Mike Tarpey
@tarpey.dev
software engineer. former capital vampire. UConn + UPenn. citizen of Earth. ars longa, vita brevis.
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Mike Tarpey
@tarpey.dev
· Jun 5
tarpey's blog / This Is Your Brain on Generative AI
The effects of popular generative AI are starting to show via cracks in the fabric of society. Don't let your brain turn to mush.
blog.tarpey.dev
this is your brain on generative AI. i'm out until the industry or government take more responsibility. not holding my breath for either.
blog.tarpey.dev/stop-cooking...
blog.tarpey.dev/stop-cooking...
sorry Jensen. would literally rather stop coding and change careers again than willingly give my brain over to your overpriced GPUs.
November 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
sorry Jensen. would literally rather stop coding and change careers again than willingly give my brain over to your overpriced GPUs.
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shoutout to the guy creating a whole Linux-esque ecosystem of machines. "The final goal of Open Source Ecology is a “zero marginal cost” society, where producing an additional unit of a good or service costs little to nothing."
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/16/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/16/1...
Meet the man building a starter kit for civilization
Marcin Jakubowski is compiling a DIY set of society’s essential machines and making it open-source.
www.technologyreview.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
shoutout to the guy creating a whole Linux-esque ecosystem of machines. "The final goal of Open Source Ecology is a “zero marginal cost” society, where producing an additional unit of a good or service costs little to nothing."
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/16/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/16/1...
"...more opportunities to address the problems that my generation is leaving our kids and grandkids: high levels of debt, climate change and excessive income inequality."
ah yes, i’m sure “no one has a job anymore” will do wonders for income inequality!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
ah yes, i’m sure “no one has a job anymore” will do wonders for income inequality!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"...more opportunities to address the problems that my generation is leaving our kids and grandkids: high levels of debt, climate change and excessive income inequality."
ah yes, i’m sure “no one has a job anymore” will do wonders for income inequality!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
ah yes, i’m sure “no one has a job anymore” will do wonders for income inequality!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
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We finally solved that pesky problem of too many college graduates getting jobs
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We finally solved that pesky problem of too many college graduates getting jobs
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BREAKING: There’s a giant lever labeled “MEDICARE FOR ALL” that would lower healthcare costs, freeing up a huge chunk of most people’s budgets so they wouldn’t feel as pressured by beef/coffee increases. *Mysteriously*, they refuse to ever pull this lever.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump goes on defense over tariffs as prices on everyday items keep rising
The rollback of import taxes on coffee, bananas and many other foods is the latest sign that the administration could be forced to shift course.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
BREAKING: There’s a giant lever labeled “MEDICARE FOR ALL” that would lower healthcare costs, freeing up a huge chunk of most people’s budgets so they wouldn’t feel as pressured by beef/coffee increases. *Mysteriously*, they refuse to ever pull this lever.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
the entire bull run of the last 6 months and all of US economic growth is based on this giant “Planned” bar. truly an economy custom-made for the very few.
not gonna be pretty when they don’t get built on time.
not gonna be pretty when they don’t get built on time.
WSJ: “.. Can we even build all the necessary physical infrastructure? And if so, will the resulting AI-powered products generate enough revenue to pay back that investment?”
@wsj.com 🤡
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/when...
@wsj.com 🤡
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/when...
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
the entire bull run of the last 6 months and all of US economic growth is based on this giant “Planned” bar. truly an economy custom-made for the very few.
not gonna be pretty when they don’t get built on time.
not gonna be pretty when they don’t get built on time.
cannot continue.
Median Age of All US Homebuyers: 59 Years.
It was 39 in 2010.
Torsten at Apollo
It was 39 in 2010.
Torsten at Apollo
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
cannot continue.
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I feel more like this with every passing year.
We need a party that is committed to preserving, protecting & improving life. We don’t need people intent on endlessly negotiating how much humanity we deserve or if we deserve any at all.
We don’t need a society built around manufactured scarcity.
We need a party that is committed to preserving, protecting & improving life. We don’t need people intent on endlessly negotiating how much humanity we deserve or if we deserve any at all.
We don’t need a society built around manufactured scarcity.
This pretty much sums up the entire ideological dispute between the two American political parties.
