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alex 🏖️ @paracausalex.siren-vibes.ts.net · 27/05/2025

cat girl: meow!!! nya :3 dog girl: ruff!!! woof ^w^ woodpecker girl who thinks your directv satellite dish is a tree (she is very stupid): CLANGCLANGCLANGCLANGCLANG

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 24/09/2026

big ass plant: acquired (work said they all need adopting, so 🤷‍♀️)

picture of a big potted plant in front of a metro train. this plant is like, overflowing. It's like waist height, long skinny leaves bending to form the impression of a kind of half-sphere. It's apparently a dracaena fragrans.

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hikikomorphism @hikikomorphism.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Had a lovely conversation with @brennan.computer yesterday about what a non-booster non-anti tech-friendly left could look like, and for me it centers a few things: - media piracy and other anticorporate uses of tech - who we valorize - eg, scihub, anna's archive, pirates and shadow librarians

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JuniperTheory @bimbo.city · 21/09/2026

one of the best things you can do right now as a queer person is like if another queer person is a dick to you or you don't like them or there's some Shit between you two or u don't like em consider just. Letting it go not all the time. But when you can. Take the load off each other to be perfect

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 20/09/2026

good post - to add: being helpful & nice to be around is maybe the most important thing in any job, imo. and if you care about seniority, this naturally gives you the perspective needed to see the things that need to be done but no one else can do! + it can just be a deeper way of being helpful :)

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 16/09/2026

not a fan of being the load-bearing omelas-hole demographic, ngl. obviously we should find some other group instead. short story unrelated clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24/

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Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 14/09/2026

Clocked! At The Immigration Office (but actually tho, the lady was super nice. kind bureaucrat woman is a top tier genre of person, imho.)

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 10/09/2026

> The two genders > - De-woorden (common gender) > - Het-woorden (neuter) dutch is great, lol

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 09/09/2026

<- this user has figured out the secret to getting rained on while biking to/from work (I keep procrastinating and then need to leave exactly when it's raining for the next half hour 😭)

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 06/09/2026

look at this lil guy™ :) (a couple weeks back, I saw some tansy beetles, which in the UK are only really in a narrow band of the River Ouse, right by York).

Close-up picture of a tansy beetle on a blade of grass. It's a small, green and iridescent yellow-red beetle, its legs and antennae composed entirely of rounded segments. Its back is slightly out of focus compared to its feet, tiny bokeh rings visible from the divets in its elytra.

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 04/09/2026

hot people named workday are messaging me. "A Task Awaits You"...

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 02/09/2026

C99 enthusiasts when they see uint64_t:

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 01/09/2026

> "I will keep writing this stuff until I'm proven wrong" > Wrong (Zitron continues to write [...]) lmao

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 31/08/2026

these sorts of ai overview responses are always so oddly compassionate, it kinda unexpectedly hits me every time even knowing the trick - there's a kind of cognitive blind spot, I think, because tenderness towards the powerless is unexpected from automated systems - it's still there, y'know?

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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 29/08/2026

There can be no compromise with fascism, no conversation to be had with fascists about the direction our future takes. They're playing for keeps and everyone who cares about the future of humanity must act accordingly.

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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 29/08/2026

I keep coming back to saying this, but "none of us is free until all of us are free" isn't just a theory about power, it's a statement of the threat to humanity posed by our tolerance for injustice against others.

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Andrew Lilley Brinker @alilleybrinker.com · 24/08/2026

Omarchy is the software arm of a fascist project

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 23/08/2026

i bet fstrim feels so good if you're an ssd

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Steve Klabnik @steveklabnik.com · 20/08/2026

sorry but the liberal femboys have me at gunpoint.

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 19/08/2026

ahahahahaha kubernetes is driving me insane (This Post Brought To You By: trying to understand how CSI is implemented)

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Uncut Femmes @juliagiantrat.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

spiderman should be a poly lesbian not bc she should be in multiple healthy relationships at once but because true to canon Spidey should be fumbling all the time and being poly means she can fumble a relationship with MJ, Felicia, and Gwen at the same time

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 15/08/2026

uk tax law is so fascinating because if you're leaving, they determine the date you left based on whether conditions apply to the *next* tax year so if you leave in summer 2026, you can retroactively change your 2026-2027 taxes by taking a month long vacation in spring 2028

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alex 🏖️ @paracausalex.siren-vibes.ts.net · 10/08/2026

at work suddenly remembering the future we couldve had and taking a massive bite out of my desk

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 09/08/2026

went to take some photos, a couple of weekends back, at a little town with a big viaduct (more in 🧵)

Picture of a slice of Knaresborough Viaduct, standing tall out of the River Nidd. It's a beige stone viaduct, arches following the surface towards both ends of the frame. Trees line the river, tall and leafy the left, and a draping willow tree behind the pillar. A collection of boats drift along the river, distorted reflections stretching below them.

