Are Bee
@arebee.bsky.social
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NZ in the Salish Sea region.
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Are Bee
@arebee.bsky.social
· Nov 15
All evidence I have seen so far shows that there is quite a bit to gain – and no information loss – replacing the phrases
- "crypto",
- "crypto currency"
- "block-chain based"
with "poisoned magic beans".
- "crypto",
- "crypto currency"
- "block-chain based"
with "poisoned magic beans".
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Just saw Eric Swalwell talking about the ICE raids and mass deportations, saying “This is not what anyone signed up for.”
Yes, if only there had been some kind of signs that this was coming.
Yes, if only there had been some kind of signs that this was coming.
January 3, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Just saw Eric Swalwell talking about the ICE raids and mass deportations, saying “This is not what anyone signed up for.”
Yes, if only there had been some kind of signs that this was coming.
Yes, if only there had been some kind of signs that this was coming.
I’m even more convinced the training corpus of Grok was a sewage pipe straight from the n-Chans.
January 2, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I’m even more convinced the training corpus of Grok was a sewage pipe straight from the n-Chans.
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Interesting tactic to have the AI post to X to apologize instead of any actual accountability by the CEO or any human at the company.
January 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Interesting tactic to have the AI post to X to apologize instead of any actual accountability by the CEO or any human at the company.
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Claim of the moment: "One way that Silicon Valley and the Chinese Communist Party resemble each other is that both are serious, self-serious, and indeed, completely humorless."
danwang.co/2025-letter/
danwang.co/2025-letter/
2025 letter | Dan Wang
Corgis, compute, Cold War; Ecclesiastes; ties; Stendhal; humor; Pascal's Wager; deep infrastructure; Germanic obedience; Texas State Fair
danwang.co
January 2, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Claim of the moment: "One way that Silicon Valley and the Chinese Communist Party resemble each other is that both are serious, self-serious, and indeed, completely humorless."
danwang.co/2025-letter/
danwang.co/2025-letter/
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Man Spends Whole Day Dreading Fun Activity He Signed Up For https://theonion.com/man-spends-whole-day-dreading-fun-activity-he-signed-up-1819579571/
January 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Man Spends Whole Day Dreading Fun Activity He Signed Up For https://theonion.com/man-spends-whole-day-dreading-fun-activity-he-signed-up-1819579571/
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To be clear the 'let's do a anti-Somali pogrom!' push would be garbage racism even if they did have an actual new instance of some sort of fraud (of the sort that seems to happen and get caught from time to time in other states and communities).
But there's, like, not even that?
But there's, like, not even that?
January 2, 2026 at 3:17 PM
To be clear the 'let's do a anti-Somali pogrom!' push would be garbage racism even if they did have an actual new instance of some sort of fraud (of the sort that seems to happen and get caught from time to time in other states and communities).
But there's, like, not even that?
But there's, like, not even that?
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Republicans rushed tax cuts for the wealthy but delayed their cuts to Medicaid and food assistance. Why?
So they don't kick in until after the midterms.
Help spread the word.
So they don't kick in until after the midterms.
Help spread the word.
January 2, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Republicans rushed tax cuts for the wealthy but delayed their cuts to Medicaid and food assistance. Why?
So they don't kick in until after the midterms.
Help spread the word.
So they don't kick in until after the midterms.
Help spread the word.
I think this is an @edzitron.com angle.
@anildash.com there's an AI component here that I think more folks on the good side of tech could take a look at.
You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
January 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I think this is an @edzitron.com angle.
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"The world's richest man, a well-documented drug addict who is a Nazi and a major support and adviser of the President of the United States of America, has created a website that produces CSAM on demand at scale while he demands ethnic cleansing worldwide"
January 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"The world's richest man, a well-documented drug addict who is a Nazi and a major support and adviser of the President of the United States of America, has created a website that produces CSAM on demand at scale while he demands ethnic cleansing worldwide"
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Well it sounds terrible when you put it like that!
