Andrew Langmead
@alangmead.bsky.social
Software Architect at a large financial firm. Probably slightly geekier than the general population, but you can sure outdo me whatever topics you are into.
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I was approached by a lady outside the gym today while parking my bike. She was likely in her 70s. She had such great questions about the bike and then proceeded to tell me about her ebike.
She told me that she rode over 600 miles on it last year and was so proud of herself. She was so happy.
She told me that she rode over 600 miles on it last year and was so proud of herself. She was so happy.
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I was approached by a lady outside the gym today while parking my bike. She was likely in her 70s. She had such great questions about the bike and then proceeded to tell me about her ebike.
She told me that she rode over 600 miles on it last year and was so proud of herself. She was so happy.
She told me that she rode over 600 miles on it last year and was so proud of herself. She was so happy.
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Just two foot?
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Just two foot?
In all these new discussions of Epstein, I'm not hearing about the MIT Media Lab anymore. Is it that other participants are more interesting? Or that nothing is new over what we learned so far?
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In all these new discussions of Epstein, I'm not hearing about the MIT Media Lab anymore. Is it that other participants are more interesting? Or that nothing is new over what we learned so far?
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This is the funniest possible image to be an alt text scold about
Here’s that image with alt text.
Without it, blind & low-vision people are excluded from accessing what you post, since screen-readers generally cannot do images (even images of text).
Also, search & mute words cover alt text, so it lets people find or avoid your post if they want to.
Without it, blind & low-vision people are excluded from accessing what you post, since screen-readers generally cannot do images (even images of text).
Also, search & mute words cover alt text, so it lets people find or avoid your post if they want to.
November 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This is the funniest possible image to be an alt text scold about
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Counterintuitive: the DFL is run by people who have no idea what it's like to live in an urban area.
Turned away from the MN DFL event due to a bag policy that didn’t appear anywhere in the invitation.
The suggestion was to put my bag in my car. I took the bus
I’m curious how many people were turned away due to other bags (bike bags, groceries, diaper bags) and didn’t have storage options
The suggestion was to put my bag in my car. I took the bus
I’m curious how many people were turned away due to other bags (bike bags, groceries, diaper bags) and didn’t have storage options
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Counterintuitive: the DFL is run by people who have no idea what it's like to live in an urban area.
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ouroboreos
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
ouroboreos
During Trump's first term, I occasionally commented that his ideas of immigration enforcement were misguided. Most people in this country unauthorized just overstay visas. A border wall and patrol won't interact with them.
Seems they took that complaint in, and the redirected effort is worse
Seems they took that complaint in, and the redirected effort is worse
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
During Trump's first term, I occasionally commented that his ideas of immigration enforcement were misguided. Most people in this country unauthorized just overstay visas. A border wall and patrol won't interact with them.
Seems they took that complaint in, and the redirected effort is worse
Seems they took that complaint in, and the redirected effort is worse
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And I still think that you can't really understand the explosion in popularity of LLMs without reckoning with the reckless, wholesale strip mining of internet search that precedes them.
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
And I still think that you can't really understand the explosion in popularity of LLMs without reckoning with the reckless, wholesale strip mining of internet search that precedes them.
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Sheldon remind me when did Chuck Schumer fight united with the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Sheldon remind me when did Chuck Schumer fight united with the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York
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If a "strong economy" can coincide with—or indeed create—record homelessness and insecurity, then maybe it's time for a change in terminology.
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
If a "strong economy" can coincide with—or indeed create—record homelessness and insecurity, then maybe it's time for a change in terminology.
People seem to minimize some of the environment that Forrester was fighting against at the time (laws prohibiting bicycling on streets, leading to no way of traveling except cars) but his work to prohibit bicycle specific infrastructure set the US back for decades
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
People seem to minimize some of the environment that Forrester was fighting against at the time (laws prohibiting bicycling on streets, leading to no way of traveling except cars) but his work to prohibit bicycle specific infrastructure set the US back for decades
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...
