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Andrew🪴

@ajbird.net

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Colorado | he/him | idk what you're gonna find here, good luck ajbird.net

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 08/09/2026

Finally set up a self hosted Tranquil PDS and successfully created a new account and everything is working correctly. Now to stress about migrating my account eventually but ultimately not doing that for at least a few months.

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 07/09/2026

time to make the token machine go brrrr for the next few hours

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 07/09/2026

And lastly I asked for a little guy and this is what Astra landed on.

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 07/09/2026

This guy is fun and also sorta creepy.

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 07/09/2026

Little greenhouse. Definitely not perfect but decent.

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 07/09/2026

This convinced me to try out Astra and Blender. Here is what I got from one shot prompts to see what it could do. This fish was my favorite of the 4.

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 06/09/2026

"don't anthropomorphize ai" yeah, well when my agent yells at its sub agents in all caps i feel bad for them so now what

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 20/08/2026

I am a spreadsheet people and I like that now there’s a little spreadsheet robot living in there with me. Sorry I’m just using it for my trash and recycling job though and not curing cancer. :/

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 11/08/2026

Reminds me of the time I asked Claude for feedback and to not hold back because it wouldn’t hurt my feelings and then Claude proceeded to hurt my feelings.

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 31/07/2026

People clearly have not been paying attention because Hank has made it quite obvious in recent videos that he uses AI. Also funny it’s the pushback comment that caught folk’s attention when he pulled a “You’re absolutely right!” in the same video.

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 20/07/2026

Linux is so much easier to engage with seriously for the first time when there’s a robot I can talk to that can fix all my problems.

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 18/07/2026

the fact that I can just talk to my computer and then it goes and does the things I want will never cease to amaze me

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 17/07/2026

In all fairness, back then I was just wanting to message my friends in online chat rooms. Now I’m trying to get through the workday while working off of hotspot. If my remote server connection drops one more time I will be quitting my job as that’s obviously the only reasonable solution.

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 17/07/2026

Every time our fiber internet goes out I think back to the satellite internet I had growing up that would cut out if a big cloud passed overhead. I wish I had even half that amount of patience for outages now, because this is ruining my day.

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 17/07/2026

Thanks for the advice! I will definitely do that!

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 17/07/2026

Got a new SSD for my PC this week and will finally be moving to Linux now that I can run a dual boot setup. Here’s hoping I don’t manage to break my PC in the process. 🤞🏼😌

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 07/07/2026

I just pulled a “you’re absolutely right!” in a work meeting. I need to go touch some grass

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 23/06/2026

Well, at least what’s still alive and hasn’t already been devoured by earwigs

Small Squash plant with all leaves eaten by earwigs, leaving behind only the stems. Area around the plant is heavily mulched with wood chips which Earwigs love. Small dishes of oil and soy sauce placed around the garden has been successful in trapping and taking out large numbers of them.

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 23/06/2026

Possible hail storms forecasted for my area later today. Hoping my garden makes it out alive 🤞😩

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 19/06/2026

Every day I’m more and more convinced about how incredible the atmosphere is

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 15/06/2026

explain your @ My first and middle initials are AJ, and my first ever username online (runescape in ~2007) was Flybird. I used that across the internet for years and I wanted to keep a bit of that

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 13/06/2026

🎥 Stop! That! Train! (2026) ★★★★ One of those movies that’s so bad it is actually great, at least if you can appreciate it for what it is. Chic Woman and Horny Divorcee were my favorites. View full review on @popfeed.social

A review of Stop! That! Train! (2026)

One of those movies that’s so bad it is actually great, at least if you can appreciate it for what i

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 29/05/2026

here’s a squirrel munching on some leaves for your friday

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 01/05/2026

And they lost my bag…..

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 01/05/2026

Thank god for work expense reports

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 01/05/2026

Had to change my 2nd flight to Denver instead and drive the rest of the way home. Apparently enterprise won’t let me return the rental car to my hometown airport next day, it’d have to go back to Denver. BUT, I can keep the car to Sunday then it’s fine to return elsewhere. So dumb 😩

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 30/04/2026

remind me to never book a flight with United ever again, I swear they delay my flights every time and I miss my connections

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 29/04/2026

6 flights in 4 days for work travel please save me I feel like I live in airports at this point

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 26/04/2026

bsky.app/profile/floc...

