David J Sharko
@shark0.bsky.social
Some dumb guy about an hour north of Seattle, WA.
Writing a book.
Working on music things.
Doing nerdy tech stuff sometimes.
https://davidsharko.bandcamp.com/album/the-russell-ep
Writing a book.
Working on music things.
Doing nerdy tech stuff sometimes.
https://davidsharko.bandcamp.com/album/the-russell-ep
I just had a conversation with someone who said that chess bots are AI. I said I'd never heard anyone call them that before and he said he was surprised and people have called them AI since they were created. I feel like he's just caught up in the AI hype. Am I crazy?
January 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I just had a conversation with someone who said that chess bots are AI. I said I'd never heard anyone call them that before and he said he was surprised and people have called them AI since they were created. I feel like he's just caught up in the AI hype. Am I crazy?
If I was alive when sliced bread debuted, I probably would have been an intact loaf purist.
January 8, 2026 at 4:57 AM
If I was alive when sliced bread debuted, I probably would have been an intact loaf purist.
I'm realizing how ridiculous it is when tech companies try to replace paper.
Them: "Do you want this $400 slab that you can only write on with this $120 pen? As long as they're both charged?"
What should be everyone: "No, I go acoustic with this notebook and pencil."
Them: "Do you want this $400 slab that you can only write on with this $120 pen? As long as they're both charged?"
What should be everyone: "No, I go acoustic with this notebook and pencil."
January 6, 2026 at 5:24 AM
I'm realizing how ridiculous it is when tech companies try to replace paper.
Them: "Do you want this $400 slab that you can only write on with this $120 pen? As long as they're both charged?"
What should be everyone: "No, I go acoustic with this notebook and pencil."
Them: "Do you want this $400 slab that you can only write on with this $120 pen? As long as they're both charged?"
What should be everyone: "No, I go acoustic with this notebook and pencil."
The kind of person who pronounces a celebrity's name weird, as if they're the only ones in the entire world that have figured out it's actually Stephen (with an F) instead of Stephen (with a V.)
January 3, 2026 at 7:14 PM
The kind of person who pronounces a celebrity's name weird, as if they're the only ones in the entire world that have figured out it's actually Stephen (with an F) instead of Stephen (with a V.)
I'm reading The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy and about 80 pages in, there's the best representation of a trans character that I've ever seen come from an old white man...
What is going on? Is this real? Is he going to ruin it later? I'm so skeptical but... Maybe?
#booksky
What is going on? Is this real? Is he going to ruin it later? I'm so skeptical but... Maybe?
#booksky
June 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I'm reading The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy and about 80 pages in, there's the best representation of a trans character that I've ever seen come from an old white man...
What is going on? Is this real? Is he going to ruin it later? I'm so skeptical but... Maybe?
#booksky
What is going on? Is this real? Is he going to ruin it later? I'm so skeptical but... Maybe?
#booksky
How's the Mariners season going?
Well...
My phone has stopped sending me a notification when a game starts.
Well...
My phone has stopped sending me a notification when a game starts.
June 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
How's the Mariners season going?
Well...
My phone has stopped sending me a notification when a game starts.
Well...
My phone has stopped sending me a notification when a game starts.
Most social media is just absolute garbage, and I'm feeling that a lot lately. So far, @bsky.app hasn't made me hate it yet... I should probably be spending more time here.
June 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Most social media is just absolute garbage, and I'm feeling that a lot lately. So far, @bsky.app hasn't made me hate it yet... I should probably be spending more time here.
Just learned that I am in a direct competition with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social for a world record title.
I have been anxious for so long. It is like I am trying to break the world record for how long you can consecutively be anxious.
March 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Just learned that I am in a direct competition with @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social for a world record title.
Spoke to a friend today about how the book is going and he was aghast that if I self publish, I won't be using Amazon.
I just... Fuck Amazon, ya know? I'll begrudgingly sell through them if I have to but there's no way they get to have rights to any of my shit.
I just... Fuck Amazon, ya know? I'll begrudgingly sell through them if I have to but there's no way they get to have rights to any of my shit.
March 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Spoke to a friend today about how the book is going and he was aghast that if I self publish, I won't be using Amazon.
I just... Fuck Amazon, ya know? I'll begrudgingly sell through them if I have to but there's no way they get to have rights to any of my shit.
