Calvo Fairy Wrangler
@khicksefficient.bsky.social
Every morning I cast my neural nets into the sea, and every evening I gather big data to feed my many children and/or shareholders
I like that Air Force jets “scramble”. Other parts of the military should get fun verbs
August 30, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I like that Air Force jets “scramble”. Other parts of the military should get fun verbs
Not at home, not at work, but at a secret third place
July 25, 2023 at 5:27 PM
Not at home, not at work, but at a secret third place
This is a great skeet. We should really give it up for @profmusgrave.bsky.social And for everyone else who posts!
July 3, 2023 at 2:10 PM
This is a great skeet. We should really give it up for @profmusgrave.bsky.social And for everyone else who posts!
Exceedingly clear that for many early Bluesky users, their objection to the police isn’t that they bind one group and protect another, it’s that they merely disagree on which groups to protect and which to bind.
July 2, 2023 at 3:41 PM
Exceedingly clear that for many early Bluesky users, their objection to the police isn’t that they bind one group and protect another, it’s that they merely disagree on which groups to protect and which to bind.
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It feels to me that if you define “kinder and gentler” as “harasses people that i think are bad”, you’ve just described a place where your ingroup is more popular. I think expecting your cultural allies/near allies to only harass people who you think “deserve it” is asking for trouble.
July 2, 2023 at 3:35 PM
It feels to me that if you define “kinder and gentler” as “harasses people that i think are bad”, you’ve just described a place where your ingroup is more popular. I think expecting your cultural allies/near allies to only harass people who you think “deserve it” is asking for trouble.
On the one hand, the 2010s-era internet is rapidly collapsing (not just Twitter - Google, Facebook, Reddit, etc).
OTOH, can anyone truly say that the last decade of the internet was an altogether successful experiment?
OTOH, can anyone truly say that the last decade of the internet was an altogether successful experiment?
July 2, 2023 at 5:46 AM
On the one hand, the 2010s-era internet is rapidly collapsing (not just Twitter - Google, Facebook, Reddit, etc).
OTOH, can anyone truly say that the last decade of the internet was an altogether successful experiment?
OTOH, can anyone truly say that the last decade of the internet was an altogether successful experiment?
Living in China in the 1980s?
You’re procreate limited
You’re procreate limited
Broken wrist?
You’re masturbate limited
You’re masturbate limited
July 2, 2023 at 5:41 AM
Living in China in the 1980s?
You’re procreate limited
You’re procreate limited
- Simone de Beauvoir, 1949
no idea why everyone not male doesn't just transition to male (the main character gender)
May 10, 2023 at 10:05 PM
- Simone de Beauvoir, 1949
Tbh the biggest reason BlueSky needs more clusters of users is because the backpatting viral posts about how BlueSky is the best site ever are extremely annoying.
May 6, 2023 at 3:17 PM
Tbh the biggest reason BlueSky needs more clusters of users is because the backpatting viral posts about how BlueSky is the best site ever are extremely annoying.
I can think of at least one person on BlueSky who is going to be very upset by this news https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/05/health/who-ends-covid-health-emergency/index.html
WHO says Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency | CNN
Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
edition.cnn.com
May 5, 2023 at 2:22 PM
I can think of at least one person on BlueSky who is going to be very upset by this news https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/05/health/who-ends-covid-health-emergency/index.html
TPOT isn’t that esoteric guys, it’s just people who can articulate the tone/lore distinctions between SSC and ACX
May 3, 2023 at 6:26 AM
TPOT isn’t that esoteric guys, it’s just people who can articulate the tone/lore distinctions between SSC and ACX
I will continue blocking until the algorithm becomes good again; this is my cargo cult
May 3, 2023 at 5:24 AM
I will continue blocking until the algorithm becomes good again; this is my cargo cult
We should publicize invite chains, so I can block whoever invites the annoying accounts
May 2, 2023 at 8:24 PM
We should publicize invite chains, so I can block whoever invites the annoying accounts
Could God create a take so spicy even he couldn’t reskeet it?
May 2, 2023 at 5:45 PM
Could God create a take so spicy even he couldn’t reskeet it?
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Twitter is interesting because it was a case study in maximum connectivity. Twitter was all about building Bridges, with very few ways of effectively disconnecting.
