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@aelman.bsky.social
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@SinDexBand trumpet player, conversation designer, liberal gadfly he/him @aelman@flipboard.social

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Daniel Jalkut @danielpunkass.punkitup.com · 26/05/2026
My take on AI is, essentially, everybody who’s against is too against it and everybody who’s for it is too for it.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
IF true, and IF this is a primary reason why Kerr parts ways with the Warriors, I will be extremely pissed off. Steve Kerr is a great human being. It may be that it’s time for the Dubs to go in a different direction, but this damn well shouldn’t be why. www.sfgate.com/warriors/art...
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Warriors reportedly grew tired of Steve Kerr’s political activism
Politics could bring the end of the Steve Kerr era.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
College football conferences should be abolished and immediately replaced by a tiered set of leagues with regional divisions. Teams at the bottom of each tier each season are relegated, while teams at the top of each tier (below the top one) are promoted to the next tier up.
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Aman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
New: Democrats Demand GOP Leaders End Recess to Stop Trump's Iran War "Given Republicans’ slim margin in both chambers, even a modest number of defections could tip a war powers vote" time.com/article/2026...
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Democrats Demand GOP Leaders End Recess to Stop Trump's Iran War
“The House must come back into session immediately and vote to end this reckless war of choice in the Middle East," House Democratic leadership said in a joint statement.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
For the record: I think the President’s statements over the past two days have been unacceptably and probably illegally aggressive. I join in those asking for Congress to convene an emergency session to stop him from committing war crimes. I also think he’s gonna pull back. But I guess we’ll see!
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
🙄🙄🙄
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Hey Mike! So for those of us who *do* have both - any chance we can get Mastodon list support as a feed? Would love to have a “my peeps” feed that just has members of my “My Peeps” lists from *both* Bluesky and Mastodon…
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Same! (I’m still bitter at UConn about the ‘95 Final Four semi so never mind seeing them get knocked out 🤣) That said, slightly sad that of my four still-alive brackets, the three that have UCLA are behind the one that has SC. But still, gotta root for the old Pac-10!
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Same! I’m still bitter at UConn about the ‘95 Final Four semi. 🤣 That said, I’m slightly sad that of the five brackets I did, the one that’s doing best has SC winning. (But only slightly sad, cuz Dawn Staley.) Three others have UCLA, and the last one had… Iowa…
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Simultaneously, they mock & degrade women athletes for not being athletic enough, and then when a few of us are that athletic, they say we must not be real women. The end state of this reasoning is a world where “real” women don’t — and then can’t — play sports. Policing gender hurts women athletes.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Due to high geopolitical tensions, sports fans are temporarily required to contextualize their posts, for example: ❌ OH GOD OH NO OH FUCK ✔️ OH GOD OH NO OH FUCK how did he make that basketball go in the hole
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
🤬🤬🤬 I hadn’t heard that. Sigh.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
A little more detail on this wackiness. pxlnv.com/linklog/ars-...
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An Ars Technica Reporter Blamed A.I. Tools for Fabricating Quotes in a Bizarre A.I. Story – Pixel Envy
On Thursday, Scott Shambaugh published a bizarre story about a rejected pull request from what seems to be an OpenClaw A.I. agent. The agent then generated a blog post accusing Shambaugh of “gatekeepi...
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Kate, I’m so sorry for your loss. What a beautiful and moving tribute. May your dad’s memory be a blessing.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
WTAF??? This is just bizarre…what could’ve happened? www.404media.co/ars-technica...
404media.co
Ars Technica Pulls Article With AI Fabricated Quotes About AI Generated Article
A story about an AI generated article contained fabricated, AI generated quotes.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Damn straight.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Today’s @resist.bot action: tell the Senate to vote no on funding ICE! resist.bot/petitions/PY...
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Vote NO on funding DHS and ICE!
Text SIGN PYGREV to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus," Jonathan Rauch argues. "'Fascist' best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." Pretty strong case imho. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
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Wil Wheaton ❌👑 @wilwheaton.net · 20/01/2026
Imagine the news cycle if any president slurred his words and rambled off lie after lie after lie, the way this one does. The slurring alone, right? Add in all the obvious signs of declining health, the absolutely unhinged, manic, sundowning posts in the middle of the night? But it's like 🤷‍♂️
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Yay!!! Subscribed!
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This timeline suuuuuuuuuuuuucks
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I think that’s true for anyone with a soul.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Today’s @resist.bot action: Don’t let Elon get away with fundamentally harming society! resist.bot/petitions/PA...
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Don’t let Elon Musk and other tech moguls get away with massive societal harm!
