Jeff Caughel
@jdcaughel.bsky.social
Always learning.
Got a degree in meteorology, but wound up in IT.
Love weather, microbrews, spicy food, photography, and traveling.
Lucky enough to be husband to a wonderful person. Working on being a good parent in trying times.
He/Him.
Got a degree in meteorology, but wound up in IT.
Love weather, microbrews, spicy food, photography, and traveling.
Lucky enough to be husband to a wonderful person. Working on being a good parent in trying times.
He/Him.
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Every covid infection is a round of Russian roulette where one of the many possible sequelae is suddenly finding yourself unable to eat basically anything in your home.
December 4, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Every covid infection is a round of Russian roulette where one of the many possible sequelae is suddenly finding yourself unable to eat basically anything in your home.
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This is way, way more likely to occur if you're running on estrogen, just like basically every immune disorder.
December 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This is way, way more likely to occur if you're running on estrogen, just like basically every immune disorder.
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One of the sequelae to covid is MCAS, and one of the big symptoms of that is acquiring exciting new allergic reactions to random things.
You can suddenly behave allergic to deodorant, soap, wheat, chocolate, garlic, milk, cheese (and anything what contains histamines, such as leftovers), etc.
You can suddenly behave allergic to deodorant, soap, wheat, chocolate, garlic, milk, cheese (and anything what contains histamines, such as leftovers), etc.
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
One of the sequelae to covid is MCAS, and one of the big symptoms of that is acquiring exciting new allergic reactions to random things.
You can suddenly behave allergic to deodorant, soap, wheat, chocolate, garlic, milk, cheese (and anything what contains histamines, such as leftovers), etc.
You can suddenly behave allergic to deodorant, soap, wheat, chocolate, garlic, milk, cheese (and anything what contains histamines, such as leftovers), etc.
When the bubble bursts, the world will quickly move away from USD as a reserve currency.
When USD is no longer the reserve currency, all that 'quantitative easing' the fed was able to leverage to soften the impact of the 2k8 mortgage-securities-fraud-that-no-one-was-punished-for won't be possible.
When USD is no longer the reserve currency, all that 'quantitative easing' the fed was able to leverage to soften the impact of the 2k8 mortgage-securities-fraud-that-no-one-was-punished-for won't be possible.
December 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
When the bubble bursts, the world will quickly move away from USD as a reserve currency.
When USD is no longer the reserve currency, all that 'quantitative easing' the fed was able to leverage to soften the impact of the 2k8 mortgage-securities-fraud-that-no-one-was-punished-for won't be possible.
When USD is no longer the reserve currency, all that 'quantitative easing' the fed was able to leverage to soften the impact of the 2k8 mortgage-securities-fraud-that-no-one-was-punished-for won't be possible.
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Waiting for the “critics say this was bigoted” in the top of the hour newscast.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Waiting for the “critics say this was bigoted” in the top of the hour newscast.
Quesadillas are just large, barely-leavened grilled cheeses.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Quesadillas are just large, barely-leavened grilled cheeses.
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Strong southwest winds across Lake Erie will create a seiche, bringing flooding along the Lake Erie shoreline. Peak rise is expected this evening, with subsequent rises through Thursday morning.
November 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Strong southwest winds across Lake Erie will create a seiche, bringing flooding along the Lake Erie shoreline. Peak rise is expected this evening, with subsequent rises through Thursday morning.
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Displacement of water reveals lake bottom!
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Displacement of water reveals lake bottom!
Ah yes... I'm "hurt myself reaching to snooze the alarm" years old now apparently.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ah yes... I'm "hurt myself reaching to snooze the alarm" years old now apparently.
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DOGE is ending 8 months early. It will have cost us $135B to rehire workers, $21.7B in waste, a potential loss of more than $500B billion in tax revenue over 10 years & a loss of $10B in economic activity with the loss of programs that previously returned billions to taxpayers.
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 AM
DOGE is ending 8 months early. It will have cost us $135B to rehire workers, $21.7B in waste, a potential loss of more than $500B billion in tax revenue over 10 years & a loss of $10B in economic activity with the loss of programs that previously returned billions to taxpayers.
