Canadian wanderer in Ireland. Trying to make the internet a better place. Bluesky Head of Trust and Safety. File a report in the app or via moderation@blueskyweb.xyz - not via mentions/replies. https://aaronrodericks.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.teamhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mr3dcq2q5k2hOne realization I just had is that in North America - if I'm drinking with a friend, the drinking is the activity that bonds us - ie the foundation that enables you to chat. In Ireland, the drinking is the purpose, and that's a completely different dynamic.20 Jul 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3dcq2q5k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mqyrvqg4r22aNow that’s a football fan. The guy has Chelsea football club tattooed (I assume) on both calves.19 Jul 2026 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqyrvqg4r22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mqrgh4gct22qWell this came well timed when I decided to have Sol and Fable war over the same analysis to see what would happen on my personal use accounts. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrgh4gct22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mqposrs33m2xI need to go to sleep - not read Dr. Narayanan's latest slides, but I'm going to leave this tab open so that I read it ASAP. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqposrs33m2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mqpika5i3s2xOur automated detections are usually built to catch specific behavior. But because the world is messy, you also catch plenty outside what you were aiming at. Catch what you meant to, that's a true positive. Catch something outside it, that's a false positive. 🧵15 Jul 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpika5i3s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mqhx2zhfl222On an ironic note. I was reaching out to people a few weeks ago as I was purging an old hard drive and just found out that my wedding photos were deleted as well!12 Jul 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhx2zhfl222https://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mpysxeykm224@surfdude29.ispost.ing catching up after leave and you asked for clarity on this one. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jul 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpysxeykm224https://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mpysvq3ulk24Every so often we hear from folks wondering if they may be suspended for blocking the moderation service. (tl;dr: no.) Let me explain the backstory behind this bit of Bluesky lore. /106 Jul 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpysvq3ulk24https://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mpmhwy7l6k2sI tried to access Fable earlier today, but kept on getting API errors. Then gave up. Changed the model to Opus, and now the queries are going through. ... except due to the language of my queries Opus has decided to role-play as Fable. I have accidentally created a frankenstein monster.01 Jul 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmhwy7l6k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mpmd2bkzzc23Yes! I have fable access again. I look forward to blowing my weekly quota on a single query. (I'm not on a fancy plan or anything - just trying it out and learning)01 Jul 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmd2bkzzc23https://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mpkudyikjc26Was excited to try fable again on a few projects only to remember that I don’t live in the US, I’m not American, and access hasn’t been turned on as yet for folks like me.01 Jul 2026 06:12 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpkudyikjc26https://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mpgvywdi5c2nWhen you move internationally you have to deal with all sorts of questions that you wouldn’t normally consider in the day to day. One interesting issue is your ‘domicile’. Ie you can pay taxes somewhere, be a citizen elsewhere, but your domicile is your permanent home in a sense.29 Jun 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpgvywdi5c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mpf2mnxvh22aHaving worked as a wedding photographer for quite a few years - I was pretty insane about backups. There’s nothing like the dread of a failed card or drive that can cook a critical chunk of/or an entire wedding.28 Jun 2026 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpf2mnxvh22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mopi2uzz4s2zPlayed Puerto Rico special edition last night and it was a gorgeous game. Definitely terrible at playing but highly replayable.20 Jun 2026 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mopi2uzz4s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mokkw3yskc2bThey could have just verified Jerry like I did and called it a day [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jun 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokkw3yskc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mogkxyguns2zIt's been a good few years since I was in government, but the gold standard for making decisions was called evidence-based policy making. You've got years worth of research, studies, and evidence that feed into what's called a logic model that if you do the following via policy = impact.16 Jun 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mogkxyguns2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mof7v4rxks2ahttps://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/australias-social-media-ban-is-isolating-kids-with-disabilities-just-like-critics-warned/ Mike masnick with receipts16 Jun 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mof7v4rxks2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3moccfqvfws22UK allegedly to announce an under 16 ban shortly. “the weight of the evidence is there, which is quite overwhelming.” https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/14/starmer-to-announce-australia-plus-ban-on-social-media-for-under-16s15 Jun 2026 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3moccfqvfws22https://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mo566lji5c22I did an interview a month+ ago on Canadian skills development for the AI economy. My argument was that Canada was being left out of it. I pointed out that Canada did not have access to things like mythos. Was actually happy to be proven wrong for a very short period of time. No more mythos.13 Jun 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo566lji5c22https://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mo55yh6z3c22Welp I’m glad I tried it for a grand total of ten min this evening. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jun 2026 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo55yh6z3c22https://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mnut3pijuk2bNot sure why this jumped out at me. Probably cause I’ve spent many hours sucking at slay the spire. “the model play the deck-building game Slay the Spire, […] memory improved its performance three times more than for Opus 4.8; Fable also reached the game’s final act three times more often.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jun 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnut3pijuk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mnuj5noqms2bI was trying to teach my kid how to handle CDs properly today before realising that their generation will need it almost as much as being able to rewind cassettes with a pencil - which is to say, not at all.09 Jun 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuj5noqms2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/aaron.bsky.team/post/3mnuc4ehxa22b1000% [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jun 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:ksjfbda7262bbqmuoly54lww/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuc4ehxa22b