Tilmon Edwards
@tilmonedwards.com
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Tilmon Edwards
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· May 5
I have 3 axioms that help me decide when to talk to people I disagree with:
1. To debate a subject is to concede that the subject is debatable.
2. To reason with a person is to concede that the person is reasonable.
3. To ask for evidence of a claim is to concede that the claim might be true.
1. To debate a subject is to concede that the subject is debatable.
2. To reason with a person is to concede that the person is reasonable.
3. To ask for evidence of a claim is to concede that the claim might be true.
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
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Reflect on your dreams, factor them into your decisions, include them in your life, sure. But have the humility to consider that you have not already imagined every possible fulfilling path for your life.
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Reflect on your dreams, factor them into your decisions, include them in your life, sure. But have the humility to consider that you have not already imagined every possible fulfilling path for your life.
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This is real talk and a lot of people need to hear it. It also reflects the first chapter or two of one of my favorite development books ⬇️ - One of my more conservative (small C) views is that "follow your dreams" is a vapid cliche, and you DO have to be an active participant in your own survival.
Books - Designing Your Life (original book) - Designing Your Life
designingyour.life
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This is real talk and a lot of people need to hear it. It also reflects the first chapter or two of one of my favorite development books ⬇️ - One of my more conservative (small C) views is that "follow your dreams" is a vapid cliche, and you DO have to be an active participant in your own survival.
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Taking my unscientific university hallway surveys to my unscientific social media networks to ask if educators have noticed if students, particularly undergrads, have become "needier" in the past semester or two. As in, they require more hand-holding, basic requirements are shirked more often, etc.
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Taking my unscientific university hallway surveys to my unscientific social media networks to ask if educators have noticed if students, particularly undergrads, have become "needier" in the past semester or two. As in, they require more hand-holding, basic requirements are shirked more often, etc.
Nobody appreciates the art of a good troll anymore. It's all just industrial-scale agitation slop. Could be replaced with AI.
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Nobody appreciates the art of a good troll anymore. It's all just industrial-scale agitation slop. Could be replaced with AI.
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Repeat after me:
The best software engineers pick up a new language in a few weeks. They can become pretty good in a month or two.
The best devs also don’t get bogged down with one language.
ESPECIALLY not today when AI makes onboarding to new languages so much easier
The best software engineers pick up a new language in a few weeks. They can become pretty good in a month or two.
The best devs also don’t get bogged down with one language.
ESPECIALLY not today when AI makes onboarding to new languages so much easier
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Repeat after me:
The best software engineers pick up a new language in a few weeks. They can become pretty good in a month or two.
The best devs also don’t get bogged down with one language.
ESPECIALLY not today when AI makes onboarding to new languages so much easier
The best software engineers pick up a new language in a few weeks. They can become pretty good in a month or two.
The best devs also don’t get bogged down with one language.
ESPECIALLY not today when AI makes onboarding to new languages so much easier
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A recruiter at a PE firm messaged me asking for help because they have been unable to hire a Lead Go developer (in-office) for months now.
They only consider senior devs with N years of Go exp.
Told the recruiter that is exactly what their problem is… cannot believe ppl hire like this in 2025
They only consider senior devs with N years of Go exp.
Told the recruiter that is exactly what their problem is… cannot believe ppl hire like this in 2025
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A recruiter at a PE firm messaged me asking for help because they have been unable to hire a Lead Go developer (in-office) for months now.
They only consider senior devs with N years of Go exp.
Told the recruiter that is exactly what their problem is… cannot believe ppl hire like this in 2025
They only consider senior devs with N years of Go exp.
Told the recruiter that is exactly what their problem is… cannot believe ppl hire like this in 2025
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One engineering truism that doesn't really seem to click for normies is that all machines are and can only be morally neutral. It's basically impossible to conceive of a device that cannot be used for both good and evil under the right circumstances. How we use them remains a human responsibility.
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
One engineering truism that doesn't really seem to click for normies is that all machines are and can only be morally neutral. It's basically impossible to conceive of a device that cannot be used for both good and evil under the right circumstances. How we use them remains a human responsibility.
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After my post on vaccinating my children when they were babies, I got asked to have ‘nuanced’ convos with antivaxxers.
No.
I’m not platforming lies that led to the drop in vaccines, sick children with lifelong impacts and dead children.
Vaccines save lives and protect health.
Period.
No.
I’m not platforming lies that led to the drop in vaccines, sick children with lifelong impacts and dead children.
Vaccines save lives and protect health.
Period.
May 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
After my post on vaccinating my children when they were babies, I got asked to have ‘nuanced’ convos with antivaxxers.
No.
I’m not platforming lies that led to the drop in vaccines, sick children with lifelong impacts and dead children.
Vaccines save lives and protect health.
Period.
No.
I’m not platforming lies that led to the drop in vaccines, sick children with lifelong impacts and dead children.
Vaccines save lives and protect health.
