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Stephen May

@idhrendur.com

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Software engineer, Tolkien nerd, reader of books. The paradox converter guy. Probably fae. http://stephendanielmay.com idhrendur most places online

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Stephen May @idhrendur.com · Jul 23

Sure, fine, me too. It'll get me writing non-angry things on here I think.

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Adam @adamundefined.com · Jul 22

Joining the fun.

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LaurelindóreNess 🌿 @lauracnessy.bsky.social · Jul 22

I'm a day-and-a-half late to the party, so you all are probably tired of opinions by now, but

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Stephen May @idhrendur.com · 10h

I'll allow it, just this once.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 12h

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 11h

Drake lost so bad that everything that was called Drake now has to be renamed Kendrick, out of shame.

MtG card of Wind Drake poorly edited to say Wind Kendrick.

The Drake Hotel poorly edited to say the Kendrick Hotel.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 15h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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James Tauber @jtauber.com · 14h

Okay, I've started a repo (and even came up with a Tolkien-inspired acronym)! If you're interested, star / watch the repo. I'll start some discussions there too.

github.com/jtauber/CARC

GitHub - jtauber/CARC: Corpus Analysis of Retro Code

Corpus Analysis of Retro Code. Contribute to jtauber/CARC development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 12h

Antifa’s Girlfriend is a ska song asking to be written, don’t you dare fail me internet

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Stephen May @idhrendur.com · 13h

I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Oct 9th 2025) in less than 9 minutes
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Clues by Sam

A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!

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Stephen May @idhrendur.com · 13h

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Stephen May @idhrendur.com · 13h

Pips #53 Hard 🔴
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Pips #53 Medium 🟡
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Pips #53 Easy 🟢
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Stephen May @idhrendur.com · 14h

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Stephen May @idhrendur.com · 14h

#waffle1357 5/5

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Waffle

The waffle-shaped daily word game.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17h

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50!

#FightFireWithFire

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 16h

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Stephen May @idhrendur.com · 20h

Connections
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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 1d

this is how I, a resident of LA, found out that the Palisades fire was arson, that they caught the guy, and that he used gen AI to work his way up to doing the crime

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 1d

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 1d

cbs story (image 1): www.cbsnews.com/amp/losangel...

latimes story (image 2): www.latimes.com/california/s...

Palisades Fire arrest made; suspect allegedly set earlier blaze that later ignited Jan. 7 LA inferno, officials say

29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht "maliciously" started the Lachman Fire on Jan. 1, which later became the devastating Palisades Fire, prosecutors said.

www.cbsnews.com

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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 20h

the problem is, the reason people are "into" non-deterministic automation is they're absorbed in fantasy.

shell scripts and pipes are too real — YOU have to do the work, to think things through, not wave a magic wand — and therefore unappealing.

Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 1d

One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.

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Bob Cesca @bobcesca.bsky.social · 20h

From the memory hole: There was a hostage release and ceasefire deal in place by the Biden administration 10 months ago. It was allowed to expire in March, under Donald Trump, and now it's been revived and rebranded, with Donald taking full credit like always.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 20h

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Stephen May @idhrendur.com · 20h

Connections
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MGCoco | Tolkientober 🎨 @mgcoco.bsky.social · 21h

In retrospect, there was a big sign that something was wrong at Khazad-dûm #Tolkien #art

Drawing of Gandalf and Frodo in front of the Doors of Durin, with a Spirit Halloween sign hanging over it.

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Stephen May @idhrendur.com · 1d

I really was one of the lucky ones, being in that first round of layoffs.

Łori J. Williams🧋 @ringtheory.bsky.social · 1d

Google to employees: give your health info to AI or you don't get health benefits.
Why do I get the feeling that the privacy and security audit wasn't of the same rigor as one for facial recognition for building access? 🤔

www.businessinsider.com/google-ai-he...

Google told employees: If you want health benefits, sign up with a third-party AI tool

Google rolled out a third-party AI tool for health benefits, sparking concerns about data privacy and consent among Googlers.

www.businessinsider.com

Stephen May @idhrendur.com · 1d

Ugh, I still need to talk with an ENT about mine.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 1d

The thing about crashing a tank through a museum of antiquities is that you don't have to be a particularly skilled driver to do a lot of damage.

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 1d

It's difficult at times to hold both "this admin is doing lasting and serious damage to our institutions and the globe" and "this admin is full of the most bafflingly incompetent idiots you've ever seen who fall over themselves like a Vaudeville act constantly."

The duality of man is incredible.

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