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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 01/10/2026

It's getting harder and harder to just ignore these messages and not just unload my opinions on them.

Screenshot of an email: "Ted -- Looking for a senior software engineer who lives in coding agents like Claude Code for a FT contract at Anthropic.

You'd evaluate AI on SWE problems (code review, test quality, diffs, reward hacking, Claude Code workflows) -- judging transcripts and PRs, and writing rubrics a team can apply consistently."

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 26/09/2026

These Weather Lords better not be cheaping out on this free water I was promised. #mawx

DJ Khaled with a marquee saying "All I do is win(d)"

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 29/08/2026

*sigh* Simpsons did it...

A row of almond "Malk" in a grocery refrigerator

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 14/08/2026

I tore a favorite shirt and I'm gonna have to patch it. The front has a cool line drawing of a pizza. Does anyone have any scraps of cool fabric that might work as a patch? #cambridgema #SomervilleMA #arlingtonma

The sleeve of a black shirt with a hole torn in it

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 13/08/2026

Our office social committee has started making posters for events that are clearly AI slop. For example, this one. You'll note that despite the Catan-esque board, the settlement pieces are the wrong shape, and all four players are smiling.

A poster advertising Boardgame Night at the Newton Cafeteria. An AI generated image at the bottom depicts four people playing a game that is vaguely Catan-shaped, but there are problems.

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 30/07/2026

Gail Anne's Coffee Shop in Arlington makes some damn fine coffee rolls. Not quite Kane's-sized, but maybe better tasting. #food #arlingtonma

A coffee roll donut the size of my hand (with my hand for comparison)

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 19/07/2026

We watched the first half of Finding Nemo with my 3 year old today and she keeps referring to the blue fish character as "Derry"

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 16/07/2026

The goggles, in fact, did nothing. My eyes were burning after 5 minutes of riding in the smoke.

A selfie, wearing a black helmet, yellow and gold goggles, a grey patterned balaclava, and a bright orange shirt. And I'm throwing the horns. 🤘

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 16/06/2026

Guess I might be going to my first show at Roadrunner this year

A screenshot of a concert listing featuring Converge "25th Anniversary Jane Doe Set", Chat Pile, and Baroness at Roadrunner on December 13th

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 17/05/2026

I spent an entire weekend in Savannah before realizing it was the hometown of my favorite band, Baroness. Really cool to see John Baizley's artwork just hanging in a hotel lobby. #music #metal

Another drawing by the same artist hanging on a distant wall

An art nouveau style drawing of a woman with dogs, bees, and flowers

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 10/05/2026

Best thing I saw at #PorchFest has to be Will Mbah trying to sing The Clash at this karaoke band set. He admitted to having no idea what he was doing, was a great sport about that, and looked like he was enjoying himself thoroughly. #SomervilleMA

City Councilor Will Mbah singing with his family on a porch with a small rock band behind him

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 18/04/2026

I grew up with a lot of Italian Americans, so I love a good Sunday sauce. But I'm Jewish so I make it on Saturday. #food

A delicious looking pot of red sauce in the process of being cooked on the stove

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 09/04/2026

Hey all you realtors/landlords out there! If you do this on Zillow: 1. I hate you. 2. I'm not gonna tour your apartment anyway. Stop gaming the system.

Screenshot of a Zillow listing describing a 2BR apartment with 100,000 square feet of space

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 03/04/2026

I'm starting to feel comfortable with my new #Linux install after a couple weeks of ricing. Also the world needs more digital brutalism.

A screenshot of my desktop with bright colored panels showing statistics and audio visualizers

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 08/03/2026

Met this guy at the aquarium today. I wanted to hear some of his war stories about developing the Linux kernel but my daughter saw the giant sea turtle and I had to go chase her.

A large fish in an aquarium tank. It has large, glassy, tired looking eyes and little whisker things underneath its chin that looks like a sparse beard.

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 03/03/2026

TIL the previous king of Thailand was born at Mount Auburn Hospital. Also his queen looked kinda like Rihanna? #cambridgema

Portraits of the king and queen of Thailand commemorating their visit to Mount Auburn Hospital

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 18/02/2026

I was today years old when I figured out I can just make my own colored sugar for cookie decorating. Total game changer. #baking #food

Two jars of colored sugar, one dark purple, and one neon pink, on a blue-flecked countertop

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 16/02/2026

RIP to one of the best bottles of rum I've ever owned. This thing tasted amazing and had a smell I wish I could wear as a cologne. Up spirits! #rum #alcohol

A bottle of Black Tot Master Blender's Reserve 2021, sadly empty.

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 15/02/2026

The guy at Savenor's told me that I was buying an "impressive" amount of bones. I wish I could send him a picture of all the stock I'm making with them. This is about half of what I need to can tonight (once I filter it a bit). #food #cooking

A stock pot full of light brown pork broth

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 11/02/2026

Went to The Hollows in Teele for dinner tonight. Great atmosphere, immaculate decor, good service, good drinks and snacks, but the dinner was lacking. Potato crusted haddock was bland (OK, blander than it should be), and the pork tagliatelle was […] [Original post on social.foolish.computer]

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 05/02/2026

🎶I wanna fuck you like a testing lab... 🎵

A screenshot of an email notification from Labcorp with the subject line "Feel the love... from the inside.."

