High-Functioning Lurker
@duahble.bsky.social
If lurking is cool, consider me Miles Davis.
Desert dweller. Technology maker. Think about-er.
Desert dweller. Technology maker. Think about-er.
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If you (rightfully) refer to marc andreesen as an "eggheaded fuck", I am instantly following you.
The perfect skeet does not ex...
I was dipping Cool Ranch Doritos in a ranch dressing thing from McDonald's and that's as close to touching God as I'm gonna get
December 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The perfect skeet does not ex...
Damn this is a great idea. How have I never heard of this before???
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Damn this is a great idea. How have I never heard of this before???
This is amazing
Here's my bracket.
Go vote!
Go vote!
December 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This is amazing
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Ok it was like 4 skeets later but still.
Twitter *was* a big deal in 2016...2020... 2024 even!
2025 is *not* those times.
And yes, TikTok cannot play that role, but thats because that role cannot be played on a social platform in the world of 2025.
bsky.app/profile/whst...
Twitter *was* a big deal in 2016...2020... 2024 even!
2025 is *not* those times.
And yes, TikTok cannot play that role, but thats because that role cannot be played on a social platform in the world of 2025.
bsky.app/profile/whst...
That doesn’t mean Twitter serves the same role now - it clearly doesn’t, although it’s frying a lot of brains with some pretty shocking effects in the real world. But places like TikTok can’t play the same role because elites don’t use them and there’s no true discourse.
December 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Ok it was like 4 skeets later but still.
Twitter *was* a big deal in 2016...2020... 2024 even!
2025 is *not* those times.
And yes, TikTok cannot play that role, but thats because that role cannot be played on a social platform in the world of 2025.
bsky.app/profile/whst...
Twitter *was* a big deal in 2016...2020... 2024 even!
2025 is *not* those times.
And yes, TikTok cannot play that role, but thats because that role cannot be played on a social platform in the world of 2025.
bsky.app/profile/whst...
Bouie: Direct to camera social has the juice *right now*. Text-only social does not
Stancil: Nuh-uh! Just look at the impact of Twitter when musk took over *3 fucking years ago*
Stancil (2 skeets later): But yeah Twitter is no longer good at what it was good at *right now*
🙃
Stancil: Nuh-uh! Just look at the impact of Twitter when musk took over *3 fucking years ago*
Stancil (2 skeets later): But yeah Twitter is no longer good at what it was good at *right now*
🙃
Gotta say I really strenuously disagree with this. People have been making versions of this argument for years but, for instance, Musk seizing Twitter had a noticeable effect on politics. That’s because the opinion and consensus of elites matters, A LOT, so their forums also matter a lot.
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Bouie: Direct to camera social has the juice *right now*. Text-only social does not
Stancil: Nuh-uh! Just look at the impact of Twitter when musk took over *3 fucking years ago*
Stancil (2 skeets later): But yeah Twitter is no longer good at what it was good at *right now*
🙃
Stancil: Nuh-uh! Just look at the impact of Twitter when musk took over *3 fucking years ago*
Stancil (2 skeets later): But yeah Twitter is no longer good at what it was good at *right now*
🙃
Jamelle:
<obv talking to the pundit dorks on X and NOT the avg bsky dick-around-er>
Avg bsky dick-around-er:
"OMG WHY ARE YOU ATTACKING ME?!?!"
<obv talking to the pundit dorks on X and NOT the avg bsky dick-around-er>
Avg bsky dick-around-er:
"OMG WHY ARE YOU ATTACKING ME?!?!"
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Jamelle:
<obv talking to the pundit dorks on X and NOT the avg bsky dick-around-er>
Avg bsky dick-around-er:
"OMG WHY ARE YOU ATTACKING ME?!?!"
<obv talking to the pundit dorks on X and NOT the avg bsky dick-around-er>
Avg bsky dick-around-er:
"OMG WHY ARE YOU ATTACKING ME?!?!"
