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Shy Aberman (he/him)

@aberman.com
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More pastries, empathy, coffee, gender + reproductive liberty, punk rock, board games, TTRPGs, kick-ass people, chill, enjoying life, and choco. Did I mention pastries? If you think it is too hot in Seattle, just remember how humid it is everywhere else.

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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 31/08/2026
@ryanaraine.bsky.social @jags.bsky.social @craiu.bsky.social I’d be interested to hear your collective guesses and discussion (and ranting?) on this question: techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/h...
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How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools | TechCrunch
AI is proving effective at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities. Some say this will make it harder for governments to use hacking tools and spyware and could reignite calls to backdoor devices.
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 15/08/2026
I’m a liar. SIFF has it: www.siff.net/cinema/in-th...
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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (35mm)
After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie’s star, a...
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 15/08/2026
I think Grand Illusion has it.
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 08/08/2026
Perhaps a few months ago, one of the hosts of The Three Buddy Problem podcast said that Grok was very capable for his info processing and reverse engineering uses, but since then it has fallen behind, maybe far behind.
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 06/08/2026
Punny boat names for $200
“Feelin Nauti” on the back of a boat
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 03/08/2026
Agreed! I had a happy rant about NYC in the MCU (and probably lots of other movies): It’s always gorgeous, probably a just-right late spring day, not too much humidity or garbage smells. Never rains, except for Emotional Rain with Plot Significance. Definitely no snow or thunderstorms!
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 03/08/2026
It definitely smelt!
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 29/07/2026
Rereading Ikoku Nikki, and I lol’d when Makio recommended Fried Green Tomatoes to Emiri and Mad Max Fury Road to Asa!
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Jesse Walker @notjessewalker.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The Archive of Incorrect AI Predictions
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Archive of Incorrect AI Predictions
Filterable list and timeline of dated AI forecasts: falsified and currently open.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Anyone who doesn’t see how very satisfied I’ve been throughout production doesn’t get what I most want out of an adaptatation. Mind you, that does tend to happen.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g79G...
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Neuromancer — Official Teaser | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 24/07/2026
Also, I lol’d when I read this.
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 24/07/2026
Truth
Screen shot of text from a manga, reading “The decaying adults felt cleansed by the radiance.”
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 22/07/2026
But I’ve seen something about accents in the current movie, and my response is that everyone knows that all classical Greeks (and Romans) speak in theatrical British accents!
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 22/07/2026
My post-workout Starbucks has a daily trivia question, and my pudding brain managed to remember the author, time written, and MC destination of The Odyssey. I’ve paid no attention to this since my primordial HS exposure, so I’m kinda shocked!
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Olivia Pumpkin Portlander 🐙🎃🍋🐊🦋☂️ @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Just now in Snoqualmie, just below the falls.
Sunset on the far horizon, trees, a gorge, and a river running through it
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 08/07/2026
“Behold the scuba-diving cyborg cockroach” 😳😳😳😳😳😳
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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
i fell down a deep and winding rabbit hole on the General Hospital wiki to bring you this... ... and it was all so, so worth it type-click-type.ghost.io/john-oliver-...
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A Non-Viewer's Guide To John Oliver's Appearance On General Hospital
It's nice to sit back and watch a man have the time of his life.
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Another American institution destroyed by private equity: www.salon.com/2026/07/03/h...
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How private equity destroyed an American pastime
A class-action suit against Lucky Strike Entertainment is a sad coda to the end of bowling.
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 06/07/2026
I was waiting to read this manga (until it is finished), but using Nirvana in the anime’s trailer is gonna make me dive in right away!! youtu.be/TL-IGyJGf-w?...
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The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy At All | Official Teaser | Crunchyroll
YouTube video by Crunchyroll
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 03/07/2026
If a person or partner group want children, they should be allowed to have children. The details can get complicated and are different in different places, so I’m not throwing shade only at Japan. It’s just this article got me thinking: www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06...
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Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
LGBTQ+ people in Japan face such limited fertility treatment options, they could ultimately be deprived of the right to safely start a family.
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Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
After federal agents shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a New Yorker sent ICE's director an email in January comparing him to a Nazi. This week, DHS agents stalked him across New York. His home. A hotel. They gave his wife a letter warning of criminal prosecution. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
Two DHS agents on a doorbell camera.“You are a monstrous human being and will go down in history as America’s Reinhard Heydrich, the butcher.

“The way you are protecting the obvious execution in Minnesota, even as we see the videos, will lead to your downfall. Even Trump will turn on you before the end, and you will be a sad, despised man who eats himself alive with shame at your own pathetic weakness.

