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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Reflecting Pool is doing a bang up job of mirroring the swamp rushing in to lay waste to and tear up the foundations of our democracy. Good job, Pool! Keep on Reflecting.

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

#aptronym spotted in the wild: a meteorologist named "Landsea"! It'd have been even more apt if they were a cartographer.

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

We get 3 new missions in addition to upgraded graphics! Great time to have restarted my #Halo journey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhsx...

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Halo: Campaign Evolved - Official 'New Missions' Gameplay Trailer | Xbox Games Showcase 2026

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

What a time to be alive... we have techno music! 🎶🪩🎧

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Auto-refresh is really the worst anti-feature ever invented. Oh, you’re interested in this article? This person on a dating app? This post on a social media site? Would be a shame if I just refreshed randomly and made the thing *poof* disappear.

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

OpenAI is *really* trying to get people to use their AI browser, Atlas. Open opening the ChatGPT app, users are presented a prompt to download Atlas with "Maybe later" and "Download" buttons as options. How about never?

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

So many resources that try to be helpful to beginners miss that sometimes we don't even know how to get to the part they're trying to help with. E.g., I'm trying to learn a DAW (Logic Pro) and I'm told to "Enter these settings in a new channel strip." A what now? What is that? How do I get there?

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The loneliness epidemic may make this effect greater, but community-building is important regardless of the social context. The religious right has enjoyed the benefits of close-knit communities for centuries in the U.S. It’s time the left starts creating strong communities as well.

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I can’t wait for Reddit alternatives like Lobsters or Lemmy to take off. I’m honestly surprised people flocked back after the 2022 protests. The mask came off about how little Reddit values anyone: users, devs, & especially mods. Now this shows how little they value safety.

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

After having just decided on trying #komorebi on Windows (and soon macOS), I saw #niri… and now I want that 🙃 In case anyone is interested: macOS: PaperWM.spoon [1] Windows: windowpots [2] 1: github.com/mogenson/Pap... 2: github.com/ThymeKeeper/...

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Any #macOS tiling window manager suggestions from folks here? Reasons for the suggestion are appreciated!

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Anyone here tried #Beli? New invite-only #restaurant tracking app. Yelp: stuck in early 2010s Google: monopolistic, surveillance capitalism’s mascot, etc. Invite code below. FYI, helps me unlock reservations & premium features; expires in 24 hours: beliapp.co/1J7mLqWjPWb

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Saw some coverage about Musk recently that was praising his work ethic: “12-hour days, sometimes weekends and nights,” justifying why his huge pay packages. … okay? So do doctors, PAs, nurses and several millions of other professionals. Are we all worth possibly >$1T? Where do we sign?

Finally! 🎉 No more having to manually, painstakingly recreate a playlist from #Spotify on #AppleMusic or rely on a fishy-looking 3rd party service with which you have to trust both accounts’ details (which is why I never went that route).

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Lesson re-learned: never seek out the Internet’s opinion on a thing one likes (especially amongst gamers). #Pokémon games focus on mechanics, not stellar graphics. Yet, so many criticisms focus on the #LegendsZ-A demo’s “lackluster graphics” and chastise anyone who buys the game as being a sheep.

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Not sure how, but even with more animations, #iOS26 feels snappier on my iPhone 13 Pro than iOS 18.6 did: color me surprised! Certainly an oddity with the history of #Apple performance-throttling older models. Glad to see they’re both supporting & enhancing (or so it feels) older products.

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Ah, days before #Apple (thankfully) kills off #Launchpad... I spend around half an hour painstakingly organizing Launchpad. Of course. If I'd procrastinated another week, it would've been a non-issue. For 3 years, I procrastinated; what possessed me to stop today, of all days?

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

America: “We’re imperfect? Talk to us when you’ve landed a person on the freaking moon! 🦅🇺🇸” Also America: “Let’s hamstring the institution that made the moon landing possible!”

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Best "contact me" website section I've seen in the wild yet.

Text of a website with a section header reading "Contact Me", below which appears "If you want to contact me, find a way to reach me."

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Tmw Microsoft Authenticator wants to use Microsoft Authenticator to authenticate logging into Microsoft Authenticator…

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Well, this is interesting... Used ChatGPT to help me bootstrap my #Zsh + Zinit config. o4-mini kept hallucinating; o3-pro got it right. I switched back to o4-mini in the chat to say thanks. o4-mini is confused since it thinks I'm still criticizing it. It seems to not "see" o3-pro's response.

A chain of reasoning output by ChatGPT's o4-mini-high model in a chat that notes. The entire text cannot be transcribed as there is too much to fit within the character limit, but the essence is that the o4-mini-high model keeps trying to reconcile my statement of "This is correct; thank you so much!" with the prior message to o3-pro stating "You have been incorrect so far. Please try again."

This causes the model a lot of confusion as it seems to think that I thanked it prior to o3-pro's response instead of after it. It therefore seems to be stuck resolving a seeming paradox where none exists.

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

So this is wild (in a good way): Since RFK's come into office, I've actually seen an *increase* in the number of patients coming to clinic and requesting vaccines. No hard data, just anecdotal. But a palpable increase. Refreshing compared to combating anti-vaxx misinformation. #MedSky

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I expected that revelation from the last scene of #Andor Still hit so hard 💔

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Aggressive pickup truck driver intimidating others by nearly rear-ending them, cutting them off, trying to overtake using bike lanes, and then flipping everyone else off as if we’re the problem… Tell me you’re entitled and compensating without telling me you’re entitled and compensating.