Came across this image and spotted a familiar face in the original. Thought you might appreciate this if you haven't seen it already @boyq.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Came across this image and spotted a familiar face in the original. Thought you might appreciate this if you haven't seen it already @boyq.bsky.social
Welp, to b.o.
It’s thanksgiving week so I wanna see some MST3K posting, quotes, pictures, clips, gifs! Meanwhile I’m going to go to a department meeting and try to pay attention while I wonder if there’s beer on the sun
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Welp, to b.o.
This is a damn good list
Objective, Facts-Based MST3K Ranking
1. The Wild Wild World of Batwoman
2. Time Chasers
3. Hobgoblins
4. Space Mutiny
5. Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
6. Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
7. Touch of Satan
8. Boggy Creek II
9. Girl in Gold Boots
10. Future War
11. Prince of Space
12. The Skydivers
1. The Wild Wild World of Batwoman
2. Time Chasers
3. Hobgoblins
4. Space Mutiny
5. Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders
6. Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
7. Touch of Satan
8. Boggy Creek II
9. Girl in Gold Boots
10. Future War
11. Prince of Space
12. The Skydivers
It’s thanksgiving week so I wanna see some MST3K posting, quotes, pictures, clips, gifs! Meanwhile I’m going to go to a department meeting and try to pay attention while I wonder if there’s beer on the sun
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This is a damn good list
Anniversary
Inconceivable
Canceled
Cancelled
Inconceivable
Canceled
Cancelled
Hello, I'm a professional author and I can never spell permanently or camouflage on the first try.
Come, make me feel better and share your nemesis words.
Come, make me feel better and share your nemesis words.
September 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Anniversary
Inconceivable
Canceled
Cancelled
Inconceivable
Canceled
Cancelled
Hack the planet!
Went to a 30th anniversary screening of HACKERS at the Metreon. The tech may be outdated but the soundtrack and fashion are still 💯 #HackThePlanet
September 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Hack the planet!
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Just imagine Reagan wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt.
i have to be honest i have no fucking clue what abundance is all about im just here for the memes
September 5, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Just imagine Reagan wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt.
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
Tom Clancy's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Tom Clancy's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
Tom Cancy's Administrative Burdens
Tom Cancy's Administrative Burdens
August 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
Tom Clancy's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Tom Clancy's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Yes
I can't tell if they're racing to get ahead of the Epstein Files, or racing to get ahead of a tariff-driven economic crash, or racing to get ahead of Trump's health issues, or all of the above.
Is Trump's Declining Health Driving the MAGA Rush to Autocracy?
Donald Trump is an aging, criminal vulgarian with cankles and a troublesome wound he's trying to hide on his right forehand. The MAGA ramp-up on fascism could be a sign their King is ailing.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
Donald Trump is an aging, criminal vulgarian with cankles and a troublesome wound he's trying to hide on his right forehand. The MAGA ramp-up on fascism could be a sign their King is ailing.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
August 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Yes
Yes
It's all part of the big steal. They're stealing the public assets of the US. All of them. It will make the rise of the Russian oligarchs look like kids stealing candy.
August 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Yes
Born institutionalized,
My homie from N.O.
Found his crib
With the roof on the side
FEMA asking for an address
But ain't no mailbox
Nothin left to do out here
But to sell rocks
—2 Chainz
My homie from N.O.
Found his crib
With the roof on the side
FEMA asking for an address
But ain't no mailbox
Nothin left to do out here
But to sell rocks
—2 Chainz
FEMA now requires disaster victims to have an email address if they want aid. But what happens to the tens of millions of Americans who don't have internet access in the first place? from @mollytaft.com
FEMA Now Requires Disaster Victims to Have an Email Address
Workers at FEMA worry that demanding disaster survivors access services using email could shut out people without internet connectivity from receiving government aid.
www.wired.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Born institutionalized,
My homie from N.O.
