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TTK Ciar

@ttkciar.bsky.social
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#Engineer, #anarchist, husband, #GenX, ex- #goth, #dog owner, #cat owned Focused on #Covid19, #ClimateChange, hybrid #nuclear energy My meager #writing: ciar.org/ttk/orcish_opera I also like #birds (mainly corvidae). #corvid #cawmunity

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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 7h
Waiting eagerly for them to liquidate and flood eBay with datacenter GPUs for my homelab. My locally hosted GLM-5.3-Flash needs a speed bump!
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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
41. Achieving a low-carbon transition, for most countries, will not look like winning a war or marching while waving flags. It is the ability to say "no thank you, we do not want what you are selling" to the petrostates, and walking (or cycling, or taking a bus, or driving an EV) away.
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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
15. Data center / Big Tech firms are by far the largest corporate buyers of clean power under power purchase agreements worldwide. They are also signing expensive deals for clean firm power, like nuclear and PV-and-storage, seeking to meet hourly matching targets. about.bnef.com/insights/cle...
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Corporate Clean Energy Buying Fell in 2025 After Nearly a Decade of Growth | BloombergNEF
Global clean power purchase agreement (PPA) volumes fell for the first time last year in nearly a decade, as power prices and policy risks redefined market activity.
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 21h
I miss my Nokia N810.
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It is a bad day to be running a Republican political campaign: Ukraine's drone strikes on Russian data centers are sending millions of suspected Russian social media bot accounts offline. #democracy #elections #RussianBotFarms #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #NAFO #Fellas #Blues
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Ukraine Reportedly Hits Russian Data Centers, Causing Internet Outages
Ukraine struck Yandex data centers in Sasovo, Ryazan region, and the Kaluga region.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Since Saber International went full genAI maga chud, their new Hellraiser game does not deserve sales or engagement. Buy Cenobite Maker instead, it's on steam sale again. Zero genAI
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#FoodHack Punch holes in bottom of (clean!) cat food tin, cover with a quarter-sheet of paper-towel, and ta-da! Serviceable coffee pour-over funnel.
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Future presidents are taking note of how much they can get away with. I worry that future presidents will pull a lot more Trump-like shenanigans, and do it more competently than he has.
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That makes sense. It's kind of like how smoking doesn't make anyone's lives better, but enough people want cigarettes to make those products "quite profitable."
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
According to a recent study (published in Lancet Oncology) researchers now estimate that infections are responsible for about 12% of cancer diagnoses worldwide, which is a reason, (indeed, yet another reason) why doing what you can to avoid infections is prudent.
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Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
•THIS WEEKEND• I’ll be exhibiting for the 2nd year at Gods & Monsters - ALTR Gallery in Minneapolis! Start spooky season off with some new art & grab some prints! ✨🦇 @oacmn.bsky.social acesse.one/z6qkadq
Poster for GODS&MONSTERS 2026 Art Show - tan poster with black distressing and a black illustration of a 3 headed dog with red type info over top. Text - OVER
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ARTISTS
ALTR GALLERY 
Otherworldly Arts Collective
OCT 2nd (FRI)
OCT 3rd (SAT)
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Antifascismo Interplanetário 🇧🇷🇵🇸🇰🇵🇻🇪🇬🇱🇮🇷🇨🇺🇷🇺🇨🇳 @danielocl.com.br · 15/01/2025
"CIA Uncovers Chinese Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States"
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GregSergienko @gregsergienko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I fear I've lost this battle, but as a curmudgeon, I'm still going to distinguish between refutes and rebuts, reserving the former for something that conclusively disproves a claim.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/10/2026
I went to Geneva a few weeks ago and spoke on a panel about the nature of time for a Geneva Watch Days event. While I was there, on a lark, I entered a competition to most precisely calibrate a Swiss watch. And today I found out that I won! 😃 www.instagram.com/reel/Dd6hUTB...
Me peering through a little magnifier at a tiny watch mechanism connected to some monitoring equipment, while making adjustments with a small screwdriver
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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Long COVID in prison thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...
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I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. - The Sick Times
While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to me...
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The Elder Dan @crisperthanthou.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"There is some point at which we have spent SO much money on AI that it finally results in productivity gains that make it all worth it" is the new Laffer Curve.
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Andrew Schreck @andrewschreck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i don't think cis guys realize how much power they can shift in a conversation just by casually telling their friends
"that's fucked up, man" when someone says something
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𝕳𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖔𝖗𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙 🇨🇦🦇🥀🕸 @horrorculturist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
✨ 𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓶𝓼𝔂 ✨. 🌙🌿
A flower-covered pink guillotine stands beneath a crescent moon in a dreamy pastel garden. “REWARD THEM FOR THE WORLD THEY CREATED.”
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've driven by some of these canals, and didn't know the story behind them. It seems like a good idea. The advantages of preventing algae and weed growth hadn't occurred to me. www.kqed.org/science/2002...
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Here’s What California Is Learning From Solar Panels Built Over Irrigation Canals | KQED
California solar panels tower over canals in Turlock, proving to save water, produce clean energy and improve local water quality.
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For breakfast I had slices of cheddar cheese (spiced with black pepper and hungarian paprika) and summer sausage. Skipped lunch. For dinner I'm thinking slices of gruyere cheese with almonds and pecans.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just read in the paper that a gang of thieves have stolen 50 crates of Red Bull from a warehouse. I don’t know how those people sleep at night.
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Can relate. In the 1980s I could ride my bike all the way up Prospect Road into the foothills. Tried driving up Prospect twenty years ago, in a fit of nostalgia, and found it was all houses to the end, with no way through to the horse trails behind them.
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El Jefe Gone Dark Security @eljefe.social · 26/09/2026
BREAKING : THERE IS EGG NOG FOR SALE REPEAT EGG NOG FOR SALE! EGG NOG SEASON HAS BEGUN!!
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In related news, WasteWaterScan updated today, and about 3% of the population of Santa Rosa is currently infected (or was, five days ago).
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Matt Crespi @mattcrespi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Proof of concept (top text probably won't be necessary once everyone gets the hang of the format).
Sarah insistently pointing at you, the reader.

