Tarek Rached
@tarekrached.bsky.social
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The amazing power of robots to allow oneself to accidentally kick yourself where it hurts.
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The amazing power of robots to allow oneself to accidentally kick yourself where it hurts.
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I am taking the opportunity to once again remind you of the time Naomi Wolf thought Apple invented time machines run by vaccines
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I am taking the opportunity to once again remind you of the time Naomi Wolf thought Apple invented time machines run by vaccines
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Right up there with the clothes hanger trick.
![Here's a script that does it all:
bash#!/bin/bash
# Get your IP and figure out the subnet
MY_IP=$(ipconfig getifaddr en0)
SUBNET=$(echo $MY_IP | cut -d. -f1-3)
echo "My IP: $MY_IP"
echo "Scanning $SUBNET.0/24..."
# Find all hosts, exclude common router IPs and yourself
for ip in $(nmap -sn $SUBNET.0/24 -oG - | grep "Up" | awk '{print $2}'); do
if [[ "$ip" != "$MY_IP" && "$ip" != "$SUBNET.1" && "$ip" != "$SUBNET.254" ]]; then
echo "Trying $ip..."
RESPONSE=$(curl -s --connect-timeout 2 -X POST http://$ip/sony/system \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"method":"getSystemInformation","id":1,"params":[],"version":"1.0"}' 2>/dev/null)
if echo "$RESPONSE" | grep -q "BRAVIA"; then
echo "Found Sony TV at $ip!"
echo "Applying cinema settings..."
curl -s -X POST http://$ip/sony/video \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"method":"setPictureQualitySettings","id":1,"params":[{"settings":[{"value":"imax","target":"pictureMode"},{"value":"20","target":"sharpness"}]}],"version":"1.0"}'
echo ""
echo "Done. Enjoy your film."
exit 0
fi
fi
done
echo "No Sony TV found :("
Save it as unfuck-hotel-tv.sh, then:
bashchmod +x unfuck-hotel-tv.sh
./unfuck-hotel-tv.sh](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fpruhuo22xkm5o7ttr2ktxdo/bafkreifo3hbthdvwomkjmdu2xv2fw74peblnqxwjtdedmlcotjkdwfx3ly@jpeg)
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Right up there with the clothes hanger trick.
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good senator
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
December 19, 2025 at 5:22 AM
good senator
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YOU DUMB FUCKS. THIS IS ME.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
YOU DUMB FUCKS. THIS IS ME.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
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The Mosaic browser was developed at a research unit in a state research university, and received an NSF grant. Andreessen then went off and created Netscape based on what he learned from that process. Now he cheers the destruction of that entire infrastructure www.liberalcurrents.com/marc-andrees...
July 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Mosaic browser was developed at a research unit in a state research university, and received an NSF grant. Andreessen then went off and created Netscape based on what he learned from that process. Now he cheers the destruction of that entire infrastructure www.liberalcurrents.com/marc-andrees...
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Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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Tapping the sign again.
December 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Tapping the sign again.
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Apropos of nothing I am wondering if anyone else has had a slow, gong-like realization about how many people in positions of tremendous power are absolutely out of their minds on drugs.
And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
December 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Apropos of nothing I am wondering if anyone else has had a slow, gong-like realization about how many people in positions of tremendous power are absolutely out of their minds on drugs.
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Reminder on the anniversary: the best social science evidence we have suggests Florida Republicans stole the 2000 election.
"Did Illegal Overseas Absentee Ballots Decide the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election?" Kosuke Imai and Gary King
gking.harvard.edu/files/ballot...
"Did Illegal Overseas Absentee Ballots Decide the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election?" Kosuke Imai and Gary King
gking.harvard.edu/files/ballot...
December 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Reminder on the anniversary: the best social science evidence we have suggests Florida Republicans stole the 2000 election.
"Did Illegal Overseas Absentee Ballots Decide the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election?" Kosuke Imai and Gary King
gking.harvard.edu/files/ballot...
"Did Illegal Overseas Absentee Ballots Decide the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election?" Kosuke Imai and Gary King
gking.harvard.edu/files/ballot...
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I introduced and BART Board approved a policy 3 YEARS AGO to create 30 minute grace period for excursion fare, to stop penalizing riders who enter a station and don't ride BART, especially when due to BART delays.
Couldn’t be implemented due to Clipper 2 delay - that will finally change in 2 days!