Found his crib
With the roof on the side
FEMA asking for an address
But ain't no mailbox
Nothin left to do out here
But to sell rocks
—2 Chainz
My homie from N.O.
Found his crib
With the roof on the side
FEMA asking for an address
But ain't no mailbox
Nothin left to do out here
But to sell rocks
—2 Chainz
"It wasn't the most creative skeet, but it was well prepared and he made the evening fun. For that, I'm giving Juan Pablo a magical seven" 7️⃣
August 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"It wasn't the most creative skeet, but it was well prepared and he made the evening fun. For that, I'm giving Juan Pablo a magical seven" 7️⃣
Walkie-talkiehead
Slightly diminish a band: About as Good as Ezra
August 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Walkie-talkiehead
Iceberg Slim's Pimp: The Story of My Life
I was like 11.
I was like 11.
Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
I'll start: John Gardner's Grendel.
I'll start: John Gardner's Grendel.
August 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Iceberg Slim's Pimp: The Story of My Life
I was like 11.
I was like 11.
Rosen's "verification in reverse" idea here reminds me of line from 20th century poet Zach de la Rocha:
"What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and movin'
They don't gotta burn the books
They just remove 'em"
—from 'Bulls On Parade'
"What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and movin'
They don't gotta burn the books
They just remove 'em"
—from 'Bulls On Parade'
Excerpt from my latest: At his Substack @markjacob.bsky.social Mark Jacob interviews me about "verification in reverse" and other ways to "nullify" reality.
www.stopthepresses.news/p/q-and-a-wi...
www.stopthepresses.news/p/q-and-a-wi...
August 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Rosen's "verification in reverse" idea here reminds me of line from 20th century poet Zach de la Rocha:
"What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and movin'
They don't gotta burn the books
They just remove 'em"
—from 'Bulls On Parade'
"What we don't know keeps the contracts alive and movin'
They don't gotta burn the books
They just remove 'em"
—from 'Bulls On Parade'
I agree w/ Stancy Pants on this one.
We are very sophisticated probability and inference machines, not all that dissimilar from LLMs.
Every time someone says "but these things HALLUCINATE!" I can't help but think that's what humans are doing all the damn time.
We are very sophisticated probability and inference machines, not all that dissimilar from LLMs.
Every time someone says "but these things HALLUCINATE!" I can't help but think that's what humans are doing all the damn time.
are you totally sure you’re not just prediction algorithm? because I think there’s a very strong case to be made that one of the easiest ways to understand human cognition is as a prediction algorithm.
we don't exactly know how we work, but we do know we're not predict text algorithms.
there's a long, long way from "AI can do some impressive things" to "AI has attained consciousness," and basically no serious analyst or expert things we've come that distance. 1
there's a long, long way from "AI can do some impressive things" to "AI has attained consciousness," and basically no serious analyst or expert things we've come that distance. 1
August 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I agree w/ Stancy Pants on this one.
We are very sophisticated probability and inference machines, not all that dissimilar from LLMs.
Every time someone says "but these things HALLUCINATE!" I can't help but think that's what humans are doing all the damn time.
We are very sophisticated probability and inference machines, not all that dissimilar from LLMs.
Every time someone says "but these things HALLUCINATE!" I can't help but think that's what humans are doing all the damn time.
Rush (Neil Peart) - big ayn rand energy in a lot of the lyrics but it works and the music whips.
Here’s a question: who is the artist with politics you disagree strongly with, whose politics *do* (in your view) influence their art, that you still think is talented and whose work you enjoy?
August 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Rush (Neil Peart) - big ayn rand energy in a lot of the lyrics but it works and the music whips.
BREAKING: All photographs are photographed!!!
Can someone explain how this is evidence of the photo being staged? These people are hungry and waiting for food and he took a photo of them. What am I missing?
August 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
BREAKING: All photographs are photographed!!!
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Jimmy Fallon must give one hell of a blowjob.
August 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Jimmy Fallon must give one hell of a blowjob.