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Kevin K

@tired.and.gay
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Tired and Gay | 🏳️‍🌈🤓 from SF occasionally posting about game stuff 🎮, gay stuff, tech/programming stuff, 🐈🐈 or politics. All while watching the world burn. (he/him)

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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 30/09/2026
I can't tell if changing a road bike tire is actually that hard or I just don't know what I'm doing. Took me the better part of an hour to replace my commuter bike tires, I even have the special tools. Took forever to get one of the new tires on the rim.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 04/09/2026
Not shocking. I picked up s bunch of Ohio-isms from my parents despite being 100% Bay Area.
Dialect map showing a strong Nevada
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 25/07/2026
I am definitely not thinking about creating a bluesky bot that uses LLMs to post nonsense hallucinated facts and claim they are real just to poison the well.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 23/07/2026
Oh no. Wednesday night Karaoke at Oasis is super busy. This might become a habit.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 21/07/2026
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie from the year you turned 18.
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Leeloo from The Fifth Element Waves
Alt: Leeloo from The Fifth Element Waves
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 18/07/2026
San Francisco drag institution Oasis celebrated its grand reopening Friday at 298 11th St. 📽️: Shreya Mishra/S.F. Chronicle
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 18/07/2026
@sfoasis.bsky.social Is open again. Tonight we got to come home to the overwhelming queer joy and celebration of that space, those people, that community. I’m so happy it is back.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 01/07/2026
Is the Statute of Liberty 🗽 moving? Vigo the Carpathian might be at it again.
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Karlos the Frociaggine @karlosthefog.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Anyway. Here’s the article www.advocate.com/news/san-fra...
advocate.com
Why are San Francisco gay bars scanning patrons’ faces?
Guests say the use of facial recognition technology at Castro bars undermines the sense of anonymity and safety that LGBTQ+ spaces have historically provided.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 10/06/2026
Prop B passed. It’s possible voting for this was a terrible idea, but I am a sucker for any vote that opposes Aaron Peskin and his policies.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 19/05/2026
All the policy match sites say I match with the billionaire on politics and that sucks.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 10/05/2026
Two show day (Show 3 of 6 in a row) for Mean Girtls the musical. (Come see it!) I was dragging until Blacksheep (Brie Larson) from Scott Pilgram came on the pre-show playlist. This song is so good.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 07/05/2026
Every time I see the acronym OKR I get annoyed. The internet at large should attempt to subvert and/or redefine OKR to something less corporately awful. I want every program manager in the world with safe-search turned off to need eye-bleach when they search for it.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 05/05/2026
Anyone else reliving the childhood nightmares they had from Disney's The Black Hole (1979) zombie crew members? Just me? cool.
From The Black Hole movie, the crew who had no face but just flat metal
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
i’ve worked in tech more than 20 years. it has never been more ridiculous.
exchange on X 

Christoffer Bjelke @chribjel 
We hired a junior developer to write the simple code, so we don't have to spend a ton of money on tokens for those basic/primitive tasks

