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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I finished Christopher Buehlman's Between Two Fires, a horror novel set during the Black Death. I can see how it landed ho hum before the pandemic and it's OH DEAR GOD now. Great novel but it's a lot and too true. I gave it 4.75 and went to find a lighter read.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We're watching the first episode of this season's GBBO and it's become clear Prue was the sanity anchor in the tent. Without Prue it got…………. weird. Chaos baking!

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today we decided when a Druid summons a creature to pick someone up and take them somewhere else, it's called a DRÜBER.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Frank is ready for some football but he's awful dubious about this Michigan / Iowa game. #GoBlue

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sometimes you play D&D and sometimes D&D plays you.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today, I had to give Claude a hard rule that it must get verification from another LLM (LLM as Judge) before calling any code ‘done’ today from now on. This on top of the ‘1 itty bitty code change at a time’ rule. Opus 5.1 - Humanity’s destroyer or affable idiot? You decide.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I'm spending some time this morning catching up on college before 1pm NFL kickoff and saw the miracle of a Buckeyes loss. When I checked in, it was 21-3 at the end of the 3rd. Man. Maybe Ryan Day should stop putting ketchup on his brisket,

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

Newest finished and blocked #knit piece: the terrazo slipover from PetiteKnit. Yarn is ewetopia, DK and mohair held together, in denim.

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

Frank lost a fight and was nearly destroyed by his new nemesis - grass. He went snorfling in freshly mown grass on his walk this morning and somehow got grass stuck up his schnozz. There was much sneezing and required extraction with tweezers. He’s beautiful but he’s dumb.

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University of Michigan @umich.edu · 07/09/2026

Thank you to all of the hardworking individuals who make the University of Michigan a world-class institution every single day. Happy #LaborDay!

Three members of the Michigan Dining team at Maizie's.

Two members of the U-M Student Life team.

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

No one glamps as hard as June glamps. Out of shot: a full couch shed on, large fan, entire pavilion.

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

I’ve been spending maybe 25% of the time I used to online — converting scrolling to a few newsletters like Public Notice and feeds like Political Wire — and already passed the # of books and pages from last year. Yup I’m sittin on the porch readin my newspaper in the morning like it’s 2002.

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

What do you call a novel that reads like an anime? Bookime? Anibook?

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

On the “ChatGPT breaks containment story” circulating one of these is true: 1. ChatGPT has reached superintelligence and is broke containment Or… 2. Some yahoo fed the model Fun Facts (tm) and did not properly secure the testing environment. If I loudly say 1, can I get $10B in investment?

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I don’t usually share a Cory Doctorow essay, but this one nails how I feel about AI. As someone who keeps calling the technology very ‘mid’ and still remembers decision tree programming in LISP, this is spot on. It’s just a normal technology. pluralistic.net/2026/08/19/b...

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Pluralistic: The ordinariness of evil (19 Aug 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Now I’ve upgraded to 2 dogs glamping on the deck.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

This dog is all about glamping. She loves being outside with a couch, a blanket, 2 pillows, and a fan.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This hawk has been sitting on my deck for hours hunting and eating the mice who have been trashing my cushions. Good: mice problem very very solved Bad: I think we have a new roommate

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I was commenting on Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed (obvious) Detroit accents and then wished there was a THIRD candidate in the MI Dem Primary, one from somewhere with a BETTER accent - from North of the Bridge - so they could have an ACCENT OFF. Ahmgoindowntodafloortovotedonchaknow

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Behold, Trump’s golden age of America right here on Route 1. So glad I drive a hybrid.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Somehow I missed Parov Stelar's Electro-Swing song Black Lilies interval act during this year's Eurovision Grand Finale (maybe zipped through it) but it's better than anything else at Eurovision this year except maybe Bangaranga! More swing house plz Europe. youtu.be/ppCyj5DxO8s?...

