Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My high school english teacher called it the great gay novel. FWIW I think the first quarter or so is one of the big things ever written and after that it’s more hit and miss 010
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 05/10/2026did you see lindelof’s watchmen show? I thought that was outstanding so wasn’t surprised by lanterns (which I’m enjoying but don’t think is quite as good) 000
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Dear Android users please help me! I’m trying to launch an Android version of my word game Whirred. But to get listed in the Google Play Store if you’re not a business, you need 12 Android users to install and open a test version of your app??? You don’t even need to play it. Thank youuuuu! 210
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I don’t know about research and who knows about long term but I’ve found as an engineer I have been able to harness these tools in ways less experienced colleagues have trouble with 010
Reposted by Akiva LeffertLeo @infrabeige.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Book of the New Sun retold by dril 621186
Reposted by Akiva LeffertSridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Everyone rolls their eyes when I pick 4'33" as my karaoke jam, but once I start nailing it, belting out the wind stirring outside during the first movement, each of the raindrops pattering the roof during the second, and so on, they cheer in amazement. This throws me off my game. 21928
Reposted by Akiva LeffertLeigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 24/06/2026My brother, if we win the Democratic Party primaries then we ARE the Democratic Party 7876961221
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I’m sure Brad Lander will be a good congressman, but also literally cannot imagine someone who more represents me personally 040
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Identical? Probably not. There’s some sort of content hash system that I’m pretty sure uses perceptual hashing 000
Reposted by Akiva LeffertJacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 08/06/2026sorry the only "real" new yorkers are the rats who work in the kitchen in Muppets Take Manhattan 353145480
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 11/05/2026also it’s a webpage not a playlist because apple music doesn’t let you make a playlist without adding things to your library, but not super important 000
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 11/05/2026to be clear I vibed this out in like an hour. so I use apple music and have a gmail folder that I send all my event emails to. so I have a github action that runs weekly and reads the emails and has claude extract the bands. that email folder is pretty anodyne so I felt fine having scripts read it 100
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 11/05/2026so I wrote a script to generate a weekly playlist of incoming concerts from my email and give me each artist’s top three songs. anyway, in a month I've been moderately excited about one band from this. not sure what to make of this 020
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 11/05/2026so I get all these concert emails from venues and I have no idea who the bands are so I just ignore them, but I want to go to more small concerts and I figure I’m probably missing out on a ton of cool concerts. 110
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Casting Orville Peck as Vega in the new Street Fighter movie feels racist somehow 000
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I was just looking at that! The cast is genuinely absurd 110
Reposted by Akiva Leffertnolen @itseieio.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I am designing this year's ICFP programming contest! if you've got strong opinions on what makes a good programming contest I would love to chat. Bonus points if you've done the ICFP PC before. Or if you've got ideas about making a good contest in the age of agents! 0264
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 08/04/2026it’s better when I do it (I get to spend more time on architecture and less writing lines, debugging, and figuring out integrations) and it’s worse when other people do it (they aren’t as careful with the output and also I’m on the hook for the reviews) 010
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 03/04/2026yeah shouldn’t that be a centibillionaire? which also sounds bigger anyway. what are they doing 110
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 14/03/2026another candidate and relevant to your interests wingolog.org/archives/202...wingolog.orgnominal types in webassembly — wingologwingolog: article: nominal types in webassembly 110
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 23/02/2026actually? like shovel multiple times over the course of the storm 010
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 18/02/2026I think more things in life should be you can pay for this or you can really commit to the bit 010
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Fall in love at the Dinosaur Bodega! We are having a Valentine's Day Mixer at Rex's Dino-Store. Make friends! Make enemies! Find roar-mance! 2/14, 4pm @ Grand Army Plaza 2/3 Station rexs.nyc/date 041
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 20/01/2026wait what?! congratulations!!!! I guess I haven’t seen you in a *while* 120
Reposted by Akiva Leffertmkehrt @roseandsigil.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Another protest tomorrow; 5:30; Foley Square. 031
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Very excited to update this website isericadamsstillmayor.comisericadamsstillmayor.comIs Eric Adams Still Mayor? 051
Reposted by Akiva LeffertThe New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 30/12/2025Italian v. Italian violence in the streets, a dinosaur bodega, the death of $1 oysters and more: Here are your top 10 most-read New York Groove stories of the year nygroove.nyc/the-most-rea...nygroove.nycThe most-read New York Groove stories of 2025It's Christmas, which means you're most likely huddled with friends or family or otherwise not super interested in reading emails. Hell we're not super interested in sending them which is why I actual... 042
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 11/12/2025I basically never do this, but my favorite politician is running for congress and the earlier he gets your support the easier it is to budget his campaign. I just donated www.bradlanderforcongress.combradlanderforcongress.comBrad Lander 020
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 03/12/2025okay my latke theme this year is “will it shred?” taking suggestions for non-potato foods I can shred in a food processor and then bind into a latke with egg and breadcrumbs (or similar) 100
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 21/11/2025did you realize the previous one had a villain who hung out in the clusters at cmu???! 120
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 18/11/2025I really want to agree you but I’m online enough and into politics enough that the Ryan Lizza post is astonishingly funny. I have been avoiding the rest of it 010
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Is there a context for this because I agree in general 100
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 08/11/2025because there are things in the simulation that can’t be computed (nonsense). you can simulate a turing machine all you want. you just can’t prove certain properties of it ahead of time. I didn’t citation chase, but they cited Penrose on consciousness, which is widely considered kookery 110
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 08/11/2025The physics here is over my head so very possible I don’t understand, but I think this is nonsense. The argument seems to be that ultimately physics is axiomatized into a sufficiently complex system such that incompleteness applies (sure) and that means we can’t be in a computational system 110
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 03/11/2025really starting to question his promise to not go to all the parades 100
Reposted by Akiva LeffertCorin Faife @corin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Though it's true there's a 'Boomer bump' in early voters for the NYC mayoral election as reported by Gothamist etc., there's another large but less well-reported peak for voters in their late 20's and early 30's, as the data I got from the Board of Elections shows: 021
Reposted by Akiva LeffertCarey @careylikemariah.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The dinosaur bodega in the Grand Army Plaza subway stop got a Halloween edit 😍🦇👻🦖 Grateful to the artist @akiva.bsky.social for this fun public artwork that always makes me smile! 073
Akiva Leffert @akiva.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Really looking forward to updating isericadamsstillmayor.com 020