Text at the top: "Scientist says"

Text at the bottom: "Plant Native Plants"
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Andrea Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 24/09/2026
she sink
Tipsy the tortoiseshell cat sits wide-eyed in a tiny white sink
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Colin @colin-fraser.net · 24/09/2026
I made this analogy the other day but it’s like when the velociraptor turns the doorknob. That’s a surprise, sure, but the velociraptor is supposed to be behind an electric fence. OpenAI didn’t even put up the electric fence. Literally more negligent than Jurassic Park.
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Recently I saw a very comprehensive list of “famous people you didn’t know were bisexual” and I was not on it or in the comments I figured that it’s probably just because I’m not really that famous, but maybe it’s also because no one would ever think I’m not bi
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Sen, but Spooky @dresdencodak.com · 24/09/2026
My top 9 manga to get to know me 9koma.com
1) Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
2) Dungeon Meshi
3) Dorohedoro 
4) Vaelber Saga
5) Bloom Into You
6) Ghost in the Shell
7) Ranma 1/2
8) Battle Angel Alita
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Despite the fact that Pennsylvania has reported four deaths from measles, the CDC has decided to only include one in its tally, which is further proof that those in power have learned that it is difficult to end an outbreak, but is is quite easy to change what counts.
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Worth highlighting: The first study is specifically about *mild* infections, and demonstrates a 70% incidence rate of new mental dysfunctions after one mild infection. At this late date, we should assume approximately everyone in the USA has suffered permanent brain damage from covid19.
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yup, this. My two go-to studies about it: www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
nature.com
Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Microstructural brain abnormalities, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction after mild COVID-19
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Tamara Keel [Scary Remix] @tamslick.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Truest Meme
How you remember your friend from high school, with a picture of Sean Penn as Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High

