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David Thompson

@flockofbirbs

CTO @ Spritely Institute building distributed social tech https://spritely.institute Worcester, MA area - he/him Blog: https://dthompson.us/ I'm on the fediverse at https://toot.cat/@dthompson

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We need P2P cozyweb Discord like yesterday.

10.03.2026 03:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Calling this line from McCarthy a "clunky" "mistake" based on "aversion to punctuation" ayfk, did an AI write this (probably)

10.03.2026 01:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 395 ๐Ÿ” 51 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25 ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

THIS IS INSANE

10.03.2026 01:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 525 ๐Ÿ” 57 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56 ๐Ÿ“Œ 56
nominal types in webassembly โ€” wingolog wingolog: article: nominal types in webassembly

new very serious important post: on nominal typing in webassembly wingolog.org/archives/202...

10.03.2026 08:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't know but time to find out

I am hereby offering to purchase Bluesky and the ATmosphere for a tidy sum of $1000

Hey @toni.bsky.team what do you think can I have it

09.03.2026 21:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm not worried about bluesky getting a new ceo because atproto has credible brexit

09.03.2026 21:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: AI Error Likely Led to Iran Girl's School Bombing Pentagon investigators believe a bombing of a girls' school in Iran on Saturday likely resulted from inaccurate information provided by AI.

Local Massachusetts weekly says it's confirmed that the Pentagon was relying on Claude for strike targeting, which is how they came to bomb a girls' school.
thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-ai...

07.03.2026 15:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1152 ๐Ÿ” 601 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 89 ๐Ÿ“Œ 285

wherein the town of Holden would rather fight a losing battle with the AG than add a tiny amount of zoning for multi-family homes as required by law due to their proximity to the Worcester MBTA station.

09.03.2026 15:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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QCon London 2026 | Spritely: Infrastructure for the Future of the Internet Get practical inspiration and best practices on emerging software trends directly from senior software developers at early adopter companies.

Spritely crew members @dustyweb.bsky.social and @flockofbirbs.bsky.social will be speaking at QCon London 2026 about "Infrastructure for the Future of the Internet" on March 18th! qconlondon.com/presentation...

07.03.2026 13:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I guess I am gonna vaguepost about it but yeah I do think that shitting on your users and punching down is like, a bad idea, and eventually that will catch up to you. Shock and surprise that the users will get mad at you for it. Astounded

05.03.2026 13:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Average Bluesky staff meeting

05.03.2026 02:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1912 ๐Ÿ” 636 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Wii Shop Wednesday!

04.03.2026 18:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 163 ๐Ÿ” 77 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

the biggest time sink in software development is not typing syntax into a text editor

04.03.2026 17:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Over the past year, every single time one of the apps or services I use suddenly became less reliable and more buggy, I never have to look far for the "Claude is amazing and now writes most of my code" post for the devs involved.

04.03.2026 10:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1951 ๐Ÿ” 703 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19 ๐Ÿ“Œ 17
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The AI Vampire This was an unusually hard post to write, because it flies in the face of everything else going on.

look, no one could have foreseen that the bosses were going to capture all the value of generative AI. we had to ruin the software industry to find out. the solution is a new idea where workers collectively join together to demand fair treatment (needs a name) steve-yegge.medium.com/the-ai-vampi...

04.03.2026 12:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

they are mixing up the drinks of my people but they don't know how to do it

this is not how you make club mate you guys

03.03.2026 21:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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that new mountain dew tastes ok but unfortunately it is the color of sprite with a cigarette put out in it

03.03.2026 21:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 30 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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feeling compelled to post this new yorker reject from years ago, for some reason

01.03.2026 20:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1643 ๐Ÿ” 485 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
Iโ€™m 62 years old, I live in Tampa, I eat corn and beef everyday, I always have a titleist hat on,  and Iran is the biggest threat to my freedom

Iโ€™m 62 years old, I live in Tampa, I eat corn and beef everyday, I always have a titleist hat on, and Iran is the biggest threat to my freedom

28.02.2026 13:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 7049 ๐Ÿ” 1033 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 55 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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THE VHS VERSION OF THE PEOPLE'S JOKER NOW AVAILABLE ON NIFTY USB THUMB DRIVES?! WAAHHHHHH?! (l!nK b3l0w)

27.02.2026 00:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 193 ๐Ÿ” 47 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

The fediverse has its own quirks but at least people generally aren't trying to dunk on each other. Just a much better vibe overall.

25.02.2026 23:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's great and answers my initial question, thanks! I do wish the T committed to full electrification with catenary but this is better than nothing.

25.02.2026 23:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I asked a question in a thread and now have multiple people debating a version of me they have made up in their head. Bluesky is my favorite centralized social media platform!

25.02.2026 23:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But they're still gonna need a fleet of diesels because they won't invest in actual electrification. I don't want diesel either, just trying to understand the battery calculus. If it makes more economic sense then that's great and I'm glad.

25.02.2026 23:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I agree! I'm not when this turned into a debate?

25.02.2026 22:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I swear their website said they were going to order BEMUs but now it's battery locomotives??? Leave it to the MBTA to pick the worst of both worlds.

25.02.2026 22:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh fuck they're not even ordering EMUs! Whoever made the final call on this should be fired immediately.

25.02.2026 22:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not my industry but the argument I've heard is that fewer kinds of equipment makes maintenance and operation simpler.

25.02.2026 22:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

dual mode makes sense on a network that is partially electrified so the fleet can be uniform. I'm just having trouble understanding the T's logic for battery trains.

25.02.2026 22:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why not dual-mode diesel/electric like the Amtrak Airo? The MBTA's plan is pretty frustrating as a Worcester/Framingham line rider.

25.02.2026 21:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0