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@markmx.bsky.social
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CTO @germnetwork.com Veteran, Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow

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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Also me:
A pachinko Parlour, Yokohama, 1971. A black and white photo of a row of (mostly if not all) men sitting in front of pachinko machines. A woman in the back, behind a glass booth watches over them.
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"You have to try llm's to appreciate what they can do" Me every day:
A worker in a hard hat examining rows of centrifuges vastly taller than her in a uranium enrichment facility in Ohio
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Better a pig than a fascist"
Movie poster for Porco Rosso - a pig seated in an aircraft, wearing a hat and sunglasses, while a woman leans over
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Vision Pro may be on a simmer, but floating AR widgets live on
John Ternus making a video presentation in front of a glass window, with Vision Pro style floating widgets beside him
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@1password.bsky.social Been a paying customer since 2012. Bye.
iTunes receipt for 1Password Mac app from 2012Confirmation for 1Password subscription cancellation
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“Oops no bullets” says detective McClane to Hans Gruber in die hard
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Proficiency in flying precision approaches, of which ILS is the most common, is a requirement for an instrument rating. That approach was not legal to fly on that night given the NOTAM’d out of service AWOS.
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Everything we’ve been building this year has been with Android in mind, and we’re getting closer, component by component, to making our core app logic fully cross platform. A peek at how it's going:
Architecture diagram of components of the Germ App.

Up top is a collection of boxes labeled. "Apple Platform Specialization" - including Authentication Services, UserNotifications, Design, and Image Normalization"

It connects below to a collection labeled "Cross Platform" with a root object that is "CoreAppLogic", connecting to CommProtocol, AtprotoOAuth, and TwoMLSPQ.

On the side is a collection marked "Classical seam - Apple-bound, but deleting, not porting", which includes MultiMLS-Swift
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Ban Ban Burger Los Angeles, CA ⭐⭐ $$ Grapow smash - holy basil grapow seasoning, fried egg, American cheese, Thai pickles, garlic aioli. Spice and the pickles liven up the smash burger formula. Other options on the menu are great too, interesting beer selection. #CBDB
A smash burger with a fried egg over a classic red and white waxed paper
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Bryce Harper wants us to believe he is a fool. apple.news/ASrM0Yb8aTSi...
“In a screenshot Harper shared, the request came with a brief script: “Hey Terry, Your host Bryttanni (Britt-knee) from FanDuel wanted to make sure your Thanksgiving was extra special, so I just wanted to hop on and wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving. Tell Max (son) I said hello!” The submission suggested Harper could add “personal touches” to the message.
Harper followed that script in the video, then ended by thanking the recipient for his support and wishing him a happy holiday.
“I read (the script) in good faith,” Harper said in the statement. “FanDuel then put its own logo on the video and used it as a gambling promotion. I did not know FanDuel would do this, I did not consent to it, and FanDuel had no right to do it.
“Had I known FanDuel’s true intent, I would not have made the video. The same is true had I known anything about Terry or his situation, or about any alleged ‘partnership’ between Cameo and FanDuel.”

Excerpt From
“Bryce Harper addresses Cameo video sent by FanDuel to gambler: ‘I did not consent to it’”
Stephen J. Nesbitt
The Athletic
https://apple.news/ASrM0Yb8aTSiuKRQ9z0oSGQ
This material may be protected by copyright.
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I appreciate that macOS file privacy is progressing in macOS 27. 👏🏼 (Claude attempted to execute a find in the home directory)
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I am feeling very optimistic about Stacey Ford announcing serious quality improvements across the board on Apple OS's (Credit to @vicmsong.bsky.social for the screen cap from the Verge liveblog www.theverge.com/tech/942572/...)
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I imagine the crew looking like this when they land
Randy Quaid portraying Russel Case, a crop duster pilot and unlikely hero from the movie Independence Day
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
A fitting time to restart For All Mankind from the beginning
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Starts skimming article before looking at the byline. Who is it that's claiming to have experience with the tells of liars? Oh. John Carreyrou Fair www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/b...
Screenshot from the article reading "Having encountered my share of liars and developed something of an expertise in their tells, Mr. Back’s demeanor — his shifty eyes, his awkward chuckle, the jerky movement of his left hand — struck me as fishy. When the credits rolled up, I replayed the sequence several times on my TV."
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
E-3 on its way west from Anchorage. Maybe don’t park it in a WEZ
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Jean luc Picard extending his arm with mouth open in the “what the fuck” meme
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
“Almost nobody”
Norman Rockwell’s “freedom of speech” painting of a man standing up while others look on
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Liquid Glass hate has reached sportsball discourse
Screenshot of baseball podcaster complaining about Liquid Glass in the iOS update
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Ukrainian soldier with caption “we are very lucky that they are so f* cling stupid. How so?”
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
You had one job
Header of iOS Home Screen but a blur renders the time and other status bar items unreadable
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
“The types of apps you use will be shared with your carrier” Default on with a notification. This is some kind of bullshit
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
On the search for the infamous hot dog launching technical
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Ellis from the movie Die Hard failing to negotiate with Hans Gruber
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Excellent, from Marcus Hutchins malwaretech.com/2025/08/ever...
Where people get tied up is with the argument, “well most humans don’t produce novel work either”. But this is not because they’re fundamentally incapable of it. The average person is simply just sandbagged with an unfulfilling job. Ideally, without the perverse incentives of shareholder value, LLMs would automate all the busy work, allowing humans to focus on more meaningful pursuits.
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Cybertruck takeout container faithfully renders its most recognizable quality
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
As the privacy engineer for iMessage on iOS 12, I can vouch that @rmondello.com lead the awesome team that pushed for and built 2FA autofill on iOS. A lot of folks deserve credit, but taking credit while claiming to not know Ricky is a bald faced lie.
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The Costco app now lets you search in store stock:
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
🙄 The point of saying this is not new is not to condone it. It’s to point out that it has been established and regular practice prior to Trump that affected millions of people, even as others are waved through and insist it has never happened to anyone else before.
A photo of the Sierra Blanca CBP stop with a sign reading “Please have immigration documents ready”, dated 11-20-222
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Sarah Connor smoking a cigarette judging your choices
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
You’ve lost another Rhino?
Richard Jordan in the Hunt for Red October, looking at the Russian ambassador and asking “Andrei, you’ve lost another submarine?”
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Mark X @markmx.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
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