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Placed third (single speed category) in the Uncle Sam Grand Prix Cyclocross Race in Troy, NY today. Please clap. Also please do not ask how many riders were racing in that category.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The future of the CS profession is going to be built around turning a vibe-coded slop demo that 80% kind of works into a viable product. Skilled developers will be as in-demand as COBOL programmers were for Y2K.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Wait, what the hell dinner am I supposed to cook with baked squash and cold kale? So I ask myself every CSA pickup day in October.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Once again forgot to prank call @orzelc.bsky.social early this morning with a Swedish accent. Next year?

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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Get it while it's still cheap!

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Justin Joque @jjoque.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'd get it one piece at a time And it wouldn't cost me a dime You'd know it's me when I come through your town I'm gonna be flyin' around in style I'm gonna drive everybody wild 'Cause I'll have the only one there is around

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you had told me a year ago that Trump would convert the USA to S.I. I wouldn't have believed you. I for one welcome the metric system. Wait, not that S.I.?

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Bring back Davis Sq. Redbones bike valet.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Among all the coverage of the Arc de Trump/Sniper nest, it would be nice if news outlets remembered DCs not-too-distant experience with snipers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sn...

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D.C. sniper attacks - Wikipedia

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 20/09/2026

ALMOST EVERY PEER REVIEWED PAPER HAS A SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS RIGHT BELOW ITS TITLE

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 20/09/2026

Teaching Neuromancer this semester, and I'm proud to say that a CS undergrad in my class invented this joke independently

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026

Referring to the harm as being caused by LLMs, when it is caused by people, actually serves to exonerate the people as if they did not make explicit decisions.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Don't worry we will save you from the killer Kaiju", says company that created and trained the killer Kaiju. (Note: existence of Kaiju has not been demonstrated)

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

", I mutter to myself, everytime a pickup truck close-passes me on my bike well over the speed limit.

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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵

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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I wrote down my thoughts about the last several weeks of AI hell. aiguide.substack.com/p/misleading...

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Misleading Metaphors, Real Risks

What To Fear from AI Agents and How to Reclaim Our Human Agency

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is Computer Modern erasure. #LaTeX

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Evidently my FedEx package has entered a wormhole to an alternate dimension where this Monday is the 8th not the 8th.

Package delivery scheduled for "Monday 9/08/2026". That date is a Tuesday.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

If Canada really wants to fight tough (they should imo) then they should implement an expert ban on gay hockey tv shows.

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Ilya Ilya Rozanov

Alt: Ilya Ilya Rozanov I'm coming to the cottage.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Hey Cleveland! Tonight is you chance to see @simonelijahmusic.bsky.social at his final capstone performance of his summer tour. TreeLawn Social Club 7pm. Tix available online or at door.

Simon Elijah onstage at Uncommon Ground in Chicago

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Upstate New York, north of say, Kingston, totally undefended. The great Fort Ticonderoga, once a bulwark against Northern aggression, turned into a tourist attraction.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The article describes this as a "problem" that must be legislated away. It sounds like my utopia. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

(times union article) SCHENECTADY — Officer Peter Mullen recalls kids performing bicycle tricks and riding haphazardly in city roadways in years past.

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Kat Eschner @keschner.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Unlike Flock, Axon has a significant presence in Canada. One example: Toronto recently agreed to sign a three-year noncompete with the Arizona-based company for use of its "Justice Premier" software. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Gizmodo is occasionally priceless.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It's Nethack. I'm gonna die within 100 turns.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Day 1 of road trip as @simonelijahmusic.bsky.social roadie running mixing board and selling merch. First leg: Schenectady to Grant, MI via Ontario. Send butter tart recommendations in/around London, ON!

Map of driving route from Schenectady to Grant Michigan via southern Ontario

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Okay Bsky I'll be in the following cities next week. Send me your favorite regional speciality food recommendations! * Chicago * Indianapolis * Toledo * Cleveland

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R. S. Y. Buchanan @rsybuchanan.com · 13/08/2026

Look, y'all, I'm as anti-genAI as the next person (possibly more). But if you work in the IT or SENG space, it's not sufficient to say "no AI ever" in the modern threat environment. 1/6

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COINTREAUPRO @strings.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

So… they’re working

Atlanta says these bike barriers are protecting cyclists. Drivers keep crashing into them.
AJE

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 31/07/2026

Mixing up e-motos and e-bikes

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Okay y'all. Rip off the band-aid and just rewatch "Once".

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I shot in the dark, but I could really use a field manual on how to set up a effective command-and-control structure to coordinate cancer care among a group of geographically diverse (new england) siblings (and spouses) whose parent is undergoing treatment at MSKCC in NYC.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I did not expect to have "the Odyssey" on my list of muted faculty email thread phrases, but here we are...

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R. S. Y. Buchanan @rsybuchanan.com · 18/07/2026

Two weeks from today, I'll be riding the Pan-Mass Challenge from Worcester to Provincetown. 100% of every dollar I raise goes to support the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. If you can spare a few $£€, I'd be grateful. 1/3 #pmc2026 #closerbythemile

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Scott Buchanan | PMC Profiles

Support Scott Buchanan in the Pan-Mass Challenge – a bike-a-thon raising funds for cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Holy air quality alert, Batman!

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thanks to <gestures> workplace policies, I'm logged out of my google account every evening. And when logged out YouTube's landing page loads with what I assume is the content of a Generic Person. The content is gob-smackingly awful, it's like gazing deeply into an abyss of slop and ragebait.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Yes, I picked the hottest day of the month to install new flooring in my bathroom. Yes I'm exhausted.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Whelp, I'm about to learn how to service the cylinder pistons and seals on a SRAM HRD disc brake caliper. At least found out what it looks like when the seal fails and squirts hydraulic fluid under safe controlled settings (trying to fix a sticky cylinder) instead of on the road. Fun times.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A reminder, Boston-area Friends-and-Relations! Tonight: Needham, MA Friday: Cambridge, MA

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

So glad the leader of our country traded what little credibility we had left to guarantee that our sportsball team would make it to the lquarterfinals. Totally worth it! Wait...this just in...oh. Merde.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Tech Bros reinventing adjunct gigs.

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Boston-Area friends and relations: the awesome indie-folk artist Simon Elijah @simonelijahmusic.bsky.social will be playing at Toad in Porter Square on July 10. Make time in your schedule to support an emerging artist! simonelijah.com/shows

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Simon Elijah - Shows

Shows. Simon Elijah, a folk artist from Ballston, NY

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jrieffel @jrieffel.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

It's good to know that the organizers of The Glasgow Wonka Experience and those of the Fyre Festival have found new jobs.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

If you're a young trans man or trans masc person who needs a dad today, congrats. I am your dad now. I am proud of you and what you've accomplished although some of your young person culture and choices perplex me. I am proof trans men can be middle aged married dudes. You can be too some day. Live.

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