Couldn’t be implemented due to Clipper 2 delay - that will finally change in 2 days!
I was just on the phone for 30 MINUTES trying to get a refund for the lousy “excursion fare” I paid on BART.
DO BETTER CLIPPER.
DO BETTER CLIPPER.
December 9, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I introduced and BART Board approved a policy 3 YEARS AGO to create 30 minute grace period for excursion fare, to stop penalizing riders who enter a station and don't ride BART, especially when due to BART delays.
Couldn’t be implemented due to Clipper 2 delay - that will finally change in 2 days!
Couldn’t be implemented due to Clipper 2 delay - that will finally change in 2 days!
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Shingles vaccination is also currently the single most effective anti-dementia treatment for which we have hard data.
Just take a Tylenol, it'll be fine. People have worse hangovers or caffeine withdrawals all the time.
bsky.app/profile/meeh...
Just take a Tylenol, it'll be fine. People have worse hangovers or caffeine withdrawals all the time.
bsky.app/profile/meeh...
Turns out exposing kids to chickenpox infections without early vaccination is likely increasing their risk for cognitive decline and dementia later in life. Much later addition of a shingles vaccine can slow some of this process.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
December 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Shingles vaccination is also currently the single most effective anti-dementia treatment for which we have hard data.
Just take a Tylenol, it'll be fine. People have worse hangovers or caffeine withdrawals all the time.
bsky.app/profile/meeh...
Just take a Tylenol, it'll be fine. People have worse hangovers or caffeine withdrawals all the time.
bsky.app/profile/meeh...
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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here are Ranganathan’s 5 Laws of Library Science.
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
here are Ranganathan’s 5 Laws of Library Science.
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
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Seems like that camera is down. Here's another. (I think there are 4? Check the YouTube channel.)
www.youtube.com/live/fiyttmA...
www.youtube.com/live/fiyttmA...
[V2cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (east Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Seems like that camera is down. Here's another. (I think there are 4? Check the YouTube channel.)
www.youtube.com/live/fiyttmA...
www.youtube.com/live/fiyttmA...
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I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination
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this is profoundly good, and has applicability outside of film, if you’re willing to get goofy with it
I've watched this video twice now, just for pleasure
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
this is profoundly good, and has applicability outside of film, if you’re willing to get goofy with it
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“Environmental review is not planning” is one of those statements that is so obviously true but nearly every thing about transportation institutions and environmental review in California/US pushes against it.
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“Environmental review is not planning” is one of those statements that is so obviously true but nearly every thing about transportation institutions and environmental review in California/US pushes against it.
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Bluesky comments on a news account be normal, challenge difficulty: impossible
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends, the future of forecasting is AI
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Bluesky comments on a news account be normal, challenge difficulty: impossible
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I missed this milestone - over 10,000 nights of acts at DNA Lounge in San Francisco (dnalounge.com) are now mirrored at the Internet Archive:
archive.org/details/@dna...
That's not shows - that's ACTS. Sometimes there are 3-4 acts a night. This is an incredible slice of live music.
archive.org/details/@dna...
That's not shows - that's ACTS. Sometimes there are 3-4 acts a night. This is an incredible slice of live music.
DNA Lounge
DNA Lounge is a late-night, all ages San Francisco
nightclub featuring live music, DJ dancing, burlesque shows, and
private parties. Two stages, four dance floors, six bars
and a full-...
dnalounge.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I missed this milestone - over 10,000 nights of acts at DNA Lounge in San Francisco (dnalounge.com) are now mirrored at the Internet Archive:
archive.org/details/@dna...
That's not shows - that's ACTS. Sometimes there are 3-4 acts a night. This is an incredible slice of live music.
archive.org/details/@dna...
That's not shows - that's ACTS. Sometimes there are 3-4 acts a night. This is an incredible slice of live music.
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Potential broad-spectrum antiviral. Shows efficacy against some of the worst shit. Utterly amazing news.
We're close to the world's first-ever broad-spectrum antiviral. In a breakthrough, researchers at the City University of New York have identified a promising path to the development of an antiviral that could be used to fight a wide range of deadly viruses, including future pandemic threats.
November 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Potential broad-spectrum antiviral. Shows efficacy against some of the worst shit. Utterly amazing news.
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Computer, please summarize everything PG Wodehouse ever wrote in ten seconds
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Computer, please summarize everything PG Wodehouse ever wrote in ten seconds
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Happy Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Happy Thanksgiving