle, working dead-end jobs while releasing melancholic...
www.stereogum.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Easily one of the best real love albums recorded. Absolute gem.
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
Section 1983 civil suits are probably the only thing left between us and 1984 at this point
Section 1983 civil suits are probably the only thing left between us and 1984 at this point
42 U.S. Code § 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights
www.law.cornell.edu
February 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
Section 1983 civil suits are probably the only thing left between us and 1984 at this point
Section 1983 civil suits are probably the only thing left between us and 1984 at this point
“autocracy” isn’t a synonym for “self driving government”
February 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“autocracy” isn’t a synonym for “self driving government”
“PayPal mafia” rings a little different these days
February 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“PayPal mafia” rings a little different these days
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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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This is a good paragraph.
February 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This is a good paragraph.
in these dark times, please remember that even the world-famous and fabulously wealthy are suffering
January 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
in these dark times, please remember that even the world-famous and fabulously wealthy are suffering
The future of knowledge work is decision work.
People who think AI will make knowledge work obsolete forget that every decision of substance has tradeoffs.
People who think AI will make knowledge work obsolete forget that every decision of substance has tradeoffs.
January 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The future of knowledge work is decision work.
People who think AI will make knowledge work obsolete forget that every decision of substance has tradeoffs.
People who think AI will make knowledge work obsolete forget that every decision of substance has tradeoffs.
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Like, without actual software management experience, the folks making the decisions think the code part is hard, and the people part is easy, and that AI can just bampf away the pain points.
January 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Like, without actual software management experience, the folks making the decisions think the code part is hard, and the people part is easy, and that AI can just bampf away the pain points.