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Michael K Alber

@michaelkalber.bsky.social
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Software engineer with 20+ years in enterprise systems. .NET, Python, Rust, and PHP. Building AI tooling and exploring where agentic AI, robotics, and automation meet enterprise architecture. Restoring a '67 Mustang. Reads sci-fi. Collects vinyl.

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Michael K Alber @michaelkalber.bsky.social · 9h
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GAIN OF DYSFUNCTION : FRIED_AI : HAL_SPARKS_MORNINGS_MEGAWORLDWIDE
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Michael K Alber @michaelkalber.bsky.social · 9h
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Cal Newport: The AI Industry Is Betting On The Wrong Kind Of AI
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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
To paraphrase FDR, I and everybody else with an IQ > 37 welcome his hatred 🤦🏼‍♂️
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Visual Studio @visualstudio.com · 08/10/2026
Measure twice, change once. 📏 Optimizing code without a baseline is just code massaging. Mark Downie and Sireesha Pisipati dive into this in this clip from VSLive! MSHQ. Catch the rest here: msft.it/63329aYZ9T
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 08/10/2026
The U.S. is experiencing its worst measles outbreak since 1991. These graphics show the scale of the crisis.
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Measles is surging in the US. These graphics show how bad it has gotten
The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991. Since the beginning of last year, large outbreaks have been reported in several states, including Texas, Utah, South Carolina and, now, Pennsylvania.
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 07/10/2026
Did Trump lie to the American people about using tariffs to close the trade deficit?
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Hal Sparks @halsparks.com · 06/10/2026
This kind of thinking is why overly broad coalitions fall apart. Especially if they are based on rigid standards. They collapse under the weight of the ask or fracture because of competing ideologies. Ps. The Civil Rights era coalitions were uncomfortable in a way economic ones could never be.
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HackerNoon @hackernoon.com · 06/10/2026
Vibe coding often introduces vulnerabilities. Here are four best practices for defending against them. #vibecoding
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How Are You Handling Vibe Coding Security?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/10/2026
Q: "Are you concerned about the current plague outbreak in Russia?" Trump: "I am…I hate to see them having it. It's a rough disease. You know, that's a disease we used to be able to control, but somehow those microbes have gotten stronger and smarter."
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Visual Studio @visualstudio.com · 05/10/2026
The latest Microsoft news in 3 minutes. Bring Your Own Model moved into preview in Visual Studio, Microsoft Foundry's model router expanded its regions and refreshed its model pool, and #dotNETConf 2026 has a date! 🎥 msft.it/63321acJqt
A man with glasses and a patterned shirt stands in front of a computer, gesturing. Text reads 'Bring Your Own Model in VS, Foundry Model Router & More.' Icons of coding, AI, and a robot are visible.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 05/10/2026
Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving Republican Speaker in history, has died at 84. Hastert admitted in federal court to sexually abusing boys he coached as a high school wrestling coach. A federal judge called him a "serial child molester." He was a registered sex offender.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump when Iran threatens our air base
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Donald Trump with Bald Eagle
ALT: Donald Trump with Bald Eagle
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 04/10/2026
US bombers sent home from RAF Fairford base after suspected bomb plot
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US bombers sent home from RAF Fairford base after suspected bomb plot
Aircraft seen leaving at Gloucestershire base following arrest of dual British-Iranian national in central London The US Air Force has pulled its bombers from RAF Fairford following an investigation into an alleged planned terror attack at the base. The bombers were redeployed back to their home bases in the US, according to a Pentagon official who was not authorised to discuss sensitive military movements and spoke on Sunday on condition of anonymity. Continue reading...
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Former British banker and whistleblower Simon Andriesz, who outed Howard Lutnick’s links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has died by suicide.”
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Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies
The former British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide
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Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 04/10/2026
Funny how that worked out. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Trump’s South Korea ‘deal’ blows up in his face
Trump tried throwing Alaska’s incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan a bone—but it quickly backfired.
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Hal Sparks @halsparks.com · 04/10/2026
Beyond his bruised hands, it's also linked to..., - Bleeding in the gut causing unusual tiredness, dizziness, or paleness from slow blood loss - Bleeding in the Brain : Aspirin raises the risk of a hemorrhagic stroke. This dipshit is a walking advertisement for "consult your physician"
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Katie Phang on Blanche: What are you trying to hide? Who are you protecting? This is the permissive culture that is created, that is then buttressed by conduct by people like the AG to protect perpetrators, co-conspirators, enablers of crimes. Crimes against children, crimes against women.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/10/2026
I'm not good at math, is $800 million a lot?
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FedEx believes $300M electric truck spend will save them $800M in diesel
In a record-setting commercial truck deal, international shipping giant FedEx has placed an order for 2,000 all-electric box trucks from...
