Byron Calver
@byronosaurusrex.bsky.social
39, he/him but they/them works too (I’m cis, to be clear, but I want to normalize usage of those pronouns more generally). Opinions expressed are mine, not representative of employers. Canada.
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NIGEL FARAGE STOLE MY SATSUMAS
2. New customs rules due to the UK now being outside of the EU single market.
The extra time, effort, paperwork, and risk of importing such perishable low value fruit means that almost all satsumas get sent to the easily accessible markets inside the EU.
The extra time, effort, paperwork, and risk of importing such perishable low value fruit means that almost all satsumas get sent to the easily accessible markets inside the EU.
December 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
NIGEL FARAGE STOLE MY SATSUMAS
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please let “bugs bunnying” become the slang for manipulating an LLM into ignoring its guardrails, i have never seen a more succinct and evocative term for it
Highly amused by the stories of companies using agentic AI chatbots to run their internal company stores, only for their employees to immediately Bugs Bunny the chatbot into giving them free stuff www.aiweirdness.com/when-a-chatb...
When a chatbot runs your store
You may have heard of "agentic AI", which is basically the idea that you can hook up a large language model to controls that do real things. The controls might run internet searches, run commands to o...
www.aiweirdness.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
please let “bugs bunnying” become the slang for manipulating an LLM into ignoring its guardrails, i have never seen a more succinct and evocative term for it
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Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
December 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
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Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
December 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Why did CBS delete this promo and cancel this from airing in full?
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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For fuck’s sakes.
FIRE SALE! LITERALLY!
Remember when Mr. Devine sold off all our highway maintenance equipment to AB because we were broke then too? It’s like these Putzes hate SK.
FIRE SALE! LITERALLY!
Remember when Mr. Devine sold off all our highway maintenance equipment to AB because we were broke then too? It’s like these Putzes hate SK.
Well here we go #skpoli.
Scott Moe looking to sell off ISC to raise $ because his #SaskParty government’s finances are broken.
Scott Moe looking to sell off ISC to raise $ because his #SaskParty government’s finances are broken.
December 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
For fuck’s sakes.
FIRE SALE! LITERALLY!
Remember when Mr. Devine sold off all our highway maintenance equipment to AB because we were broke then too? It’s like these Putzes hate SK.
FIRE SALE! LITERALLY!
Remember when Mr. Devine sold off all our highway maintenance equipment to AB because we were broke then too? It’s like these Putzes hate SK.
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especially in the dark hours we need to remember that we are going to win
Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
December 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
especially in the dark hours we need to remember that we are going to win
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really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
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so cool! now when I commit high crimes in flagrant violation of international law, all I have to do is refuse to talk about them on camera, and then, since they couldn't get "both sides," I can avoid an embarrassing news report on them! amazing system. A+
Bari Weiss this morning on the 60 Minutes segment: "We need to be able to get the principals on the record and on camera."
Of course, most journalists know that oftentimes people who are the subject of negative reporting don't want to speak on camera or on the record.
Of course, most journalists know that oftentimes people who are the subject of negative reporting don't want to speak on camera or on the record.
December 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
so cool! now when I commit high crimes in flagrant violation of international law, all I have to do is refuse to talk about them on camera, and then, since they couldn't get "both sides," I can avoid an embarrassing news report on them! amazing system. A+
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political media on all sides is defined by disdain for its audience. “liberal” media believes that its audience is too insular and must be confronted with opposing views. conservative media just feeds its audience propaganda slop.
December 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
political media on all sides is defined by disdain for its audience. “liberal” media believes that its audience is too insular and must be confronted with opposing views. conservative media just feeds its audience propaganda slop.
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America is a culture of child abuse. Ask any survivor - we find one another, we form networks and communities.
The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
Government of pedophiles. They're all tainted with this for the rest of their lives.
December 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
America is a culture of child abuse. Ask any survivor - we find one another, we form networks and communities.
The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
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The running theme between the Epstein story, banning trans healthcare for minors, religious homeschooling and the complaints about adult children estranging themselves is a fundamental American belief that children are property with no rights of their own
America is a culture of child abuse. Ask any survivor - we find one another, we form networks and communities.
The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
Government of pedophiles. They're all tainted with this for the rest of their lives.
December 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The running theme between the Epstein story, banning trans healthcare for minors, religious homeschooling and the complaints about adult children estranging themselves is a fundamental American belief that children are property with no rights of their own
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It's incredible they would do this right after everyone got the _explicit documentation_ that Byers is the designated hack for laundering lies that literally no other publication will touch.
December 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It's incredible they would do this right after everyone got the _explicit documentation_ that Byers is the designated hack for laundering lies that literally no other publication will touch.
