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Account age
2 yrs
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Known for
3 views
These are the iconic photos of 2025 with rot and corruption at the heart of the US tech industry on full display. DOGE, the failure to curb Meta and Google monopolies, and FCC bullying that followed were all premised by tech titans kissing the ring.
3 views
New laptop, new sticker set!
2 views
I had to re-watch the #clojure documentary and freeze frame to be sure, but Rich Hickey's hammock-time companion is a Boox Go 10.3
I'd recognize that distinctive metal strip on the back anywhere, and the left border is too narrow to be a Note Max.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y24vK_QDLFg
1 views
Powell's – perhaps the last physical bookstore on earth with a half-decent Computer Science section. And I found some gems.
📊 Post engagement
2
Avg engagement / post
1.3%
Engagement vs followers
Dec 2023
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: These are the iconic photos of 2025 with rot and corruption at t · 3 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.21 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 0 text · 11 image · 1 video.
Follower / following
0.7×
Follows 213 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
These are the iconic photos of 2025 with rot and corruption at the heart of the US tech industry on full display. DOGE, the failure to curb Meta and Google monopolies, and FCC bullying that followed were all premised by tech titans kissing the ring.
Powell's – perhaps the last physical bookstore on earth with a half-decent Computer Science section. And I found some gems.
It is important to show resolve when prompting your clanker.
I had to re-watch the #clojure documentary and freeze frame to be sure, but Rich Hickey's hammock-time companion is a Boox Go 10.3
I'd recognize that distinctive metal strip on the back anywhere, and the left border is too narrow to be a N…
In two weeks, I'll have a net addition of 20 papers and 4 books to my reading pile. This wouldn't happen if I had a ballroom.
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AI Bros: LLMs will kill SaaS
Me:
New laptop, new sticker set!
Book I'm reading "They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933–45" by Milton Mayer
My 5yo daughter thought I bought this for her, but this is going right next to Norvig and Mitchell in the #AI / #ML section of my bookshelf. True story.
LLM-powered Site Reliability Engineering products be like that sometimes.
#agenticai
https://tylervigen.com/spurious/correlation/1254_masters-degrees-awarded-in-education_correlates-with_gmo-use-in-corn-grown-in-ohio
My heart goes out to #ICE agents forced to wear masks!!1 This rights infringing policy is conditioning agents for mass compliance!! and the poor things can't even breathe properly while menacing foreigners.*
*sarcasm. I find #ICE and anyon…
a recruiting cold email in two acts
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
hachyderm.io
A tech & engineering server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
✅ Link-verified
Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Dec 2023
An established account with real history on the platform.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2023 — 2 years ago.
👁️Averages 2 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.2× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
84/100
Excellent
Credibility score
95%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 95% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~1.3% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Verified account.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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