I think the better visual metaphor for the ideal social media site is the drawbridge: a thing that can *both* connect, *and* protect
I think the better visual metaphor for the ideal social media site is the drawbridge: a thing that can *both* connect, *and* protect
I don’t disagree, but I think guardrails between communities that constantly fight are good if we want to reduce toxicity. It’s good for engagement, but it’s not good for civility that the 5 largest NIMBY/YIMBY accounts spend all day attacking each other.
May 2, 2023 at 4:56 PM
Twitter is interesting because it was a case study in maximum connectivity. Twitter was all about building Bridges, with very few ways of effectively disconnecting.
I think the better visual metaphor for the ideal social media site is the drawbridge: a thing that can *both* connect, *and* protect
I think the better visual metaphor for the ideal social media site is the drawbridge: a thing that can *both* connect, *and* protect
Ironic that I’m doing it here - I feel like the worst element of Twitter in terms of rewarding bad behavior is the Quote Tweet system encouraging dunks. It does have uses - like here - but I think a system where an OP has to approve any QT would dramatically reduce “dunks” as a way to gain clout.
Status-seeking is just sort of built-in to social media. The real question for the long-term viability of this website is: are the ways that you gain status here fundamentally different than the ways you gain status on Twitter?
May 2, 2023 at 4:36 PM
Ironic that I’m doing it here - I feel like the worst element of Twitter in terms of rewarding bad behavior is the Quote Tweet system encouraging dunks. It does have uses - like here - but I think a system where an OP has to approve any QT would dramatically reduce “dunks” as a way to gain clout.
I’ve unlocked the Block button and am trigger happy to try it out. Like a poacher on the Savannah, I have to find the worst skeet on this website
May 2, 2023 at 3:40 PM
I’ve unlocked the Block button and am trigger happy to try it out. Like a poacher on the Savannah, I have to find the worst skeet on this website
This building is still in litigation hell, because of course it is
May 2, 2023 at 3:31 PM
This building is still in litigation hell, because of course it is
Born too early for TikTok, born too late for AOL chat, born just on time to get first mover advantage on the popular Twitter clone.
May 2, 2023 at 5:20 AM
Born too early for TikTok, born too late for AOL chat, born just on time to get first mover advantage on the popular Twitter clone.
We need some extremely old discourse, so please EconTwitter - do banks lend excess reserves?
May 2, 2023 at 1:59 AM
We need some extremely old discourse, so please EconTwitter - do banks lend excess reserves?
The best case scenario for Bluesky is honestly just, “Twitter as of 2021”. The non-Musk problems of Twitter - ambiguous moderation, drive by hate-mobs, feuding social groups - are endemic to the porous and person-first (rather than topic-first) structure of the platform.
May 1, 2023 at 8:06 PM
The best case scenario for Bluesky is honestly just, “Twitter as of 2021”. The non-Musk problems of Twitter - ambiguous moderation, drive by hate-mobs, feuding social groups - are endemic to the porous and person-first (rather than topic-first) structure of the platform.
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EconTwitter needs to interact more on BlueSky so we are legible on the social graph.
cc @neoliberal.bsky.social @bengolub.bsky.social @skandaamarnath.bsky.social @wojtek.kopczuk.com @prestonmui.bsky.social @alexwilliams.bsky.social @liz.rip
cc @neoliberal.bsky.social @bengolub.bsky.social @skandaamarnath.bsky.social @wojtek.kopczuk.com @prestonmui.bsky.social @alexwilliams.bsky.social @liz.rip
May 1, 2023 at 7:24 PM
EconTwitter needs to interact more on BlueSky so we are legible on the social graph.
cc @neoliberal.bsky.social @bengolub.bsky.social @skandaamarnath.bsky.social @wojtek.kopczuk.com @prestonmui.bsky.social @alexwilliams.bsky.social @liz.rip
cc @neoliberal.bsky.social @bengolub.bsky.social @skandaamarnath.bsky.social @wojtek.kopczuk.com @prestonmui.bsky.social @alexwilliams.bsky.social @liz.rip
Tbh learning there isn’t a block button is the most compelling reason to not use Bluesky. Many people are plainly not interesting to engage with!
April 28, 2023 at 4:21 AM
Tbh learning there isn’t a block button is the most compelling reason to not use Bluesky. Many people are plainly not interesting to engage with!
Finally, a place for even more obscure and arcane takes
April 15, 2023 at 5:18 AM
Finally, a place for even more obscure and arcane takes