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johnny, skroderider era

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johnny, skroderider era

@generativist

Lapsed computational social scientist. Blasphemous orthodox jester with Discordian allegiances, nerdy habits, burrito affinities, and a big computer. 🇺🇸

Palo Alto, CA

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Joined May 2013

johnny, skroderider era
@generativist
May 27, 2022
imagine being buried and then seeing a rat with a backpack suddenly arrive. it would be all i was even capable of talking about ever again
Dr Donna Kean
@donnaeilidhkean
May 26, 2022
I train these clever creatures to save victims trapped in collapsed buildings after earthquakes. We kit them out with a rat backpack, and train them to trigger a switch when they find a victim & come back for a tasty treat 🐀 #herosnotpests #science #weirdjobs #WomenInSTEM
johnny, skroderider era
@generativist
Jul 30, 2024
you will live to see horrors beyond your comprehension
Eric Jung
@automationism
Jul 29, 2024
Trying this before-bed caffeine pill by tonight. Supposed to be released 7 hours after and wake you up.
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johnny, skroderider era
@generativist
Mar 2, 2020
Hometown friend: "Wait, you have 17,000 followers? How?!" Me: "Know how I often get really excited about things and talk about them for several minutes before someone says, 'okay, I get it,' to politely ask that I stop?" Friend: "Yea?" Me: "On twitter, no one asks me to stop."
johnny, skroderider era
@generativist
Aug 31, 2025
calling it "twitter" versus calling it "x" is still a very good discriminator for account quality
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johnny, skroderider era
@generativist
Mar 10, 2023
guy at the (palo alto) library (in quiet room) has just been saying "oh fuck" and "oh no" and "jesus" every few minutes for the last hour
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johnny, skroderider era
@generativist
Jun 20, 2024
backend engineer sweating while doing timezone calculations on an object that flies across them
cowboy postbop
@cowboy_postbop
Jun 20, 2024
Incredible edge case I found while researching flying with the toddler
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johnny, skroderider era
@generativist
Mar 8, 2020
A lot of people on here have great nature tattoos but I’m not sure this one is beatable
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johnny, skroderider era
@generativist
Apr 7, 2024
apple continues to be the best in the hardware biz
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johnny, skroderider era
@generativist
Feb 14, 2024
i never saw XKCD 2117 before
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johnny, skroderider era
@generativist
Sep 3, 2024
the richest man in the world’s timeline is indistinguishable from a fb boomer in the mid-to-late stages of family-doesn’t-talk-to-him anymore. it’s genuinely astonishing
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johnny, skroderider era
@generativist
Dec 11, 2018
My favorite accounts on this hellsite are people who, - post about things they understand deeply while also, - frequently shitpost in the wheelhouse of their weird.
johnny, skroderider era
@generativist
May 11, 2019
A person in this coffee house just repeatedly pronounced @github as jithub. I’m having a lot of trouble with boundaries right now.
johnny, skroderider era
@generativist
Jul 21, 2024
BREAKING: PALANTIR CROWD CAUGHT FLAT-FOOTED AFTER FAILING TO IMAGINE SOMEONE WILLING TO TOSS THE RING OF POWER INTO MOUNT DOOM
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johnny, skroderider era
@generativist
Mar 11, 2023
Replying to @jswalden
free speech ends where my dead airpod batteries begin
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