kyle b ☠️🎢
@kbarn.com
good lives make bad stories
🐊 fl / 🤠 tx / 🏛️ dc
🦉 rice ece
data engineer in ⚡ energy and 🔐 cybersecurity
infrequent essays &c: https://kbarn.com
📍 northwest dc
🐊 fl / 🤠 tx / 🏛️ dc
🦉 rice ece
data engineer in ⚡ energy and 🔐 cybersecurity
infrequent essays &c: https://kbarn.com
📍 northwest dc
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kyle b ☠️🎢
@kbarn.com
· Apr 9
☠️🎢 is the new 🥥🌴
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"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com
He Killed for the CIA in Afghanistan. Trump Blames Afghan Culture Instead of Langley’s
After the National Guard shooting, the US needs to reckon with how its legacy of global violence inevitably comes home. Stephen Miller wants to do anything but.
zeteo.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com
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it's a pity I didn't know about this before I spent five years flying back and forth to Cardiff every 3 months
Cool Cymru - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
it's a pity I didn't know about this before I spent five years flying back and forth to Cardiff every 3 months
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At least 2 National Guard members shot near White House in Washington, D.C., Secret Service says - reports
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
At least 2 National Guard members shot near White House in Washington, D.C., Secret Service says - reports
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Hi folks, circling back here. I know tomorrow is Thanksgiving, but I saw in Slack that most of you have plans in the late afternoon — let's hop on a call at 7:30 AM to talk through implementation. Sales committed to a go-live date in the first week in December — sorry if this wasn't communicated.
November 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hi folks, circling back here. I know tomorrow is Thanksgiving, but I saw in Slack that most of you have plans in the late afternoon — let's hop on a call at 7:30 AM to talk through implementation. Sales committed to a go-live date in the first week in December — sorry if this wasn't communicated.
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Hello, please see attached. They want to sign on Monday so we have our work cut out for us before then. I have a prior family engagement this weekend, but I’ll be available for update calls 9pm each night. I’ve put time on your calendars for those. Let’s get started.
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Hello, please see attached. They want to sign on Monday so we have our work cut out for us before then. I have a prior family engagement this weekend, but I’ll be available for update calls 9pm each night. I’ve put time on your calendars for those. Let’s get started.
lefty messaging around AI should be about specific policy outcomes and not "let's shoot the computer." if you push for affordable homes, reliable and cheap utilities, and actually legislate the specific accountability and IP issues, then you don't have to explicitly take away everyone's new toy.
this is a bluesky bubble opinion. 800M+ people use chatgpt every week. I hate Facebook and Instagram and I wish they didn’t exist, but 3B and 2B people use them every month, respectively. it’s very hard to picture a mass or even a niche left backlash against them
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
lefty messaging around AI should be about specific policy outcomes and not "let's shoot the computer." if you push for affordable homes, reliable and cheap utilities, and actually legislate the specific accountability and IP issues, then you don't have to explicitly take away everyone's new toy.
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you just can't have a meaningful conversation about the potential benefits of "AI" while this stuff is happening. it's like trying to talk about how useful an airplane might be during a hijacking
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
What the leaked AI executive order tells us about the Big Tech power grab
Should states write their own AI laws, or should David Sacks?
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
you just can't have a meaningful conversation about the potential benefits of "AI" while this stuff is happening. it's like trying to talk about how useful an airplane might be during a hijacking
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defunctland videos are great because everyone in charge of disneyland for the past half century have been trying to carry out what they think walt would’ve wanted like they’re the patriots in MGS trying to carry out the boss’s will. coincidentally both involve giant robot dinosaurs
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
defunctland videos are great because everyone in charge of disneyland for the past half century have been trying to carry out what they think walt would’ve wanted like they’re the patriots in MGS trying to carry out the boss’s will. coincidentally both involve giant robot dinosaurs
gonna brave the stores and get stuff to make dressing. not because I'm cooking for tomorrow– my friends told me not to bring anything– but because I want a bunch of leftover dressing in my fridge
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
gonna brave the stores and get stuff to make dressing. not because I'm cooking for tomorrow– my friends told me not to bring anything– but because I want a bunch of leftover dressing in my fridge
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Not only did the White House spend $100k on the drug they give Air Force pilots who need to stay awake for 72 hours, they could have saved a ton of money buying generic modafinil instead!
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Not only did the White House spend $100k on the drug they give Air Force pilots who need to stay awake for 72 hours, they could have saved a ton of money buying generic modafinil instead!
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"I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people."
Hero modder who started the Thomas the Tank Engine meme with Skyrim thumbs his nose at 'legal threats' and 'black vans with the Mattel logo' by modding Thomas into Morrowind: 'I have issues with autho...
Choo choo!
www.pcgamer.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"I am incapable of learning lessons whenever it involves corporations, because I fundamentally do not view toy company CEOs or media CEOs as people."
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The Thomas the Tank mod is amazing if you've never seen it
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The Thomas the Tank mod is amazing if you've never seen it
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Imagining the people who said yes to everything but the chupacabra
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Imagining the people who said yes to everything but the chupacabra
Y'all think anyone's running experiments with LLMs to find The Sentence That Kills You
November 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Y'all think anyone's running experiments with LLMs to find The Sentence That Kills You
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welcome to the bluesky app
we're glad you're finally here,
we've got more tedious scolds
than English class your freshman year
we've got fyad goons turned journalists
turned dads turned tankie trolls,
we've got grandma libs in their replies
posting pigpoopballs
we're glad you're finally here,
we've got more tedious scolds
than English class your freshman year
we've got fyad goons turned journalists
turned dads turned tankie trolls,
we've got grandma libs in their replies
posting pigpoopballs
October 31, 2025 at 3:14 AM
welcome to the bluesky app
we're glad you're finally here,
we've got more tedious scolds
than English class your freshman year
we've got fyad goons turned journalists
turned dads turned tankie trolls,
we've got grandma libs in their replies
posting pigpoopballs
we're glad you're finally here,
we've got more tedious scolds
than English class your freshman year
we've got fyad goons turned journalists
turned dads turned tankie trolls,
we've got grandma libs in their replies
posting pigpoopballs
How I feel after three sets of ten pushups
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
How I feel after three sets of ten pushups
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The snowy owls sitting on Montrose Pier this foggy morning. The Chicago Park District has closed the pier’s far end to keep people from getting too close.
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The snowy owls sitting on Montrose Pier this foggy morning. The Chicago Park District has closed the pier’s far end to keep people from getting too close.
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Dudes rock
Right now on reddit there's a guy inventing a new kind of brick to build his home with and it's going about as well as you can imagine
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Dudes rock
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
It's annoying how the president is a synecdoche for the entire executive branch's leadership... it props up Great Man mythbuilding and lets his more active lieutenants and supporters off the hook from public accountability. Stop talking about "what Trump wants" when you mean "what these donors want"
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It's annoying how the president is a synecdoche for the entire executive branch's leadership... it props up Great Man mythbuilding and lets his more active lieutenants and supporters off the hook from public accountability. Stop talking about "what Trump wants" when you mean "what these donors want"