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William Rockwood

@wjr.us
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Systems architect at a public library. Into technology, media, games, and weird things. Opinions are my own, as are my mistakes. discord: @five facebook/insta/twitter: nah. wjr.us is a webpage.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h
El-Sayed: JD Vance called me a little weasel today. No, what you’re talking about is a fucking wolverine.
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Oscar Goff @theoscargoff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
That this bot, which posts random stills and clips from the thousands of hours of VHS transfers on archive.org, landed on *this specific frame* feels like finding the monkey at the typewriter that managed to write Hamlet.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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silverbeard2026 @silverbeard2026.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
FYI
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Umm, *I was the “somebody”! www.c-span.org/clip/house-c...
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William Rockwood @wjr.us · 09/10/2026
I’m willing to compromise and call it SI — Stupid Intelligence.
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William Rockwood @wjr.us · 07/10/2026
Narrator: service was interrupted.
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William Rockwood @wjr.us · 06/10/2026
Famous exception: The Public ❤️😍
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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Set record for longest serving GOP Speaker of the House✅ Went to prison for sexually abusing teenage boys✅ Highest ranking elected U.S. official to serve a prison sentence✅ Would love to see that last record broken soon🌅🇺🇸
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yes, computers do everything at our company but don't worry, there's always a human reviewer. Nothing goes out the door without one of our highly trained shruggers briefly glancing at it and clicking Approve
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 04/10/2026
So fucking glad we don't have to listen to Charlie Kirk's opinion on the Cornell story
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ill-boo-mi @yallchemist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
lol one of our website designers used our organization's entire monthly claude credits yesterday and now half the company doesn't know how to do their jobs. it's october 2nd.
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit
David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Looks like Trump’s new “steel plant” in IA, announced to shore up support in midterms from people his policies have crushed, where he said construction has already begun, is nowhere close to happening and contingent on Iowans giving tax breaks & incentives to a company in India.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A man replied to this saying in earnest that women need to get organized and fight for our rights and men will follow. We did that. We do that. We mobilized the largest single day protest in global history on every continent and yet I have fewer rights than my mom did at my age.
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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Ava" says, "I’ve worked in the broccoli fields since early 2000. I enjoy every part of my job from cutting to packaging. I can do it all w/my eyes closed. I have years of experience, but I'm not paid for it. I don’t get incentives, benefits & just earn minimum wage." #WeFeedYou
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can the migrant caravan give me a ride to work?
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I mean, COME ON.
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William Rockwood @wjr.us · 29/09/2026
Would
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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William Rockwood @wjr.us · 27/09/2026
I said happy birthday on IRC already but happy birthday again! May you have many more and may each one bring you greater joy than the last :)
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Cage @ridiculouscage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"why would I deceive you?"
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William Rockwood @wjr.us · 26/09/2026
Sadly their lesson is “we didn’t spend enough.” And we have even more corrupt money pouring into politics.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Try to live the kind of life that will make war criminals hate you.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
So this story is WAY wilder than I thought The Trump post I flagged this morning because it includes Natalie Harp is actually based on the Getty photo you can see below. But there is one key difference -- MONICA CROWLEY'S FACE HAS BEEN EDITED TO LOOK LIKE NATALIE HARP'S WTF is going on here?
Getty pic of Xi and TrumpTrump TS post featuring the mentioned edit of Monica Crowley's faceoriginal pic image of MonicaTrump TS post which shows Natalie's face where Monica's is on the original. very weird
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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John in Western New York @johnwalczak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So ICE agents are getting fired before their probationary periods are up and are having to repay the $50,000 signing bonus. I love this for them.
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OrcGirlBoss 🐇🏹 @orc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gas high
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’d highly recommend that nobody download this app. At best, it’s unfiltered propaganda. At worst, it’s spyware.
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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
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28 Days Lehner 🪦 @danlehner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
friend told me a story about her dad’s college music class where they wrote different examples of classical compositions John Williams ripped off and John Williams showed up for a masterclass one day, saw it, went over to the blackboard and started adding more examples
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/09/2026
People aren’t buying what Trump’s selling on his own social media platform these days. Brutal.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
running a bit late bc I always overcommit myself but otw to the Kennedy Center protest
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
👇👇👇👇
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William Rockwood @wjr.us · 16/09/2026
haha
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William Rockwood @wjr.us · 16/09/2026
I'm seeing that chart everywhere now
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 15/09/2026
When you want to boycott Ed Sheeran and Pink but you already don't listen to shitty music
Depressed kermit the frog costume guy sitting hunched over on a park bench
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LiLiMedina @lilimedina.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
He's fashionably late. They call him the Late Mitch McConnell.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/09/2026
Look, intellectually I understand there are situations that call for unsalted butter instead of salted butter, but emotionally there is never a time I want to be in one of those situations.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Codetaur @vibe-coded.com · 09/09/2026
I still don't actually know what this app does
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flo-bit @flo-bit.dev · 08/09/2026
you might not like it but this is what peak, not-AI-written commit messages look like
bunch of commit messages, most of them just called 'commit' with the occasional 'style', 'cleanup' or 'moar'
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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If a news organization does not cover this as a clear case of: “president Trump tells story of 9/11 that glorifies himself but has no basis in fact” they are not worth listening to. Yes, I’m talking about you, @nytimes.com
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's crazy to me that this is not leading the New York Times, NBC News, CNN, etc. If you're that numb, maybe think about a field other than journalism.
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William Rockwood @wjr.us · 08/09/2026
I majored in English, but got a tech job and never finished. That was 35 years ago. I think Codex is pretty handy, but definitely audit everything with my eyes before pushing to prod.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
94yr old JOHN WILLIAMS delivered a surprise performance of ‘The Imperial March” from Star Wars in front of 13,000 people at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night. He is the soundtrack to our lives.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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