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Cass @cass.social · 29/09/2026

I guess that's a track suit.

Cass @cass.social · 24/09/2026

I had a hallway chat with a “frontier” AI guy at a con a few years ago that still gives me nightmares. “We need to get some network people onboarded, the models say they’re hacking stuff, but we can’t prove if they’re actually doing it or not” Uh, how is the test env instrumented? “The what?”

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Cass @cass.social · 21/09/2026

That's concentrated evil. One drop of that could turn you all into hermit crabs.

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Cass @cass.social · 18/09/2026

I talked to an Oakland cop about this at my barber shop a few months ago: “you defunded the police, we had to take resources from somewhere.” We didn’t though, and that guy is probably clocking 30-40hr a week of OT organizing paperclips.

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Cass @cass.social · 02/09/2026

Literally gold paint on the tire sidewall to make the aero hubcaps look even bigger. Wonder if they’ll spend the money to maintain it or they’ll just look even shittier in 2 months.

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Cass @cass.social · 30/08/2026

These guys are also completely MBA pilled, so a doomsday bunker built must eventually be a doomsday bunker utilized. Pushing the button to recognize ROI.

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Cass @cass.social · 29/08/2026

Which is next to the Claremont, Berkeley CA

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Cass @cass.social · 24/08/2026

New stadium deal for the San Francisco 49ers of East Palestine.

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Cass @cass.social · 23/08/2026

Idk, there’s a whole genre of LinkedIn poaster promoting their “perfect” 100 IQ score.

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Cass @cass.social · 22/08/2026

For users of Gmail, sure — but if you were still self hosting, or were a service operator yourself, gmail sourced spam made things worse since you couldn’t just nuke el goog’s smtp.

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Cass @cass.social · 20/08/2026

That Lollo Rossa + Flashy Troutback cross with dense trichomes just hits different in the salad.

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Cass @cass.social · 17/08/2026

I feel like is like when they _ask_ you if you qualify for the senior discount.

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Cass @cass.social · 15/08/2026

“How did I miss that?”

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Cass @cass.social · 08/08/2026

In California, state employees chip in to “water clubs” to have water in the offices they’re returning to, accepting coffee at a vendors office is right out.

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Cass @cass.social · 06/08/2026

Hear me out. AI Slop Pew Pew maps.

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Cass @cass.social · 30/07/2026

If I were running a corporate data harvesting operation disguised as a social network where all the worst people were encouraged to upload their shared contacts for my social graph ad-tech — I’d also test where the “slop” line was.

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Cass @cass.social · 27/07/2026

And how much they smell. Being at a gas station after a year of EV ownership is like being in a smokers car a few years after quitting.

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Cass @cass.social · 21/07/2026

They got the head of liability from Q-Tip on the team I see.

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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 16/07/2026

I think one reason data center outrage is so pronounced is people spent decades recycling and composting and otherwise scrimping to offset energy use and protect clean water, and the second we hit an inflection point for cheap electricity the banking industry said we’re taking all of it, fuck you

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Cass @cass.social · 15/07/2026

I’m sure the guy that came up with “it’s our DAM water” thinks he’s super clever.

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Cass @cass.social · 15/07/2026

Ah, the “everything I know/regurgitate about CA politics I learned from a sign on Resnick owned land along 5” folks.

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Cass @cass.social · 15/07/2026

“Actually, Seattle in the 90s was the town from Footloose” is some rage bait piece I’d expect John Roderick to submit to the Stranger.

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Cass @cass.social · 27/06/2026

I feel like I got this pitch in the Jupiter room around late 1998. Nearly choked on my Specialties cookie.

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Cass @cass.social · 20/06/2026

Dixon Landing is still bad at times, but not “make eco horror trash monster movies” bad, wow. Apparently they’re doing screenings at the “Great” Mall during Halloween?

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Cass @cass.social · 14/06/2026

I think the last 5ESS and DMS bits in the US were pulled out as recently as 2024, so, barely any sepia tone needed ;)

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Cass @cass.social · 12/06/2026

Still trying to understand how non-voting shares with a binding arbitration clause for a company eternally controlled by one man who cannot be fired is any more of a financial instrument than an NFT.

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Cass @cass.social · 10/06/2026

The cynic in me assumes El Goog is already using “replay” data from gdocs in their training, and if not, tools like this are just meant to create more training data. The whole detection thing is just marketing and bait.

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Cass @cass.social · 09/06/2026

MacOS Pacifica Taco Bell as the transition year.