What they are arguing about, on almost all issues, is either methodology or magnitude. That is literally it.
The party of We Will Kill You vs the party of We Will Let You Die.
What they are arguing about, on almost all issues, is either methodology or magnitude. That is literally it.
The party of We Will Kill You vs the party of We Will Let You Die.
To be clear, Lindsey Graham, an American senator, has gone on the most popular Sunday morning current events show in the country and suggested that we drop nuclear bombs on Palestinians.
While they may differ in methodology, both parties agree that Palestinians should be eliminated.
While they may differ in methodology, both parties agree that Palestinians should be eliminated.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I feel more like this with every passing year.
We need a party that is committed to preserving, protecting & improving life. We don’t need people intent on endlessly negotiating how much humanity we deserve or if we deserve any at all.
We don’t need a society built around manufactured scarcity.
We need a party that is committed to preserving, protecting & improving life. We don’t need people intent on endlessly negotiating how much humanity we deserve or if we deserve any at all.
We don’t need a society built around manufactured scarcity.
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Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Senate Democrats voting to dismantle the ACA to avoid any problems with their Thanksgiving travel is tragically on brand.
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Big day for people who care about other people
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Big day for people who care about other people
such a sick election night. virtue isn't dead. we will win. they will lose.
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
such a sick election night. virtue isn't dead. we will win. they will lose.
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please let this manifest in VA tomorrow. then everywhere
Early vote numbers in NYC paint a picture of an electorate I don’t think anyone could have predicted.
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
please let this manifest in VA tomorrow. then everywhere
don’t think I’m recovering from this one this week
Caramelldansen turned 20 yesterday.
November 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
don’t think I’m recovering from this one this week
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It's been 15 years and nobody's leaked a single bit of this plan, my man
Mike Johnson talks about the Republican "healthcare plan" like it's highly classified information: "We're not gonna be on a conference call explaining all our plans and strategies for healthcare reform, because they're leaked in real time."
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's been 15 years and nobody's leaked a single bit of this plan, my man
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November 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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[stares]
god i hate computers
god i hate computers
![ulauncher for "mesen", showing "welcome screen" (welco[me s]cre[en]) ranked above "mesen"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gwfx4qjjq2yhjzrgr5xqcnyz/bafkreihgl6ba46uls4txp7xa5m7xv4rd2a3ft6yamijm2a3q5ommy53cvm@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
[stares]
god i hate computers
god i hate computers
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Happy Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Happy Halloween
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"sophisticated financial engineering" oh that's not good
October 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"sophisticated financial engineering" oh that's not good
this will start a death spiral.
- relatively healthy folks will drop unsustainably expensive coverage
- remaining folks that stay enrolled will tend to be those that need more care, so prices will probably go up even more next year, causing more people to drop coverage
- relatively healthy folks will drop unsustainably expensive coverage
- remaining folks that stay enrolled will tend to be those that need more care, so prices will probably go up even more next year, causing more people to drop coverage
Minnesota looks good on this map of Obamacare price hikes post-subsidy expiration … until you realize “good” means a $12,000-$17,999 annual increase, not a $28,000-$49,000. www.cbpp.org/research/hea...
November 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
this will start a death spiral.
- relatively healthy folks will drop unsustainably expensive coverage
- remaining folks that stay enrolled will tend to be those that need more care, so prices will probably go up even more next year, causing more people to drop coverage
- relatively healthy folks will drop unsustainably expensive coverage
- remaining folks that stay enrolled will tend to be those that need more care, so prices will probably go up even more next year, causing more people to drop coverage
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Between banning books, non-white people, genders, immigrants, comedians, journalism…
And then pushing AI which just regurgitates new ideas…
America is headed into a deep cultural recession. This place is bleak and getting increasingly boring.
And then pushing AI which just regurgitates new ideas…
America is headed into a deep cultural recession. This place is bleak and getting increasingly boring.
October 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Between banning books, non-white people, genders, immigrants, comedians, journalism…
And then pushing AI which just regurgitates new ideas…
America is headed into a deep cultural recession. This place is bleak and getting increasingly boring.
And then pushing AI which just regurgitates new ideas…
America is headed into a deep cultural recession. This place is bleak and getting increasingly boring.