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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 7m

Claude Code custom output style tuned for a specific comms goal attached to a repo with 2+ years of email traffic between me & an institution I’m dealing with.

I’ll have it draft an email, predict the response, tune draft to account for predicted response, etc.

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 1h

One thing to know about philosophy majors is that some percentage of them fail the Nietzsche test, collapse aesthetics into ethics (instead of the other way around, which leads to pluralistic liberalism), and go permanently insane.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 3h

thiel is a phil major

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 2h

The good word is spreading

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 15h

God it’s so painful

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John @johnlk.bsky.social · 21h

This is the fucking Prussian constitutional crisis. If you let them fund the military without Congressional authorization you've just given up on constitutional government. Congress is a dead letter.

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 18h

Ever since I put my life savings into Cascoin you have been my singular guru

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 18h

No, because of your visionary call to action that I not.

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 19h

I cackled

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 23h

I followed your call to action.

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 1d

a man with a mustache is saying thank you .

Alt: a man with a mustache is saying thank you .

media.tenor.com

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 1d

Will Ferrell as Scott Bessent as Harry Carey

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 1d

It would be pretty funny to watch a narcissist arrive in Hell.

Gotta figure they’d immediately go full Karen like, “What is this? I’m amazing. I demand to speak to Satan immediately.”

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 1d

Teams, by Clippy

a paper clip with a face on it is sitting on top of a piece of paper .

Alt: Clippy, my Microsoft

media.tenor.com

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 1d

Would be great if big brain tech CEOs could read about laws and stuff before contributing their thoughts.

Or at least have the decency to let some H100s get you up to speed.

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 1d

I have long loathed Salesforce but mostly because it’s a garbage product.

Suppose it’s not overly surprising to learn the guy running it has other garbage ideas.

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 1d

Sarah McBride is just incredibly impressive as a politician and as a person. Fun and inspiring interview.

Jacob Soboroff and Sarah McBride: Democracy at the Ground Level

Podcast Episode · The Bulwark Podcast · 10/10/2025 · 1h 16m

podcasts.apple.com

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 1d

Not if we neuter growth

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting spot on the long bond for chart horoscope aficionados.

Chart of 30y treasuries with yields breaking down out of a multi-year channel

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve always been a fan of Stanford Beer’s saying, “The purpose of a system is what it does.”

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 2d

“Doing politics the right way” sure seems to leave a lot of bigotry in its wake. 😬

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 2d

we told you, vivek.

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 2d

One of my goals in life, which we are currently working on, is simply to put a price tag on this sort of thing based on participant salaries.

You wanna bikeshed this deck or should we buy a sedan and raffle it off for the same price?

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 2d

Update: I am now also interested in the Portland Frog running for President.

Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t want Gavin Newsom to run for president, I want the people running his social to run for president

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t wait to see this groundbreaking research from the Government Proof Factory.

GOP just a full on caricature of everything they claim to hate.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 3d

The thing I don’t understand about all this polling analysis and plucky, “let’s get them in the midterms!” themes in the discourse is like… then what?

Is the actual plan of record basically:

1) get them in the midterms
2) ????
3) now they suddenly respect laws

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