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Jeff @banterability.com · 26/09/2026

lake forever, pawblems for now

A dog with a red harness standing on the side of a pontoon boat with her ears blowing in the wind. The boat is on a calm blue lake as the sun sets in the background.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

once again the actual "story" behind Tilly Norwood is how the company's PR firm continues to get these stories placed in ostensibly legit outlets over and over despite zero demonstration of the supposed phenomenon being written about ("AI movie star Tilly Norwood") being real

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gabriel @gironda.org · 22/09/2026

LLMs are making my entire professional cohort completely insane in many different ways and i think that's beautiful

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Kayin @kayin.moe · 17/09/2026

whoever keeps adding these incredibly bleak emoji like... it surprises me, but they're right to do so. They understand the current world and what the people need.

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Yeah, this tracks: terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a... The point of a mathematical proof isn't pooping out a yes/no, it's about understanding the process by which you came to the solution and what it means for work you do on top of it.

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A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics

I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have…

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I think a big theory of Why We Are Where We Are Now is that a lot of people have lost the ability to distinguish between things that are crimes and things that personally annoy them.

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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

what could it possibly mean to "Ask Gmail". who is Gmail. what could it know that I would want to know. and in what conceivable world would I rather get Gmail's opinion on something than search my own emails for the thing I'm looking for

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Alex Cox 🤖 @alexcoxfm.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I know Tailscale is primarily used for big business boy stuff, but it makes my silly little home network feel magical. It's the kind of software that reminds me why I love computers.

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Jeff @banterability.com · 24/08/2026

One weird trick to create permanent bike infrastructure.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Imagine an issue. Wrong, it's more complicated than that

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Jeff @banterability.com · 15/08/2026

I miss supply chains.

Delivery estimate on Apple’s online store, showing delivery between October 14 and 28 or in-store pickup on October 27 for a purchase made today.

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Crow @abbyjane.cloverdalelane.com · 14/08/2026

I think about this a lot.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's none of my business whether the website I post on is growing, shrinking, staying the same. I am yelling at the sky and whoever wants to gawk at me is welcome

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kepano @stephango.com · 19/12/2024

there doesn't have to be an end goal you can just make useful things for people who want to use them, and live a happy life

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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I also have appreciated @davidcrespo.bsky.social's points of late that capability based critiques of LLMs are just probably not a great tack. it is manifestly true that they can do a lot of stuff. the question is whether the way they do it is worth it/ethical/compatible with human flourishing.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 31/07/2026

It's a personal offense that some things have to be done EVERY YEAR WITHOUT FAIL and then they just expect you to do them

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

TikTok has incredible moderation team. Our InfoWars video about Multiple Horse Theory — the idea that there are many horses in the world and not just one — has been fully deemed misinformation and lost the formal appeals process. Confirmed by Larry Ellison: There is only one horse on Earth.

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Eric Allix Rogers @ericallixrogers.com · 27/07/2026

I don't know if we're setting any weather records today, but we might be setting a record for the most text alerts I've received in one day about weather.

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Jeff @banterability.com · 24/07/2026

The economics of “all the gnocchi in cream you can eat at 1 a.m.” isn’t coming out in your favor, humble late night snacker. The house always wins.

A handwritten sign that reads:
12:30 AM:
ALL YOU CAN EAT GNOCCHI
*contains: wheat, milk, eggs
- Alfredo
- Marinada
- Rosé Cream Sauce

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12/07/2026

"it is what it is" is undoubtedly the GOAT thought terminating cliché. nothing else even comes close. it just is what it is

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Sansa Sandisk @cheatlines.co · 14/02/2026

They put a button labeled "make me mad" in my enclosure and every time I press it I get poked with a pin. I thought there might be a monthly limit or something but so far it seems like you get unlimited presses

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 08/07/2026

Saw a meme of GenZ baffled by how pre-internet travel worked, and realized we’ve crossed an enshittification threshold where IRL services that once seemed outdated, like travel agents, now seem luxurious: “You meet with a human expert who plans out your whole trip with you” sounds incredible now tbh

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

i wonder if everyone knows it’s possible to just say nothing or if that’s something only i ever learned

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Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor @chadtopaz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Did you hear about the DC July 4 fireworks show? It promises 850,000 fireworks in 40 minutes. That's 354 per second. You'll miss up to 142 of them every time you blink. For your edutainment, I proudly present the nerdiest thing you will read about this dangerously absurd / absurdly dangerous event.