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The full clip may be even worse. He explains that it “didn’t work” bc Trump took advantage of it to do a bunch of unlawful things. This is the same elite cowardice that has gotten us exactly nowhere. “Gosh, Trump is breaking the law and hurting people. Guess we’d better cave.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The full clip may be even worse. He explains that it “didn’t work” bc Trump took advantage of it to do a bunch of unlawful things. This is the same elite cowardice that has gotten us exactly nowhere. “Gosh, Trump is breaking the law and hurting people. Guess we’d better cave.”
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The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
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On the left, Alan Turing’s 1950 paper introducing the imitation game, where he says that using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent is absurd.
On the right, yesterday’s NYT opinion piece using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent.
🧪🤖
On the right, yesterday’s NYT opinion piece using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent.
🧪🤖
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
On the left, Alan Turing’s 1950 paper introducing the imitation game, where he says that using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent is absurd.
On the right, yesterday’s NYT opinion piece using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent.
🧪🤖
On the right, yesterday’s NYT opinion piece using public polling as a guide to whether machines are intelligent.
🧪🤖
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Btw this is what the term "emotional labor" was originally coined to describe.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Btw this is what the term "emotional labor" was originally coined to describe.
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In my brief time as an op-ed editor (<year), Brettbug Stephens argued Ashkenazis might be genetically superior, & Tom Cotton called for violence against George Floyd protestors. Some of us were constantly pushing back. I met with Sulzberger multiple times. Lip service was given, nothing changed.
A lot of nyt folks, me among them, believed we could change the culture and the coverage from the inside. That by working within channels, we could convince the leadership of its obligation to cover trans ppl fairly.
In hindsight I’ve come to think I was naive.
In hindsight I’ve come to think I was naive.
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In my brief time as an op-ed editor (<year), Brettbug Stephens argued Ashkenazis might be genetically superior, & Tom Cotton called for violence against George Floyd protestors. Some of us were constantly pushing back. I met with Sulzberger multiple times. Lip service was given, nothing changed.
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Me on my bike
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Me on my bike
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Sidewalks shouldn’t stop for side streets, pass it on
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Sidewalks shouldn’t stop for side streets, pass it on
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Remember, gang, if you’re yelling insults at ICE, stick to things that will be deeply humiliating if they’re read aloud in court. Consider “Your parents only love you out of obligation, not because they like you,” “l bet you jerk off to the Teletubbies” and of course, the Yo Mama joke.
It's not just here but in some charged threat cases where DOJ is treating, "you're a Nazi" or "you're a fascist" as a threat rather than a reasonable observation.
From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
November 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Remember, gang, if you’re yelling insults at ICE, stick to things that will be deeply humiliating if they’re read aloud in court. Consider “Your parents only love you out of obligation, not because they like you,” “l bet you jerk off to the Teletubbies” and of course, the Yo Mama joke.
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Hamilton City Hall hosts a gruesome statue to commemorate victims of industrial accidents.
I'll wager there is no comparable "victims of desk jobs" statue anywhere in the world.
Manual labor kills.
I'll wager there is no comparable "victims of desk jobs" statue anywhere in the world.
Manual labor kills.
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Hamilton City Hall hosts a gruesome statue to commemorate victims of industrial accidents.
I'll wager there is no comparable "victims of desk jobs" statue anywhere in the world.
Manual labor kills.
I'll wager there is no comparable "victims of desk jobs" statue anywhere in the world.
Manual labor kills.
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It’s worth considering how an Andrew Cuomo mayoralty would objectively be a disaster and everybody knows it—especially his backers. But they don’t give a shit about the day after, only thwarting the rise of any potential alternative. A striking demonstration of the nihilism of the political centre.
October 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
It’s worth considering how an Andrew Cuomo mayoralty would objectively be a disaster and everybody knows it—especially his backers. But they don’t give a shit about the day after, only thwarting the rise of any potential alternative. A striking demonstration of the nihilism of the political centre.
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When I say "I have a conflict with this meeting" I do not mean that I have another meeting at the same time.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
When I say "I have a conflict with this meeting" I do not mean that I have another meeting at the same time.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.
What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.