Period.
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I work with students and young researchers, who are more focused, brilliant, and resourceful than I was at their ages, and extraordinarily savvy re critical media consumption and AI. This is deeply cynical viralbait doom-mongering, an attempt to whip up aging Millennials re Kids These Days.
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I work with students and young researchers, who are more focused, brilliant, and resourceful than I was at their ages, and extraordinarily savvy re critical media consumption and AI. This is deeply cynical viralbait doom-mongering, an attempt to whip up aging Millennials re Kids These Days.
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Sometimes when we say we live in "interesting times," it's not a euphemism for turmoil.
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Sometimes when we say we live in "interesting times," it's not a euphemism for turmoil.
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MTG is resigning from Congress because she has agreed to be my business partner in a cart selling the world's first alcoholic hot dogs
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
MTG is resigning from Congress because she has agreed to be my business partner in a cart selling the world's first alcoholic hot dogs
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Normalize asking what things mean
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Normalize asking what things mean
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This is an accidentally honest answer. What she's saying in code is:
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
Q: What did the president mean when he called a reporter "piggy"?
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is an accidentally honest answer. What she's saying in code is:
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
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CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
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I don’t want to tell the president how to do his job, but, what with being outed as a massive pedophile recently, as well as his entire base turning on him and realizing he’s a lying traitorous piece of shit, he’s probably due for another stroke or cardiac event soon.
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I don’t want to tell the president how to do his job, but, what with being outed as a massive pedophile recently, as well as his entire base turning on him and realizing he’s a lying traitorous piece of shit, he’s probably due for another stroke or cardiac event soon.
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My mom used to say “by the time you’re big enough to kick my ass, you’ll be smart enough not to” and god dammit she was right
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 AM
My mom used to say “by the time you’re big enough to kick my ass, you’ll be smart enough not to” and god dammit she was right
Going online to post in favor of resolving conflict through “revenge/physical combat” is actually extremely funny
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Going online to post in favor of resolving conflict through “revenge/physical combat” is actually extremely funny
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Asian chillies knock on your door, make polite conversation, get invited to dinner, have a nice meal with you and then pull a gun and hold you up after all that's done, Mexican chillies open by smashing your door down grabbing you by the collar and dragging you outside for a beating
November 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Asian chillies knock on your door, make polite conversation, get invited to dinner, have a nice meal with you and then pull a gun and hold you up after all that's done, Mexican chillies open by smashing your door down grabbing you by the collar and dragging you outside for a beating
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To quote Mel Robbins: Let them. And be sure to charge them a fuckton for everything. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
The Ultrarich Are Spending a Fortune to Live in Extreme Privacy
In Miami and elsewhere, the wealthy are moving in increasingly private spheres, shelling out big money to bypass the indignities of public life.
www.wsj.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
To quote Mel Robbins: Let them. And be sure to charge them a fuckton for everything. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
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I’m about halfway through a proper OCR run with segmented layout regions to extract actual metadata from the emails. I hope to post a proper update to the corpus tomorrow along with graphs between named entities.
And the iMessage transcripts are about to get an update unmasking a few names.
And the iMessage transcripts are about to get an update unmasking a few names.
GitHub - spdustin/epstein-estate-documents
Contribute to spdustin/epstein-estate-documents development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I’m about halfway through a proper OCR run with segmented layout regions to extract actual metadata from the emails. I hope to post a proper update to the corpus tomorrow along with graphs between named entities.
And the iMessage transcripts are about to get an update unmasking a few names.
And the iMessage transcripts are about to get an update unmasking a few names.
I think people are very accustomed to technology trying to meet them where they are. It’s widely accepted as a UX best practice. Frankly it’s kind of amazing that technology can do that at all.
But technology can’t think or adapt, and it works much better when you meet it where IT is.
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But technology can’t think or adapt, and it works much better when you meet it where IT is.
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Had a minute while eating lunch, and thinking about something -- I wonder how much of LLM-usage misfire comes from not understanding the tools you're using.
This has come to mind to me because of Claude Code, and how some people are able to use them effectively and some are Just Not.
This has come to mind to me because of Claude Code, and how some people are able to use them effectively and some are Just Not.
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think people are very accustomed to technology trying to meet them where they are. It’s widely accepted as a UX best practice. Frankly it’s kind of amazing that technology can do that at all.
But technology can’t think or adapt, and it works much better when you meet it where IT is.
🧵👇
But technology can’t think or adapt, and it works much better when you meet it where IT is.
🧵👇
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It is high past time for the Democrats to go full-send on a rampaging, ferocious, fire and brimstone anti-corruption push.
The people thirst for it.
The people thirst for it.
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It is high past time for the Democrats to go full-send on a rampaging, ferocious, fire and brimstone anti-corruption push.
The people thirst for it.
The people thirst for it.
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this is what separates them from us, and it drives them crazy
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
this is what separates them from us, and it drives them crazy