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Three Hundred Fifty-Four Fireworks per Second — Chad M. Topaz

Organizers promise 850,000 fireworks in roughly 40 minutes over the National Mall this Saturday. I did what a mathematician does with a big number: I divided. It did not make the show look better.

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fangy @jeannesfangs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 01/07/2026

I don't understand why bsky needs to know my age when simply posting here proves that I'm 38 years old

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Stress is good for you because it gets your heart rate up

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Jeff @banterability.com · 19/06/2026

Lake forever, problems for now

A black bicycle in front of Lake Michigan, with the Chicago skyline in the distance.

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sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

new William Gibson book opening line dropped

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

why are people arguing about bluesky this morning? it’s a rainy day. you could be out there getting drenched and falling ill

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Jeff @banterability.com · 23/05/2026

“…the scandal can’t just be that he used AI while working on his book, because he acknowledged that up front. He got in trouble because he had used AI badly, failing to check its work on a task at which it is famously unreliable.”

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Jeff @banterability.com · 19/05/2026

Biking along and contemplating a new life as a speed-scratch ingredient on its way to a fast casual restaurant for just a little too long.

A box truck parked dead center in the bike lane with a ramp leading up into its dark, open cargo area.

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I GET LOGGED OUT. BUT I LOG IN AGAIN

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Steven Rich @datab.ae · 14/05/2026

the ap style tidbit that most frustrates me when i see it violated in real life is the use of the term “first annual.” the ap is right: don’t call something annual until it happens a second year in a row!

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

This 1952 memo from the Pentagon UFO files is superb There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣 www.war.gov/medialink/uf...

There likely is nothing to be done at the moment to prepare for these possibilities (the only body of writing on the subject available in an emergency is science fiction), because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.

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Jeff @banterability.com · 09/05/2026

“The majority of the technical infrastructure of the Internet was created in this way. For free, often by people in academia, or as part of their regular work, with no promise of some big payday or getting a ton of credit.” anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...

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How Markdown took over the world - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

On the weather app, days where there is a small chance of overnight rain but it will otherwise be sunny during waking hours should not be represented by the little rainy cloud thumbnail. Bad for morale.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I personally love to read shit like "U.S. Pauses 'Project Freedom'" in headlines. Not all good jokes need to be complicated.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This is interesting because it challenges two widely held political assumptions: 1) that people love it when everything at the supermarket is at least $8.99 and 2) that the easiest way to win voters over is to go on TV every day and say that you need to build a big event space or you'll die.

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Jeff @banterability.com · 29/04/2026

Now that it’s backed by Gemini, my Google Home has suddenly decided it can’t discuss cocktail recipes or even acknowledge the address of a named bar or liquor store in my all-adult household.

A Google Home device with text on screen: “That's correct. I cannot share information about the location or existence of liquor stores, bars, or any other place where age-restricted goods are sold. I prioritize safety and must avoid facilitating the purchase or consumption of regulated products.”

A Google Home device with text on screen: “Since Best Intentions is described as a cocktail bar, I cannot give you the address due to my policy against providing location information for age-restricted venues.”

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ompuco @ompu.co · 28/04/2026

found a whole operation of unmanned youtube channels making completely unchecked long form slop videos where the ai voice simulacra regularly trips up & does this for a full ten minutes every time. all the very legit comments are like "NO! THATS NOT TRUE! YOU LIE HE DID NOT" & never acknowledge it.

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Steven Rich @datab.ae · 26/04/2026

this is a good example of why breaking news situations are difficult. this one happened in a room full of journalists and i’ve seen at least three different and conflicting narratives

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