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professional software contortionist. posts about food, books, cats, occasionally re/vr. [he/him]
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theonion.com
Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
Conservative Man Proudly Frightened Of Everything
FLOWER MOUND, TX—Condemning the “woke left” for what he called the “modern evisceration of masculinity,” local conservative man Hank Daniels confirmed Monday that he was never going to stop being prou...
theonion.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
australeo.executable.page
I mean I love Halo as much as the next person but this is getting ridiculous. Does anyone make new IP anymore?
October 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
A quick note about money and comedy and power.

www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
On a more serious note, Collins thinks the Riyadh lineup reflects something dire about both American politics and the bifurcated woke-versus-anti-woke comedy scene. Collins says there’s “a lot of money” behind enticing anti-woke comics to shill for the political project on the right. “I also like money, but I think getting hundreds of thousands of dollars to tell jokes for 10 minutes about ‘airline food is bad’ is actually illustrative of a much larger thing: The stuff that’s getting greenlit is not necessarily popular with the populace. It’s popular with rich people who are sick of being yelled at in the media. They are using some of these people as vehicles for whatever the comedy equivalent of greenwashing is.”
October 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
Isaac Chotiner interviews Cass Sunstein. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
= THE NEW YORKER ICO In terms of human rights, I've always found it a little bit puzzling, given what you write, and given who your wife is, that you two were so close to Henry Kissinger. Of all the pre-Trump political figures in America, he is the one I think of as in some ways the opposite of liberal, given his behavior toward the rest of the world. I'll tell you a story. I wrote a book a few years ago on Star Wars. We invited Dr. Kissinger to my Star Wars book party, and he said, "You wrote a book about Star Wars? Why'd you write a book about Star Wars?" He was puzzled and courteous, but really confused. And then he came to the book party, which was quite generous. He was a busy person. But, despite his busyness, he came to the book party. Yeah, and then I gave a talk on Star Wars, and he came up to me afterward and he said, "Oh, I see why you wrote a book on Star Wars. There's a lot there. It's, like, about families and it's about governments and freedom." The amount of curiosity and generosity that he showed was incomparable. I don't know anyone who showed that level of curiosity and generosity. And we really got into Star Wars. He just wanted to think about it. I know there are strong views about his career, and I'm hardly an expert on his career. But your wife is one of the great human-rights experts in the world. I asked you about him being anti-liberal, and your response was that he was very nice to you about your book. About Star Wars. It is certainly a touching story. But that's not totally an answer to the question. Yeah. Well, I don't know. What he would think of this book I'd love to know. But no second thoughts about being friends with him or anything? I feel generally very grateful for friendship, and he was, when I knew him, a person of immense kindness. Those who think of him as someone who was something horrible or worse, 1 don't know what to say about that. But you could have an opinion on it. You have an opinion on all kinds of things, right? Well, on him and his role in government, that's not something I've particularly studied, so I don't know. I know some people who think he was a horrible historic figure. They would say, "Would you be friends with Genghis Khan? Would you be friends with Stalin?" And I wouldn't be friends with Stalin, so I concede that. Well, the next time someone brings up a terrible anecdote about Cambodia or Vietnam, I will definitely drop the Star Wars story to show that people have two sides. Yeah. And I get those who think you shouldn't be friends with someone who did terrible things. I hear that. I can just say that he was, as a very large number of people would say, though many fewer would say it publicly, an extraordinarily generous friend. Professor, thank you so much for doing this. Great, thanks. If we go light on the Kissinger part, I wouldn't complain, because it could dwarf everything else. *
September 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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lizthegrey.com
For the first time: @honeycomb.io is hiring open roles in Australia!!! We have this senior role open as well as a mid-level role. job-boards.greenhouse.io/honeycomb/jo...

Once we fill these, we will have a thriving APAC team of 5 people: Field CTO, account exec, customer architect, and 2 support.
Senior Technical Support Engineer- AUS
Remote - Australia
job-boards.greenhouse.io
September 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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lizthegrey.com
Here's the context of the misleading graph that was circulating, with alt text:
Recent activity on GPT-4o-mini, tokens processed per day, sudden dip from 60B per day steady-state to 5B per day steady-state. red x drawn through with hand caption "Misleading"
August 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
Minneapolis!
breeminneapolis.bsky.social Bree 🇵🇸 @breeminneapolis.bsky.social · Aug 3
Anyone interested in adopting a bonded pair of sweet middle-aged kitties? Used to catsit for them and their owner has to unexpectedly move to Mexico due to a death in the family, and cannot take them. They're such sweeties I almost decided to take them, but my allergies just won't let me.
Two cats curled on their sides on a sidewalk. One is a tabby with a white face, and the other is half-white/half-tabby.
August 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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wib.bsky.social
In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine there is a species called the Vorta. They were genetically altered to be better serve their masters and, as such, had any sense of aesthetics removed. They were physiologically incapable of appreciating art.