When you find them on Facebook, with a picture of Penn as Colonel Lockjaw in One Battle After Another
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 21/09/2026
"This is the first time in my adult life where there's been an issue that's come up that I feel like is going to directly impact me," says a gray-haired cishet white man in a cowboy hat. How does the Onion do it, this isn't even their platform.
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Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science bot @oecs-bot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Human causal reasoning relies on internal mental models that allow us to simulate counterfactual worlds and compare them against what actually… Causal Reasoning by David Lagnado doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.0de13fd2 #CognitiveScience
Figure from the OECS article "Causal Reasoning".
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
People are good at falling prey to the wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e..., not "detecting minds".
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On one hand, Optus seems to be doing a shit job. On the other hand, Australians have a much harder problem to solve than Californians do. A lot more land area, low population densities, less infrastructure to leverage. I don't know what the right solution is, but don't envy their situation.
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's funny. I'm a software engineer actively developing open source LLM technology, and going by my familiarity with the underlying algorithms and data structures, "stochastic parrot" seems like a perfect summary of what's going on.
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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 20/09/2026
WD-40 transdermal patches. (personal use only)
A photo of a box of 8 transdermal patches of WD-40, with an unopened patch folder. The box is blue with the WD-40 logo, noting it's Lubriquel petroglidate 120mg - Helps reduce friction, supports smooth movement, for stiff or creaky joints and is long lasting with discreet support.
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The panentheistic position is profoundly boring: "Physical reality is an aspect of a greater spiritual reality, so everything is made of soulstuff, so of course AI is as well. It's not special."
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you see this, post your favorite Disney character
Alien biodrone in black and green
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
WTF? This has been a solved problem since 2024. Impose a GBNF grammar which coerces inferred outputs to 7bit-clean ASCII and random language-switching goes away. github.com/ggml-org/lla...
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llama.cpp/grammars/README.md at master · ggml-org/llama.cpp
LLM inference in C/C++. Contribute to ggml-org/llama.cpp development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
COVID-19: The Elephant in the Room Everyone Keeps Ignoring @pacoonpause.bsky.social Source: x.com/PacoOnPause/...
 A screenshot of a social media thread discussing Long COVID. The top post is by PACO (@PacoOnPause) and states: "Most people won't admit or even consider that they have Long COVID. Instead, they just have mystery health problems that are only mysterious if we ignore thousands of studies and pretend that COVID isn't a vascular disease that everyone keeps getting reinfected with."
Embedded below it is a quoted post from "Suzaku has Long Covid/MECFS 🥴🍉" (@Suzaku_is_tired), which is outlined in a thin black hand-drawn loop. The quote details medical struggles of four friends aged 30–40: Friend 1 had a stroke and is applying for disability; Friend 2 was diagnosed with a rare neuroimmune disorder; Friend 3 sees doctors constantly and was told it is perimenopause; Friend 4 was told their articulation pain is "all in my head." The quote has a timestamp of 10:56 PM · Sep 18, 2026, and 22.5K views. The main post has 18.4K views.
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‮Jeff Eaton @eaton.fyi · 19/09/2026
This is a terrible time for systems thinkers, in part because nobody wants to listen to systems thinkers about stuff they’ve been saying for years, so now systems thinkers have to watch deeply incurious people reinvent systems thinking from first principles
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
r/HumansAreSpaceOrcs vibes
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 19/09/2026
I gave a talk yesterday at a clean tech in incubator, and this was literally my thesis.
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yes and no. LLM tech encodes heuristics found in its training data, and applies heuristics appropriate to a context during inference. That implies if it helps us cure cancer, it did so with heuristics doctors already have, but they might be spread across different doctors who aren't collaborating.
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
California's a really big place, with a lot of different things going on. Not sure that pigeonholing us is the most useful option.
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TTK Ciar @ttkciar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yes! Weird and *very annoying!* I've taken to telling people I work in E911 infrastructure (which is true) and letting them assume I'm a civil engineer (which is not).
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