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The fact that this is probably exactly the right market for this is…sad.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Today’s @resist.bot action. Folks, it’s gonna be another one of those years. resist.bot/petitions/PX...
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Don’t let Trump usurp Congress’s power to declare war!
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Oof. All the love in the world to you Abby, cuz that’s what you deserve. Hope you have a peaceful and healing holiday season.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Don't fall for the manipulative "censorship" framing of EU's fines against X for DSA violations. The EU is trying to enforce their laws. X is breaking them. And the U.S. government is defending big tech, billionaries, & bullshitters rather than protecting users. www.linkedin.com/posts/daphne...
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Don't let anyone tell you that the Commission's DSA enforcement against X is about speech or censorship. https://lnkd.in/g3Cyeeyk That would, indeed, be interesting! But this is just the EU… ...
Don't let anyone tell you that the Commission's DSA enforcement against X is about speech or censorship. https://lnkd.in/g3Cyeeyk That would, indeed, be interesting! But this is just the EU enforcing...
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Today’s @resist.bot action - again, I didn’t write it, but I agree with it. This one feels refreshing since it’s less about resosting authoritarianism and more just opposing terrible policy! resist.bot/petitions/PZWDXO
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Remove RFK Jr, Deny O'Neill, Appoint Qualified HHS Leaders, Restore Vaccines
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Actually that one was at least *somewhat* accurate in its use of tools, inasmuch as I think that *was* a real SGI file system UI. And then at another point in the movie they were watching something that was supposedly a live video feed but you could see the QuickTime Player timeline on screen…
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
As opposed to “This is a UNIX system! I know this!” Followed by use of an experimental SGI file system UI that might have made it into one commercial product very briefly… (Jurassic Park, 1993)
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Great advice here for journalists and anyone else interested in keeping truth and democracy alive…
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
As I recall, one of the big things about that show was their insane attention to detail around nearly all of the technology, down to the level of the specific tools being used by characters for various types of hacking
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
@lauraklein.bsky.social
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Ive been listening to the “Revolutions” podcast recently, which has refreshed my memory of how monarchies have worked in history, and it is crystal-clear that Trump thinks he is a king. Bouie makes a great case here. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/o...
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Opinion | We Are Not ‘Property of Donald Trump’
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Today's @resist.bot action (I didn't write this one, but agree with it!): resist.bot/petitions/PO...
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Prevent Unconstitutional Deployment of National Guard to Chicago
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Interestingly, the La Salsa - where I went for dinner after my last class ever - is still there.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I miss that Tower. And that Swensens.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Ah! I think I did see that and promptly forgot about it. Ah well.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
There’s still a Tower Records open????
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Today’s @resist.bot action: resist.bot/petitions/PF...
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Remind President Trump: No Crime Emergency!
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
I’m a big fan of this practice and do it myself, but I’m fine with accepting a meeting invite that clearly explains its purpose. What pisses me off is people who set up a meeting out of the blue with no context whatsoever beyond the title. DO NOT DO THAT.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
This is actually a family friend. Ugh. Remind your parents to be careful about this kind of thing, set up safe words, etc. etc. but it SUUUUCKS that this happens at all ever. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Family questions TD's fraud prevention after Winnipeg seniors lose $10K in grandparent scam | CBC News
The daughter of two Winnipeg seniors who fell victim to a so-called grandparent scam say somebody at their bank should have noticed fraud was taking place when more than $10,000 was transferred on the...
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Hammer in search of nail.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
they might as well come out and just admit that what they actually use is the double square
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Never again means never again. Especially not at our hands. jeremybenami.substack.com/p/genocide?p...
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Genocide
Debate over whether there’s a genocide in Gaza has special resonance when your family was a victim of the crime that gave the world the term.
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
@resist.bot action of the day - don’t shoot the messenger! resist.bot/petitions/PJ...
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Keep labor statistics truthful!
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I've run out of ways to say that this is bad. At this point my only hope is that his attempts to become a lifetime president fail, and we're able to replace him with a sane non-criminal in 2028 and we can start to undo all this. But the damage has been done.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Man who says elections (that don’t go his way) are “rigged” also claims economic numbers (that aren’t going his way) are “faked”. Who’d’ve thunk it?
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Adam @aelman.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Happy happy birthday Kate!!!
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Mike Ward @mikew-ca.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
"Real innovation happens when companies have to compete on merit, not on who can kiss the leader’s ass most effectively." Not just for First Time Founders. Everybody should read this piece by @mmasnick.bsky.social www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/f...
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Fascism For First Time Founders
Over the last year or so I’ve seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump t…
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