Ed

@EdCates
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Humanist. Nerd. Introvert. Jaded optimist. Usually cruppish. Server jockey. Dad. World is a fuck. Views are my own.

Profile pic: Man in a gray shirt and green/gray ball cap taking a selfie. His glasses are tinted dark from the sun, and he has a short brown beard.

In the background is a stream, a yellow kayak, and various grasses and trees beyond those. The sky is a brilliant blue with a few fluffy white clouds lazing about.

GenerationX
Pronounshe/him/his
Politcs (American)far left
Religionno thanks
Here's an osprey at the start of a fishing dive. When an osprey spots a target, they basically just stop flying, go into a tuck position, let gravity take over and fall from the sky. Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia, USA 28-May-2026 #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography

I've smashed 4 car windows to rescue dogs from hot cars today already. I haven't found any yet but I'm not giving up

#DogsOfMastodon #Heat #Cars

People, I am begging you, if you have air con in your flat please PUT IT ON YOUR DATING PROFILE.
Taking the morning off work to get my boobs smashed between two plates. 8 out of 10 doctors agree that my anxiety is chronic but these tits are iconic.

RE: https://thepit.social/@APBBlue/116804864768565157

This is why I always *loathed* "first world problems!" rhetoric. Not only is there is more than one problem, you're also allowed to care about more than one scale of problem.

I'm allowed to take care of the splinter in my foot before I cure cancer. I'm allowed to complain about a sale price not being honored at the grocery store without solving world hunger. And to Amy's point, the existence of a data-center-scale problem doesn't make it ok for someone to be rude in my immediate vicinity.

Oh well. How sad. Never mind.

Avengers, eat your hearts out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ-7ZC9_Agw

Incredible Hulk (Lou Ferrigno) vs Thor (Eric Allan Kramer), WITH HEALTHBARS

YouTube

@GGMcBG @kimlockhartga

Beloved and I went out to dinner in Denver, a special occasion, fancy restaurant…girl, I put on heels. And makeup. We get to this place, with the ambience and the candles and the waiter handed me a leather portfolio with a QR code.

I looked at it, I looked at him, I looked back at it, and said “No, I will not be starting this evening with a security breach, thanks. May we please have menus.” And I was fully prepared to walk out if they didn’t have them.

My phone is not your business asset. Do not assume I will provide your infrastructure or architecture for free. Fuck off with all of that.

"AI" is not coming for your job. Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft and Grok are.

They have boards and names and headquarters.