a complex biosphere in vivid color in an illustrative style inside a circle and outside all white with shadow, with suggestion of complex ferns and other vegetation; art by rogan brown

Thrilled that my first new short story in several years, "Constellations," about astronauts crashlanding on a distant planet, has been published by the @technologyreview.com. Acquiring editor Rachel Cortland. Art by Rogan Brown. Free link to avoid the paywall: ter.li/r3tbrsgr

FARGIN ICEHOLES

Given that we're seeing middle-aged white guys coming out against ICE more and more, I really think there's a lane for some Johnny Dangerously t-shirts with this slogan on them

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring not even a mouse
The sun has gone down and the moon has come up
And long ago somebody left with the cup
But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns
And thinking of someone for whom he still
Burns

My #chihuahua, Smidge, and her snaggle tooth say good day to you.
#dogs

Why don't you come to Reno?

Because you're a FUCKING IDIOT, Todd.

@drdind.bsky.social hey I think you might like to help pass this along.

"What about squid?"
From my partner of ten years lol.

Me in my 20s:
This radio station is playing my jams.

Me in my 30s:
This bar is playing my jams.

Me in my 40s:
This grocery store is playing my jams.

Me in my 50s:
This elevator is playing my jams.

@theonion.com I'm just going to leave this here.

I feel you on this one.

Hey, who can help get this idea into the hands of someone who can take action?

@georgetakei.bsky.social
In case you haven't seen this one yet.

And, oh yeah, I DONATED all of my time in exchange for a link in their website to my home page. For four years.

So your passive aggressive, uniformed anonymous post is childish and uniformed.

Hey just for the record... I was the web developer for that company and they sent out multiple communications over four months letting everyone know to please download any of their content ahead of time as they were going out of business and I was given permission to take over the server.

Now this is a #redhat I can get behind.

Elvira, Mistress of the bark.
AKA shagamuffin
#dogs
#bernedoodle

How Building Madison AI Screwed With My Philosophy and Saved My Inner Writer (Sort Of) Let’s start with the obvious: building an AI company was never on my bingo card. I didn’t grow up thinking, “One day, I’ll use Python to disrupt public service workflows and build municipal software s...

Again not that anyone cares.
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Mavis the magnificent.
#cats
#blackcat
#kitty
#shelookscutebutisabrutalmurderer

Once upon a time I was a musician.

Syphilisisyphus:
When I take antibiotics every day but bang your mom every night.
Syphilisisyphus.

Real men fight for the oppressed.

Punch Cards and Poetry: A Coder's Journey Through Time » 🅱🅰🅻🅻🅾🆆🅴✑🎸 The journey of a coder is a winding road, full of unexpected turns, frustrating dead ends, and moments of pure exhilaration. Also, frustration and a frequent desire to bang your head against a fucking...

More bullshit about me.
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This is the best meme I've seen today. Hands down.

My Life in Code: Marvelous 3, AI Search, and the Occasional Existential Crisis » 🅱🅰🅻🅻🅾🆆🅴✑🎸 Alright, imaginary friends, gather ’round the virtual campfire. Today, we’re diving deep into the labyrinth of my memories and code files to unearth some hidden gems. You asked for details about the b...

The old man and the sea of code. Read yet another thrilling entry on my journey into becoming a lead AI solutions architect.

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The Long and Winding Road to Hybrid Search: A Facebook Flashback » 🅱🅰🅻🅻🅾🆆🅴✑🎸 Hey everyone, I wanted to take a bit more time to share the story behind the development of the madison_hybrid_search function at Madison AI. It wasn’t a walk in the park, and looking back at […]

Yet another post no one will read about my journey from being a front end web developer to a lead AI solutions architect.
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Oh this is delicious.