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 29/01/2026

I need some #pottery help. I have this #ceramic cup that I pretty much exclusively use for beer. It's allegedly dishwasher safe. I just poured some hot water in it for tea, and rather quickly it started to feel sticky on the outside. If you look at it […] [Original post on social.foolish.computer]

A photo of the cup in question with tiny suspicious brown spots all over the outside

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 23/01/2026

Two things I really don't like are: Cards Against Humanity, and the culture of internet self-diagnosis. So of course I pull this at the office holiday Yankee Swap.

The front of a card game box called Diagnos-this

The back of the box describing how to play. Each round one player reads a "symptom" card and other players submit their "diagnoses" (which are all at least vaguely insulting). Then the patient chooses their favorite diagnosis.

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 18/01/2026

Hello from Nashoba Valley Ski Area where it will take me longer to compose and post this message than it will to finish this run. Great learn-to-ski area, though! #SkiTheEast #IceCoast

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 15/01/2026

There's a faction in Twilight Imperium that has an ability where they may spend trade goods to treat all Law cards as blank for a turn. Whoever put that faction into the TI4 Async Discord bot really nailed the wording here. It do be that way sometimes.

A screenshot of a button that says "Pay to Ignore Laws"

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 13/01/2026

Finally, the tyrant has been usurped, and the War on Christmas can end.

A crane lowers an enormous, headless statue of Santa Claus onto a flatbed trailer

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 01/01/2026

Happy new year, or as they say in China: 年年油魚 #food #fish #happynewyear

A plate of fried red snapper with rice and beans, and a cup of red sauce

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 29/12/2025

Came down with the flu the first day I was here, which is just stellar. Hopefully some asopao de pollo can fix me up.

A bowl of rich chicken soup sits next to a plate of rice and beans

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 16/12/2025

Framingham, MA really needs to apply for a Geographical Indication. There are millions of these things sold every year and the town gets zero revenue from it. It's robbery.

A screenshot of homedepot.com listing framing hammers for $30 a piece

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 13/12/2025

I know using Spotify is a moral failing but does anyone know how to get these podcasts out of my feed? I just want to listen to music, not 34 mid-wit takes on the latest Trump crisis.

A screenshot of the Spotify app with most of the screen taken up by political podcasts

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 06/12/2025

I ended up renting a room at Tavern of Tales for the day. The membership discount made it actually kind of reasonable? Anyway, see you in 12 hours

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 01/12/2025

Free idea if you, like me, have like 3 lbs of turkey that you can't eat in the next two days before it goes off: shred it, mix it with a sauce, and make a tray of enchiladas with it. The sauce I made was blended black beans and onions. Then filled […] [Original post on social.foolish.computer]

A bowl of shredded turkey with black bean sauce

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 10/11/2025

@briankrebs Pickle them! Make a brine that's 5-6% salt by weight (so like 50-60g per liter of water) and put it in a clean jar with the tomatoes, some garlic, a chili pepper, a bay leaf, and some oregano. Seal the jar with a clean towel and a rubber […] [Original post on social.foolish.computer]

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 02/11/2025

I have an olive drab vest that I love to wear in the fall, but I realized that olive drab vests are really uncool all of a sudden. So now I'm adding patches. First two!

A vest with a black and white patch in the center of the back, and a parody Patagonia patch on the front right chest.

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 27/10/2025

Surgical log 10/25/25: patient presented as a 5yo canid automaton complaining of a loss of function. Prior to a recent play-incident, the distal end of the patient's tail would glow red while walking, but since a recent contact with 3 human toddlers […] [Original post on social.foolish.computer]

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 21/10/2025

"Maybe I'll give black metal a try today. I really don't know why I keep bouncing off that genre." "Ah, yeah, that's right"

A screenshot of the "Classic Black Metal Mix" Spotify playlist. The top two entries are Sunbather by Deafheaven and Dunkelheit by Burzum.

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 21/09/2025

This year for me has included both Luodong, Yilan and Loudon, NH. Two *very* different places.

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 13/09/2025

...I may have overdone it with the food for this cookout.

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 09/09/2025

Very pleased my birthday party this weekend is going to double as a YIMBY counter-protest. #SomervilleMA

A flyer for a Davis Square Village community event on September 13

The back side of that flyer revealing it's actually a rally against proposed development project in Davis Square.

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Ted Aronson @foolish.computer · 08/09/2025

When I was in college I took a semester of clay wheel throwing. As soon as I got into this class the nerves hit me that maybe I didn't remember how to do any of it. But, everyone was very encouraging and after a few missed throws, I got back into the […] [Original post on social.foolish.computer]