Sameer goel @sameer_goel
Great, so now we're optimizing LLM costs by inventing employees again.
Full circle innovation.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 08/04/2026
Look this is like the 1000th thing on the list of priorities right now, but I better not see anyone entering the Castro Philz ever again. www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancis...
reddit.com
From the sanfrancisco community on Reddit: Mahesh Sadarangani, Philz CEO announces all stores are to remove pride flags at most recent summit.
Explore this post and more from the sanfrancisco community
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 22/03/2026
Guess who DIDN’T have to go to the vet yesterday, but has been losing his gd mind since his brother came home from the vet yesterday with weird vet smells. This asshole. (Banjo is fine, needed some bloodwork. His single brain cell does not allow him to hold a grudge for vet visits )
Close up of Dizi the DSH cat, pissed his brother smells like vet office
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 21/02/2026
Headed to PV in the morning and my travel anxiety is spiking hard. In theory I'll be fine when I'm there sitting by the pool, but oh boy tomorrow is going to be rough.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
good news everyone, supreme court justices are beholden to their corporate benefactors over their fascist overlords
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 18/02/2026
Once could be a rarity. Twice a fluke. Three times though starts to be a pattern. SFPD seems to he stepping up enforcement of traffic laws in SoMA during commute hours. I’ve seen them make 3 traffic stops this week alone.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 14/02/2026
Goodbye (for now?) last of my blue hair
Picture from shoulder up of author wearing a blue  hoodie
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 11/02/2026
This week marks 1 year on Zepbound. It has helped me lose 55 lbs, normalized my cholesterol and glucose levels and generally improved my health in so many ways. Its not without its side-effects and drawbacks, but the positives far outweigh (🥁) the negatives.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 04/02/2026
I can't wait for this Super Bowl week to be over. Despite being 40 miles away there are 3 different events along my 3 mile commute that are blocking, rerouting or otherwise making my commute worse. Significant uptick in foot traffic, esp people walking in the bike lanes staring at their phones.
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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Starbucks workers are asking customers to delete the mobile app amid their ongoing strike to push the corporation to reach a first contract with the union and to stop union busting www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Striking Starbucks workers urge customers to delete coffee chain’s app
Unionized baristas continue to fight for a fair contract and ask public for solidarity as strike stretches into third month
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 23/01/2026
Looks like they’re starting to turn on the new Bay Bridge lights!!! Unexpected bonus for my ride home tonight.
First signs of the new Bay Bridge being turned on. It is only on the section of the bridge nearest to Yerba Buena island.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 19/01/2026
On paper Honey Roasted Peanut M&Ms should be delicious, but either we got a bad bag or the flavor profile is just way off. One of the initial flavors that comes through somehow reminds me of a sushi roll, but not in a good way.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 11/12/2025
I am so ready for this weather to GTFO. In 12 years of doing it my bike commute has never been more unpleasant. Frigid air and steady headwinds have made it slog that take double normal time. Also our home gas heat bill is going to be 3-4x a typical December.
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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
There was an earthquake alert that went out this morning for a M5.9 near Reno, NV. This was a false alarm. There was no earthquake. The USGS is working to identify the issue. More soon.
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zach silberberg @zachsilberberg.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 03/11/2025
Spent all evening tracking down a daylight savings time bug that took down my service at work... how you doing?
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 31/10/2025
“Sorry I’m late for work there was an urgent matter I had to deal with at home.“
A white and brown cat asleep with his paws wrapped around a person’s arm
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 22/10/2025
It’s the time of year where I start to notice that it’s getting darker earlier, which only servers to remind me that in like 2 weeks we go full dark-at-4:30 PM.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 17/10/2025
Bully billionaires.
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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 13/10/2025
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 10/10/2025
I kinda love my body’s reaction to COVID boosters. Its like clockwork. ~12 hours of mild fever, little headache, slightly achy. Then I feel great. Being just a bit sick, but knowing you’ll be fine in a few hours is kinda cute.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 07/10/2025
I've been pretty lucky w.r.t. to navigating US healthcare thus far. However my use of a GLP-1 for weight loss has now run head-long into the push-back from insurance and PBMs. (I'll be fine) Its almost impressive how perfectly the system is designed to maximally extra money from consumers.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 01/10/2025
Oh no! This is the worst news ever. Terrible tragedy. Whatever will we do? How will we ever go on? www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
media.tenor.com
a woman is crying while sitting in a chair with her eyes closed .
Alt: GIF of a woman is crying, as she turns away her crying turns into a wicked grin.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 30/09/2025
Screw polling data. I want the data on what percent of people are responding "Stop", "Quit" or sending profanities to the mindbogglingly tone-deaf fundraising texts Schumer and Jeffries are sending today.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 22/09/2025
So tomorrow, what happens if you start being raptured, but then blaspheme on the way up? Should I just wear a parachute all day tomorrow?
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 22/09/2025
Go back to sleep it wasn’t that big.
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Kevin K @tired.and.gay · 20/08/2025
Everybody watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=03iB...
youtube.com
Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by FlorenceMachineVEVO
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SpacePrez @spaceprez.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Researchers said “95 per cent of organisations are getting zero return” from their investments in generative AI. The stock drop also came days after OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman signalled an AI bubble might be forming. “Are investors over excited? My opinion is yes,” Altman said RED ALERT
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Financial Times
News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
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will @willduh.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
had it make one for me and oh my god
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
What’s a technology that you think is overhyped?

I’m going to give a sideways answer to this, which is that the venture capital business model needs to be understood as requiring hype. You can go back to the Netscape IPO, and that was the proof point that made venture capital the financial lifeblood of the tech industry.

Venture capital looks at valuations and growth, not necessarily at profit or revenue. So you don’t actually have to invest in technology that works, or that even makes a profit, you simply have to have a narrative that is compelling enough to float those valuations. So you see this repetitive and exhausting hype cycle as a feature in this industry. A couple of years ago, you would have been asking me about the metaverse, then last year, you would have asked me about Web3 and crypto, and for each of these inflection points there’s an Andreessen Horowitz manifesto.

It’s not simply that one piece of technology is overhyped, it’s that hype is a necessary ingredient of the current business ecosystem of the tech industry. We should examine how often the financial incentive for hype is rewarded without any real social returns, without any meaningful progress in technology, without these tools and services and worlds ever actually manifesting. That’s key to understanding the growing chasm between the narrative of techno-optimists and the reality of our tech-encumbered world.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Maybe 10 years ago: Technology is great and makes my life easier in many ways Now (holding a big caveman club): We must destroy machine
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