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Asanka Herath

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Software Engineer. Dad. Screamer into the void.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Melania Trump tried to bully me into silence because she didn’t like what I had to say about her. Shouldn’t our First Lady have more important things to worry about?
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A statistical blend of everyone else's judgment is not the same thing as being a source of judgment. Which is why the hot/cold distinction should decide what we automate and what we merely augment. xn--izc.com/posts/hot-vs...
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Hot vs. Cold Cognition
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
(Responses to this post show up as comments in the blog post.)
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The harness ate the app. Here's what's left worth building. xn--izc.com/posts/durabl...
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Making Durable Contributions
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
This has "It's a good life" vibes. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_...
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It's a Good Life (The Twilight Zone) - Wikipedia
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Someone should invent a new type of control for this sort of situation.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I'm starting to think that the Nobel Peace Prize committee is about as judicious as the FIFA Peace Prize committee.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
"boarded" makes it sound like the US said "hey guys can we come over for some delicious jerk chicken?" "pirated" is when someone commits an unlawful listening or when it's some other non-western country doing the "boarding."
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 09/01/2026
“For his tireless work promoting the cause of children’s diseases, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being inducted into the Virus Hall of Fame,” @petridishes.bsky.social writes. She imagines the ceremony:
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Be Declared Honorary Virus
The ceremony will feature roadkill hors d’oeuvres, goblets of beef tallow, and a sewage plunge.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
What a slap in the face for the FIFA Peace Prize committee.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
You're welcome; www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/s...
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Quiz: Do You Speak 2025?
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
People seem to think this is about DEI, and therefore capitulate to one set of demands expecting satience. It's about control and leverage. As long as there is a need for control and leverage --which there always will be-- expect unceasing demands. Capitulation only sets you up for the next one.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Retrospective on 2025.
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Defector @defector.com · 25/12/2025
What did we get stuck in our rectums last year? defector.com/what-did-we-...
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What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year? | Defector
This is the time of year to be grateful for not having things stuck in our asses, and to think of those less fortunate than us. So spare a thought for those Americans who misjudged the capacity of the...
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Overmatched: We are screwed
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Opinion | Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself (Gift Article)
Investing in the old ways of war leaves America at risk.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Live in Illinois' Ninth District? Want to support the campaign? Get a yard sign delivered FREE to your home!!!
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
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60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
"The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause injury." The Hoagie War comes to an end. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Oof. Right where the nuts would've been.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Chips doing arithmetic conjures consciousness as much as rain dance conjures rain.
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Kerry Kennedy @kerrykennedy.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
(1/3) I'm excited to announce that Stephen Colbert, Host, Executive Producer, and Writer of @colbertlateshow.bsky.social will be honored with the 2025 @rfkhumanrights.bsky.social Ripple of Hope Award at our annual gala on December 9!
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
A “response” to their Supreme Court issuing a ruling after due process. It isn’t enough that have destroyed the integrity of our Supreme Court. Now they arrogate to themselves the power to demand that the high court in other nations subvert the rule of law as well. This is insane.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
This is a horrible tragedy; and a case which leads one to think that it could have been avoided if there was mandatory reporting for chatbots. But people don't seem to consider *why* it is that despite having a human therapist, this person chose to confide in an AI. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
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Opinion | What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
🔥🔥🔥 WARREN: “Bribery is illegal no matter who is president. It sure looks like Skydance and Paramount paid $36 million to Donald Trump for this merger, and he’s even bragged about this crooked-looking deal... this merger must be investigated for any criminal behavior.
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Elizabeth Warren Says Skydance-Paramount Merger Approval “Must Be Investigated For Any Criminal Behavior”
Warren has previously alleged that anti-bribery laws may have been broken.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
"Hollow-eyed, skeletal children [... with...] protruding ribs and shoulder blades, and emaciated limbs resembling brittle sticks. The haunting scenes are a stark contrast to the plenty that exists just a few miles away, across the borders with Israel and Egypt." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
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Gazans Are Dying of Starvation
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God. Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well. forward.com/opinion/7575...
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Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
"The future of computer science education, Dr. Maher said, is likely to focus less on coding and more on computational thinking and A.I. literacy." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/t...
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How Do You Teach Computer Science in the A.I. Era?
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Butch McQueen @azbutch.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Not sure why I'm feeling this way - seems like now might be a good time for military and civilian alike to remember the bravery of a young Warrant Officer named Hugh Thompson. He took a stand, stepped into the breach, and brought the My Lai Massacre to an end. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Th....
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Hugh Thompson Jr. - Wikipedia
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
My god god have mercy on our souls ICE went at full speed ramming the crowd
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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a man in a suit says let them fight in front of a group of soldiers
ALT: a man in a suit says let them fight in front of a group of soldiers
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Don't worry guys, bluesky can be perfect so long as we all get along. First things first, we just need to agree on how many "chugga"s go before "choo choo".
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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 13/05/2025
But first, a brief protest by a very vocal group of United flight attendants demanding better contract terms. Good on them!
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
When your enemy is the people...
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Does she know what "all" means?
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
How were the chickens raised bro?
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
[...] on April 1, President Trump floated an astounding proposal: What if the government simply canceled every dollar of the nearly $9 billion promised to Harvard University? [...] “What if we never pay them?” Mr. Trump casually asked, [...] “Wouldn’t that be cool?” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
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Inside Trump’s Pressure Campaign on Universities (Gift Article)
The opaque process, part of a strategy by conservatives to realign the liberal tilt of elite universities, has upended higher education.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Robots are taking the fun out of everything. interestingengineering.com/health/scien...
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Robot-assisted sperm injection delivers baby in fertility tech first
This new ICSI system integrates modern robotics and AI technology to perform the most sensitive tasks in microinjection.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
He would've said "I IS RISEN!"
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Teenagers won't cut it. We need to escalate this to middle schoolers
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/03/2025
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Like a boggart, his biggest weakness is people ridiculing him instead of fearing him.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
They should have just left it running for the doge bros to come and fix.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The heroes we need! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...
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How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk (Gift Article)
Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
“We take the extraordinary step of writing this piece because we are alarmed about the risks of arbitrary and capricious political control of federal payments[...]” - Robert E. Rubin, Lawrence H. Summers, Timothy F. Geithner, Jacob J. Lew and Janet L. Yellen. (NYT) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
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Opinion | Robert Rubin, Lawrence Summers, Timothy Geithner, Jacob Lew, Janet Yellen: DOGE Is a Threat to U.S. Democracy. (Gift Article)
Former Secretaries Rubin, Summers, Geithner, Lew and Yellen argue that DOGE is a threat to America.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
On the Chopping Block With U.S.A.I.D.: Elephants, Tigers and Reefs www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/t...
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How U.S.A.I.D. Affects National Parks and Conservation Worldwide (Gift Article)
Among the programs affected by the possible freeze of American foreign aid are those that establish and support overseas national parks and conservation areas.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Fingers crossed we never get there.
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Pretty negative, yes. I also agree that there will be riots if deadly force was to be used against demonstrators. However, they are expecting wave after wave of riots anyway, and would much rather those riots be directed at something other than what they are actually doing. ...
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Asanka Herath @xcuseme.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
A lot is about to depend on whether the national guard is willing to murder US citizens.
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Eric Neustadter (e) @thevowel.com · 29/12/2024
DAMMIT NPR. I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded. Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
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NPR @npr.org · 12/02/2024
Live from NPR News, we’re now on Bluesky 👋🎙️
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