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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Looking at some already obnoxious packaging (pistachios, “contains tree nuts”, “plant based!”, “no seed oils!”, “paleo”) I came to a horrifying realization: Product packaging will soon be AI search optimized. It’s going to get even worse.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The MWRA generally does a great job providing us some of the best drinking water in the country, but this proposal is obscene.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The computer in Star Trek had a voice interface, but not a conversational one. I feel like there is a lesson to be learned here.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Is good weird book! You should read!

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dystopian email of the morning: "As a Settlement Class Member, you are being offered five (5) years of Privacy & Medical Shield + Genetic Monitoring and enrollment is now open."

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026

like I suspect many of you on This Website, I think a core reason why I find Eliezer Yudkowsky and his rationalist and effective altruist satellites so intensely annoying is because I had a VERY similar “being a super weird, pretentious, hyper-literate kid” experience - I just, you know, grew up.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s not a Nor’easter unless it comes from North Carolina to Maine, otherwise it’s just a sparkling extratropical cyclone.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Niche offering that doesn't seem to exist online: Elvish-language ketubot, for geeky fantasy-themed weddings. Surely there's enough of a market?

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A Nor'easter on Sukkot feels like some sort of joke or story setup.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I knew about the absurd Massachusetts approved plumbing fixture list, but just learned you must have a plumbing permit, inspection, and licensed plumber to replace a garbage disposal, or a washer, or a shower head. 😒 It's amazing MA doesn't require a permit and professional to change a light bulb!

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I think I've found a new camp horror genre; anyone have Seth Rogen's number? Hear me out -- 11 Jewish teens rent a vacation house on Rosh Hashanah.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

AI CEOs: “AI will replace all knowledge jobs and possibly kill us all!” Also AI:

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What happens if you beat a souffle under a helium-rich environment? Will it it be more fluffy due to the lighter air, or less due to the smaller molecule? What about sulfur hexafluoride?

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

OK, this one is now topping my leaderboard for "legitimate email that looks like phishing":

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We all know the classic enshittification story of how Pyrex silently stopped being borosilicate glass in 1998 after selling to private equity... but did you know that you can get Farberware borosilicate measures in the exact same shapes for $4 more? Microwave-safe, oven-safe, same as the classic.

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Elizabeth Sandifer @eruditorumpress.com · 15/09/2026

The problem is that "while you weren't looking the tech industry was comprehensively taken over by a cult based around a piece of Harry Potter fanfic" is self-evidently an absolutely ridiculous claim that can't possibly have happened, which is a real problem given that it 100% did happen.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

PSA: my local CVS (and others surely) have same-minute flu and COVID vaccination appointments. Booked on the app, walked in, and walked out a few minutes later with two soon to be sore arms. (And, er, about $30 of ice cream for $15 due to the vaccination coupon and various promotions.)

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apenwarr @apenwarr.ca · 14/09/2026

This is great writing actually

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Doctor Memory @blank.org · 07/09/2026

People having ambivalent relationships with healthcare providers is a constant. Healthcare providers being annoying fallible humans is also a constant. Selling fraudulent products being legally permissible and protected? That’s a choice, one we made in my lifetime. We could make a different choice!

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Jon Evans @rezendi.com · 05/09/2026

A sudden weird insight: unprincipled libertarians (the majority of them alas) are actually Wilhoit's Law conservatives who want a) the law not to bind them, b) _unwritten social mores_ to both protect them and bind the outgroup. Elegant, in a way!

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ok, this is common knowledge but: for the love of your sanity, never, ever do business with Comcast/Xfinity. I’m lucky to be in a rare market with 2 providers, so 18 months ago I switched to them from RCN (after 22 years!) because RCN would not match a new subscriber offer or even come close. 1/

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

1/x The strangest job at sea in 1875: a man in a gilded salon, hand on a valve, eyes on a spirit level, keeping a 180 ton room level while the ship rolls around it. England built a Channel ferry around that job. She wrecked two piers and a man's pride. Meet the SS Bessemer. #maritimehistory

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

He really is the new Henry Ford.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

From several different conversations today I’m slowly reaching the conclusion that that problem is not generative AI itself (although it creates a huge number of problems as well as exciting opportunities), but rather the people who control, market, and sell it. 1/

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Doctor Memory @blank.org · 21/08/2026

Trust me, I am well and truly familiar with finding used bookstores pleasant. But these are mass produced objects with a short expected lifespan: the majority of them end up pulped. If you find what Amazon is doing here objectionable, you're gonna _really_ hate what interior decorators do.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Look, there are lots (LOTS!) of legitimate concerns about generative AI, but "AI is destroying the knowledge of antiquity" is the new "AI is drinking all the water". It's not remotely truthy, but it gets ad impressions. 1/

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

We’ve updated our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Pray we do not update them further.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I generally an in favor of our DSA candidates, but I feel like the party is full of conservative sleeper agents when they post cringe like this leading up to the midterms. To quote dril: you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta hand it to them" www.dsausa.org/statements/d...

