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Tom Lee @tjl.bsky.social · 4d

as a cyclist I appreciate the attempt at support but an indictment alleging "had to drive slow" as its harm is the most American thing I've ever heard

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Tom Lee @tjl.bsky.social · 4d

I acknowledge the necessity of a new generation of political leaders but it's going to take me a second to accept the presence of gamer chairs

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.

This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5d

WILD story. A DHS officer shot at a man he thought was fleeing (a judge dismissed all charges). Bullets went into the driver's side window, through his jacket collar, and into the empty passenger seat. An MPD cop on the scene says he was ordered not to put it in the police report.

A D.C. task force shot at a driver. It’s not in the police report.

Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Tom Lee @tjl.bsky.social · 5d

finally found something to try out dspy.MIPROv2 on and boy... pretty cool. thanks for the bloggy tip, @dbreunig.bsky.social

www.dbreunig.com/2025/06/10/l...

Let the Model Write the Prompt

Notes from a talk I delivered at the 2025 Data + AI Summit, detailing the problem with prompts in your code and how DSPy can make everything better.

www.dbreunig.com

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Tom Lee @tjl.bsky.social · 5d

just put courses in front of me and refill my glass at a reasonable clip, then hand me the bill

Tom Lee @tjl.bsky.social · 5d

this is correct www.cartoonshateher.com/p/im-a-food-...

I like it when food is good, but I will trade quite a bit of quality for an anxiety-free experience. I want to relax, not to have to make choices, not to constantly monitor & respond to etiquette questions.

CHH cartoon showing contrast between "what I think family style means" and "what restaurants think family style means". in the first panel a woman sits before a heavily laden table and says "dig in everyone! there's enough for us all to share!". in the second, she sits before an almost-bare plate and says "okay, so each of us can take one fourth of this anchovy"

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the ghost of pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · 10d

check out this absolutely terrifying ancient babylonian lullaby

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As far as the earliest we know of, it's another Babylonian tablet, about 4000 years old and most often known as Little Baby in the Dark House. We don't have the music for it, but again, the BBC article has a good go at describing some commonalities of the music that tends to accompany lullabies, so that might inspire you.
The rough translation for that Babylonian lullaby, by the way, is:
Little Baby in the dark house
You have seen the sun rise
Why are you crying?
Why are you screaming?
You have disturbed the house god.
'Who has disturbed me?' says the house god.
'It is the baby who has disturbed you!
'Who scared me?' says the house god.
'The baby has disturbed you, the baby has scared you, making noises like a drunkard who cannot sit still on his stool.
He has disturbed your sleep!
'Call the baby now, says the house god.
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Tom Lee @tjl.bsky.social · 11d

TATTOO v3: grail stuff
TATTOO v4: hyperborea

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John Wiseman @lemonodor.bsky.social · 11d

Video by stevefaeembra: "Flight down Glencoe, done in a 80s/90s Sci Fi movie style. Contours done in #QGIS , using data from Ordnance Survey Open ZoomStack"
mapstodon.space/@stevefaeemb...

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Gary Delaney Comedian @garydelaney.bsky.social · 17d

A story in three parts

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Tom Lee @tjl.bsky.social · 18d

it's good giraffe but the Halo Master Chief costume has a little more attention to detail

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 20d

Dear Toronto: We will stop scoring runs this game if Doug Ford agrees to stop tearing out bike lanes. Until then, the runs will continue.

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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 20d

Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 20d

What it feels like defending capitalism on Bluesky

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Tom Lee @tjl.bsky.social · 23d

I don’t even dislike it but this track belongs in a medical text discussing pop punk band gerontology. I guess the Weezerification process comes for everyone open.spotify.com/album/5EyWzn...

Well, Whatever It Was

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Tom Lee @tjl.bsky.social · 24d

TIL en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licence...

shocked that I haven't yet seen an ANC weigh in on one of these

Licence to crenellate - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Tom Lee @tjl.bsky.social · Sep 28

Ancient history I know but I still find myself listening to open.spotify.com/track/6XGKls... — just exactly the right injection of musical theater into a rockist framework, with all the contrasts necessary to feel original while hitting the necessary structure and themes