Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It’s true. I’ve done both. Fakery feels right in the moment, but the lasting payoff is confidence in competence. It’s not a clever alliteration - just facts. 000
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I’m almost sorry to ask, but no AI, right? I just went down a rabbit hole of finding out a series of reels I was interested in are generated using Showrunner and it made me queasy. My scepticism is running high. 200
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I wasn’t aware that farmers and hunters needed clocks to read a particular time to go to work. I’m pretty sure they just fucking farm and hunt whenever they need to. 1340
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ah the search for Noah’s ark - the grift that keeps on grifting. Even the explorers who believe in it don’t believe it’s been found. But then again, evangelical personalities never shy away from bilking impressionable pensioners and long term patients. 110
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Dude is a straight up Skinner jerk.static.klipy.comSkinner: Am I Out Of Touch? No, The Children Are Wrong.ALT: Skinner: Am I Out Of Touch? No, The Children Are Wrong. 000
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Maybe he gets his references from an LLM, whose source is an aggregator LLM, which gathered its sources from LLMs that were trained on data from LLMs. 070
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This really is the crux of all media coverage of AI. There’s nothing new to say, and even if there were, the people saying it would be no more informed than people who have been living it for years. What a waste of time and space. 030
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I've always wondered why tech CEOs keep warning about AI. It's not AGI they fear - it's a burst bubble. If I were them I might also want govt to put regs in place now so I can blame it for my lack of profitability later. How else can they survive the guillotine? 001
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I think you’ve found the reason that ASOIAF isn’t finished. GRRM is playing the longest game of D&D ever trying to get the historical mechanics right, and it’s never going to end. 1131
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Ready access to AI seems to short circuit the critical thought process, specifically of how they’re confronting an expert. Question experts by all means, but don’t think a 10-second enquiry makes a machine more expert than a person who has spent years honing their expertise. Take a beat and reverse. 000
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Look, SecDef is incompetent but this piece doesn’t tell us whether the programme was efficacious or fit for purpose. It was founded in response to failings in COIN. Who’s to say it had any applications for LSCO? Show us where it says that and we can get interested in its mission. 000
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 27/08/2026When Youngquist was kicking off I realised he wasn’t accounting for your Christianity. I smelled original sin in your meaning. I didn’t think drawing a target on it would’ve been very helpful. 000
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I find this argument so much more plausible than the guy who accused Bret of being a liberal who was the actual fascist and also racist and also said “masturbation” a lot. God, what I wouldn’t do for more reasoned discourse. 100
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 26/08/2026No, I don’t call people who work hard “lazy”. I’m not clear on who you’re referring to with the status argument but I guess I’m less informed than you. Anyway, I think you’d have to show a lot more than a Bluesky takedown to make that case here. Maybe write it up and get back to us? 110
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I don’t actually know what the purpose of that sentence is. Feels good to say it and have it be seen? I’m trying to get some public history and I’m getting whatever that is. I’m done, folks. 110
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I read your interpretation of history as a competition between the cooperative and the coercive, and that we need to work against the latter to keep the former. Does it more or less boil down to that? Is there some deeper message I’m not getting? 120
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I don’t tend to ascribe laziness to people who do full PhDs, work as adjunct staff, write and write, and engage with these arguments. The guy thinks and communicates for a living so this doesn’t make any sense to me. Your argument just comes across as cynical and you haven’t shown me otherwise. 110
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Thanks for clarifying. I’ve read quite a lot of Bret’s essays and this would be the first time I’ve seen any evidence of that prejudice, and you haven’t convinced me that’s what it is. Good luck with your argument. 130
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I don’t understand fella’s discourse. There’s a mismatch between clearly stated ideas and a mishmash of cultural references and passive aggressivism that’s blocking my view of what he’s driving at. I think I’m getting he thinks liberal=fascist also, but whatever the actual argument is has drowned. 111
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If nothing else, this discussion is a prime example of how public historians reach people. Two rounds of Hoi4 and a couple threads later and we’re at “where does fascism come from”? 000
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 25/08/2026From your lips to God’s ears: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...bbc.co.ukCanada announces response to Trump tariffs as trade war escalates - follow liveTrade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late last week, with each side accusing the other of making unreasonable last-minute demands. 000
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Do you think they do as well, better or worse when it comes to other hardware, like cruisers, frigates and destroyers, or strike fighters and interceptors, or the different kinds of nuclear delivery systems? 001
Reposted by Trevor DeVooghtProjectAllende.org / ProjectAllende @ substack @projectallende.bsky.social · 12/08/2026UK pubs don't die thy are eaten alive by transnational private equity... They are assets on a balance sheet that extract value while destroying community 03820