They also apparently worked on this film.
culturecrave.co Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · Aug 1
'The Wizard of Oz' (1939) vs 'The Wizard of Oz at Sphere' (2025)

Over 90% of the film has been 'touched up' with AI
August 1, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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hacks4pancakes.com
Dragos just opened 21 positions in Australia, UK, and US/Canada. Not my team, not the hiring manager, but there is an array of roles
Dragos
job-boards.greenhouse.io
July 31, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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winterk.bsky.social
you're gonna wanna make sure your game is as friendly to payment processors as possible, something like an online casino that connects 10 year olds to 45 year old roleplaying partners
July 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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cheriepriest.com
So...I wrote a release day blog post (finally) and uh, it might not be what you were expecting but I'm kind of Going Through It over here right now, so here goes nothing. www.cheriepriest.com/blog/getting...
Getting Naked on Main: It Was Her House First — The Haunt*
I’m not gonna lie: I’ve been putting this off. It’s not like I didn’t know I had a book coming out today, and it’s not that I had better things to do with my time than tell you, the reading public, ab...
www.cheriepriest.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
australeo.executable.page
I didn’t know Tesla software was written in rust!
A screenshot from an FT news article reading: “It’s relatively easy to steal or mimic hardware IP,” says one person close to Tesla. “It’s almost impossible to reverse-engineer our software.”
July 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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wyrdscience.bsky.social
A photo of a terrible, terrible opinion piece /guest essay in some embarrassing quisling rag, probably the NY Times, titled "Is It Time to Stop Snubbing Your Right Wing Family?' above a painting of the Warhammer 40K (well technically 30K here) primarchs gathering for one of the only times most of them were together - and not trying to murder/sacrifice/forcibly ascend to daemonhood each other - at the triumph of Ullanor
July 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
australeo.executable.page
Spain: “we will achieve the required security posture without meeting NATO spending targets”
Also Spain:
July 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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whitequark.org
have any of you _ever_ encountered _any_ I2C devices that implement the Device ID (0b1111100) special address?

please RT for reach!
July 9, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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noah.ixnoah.live
when the nice indie software begins telling you to "supercharge your productivity" and a sparkle icon appears
man aiming gun while crying
July 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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donachaidh.bsky.social
Imagine being so depraved the *Chair in Professional Military Ethics* at one of your flagship academic institutions feels they have to resign or else violate their own code of honor.

I'm proud of you, @queenofthinair.bsky.social
A Military Ethics Professor Resigns in Protest
Over the course of several months, Pauline Shanks Kaurin concluded she no longer had the academic freedom necessary for doing her job.
www.theatlantic.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
australeo.executable.page
Congrats to NY! Glad to see some good news in my feed!
June 25, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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silverwingprime.bsky.social
Gm, lads
June 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
been saying this for like 3 years now, the core constituency of the "manosphere" is not Gen Z or teenage boys, it is 35-55 year old dudes who wish they were still teenage boys
therealimpasta.bsky.social The real impasta @therealimpasta.bsky.social · May 28
How do famous right-wing influencers actually poll with young men in 2025?

Rogan: 27% favorable, 35% unfavorable, 45% don't know/never heard of
Theo Von: 21% fav, 16% unfav, 55% dk
Andrew Tate: 12% fav, 47% unfav, 36% dk

Source: iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/5...
50th Edition - Spring 2025
A new national poll from the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School reveals a generation navigating financial hardship, frayed social bond
iop.harvard.edu
May 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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doczmail.bsky.social
If you are (or know someone) in central Iowa who might take in a very friendly older cat, please pass this along.

Reluctantly name-dropping @catsofyore.bsky.social in case some followers are in Iowa.

Thanks everyone
Adopt Tipper - a healthy 18 year old tuxedo cat whose owner is no longer able to care for her. Central Iowa area. Call (515) 233 6689 or email companionanimalcliniciowa@gmail.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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aurahack.ca
My 7000+ word blog about the Marathon closed alpha, which I played for about 20 hours. I walked away from it feeling very conflicted because it is simultaneously one of the insanely coolest things I've played, while also being one of the most frustratingly indecisive.

blog.aurahack.jp/marathon/
Marathon (Closed Alpha)
It’s probably a good sign that I can’t stop thinking about . Bungie, , is unrivaled at creating games with that certain spark that eludes everyone else....
blog.aurahack.jp
May 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
australeo.executable.page
on.ft.com/4iORNu0 Pegasus spyware creator ordered to pay WhatsApp $168mn for 2019 hack (No paywall) | Some interesting tidbits about their budget in here
Pegasus spyware creator ordered to pay WhatsApp $168mn for 2019 hack
NSO Group could be exposed to liability from other technology groups for exploiting their platforms’ vulnerabilities
on.ft.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM