David Burrows
@dburrows.bsky.social
multiple-model agnostic, writes code, mostly javascript/typescript, old school film, tv, sci-fi & comics nerd, ex-Yahoo!, currently at Starling Bank (opinions my own)
Desperate attempts to make people go back to a Twitter mean we’re winning.
December 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Desperate attempts to make people go back to a Twitter mean we’re winning.
This Is Spinal Tap, The Sure Thing, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men - name a better run of movies from a director straight off the starting line, Rob Reiner RIP
December 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This Is Spinal Tap, The Sure Thing, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men - name a better run of movies from a director straight off the starting line, Rob Reiner RIP
The Unlightenment continues.
Private equity has found a new source of profit: volunteer fire departments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The Unlightenment continues.
Extreme earworm from this weeks Plur1bus episode youtu.be/DrIQLiB3HPI?...
Hermanos Gutiérrez - Esperanza (Official Video)
YouTube video by Hermanos Gutiérrez
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Extreme earworm from this weeks Plur1bus episode youtu.be/DrIQLiB3HPI?...
Every AI podcast morphs into a Science Fiction salon if it goes on long enough. People start talking about Dyson Sphere’s like we’re just going to knock one up.
December 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Every AI podcast morphs into a Science Fiction salon if it goes on long enough. People start talking about Dyson Sphere’s like we’re just going to knock one up.
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The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
Said it before and I’ll say it again, this is the greatest Christmas invention ever, you can put a Christmas tree up in seconds instead of the hour of marriage straining DIY that our old tree stand took
December 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Said it before and I’ll say it again, this is the greatest Christmas invention ever, you can put a Christmas tree up in seconds instead of the hour of marriage straining DIY that our old tree stand took
Every so often someone in the Trump government can’t control the narrative and it instantly falls apart. Hard to believe this can go on forever.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Every so often someone in the Trump government can’t control the narrative and it instantly falls apart. Hard to believe this can go on forever.
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A (quite) young movie lover said to me recently, "Not everybody can afford a DVD player," and I said "How much do you think a DVD player costs?"
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
A (quite) young movie lover said to me recently, "Not everybody can afford a DVD player," and I said "How much do you think a DVD player costs?"
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
He said, "I don't know, like $500?"
Those of us who advocate physical media are maybe not doing the best job of messaging.
I think I just saw the worst ad that’s ever been made - Johnny Depp, Dior Sauvage. Feels like linking to it would be a potential war crime.
December 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I think I just saw the worst ad that’s ever been made - Johnny Depp, Dior Sauvage. Feels like linking to it would be a potential war crime.
Amazing Plur1bus episode this week, feels like I’m very much on it’s wavelength
December 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Amazing Plur1bus episode this week, feels like I’m very much on it’s wavelength
And paying for it
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
And paying for it
Disney just feeding itself into the Torment Nexus
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Disney just feeding itself into the Torment Nexus
The strategy of releasing new AI models with the riveting info that “it scored 5.9 flarks on the ABCxyZ Long Floobit test and outperforms humans on long horizon ineffability tasks” does not fill me with confidence these guys can make successful consumer facing products.
December 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The strategy of releasing new AI models with the riveting info that “it scored 5.9 flarks on the ABCxyZ Long Floobit test and outperforms humans on long horizon ineffability tasks” does not fill me with confidence these guys can make successful consumer facing products.
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Again, apologizing to all videogame environment artists who knocked up satirical posters for their games, I should not have rolled my eyes, yes, even you Cyberpunk billboard team, I am sorry
jesus christ
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Again, apologizing to all videogame environment artists who knocked up satirical posters for their games, I should not have rolled my eyes, yes, even you Cyberpunk billboard team, I am sorry
Weird to be on the “I don’t think it’s his best work” side of the opinion as PTA finally has his big moment, especially as I’ve been on his side since Hard Eight, even weirder to think Eddington was a better film when I hated everything else Ari Aster has done
December 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Weird to be on the “I don’t think it’s his best work” side of the opinion as PTA finally has his big moment, especially as I’ve been on his side since Hard Eight, even weirder to think Eddington was a better film when I hated everything else Ari Aster has done
Jay Kelly but it’s Sam Altman
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Jay Kelly but it’s Sam Altman
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
I wish Polymarket was legal in the UK because I would really enjoy making a lot of money by having the edge of “existing in the real world, not a massive delusion”
December 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I wish Polymarket was legal in the UK because I would really enjoy making a lot of money by having the edge of “existing in the real world, not a massive delusion”
Atari ST vibes
They can’t do this. Not now. I can’t know this exists. caligra.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Atari ST vibes
Chris Morris Voice:
December 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Chris Morris Voice:
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
Dear everyone living in my house, if a pen has run out THROW IT IN THE BIN
December 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Dear everyone living in my house, if a pen has run out THROW IT IN THE BIN