Friend Of DeSoto
@friendofdesoto.bsky.social
Educational researcher • CS educator • software engineer • incurable binge-rewatcher •❤️er of Oakland, cats, board games, and large evergreen trees • he/him
It's objectively silly.
To be fair, "pound" is also objectively silly and similarly lends itself to double entendre.
To be fair, "pound" is also objectively silly and similarly lends itself to double entendre.
Yes, I’m an adult. Yes, I’ve been places. Yet I still giggle a little when British say “stone”, as in a unit of measurement. Two stone!
Sorry.
Sorry.
October 8, 2026 at 3:29 PM
It's objectively silly.
To be fair, "pound" is also objectively silly and similarly lends itself to double entendre.
To be fair, "pound" is also objectively silly and similarly lends itself to double entendre.
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come 2028 vance will be cutting ads specifically denouncing his in-laws for coming to the united states
JD Vance on H-1B recipients: "It's one thing if you were to bring in a person like Elon Musk. I think 99% of American citizens look at somebody like Elon Musk and say, 'if that person wants to come in and build something great in the US, we support that.' But if you're bringing in an accountant... "
October 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
come 2028 vance will be cutting ads specifically denouncing his in-laws for coming to the united states
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I finally made it, guys. I am part of the 1%.
October 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I finally made it, guys. I am part of the 1%.
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Yeah, what have Brown accountants or doctors ever done whereas Elon Musk has gutted federal agencies, elevated Nazism, tried to pal with Epstein and taken credit for work he cannot do? Just the best.
JD Vance on H-1B recipients: "It's one thing if you were to bring in a person like Elon Musk. I think 99% of American citizens look at somebody like Elon Musk and say, 'if that person wants to come in and build something great in the US, we support that.' But if you're bringing in an accountant... "
October 8, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Yeah, what have Brown accountants or doctors ever done whereas Elon Musk has gutted federal agencies, elevated Nazism, tried to pal with Epstein and taken credit for work he cannot do? Just the best.
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“Vice President still undecided between racism and patriotism midway through handshake with serviceman.”
October 8, 2026 at 5:47 AM
“Vice President still undecided between racism and patriotism midway through handshake with serviceman.”
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San Francisco schools are becoming a nonconsensual laboratory for genAI 'educational products.'
In Which I Decline to Let an AI Company Experiment on My Kid at School
Living in San Francisco means being a guinea pig for the tech industry — but I draw the line at my second-grader.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 7, 2026 at 3:49 PM
San Francisco schools are becoming a nonconsensual laboratory for genAI 'educational products.'
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feministly this is adorable
look at this young person being awesome and look at the dope fit
look at this young person being awesome and look at the dope fit
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton.
she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back.
news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back.
news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
October 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
feministly this is adorable
look at this young person being awesome and look at the dope fit
look at this young person being awesome and look at the dope fit
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Margaret Hamilton is rightly remembered for her work programming the flight computers for Apollo.
But she should also be remembered for her work on early weather prediction software, which informed the realization that weather is chaotic and the limits to predicting it.
news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
But she should also be remembered for her work on early weather prediction software, which informed the realization that weather is chaotic and the limits to predicting it.
news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
news.mit.edu
October 7, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Margaret Hamilton is rightly remembered for her work programming the flight computers for Apollo.
But she should also be remembered for her work on early weather prediction software, which informed the realization that weather is chaotic and the limits to predicting it.
news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
But she should also be remembered for her work on early weather prediction software, which informed the realization that weather is chaotic and the limits to predicting it.
news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
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breaking image of bezos meeting trump
Daffy Duck's Stage Dance Performance
ALT: Daffy Duck's Stage Dance Performance
static.klipy.com
October 7, 2026 at 10:41 PM
breaking image of bezos meeting trump
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in my field, SI means suicidal ideation — so i’m gonna let them cook on this one
October 7, 2026 at 10:34 PM
in my field, SI means suicidal ideation — so i’m gonna let them cook on this one
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Are the men still lonely? Have we talked enough about that yet?
October 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Are the men still lonely? Have we talked enough about that yet?
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I don't understand why the Cornell rapist would flee to Dubai when he could've stayed in the US and become a Republican politican, pastor, SCOTUS justice or maybe even president.
October 7, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I don't understand why the Cornell rapist would flee to Dubai when he could've stayed in the US and become a Republican politican, pastor, SCOTUS justice or maybe even president.
