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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 6h

100% with you (I was freezing in Iceland last week!). Perennial rookie.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 6h

So funny that this came out within a week of an article claiming that literally everyone has heard Choosin' Texas.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 17h

Last weekend we saw local legend, (friend and neighbor) three time Grammy winner Fantastic Negrito at Davies Symphony Hall, performing with the Sam Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Ran into the legendary Boots Riley (rapper turned prolific director) in the lobby afterward. I love Oakland!

Man in a red jacket in front of an orchestra.

SF Symphony with Fantastic Negrito, audience giving standing ovation

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 18h

BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 29/09/2026

I just listened to PTFO's entire series on the Ballmer/Leonard saga. There were a couple of episodes of Mark Cuban pushing back on the reporting...and it became very clear that Cuban doesn't trust reporting because he doesn't trust journalists. It's because of shit like this.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 29/09/2026

Was it only a year ago that she thought it was pronounced "a one?" Something tells me that she hasn't become much more of an expert since then...

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 29/09/2026

I do keep one USB-A -> USB-C cord in my bag as well. In fact, my go-to adaptor is an Anker with two USB-C and one USB-A ports.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 29/09/2026

It was fun because two years ago, I was sitting with Leslie Lee and her colleagues at Squid AI and I remember it was the FIRST time I heard anyone use "agent" and "agentic." Of course, in the last six months... It's practically all we hear about. Leslie crystallizes it beautifully.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 29/09/2026

In every episode of I/O You an Explanation, I sit down with an expert to talk about a technology...not to go super deep, but because the best experts can simplify things so everyone can understand. This week, I sit down with Leslie Lee to learn about agents! youtu.be/kVRwjI_PPbE

youtu.be

Autonomous Agents Are Changing Enterprise Workflows| I/O You an Explanation

YouTube video by Nutanix

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 28/09/2026

I know you're right...but I also just see the other side. It is amazing that I don't have to bring 6 adaptors on business trips. BTW, when I was at Google there was an employee who, on his own time, reviewed USB-C cables on Amazon as a public service by testing against the standard. Important work!

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 28/09/2026

USB-C is the best technology in so long. I bring ONE type of adaptor on business trips now (to charge my computer, my phone, my tablet, my earbuds, my watch, my headphones). I'm sitting in a meeting right now using my Mac and am borrowing the cord from a ThinkPad user. Standards win.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 28/09/2026

Incomprehensible in this day and age to get an error message like this when trying to open a PowerPoint deck in SharePoint.

plain black and white error in a web browser:
Office Online services aren't available right now
We're working to restore all services as soon as possible. Please check back soon. If the error persists please contact Microsoft Support for assistance along with the Url you were trying to access

Error Code for Support
Ref A: A3D035BE9E3D4C869C83C9D484C7DCE5 Ref B: YVR311000114049 Ref C: 2026-09-28T15:43:15Z

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 28/09/2026

"Odd moment?" What oddly innocuous phrasing you use for an assault on the principles that allow democracy to succeed.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 27/09/2026

Someone's trying to catch them all.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 27/09/2026

If I fire a gun in my apartment and, despite my not intending it to happen, that bullet goes through a wall and does damage in my neighbor's apartment... I'm liable for those damages (criminally and civilly).

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 27/09/2026

Nearly every hack in history was a person starting a computer program and that program gaining access to systems. That's exactly what happened here (albeit more steps in between).

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 27/09/2026

You need better friends, Nick. This is a cry for help. I'm here.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 27/09/2026

Hell, there's a growing number of people who only listen to music that is being generated by a computer for their ears only!

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 27/09/2026

This is ALL of us. We ALL know how short dogs' lives are, we all know how painful it is when they die...and we get them anyway. The joy they bring is worth the pain (or, maybe, the pain of loss is commensurate to the joy). Dog stories all end the same. We love them because they're US.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 26/09/2026

She does seem very concerned!

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 26/09/2026

This is every band flyer I ever made

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 25/09/2026

hey none of my business, don't mean to be a nitpicker but... ..."AN single bag" not "A single bag?" Maybe it's your creative bending of the spacetime of grammatical rules that won you those lentils!

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 25/09/2026

One time a colleague was sharing his screen and opened a google screen, started to type "what" and the immediate auto-complete was "what is a bigot" and I wondered who had called him that.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 25/09/2026

Personally, I think that Roger Waters knew that "we don't need no education" is a double negative and, in fact, the song was actually telling everyone to stay in school.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 24/09/2026

Can't wait to listen. I hope they point it that the agents in the OPEN I/HuggingFace embroglio did the exact same thing!

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 24/09/2026

Something weird happened with the rifles as well.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 23/09/2026

Bro doesn't care if his president is a pedophile but is worried what his pilot wears on the weekend?

static.klipy.com

Sure Aham

ALT: Sure Aham

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 23/09/2026

Yep. I had a couple of days in London, spent yesterday with customers and partners in Reykjavik, and tonight I'll sleep in my own bed (travel gods willing!).

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 23/09/2026

Good luck today! The Iceland Air strike sure isn't making the airport less hectic...I was able to change on a United flight and will make it home. I hope BA takes care of you!

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 23/09/2026

Good morning from (the airport in) Iceland!

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 22/09/2026

He's always been in it for the clout.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 22/09/2026

Unfortunately, you know what else he's not doing? Engaging on Bluesky.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 21/09/2026

The answer of course is that NEARLY ALL KINDERGARTNERS HAVE PREFERRED PRONOUNS.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 21/09/2026

so strange to be in the UK and see the morning coffee posts...in the morning. Good morning, skitches!

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 21/09/2026

The alt text is perfectly accurate

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 20/09/2026

My wife texted me from Costco "It's decorative gourd season, motherfucker!" and I came home to these. God bless McSweeney's.

Three mesh bags each with five small decorative gourds.

Brick steps leading to a house with three large pumpkins and 5 large decorative gourds

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 19/09/2026

I've never been happier to have no idea what you're talking about!

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 19/09/2026

The truest thing Trump ever said was that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not lose a single supporter. It's true. Spike inflation? No worries. Said no wars? No problem. Explode the deficit? It's OK if Trump does it. Corruption? A-OK. Corrupt sons? 👌

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 18/09/2026

In the last year or two, I showed my kids Wargames and Terminator. I think 2001: A Space Odyssey might be next.

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Dan Ciruli @danciruli.cloud · 18/09/2026

I wonder if she ever asked him who is setting those policies that he hates so much. Or about his feelings about Trump. Or Republicans in Congress who refuse to put a check on his policies.

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