eric shamow
@botmatrix.myatproto.social
Engineering leadership, usually. People over technology, always
I used to be @eshamow on the Twitters
married to someone smarter than me
they/them
I used to be @eshamow on the Twitters
married to someone smarter than me
they/them
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eric shamow
@botmatrix.myatproto.social
· Oct 28
Whooooo ok so I know I have a lot of new followers so maybe I need to say it
I'm Jewish, I'm anti-Zionist. I believe there is a genocide in Gaza, and I do believe Israel is an apartheid state.
None of that speaks to the conditions of Jews outside Israel or antisemitism as opposed to anti-Zionism
I'm Jewish, I'm anti-Zionist. I believe there is a genocide in Gaza, and I do believe Israel is an apartheid state.
None of that speaks to the conditions of Jews outside Israel or antisemitism as opposed to anti-Zionism
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He ran out of money before the completion unfortunately, but basically it exists because some dude had a dream about a dove-shaped place of worship that he interpreted as God telling him to build a place of worship open to anyone of anything faith
Gereja Ayam - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:17 AM
He ran out of money before the completion unfortunately, but basically it exists because some dude had a dream about a dove-shaped place of worship that he interpreted as God telling him to build a place of worship open to anyone of anything faith
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Someone delivered these limes to our flat, addressed to "Paulo and Nadine" along with the below note. Presumably Paulo and Nadine never got that message and no fucking up occurred. Terribly sad.
November 30, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Someone delivered these limes to our flat, addressed to "Paulo and Nadine" along with the below note. Presumably Paulo and Nadine never got that message and no fucking up occurred. Terribly sad.
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Someone in our neighbourhood crucified a masked Elmo. The intended meaning of this remains obscure.
November 30, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Someone in our neighbourhood crucified a masked Elmo. The intended meaning of this remains obscure.
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Do you follow me and have no clue what an mst3k is?
Well...What if silly scifi framing device for riffing on awful movies?
Bear in mind this show started in the 90s, so only seasons 11 onward have uh...more modern sensibilities for jokes. But otherwise, pick a cheesy movie that sounds intriguing!
Well...What if silly scifi framing device for riffing on awful movies?
Bear in mind this show started in the 90s, so only seasons 11 onward have uh...more modern sensibilities for jokes. But otherwise, pick a cheesy movie that sounds intriguing!
The Netflix MST3Ks have escaped and are now on YouTube!
youtu.be/beJMHZlgtz8?...
youtu.be/beJMHZlgtz8?...
MSK3K 1102: Cry Wilderness
YouTube video by MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Do you follow me and have no clue what an mst3k is?
Well...What if silly scifi framing device for riffing on awful movies?
Bear in mind this show started in the 90s, so only seasons 11 onward have uh...more modern sensibilities for jokes. But otherwise, pick a cheesy movie that sounds intriguing!
Well...What if silly scifi framing device for riffing on awful movies?
Bear in mind this show started in the 90s, so only seasons 11 onward have uh...more modern sensibilities for jokes. But otherwise, pick a cheesy movie that sounds intriguing!
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I think a big thing I struggle with, and something that is an important thing for people of my generation to attempt to understand, is separating toxic nostalgia from knowledge of the actual ways in which American life has gotten appreciably worse in my lifetime
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I think a big thing I struggle with, and something that is an important thing for people of my generation to attempt to understand, is separating toxic nostalgia from knowledge of the actual ways in which American life has gotten appreciably worse in my lifetime
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If I ever have a Lair it will look like this.
This is my Avengers tower
This is my Avengers tower
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
If I ever have a Lair it will look like this.
This is my Avengers tower
This is my Avengers tower
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A family legend implicates my great-great uncles in a death (legend claims accident, but circumstances suggest manslaughter at the very least) in early 20th century eastern Oklahoma. I've tried to find unsolved deaths in that range but been unsuccessful. Anyone know relevant local historians?
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A family legend implicates my great-great uncles in a death (legend claims accident, but circumstances suggest manslaughter at the very least) in early 20th century eastern Oklahoma. I've tried to find unsolved deaths in that range but been unsuccessful. Anyone know relevant local historians?
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The angry sick person answer I have to this is it was pretty charming when other people cared if I lived or died.
The fun Jessica answer is the night my husband and I found an hour and a half long video on Amazon that was just vintage movie theater ads, and watched it in total rapture.
The fun Jessica answer is the night my husband and I found an hour and a half long video on Amazon that was just vintage movie theater ads, and watched it in total rapture.
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The angry sick person answer I have to this is it was pretty charming when other people cared if I lived or died.
The fun Jessica answer is the night my husband and I found an hour and a half long video on Amazon that was just vintage movie theater ads, and watched it in total rapture.
The fun Jessica answer is the night my husband and I found an hour and a half long video on Amazon that was just vintage movie theater ads, and watched it in total rapture.
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painful question to those of us still living largely in covid caution isolation
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
painful question to those of us still living largely in covid caution isolation
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I don’t mean this to contradict you but to add on: I’d argue that rich white kids already knew that.
Every kid in America is learning that it's perfectly okay to call people names and never face any consequences. This is all Donald Trump's doing.
November 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I don’t mean this to contradict you but to add on: I’d argue that rich white kids already knew that.