“You will never know peace. You will seek to lose yourself, to escape the burden of knowing the truth about yourself. But wherever you go, you will find yourself. You will torment yourself until your last day on Earth.”
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 28/06/2026
This story is heartbreaking, but the broader issue is more complicated than the article and the experts quoted suggest: www.theguardian.com/society/2026... There there can be positives to sexualized fantasy, even fantasy which would be problematic or illegal if real. The article doesn’t even try.
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Police arrived to arrest her father for sexual abuse. But he was making it all up
Mark described abusing his daughter in a chatroom. Then it turned out nothing he had posted was true – and he walked free. With ‘fantasy abuse’ on the rise, can Emily and her mother win their fight to...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
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Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE
She believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 13/06/2026
I like paying taxes. newrepublic.com/article/2117...
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I Moved to New York to Pay More in Taxes—and I’m Glad I Did
I wasn’t getting the bang for my buck in my red-state redoubt. But if I hadn’t moved, I might never have found out how good it could get.
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 03/06/2026
Huh, I’d like to understand more about what such folks like or relate to, since i don’t get it (yet). Agree, it’s 💯 a product of the late 90s. And too many dudes that are too cartoonishly villainous. Lastly, not enough time or progress given (yet) to Utena or Anthy, and I’m 50% thru.
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 03/06/2026
I don’t see those people or that discourse, so I wonder if 30 yrs ago it was a core identity experience for them? Criticizing it = attacking them? I say this because I’m just now watching it, and at about ep. 15, I’m struggling to see why it’s considered a significant (or good) queer anime.
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 30/05/2026
I have never seen Revolutionary Girl Utena. I am fixing that now.
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 19/05/2026
I’m thru ep 4 of Ikoku Nikki : Journal with Witch, and it’s almost as great as the manga. I think the manga has more room to spread out the events, let impressions settle in, and leave the reader to live in the characters and feel the emotions. But the anime certainly delivers the same things!
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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 18/05/2026
The Seattle Times published a full obituary for Juniper Blessing. It's a moving tribute to a life well-lived. May she rest in peace, and may UW honour and carry on her legacy. Scholarships named for her might be a good start.
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UW student Juniper Blessing, 19, remembered as ‘full of life’
Those who knew Juniper Blessing, the 19-year-old trans woman killed in her off-campus housing building, said she had a powerful, moving voice.
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 18/05/2026
I agree being mysteriously double-charged is annoying, but this article a) makes people sound very upset b) for an iOS feature (“Express Transit Card”) c) that I’m not sure Orca has any control over. The outrage felt a little manufactured. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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The iPhone setting that could be double-charging Seattle transit riders
Passengers are reporting surprise charges on their credit card bills after taking public transit.
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Mya Byrne, Rhinestone Tomboy @rhinestonetomboy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
“We live in a homophobic society…if you think there are not more gay players in the NFL, Major League Baseball, and the NBA, you’re just stupid” - Charles Barkley saying the quiet part out loud. I fuckin cried. god bless him and Jason Collins.
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 14/05/2026
I love a sassy brand!!
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 09/05/2026
I got to about book 2 or 3 before I couldn’t go any further. Does it get better or worse after that?
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 09/05/2026
Unfortunately, “those dudes” stole Erebor from The Hobbit just so that they can be annoying and slightly taint my childhood memories (see also Palantir and Anduril): www.ms.now/top-stories/...
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Trump administration gives initial approval to bank backed by GOP megadonors
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says the approval of Erebor Bank, which is linked to Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey, is a classic example of crony capitalism.
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Eri!!!!! :03 ΘΔ @mandateofheaven.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I can't stop thinking about this video since I saw it last night
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 05/05/2026
Even if not interested in writing historical fiction, this is a good reminder of some of the in/out-group dynamics of English then and now.
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 05/05/2026
I can’t tell if food structure humor is techbro-adjacent reductionism or hacker-adjacent irreverence: cuberule.com (I’m still laughing regardless!)
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The Cube Rule
Identify your food based on the location of structural starch. Is a hot dog a sandwich? No, it's clearly a taco.
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The Cocky One @cockymf.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
These ribs took all day. 😁
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 27/04/2026
I need to remember that Rosie O'Donnell and Roseanne Barr are 💯% different people, especially politically and in activism. Sorry, Rosie.
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 20/04/2026
I think someone told me I got the title wrong: People We Meet on Vacation is the real title of the hated thing (the movie, not the book), and I was using the title of the podcast episode.
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Wes Burdine @wesburdine.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
BREAKING: Following the American threat of an “Avignon Papacy,” Robert Kennedy has begun a Diet of Worms
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 09/04/2026
Same and same.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/04/2026
A few people have replied to my Artemis posts with links to Gil Scott-Heron's "Whitey on the Moon." Here's a story from Space.com about Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, currently en route to fly around the Moon, and his connection to that piece. www.space.com/space-explor...
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NASA's Artemis 2 pilot Victor Glover listens to 'Whitey on the Moon' every Monday. This is why.
"It ain't about racism. It's about the human condition."
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 26/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
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AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying
LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 23/03/2026
@skepchick.org I wonder if the study from this article looks interesting enough to you for a vid: www.theguardian.com/business/202... It seems to fit some of my prejudices, but I wonder if it is methodologically and quantitatively sound? It reminds me of some people’s gullibility re politics.
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Workers who fall for ‘corporate bullshit’ may be worse at their jobs, study finds
New study finds that employees impressed by corporate speak may be least equipped to make effective decisions
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 18/03/2026
+1 I’m a huge fan of well-done stories featuring kick-ass women or girls, and Scarlet delivered for me. I have some mild criticisms of the time jumps and the ending (being vague to avoid spoilers), but I still give it 9 / 10.
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 18/03/2026
The next day correction!
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Shy Aberman (he/him) @aberman.com · 18/03/2026
Intense! Is that a UW vs WSU rivalry thing? Or some unrelated response to a grievous injury WSU inflicted on you?
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