I just... Fuck Amazon, ya know? I'll begrudgingly sell through them if I have to but there's no way they get to have rights to any of my shit.
I also had a great idea for a Bluesky post this morning and now I've totally forgotten it. Why do I do this to myself?
March 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I also had a great idea for a Bluesky post this morning and now I've totally forgotten it. Why do I do this to myself?
I kind of forgot about Bluesky and was reminded of it by a notification saying I had a few new followers, all of which, I'm fairly certain, are AI bots.
March 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I kind of forgot about Bluesky and was reminded of it by a notification saying I had a few new followers, all of which, I'm fairly certain, are AI bots.
A yt friend from high school started dating a person of color and now they repost 20+ stories a day on insta, all of them featuring black people. (They didn't do this before the relationship started.)
It feels like a very strange and specific form of racism that I didn't know existed.
It feels like a very strange and specific form of racism that I didn't know existed.
February 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A yt friend from high school started dating a person of color and now they repost 20+ stories a day on insta, all of them featuring black people. (They didn't do this before the relationship started.)
It feels like a very strange and specific form of racism that I didn't know existed.
It feels like a very strange and specific form of racism that I didn't know existed.
Spending the week finding comp titles... Oh boy am I bad at finding comp titles.
February 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Spending the week finding comp titles... Oh boy am I bad at finding comp titles.
I'm working on my first query letter to send to lit agents (still feels very weird to say) and am reminded once again that the only part of writing that I like and feel confident in, is the writing itself.
Every other part of it just... The worst.
Every other part of it just... The worst.
February 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I'm working on my first query letter to send to lit agents (still feels very weird to say) and am reminded once again that the only part of writing that I like and feel confident in, is the writing itself.
Every other part of it just... The worst.
Every other part of it just... The worst.
Once again thought about trying to read some Brandon Sanderson and once again remembered that he's a Mormon and there's no way I'll be able to think about anything else while reading his books.
I guess it's not his fault, but man, what a shame.
I guess it's not his fault, but man, what a shame.
February 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Once again thought about trying to read some Brandon Sanderson and once again remembered that he's a Mormon and there's no way I'll be able to think about anything else while reading his books.
I guess it's not his fault, but man, what a shame.
I guess it's not his fault, but man, what a shame.
"He's Just Not That Into You,": the movie that fails the Bechdel test the fast AND the most.
February 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
"He's Just Not That Into You,": the movie that fails the Bechdel test the fast AND the most.
Every time I say I'm going to take a week of from writing, I make it about 3 days.
Just really addicted to the exquisite, inebriating, vivaciously mouthwatering high of googling synonyms, ya know?
Just really addicted to the exquisite, inebriating, vivaciously mouthwatering high of googling synonyms, ya know?
February 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Every time I say I'm going to take a week of from writing, I make it about 3 days.
Just really addicted to the exquisite, inebriating, vivaciously mouthwatering high of googling synonyms, ya know?
Just really addicted to the exquisite, inebriating, vivaciously mouthwatering high of googling synonyms, ya know?
Me. This morning and all mornings.
Just a girl, drinking her coffee, thinking everyone should STFU
February 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Me. This morning and all mornings.
To be judgemental, but man, I do not understand how we ended up back at mullets again.
February 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
To be judgemental, but man, I do not understand how we ended up back at mullets again.
Searching for the same high that parents seem to get when their kids take a shit in the correct place (that's not a diaper) for the first time.
February 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Searching for the same high that parents seem to get when their kids take a shit in the correct place (that's not a diaper) for the first time.
The whiniest babiest of all babies is being a big whiny baby again? Color me SoOoOoOoOo surprised.
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Elon Musk's Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink Over Its Contracts in Ukraine
The agency was in the midst of a probe into the billionaire's company at the time of Musk's assault.
gizmodo.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The whiniest babiest of all babies is being a big whiny baby again? Color me SoOoOoOoOo surprised.
gizmodo.com/elon-musks-e...
gizmodo.com/elon-musks-e...
Hey @jerryrigeverything.bsky.social, just out of curiosity, what do you do with the phones you review? I was thinking about it and realized you make a point of not upgrading your phone every year... But you do have newer phones sent to you all the time... What happens to them?
February 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Hey @jerryrigeverything.bsky.social, just out of curiosity, what do you do with the phones you review? I was thinking about it and realized you make a point of not upgrading your phone every year... But you do have newer phones sent to you all the time... What happens to them?