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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Seattle apartment buildings used to be called things like "The Cedar Arms" and now they're all called FLUX or interSector. Even if I was in tech, I would not want to live in FLUX or interSector.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 02/10/2026

The former Pittsburgh Steelers head coach building a huge Minecraft city to explore urban design... Is *not* what I had on my bingo card for 2026. And the story is kinda sweet (dad sharing interest with his kids). www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h_p... www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

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Former Steelers HC Mike Tomlin reveals massive Minecraft city

The former Steelers coach revealed an unexpected longtime hobby that shocked the sports and gaming worlds.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 02/10/2026

Like, are these guys often useful idiots for fascists? Sure, of course. But are they intentionally pursuing being tools of the authoritarians? Most of the time, usually not. Why does that distinction matter? Because 50k+ people who voted for Trump voted for Zohran just a few months later.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 01/10/2026

I wish there's a way to tell all the political fundraisers and mail lists to stop sending my deceased dad mail. He won't be voting or donating money. Ironically as a kid I remember "stuffing envelopes" and labelling "slate cards" with him, as my dad was very involved in grassroots SF politics.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 27/09/2026

OK there was a Elvis Costello joke/reference in the latest episode of Ted Lasso and it went over well and that make me happy a lot "I don't want to go Chelsea" is my favorite Elvis Costello song to sing.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 24/09/2026

Who do you see in my dog's chest...

Picture of a dog sitting on a carpet looking up

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 24/09/2026

Tracey Ullman is hilarious on this last season of Ted Lasso. That is all.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 17/09/2026

I wonder if gitlab's downtime is making the LLMs noticeably faster - people not able to get work done reducing demand, at least at the margins...

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 13/09/2026

This is really worth a read if you are progressive/lefty/liberal and you are concerned about the politics of supporting trans rights/existence in America, and why it's not the same fight as same-sex marriage earlier this century.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Dolly Parton's take on AI in 2023: “I hope nobody can ever replicate me or what I do. AI is a scary thing. I’m sure it’s a good thing for scientists or medical things. But when it comes to trying to duplicate a human being and every little thing they are, it don’t seem right to me. It’s too much.”

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Dolly Parton's Sister Asks People to Stop Posting AI Slop of the Legendary Singer

"I hope nobody can ever replicate me or what I do. AI is a scary thing," said Dolly Parton in 2023.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 02/09/2026

NO NO, do NOT help them reproduce!!! (j/k... sorta) Customers are “single men in their early 30s and mid-40s who work in the Bay Area’s booming artificial intelligence industry — also share the same goal, especially when it comes to dating or meeting new people. " www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

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The busy San Francisco startup helping wealthy male tech workers dress for dates

"They want to feel understood."

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 02/09/2026

Anyone in or near the Snoqualmie Valley and/or Eastside Seattle areas? I want to follow you on BlueSky.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 01/09/2026

Getting frustrated with the weird audio in zoom - specifically the inability to level individual participants in a group chat. In frustration, we tried out discord (turns out everyone on the team already uses it for personal stuff) and the experience was *SO* much better. Why zoom no do better?

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 31/08/2026

Pro-tip: If you have a safety deposit box, keep an up-to-date list of contents, keep your keys somewhere your inheritors (or lawyers etc) knows about and also make sure to mention in writing to the bank and in your will that specific other people can access it. Also maybe not use Wells Fargo...

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 24/08/2026

As the chef would say, "Now I'm cooking with tokens!" Chuckling with a little horror at that dual meaning. But it captures my morning zeitgeist. #AI

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 24/08/2026

A near future where gig work is reduced to being sensors and actuators for #AI systems that design and execute business processes. Even doctors would be just sensors and actuators. Kinda lays it all bare, doesn't it.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 19/08/2026

We were taught to write like lawyers in law school. It's a highly structured and stilted way of communicating but the words have specific value, so it's accepted. I recently learned of "Simplified Technical English" and wow. I wish I had known about it a long time ago. www.asd-ste100.org

asd-ste100.org

ASD-STE100 HOME PAGE

Welcome to the official site of ASD Simplified Technical English (ASD-STE100). Learn about the STEMG, official trainers, training opportunities, and resources to apply STE in technical documentation.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 18/08/2026

@doctorow.pluralistic.net speaking truth again: pluralistic.net/2026/08/18/e... "The AI copyright fight isn't being fought to protect your wages – it's being fought to see whether your lost wages end up in the pockets of a tech boss or a media boss." IOW, stronger IP laws won't protect artists.

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Pluralistic: IP can’t save you from AI (18 Aug 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 11/08/2026

This is straight up dystopian: "G.L.O.V.E., which stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, and are manufactured by Compliant Technologies LLC" "The gloves ... deliver a pain stimulus that typically helps an officer gain compliance within seconds" www.sfgate.com/business/art...

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AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. A notice...