"The world's richest man, a well-documented drug addict who is a Nazi and a major support and adviser of the President of the United States of America, has created a website that produces CSAM on demand at scale while he demands ethnic cleansing worldwide"
January 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Well it sounds terrible when you put it like that!
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CBS Evening News: “On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQnd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQnd...
That Mitchell and Webb Look - Send us your reckons
YouTube video by iotaman5
www.youtube.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:20 PM
CBS Evening News: “On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQnd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQnd...
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After listening to @scott.hanselman.com Hanselminutes today I tried out File Pilot - quite amazing! Very snappy. (Requires OpenGL support) 2.06 Mb. Interesting YouTube video from the author on the site talking about writing a tight C program.
File Pilot - Next-gen file explorer
File Pilot is a file explorer built from scratch for light-speed performance, with a modern and robust interface.
filepilot.tech
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
After listening to @scott.hanselman.com Hanselminutes today I tried out File Pilot - quite amazing! Very snappy. (Requires OpenGL support) 2.06 Mb. Interesting YouTube video from the author on the site talking about writing a tight C program.
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Not sure how many of my followers are dying for a good Font utility for Windows but here it is.
apps.microsoft.com/detail/9wzdn...
It's the closest to Font Book.app on MacOS I've come across. And you can theme it to the Zune desktop app :-)
GitHub link github.com/character-ma...
apps.microsoft.com/detail/9wzdn...
It's the closest to Font Book.app on MacOS I've come across. And you can theme it to the Zune desktop app :-)
GitHub link github.com/character-ma...
Character Map UWP - Free download and install on Windows | Microsoft Store
A modern, native UWP replacement for the Win32 Character Map and Windows Font Viewer with flawless high DPI and touch support. Features include:
- View all the font families and font faces installe...
apps.microsoft.com
September 7, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Not sure how many of my followers are dying for a good Font utility for Windows but here it is.
apps.microsoft.com/detail/9wzdn...
It's the closest to Font Book.app on MacOS I've come across. And you can theme it to the Zune desktop app :-)
GitHub link github.com/character-ma...
apps.microsoft.com/detail/9wzdn...
It's the closest to Font Book.app on MacOS I've come across. And you can theme it to the Zune desktop app :-)
GitHub link github.com/character-ma...
Want Bing Image of the Day as wallpaper? I forked a project that does just that to add support for MacOS and Linux using PowerShell.
github.com/arebee/Bing-...
github.com/arebee/Bing-...
GitHub - arebee/Bing-wallpapers-x-plat: Fetch the Bing wallpaper image of the day
Fetch the Bing wallpaper image of the day. Contribute to arebee/Bing-wallpapers-x-plat development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Want Bing Image of the Day as wallpaper? I forked a project that does just that to add support for MacOS and Linux using PowerShell.
github.com/arebee/Bing-...
github.com/arebee/Bing-...
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*tyranny of the <majority>* my kingdom for an edit button
January 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
*tyranny of the <majority>* my kingdom for an edit button
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The whole idea of counter-majoritarian institutions rests on the idea that the <baseline> institution in a democracy - majoritarian popular election of the legislature - <actually> exists. Only then can you <counter> the tyranny of the minority with other institutions. We need the first one first!
January 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM
The whole idea of counter-majoritarian institutions rests on the idea that the <baseline> institution in a democracy - majoritarian popular election of the legislature - <actually> exists. Only then can you <counter> the tyranny of the minority with other institutions. We need the first one first!
