Human Mike @human-mike.bsky.social · 31/08/2026you have a >400kb data url inside your post that is probably much too big for most code trying to process it 001 0
Human Mike @human-mike.bsky.social · 02/07/2026It’s an excuse to force identity verification (not just age!) into all internet applications for surveillance state purposes 011 0
Human Mike @human-mike.bsky.social · 11/04/2026My favorite input boxes accept pasted text, but don’t update their “user has typed something” state, and only allow clicking submit after I type an extra character and then delete it. 030 0
Human Mike @human-mike.bsky.social · 15/12/2025marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-... i assume the urge to be a cop is a fundamental part of how social animals are built, and that there would be negative consequences if it went away entirely. we could stand to turn it down a few notches thoughmarcusolang.substack.comI'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise. 131 0
Human Mike @human-mike.bsky.social · 19/11/2025wait, are you telling me this whole damn app is full of phenomena, and not things in themselves? 110 0
Human Mike @human-mike.bsky.social · 16/05/2025apples really are better now www.vox.com/the-goods/20...vox.comThe quest for the perfect appleHoneycrisp apples cracked open consumer demand for premium fruit. 010 0
Human Mike @human-mike.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Stars — they’re just like us! I too am exploding with alarming frequency badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ban-447-wa...badastronomy.beehiiv.comBAN #447: Wait. HOW MANY supernova explode every year?25 July 2022 Issue #447 020 0
Human Mike @human-mike.bsky.social · 30/03/2025I read 1984 as a kid and thought the Party’s propaganda was so transparently dumb that it could only exist in satire. Wish I’d been right 011 0
Reposted by Human Miketef @tef.bsky.social · 28/03/2025king solomon looked upon the monolith and said "simply cut the baby in half" and both of the developers nodded back "i am ok with half a baby" — traditional microservice story 010913 0
Reposted by Human MikeKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 27/03/2025JUST IN: The 9th circuit court of appeals won’t clear the way for the mass firing of probationary employees at six key federal departments, leaving in place a lower court’s order reinstating thousands of terminated workers. 265185344237 0
Reposted by Human MikeLaura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Sociopathic RFK Jr. wants to cut 20,000 jobs from Health and Human Services. This will delay health and medical progress for decades. Someone you know will die unnecessarily of something that could have been prevented or cured if these people were allowed to do their jobs wapo.st/3Y5sGeJ [gift link]wapo.stRFK Jr. announces big cuts to Department of Health and Human ServicesIn all, the agency will cut 20,000 positions, half of them by layoffs. 412347 0
Reposted by Human MikeAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason. 491313098124228 0
Human Mike @human-mike.bsky.social · 13/03/2025If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery. 000 0
Human Mike @human-mike.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Knowing that the exact same thing happened at Twitter, I’m sure they just don’t care 010 0
Reposted by Human MikeSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 11/03/2025There is a reason why Elon and Russ Vought want Congress to pass Speaker Johnson's slush fund CR. We should not let Elon and Trump pick winners and losers or defund programs they either don't like or don't understand. They will hurt blue AND red states. VOTE NO. 751685455 0
Reposted by Human MikeDoctors TARDIS @doctorstardis.bsky.social · 10/03/2025We can upload 3 minute videos now. YOU KNOW THE RULE 18290724576 0
Human Mike @human-mike.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I already spend much more time reading code than writing it and have for my entire career, so I’m not seeing a problem. Related to that, I’d get a much bigger productivity boost if the AI would help me read and understand code faster instead of generating more. 140 0
Reposted by Human MikeHazel Weakly @hazelweakly.me · 06/03/2025Relevant: “If your service can’t be run on a laptop, your service doesn’t deserve to be ran in a cluster” - Marilyn Monroe hazelweakly.me/blog/scale-d...hazelweakly.meScale Down to Scale Up | Hazel Weakly“If your service can’t be run on a laptop, your service doesn’t deserve to be ran in a cluster” - Marilyn Monroe I would give my kingdom for an engineering... 97416 0
Reposted by Human MikeCorey Quinn @quinnypig.com · 06/03/2025Reminder: if you haven’t yet read “The Mythical Man Month,” buy two copies so you can read it faster. 2961493 0
Reposted by Human MikeSteve Klabnik @steveklabnik.com · 04/03/2025“Your outie always remembers the correct order of parameters to ln” 1415015 0
Reposted by Human MikeDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped. American voters:media.tenor.coma man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .ALT: a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men . 443256534658 0