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EPA Approves New 'Forever Chemical' Pesticides For Use On Food
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/11/25/0252230/epa-approves-new-forever-chemical-pesticides-for-use-on-food?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
EPA Approves New 'Forever Chemical' Pesticides For Use On Food
The EPA has approved new pesticides that qualify as PFAS "forever chemicals" (paywalled; alternative source), sparking criticism from scientists and environmental groups who warn these decisions could increase Americans' exposure through food and water at a time when many states are moving to restri...
news.slashdot.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
EPA Approves New 'Forever Chemical' Pesticides For Use On Food
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/11/25/0252230/epa-approves-new-forever-chemical-pesticides-for-use-on-food?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
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And this is not even considering licensing issues.
For years devs have carefully maintained license info for all OSS code we’ve incorporated into our apps so we can follow requirements and provide necessary attribution, but sure just puree all of GitHub into an AI slurry and shovel it in unlabeled.
For years devs have carefully maintained license info for all OSS code we’ve incorporated into our apps so we can follow requirements and provide necessary attribution, but sure just puree all of GitHub into an AI slurry and shovel it in unlabeled.
It's amazing that any programmer would look at the "take an icepick to the parts of your brain that you use to program" machine and think this is a good idea.
It indicates they are already utterly fucking up at being programmers, even before they touch the bullshit machine.
It indicates they are already utterly fucking up at being programmers, even before they touch the bullshit machine.
June 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
And this is not even considering licensing issues.
For years devs have carefully maintained license info for all OSS code we’ve incorporated into our apps so we can follow requirements and provide necessary attribution, but sure just puree all of GitHub into an AI slurry and shovel it in unlabeled.
For years devs have carefully maintained license info for all OSS code we’ve incorporated into our apps so we can follow requirements and provide necessary attribution, but sure just puree all of GitHub into an AI slurry and shovel it in unlabeled.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Just saw an extended version
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Just saw an extended version
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Simply glorious.
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Simply glorious.
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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Larry Summers, former president of Harvard and former US secretary of the treasury, is stepping back from everything (OpenAI, NYT, CAP) but the role in which he poses the most harm: teaching.
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Larry Summers, former president of Harvard and former US secretary of the treasury, is stepping back from everything (OpenAI, NYT, CAP) but the role in which he poses the most harm: teaching.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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watching black mirror seasons backwards is great, it starts off as a mediocre netflix show and ends up as a thoughtful british anthology
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
watching black mirror seasons backwards is great, it starts off as a mediocre netflix show and ends up as a thoughtful british anthology
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Keep this in mind as we start seeing more and more large scale outages from AWS, Cloudflare, Github, etc. These are the companies hoping to increasingly automate their systems with AI
![https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation
Paradox of automation
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The paradox of automation says that the more efficient the automated system, the more crucial the human contribution of the operators. Humans are less involved, but their involvement becomes more critical. Lisanne Bainbridge, a cognitive psychologist, identified these issues notably in her widely cited paper "Ironies of Automation."[49] If an automated system has an error, it will multiply that error until it is fixed or shut down. This is where human operators come in.[50] A fatal example of this was Air France Flight 447, where a failure of automation put the pilots into a manual situation they were not prepared for.[51]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:byjjq67p7iau6qufzjmizpbn/bafkreie4ootzzyowpylsxjg7gxsp63iujxh4qceuuxxhwm63yrm2qffa4e@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Keep this in mind as we start seeing more and more large scale outages from AWS, Cloudflare, Github, etc. These are the companies hoping to increasingly automate their systems with AI
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BREAKING:
We have a new Motion to Dismiss from Letitia James, this time for Outrageous Gov't Conduct and focusing on Bill Pulte's behavior.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71601...
We have a new Motion to Dismiss from Letitia James, this time for Outrageous Gov't Conduct and focusing on Bill Pulte's behavior.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71601...
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
BREAKING:
We have a new Motion to Dismiss from Letitia James, this time for Outrageous Gov't Conduct and focusing on Bill Pulte's behavior.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71601...
We have a new Motion to Dismiss from Letitia James, this time for Outrageous Gov't Conduct and focusing on Bill Pulte's behavior.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71601...