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~<Every single institution> we have is counter-majoritarian:
- A hyper-gerrymanded House
- A hyper-malapportioned Senate with staggered elections
- FPTP SMDs in a continent-wide country with our urban/rural population distribution
- The EC
Stop it. We need <checks on counter-majoritarianism>
- A hyper-gerrymanded House
- A hyper-malapportioned Senate with staggered elections
- FPTP SMDs in a continent-wide country with our urban/rural population distribution
- The EC
Stop it. We need <checks on counter-majoritarianism>
Chief Justice John Roberts touted the independence of the federal judiciary as a “counter-majoritarian check” and urged Americans rattled by partisan politics to keep faith with the Constitution. https://cnn.it/3LsloyF
January 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
~<Every single institution> we have is counter-majoritarian:
- A hyper-gerrymanded House
- A hyper-malapportioned Senate with staggered elections
- FPTP SMDs in a continent-wide country with our urban/rural population distribution
- The EC
Stop it. We need <checks on counter-majoritarianism>
- A hyper-gerrymanded House
- A hyper-malapportioned Senate with staggered elections
- FPTP SMDs in a continent-wide country with our urban/rural population distribution
- The EC
Stop it. We need <checks on counter-majoritarianism>
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The New York Times is pushing a story that Elon Musk and DOGE failed to “save money.”
No, they did NOT “fail.” Saving money was never their goal, despite the ridiculously credulous NYT. The goal was stealing the databases and wrecking the agencies, and they completely succeeded.
No, they did NOT “fail.” Saving money was never their goal, despite the ridiculously credulous NYT. The goal was stealing the databases and wrecking the agencies, and they completely succeeded.
January 1, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The New York Times is pushing a story that Elon Musk and DOGE failed to “save money.”
No, they did NOT “fail.” Saving money was never their goal, despite the ridiculously credulous NYT. The goal was stealing the databases and wrecking the agencies, and they completely succeeded.
No, they did NOT “fail.” Saving money was never their goal, despite the ridiculously credulous NYT. The goal was stealing the databases and wrecking the agencies, and they completely succeeded.
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shout out to the Meta exec who thought it was a great idea to turn the native WhatsApp for Windows app into a crappy web wrapper during a RAM pricing crisis
January 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
shout out to the Meta exec who thought it was a great idea to turn the native WhatsApp for Windows app into a crappy web wrapper during a RAM pricing crisis
This year on Bluesky I wrote 451 posts and 1,131 replies. I received 1,375 likes, whereas 42 was from my most popular post, and apparently I love saying "not" and 🟩!
www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
Ht @romitmehta.com 👍
www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
Ht @romitmehta.com 👍
arebee.bsky.social's Bluesky Wrapped 2025
Check out arebee.bsky.social's year on Bluesky!
www.madebyolof.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This year on Bluesky I wrote 451 posts and 1,131 replies. I received 1,375 likes, whereas 42 was from my most popular post, and apparently I love saying "not" and 🟩!
www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
Ht @romitmehta.com 👍
www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...
Ht @romitmehta.com 👍
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The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks.
It's worth pointing out once again that the stock market is not the economy.
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Hey Kiwis, do you use Manage My Health app / website - time to:
1: Change your password
2: Setup 2FA
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Set up 2FA: app.managemyhealth.co.nz/myaccount/tw...
#Aotearoa #NewZealand #health #app #website #security
1: Change your password
2: Setup 2FA
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Set up 2FA: app.managemyhealth.co.nz/myaccount/tw...
#Aotearoa #NewZealand #health #app #website #security
December 31, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Hey Kiwis, do you use Manage My Health app / website - time to:
1: Change your password
2: Setup 2FA
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Set up 2FA: app.managemyhealth.co.nz/myaccount/tw...
#Aotearoa #NewZealand #health #app #website #security
1: Change your password
2: Setup 2FA
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Set up 2FA: app.managemyhealth.co.nz/myaccount/tw...
#Aotearoa #NewZealand #health #app #website #security
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Appropriate that they used a Japanese artist’s work to promote internment and deportation. Steal the creativity and labor, cleanse the people.
This looks like something you'd see in a museum about fascism after 100 million people have died to defeat it
January 1, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Appropriate that they used a Japanese artist’s work to promote internment and deportation. Steal the creativity and labor, cleanse the people.