Pavel
@spavel.bsky.social
Raised gifted; non-practicing.
If your reply doesn't have alt text, I won't see it.
🌐 productpicnic.beehiiv.com 💼 UX Design 🟦 Sick of rectangles 🧑 he/him
If your reply doesn't have alt text, I won't see it.
🌐 productpicnic.beehiiv.com 💼 UX Design 🟦 Sick of rectangles 🧑 he/him
Isaac Chotiner
Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
February 7, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Isaac Chotiner
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Like 3/4 of USA skating is either an immigrant or the child of immigrants.
February 7, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Like 3/4 of USA skating is either an immigrant or the child of immigrants.
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An unruly band of satirists and professional farters.
February 7, 2026 at 4:07 AM
An unruly band of satirists and professional farters.
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I promise not to seal post all day but I DO promise to use "no scrolling, just rolling" or a variation for the foreseeable future. 🦭 #SeaSky
January 30, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I promise not to seal post all day but I DO promise to use "no scrolling, just rolling" or a variation for the foreseeable future. 🦭 #SeaSky
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"[SINGING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE]" Thank you, NBC, for your extremely helpful closed captions for the Italian national anthem
February 7, 2026 at 1:42 AM
"[SINGING IN A NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE]" Thank you, NBC, for your extremely helpful closed captions for the Italian national anthem
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It turns out you CAN make a N. Am. version of Windows stop doing Bing web searches in your Start Menu and even uninstall Bing
Known downsides? Phone Link won't show up in Start Menu (will work otherwise) and the Recommended section in File Explorer won't be there. What a tragedy, that loss
Known downsides? Phone Link won't show up in Start Menu (will work otherwise) and the Recommended section in File Explorer won't be there. What a tragedy, that loss
Microsoft Fixed Windows... But Only For Europe (Force It Anyway)
YouTube video by ThioJoe
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:48 AM
It turns out you CAN make a N. Am. version of Windows stop doing Bing web searches in your Start Menu and even uninstall Bing
Known downsides? Phone Link won't show up in Start Menu (will work otherwise) and the Recommended section in File Explorer won't be there. What a tragedy, that loss
Known downsides? Phone Link won't show up in Start Menu (will work otherwise) and the Recommended section in File Explorer won't be there. What a tragedy, that loss
Muppets replace everyone on Bluesky but keep Menswear Guy as himself
February 7, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Muppets replace everyone on Bluesky but keep Menswear Guy as himself
Neil deGrasse Tyson
sort of curious who would be a *terrible* muppet show guest host. to nuke myself from orbit, i am starting with gillian anderson
janelle monáe, ke huy quan and pedro pascal
February 7, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Among *all this* here's a reminder that the monsters aren't simply the ones with the vests and guns and skeleton masks, they are also the petty heartless bureaucratic functionaries. As there are in every authoritarian regime.
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
February 7, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Among *all this* here's a reminder that the monsters aren't simply the ones with the vests and guns and skeleton masks, they are also the petty heartless bureaucratic functionaries. As there are in every authoritarian regime.
My timeline is divided on Starfleet Academy straight down the middle
February 7, 2026 at 2:36 AM
My timeline is divided on Starfleet Academy straight down the middle
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Anyones cat doing anything fun this weekend?
February 7, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Anyones cat doing anything fun this weekend?
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These companies are always lying about the extent of their automation because some things cannot be fully automated in principle
futurism.com/advanced-tra...
futurism.com/advanced-tra...
It Turns Out That When Waymos Are Stumped, They Get Intervention From Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:27 AM
These companies are always lying about the extent of their automation because some things cannot be fully automated in principle
futurism.com/advanced-tra...
futurism.com/advanced-tra...
Horseshoe theory is real, in that a far left enough leftist is indistinguishable from the most tiresome boomer centrist who has a laundry list of reasons why good things aren't possible
February 7, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Horseshoe theory is real, in that a far left enough leftist is indistinguishable from the most tiresome boomer centrist who has a laundry list of reasons why good things aren't possible
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what are the hardware reqs for a decent self-hosted Ghost?
(for comparison i pay Hetzner 6,90 EUR/mo for 4GB box for 5 wordpresses)
(for comparison i pay Hetzner 6,90 EUR/mo for 4GB box for 5 wordpresses)
February 7, 2026 at 12:28 AM
what are the hardware reqs for a decent self-hosted Ghost?
(for comparison i pay Hetzner 6,90 EUR/mo for 4GB box for 5 wordpresses)
(for comparison i pay Hetzner 6,90 EUR/mo for 4GB box for 5 wordpresses)
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If you're building a startup in 2026, you are expected to work with the world's largest venture capital firm (which is not even really a VC firm), where one partner strangled my neighbor to death for being Black, and another actively sought Jeffrey Epstein's counsel for years. This is *normal*.
