austin (e/accordion 🪗)
@thebadcode.com
if you didn’t need that lesson, you wouldn’t have had it
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austin (e/accordion 🪗)
@thebadcode.com
· Aug 10
Is it piano or man or a monument
To our hubris our malice our sin
And it sits at the bar still stinking of tar
My god what the hell next will walk in
To our hubris our malice our sin
And it sits at the bar still stinking of tar
My god what the hell next will walk in
unless his demands are met
Just opened my copy of status and saw "Ryan Lizza will publish his latest entry into his ongoing Olivia Nuzzi series in the next 24 hours or so, Lachlan Cartwright reported in his newsletter Breaker."
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
unless his demands are met
boat name? caleb
age/decision theory? timeless
crime? killed god
age/decision theory? timeless
crime? killed god
increasingly glad i did not meet any of these people before they became officially a murder cult because this is, unfortunately, hilarious and i would have been extremely into it
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
boat name? caleb
age/decision theory? timeless
crime? killed god
age/decision theory? timeless
crime? killed god
ah, the holidays. that special time of year where you experience first-hand the insane slop horror of local news
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
ah, the holidays. that special time of year where you experience first-hand the insane slop horror of local news
“VIBESGIVING!” I scream as I spike the frozen turkey into the deep fryer
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
“VIBESGIVING!” I scream as I spike the frozen turkey into the deep fryer
Reposted by austin (e/accordion 🪗)
one of the things i objected to most at at GOOG over the years, from the labor perspective, is the slow decay of the blue-collar routes up into corp. you used to encounter guys who started out swapping drives in 120 degree heat in the hot aisles and who were now SREs, and that's gone.
Yes. I probably could have put it better in the original post and tried to clarify in the next one
i don't want to discuss the ways in which this is wrong, BUT there are a subset of tech jobs -- like, if you are the only sysadmin at a small baked bean company -- which have the same cultural valence as "HVAC contractor," as in "highly-paid WWC job," and have the same politics.
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
one of the things i objected to most at at GOOG over the years, from the labor perspective, is the slow decay of the blue-collar routes up into corp. you used to encounter guys who started out swapping drives in 120 degree heat in the hot aisles and who were now SREs, and that's gone.
This was probably the least embarrassing way the DOJ could get out of this
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This was probably the least embarrassing way the DOJ could get out of this
average alignment researcher: "we have isolated the concept of Original Sin in a laboratory setting"
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
average alignment researcher: "we have isolated the concept of Original Sin in a laboratory setting"
[SPEAKING TO ALL MY PRIME-AGE TURKEY FRIENDS]: boys, we are the future. we are legion. the age of man is over
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
[SPEAKING TO ALL MY PRIME-AGE TURKEY FRIENDS]: boys, we are the future. we are legion. the age of man is over
price of the brick goin' up
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
price of the brick goin' up
I feel like Seth Harp pulled his punches in “Ft Bragg Cartel” and really wanted to say “these guys are primarily running a transnational drug distribution business”
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I feel like Seth Harp pulled his punches in “Ft Bragg Cartel” and really wanted to say “these guys are primarily running a transnational drug distribution business”
"young blood" is a pretty cool song until they start singing
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"young blood" is a pretty cool song until they start singing
bringing out the first course at all our thanksgivings: the semaglutide
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
bringing out the first course at all our thanksgivings: the semaglutide
It’s unreal that Twitter hasn’t stopped doing this. “What if we paid people for engagement” is the kind of idea you can only have if you’ve never thought about social media for more than 10 seconds
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It’s unreal that Twitter hasn’t stopped doing this. “What if we paid people for engagement” is the kind of idea you can only have if you’ve never thought about social media for more than 10 seconds
After you read this post, continue the story: listen to "thebadcode: The Official Podcast" on Bluesky Podcasts
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
After you read this post, continue the story: listen to "thebadcode: The Official Podcast" on Bluesky Podcasts
you should be able to mute a thread and then get a notification like "no its cool everyone agrees with you now"
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
you should be able to mute a thread and then get a notification like "no its cool everyone agrees with you now"
i hope im wrong but i cant help but read this is "pakistan energy grid devolving into isolated, fragile, ad-hoc islands"
Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand in some hubs next year reut.rs/3KkPG5V
Pakistan says rooftop solar output to exceed grid demand in some hubs next year
Pakistan's rooftop solar generation will for the first time exceed power demand on the country's electrical grid during daytime hours in some major industrial regions next year, a senior government official told Reuters.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
i hope im wrong but i cant help but read this is "pakistan energy grid devolving into isolated, fragile, ad-hoc islands"
One of our biggest problems is that the people who laid down the foundations of social media never stopped to consider that there are a lot of people that just should not ever have access to a global platform
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
One of our biggest problems is that the people who laid down the foundations of social media never stopped to consider that there are a lot of people that just should not ever have access to a global platform
pictured here, a bluesky scientist prepares to read ryan lizza’s part 2
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
pictured here, a bluesky scientist prepares to read ryan lizza’s part 2
i need this but just for my dry-ass hands
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
i need this but just for my dry-ass hands
you can tell billionaires dont really care about sci-fi because theres no 4k restoration of deep space nine
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
you can tell billionaires dont really care about sci-fi because theres no 4k restoration of deep space nine
WSJ POOL REPORTER: Mr President! Mr President sir, how can you stand the smell of this vile socialist sir, when shall the bombers launch against their godless strongholds???
لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِالله: TRUMP
لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِالله: TRUMP
Literally the funniest way this meeting could have gone
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
WSJ POOL REPORTER: Mr President! Mr President sir, how can you stand the smell of this vile socialist sir, when shall the bombers launch against their godless strongholds???
لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِالله: TRUMP
لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِالله: TRUMP
H.P. Lovecraft: “it was an indescribable horror”
Me: “…isnt describing stuff like your whole thing?”
Me: “…isnt describing stuff like your whole thing?”
When a professional songwriter writes a line like “I love you more than words can say,” that’s probably the most romantic way to slack off at work.
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
H.P. Lovecraft: “it was an indescribable horror”
Me: “…isnt describing stuff like your whole thing?”
Me: “…isnt describing stuff like your whole thing?”
I’m not saying it’s a sure thing, but things have never looked more promising for the return of Consequences
If a federal judge wrote in a decision that I was a lying liar who lied in testimony, I would be pretty fucking nervous.
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I’m not saying it’s a sure thing, but things have never looked more promising for the return of Consequences
It’s crazy how embarrassing this all is for everyone
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It’s crazy how embarrassing this all is for everyone
