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Jered Floyd

@jeredfloyd.bsky.social
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I like building robust, complex, useful systems out of bits, atoms, and/or people (with their consent). Unapologetically queer. 🏳️‍🌈 he/him/dad Primarily @jered@metasocial.com currently.

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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 16h
Every time I see a Jacobin link my first thought is "what sort of godawful self-indulgent pseudo-academic nonsense am I going to be subjected to now?" It's like a conservative parody of liberal thought, a more convincing Babylon Bee.
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 16h
I wish fraudulent Dr. Email would go away. What an asshole.
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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 · 02/10/2026
It’s parallelizable! (Yeesh, this is so creepy.)
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That was equal parts “awwww, so cute” and “wtf, I do not want that anywhere near my face, are you crazy”.
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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 · 26/09/2026
We got ours as an art print online. 🤷‍♂️
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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
The excuse is always "safety", but MA has a Right to Repair law that (theoretically) means you can fix your own car, and you can do a lot more harm there than with a faucet or disposal. Obviously some interests are better at bribing lawmakers than others.
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What prompted this was a post where someone was charged more for dishwasher install by a big-box store than the purchase price. (Apparently this is also because dishwasher code changed to require a switch cutoff within 4 feet, GFCI, etc.) I'm sure this happens with disposals too.
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
(Regulatory capture FTW.)
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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 · 24/09/2026
New AI food horror just dropped: topspicy.social/@ephemeromor...
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Toilet full of bugs (@ephemeromorph@topspicy.social)
Attached: 1 image JustEat's AI image generator does not have 'soda bread' in its training data. Found on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/JustEatUK/comments/1wmakng/ai_vs_soda_bread/
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So many options…
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Then things get spooky and they start turning up dead one by one over the next 10 days, relating to some way they've wronged someone in the past year. Tentative title, "Days of Aaaaaaahh!" Seth, all I want is a "based on" credit and invitation to the premiere. Call me.
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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 · 20/09/2026
(Sorry; that reads as a hypothetical but was actually past-tense)
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is the first thing I would share with new engineers at my startup if they were not already familiar with it.
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Truth is stranger than etc.
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A tangent, but why were builders more than willing to do (a) for lab buildings? They’re all vacant headed on a half-decade.
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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
Oh, I’ll also re-up the suggestion of taking a double dose of Zyrtec 30 minutes before to inhibit mast cell activation and the worst of the COVID mRNA vaccine side effects. Should not affect efficacy.
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
And appointments from 5:30 to 10:15pm! No reason not to go.
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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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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
youtu.be/Hiy6Wd7BDSg
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Spontaneous Human Combustion
YouTube video by The Bobs - Topic
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What? Can they tie their own shoes, or are they wearing Velcro, too? This is not a niche skill.
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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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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Coyote v. Acme?
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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 · 05/09/2026
Drywall. Screw. Inspections. 🙄
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
What sort of free speech, then? “Oh, you know.”
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Called in, argued some more. “Oh it can take 7-10 days to process.” “I can see your cancelation was processed today.” Etc. Would not provide any written confirmation. If you don’t let people cancel your service, you’re a scam. Comcast certainly is. 4/4
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Then I tried to cancel Comcast. Can’t be done online. Called in. Spent an hour being argued with, told I had phony termination fees, getting escalated.. finally getting cancellation approval and confirmation. Today I got another monthly bill from these Comcast criminals. 3/
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Fine — I got one retention callback but they didn’t fuss. I signed up for a Comcast 400 Mbit $35/mo plan with a 1 year contract. It was ok but never met speeds. RCN has new promotions including 1 Gbit for $45/mo w/lifetime price guarantee. (Or $35 for 5 years) I switched back — works great. 2/
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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 · 30/08/2026
I see Google is deep into "just following orders" territory: blog.google/products-and...
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How the GNIS Lake Ontario/Lake America name change in the U.S. will appear in Maps
The U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) has formally changed the name for "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" in the United States. Since we update Google Maps …
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Jered Floyd @jeredfloyd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Hunh. The historical data surprises me — I didn’t make it out to BRC until I was 28. It’s always felt like a 30-something’s game to me.
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