Ed Barwani
ebarwani.bsky.social
Ed Barwani
@ebarwani.bsky.social
I coded some, engineered some and am now trying to garden some. Memento Mori.
At Melbourne Tullamarine airport. Gate information on T4 was not available on the board, however, the online systems had my gate number.

Being online is a privilege. It should be a convenience not a necessity!
January 6, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.

Just fuck you. Fuck you all.

I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I guess Karma has caught up with the United States of America
December 12, 2025 at 11:32 AM
www.amylandthesniffers.com

Enjoying some music!
Amyl and the Sniffers
New album
www.amylandthesniffers.com
May 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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In this new essay on the emergence of oligarch-intellectuals, I do wonder if Silicon Valley tech founders are just Soviet apparatchiks in disguise www.theideasletter.org/essay/silico...
The New Legislators of Silicon Valley - The Ideas Letter
Morozov describes a newly emerged Silicon Valley class of “oligarch-intellectuals,” billionaire tech elites who combine vast wealth, ideological ambition, and the philosophical pretense to reshape pub...
www.theideasletter.org
April 4, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Something big is afoot. A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution. @philipcball.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/why-everythi...
Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex | Quanta Magazine
A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution.
www.quantamagazine.org
April 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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chair with a bad back
February 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it

understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
February 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Every day, the goals become clearer: The point of DOGE is not efficiency, but regime change
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
www.theatlantic.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The weather is a cruel friend. If you wait for it, it will stand you up. If you don't, it will beat you up. One can only try and play.
January 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Beautiful bread fail ✉️
#breasky
December 4, 2024 at 6:27 AM
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Chimney sweep in Victorian era London?

No, CEO of Canadian aerospace company ThothX cleaning out part of a satellite dish in Carnarvon in Western Australia that hasn’t been used since 1987.

www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
December 2, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Something about rain reassures me. Something about rain alerts me to imminent danger; drivers, floods and force of nature. Water, my ultimate rioter or soother.
November 30, 2024 at 2:40 AM
I wanted to merge PDFs to make it easier to read on my reMarkable. I installed PDF Chain, a few segfaults & hours later I am running memtester to make sure I don't have faulty RAM. Meanwhile reading is postponed indefinitely. The brain is an interesting creature.
November 29, 2024 at 2:38 AM
The conclusion of this series explained something that I have disregarded and dismissed during the election. Thanks @mattbevan.bsky.social for the insights! Love your work!
This 6 part series by Matt Bevan is essential viewing. Find out more about how Trump managed to stage his return to power against seemingly all odds and what this means for the US going forward.
Also available in the ABC If You're Listening podcast.
America’s Last Election Part 1: The Big Lie | If You're Listening
YouTube video by ABC News In-depth
youtu.be
November 24, 2024 at 10:08 AM
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Oman trip report is up! Self-guided tour, got 230+ bird species! Will add more photos as I edit them... ebird.org/tripreport/2...
November 20, 2024 at 8:18 PM