Flat picture of a brick wall with a "One Way" sign above an embedded glass display of plush toy creatures.

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 05/08/2026

aaaaaa the systems are haunted* * on one machine, our stuff decided to spin in circles for a day and then die, for no apparent reason

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 01/08/2026

ahahahaha photography will drive me insane lmao. editing a photo and rotating it 0.93° is too little, rotating by 0.95° is too much. what a horrid day to have eyes

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 30/07/2026

best practices say to rotate your name and gender every 6-12 months to avoid stolen credentials

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strigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The proper analogy to get across why you shouldn't buy from J. K. Rowling is that, if you saw a bunch of Klan members selling cookies in the wal-mart parking lot, and you bought their cookies, it doesn't matter that you only did it because you really like oatmeal raisin, you still supported the Klan

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 16/07/2026

people should set referer headers more often. omitting referer headers is lame, tbqh (this post brought to you by: "why did all these people suddenly start looking at a blog post from a year ago?")

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 12/07/2026

folks, I went to amsterdam and now I have Photos to share full set is at sharnoff.io/photos/album... - there's a handful more that I couldn't squeeze in here :) first two are from the metro station at amsterdam centraal

Picture of a dark underground metro station, a small handful of people standing on the escalator going up, lit by bright white strip lighting along the escalators and subtle ambient light from above. Tall slanted pillars cut the frame, leaning on jagged triangles reflecting smeared colors in the ceiling above.

Picture of an exit from Amsterdam Centraal metro station, harsh light streaming in from above onto the staircase and sloped moving walkways. The exit area casts soft reflections on the ceiling, and the blurred silhouette of someone walking by obscures the staircase.

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alex 🏖️ @paracausalex.siren-vibes.ts.net · 09/07/2026

update 18:26 UTC: we're currently experiencing the suffering that comes with desire! our engineers are working to resolve the issue

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 03/07/2026

guy with a thick French accent, somewhat agitated: No food at the Eurostar Cafe today!!! Drinks only!

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 27/06/2026

More people should treat natural phenomena with reverence & awe, IMO. (this post brought to you by Big Thunderstorm. I am just sitting watching it & feel like the world would be a better place if more people just sat and watched the thunderstorm y'know?)

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 21/06/2026

OH: "inorganic and not free-range... omelas chickens"

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 21/06/2026

saw a bunch of gannets at bempton cliffs (🧵) for this first one: spent a while waiting here - I'd already one of the birds come in with nesting material but barely missed a good shot of it, so took the time to wait & catch it coming back again

Picture of two gannets - large white birds with long necks - at the side of a cliff. The nearer one is taking off towards the camera, large webbed feet still pushing against the rocks. Its wings form a V shape, pushing itself into the air. The other gannet is behind it, looking slightly down and almost glaring at it.

Picture of two gannets. One is standing, looking softly, as the other approaches from the air with plants in its beak. The wings of the one landing frame its head, pointing like knives, as the beaks of the gannets nearly touch.

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jae @fubarchitect.com · 14/06/2026

if you're sitting at the outer edge of your abilities, which you should as often as you can, the thing that makes magic isn't being the smartest or knowing the most, it's having a sense of what lives in the unknown, and how to drag it kicking and screaming into the known

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 13/06/2026

saw some creatures in the woods :) all quite skittish! just posing briefly before darting away

Picture of squirrels poking out between branches. They're in shadow, leaning over dark branches with dark green leaves blurred in the background. One of them is looking at us, and another is barely visible to the side, fluffy tail drooped over the side of the branch.

Picture of a blackbird perched on a dead tree, head turned to the side, maybe looking at the camera? It's standing on just one leg, and the other's completely hidden (but it is there, don't worry). The sun's just barely touching its neck and beak, and gently touching the tips of dead branches. Trees in the background are in shadow, deep greens with hints of yellow & blue.

Zoomed in picture of a house sparrow on a tree branch, framed and partly covered by bright green leaves, soft and round and out of focus. The sparrow has spots of sunlight hitting it, and its feathers look uncharacteristically sharp, individual barbs sticking out, casting shadows, and overlapping each other. It's unclear where the sparrow is looking - maybe it's seen us, and has turned to look at the camera. Or maybe it's looking elsewhere in its tree.

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lucy rowan holmes @absobloodylucy.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

getting into photography will fully rewire the way you look at the world for the better

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 10/06/2026

last* couple photos from vancouver first one: when the sun's out in the evening, it bounces between all the glass buildings & makes the trees glow :) second one: art is food for the soul! *actually lots more, but ya gotta have a limit somewhere

Picture of tall buildings in downtown Vancouver. They completely fill the frame, with evening light peeking through only to brightly light the leafy trees in the middle glowing on some terrace or partial roof from one of the buildings.