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 26/04/2026

Here's the repo on Tangled tangled.org/ajbird.net/f...

ajbird.net/flockoff

FlockOff is a mass-block tool for the Atmosphere

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 26/04/2026

@flockoff.app Let's you block people based on post engagement and create new/ customize existing block lists. Planning to fully release next weekend, but open for beta testing if anyone is interested. Let me know if you want to try it out and I'll give you access!

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 26/04/2026

Working on my first serious atproto project and today I wrote my first successful record to a test account’s PDS. Might be ready to release soon 👀

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 13/04/2026

📍 Garden of the Gods Colorado Springs, Colorado, US Hike through Garden of the Gods grain.social/profile/did:plc:xbnkxn… #grainsocial

Mountain in the background, path in the foreground

Mountain in back, meadow in front

Mountain with jet trail in the sky

Bronze commemorative plaque mounted on red sandstone rock at Garden of the Gods, reading: “The Garden of the Gods, given to the City of Colorado Springs in 1909 by the children of Charles Elliott Perkins, in fulfilment of his wish that it be kept forever free to the public.”

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 12/04/2026

📍 Pikes Peak Colorado, US Took a train to the top of a mountain today 🚂🏔️ grain.social/profile/did:plc:xbnkxn… #grainsocial

Train at the top of a mountain

View from summit facing south east

View from summit facing north

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 07/04/2026

And honorable mention to @stream.place as well!

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 07/04/2026

My top 5 atmosphere apps that I personally use and enjoy: 1. @blento.app 2. @leaflet.pub 3. @semble.so 4. @grain.social 5. @graze.social Honorable mentions to @pckt.blog (hoping to actually try sometime soon) and @germnetwork.com (incredible app, I just never DM people lol)

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 05/04/2026

📍 Colorado Colorado, US More tulip content grain.social/profile/did:plc:xbnkxn… #grainsocial

Cluster of 3 purple and pink tulips

Yellow tulip

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 03/04/2026

Why are people so dead set on needing an edit button? Like it takes 5 seconds to repost or proofread before posting? Everyone acts like the site is unusable without it

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 03/04/2026

Dropping this here: vods.ajbird.net tangled.org/ajbird.net/a...

vods.ajbird.net

AtmosphereConf 2026 VODs

Watch all talks from AtmosphereConf 2026 — a 4-day atproto community conference in Vancouver.

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 02/04/2026

I need something that self destructs my phone if I ever try to click into an @bsky.app update post to read the comments. Nothing but pain and suffering to be found in there.

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 01/04/2026

How is it possible for a person to have never heard about Rick Rolling until 2026? This person is literally a millennial too

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 01/04/2026

Best part of this process so far has actually been watching the VODs since I didn’t get to watch the conf live. So many interesting people and talks!

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 01/04/2026

Went through and mapped all the speakers based on the schedule on the AtmosphereConf site last night. There’s a few missing (like opening/ closing remarks). If you know who the speaker(s) were for the talks missing linked speakers, feel free to send my way and I’ll get them added.

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 31/03/2026

Have I ever built a front end? No. Am I giving it a try anyway? Yes. vods.ajbird.net So far it functionally works (mostly sorta kinda) but haven’t started trying to make it look better yet. We’ll see where this goes 😅

vods.ajbird.net

AtmosphereConf 2026 VODs

Watch all talks from AtmosphereConf 2026 — a 4-day atproto community conference in Vancouver.

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Andy Masley @andymasley.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Okay folks I've responded to the data center heat island paper. It is the worst study on AI and the environment I've ever read, by far. Thank you to @beijingpalmer.bsky.social for flagging. blog.andymasley.com/p/data-cente...

blog.andymasley.com

Data centers' heat exhaust is not raising the land temperature around where they're built

A terrible paper and even worse interpretation is threatening to become common wisdom

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 30/03/2026

Fruit trees planted ✅🌱 why is dirt so heavy 😩

4 freshly planted fruit trees, 1 shrub, and a new garden bed.

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 25/03/2026

Ignore the weeds in the background. It’s not even April yet, I still have over a month until our last frost date. It’s 85F rn. I shouldn’t be having to weed already 😩

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 25/03/2026

First time growing tulips has been going pretty well, even with them blooming a bit earlier than expected given all the recent warm weather. 🌱

Yellow tulip with red striping in full bloom.

Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 21/03/2026

Bought an HP T630 off eBay to add to my homelab set up so I don’t have to run the main pc 24/7 and I’ve just realized it conveniently could host my pds 👀

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Andrew🪴 @ajbird.net · 20/03/2026

Contraband on @aetheros.computer why is this game so addicting? I need to go touch some grass or something

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