Reposted by Human MikeSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 04/03/2025Before Trump, never in my lifetime did I think I’d see a President abandon an American ally to side with Vladimir Putin—a Russian dictator who paid the Taliban to kill American soldiers. Aid to Ukraine isn’t charity, it’s an investment in our own national security interests.apnews.comTrump pauses US military aid to Ukraine while pressuring Zelenskyy to move toward quick end to warPresident Donald Trump slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for suggesting that the end of Russia's war against Ukraine likely "is still very, very far away." 29501125 0
Reposted by Human MikeGovernor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 20/02/2025It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it. 1134697409362 0
Human Mike @human-mike.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Poll: post-asteroid, will the Bronteroc be eating Trump or Musk? 011 0
Reposted by Human MikeJames Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 19/02/2025The United States is currently being run by a criminal gang that hates the United States. 14613 0
Reposted by Human MikeSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 18/02/2025Right now our country is facing serious outbreaks of bird flu, tuberculosis, and measles, and a surge in flu cases—and how do Trump & Musk respond? By firing hundreds of CDC employees—the very people researching the spread of these diseases & how to keep people safe. 66809282 0
Reposted by Human MikeJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/02/2025She was confirmed nine days ago, that's a pretty sweet speedrun into full-blown corruption, not even a full Scaramucci 381602273 0
Reposted by Human MikeCamille Fournier @skamille.themanagerswrath.com · 14/02/2025Keep calling folks 1132 0
Reposted by Human MikeJames Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Once again, illegal and unconstitutional. 325448 0
Reposted by Human MikeSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 06/02/2025While Trump is signing an executive order to try & make sure trans middle schoolers can't play sports with their friends, he's also forcing the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to halt any investigations of LGBTQ+ workplace discrimination. It's mean, ugly, & it doesn't help anyone. 1432564 0
Reposted by Human MikeSenator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 04/02/2025RFK Jr. is a uniquely unqualified & dangerous pick to lead HHS. No one should have to die from diseases we can prevent because we told the American people a fringe conspiracy theorist & anti-vaxxer is worth listening to. The full Senate must REJECT RFK Jr.'s nomination. 4235793 0
Reposted by Human MikeMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 03/02/2025I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes. 492385019626 0
Human Mike @human-mike.bsky.social · 04/02/2025whoa! www.nature.com/immersive/d4...nature.comMitochondria as you’ve never seen them — January’s best science imagesThe month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team. 010 0
Reposted by Human MikeJoe Beda @h.olysh.it · 03/02/2025It is great you are recognizing the problem. What are you going to DO about it? While dems are talking they are actively burning things to the ground. 1172 0
Reposted by Human MikeJames Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 02/02/2025In addition to its astonishing illegality and unconstitutionality, Musk’s attempted takeover of all federal HR and spending is scarily likely to have catastrophic unintended consequences. We’re a few errant keystrokes away from a full faith and credit violation that triggers a fiscal crisis. 063 0
Reposted by Human MikeErica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la · 01/02/2025i ask this question of every member of the @democrats.org claiming to fight for us: we are in unprecedented times. what unprecedented actions will you be taking? 423766 0
Reposted by Human MikeDaniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 29/01/2025OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product. On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you. 318197383720 0
Human Mike @human-mike.bsky.social · 26/01/2025If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery. 020 0
Reposted by Human Mikeqntm @qntm.org · 17/01/2025COMPUTER SCIENTISTS: "k" means one thousand and twenty-four STORAGE MANUFACTURERS: "k" means one thousand DISPLAY MANUFACTURERS [thinking hard]: "K" means nine hundred and sixty 621809299 0
Reposted by Human MikeJames Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 14/01/2025I do not think that "I complied with pressure from the Biden administration when there were things they could do to me, but now that they can't hurt me any more I will say that my previous compliance was a mistake" is a particularly good way to demonstrate either strength or integrity. 161 0
Reposted by Human MikeCamille Fournier @skamille.themanagerswrath.com · 07/01/2025I sometimes feel like credulous (or maybe intentionally blithe) journalists/writers give far too much credence to the idea that various, forgive the terminology, "online tech bros" are not just extreme poseurs. Most of these kids are just dumbasses preening for one another. 2141 0
Reposted by Human MikeMaya Deane (Wrath Goddess Sing) @mayadeane.bsky.social · 07/01/2025"People like it when politicians stand up for their principles, and if Democrats really believe in a free country for even the most marginalized among us, then they should plant their feet and fight it out." 0224 0