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Parov Stelar - Black Lilies (LIVE) | Interval Act | Grand Final | Eurovision 2026 | #UnitedByMusic

YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I completed this shawl - Goldenleaf - for my Mom. #knitting

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

alright I'm sick of reading about platner let's get back to what matters

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

How did I miss the absolute glory that is independent space warrior Count Binface?

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I am once again reading an anarcho-communist political philosophy work and I’ve learned so far the state is oppressing me with: last names, straight roads, the meter, forestry, and a very particular chair design. I love reading these books but as a knitter, I kinda need standardized measurement.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Today we celebrate the 250th anniversary of (v3.docx) the Declaration of Independence from a rapacious international mega corporation, oligarchs, an out of control capitalism and a supine government backer! And we’ve been free of oligarchs ever since! Wait where are you going…

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Today we celebrate the PDFing of "Declaration FINAL v3 USE THIS ONE - SIGNED.docx" (Jefferson's draft was heavily edited by the Committee, then again by Congress, and he was big mad about it.)

📂 Version 1.0 — June 20, 1776
File Name: Declaration_Draft_TJ_DO_NOT_EDIT.docx
Author: t_jefferson_33
Commit Message: "Initial copy-paste from my Mason_VA_Rights_Notes.txt and VA_Constitution_V2.docx scratchpads. Confine your review to grammar and typos, and do not redline, only leave comments."
Tracked Changes & Notes:
Line 14: "We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable..."
Comment from t_jefferson_33: "Certified banger."
📂 Version 1.1 — June 24, 1776
File Name: Declaration_Draft_TJ_comments_JA_BF.docx
Editors: b_franklin_GrittyOG and JA_redsoxfan (obo Committee, w/ Sherman and Livingston)
Commit Message: "First pass by the Committee of Five. Modest style changes."
Tracked Changes & Notes:
47 revisions (redlined), three full new paragraphs
Deleted: "sacred & undeniable" * Inserted: "self-evident"
Comment from b_franklin_GrittyOG: "250 years from now, people will think you wrote that banger. You’re welcome."
📂 Version 2.0 — June 28, 1776
File Name: Declaration_Committee_Review_FINAL.docx
Author: t_jefferson_33
Commit Message: "Incorporated Ben and John's very minor edits of my excellent first draft into a clean copy. Ready for the Continental Congress to approve verbatim."

📂 Version 2.1 to 2.8 — July 2 – July 4, 1776
File Name: Declaration_CONGRESS_REVISED2_redline_NEW_v4_approved..docx
Editors: Continental_Congress Group Chat (50+ active users)
Commit Message: "Line-by-line review by committee. Light trimming, a mere 20% of the original text. Optimizing for colonial unity."
Tracked Changes & Notes:
❌ CRITICAL DELETION: 300 word imprudent diatribe against KG III for transatlantic slave trade (“waging cruel war against human nature”).
Comment from dunkin_delegate: “Jefferson wrote that? He always struck me as a smug hypocrite. #IYKYK”
Comment from SC_delegation_delegate: "I thought we agreed this issue was off the table for now. It can be amicably settled later."
❌ DELETION: Large sections complaining about the ordinary British public being "deaf to the voice of justice."
Comment from NY_delegation_hub: "Guys, let's keep the finger pointed strictly at King George. If we trash the British citizens, we ruin any chance of future trade partnerships or alliances. Keep it professional."
➕ INSERTION: Added "appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world" and "with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence" to the closing paragraph.
Comment from Middlesex_Conservative: "Marketing requested more religious claptrap to ensure maximum buy-in from the zealots."
System Notification: User t_jefferson_33 reacted 👎(39 instances).
📂 Version 3.0 (Production) — July 4, 1776 (Late Morning)
File Name: Declaration_of_Independence_FINAL_v3_USE_THIS_ONE_SIGNED.docx
Editors: john_hancock_big_font
Commit Message: "Approved. Shipped to the printers. John Hancock didn't realize his zoom level was at 200% when he signed. Committee unable to find the one intern who can resize images, shipping anyway."
System Notification: User t_jefferson_33 has left the chat.

