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Technical Debt Jubilee

@ianwsmith.bsky.social
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Low-volume provider of high quality, bespoke skeets. Data center, HPC, networking nerd. My ADHD makes me vacillate between filling this in with a mini resumé and things like 'aspiring llama rodeo clown'. Leftist, but not *that* kind.

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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Boy, a whole bunch of people learned how to type em-dashes on their keyboards recently. Must be some sort of computer-literacy trend.
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
You're older than you've ever been And now you're even older And now you're even older And now you're even older You're older than you've ever been And now you're even older And now you're Older Still.
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Every person in this chain of "ur dumb, no u" is wrong. The actual reason they landed in the water is that NASA HSF is an extremely hidebound organization and Artemis is the product of that culture. Soyuz has been landing on land for half a century. The boeing starliner landed in New Mexico.
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Unlike many, I do not feel the need to leap to the defense of the Catholic Church just because they are beefing with the right wing nationalists. These two groups are actually both bad.
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For imposing Tarriffs on us without our Consent: He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
In the polling biz this phenomenon is called the 'Goose Gap'
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
“The huge flaw that has been revealed in US might is not in the military but lies at the very heart of the American system: with the President as Commander-in-Chief.”
chadbourn.substack.com
Defeated
How Trump is destroying the US as a world power
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The International Energy Agency has announced that this energy crisis caused by Trump and Netanyahu’s war is worse than the 1970s oil crisis and the one following Russia's invasion of Ukraine combined. Record-breaking work for all involved.
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Historians in 2530: "While the magical elements of the story are clearly a matter of faith, the consensus of all serious historians is that Harry Potter was a real person that inspired our current dominant religion"
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The chaos continues.
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Iran War Update 7
Events from the last 24 hours
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redsolver @redsolver.dev · 10/03/2026
Hi! SkyFeed is struggling and I need to find a solution. If you don't know SkyFeed, it's a service I built 2 years ago, enabling anyone to build and publish feeds using a visual block-based editor. SkyFeed is still hosting the most feeds on Bluesky, but that comes at a cost [1/X]
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Why do they not attend to this matter??
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
If we ever make it out of the mess we're in, the new constitution needs to include votes of no confidence and snap elections.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Things fall apart for Trump.
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Iran War Update 6
Events from the last 24 hours
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Catch-up.
chadbourn.substack.com
Iran War Update 4
Events from the last 24 hours
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
My take on this is that he has military sci-fi nerds whispering in his ear. Some goddamn Jerry Pournelle fan has got him thinking he's going to be the leader of the co-dominium or some shit.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
we reached the “no WMDs” phase in two days.
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Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say
Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The only thing the US will accomplish with this action is to further prove to all other nations that the only way to deal with is to strike us preemptively, never negotiate with us, and that nuclear weapons are simply a necessary deterrent to our unchecked aggression.
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Dave Kooi @davekooi.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
“Fascism is cured by reading, and racism is cured by traveling” ~Miguel de Unamuno
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WHO @who.int · 03/12/2025
Yes Pearl, we agree! Persons with disabilities need to be involved in making decisions within the health sector. This International Day of Persons with Disabilities, learn more and help push for truly inclusive health systems 👉bit.ly/3SJBjbW #HealthForAll
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
You have to hand it to Trump, he succeeded where United flight 93 failed.
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Happy Mother's Day! This morning I made my wife a proposal of an intimate nature, the word for which I suppose could be misheard. To my surprise, she agreed (normally she needs at least coffee first). I proceeded down under the sheets. She stopped me, asking: "Hey, where's my cuddleandkiss?"
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hightstowndemocrat.bsky.social @hightstowndemocrat.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
People out here on LinkedIn just straight up advertising that they're building the Terminator
A job posting from LinkedIn. 


Head of Technology Stealth Al Startup United Kingdom (Remote)

About the job

We are a community of Al defence-tech startups from the UK and Europe trying to solve some of the most challenging problems of our time spanning across the following 5 areas,

Autonomous Systems

Predictive Intelligence

Situational Awareness

• Command automation and

• Cybersecurity

We are looking for several Head of Technology to join our startups as we have been successful in acquiring ambitious defence contracts that has give us both the financial stability and extremely interesting technical challenges that requires you to join us.