Picture of a window with a wooden panel partially covering it. Someone's stuck a black and white cutout of a kid drinking soup straight from the ladle, with a colorful speech bubble reading "ART is SOUP for the SOUL" and then, smaller below it, "4 SALE ...". The wobbly, bright reflection in the window shows another building, tall windows with blinds partly shut.

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 09/06/2026

oh ALSO I saw this crow harassing a seagull (I think in the first one, you can see the crow barely grabbing onto the seagull's flight feathers. kinda vicious, actually!)

Picture of a crow taking a swipe at a seagull sitting on top of a pole. The seagull is twisted around to follow it, as the crow is a blur of downward motion, claws extended and beak open, even its flight feathers the image of sharp spikes behind it. If you look carefully, it seems to have grabbed one of the long flight feathers tucked into the seagull's tail.

Picture of a crow swooping towards a seagull on a pole - right next to it at this point, head turned towards the seagull's while its claws are outstretched towards the body. It's a blur and almost a silhouette of menace. The seagull is facing away from us, beak barely visible as its head is turned towards the crow, so we can't see its reaction.

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 09/06/2026

did I mention I had a lot of vancouver photos? surprise! there's more! this batch is all the birds :)

Picture of an adult duck and duckling beside it in the water. It's a bright day, soft deep blue reflecting off the water, and ripples extending in front and to the side of the ducks, where reflections alternate between the ducks and the sky. The little one, while not in focus, is incredibly fuzzy.

Close-up picture of a female duck. It's hard to say its expression, looking intensely at the camera and brightly lit. Tiny droplets of water are scattered across its head and neck, with a small sparkle in its eye where the sun is reflected against an otherwise smooth brown iris. There's soft waves of blue and slightly sparkling water behind it.

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 08/06/2026

more vancouver photos! this batch is from around the port - took SO many photos there because the light was gorgeous and the cranes look like giant creatures, in a way? no clue if that makes sense. (desperately need to go to more places like this, it's surreal how pretty it was that morning.)

Picture of a vertical slice of the port of Vancouver, edge of a grey gantry crane at the front, layers of shipping containers behind it, and a large shipping crane towering over a dense mass of shipping containers with the morning light casting sharp shadows over the across their ends. Presumably that mass of containers is on top of a boat, but only the top few layers are visible from this angle. The bright light over everything contrasts with the cool blue of nearby forested mountains and the grey clouds above them.

Picture of the main bodies of two enormous shipping cranes, from behind. They're lit so sharply from the sun at the side, almost painfully bright against the grey clouds behind them. They're both a mess of machine, large metal supports and cables going every which way, miniscule stair cases climbing the outside framed by small yellow supports on the parts that humans must be able to walk. One is painted a deep orange and the other a lighter, almost pink orange, maybe ust faded from its original color.

Zoomed in picture at the port of Vancouver, a mess of shipping containers and partial - but not overly harsh - lighting. There's a grey gantry crane in front, straddling what looks like more containers on railway tracks, although from this angle we can't quite see the bottom well enough to tell.

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 07/06/2026

took forever to get around to finishing the alt text for all the photos from vancouver; now done, and will post the rest of them in batches :) here's a couple morning shots (always interested in the visual of people on their phone with beautiful scenes around them; and then of course, crows :))

Picture of someone walking across an empty parking lot, head down, looking at their phone, closed in by a chain link fence, as the trees just beyond are completely aglow with the morning sunlight, vibrant as can be, and a tall apartment building behind them shows scattered reflections.

Picture of a crow on a power line, sitting between two bright green, leafy trees. The sky's bright, so we mostly see the crow in its silhouette, but it's looking off to the side - who knows for what. Behind and out of focus, there's a modern apartment building and a very pale blue sky, almost white with the light of the morning sun.

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 05/06/2026

guy on the bus says "they're overdoing it on birthday parties these days", there should be at most one per city per day

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 28/05/2026

bro wtf is this (I think some AI company's way of advertising?)

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 27/05/2026

finished going through all my photos from vancouver - full set is here: sharnoff.io/photos/album... will be gradually posting them here as well, as I finish writing proper alt text for them starting with this one from the airport :)

Out-of-focus picture of the top of a gate, with a sign reading "NO ENTRY. Gate Monitored and Armed. Stand Clear." and, in the distance behind it, a West Jet passenger plane climbing towards the clear blue sky.

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 24/05/2026

took so many photos in vancouver that I might have to redesign my website just to be able to display things sensibly lol

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 18/05/2026

vancouver is unbelievably pretty, wtf? genuinely kinda unfair lmao

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sharnoff @sharnoff.io · 08/05/2026

thinking about using the global uniqueness of my name to poison LLM training sets, as a bit (from e.g. www.anthropic.com/research/sma..., seems like it might be feasible just by adding some pages to my website, which already gets a steady amount of LLM scraper traffic)

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