The draft of the Declaration was revised first by Adams and Franklin, and then by the full committee. A total of 47 alterations, including the insertion of three complete paragraphs, were made to the text before it was presented to Congress on June 28. After voting for independence on July 2, Congress continued to refine the document, making 39 additional revisions to the committee draft before its final adoption on the morning of July 4.

The draft shows the multiplicity of corrections, additions and deletions that were made at each step. Although most of the alterations are in Jefferson's handwriting (Jefferson later indicated which changes he believed were made by Adams and Franklin), he felt slighted by the way Congress rewrote the manuscript. In a consoling letter of July 21, 1776, the state's senior delegate, Richard Henry Lee, wrote to Jefferson that he wished that "the manuscript had not been mangled as it is." In an 1823 letter to Madison, Jefferson wrote that, at the time, "during the debate, I was sitting by Dr. Franklin and he observed that I was writhing a little under the acrimonious criticisms" of Congress. In fact, as Congress neared completion of the document by altering nearly all of his last paragraph, Jefferson could only write in the margin "a different phraseology inserted." Jefferson remained bitter about the changes made to the Declaration of Independence right up to his death. His autobiography was a major effort to set the record straight on its writing.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Artist’s painting of a hippo on a flake of limestone 🦛❤️ Perhaps a practice sketch, or simply for the joy of painting 3,500 years ago! From Deir el-Bahri, ancient Thebes, c. 1479–1425 BC 📷 The Met #Archaeology #Art

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I can firmly confirm local elections are still alive and well in Howard County, MD.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Genuinely amazed they haven’t started selling the algal water to true believers as some sort of holy presidential secretion. Feels very on brand and not like them to miss a chance to grift.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I know the continuing saga of Trump vs basic high school Science and science winning shouldn’t be funny but it’s really damn funny.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

You go over to Trump’s house and half of it is torn down, there’s a cage match in the back yard and the pool is full of algae.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I thought I had lost my capacity to be horrified by Trump and then I saw his ‘memorandum of understanding’ with Iran and needed to move the sticks. $300 BILLION to rebuild Iran?!? They can charge tolls? Unfreezing all their assets? The level of capitulation and waste and loss is breathtaking.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

“Hey,” I said. “Let’s read crime fiction. Let’s revisit Elmore Leonard.” *many many many hours pass*

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Took a couple of shots with Halide iii of flowers in my garden off my iPhone. I continue to be impressed with this app.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Things we needed to discuss before gaming today: * The smell inside the Adams Family House (funeral home) * Is Lurch Undead or a Construct? * Can you use the Polymorph spell to turn someone in Asparagus? * Is cut Asparagus a Plant, Life, or an Object?

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Reading a bunch of mechanics of money laundering this morning, and realizing Trump’s $250 bill has one — and only one — use. When was the last time you took money out of an ATM? That he is forcing the US Mint to put his face on the literal medium of financial crime is just too on the nose.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Frank likes to slowly creep up from the foot of the bed and wait patiently until Dad’s pillow is free. And then…. _he strikes_. Here he is caught in the act of pillow theft!

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I’m messing around with the Halide iii app and took a pretty good shot of the woods behind my house.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Seriously congrats to a solid and kinda weird EuroBop for kicking serial cheaters in the ass.

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I’m relieved Israel did not cheat their way into a win. But they need to get the boot, Moroccan Oil or no Moroccan Oil. #eurovision

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Cesár Sampson comes out to cover Billy Joel and it’s significantly better than any other song tonight. #eurovision

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

And now we wait to be disappointed by the vote. #eurovision

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I do love Norwegian Stone Temple Pilots. #eurovision

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multiplexer @multiplexer.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

If Finland doesn’t win I will be utterly shocked. #eurovision

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