Bruce Appelt
@bruceappelt.bsky.social
Pittsburgh IT “professional”. Trying to make the world a better place.
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
April 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
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Absolutely love @petebuttigieg.bsky.social ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
March 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Absolutely love @petebuttigieg.bsky.social ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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could someone who knows Adam Serwer IRL let us know if he's doing OK? his account disappeared from Bluesky.
March 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
could someone who knows Adam Serwer IRL let us know if he's doing OK? his account disappeared from Bluesky.
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March 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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is this a court hearing or someone explaining what happens to Superman in sunlight 😭
Boasberg: So the president's foreign-affairs power exists once the plane crosses but not before that?
US: That's when his power is at its strongest
Boasberg: The president has extra powers over a plane once it's crossed into international territory?
US: That's when his power is at its strongest
Boasberg: The president has extra powers over a plane once it's crossed into international territory?
March 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
is this a court hearing or someone explaining what happens to Superman in sunlight 😭
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Boasberg: So the president's foreign-affairs power exists once the plane crosses but not before that?
US: That's when his power is at its strongest
Boasberg: The president has extra powers over a plane once it's crossed into international territory?
US: That's when his power is at its strongest
Boasberg: The president has extra powers over a plane once it's crossed into international territory?
March 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Boasberg: So the president's foreign-affairs power exists once the plane crosses but not before that?
US: That's when his power is at its strongest
Boasberg: The president has extra powers over a plane once it's crossed into international territory?
US: That's when his power is at its strongest
Boasberg: The president has extra powers over a plane once it's crossed into international territory?
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Dario Amodei is already trying to deal with the fact that DeepSeek exists by claiming that sneaky foreign powers are "stealing lines of code," also if your multi-billion dollar startup's only value is a few lines of code you are a bozo and a fraud
techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/a...
techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/a...
March 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Dario Amodei is already trying to deal with the fact that DeepSeek exists by claiming that sneaky foreign powers are "stealing lines of code," also if your multi-billion dollar startup's only value is a few lines of code you are a bozo and a fraud
techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/a...
techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/a...
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Be kind to a someone today. Everyone is walking around scared. Some are right on the edge and others push it to their unconscious but no one is immune. This plane has all the makings of hell but it can be the opposite when we connect with each other
March 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Be kind to a someone today. Everyone is walking around scared. Some are right on the edge and others push it to their unconscious but no one is immune. This plane has all the makings of hell but it can be the opposite when we connect with each other
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They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.
February 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.
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Coming around to the view that a certain kind of narcissist simply needs Musk to be a genius rather than a fraud, because they want to believe there’s a hereditary Brahmin class of accomplished, beautiful minds—and that they’re a part of that class.
February 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Coming around to the view that a certain kind of narcissist simply needs Musk to be a genius rather than a fraud, because they want to believe there’s a hereditary Brahmin class of accomplished, beautiful minds—and that they’re a part of that class.
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These responses from "US" are part of what continues the problem. The fact that you do not understand this is exactly the problem. You are owned by these Russian memes.
They figured out how to propagandize the illiterate: memes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULI3...
They figured out how to propagandize the illiterate: memes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULI3...
Marshall McLuhan 1977 Interview - Violence as a Quest for Identity
YouTube video by mywebcowtube
www.youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
These responses from "US" are part of what continues the problem. The fact that you do not understand this is exactly the problem. You are owned by these Russian memes.
They figured out how to propagandize the illiterate: memes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULI3...
They figured out how to propagandize the illiterate: memes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULI3...
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I always shock my students a bit when I tell them that quantitative data is just qualitative data that has already been interpreted numerically.
In case you need a teaching example of the social construction of quantitative data...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes (Gift Article)
The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I always shock my students a bit when I tell them that quantitative data is just qualitative data that has already been interpreted numerically.
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Worst. Episode. EVER.
February 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Worst. Episode. EVER.
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
theonion.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
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Sometimes, it feels like social media are going to destroy this world.
February 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Sometimes, it feels like social media are going to destroy this world.
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Something you may underestimate in IT operations is how fast you can actually do things with a few top engineers and no rules. You can in fact quickly integrate data stores into hacked-together applications and start mining for stuff, not use the ERP interface. This is what DOGE is architected for.
February 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Something you may underestimate in IT operations is how fast you can actually do things with a few top engineers and no rules. You can in fact quickly integrate data stores into hacked-together applications and start mining for stuff, not use the ERP interface. This is what DOGE is architected for.
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Brighton Heights. California Ave Bridge. Caller said that the bridge is falling. A beam has collapsed and material is dropping everywhere. Zone Lt confirmed.
December 30, 2024 at 1:49 AM
Brighton Heights. California Ave Bridge. Caller said that the bridge is falling. A beam has collapsed and material is dropping everywhere. Zone Lt confirmed.
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My favorite Christmas song: "I Don't Know What Christmas Is (But Christmastime Is Here)" by the Old 97s youtu.be/-E1ULv6LcOk?...
I Don't Know What Christmas Is (But Christmastime Is Here) (From "The Guardians of the ...
YouTube video by MarvelMusicVEVO
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December 25, 2024 at 3:18 PM
My favorite Christmas song: "I Don't Know What Christmas Is (But Christmastime Is Here)" by the Old 97s youtu.be/-E1ULv6LcOk?...
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Absolutely nailing the Merry Chrisfmas texts
December 25, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Absolutely nailing the Merry Chrisfmas texts
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"Your future is a horror story written by your crimes" is one of the hardest lines in anything ever and it's from The Muppet Christmas Carol
December 24, 2024 at 6:08 PM
"Your future is a horror story written by your crimes" is one of the hardest lines in anything ever and it's from The Muppet Christmas Carol
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Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
December 23, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Could two followers please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there?
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
Call: 0800 689 5652 (UK)
1-800-273-8255 (USA)
1.833.456.4566 (Canada)