February 6, 2026 at 10:44 PM
If you're building a startup in 2026, you are expected to work with the world's largest venture capital firm (which is not even really a VC firm), where one partner strangled my neighbor to death for being Black, and another actively sought Jeffrey Epstein's counsel for years. This is *normal*.
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as someone who thinks of themselves as a technologist who loves building things, works at an ai company, and hasn't lost their mind, its alarming how often i think "i'd rather be doing anything else but this" lately
if you feel this way too, i'm sorry and i can only hope things get better.
if you feel this way too, i'm sorry and i can only hope things get better.
February 6, 2026 at 1:55 AM
as someone who thinks of themselves as a technologist who loves building things, works at an ai company, and hasn't lost their mind, its alarming how often i think "i'd rather be doing anything else but this" lately
if you feel this way too, i'm sorry and i can only hope things get better.
if you feel this way too, i'm sorry and i can only hope things get better.
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First, New Brunswick. Soon, the world.
New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced
Canadian Province New Brunswick to Quit Using Elon Musk’s X
New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced Thursday.
bloom.bg
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 AM
First, New Brunswick. Soon, the world.
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SCORPION: take me across the river
FROG: if I do that, you'll sting me
S: if I sting you, we'll both drown
F: ok, that makes sense
*halfway across the river*
F: so?
S: so what?
F: sting me
S: what?
F: sting me, like you promised
S: no
F: sting me so we'll both drown
S: *crying* what is happening?
FROG: if I do that, you'll sting me
S: if I sting you, we'll both drown
F: ok, that makes sense
*halfway across the river*
F: so?
S: so what?
F: sting me
S: what?
F: sting me, like you promised
S: no
F: sting me so we'll both drown
S: *crying* what is happening?
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 AM
SCORPION: take me across the river
FROG: if I do that, you'll sting me
S: if I sting you, we'll both drown
F: ok, that makes sense
*halfway across the river*
F: so?
S: so what?
F: sting me
S: what?
F: sting me, like you promised
S: no
F: sting me so we'll both drown
S: *crying* what is happening?
FROG: if I do that, you'll sting me
S: if I sting you, we'll both drown
F: ok, that makes sense
*halfway across the river*
F: so?
S: so what?
F: sting me
S: what?
F: sting me, like you promised
S: no
F: sting me so we'll both drown
S: *crying* what is happening?
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“ACKSHUALLY your honor it’s only 23.3%, not a quarter”
“Your brief sucked ass”
“Your brief sucked ass”
February 5, 2026 at 11:32 PM
“ACKSHUALLY your honor it’s only 23.3%, not a quarter”
“Your brief sucked ass”
“Your brief sucked ass”
I was the best among my middle school lunch crowd and got bribed by a FLGS owner to drop out of FNM once, so probably like a 4
a brand new, never touched the game, never played a tcg Magic player is a 1/10 on the skill scale
the greatest player of all time is a 10/10
where do you put yourself?
the greatest player of all time is a 10/10
where do you put yourself?
February 6, 2026 at 4:07 AM
I was the best among my middle school lunch crowd and got bribed by a FLGS owner to drop out of FNM once, so probably like a 4
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Talked this week about why removing the fascist boot from your neck will help you find a much bigger audience and, also, your soul.
"There's a reason the Washington Post is going to die before The Onion becomes one of the biggest newspapers in the country: They licked the boot, and we kicked back."
"There's a reason the Washington Post is going to die before The Onion becomes one of the biggest newspapers in the country: They licked the boot, and we kicked back."
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Talked this week about why removing the fascist boot from your neck will help you find a much bigger audience and, also, your soul.
"There's a reason the Washington Post is going to die before The Onion becomes one of the biggest newspapers in the country: They licked the boot, and we kicked back."
"There's a reason the Washington Post is going to die before The Onion becomes one of the biggest newspapers in the country: They licked the boot, and we kicked back."
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The abstract alone is pure art.
February 5, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The abstract alone is pure art.
Spoke at a conference! It was fun!
Fuck it I have an engagement bait topic.
We talk a lot about your future bucket list plans that you want to do, but what's something that you checked off your bucket list in the last couple of years.
Bonus points if it absolutely lived up to your expectations.
We talk a lot about your future bucket list plans that you want to do, but what's something that you checked off your bucket list in the last couple of years.
Bonus points if it absolutely lived up to your expectations.
February 6, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Spoke at a conference! It was fun!
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I like the labeler. It helps me know what links to not click on.
February 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I like the labeler. It helps me know what links to not click on.