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Edward Banatt

@armavirumque.bsky.social
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Techie, skeptic, ultracrepidarian, sciolist, patzer, erstwhile twittersnipe. Blast-beruffled. Emotionally tatterdemalion. Esquerdopata.

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Edward Banatt @armavirumque.bsky.social · 7h
You were only waiting for this moment to arise youtu.be/Man4Xw8Xypo
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Blackbird (Remastered 2009)
YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic
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Jesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com · 17h
Attention everyone I know! Perfectly accurate, no notes. (Forwarded to me; ultimate source unclear.)
Image headlined "WHAT YOUR FAVORITE OBSOLETE ENGLISH LETTER SAYS ABOUT YOU", with thumbnails of MSS focusing on thorn, eth, wynn, yogh, ash, insular G, and long S; each one has the label "You are a nerd."
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Edward Banatt @armavirumque.bsky.social · 10h
"How peruse got those two meanings is complicated." #TIL www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/peru...
merriam-webster.com
Does 'peruse' mean 'to skim' or 'to read carefully'?
Peruse means 'to read carefully' and 'to skim'? How?
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Edward Banatt @armavirumque.bsky.social · 14h
Where are you off to, lady? for I see you, You splash in the water there, yet stay stock still in your room.
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Edward Banatt @armavirumque.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes - Tempus Fugit youtu.be/vzxZzIiO84Y
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Yes - Tempus Fugit (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by yesofficial
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Edward Banatt @armavirumque.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
*Sir Mix-a-Lot thought bubble*
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 30/09/2026
that’s enough internet for today
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026
53 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.
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Mayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYC
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Would be better to try him here.
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is a country of delusional people who believe they may one day be rich. The California Wealth Tax has less than 50% support right now. We have to tell the truth about the propagandized voting public. It's incredible.
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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WARNING: Moose will try to diagnose what is wrong with your broken vehicle.
Road sign of smashed car and moose
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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
@secondmentions.com "The Paisley Park polymath"
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Polly Schattel @pollyschattel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When I briefly met Harlan Ellison a million years ago, he was signing books in a university bookstore. I asked him what he was going to do that night. “Sit in my hotel room and stare at the wall,” he said.
"Wasting time" might be one of the strangest accusations we've ever invented. Apparently you can waste 2:00 p.m. by sitting under a tree doing nothing. The afternoon was going to pass either way. The Earth was going to rotate either way. But because you didn't convert those hours into money, errands or improvement, we decided the time itself was wasted. As if simply being alive isn't enough to justify an afternoon.
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Paul Snead @houstonfearless.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Super intelligence? When will Trump stop trying to make fetch happen?
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Gulf of America. Lake America. Superior Intelligence. The never-ending "trying to make 'fetch' happen" presidency.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 29/09/2026
why not just call it “fetch intelligence”
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 29/09/2026
waiting on the executive order mandating that spielberg rename his movie
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randy r. potts @thephatic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this is more comprehensive than either Dresden or Warsaw
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jam @socialistboat.dad · 29/09/2026
I can tell you're not from around here by the way you pronounce "shibboleth"
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I squeezed that sperm till a strange sort of insanity came over me
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Edward Banatt @armavirumque.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Japan - Swing Live on Old Grey Whistle Test youtu.be/yb1cyDD6CvU
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Japan | Swing | Live on Old Grey Whistle Test | 21 December 1980 | Remastered
YouTube video by Nacho Video
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BBC interview with kids in 1966 predicting the year 2000. Quite accurate is it? Also do you observe the fluency of the children? Nowdays they would speak with ah, oh, okay, whateva.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 27/09/2026
In which I commit a writerly sin and own up to it.
benjamindreyer.substack.com
To Tell the Truth
[a confession]
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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 27/09/2026
Oh yeah, that’s the stuff. Augurs and portents.
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George Grella @gtra1n.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Looks like the Gowanus Canal overflowed this morning
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Edward Banatt @armavirumque.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Power outage! #NJ #BergenCounty
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Frode Weierud @frode-weierud.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
TechCrunch has just published an article about the AI-assisted breaking of the Enigma messages MVUEH and FMNGI. techcrunch.com/2026/09/25/a...
techcrunch.com
Astra and Opus just passed Turing's other test | TechCrunch
Frontier AI models are finishing Alan Turing's World War II codebreaking work.
