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Sundeep Malladi @balanceiskey.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The single best skill you, a human, can bring to an agentic world is reading comprehension.

Sundeep Malladi @balanceiskey.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

@mkbhd.com's walkthrough of the Ferrari Luce is fantastic. The Internet seems divided on the look (I'm extremely pro, they ended up in the right place), but it's the internal controls and UI decisions made here I hope other car manufacturers are paying attention to. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Reu...

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Ferrari Luce is the Most Controversial Ferrari Ever

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Your Ring camera can scam passing dogs and compare them to databases of missing dogs and that’s heartwarming and there are absolutely no sinister implications that’s why the guy in the button-down and Dockers is soothing

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Andy @awmark.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Instead of reading what some Black Rifle Coffee addict thinks about *literally* anything, read the reflections (obliquely on Minneapolis) from 3/75’s former commander mkloepper2025.substack.com/p/an-informe...

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An Informed Perspective about Power & Violence

And the Professional Cornerstones of Character and Competence

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Sundeep Malladi @balanceiskey.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I hope some amount of the protest outside the Whipple Building is just reading this as a group.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting.
2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value.
3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE.
4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on.
5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle."
6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground.

7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack.
8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video.
9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk.
10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun.
11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him.
12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes.

13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times.
14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him.
15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1.
16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground.
17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building.
18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear

witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values.
I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct.

Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.

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Andy @awmark.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Abolish ICE is gonna be a mainstream view by the next presidential election bsky.app/profile/matt...

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Sundeep Malladi @balanceiskey.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

This is utter insanity, I love it, I’m going to read it again.

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Sundeep Malladi @balanceiskey.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Apple, I have never clicked on one of your links so fast and been this sorely disappointed: www.apple.com/newsroom/202... Wanted: Tiny phone Received: Purse for giant phone

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Introducing iPhone Pocket: a beautiful way to wear and carry iPhone

ISSEY MIYAKE and Apple today unveiled iPhone Pocket, designed to fit any iPhone as well as all pocketable items.

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 31/10/2025

Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.

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Sundeep Malladi @balanceiskey.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I am, as always, blown away by how much @danabra.mov can effectively capture in a blog post: overreacted.io/open-social/

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Open Social — overreacted

The protocol is the API.

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Sundeep Malladi @balanceiskey.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Nailed it: www.seangoedecke.com/ai-agents-an... Good code reviewers start with fundamentals and as Sean notes, ask the question: “What should this have been?” and related “Where will we go from here?”

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If you are good at code review, you will be good at using AI agents

Using AI agents correctly is a process of reviewing code. If you’re good at reviewing code, you’ll be good at using tools like Claude Code, Codex, or the…

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Sundeep Malladi @balanceiskey.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I'm discovering new things everyday about how an LLMs will benefit daily work, but regularly reminded where we humans still excel: Creative, curious, fast, wild.

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Sundeep Malladi @balanceiskey.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Early iOS 26 impressions: I think the personality’s back (Messaging app feels great), they’re going to have some ongoing challenges with contrast/light/dark backgrounds and just general visual accessibility stuff.

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Sundeep Malladi @balanceiskey.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Been a stupid good week getting things done with @dexhorthy.bsky.social and the HumanLayer crew. Some good things brewing over here and none of them are running your blog on Kubernetes.

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Sundeep Malladi @balanceiskey.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I setup a #Sonos Arc Ultra, two rear Era 300s and a Sub 4 yesterday as a replacement for an aging Bose/Sony receiver setup. Absolutely painless and a little bit delightful. Nice work Sonos folks.

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Sundeep Malladi @balanceiskey.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I am a specific brand of goofball.

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Sundeep Malladi @balanceiskey.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Someone thought it was a good idea to let me code in earnest again and man, it feels good to be back. Let’s go.

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Sundeep Malladi @balanceiskey.bsky.social · 19/11/2023

I share what I think is the common perspective on the OpenAI shakeup, that sama absolutely should not have been removed, but what I really want to know is what unaddressed or ignored grievance was not dealt with.

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Sundeep Malladi @balanceiskey.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

It was never about free speech. All of these networks are public houses and you’re going to the won that serves the best drinks, plays decent music and has a welcoming atmosphere. That’s it, no magic really beyond that.

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