Hans Friedrich
@hansef.bsky.social
Portland, OR. Head of Engineering at Bletchley Park (bletchley.co). Books, pixels, film and mountains in my free time.
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the fact that people on this site who think they are savvy and insightful and above being manipulated repeatedly fall for articles that are very clearly engineered to get maximum clicks from people on this site specifically is embarassing
December 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
the fact that people on this site who think they are savvy and insightful and above being manipulated repeatedly fall for articles that are very clearly engineered to get maximum clicks from people on this site specifically is embarassing
Excited to vote for numeracy in District 3 elections 2026!
If anyone tries to build a data center in or near Portland they’re gonna have to do it over my dead body. It’s not gonna happen. I would like for humanity and all creation to access fresh water in 10 years.
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Excited to vote for numeracy in District 3 elections 2026!
Finally found a good reason to play with running models locally - LLM trained exclusively on pre-1913 texts. github.com/DGoettlich/h...
GitHub - DGoettlich/history-llms: Information hub for our project training the largest possible historical LLMs.
Information hub for our project training the largest possible historical LLMs. - DGoettlich/history-llms
github.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Finally found a good reason to play with running models locally - LLM trained exclusively on pre-1913 texts. github.com/DGoettlich/h...
This this this is the difference between winning political instincts and wielding power vs an endless critique of power. Seize the mantle.
If you can convince the boomers and gen Xers who swept Reagan to a landslide in 84 that it's actually you who are part of the grand continuity of glorious American government they nostalgize and the MAGA GOP as aberrant deviationists, that's good.
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This this this is the difference between winning political instincts and wielding power vs an endless critique of power. Seize the mantle.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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Noam Chomsky made it very clear that he was a scumbag when he denied the Khmer Rouge genocide back in the 1970s: if you’ve been trying to deny the obvious about him ever since, well, that’s on you.
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Noam Chomsky made it very clear that he was a scumbag when he denied the Khmer Rouge genocide back in the 1970s: if you’ve been trying to deny the obvious about him ever since, well, that’s on you.
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Reroute I-5 up I-405 and demolish this abomination
Look at the central city riverfront of Portland. It's just so shocking and embarrassing that we tolerate this.
December 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reroute I-5 up I-405 and demolish this abomination
41. I injured my knee “training” for a turkey trot and have an Ortho appointment next week. I’m wearing a comfy dad flannel and sipping my second IPA while sitting next to my gas fireplace in the house I couldn’t afford to buy until I was 38. Just living authentically here.
someone should research why boomers clung to youth and demanded cultural hegemony well into their 60s while millennials went to pure "we are old and going to die soon and our zeitgeist expired years ago" mode before hitting 40
Figured I'd share this on Bluesky because this is the most 38 year old video I've ever seen in my life
December 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
41. I injured my knee “training” for a turkey trot and have an Ortho appointment next week. I’m wearing a comfy dad flannel and sipping my second IPA while sitting next to my gas fireplace in the house I couldn’t afford to buy until I was 38. Just living authentically here.
Surprised she has time between her busy schedule of demolishing every outdoor dining structure in Portland.
From the Portland community on Reddit: PBOT Director speaking in Riyadh
Explore this post and more from the Portland community
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December 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Surprised she has time between her busy schedule of demolishing every outdoor dining structure in Portland.
We’ve been trying to reach you about your democracy’s extended warranty
Mark Kelly here, reaching out one more time to test how many fake spam numbers you will allow me to text you from before you decide to block an American space hero
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
We’ve been trying to reach you about your democracy’s extended warranty
Cannot unsee 😂
Anybody else ever notice a similarity between Dmitri Shostakovich and Mike Johnson?
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Cannot unsee 😂
A government of the choads, by the choads, for the choads.
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM
A government of the choads, by the choads, for the choads.
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The conservative cultural project right now is to use the coercive power of the state to do affirmative action for bigots.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The conservative cultural project right now is to use the coercive power of the state to do affirmative action for bigots.
Currently 20% into Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds and man, I dunno… the world is fun but the expository prose and wooden characters are making me dread picking it back up. Competition between my Protestant guilt around DNF’ing novels and desire to jump to something more enjoyable.
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Currently 20% into Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds and man, I dunno… the world is fun but the expository prose and wooden characters are making me dread picking it back up. Competition between my Protestant guilt around DNF’ing novels and desire to jump to something more enjoyable.
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finally, conspiracy theorists will be correct when in saying that "They" are running things
LOOK, all im saying is we've tried patriarchy and if you go back far enough we've even tried matriarchy, but we've never tried rule by neuter gender. i believe we should try something new in this bold new era (i am very unbiased)
I think this shows that right-wing men are too emotional and reactive to govern effectively, this whole “masculinism” thing has gone too far and we need to get back to the traditional feminine values that built this country
November 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
finally, conspiracy theorists will be correct when in saying that "They" are running things
Has anyone done a labeler yet for people with anarcho-anything in bio? Asking for a friend.
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Has anyone done a labeler yet for people with anarcho-anything in bio? Asking for a friend.
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To the extent there's a real complaint about Bluesky moderation is that they don't do it enough
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
To the extent there's a real complaint about Bluesky moderation is that they don't do it enough
I’m Multnomah County consolidation-curious. multnomo.org
MultNoMo: One Government for Portland & Multnomah County
A citizen-led initiative to consolidate Multnomah County and the City of Portland into a single, accountable, and effective government.
multnomo.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I’m Multnomah County consolidation-curious. multnomo.org
And still 2 years younger than President Dementia!
November 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
And still 2 years younger than President Dementia!
It brings me no joy to report that the PNW oldheads who tell you the way to survive winter here is to get out in the weather are correct (started running again in the AM to prep for a Thanksgiving 5K, happiest early November in years)
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
It brings me no joy to report that the PNW oldheads who tell you the way to survive winter here is to get out in the weather are correct (started running again in the AM to prep for a Thanksgiving 5K, happiest early November in years)
The government being closed, no jobs report, but SPY still being up by nearly 1/2 a percent this morning has some real “no parents, no rules” energy.
October 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The government being closed, no jobs report, but SPY still being up by nearly 1/2 a percent this morning has some real “no parents, no rules” energy.
Farming my blocklist from @whstancil.bsky.social replyguys until my feed improves.
September 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Farming my blocklist from @whstancil.bsky.social replyguys until my feed improves.
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again, as somebody who has actually lived in a dictatorship and worked with dissidents from across the world, this kind of whiny cosplaying by academics pretending they have some secret knowledge of resistance is very annoying.
What we're seeing in the "don't sign up for protests" discourse is what Paulo Freire described as the convert's failure to trust the knowledge of the oppressed. As the convert tries to stand in solidarity with the oppressed, they refuse to let go of a world where they were the authority by default.
September 19, 2025 at 4:14 AM
again, as somebody who has actually lived in a dictatorship and worked with dissidents from across the world, this kind of whiny cosplaying by academics pretending they have some secret knowledge of resistance is very annoying.
My boy looks like he’s fixing to topple over soon.
Trump: "I said, 'You know what? I think the United States should be given 10% of Intel.'"
August 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
My boy looks like he’s fixing to topple over soon.