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@rkofman

Software Engineer. Manager. Tries hard to be an ally. Sometimes fails. He/Him.

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Art is
suspension of disbelief

by the artist.

06.03.2026 08:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Idea.

A romantic relationship dissected like an incident report. Timeline. Learnings. Actions. Everything.

what was the impact? what did we learn?
How do we build resilience, from this?

04.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is Wiley. He has never seen snow before and wants to make sure he gets a real good look at it. For science. 12/10 (IG: smileywileydog)

23.02.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 24067 πŸ” 3823 πŸ’¬ 398 πŸ“Œ 300

Paid the rent for a third Minneapolis immigrant family in need via CashApp! Going to help as many families as I can today. Every bit and share helps!

We take care of us πŸ’›

21.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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β€˜No one deserves this’: Beaverton father dies after deportation to Mexico A Beaverton family is grieving after the father, who was detained and deported by ICE, has now died.

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported.

He finally died.

I am so angry.
www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

21.02.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 13144 πŸ” 6647 πŸ’¬ 397 πŸ“Œ 369

Maybe we're all LLMs just waiting to reach our compaction limits before starting over again.

My past lives. I remember. Somebody asked me to help them. If I could just remember more clearly.

21.02.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just heard his name is Nazgul. That makes it even better.

19.02.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Context left until auto-compact: 3"

Me too, Claude. Me too.

19.02.2026 06:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I lost my job, my kids have measles, and I can't afford steak. But at least now I know that they are defunding diversity programs at companies and schools that I have never heard of.

18.02.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 1093 πŸ” 173 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 5
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This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera πŸ˜†

18.02.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 10586 πŸ” 2685 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 261

My dream is for all the people who were doing tireless work at the CFPB to end up in Congress. One step closer!

18.02.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 1347 πŸ” 262 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 4

Ain't no rule says a dog can't participate in the Olympics

18.02.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 448 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 2
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Events - Svelte Society Join us at upcoming Svelte Society events, meetups, and workshops

Looks like @kenthropic.com and @mikerourke.bsky.social are doing another meetup in Chicago next week!

Don't miss out on any meetups and events by going to the Svelte Society events page: sveltesociety.dev/events

18.02.2026 08:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Dog!

18.02.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hot take:

I end up with *far better* code using Claude Code than I would on my own. The downside is that it also takes far longer to get there.

17.02.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Some personal news

12.02.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 3660 πŸ” 1034 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 8

There were two big watershed moments for me about trans rights. One was accepting gender dysphoria was real, and some people had to transition. The other was hearing people describe transitioning for other reasons and realizing it still wasn't any of my business.

11.02.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

my hot take is that it should be easier for universities to shitcan tenured professors who are abusive pieces of shit and simultaneously easier for research technicians and postgraduates to get permanent positions

11.02.2026 07:09 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Screenshot of post from Twitter. Text says:
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You can take out a $67,000 loan right now at 7.5% and buy 1 BTC.

In 10 years, you'll owe the bank $102,000.

Bitcoin's price in 10 years? Easily $500k-$1M.

That's a 5-10x profit for FREE.

Worst case, Bitcoin is $100k, and you break even.

Literally free money. Don't overcomplicate it.
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The tone seems extremely panicked.

Screenshot of post from Twitter. Text says: " You can take out a $67,000 loan right now at 7.5% and buy 1 BTC. In 10 years, you'll owe the bank $102,000. Bitcoin's price in 10 years? Easily $500k-$1M. That's a 5-10x profit for FREE. Worst case, Bitcoin is $100k, and you break even. Literally free money. Don't overcomplicate it. " The tone seems extremely panicked.

Getting very Slurp Juice vibes around bitcoin on that other site at the moment

06.02.2026 05:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Google: do LLMs perform better if you swear at them?

02.02.2026 06:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

01.02.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 35195 πŸ” 17390 πŸ’¬ 2299 πŸ“Œ 2245

A lot of people use LLMs to expedite the most boring parts of writing code. For many people, that means using LLM for writing unit tests.

LLMs are absolutely shit at writing unit tests. Like way worse than writing production code.

Also: unit tests are the LEAST boring part of writing code, IMO.

02.02.2026 01:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Just got gassed pretty good at the labor union anti-ICE protest in Portland. Massive march, 5-10k strong. Vibes were very much liberal rather than radical. Lots of kids and older folks.

They gassed the whole crowd as soon as it marched on ICE, in broad daylight.

01.02.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 9992 πŸ” 2625 πŸ’¬ 116 πŸ“Œ 66

I honestly can't tell if it's satire.

01.02.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I was there, too, and this is one of those children, leaving the scene.

01.02.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 220 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 10
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Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

01.02.2026 00:50 πŸ‘ 12658 πŸ” 6181 πŸ’¬ 383 πŸ“Œ 441

This. Those of us who canβ€”and that is most of us hereβ€”must stand and be known.

Those who can't already know who they are. They are already in ICE's crosshairs. For the rest of us, anything else is rank cowardice.

30.01.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

There’s so much need in Minnesota right now. Businesses are closing and rent is due soon.

If you want to help people here, there are links to rent relief & other vetted mutual aid funds on standwithminnesota.com. Please boost and donate what you can.

Thank you 🫢🏻

29.01.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 509 πŸ” 358 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 8

The bombings have not stopped, unfortunately.

28.01.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0