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DSA Commemorates 100 Years of Fidel and Denounces Rubio’s Genocide Against the Cuban People - Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)

Today is the centenary of Fidel Castro, and the Democratic Socialists of America recognize the historic significance of both this day and the man. Fidel was an organizer, a fighter, and endures as a s...

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

OK, where are all my local politics peeps with primary ballot opinions? It's pretty quiet for an election where mail-in ballots have been out for a week already. (@somershade.bsky.social ?) Most of these are uncontested. Senator is easy, incumbent Markey or the Republican-in-disguise Moulton. 1/

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

TIL that shrimp cocktail is named as such because it was a presentation that allowed restaurants to repurpose cocktail glasses during prohibition.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Wheb site specific installation art is on loan, does the owner's version have to be erased or covered? (Pictured: Sol DeWitt at Mass MoCA)

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Okay I know this guy is rage bait and there are a million reasons this is a tired and wrong take but anyone paying attention these days obviously knows that women would happily marry a bear and/or a wicker basket just to not have to listen to stuff like this.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Since you didn't ask, here is my (to date) 2026 music playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/7fW... (I try not to repeat artists, but somehow two Opus Kink tracks snuck on... like a young Leonard Cohen with more horns.)

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

(I saw the thing. It was entertaining and I was not bored despite the length — it is a spectacle. I don’t regret the time, and I enjoy supporting the 70mm theatre I can walk to from my home. Prof. Wilson’s critiques are entirely valid.)

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

7. The film centers Odysseus's guilt over his war crimes, but never shows us the POV of his victims, and instead glorifies the perpetrator for feeling bad about himself. I found this unsatisfying ethically and worse, imaginatively, because Damon's character is given only one mood (Troubled).

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I cannot rest from discourse. I will see that film again tomorrow. I will drink life to the lees. Again I will enjoy greatly, will suffer greatly, both with those that love me, and in Pleasantville NY. I am become a meme. Film showing: burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/the-...

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The Odyssey : Jacob Burns Film Center

The Odyssey, Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Christopher Nolan, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Odysseus, Greek, Classic, Antiquity

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It's amazing to me how the grifts never change. I was reviewing investment prospectuses for "data centers... IN SPACE!!!!" in 2004. The business case was bullshit then, and it's still bullshit now.

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

THEY TALKED TO THE COMPUTER IN STAR TREK BEACUSE ITS A *TV SHOW* AND YOU CANT HEAR WHAT SOMEONE IS TYPING NOT BEACUSE IT IS GOOD UX

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

No, the correct headline is "Journalists fall for marketing stunt by OpenAI and HuggingFace". They also have a bridge to sell you.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Flock tried to murder a car reviewer. (They will not face any consequences.)

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Proposition 65 is the cookie banner of the physical world.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This is delightfully weird secretly hard SF that is worth a read, but I am also biased for reasons that may become clear around page 50 or so.

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Let’s Change Cambridge @letschangecambridge.us · 02/07/2026

Lots of quotes from the shittiest people in Cambridge.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

In the "Year of the Agent," how do you ensure your AI workflows meet your sovereignty and security goals? Listen to Technically Speaking with Chris Wright as we discuss Sovereign AI, open-weight models, and mitigating risk: youtu.be/n2Yctz0clDg

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Defining sovereign AI with open source ft. Jered Floyd | Technically Speaking with Chris Wright

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Yes, the latest SoftBank investor deck is bonkers, but you realize they are legendary for absolutely bonkers decks for the past decade -- this is just the evolution with genAI imagery? From 2017: www.businessinsider.com/13-slides-so...

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The 13 craziest slides that show SoftBank's vision for the next 300 years

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son delivered a presentation filled with sci-fi predictions in 2010.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I have very few food aversions, and though I dislike cilantro (but it doesn't taste like soap?) I have a deeply visceral dislike of artificial sweeteners -- saccharine, sucralose, and especially aspartame. Has this ever been characterized? It's like a nasty flavor that wraps my tongue for minutes.

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