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Dan
@pandred.bsky.social
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He/him. ↙️↙️↙️. Bug lorax @ Microsoft. USSR ➡️ MA ➡️ BC
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Sean Bean as an injured Richard Sharpe with a dialog bubble pointing below.
November 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Currently watching my colleagues talking up Rust for drivers and firmware (session should show up on YouTube in a bit I believe, currently just live on Ignite site)
Screenshot of MS Ignite session BRK338, "Advancing Windows device security through Surface innovation"
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
pandred.bsky.social
Google's AI overview is actually quite good here?
A screenshot of a Google search, with this AI Overview: The term "толкач" (tolkach) in the Soviet economic context refers to an informal but essential figure: a pusher, fixer, or middleman who used personal connections and ingenuity to navigate the rigid, centrally planned system to acquire scarce goods and resources. This system of informal exchange operated as a form of barter economy or "blat" (connections) where money was often less valuable than direct access to goods. Role and Function of a Tolkach The Soviet economy was characterized by chronic shortages, rigid central planning, and official price controls. Formal supply chains were often inefficient or broken. The tolkach (literally "pusher" or "shover") was an individual who could: * Locate needed supplies: They often knew where specific materials (like raw materials, spare parts, or consumer goods) could be found. * Negotiate exchanges: They would arrange non-monetary, quid-pro-quo deals between enterprises, bypassing official channels. For example, a factory manager might trade some of his excess steel for bricks needed for a construction project. * Use personal networks (blat): Their effectiveness relied heavily on extensive networks of contacts and favors owed across different industries and regions. The tolkach was technically operating in a grey area, outside the official planning mechanisms, but their role was widely understood and tolerated as necessary for the system to function at all.
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
pandred.bsky.social
got this a few minutes ago, not quite a column though
A golden retriever puppy sitting silently by a door.
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
pandred.bsky.social
Yep :(
A screenshot of the bottom (cloudiest) cities in North & Central America sorted by November sunshine hours, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_sunshine_duration#North_America
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
pandred.bsky.social
Avasarala on the Expanse saying: "I will freeze their assets, cancel their contracts, cripple their business... Tell his children the government is more powerful than any corporation"
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Every day. archive.is/0NN0O
"Ottawa is aiming to keep new permanent residents at less than 1 per cent of the population beyond 2027, while reducing the number of temporary residents to less than 5 per cent of the population by the end of 2027. Colleges and universities are expected to balk at the deeper cuts to international-student numbers, which have declined by about 60 per cent compared to 2024, when Ottawa capped study-permit applications. Higher education institutions have warned that reducing numbers of foreign students, who pay high tuition fees, hits their finances hard and leads to cuts in academic programs." - https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-federal-budget-2025-immigration-plan-carney/
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
pandred.bsky.social
Real sicko (me) hours.
A map of good weather (according to me) cities showing Denver, Minneapolis, Montreal, Boston, Stockholm, and mostly other humid continental cities above a certain population level.
November 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
pandred.bsky.social
I asked for a Warcraft-like Canadian mechagnome. It delivered!
A mechanical gnome painted red and white with maple leaf symbols throughout.
October 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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I got added to this blocklist, and you know what, fair. bsky.app/profile/did:...
Bing translation of the moderation list's description: - People who utilize generated images, music, text, novels, etc. - People who openly state that they use chatGPT, Grok, or other generation tools - People who make remarks close to abusive language toward illustrators or people they want to regulate - People who use words like 'anti-AI' - People who have been judged by AI labelers - Sometimes neutral cases are included. - People who input plush toys, pets, or family/children into GPT, etc., for generation - Copyright violations (including those who post manga cutouts, etc.) Even creators may be included as users. Please understand. *People who have intentions to regulate or oppose generation are not included. (If they have used AI, they may be included even if they express opposition)
October 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
pandred.bsky.social
Can it be more than one thing?
the treatlerism flag: red flag, white circle, black Doordash logo
October 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Me in a coffee house last year.
A photo of me in a Viennese coffee house, with an order of Oma’s häferlkaffee in front of me and hot chocolate in front of my partner (who is taking the picture).
October 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
pandred.bsky.social
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness (if you feel like)
Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci as Julia & Paul Child from the movie "Julie & Julia"
October 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
pandred.bsky.social
Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer saying "I'm a New Deal Democrat"
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
pandred.bsky.social
Time to post some old-timey maps of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
A map showing Massachusetts just as a coastal colony extending from present day MA to present day Maine. Map of New England, but we're basically just looking at Massachusetts from the ocean.
October 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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I mean, it's right there in the profile. But she's from Canada, he wouldn't know her.
Screenshot of anitmata.bsky.social's profile which reads: "@beneprism.rip's Canadian girlfriend"
October 18, 2025 at 6:02 AM
pandred.bsky.social
This is such bullshit

"legally contested basis"?

The NYT doesn't want to call attention to what the chain of command is here, if a state of war exists, and whether murder and piracy on the high seas are part of a "military campaign"
"The Trump administration now faces a dilemma about whether to release the two people, claim it can hold them as indefinite wartime detainees, or transfer them to civilian law enforcement officials for prosecution - a major and messy set of new legal and policy problems that could bring judicial scrutiny to the legally contested basis for its unfolding military campaign."
October 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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great block list out there, helps prevent psychic damage
A screenshot of babadookspinoza.bsky.social's profile showing that it is blocked by a moderation list called "Verified Tankies".
October 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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sure, this looks about right [https://bubbel.blue/]
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October 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Yeah, this is my nomination.
A photo of Trader Joe's Eggplant Garlic Spread
October 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
pandred.bsky.social
wow
wishda.bsky.social posts: Housing prices are displacing residents there in massive numbers. YIMBYism is yet another failed liberal scheme to privatize the social responsibility to provide housing. Their ideas have done great damage across NC. And they are condescending zealots, so I stopped engaging.
October 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
pandred.bsky.social
These are not serious people
October 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
pandred.bsky.social
that's actually an undercount, because it's just direct blocks -- including lists, he's blocked by an additional ~619k
A screenshot of https://clearsky.app/jessesingal.com/blocked-by-lists showing that Singal is "Blocked by 619,111 users via lists"
October 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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I unironically love this building and spent tons of time in it.
A photo of the brutalist masterpiece known as the George L. Mosse Humanities Building
October 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
pandred.bsky.social
oh look, it's a smoking gun. i wonder why the liberals are holding it.
The high levels of migration Canada saw in the last decade will not be enough to offset the gaps in the labour market, the report added. This is because of the “federal government’s current in-migration policy reversal.” “Near-zero population growth is expected in 2026 and 2027 under new and drastically lower targets. Annual average growth between 2020 and 2027 would be barely above the 2010-2019 average,” the report said.
October 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM