Some Gora Boy Named Rob
@mathochist.bsky.social
Data kid, coffee kid, open source kid, piano kid, in-his-forties kid
I still know all the words to the Murphy Brown theme song.
I still know all the words to the Murphy Brown theme song.
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If Zohran delivers on even half of his promises, this might come in handy when the worst people in the world are mad about it.
January 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
If Zohran delivers on even half of his promises, this might come in handy when the worst people in the world are mad about it.
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Ooples *and* banoonoos? In *this* ooconomoo?
January 9, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Ooples *and* banoonoos? In *this* ooconomoo?
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A cop shot a person three times point blank and instead of the streets being deserted. They filled with people yelling at the cops [who could have shot them too].
January 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
A cop shot a person three times point blank and instead of the streets being deserted. They filled with people yelling at the cops [who could have shot them too].
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ICE is responsible for the *only* shooting and homicide in Minneapolis so far in 2026.
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
ICE is responsible for the *only* shooting and homicide in Minneapolis so far in 2026.
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If you're stable (housed, fed, spending funds) & haven't changed what you're doing from a year or two ago to actively help folks survive fascism, then what you're doing now is assimilating to fascism.
Stop it.
This will not pass without action from everyone who can act.
"Fix your hearts or die."
Stop it.
This will not pass without action from everyone who can act.
"Fix your hearts or die."
January 6, 2026 at 7:15 PM
If you're stable (housed, fed, spending funds) & haven't changed what you're doing from a year or two ago to actively help folks survive fascism, then what you're doing now is assimilating to fascism.
Stop it.
This will not pass without action from everyone who can act.
"Fix your hearts or die."
Stop it.
This will not pass without action from everyone who can act.
"Fix your hearts or die."
This is such an engantic idea!
Exactly, you can just say stuff! Enweird your language a bit! Maybe people will pick it up from you, but you won't know until you try!
My German-speaking partner also bemoans the absence of "forenoon" in English (vormittag in German). It's gotten to a point where he'll just say it. Be the language change you wish to see in the world, I guess?
December 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is such an engantic idea!
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they should invent a kitchen trash you can take out that is less than 106.8% full
December 31, 2025 at 12:41 AM
they should invent a kitchen trash you can take out that is less than 106.8% full
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I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
asking the sommelier which wine pairs best with swedish fish
December 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
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It kind of bugs me that there's no such thing as comprehensive, free family MDM. I'd love for there to be an easier way for me to remotely support at least the devices in the Apple ecosystem that are scattered throughout my family.
It is surprising to me that none of the major platforms have actual _parental control_ features so that we can limit the amount of time that our parents can spend online, and which apps they’re allowed to use. I don’t worry about my teenager’s use of the internet at all, just my octogenarian dad’s.
December 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It kind of bugs me that there's no such thing as comprehensive, free family MDM. I'd love for there to be an easier way for me to remotely support at least the devices in the Apple ecosystem that are scattered throughout my family.
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No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
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An easy way to explain this:
Which is easier to do, bake a cake from scratch, or fix a cake that someone baked after they accidentally used salt instead of sugar?
Which is easier to do, bake a cake from scratch, or fix a cake that someone baked after they accidentally used salt instead of sugar?
Just a thing about this: a common statement in writing is that you can fix crap, but you can't fix a blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I know I don’t talk about writing much. It is because I am writing so slowly.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
December 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
An easy way to explain this:
Which is easier to do, bake a cake from scratch, or fix a cake that someone baked after they accidentally used salt instead of sugar?
Which is easier to do, bake a cake from scratch, or fix a cake that someone baked after they accidentally used salt instead of sugar?
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Indeco IFP28X pulverizer with googly eyes.
December 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Indeco IFP28X pulverizer with googly eyes.
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From the 1966 Sunset Magazine “Sunset Cook Book of Breads”
December 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
From the 1966 Sunset Magazine “Sunset Cook Book of Breads”
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If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
After the halfway point, you're SURE that each one you read was earlier in the list, but it wasn't.
Cracking up since a robotext earlier couldn't make up it's mind on what to text, so it just sent EVERYTHING AT ONCE
December 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
After the halfway point, you're SURE that each one you read was earlier in the list, but it wasn't.
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Everyone else go home — this is the year we secure ABOLISH ICE on a Chicago Snowplow
chicagoshovels.org
chicagoshovels.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Everyone else go home — this is the year we secure ABOLISH ICE on a Chicago Snowplow
chicagoshovels.org
chicagoshovels.org
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Just want to say, people who try to conflate generative AI with shit like *enemy AI in old video games* are either willfully attempting to muddle the two to downplay the issues with GenAI or *actually don't know anything about how fucking video games work.*
Be for fucking real.
Be for fucking real.
December 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Just want to say, people who try to conflate generative AI with shit like *enemy AI in old video games* are either willfully attempting to muddle the two to downplay the issues with GenAI or *actually don't know anything about how fucking video games work.*
Be for fucking real.
Be for fucking real.
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The way to restart the idea machine is PAY CREATIVES FOR THEIR WORK
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The way to restart the idea machine is PAY CREATIVES FOR THEIR WORK
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Doubly offensive because the architects are never the ones sitting out on the beam
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Doubly offensive because the architects are never the ones sitting out on the beam
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Easy answer:
Because to them, “Retro” is anything more than 10 years old… and that’s basically the EXACT point where tech flipped from being something that solved problems to something that sold subscriptions.
Kids aren’t stupid. They see it.
Because to them, “Retro” is anything more than 10 years old… and that’s basically the EXACT point where tech flipped from being something that solved problems to something that sold subscriptions.
Kids aren’t stupid. They see it.
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Easy answer:
Because to them, “Retro” is anything more than 10 years old… and that’s basically the EXACT point where tech flipped from being something that solved problems to something that sold subscriptions.
Kids aren’t stupid. They see it.
Because to them, “Retro” is anything more than 10 years old… and that’s basically the EXACT point where tech flipped from being something that solved problems to something that sold subscriptions.
Kids aren’t stupid. They see it.
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I mean, good god. The specific question he asked ChatGPT was why his kid was throwing pizza on the floor and laughing.
I just asked it that question. It gave four answers. Because ChatGPT is not human, the obvious answer wasn't among them:
Because throwing pizza on the floor is fucking hilarious.
I just asked it that question. It gave four answers. Because ChatGPT is not human, the obvious answer wasn't among them:
Because throwing pizza on the floor is fucking hilarious.
December 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I mean, good god. The specific question he asked ChatGPT was why his kid was throwing pizza on the floor and laughing.
I just asked it that question. It gave four answers. Because ChatGPT is not human, the obvious answer wasn't among them:
Because throwing pizza on the floor is fucking hilarious.
I just asked it that question. It gave four answers. Because ChatGPT is not human, the obvious answer wasn't among them:
Because throwing pizza on the floor is fucking hilarious.
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cannot stress enough how bad it is to give teenage boys a "see this person naked" button. massive, multi-axis disaster
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’
The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
cannot stress enough how bad it is to give teenage boys a "see this person naked" button. massive, multi-axis disaster
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Being a class member against Anthropic is nice and all I guess but I don’t want settlement money, I want the book I carved out of my trauma as a warning against unregulated tech to be taken out of the machine that pollutes small towns to encourage people to kill themselves
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Being a class member against Anthropic is nice and all I guess but I don’t want settlement money, I want the book I carved out of my trauma as a warning against unregulated tech to be taken out of the machine that pollutes small towns to encourage people to kill themselves