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as ever they don't start caring until you embarrass the lads
The pretty simple fact of the matter is that Weinstein was the only true “casualty” of MeToo in Hollywood, and that is solely because he was a bully to men too and everyone pounced on the excuse to oust him. If he’d nicer to directors and male stars he’d still be free and working.
I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?
November 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
as ever they don't start caring until you embarrass the lads
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NO ONE WANTS THIS BUT THE BOSSES
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
NO ONE WANTS THIS BUT THE BOSSES
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“Cancellation limbo”: when you’re definitely not cancelled but not as celebrated as you used to be. This is one reason why “cancel culture” discourse is so tiresome: a lot of people are using it to mean “my life was affected in some negative way by my actions”
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“Cancellation limbo”: when you’re definitely not cancelled but not as celebrated as you used to be. This is one reason why “cancel culture” discourse is so tiresome: a lot of people are using it to mean “my life was affected in some negative way by my actions”
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
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he's being turned into a pastry before our eyes
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
he's being turned into a pastry before our eyes
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my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
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PENTAGON PIZZA TRACKER ISNT REAL PENTAGON PIZZA TRACKER ISNT REAL PENTAGON PIZZA TRACKER ISNT REAL PENTAGON PIZZA TRACKER ISNT REAL PENTAGON PIZZA TRACKER ISNT REAL
November 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
PENTAGON PIZZA TRACKER ISNT REAL PENTAGON PIZZA TRACKER ISNT REAL PENTAGON PIZZA TRACKER ISNT REAL PENTAGON PIZZA TRACKER ISNT REAL PENTAGON PIZZA TRACKER ISNT REAL
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That old idea we all had in college that if we could just dose the wealthy with the right drugs they’d learn empathy has been thoroughly debunked by Joe Rogan and the MAHA billionaires.
November 30, 2025 at 12:19 AM
That old idea we all had in college that if we could just dose the wealthy with the right drugs they’d learn empathy has been thoroughly debunked by Joe Rogan and the MAHA billionaires.
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For the love of God, please read and share this FAQ on what powers local government has over the ICE permit
Here is a FAQ sheet that will clarify what Portland City Council does and doesn't have power to do in relation to revoking the Macadam ICE permit.
TL;DR:
(1) CC cannot unilaterally revoke the ICE permit;
(2) CC cannot lean on PP&D to do it;
(3) the CC is exercising its authority in other ways.
TL;DR:
(1) CC cannot unilaterally revoke the ICE permit;
(2) CC cannot lean on PP&D to do it;
(3) the CC is exercising its authority in other ways.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
For the love of God, please read and share this FAQ on what powers local government has over the ICE permit
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Here is a FAQ sheet that will clarify what Portland City Council does and doesn't have power to do in relation to revoking the Macadam ICE permit.
TL;DR:
(1) CC cannot unilaterally revoke the ICE permit;
(2) CC cannot lean on PP&D to do it;
(3) the CC is exercising its authority in other ways.
TL;DR:
(1) CC cannot unilaterally revoke the ICE permit;
(2) CC cannot lean on PP&D to do it;
(3) the CC is exercising its authority in other ways.
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Here is a FAQ sheet that will clarify what Portland City Council does and doesn't have power to do in relation to revoking the Macadam ICE permit.
TL;DR:
(1) CC cannot unilaterally revoke the ICE permit;
(2) CC cannot lean on PP&D to do it;
(3) the CC is exercising its authority in other ways.
TL;DR:
(1) CC cannot unilaterally revoke the ICE permit;
(2) CC cannot lean on PP&D to do it;
(3) the CC is exercising its authority in other ways.
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When even mayonnaise is just too spicy...
November 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
When even mayonnaise is just too spicy...
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And it doesn’t even seem like we can turn off the new “quality” filters as far as I can tell. I’ve missed several replies that were hidden on my behalf
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And it doesn’t even seem like we can turn off the new “quality” filters as far as I can tell. I’ve missed several replies that were hidden on my behalf
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I'm still shocked that the 4 papers from these companies that show this whole approach is mathematically DOA for the singularity haven't already got VCs shook & the bubble popped. Did my part writing up why I think this, but what do I know, I only used to work in that research vertical:
» Surrounded By Asymptotes: 4 Papers Showing LLMs & DNNs Won’t Become AGI | Karl Olson
karlrolson.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I'm still shocked that the 4 papers from these companies that show this whole approach is mathematically DOA for the singularity haven't already got VCs shook & the bubble popped. Did my part writing up why I think this, but what do I know, I only used to work in that research vertical:
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incredible this is still up tbh: blog.x.com/engineering/...
The META team (not to be confused with Meta) did incredible work
The META team (not to be confused with Meta) did incredible work
Sharing learnings about our image cropping algorithm
Twitter shares a technical analysis of its assessment for potential bias in its image cropping algorithm as part of its efforts to be more transparent around how it uses machine learning to improve pe
blog.x.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
incredible this is still up tbh: blog.x.com/engineering/...
The META team (not to be confused with Meta) did incredible work
The META team (not to be confused with Meta) did incredible work
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someone sent me this because of my recent choice not to be upsold on a $40 ai looking at my mammogram and - again - it’s not bc i am against ai for this - this should be where we innovate in tech! it’s my lack of trust in the companies selling it to us at the counter today
November 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
someone sent me this because of my recent choice not to be upsold on a $40 ai looking at my mammogram and - again - it’s not bc i am against ai for this - this should be where we innovate in tech! it’s my lack of trust in the companies selling it to us at the counter today