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ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton.
she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back.
news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back.
news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
October 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton.
she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back.
news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back.
news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
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The biggest US transit story of this year has been the massive growth of Seattle Link Light Rail ridership in the wake of the 1 & 2 lines connecting
The Link moved more than 5M passengers last month, up 39% from last year, and it's now America's biggest light rail network!
The Link moved more than 5M passengers last month, up 39% from last year, and it's now America's biggest light rail network!
October 7, 2026 at 9:55 PM
The biggest US transit story of this year has been the massive growth of Seattle Link Light Rail ridership in the wake of the 1 & 2 lines connecting
The Link moved more than 5M passengers last month, up 39% from last year, and it's now America's biggest light rail network!
The Link moved more than 5M passengers last month, up 39% from last year, and it's now America's biggest light rail network!
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How many Democratic elected officials and candidates need to be murdered, raped, or have their house burned down before we have a “national conversation about political violence on the right?”
October 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
How many Democratic elected officials and candidates need to be murdered, raped, or have their house burned down before we have a “national conversation about political violence on the right?”
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It’s funny that when Sam Altman says this, he does not mean that HE should accept the risks.
Explore Sam Altman’s argument that the potential benefits of AI justify accepting some risks as the technology continues to advance.
#DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC
opendatascience.com/sam-altman-s...
#DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ODSC
opendatascience.com/sam-altman-s...
Sam Altman Says AI Benefits Justify Accepting Some Risks
How much AI risk should society accept in exchange for the technology’s benefits? OpenAI CEO Sam Altman argues that some negative outcomes are inevitable, but the potential benefits of widespread AI a...
opendatascience.com
October 7, 2026 at 4:12 PM
It’s funny that when Sam Altman says this, he does not mean that HE should accept the risks.
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h/t to @slack2thefuture.bsky.social for letting me know you can delete the "customer personalization" data in your Amazon account and enter anything you want. Like this.
October 7, 2026 at 4:31 AM
h/t to @slack2thefuture.bsky.social for letting me know you can delete the "customer personalization" data in your Amazon account and enter anything you want. Like this.
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A time heist movie where we go back in time and stop Prop 13
October 6, 2026 at 1:46 AM
A time heist movie where we go back in time and stop Prop 13
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The filters are off. The brain is mush. If only there were some mechanism in our Constitution to remove a president who is incompetent or unable to perform his duties…
October 7, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The filters are off. The brain is mush. If only there were some mechanism in our Constitution to remove a president who is incompetent or unable to perform his duties…
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It's not really fair that I blame her more than anyone else for Roe v Wade because 50 other senators helped...
But she is the only one who got on the senate floor and gave a defensive angry gaslighting speech chiding us for daring to think Kavanaugh would do what we all knew he would do.
But she is the only one who got on the senate floor and gave a defensive angry gaslighting speech chiding us for daring to think Kavanaugh would do what we all knew he would do.
everyone has their own personal senate race this fall that will be more satisfying than any other if the republican goes down
for some it’s texas, for some it’s kansas, etc
maine is mine
for some it’s texas, for some it’s kansas, etc
maine is mine
"What will it take for you to admit you are ever wrong?" -- Troy Jackson nails Susan Collins on her vote to confirm Kavanaugh, 8 years to the day after Collins cast the vote that doomed Roe v Wade
October 7, 2026 at 12:31 AM
It's not really fair that I blame her more than anyone else for Roe v Wade because 50 other senators helped...
But she is the only one who got on the senate floor and gave a defensive angry gaslighting speech chiding us for daring to think Kavanaugh would do what we all knew he would do.
But she is the only one who got on the senate floor and gave a defensive angry gaslighting speech chiding us for daring to think Kavanaugh would do what we all knew he would do.
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Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
October 7, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
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There is a bleak sort of pleasure in telling people who bring up AI in casual conversation, “Actually, I’m one of the authors AI stole from. Not an exaggeration. The judge ordered them to send me a check.” It hits them different when it’s a real person saying it.
October 5, 2026 at 5:47 PM
There is a bleak sort of pleasure in telling people who bring up AI in casual conversation, “Actually, I’m one of the authors AI stole from. Not an exaggeration. The judge ordered them to send me a check.” It hits them different when it’s a real person saying it.