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Cass @cass.social · 08/06/2026

My Destiny group used to have fashion shows in the tower. Runway walks and everything. Drip is endgame.

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Cass @cass.social · 05/06/2026

I do it in notes though, since I assume most apps are capturing unsubmitted user text for “telemetry” these days.

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Cass @cass.social · 01/06/2026

I did this with (my own) Large National Bank account last week - but over the phone. The robot prompted me to “add a cellphone number” to the account with with only a card number, pin and zip code (all from the mailer with the new card) — which it then texted a verification code to for full access.

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Cass @cass.social · 28/05/2026

Too close to a school for him or Nuget?

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Cass @cass.social · 22/05/2026

Yeah, I just went through this Monday. Their self confidence is also amazing.

Conversation with customer support:

> Sure, don't let it disconnect us again though.

Rest assured you won't be
While I work on your account, please avoid clicking the back button, switching windows, or minimizing this chat - it may close automatically and seem as if I ended it, which isn't the case.

Please keep this chat window open while I work-refreshing, switching apps, or inactivity may cause the session to time out and close automatically. If you need a moment, just send "still here," as I don't want to lose you before resolving the issue.

> Not my first rodeo

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Thanks!
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almost done
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I'm working on it, and it may take 1-2 more minutes.
Please stay connected.
> Just doing my part, as requested.

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Cass @cass.social · 20/05/2026

I think that’s a lot of it. With no/limited track record, we just have his word and the word of billionaire white guys only goes so far? His attack ads against Becerra I saw when visiting the olds up in Jefferson were were also quite nasty and a bit playing to the dog whistle racists I thought.

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Cass @cass.social · 16/05/2026

They’ll talk a few corporate shitbox builders who also run the HOA’s into doing this for a few new developments in AZ or FL but the utility will have a 2 year wait on transformers and half the homes will never get built.

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Cass @cass.social · 09/05/2026

The only things I don’t like about the I5 are the things that Tesla spoiled me on (OTA updates that actually improve the car - not just maps, mobile service, no “dealer” bullshit, charging network (but not charging speed)) — in every other area the I5 is a far superior car.

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Cass @cass.social · 09/05/2026

The former I think. Tesla hit the initial credit’s limit years ago, then the “US only unless you’re leasing” credit limited a lot of vehicles before it got killed.

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Cass @cass.social · 08/05/2026

I’m sure my alma matter’s IT team fights every year to keep their self hosted blackboard — this doesn’t make them right.

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Cass @cass.social · 18/04/2026

Mine gave some warnings on the freeway and went into “turtle mode” ~10 miles later. Luckily we were in the town we were staying in that night, so, able to get to the hotel and park. Felt like it let the 12V drain, which is what ultimately locked it down. Pain in the ass, but they made it right.

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Cass @cass.social · 18/04/2026

It’s possible the I5 Waymo fleet will provide better data on ICCU than forum anecdata, but it’s a ways out. Idk, HMUSA towed to the closest dealer, covered a rental, and trucked the repaired car back home when my ICCU popped 300mi into a trip on a Friday night and I didn’t have to leave my hotel.

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Cass @cass.social · 17/04/2026

Consider that if the 1994 World Series happened, the tickets would have been printed on Pogs.

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Cass @cass.social · 15/04/2026

Having access to a darkroom with a RA4 mini lab and a laminator was quite lucrative for a teenager in the early 90s when some state IDs looked that way. Allegedly.

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Cass @cass.social · 07/04/2026

Not just sick, but resource contention too. IIRC, a lot of the “pigs are bad” rules in antiquity came as much from “they compete for our food and don’t nomad well” as trichinosis.

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Cass @cass.social · 26/03/2026

GPT will gaslight you that your crypto functions are compromised until you point out it's only making assertions without validation, then suddenly it's "c8e6 who? I've been saying 15ad the whole time, here's why you might think otherwise... "

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Cass @cass.social · 16/03/2026

Top 3 light shows for sure. Amazing.

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Cass @cass.social · 09/03/2026

Technically there are speed limits, but local norms and conditions may ignore them or be super punitive, it depends. Major interstates top out around 75mph posted. Licensing is state by state and varies. If anything, it’s mostly increased renewal frequency/testing over 70/75.

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Cass @cass.social · 09/03/2026

Idk, my 80 something relative drives the length of California and back every other weekend to visit his older sister. He wants something with better efficiency than his giant pickup truck, but also insists on doing the trip without stopping for gas or charging. Older Americans are fuckin weird.

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