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

The DOJ is moving to deport a man they explicitly acknowledge has no criminal history. They’re dropping the charges without a trial, yet also deporting him without due process or reason for deportation, especially since the charges are dropped. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

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Trump Administration and House Budget News: Live Updates (Gift Article)

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

It’s quite damning of our species that even after billions have seen/read media like Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, etc. about authoritarianism clearly being bad, they still gravitate towards it. We probably need explicit statements in the front matter: “The authoritarians are the bad ones, guys.”

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Still frustrated at YouTube’s algo for ignoring preferences*, but I’m amused that it’s now showing cute bear vids in my feed… Maybe because I kept searching for “bear” market analyses? 🐻 * when I say “don’t recommend this channel,” I in fact don’t mean “recommend more of this channel,” YouTube

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

In the run up to “Liberation Day,” three countries with deep historical antipathy have strengthened a formerly tenuous alliance to unify against the U.S. “Liberation Day” indeed: liberate the world of American diplomacy, influence, & status. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

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South Korea, China, Japan agree to promote regional trade as Trump tariffs loom

South Korea, China and Japan held their first economic dialogue in five years on Sunday, seeking to facilitate regional trade as the three Asian export powers brace from U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I’d say “unbelievable,” but this is on brand. The current admin is stonewalling 20k people already granted #refugee status, now only entertaining white South African refugees. Heartbreaking… and a clear signal of priorities. (Gift article) #politics #racism #news www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...

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‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status (Gift Article)

The United States has banned most refugees, including 20,000 people who were already ready to travel to the United States before President Trump took office. But Mr. Trump is making one exception.

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Fun fact: security clearances are stored as 8-bit unsigned integers! So if we say @adamkinzinger.bsky.social had 1 security clearance, and he loses 4, this causes an integer underflow such that he actually has 253 security clearances.

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Tmw anti-intellectualism, ignorance, & bigotry are so rampant that the freaking dictionary joins the fight ✊🏾

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

They’re going to vibe code it, aren’t they? … yeah, calling it now: they’re going to vibe code it.

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Honestly darkly hilarious that just as markets start recovering early this week, he “capitalizes” by destabilizing it further. Far cry from “best economy ever.” Personally, I’m betting late ‘25 recession. Not investment advice ofc, but I’m glad I pulled my money out (called the top by luck 🤷🏾).

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Seriously, use Signal. Unfortunately, given the recent news, there are already a lot of uninformed opinions being parroted here and elsewhere, claiming Signal is insecure and unsafe. This administration is a mess (understatement, yes). Signal is secure. These two things are not mutually exclusive.

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I’m really curious as to why my #YouTube suggested video feed has been promoting far-right, bigoted, ignorant content recently when all my actions (likes, watches, subs, etc.) indicate I abhor this kind of content. Is this happening to anyone else? Systemic or personal #algorithm issue here?

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The power of comics: a comic strip made me rethink my relationship with myself... while providing a good laugh

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Prior admin: Requests COVID & election misinformation be curtailed on social media. Furor ensues on the right. Current admin: Explicitly extorts the entire country for billions of dollars collectively based on people’s/institutions’ speech. Silence on the right.

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Absolutely. I had someone cite their opinion as a fact to me once. Explicitly. “I haven’t read other ancient societies’ philosophic works, but it is a matter of fact, I think, that ancient Greek & Roman philosophy uniformly trumps them.” Ahh yes, the best of factual sources: uninformed belief!

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

> If you don’t know what you’re doing, you’ll just do it worse. But faster. AI tools can assist those with existing skills of foundational knowledge, critical thinking, & wisdom, but not supplement them wholesale.

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

“Mundus sine caesaribus” indeed! Great shirt, and buying it helps monetarily support the AT protocol ecosystem. Just around 6 days left before the sale ends! www.businessinsider.com/bluesky-ceo-...

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Bluesky CEO appears to troll Mark Zuckerberg with her own Latin T-shirt that says 'a world without Caesars'

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber took a dig at Mark Zuckerberg with her own Latin shirt saying "A world without Caesars."

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Ordered! #Pebble kicked the bucket before I could order one of the initial ones. The #Rebble community has done wonderful work since in maintaining & building upon the initial devices. I can’t wait to see the fruits of open sourcing PebbleOS as well! 9to5google.com/2025/01/27/p...

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New Pebble smartwatch is coming as Google opens source code

Remember Pebble? The smartwatch that started it all has been discontinued for the better part of a decade, but Google...

Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Spent the last few days refurbishing (wiping data from, updating firmware for, and clean-installing the default OS on) 3 laptops, 2 tablets, 1 desktop, and an e-reader I have lying around so I can sell them. And now I’m just wondering… why did I ever keep any of these around for so long?

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Medical school, learning about measles: "Interesting historical information. Good thing it's eliminated in the U.S.; file away as 'not needed IRL.'" Residency: Brushing up on measles & other "eliminated" diseases in preparation for what's to come. 😕 #MedSky news.uchicago.edu/big-brains-p...

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Why measles is resurging—and the rise of vaccine hesitancy, with Adam Ratner

Infectious disease expert examines the latest outbreaks—and the uncertain future of children’s health

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Pavan Anand @paanvaannd.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The systematic dismantling of education in the U.S. by the right has been in the works for decades. “Thinking is the enemy of fascism.” www.salon.com/2021/12/02/r...

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Republicans' war on education is the most crucial part of their push for fascism

From Pre-K through college, Republicans' war on education is meant to cement the GOP's grip on power