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To Wilhoit's Law and JKG on conservatism as "the search for a superior moral justification for greed," add Goethe's "I prefer to commit an injustice than to endure disorder," and you have pretty much have the whole deal, right there.
December 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
To Wilhoit's Law and JKG on conservatism as "the search for a superior moral justification for greed," add Goethe's "I prefer to commit an injustice than to endure disorder," and you have pretty much have the whole deal, right there.
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Oh, look there: an editorial-interference canary.
December 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Oh, look there: an editorial-interference canary.
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There is a tremendous opportunity for a brand new generation of media outlets to rise up right now because many news outlets that spent decades painstakingly building their credibility are seeing it torched by bootlickers with incredible speed.
December 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
There is a tremendous opportunity for a brand new generation of media outlets to rise up right now because many news outlets that spent decades painstakingly building their credibility are seeing it torched by bootlickers with incredible speed.
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⭐ New Video 🪓
Revolution, Fascism, & Magic: The Gathering
Folks, this one's a bit big...
youtu.be/4JghX1MBU68
Revolution, Fascism, & Magic: The Gathering
Folks, this one's a bit big...
youtu.be/4JghX1MBU68
December 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
⭐ New Video 🪓
Revolution, Fascism, & Magic: The Gathering
Folks, this one's a bit big...
youtu.be/4JghX1MBU68
Revolution, Fascism, & Magic: The Gathering
Folks, this one's a bit big...
youtu.be/4JghX1MBU68
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None of this is “good faith political debate,” and it’s not a coincidence that all these outlets are suddenly interested in the same “discussion” at the same time.
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
December 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
None of this is “good faith political debate,” and it’s not a coincidence that all these outlets are suddenly interested in the same “discussion” at the same time.
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
Treating women’s humanity like a thought exercise makes it that much easier to legislate away
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Seeing how major "enterprise" computing companies work from the inside shows why things like "vibe coding" become popular. Things like "does any customer want this?" or "does this work?" are not actual considerations.
December 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Seeing how major "enterprise" computing companies work from the inside shows why things like "vibe coding" become popular. Things like "does any customer want this?" or "does this work?" are not actual considerations.
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When I worked at IBM, at one point I was working on a feature to optimise AIX using dynamic cacheing. The feature did the literal opposite of what it was meant to -- slowed things down.
It still got shipped, because that was the target. It was just turned off and undocumented.
It still got shipped, because that was the target. It was just turned off and undocumented.
I see it everywhere in my current company. People are pushed to deliver more and more, especially productivity tools that don't go to production that no one actually cares about. 99% of those are vibe coded bullshit that doesn't work, but ticks off a task on a goal sheet for when bonuses are paid.
December 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
When I worked at IBM, at one point I was working on a feature to optimise AIX using dynamic cacheing. The feature did the literal opposite of what it was meant to -- slowed things down.
It still got shipped, because that was the target. It was just turned off and undocumented.
It still got shipped, because that was the target. It was just turned off and undocumented.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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NEW: Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.
Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.
Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.
Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.
Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.
Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.
Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.
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This is a dumbfounding guideline. Absolutely a destructive and incompetent recommendation that was clearly made by people not qualified to judge such decisions.
This is one of the reasons I remain horrified by seeing @historians.org suggest "ways to use gAI" that included this:
December 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is a dumbfounding guideline. Absolutely a destructive and incompetent recommendation that was clearly made by people not qualified to judge such decisions.
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NEW — I wrote about Beker Rengifo, a Montana resident from Venezuela who was taken by ICE on Thursday after a routine traffic stop, and how local law enforcement is working with the feds to ensnare people with legal status.
ICE abducts Montana resident with legal humanitarian status
Beker Rengifo is the latest victim of Trump's reckless and illegal war on migrants.
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April 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
NEW — I wrote about Beker Rengifo, a Montana resident from Venezuela who was taken by ICE on Thursday after a routine traffic stop, and how local law enforcement is working with the feds to ensnare people with legal status.
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This is a new scam that people need to be aware of. Also, use Apple wallet! It is so much safer. It creates a unique code for each transaction and that is all that is transmitted.
‘Very good actors,’ A Toronto woman scammed out of $1,300 is warning others to be aware - @nowtoronto nowtoronto.com/news/a-toron...
‘Very good actors,’ A Toronto woman scammed out of $1,300 is warning others to be aware - NOW Toronto
A Toronto woman is warning others after falling victim to a debit card swap scam where fraudsters emptied her bank account within minutes.
nowtoronto.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is a new scam that people need to be aware of. Also, use Apple wallet! It is so much safer. It creates a unique code for each transaction and that is all that is transmitted.