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NPR @npr.org · 26/09/2026
Thousands are without power on the U.S. East Coast, while roads are flooding in some coastal New Jersey communities. n.pr/4hOrwP2
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Roads flood in New Jersey, inundate some homes, as first major signs of nor'easter take shape
Thousands are without power on the U.S. East Coast, while roads are flooding in some coastal New Jersey communities.
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 26/09/2026
this kind of outcome was predictable the moment so-called "agents" became productized. the Spam Economy azhdarchid.com/imagining-th...
azhdarchid.com
Imagining the Car but not the Traffic Jam
Your typical example of how AI can make life better is analogous to saying
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
As of today, the CDC has changed (reverted) their Covid guidance to make the vaccine recommended for all people over 18. In addition to being a smart public health move, this recommendation also means insurance must cover it. Read more here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/va... Listen to a breakdown here:
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Steve K 🎃 @skleinedler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
(please indulge me on this journey)
Steve looking out a bus window at a gray sky with ZOHRA LAMPERT in large letters. Subsequent posts have basically the same image with different text, which I will add
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thanks to SCOTUS GOP-appointed majority (same ones who attended Trump's state dinner last night), Trump admin will use faulty & inaccurate data to wrongly label eligible voters non-citizens & pressure states to remove them from rolls. Sets a chilling precedent www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
Supreme Court allows Trump to use flawed database to vet voter citizenship
While the impact on the midterms might be minimal, Justice Jackson warns some eligible voters could be disenfranchised.
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kate conger @kateconger.com · 25/09/2026
Next week, Google is putting an experimental satellite into orbit that is the first step towards building A.I. data centers in space. This technology is all still very speculative, but tech leaders are increasingly adamant that this is the future of compute. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/t...
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Google Is Sending an A.I. Data Center to Outer Space (Gift Article)
Next Thursday, Google is sending an experimental satellite into orbit that will have enough computing power to answer simple A.I. queries from space.
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Alfred Hitchcock's NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) is in Regal cinemas nationwide today if you don't particularly like the book you've started. #filmsky #moviesky
Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint toast in NxNW.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Girl dinner
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothythe-raccoon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Golden ratio Jimothy #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Last night I planted an olive tree at Gracie Mansion with Palestinian families from Gaza.  May peace be our future.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: The state of New York is suing Polymarket, claiming the company operates an illegal gambling platform in violation of state gambling laws.
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—>realhackhistory.org @bsky.realhackhistory.org · 24/09/2026
If you vaguely remember that five year old “Xbox hacker” from a decade or so ago, this is him now apparently. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/09/22/s...
sandiegouniontribune.com
San Diego teen once hailed as ‘world’s youngest hacker’ arrested in hate-symbol graffiti case
Kristoffer von Hassel, 18, was arrested Tuesday on charges including vandalism and damage to property motivated by civil rights violations.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/09/2026
Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza’s treatment plants
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Israel facing water shortages caused by destruction of Gaza’s treatment plants
Five desalination plants shut down for days, while Gaza remains in grip of severe water and sanitation crisis Israel is facing weeks of water shortages after an exceptional algae bloom crippled much of its desalination capacity, in a crisis scientists say was triggered when Israeli attacks destroyed much of Gaza’s wastewater infrastructure, causing a massive discharge of untreated sewage. “Pollution does not recognise political borders,” said the Zalul Environmental Association, an Israeli NGO dedicated to protecting the country’s seas and shores. “The discharge of untreated sewage from the Gaza Strip into the sea is contributing to the worsening crisis affecting the Israeli desalination facilities. The wastewater contains nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, which feed microalgae and cyanobacteria and may intensify their blooms.” Continue reading...
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 24/09/2026
The past tense of to moonlight is moonlighted. The past tense of to gaslight is gaslighted. The past tense of to greenlight is I don't particularly care, but it seems that in the past two decades greenlit has taken the lead, so fine with me.
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Edward Banatt @armavirumque.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm watching The Brinks Job (1978) again, which btw has a great cast, and they use thieves' slang "pete" (safe) and "pete man" (safecracker). Curious about the origins. greensdictofslang.com/entry/gql3mby
greensdictofslang.com
pete, n.¹ — Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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Edward Banatt @armavirumque.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jaco Pastorius - Jam in E youtu.be/pJWBVSYAmv0
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Jaco Pastorius | Jam in E ( Remastered )
YouTube video by Mika Salovaara
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
“Let Donald Trump save face” is how you got January 6 *and* why faced no consequences for doing it.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TMW panel with every street & metro station in DC named Trump
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