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 06/08/2026

And 405 NB is also closed somewhere south of I90, so like... get your zigs and zags on.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 05/08/2026

Watching me and a very experienced teammate use coding #LLM tools very differently. He gives it a bunch of very precise structured information, precisely defined skills, etc. I start with a statement of intent/goal, and iterate a lot (more). His process: precise tool guidance My process: socratic

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 05/08/2026

Words have meaning. It's what lawyers build their entire world view around. And it's also what LLM's build their world view around. It's *not* what most software engineers build their world view around (*code* & *data* have meaning) Interesting watching SE's struggle with being word-focused.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 05/08/2026

I think anthropic is taking "move fast and break things" a little too seriously... status.claude.com

status.claude.com

Claude Status

Welcome to Claude's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 04/08/2026

The orange sun this morning is beautiful and ominous... #wawx #DuvallWashington

Orange sun peeking through tall PNW trees

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 03/08/2026

Washington State is on fire (east of the Cascades) and now we are getting the reminder here west of the Cascades. You can see the air turning yellow and brown minute by minute out here in the Snoqualmie valley. Time to inhale and hold your breath Seattle. #wawx #airquality #smokemap

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 02/08/2026

A shrine to my nerdy younger self. In my parents storage for probably 37 years... Now it will be the background for my video meetings! #c64 #vic20 #c1541 #c1520 #commodore #300BaudModem #TapeDrive

Commdore vic 20 and commdore 64 along with floppy drive, tape drive, and a random selection of commodore related and newer books. All on display on the top and inside the shelves of a bookcase.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 01/08/2026

It is utterly pathetic that the Seattle-area press are so-focused on the amount of time it took to disperse information to the press, rather than focusing on the underlying crime and why it happened and how it could be prevented again. Lots of thinly veiled agendas in the local press here.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 26/07/2026

@smartereveryday.bsky.social quoting @doctorow.pluralistic.net is not a convergence I expected. Destin's "made in america" experiment results in an honest plea for ethical capitalism, and doesn't rest on the basis of nationalistic jingoism. That's great. youtu.be/vS6HEes8daw?...

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The PROBLEM with Capitalism - Smarter Every Day 316

YouTube video by SmarterEveryDay

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 24/07/2026

AI tooting it's own horn and then providing a disclaimer. I love it.

Ai generated summary of an article saying self driving cars have 68% fewer accidents, but with a warning that is generated by ai, which can make mistakes.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 23/07/2026

I wonder if people who insist on calling me to have conversations understand that 95% of the calls I get are spam and if its important you will leave a voicemail or email me or something. Phone is a broken communications mechanism except between people I already know. Useless.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 23/07/2026

Anyone who wants to complain about the Seattle Freeze needs to be introduced to the Seattle Sizzle that we are currently experiencing...

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 18/07/2026

OK, I know its a little early, and I might be jumping the gun a bit here, but I am just gonna say what we're all thinking. Jimothy for President in 2028 AMIRITE?! Seems like a shoe-in. #Jimothy

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 17/07/2026

Sure, the mercator projection makes the scale of the smoke look larger in the ARTIC OCEAN!!!! fire.airnow.gov#2/60.8/-72.95

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Dang they really got a category for everything

THR
The Hollywood Reporter *
@THR
Louis C.K. Wins Grammy for First Special Since Sexual Misconduct Allegations

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 17/07/2026

Instead of welcoming foreign PhD students, we're now explicitly telling them to study elsewhere. Xenophobia is literally more important than economic development to these people. The chief of DHS is a plumber. Of course he doesn't think PhD's are important? www.highereddive.com/news/trump-a...

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Trump administration caps student visa stays at 4 years under final rule

Critics have castigated the measure, arguing it ignores average degree completion times and creates unnecessary burdens for international students.

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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 08/07/2026

this "freedom fuel" gas chain being promoted by the White House has got to be one of the cheesiest, transparently gritty things the White House has done in at least a week. What happens when they start losing money selling gas below market prices? Or is someone funding this as propaganda?

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 06/07/2026

I guess we're adopting the InfoWars elf as our satire expression of resistance now? infowarself.com

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Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 02/07/2026

Why do we all yell "Gooooooooooooooooolllllll" en español when the USMNT scores? Not just me, right?

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 01/07/2026

As someone who uses AI tools all day long for software development, my perspective is that if AI tools were cheaper, then they would get used a LOT more. The economics and externalities are an interesting to think about. AI is _supply_ constrained and that's kind of shocking, honestly.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 29/06/2026

Project Hail Mary is actually a Barbie sequel where Ken ends up in the real world and gets a PhD and gets sent to space.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 24/06/2026

It's 9:48 and the sun hasn't set yet. Been in the #pnw for 3 years and I'm still not used to this...

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 18/06/2026

My life has been very fumbdumbled since my dad got sick and then passed away. Lots of changes, big decisions, etc. Light at end of tunnel though... I just invented it (I think?), and I'm pretty proud of it. Fumbdumbled - so overwhelmed that one can't deal with things like a normal person could.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 10/06/2026

These new Alaska Airlines seats I think are meant for people under 5'6" -- they do a perfect job of bending my neck over and bending my back in exactly the wrong locations. And they are soooo stiff and unpadded. I'm not in a race car here, I'm arms-folded, hunched over with a numb ass.

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Gabe Wachob @wachob.com · 09/06/2026

I couldn't care less about this basketball game, but I do want to see the reaction to Trump at MSG...

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