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Jack Smith….man of the people at the Power to the People concert hanging out on the lawn….no fancy pavilion seats or backstage laminate pass
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
First Lady Natalie Harp returns to the White House late last night after traveling all day with the president #TravelWithNatalie (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty)
pic of Natalie walking, bag in hand
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/10/2026
look who's with Trump on his trip to Ohio! #TravelWithNatalie (REUTERS/Nathan Howard)
pic of Ms Harp beaming as she walks across the tarmac to board AF1
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Michael K Alber @michaelkalber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
He is a light eater after traveling 25 light-years from Vega.
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Michael K Alber @michaelkalber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I double dog dare you, Donald.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A very happy 34th anniversary to First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama, I love their love. 💙
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WIRED @wired.com · 04/10/2026
One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.
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Timnit Gebru Believes There Is No ‘Existential Threat’ From AI
One of AI’s fiercest critics believes the doom talk is about founders making money, not saving humanity.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/10/2026
Q: Why did you post Tom Cotton's phone number? TRUMP: We want to get away from this ridiculous custom of twice a year turning clocks back... Tom Cotton is holding it up. You know who wants it? Farmers. Sports wants it. They would like to play tennis at night, would like to play golf a little bit
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Reuters @reuters.com · 02/10/2026
A US government effort spanning intelligence agencies, the FBI and the Justice Department sought proof that voting machines were used to rig the 2020 election. It ultimately found no evidence votes were altered reut.rs/4hHBkcA
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 03/10/2026
OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’
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OpenAI safety employee resigns, claiming the company’s ‘culture is broken’
By his own admission, David Robinson is “something of a cliché”: an employee at a leading AI company who issues a dire warning while resigning from their job.
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String Bass Theory @stringbasstheory.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
4% are sitting congressmen and SCOTUS justices.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/10/2026
Trump #TravelsWithNatalie yesterday (USA Today Networks)
pic of a smiling Ms Harp in the backseat of The Beast with Donald
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🇺🇸Boston Brian🇺🇦 @bostonbrian.com · 03/10/2026
Crazy thought.. I’m gonna be stinking drunk and bathing in champagne at the same time someone is putting make-up on a dead pedophiles neck vagina..
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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Feel free to share what you did with your DOGE refund and your tariff dividend check.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW AD: Are you a data center company looking to take over rural Texas? Are you a crime-loving millionaire looking to throw the FBI off your scent? Are you a child predator looking to get out of jail after just 1 day? Call 844-WHOS-KEN to hear what Ken Paxton can do for you!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This part
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Got my approval 💥👏
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/10/2026
Trump even lies about the most obviously false shit. It’s a disorder.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Every time Trump is asked about people struggling to pay rent, buy a home, afford groceries, health care and gas and he responds claiming this is the greatest economy ever and people on Wall Street are making tons of money speculating on AI, Republicans go down another point in the polls.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/10/2026
Trump's human binky made the trip to Alabama with him #TravelWithNatalie (Brendan Smialowski/Getty)
pic of Ms Harp on AF1
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Michael K Alber @michaelkalber.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Trump's Big Manufacturing Bust
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Nobody's ever seen numbers like these before." - Senile Satan
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Michael K Alber @michaelkalber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Department of treasury says there’s good jobs out there. I wonder where.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I understand why they're doing this, but fuck them. These mayors can't guarantee the safety of their own citizens from ICE, and they sure as hell can't guarantee the safety of Canadian visitors. Also, North Dakota, where 2/3 of voters voted for Trump, wants foreigners to come back? Fuck them twice.
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U.S. mayors ask Canadians to reconsider U.S. travel boycott - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca
Some American mayors are trying to encourage Canadians to reconsider boycotting travel across the border.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wow, these job numbers are TERRIBLE. Many people are saying we must have an “incompetent” president who is “asleep at the wheel”
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When job growth was 5-10x this per month under Joe Biden, we were having a nonstop National Conversation™️ about the imminent recession & being told that only the unemployed cared about jobs, but everyone cared about inflation.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 01/10/2026
"I'm the one that's bringing (inflation) down and we have to be able to get the word out somehow." Crowd <dead silence>
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
This New Mexico lawyer is representing a man who was found guilty of killing his wife earlier this year. Here he is being ripped apart by judges who found that he used ChatGPT to make up nonexistent witnesses and testimony. Read more: www.404media.co/chatgpt-fake...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026
Yesterday’s White House gathering resulted in a voluntary, non-binding, and non-enforceable agreement to commit to safety policies the companies had already committed to during the Biden administration, and that they’ve claimed to be already following.
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Eric Schmitts the Bed
Plus: Trump’s dangerous, reckless embrace of AI.
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Michael K Alber @michaelkalber.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Do Hispanics have some really cool anti-grav device?
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 30/09/2026
We hear Stephen Miller is absolutely Führer-ious that Trump’s new AI chatbot isn’t racist enough to cook the books on this one.
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