Who are you?
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I'm sure they're thinking of a solution, but it's kind of ironic that this massive datacenter initiative is building out in Texas, the state with the most notoriously unstable power grid in America www.theverge.com/2025/1/21/24...
theverge.com
OpenAI and Softbank are starting a $500 billion AI data center company
Nvidia, Microsoft, and Arm are among the technology partners.
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Toobs
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Have we done the "Trump is a weakling" discourse to try to pull off a William Henry Harrison 2.0 yet?
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
@thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social I can't believe you're letting your guest lively get away with asserting that de-platforming didn't work when what actually happened is that the large social platforms were taken over by conservatives and conservative content was being algorithmically promoted
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
My father-in-law fed my wife's novel manuscript into an AI tool without her permission, because he thought it would be cool to have it make a fake 'podcast' of people discussing her book. I'm at a loss to be able to explain to him just how badly he fucked up, in so many ways.
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
It's time
A screenshot of the moderation settings on Bluesky, showing adding 'singal' a muted word forever
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
If I ever get back into racing sailboats I'm going to use this to be extremely annoying.
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Data for Progress @dataforprogress.org · 11/12/2024
NEW: Sixty-one percent of voters would support Biden publishing the Equal Rights Amendment and adopting it as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2024/12...
Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress.
Title: A Majority of Voters Support President Biden Adopting the ERA to the Constitution.
Description: The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The ERA would guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens regardless of their sex. Congress approved the ERA and 38 states have ratified it, meaning it has met all of the qualifications to be added to the U.S. Constitution as the 28th amendment. Some say President Biden should instruct the National Archivist to publish the ERA and adopt it as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. Do you support or oppose President Biden adopting the ERA as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution?
All likely voters — Support: 61%, Oppose: 28%
Democrat — Support: 87%, Oppose: 6%
Independent / Third party — Support: 65%, Oppose: 21%
Republican — Support: 35%, Oppose: 53%
Female — Support: 62%, Oppose: 24%
Male — Support: 61%, Oppose: 33%

December 6–9, 2024 survey of 1,224 likely voters.
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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Every single concession to security theatre that the US has made since 2001 - the Patriot Act, data collection at the border, surveillance - is going to be in the hands of Kash Patel. This is why we say to build security systems with the worst of governments in mind, not the best.
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
So after talking to my kid, I have learned the answer to the question 'who's the left wing Joe Rogan' is Vaush.
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Fires are far more common in gas cars than EVs, something that might surprise you if you are exposed to the modern media environment.
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The Anacostia encampment is the setting for a number of chapters in Polostan, the new book by Neal Stephenson I'm reading atm. The thirties of his narrative are chock full of parallels to today
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
I explain. No, is too much, I sum up:
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Robert Duvall as THX-1138 spilling his guts to the confessor therapist
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Oh this is clearly good, what could go wrong etc. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Deus in machina: Swiss church installs AI-powered Jesus
Peter’s chapel in Lucerne swaps out its priest to set up a computer and cables in confessional booth
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Syria is the most displaced nation on Earth. 60% of its population - 14M people - forced from their homes by the regime’s brutality. Today, a golden thread has connected cities around the world as the Syrian diaspora gather to celebrate the end of Assad. Here’s a 🧵 of global celebrations 🟢⚪️⚫️ 👇
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
A thousand times this! And the media is complicit!
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
🚨BREAKING: The capital is taken. #Syria 🇸🇾
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Good evening
A golden retriever, nose first. Perspective makes his nose look as big as his head.
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Bernie would have beaten Trump in '16, clintonistas continued rage at him in 2024 is just their admission that they know it.
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
This is the winning platform, you're welcome.
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Technical Debt Jubilee @ianwsmith.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Free speech does not and should not protect a website from criminal punishment for abetting espionage, change my mind.
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