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I fear we’ve allowed marketeers to set the premise. These are not AI. They are LLMs and do not nearly approach critical analysis. We gotta stop talking about these programs like they’re anything more than the output of their programmers’ limited concept of intelligent design. 020
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 09/08/2026It's true - GOV.UK is a masterclass in design and clarity. I met one of its leaders in charge of copywriting and she genuinely seemed to care about how functional and accessible it is to people. If her attitude is anything to go by then the entire office dedicated to the site understands the brief. 010
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 08/08/2026It’s often really that leaders don’t care enough about quality CX. I’m an ex-CX head and with no luck re-entering the role bc many leaders think a biz dev with an LLM can offer equal service. And if not, as long as they’re still making deals then it must be OK to compromise on customer service. 000
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Behold! The ‘strategem’.static.klipy.comTrojan HorseAlt: the Trojan Horse takes a dip in the water, a less than ideal location for a land-based strategem. 020
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Did you say “stratagem”?static.klipy.comTurning And Facing You AgamemnonAlt: Agamemnon turns to face Odysseus after O. tells him he has a plan that includes a wooden horse and calls it a ‘strategem’ 010
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 31/07/2026In retrospect, it seems very unlikely that Hollywood could stomach the risk of a telling that doesn’t rely on modern Western heroics and redemption arcs to satisfy our collective escapist fantasies. 100
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 31/07/2026It’s entirely possible that the type of person who says she wants to translate The Odyssey a second time has a poor grip of the people skills needed to directly bring more people into the fold of the classics. 040
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Iran’s regime don’t need any more reasons, but could there be other issues behind it? Could China be pressing them to hold out in order to create a downstream effect or some kind? Maybe the refinery bills you wrote about coming due right as they mobilise their forces for Taiwan? 000
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Second for Brick Immortar. He just released his analysis of the Key Bridge collapse. It might be the first time I’ve watched one of an event I was already familiar with. It closes the loop very nicely. 120
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 21/06/2026DJT:static.klipy.comI Think You Should Leave Hot Dog SuspectALT: I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect 000
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 18/06/2026It’s lovely, but it’s no Hokusai. He may have ruined Mt Fuji for anyone else. 010
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I mean, “the wife” is already making plans to leave him. She believed him when he said he’d leave her. It’s the smart play. So screw him. 070
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 13/06/2026We do better by framing all of us as strong in our own ways. It lends far more credibility to the concept of being stronger together, which is what we’re after. We need to keep searching for the common ground. It is actually out there, often face to face, not through impersonal discourse. 050
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 13/06/2026I know what you mean, and I don’t see the need for framing public debates in these terms. If we do we have to ask “Weak at what?” Then public debate is already going off the rails. Better to stick to fundamentals and take issues on at their root than to muddle things with personal value judgments. 010
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 13/06/2026You be the judge. Also the jury and the executioner. youtu.be/w8fqSJ2KRdY?...youtu.beThe Cat in the Hat - Trailer - Warner Bros. UK & IrelandYouTube video by Warner Bros. UK & Ireland 000
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Let’s be clear: @warnerbrothers.bsky.social ditched a finished Batgirl film, and went ahead on The Cat In The Hat which DOES NOT rhyme and could be any goofy character for how much he resembles Dr Seuss’s Cat. Experiment: Imagine Conan the Barbarian but with witty Joss Whedon chat for Millennials 🙄 100
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I had to use BibTex in concert with LaTex for a white paper ten years ago. It took some getting used to but I was glad for it in the end. Saying that, I had to input the citation data manually so I guess that’s still artisan, as well. 000
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I’m looking forward to it. My friend has just told me another one about Leybourne Lakes near Maidstone shuttering over its committee’s frustration with bored young people causing maintenance issues. 000
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Devil’s advocate, I’ve heard some say it’s not unreasonable that Wayne didn’t jump headlong into the service. He knew the danger and had a family to look after. I think given the choice many of us would arrive at the same calculus. Human events are complex and sometimes unreasonably demanding. 100
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Ofc Wayne is out of the mix. Stewart, on the other hand, could be as meek and mild as he liked. There’s nothing to prove when you’ve survived over Europe. 110
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Question: where do you think the Imperial fleet went? They’ve completely buffered off by the time DS2 blows and the rebel fleet is falling back scot free. 100
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 30/05/2026To a generation that experienced some of history’s most brutal combat and atrocities, there was no question of their masculinity. Looking back, we know that manliness had no special claim to the virtues that brought survival and victory, but it was surely a motivator for many men. 140
Trevor DeVooght @devtrev.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Or how about saying, “Yes, I am OK”? Couldn’t even manage that. Do you remember his face at the 2011 WHC dinner when Seth Meyers and Obama fired off a few zingers? Who’s the snowflake around here? 000
