Dan Sylveste
@constantinejn.bsky.social
Friend to monsters, companion to bees
On the Cycling of the Firm tensegrity.blog/2026/08/05/o... trying to lay out some of the stage for further posts on my perspective on tfw is happening to some essential economic systems and such as agentic generative AI takes hold.
On the Cycling of the Firm – Tensegrity
Unsurprisingly, like any Individual Contributor I have accumulated a lot of theories of management. Given my now 4+ decades of doing this stuff, I've also managed to run ad hoc experiments on my hypot...
tensegrity.blog
Somehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real
I continue to claim that iteration cycles >> test coverage quality It's one of the main reasons I usually end up as devil's advocate about testing processes n' such, even though I'm ruthlessly OCD on such. Anyways, I have succeeded in getting my S. Claude instances to agree with me.
Fable circuit breakers tripping on Daniel Davies post - lol
The real energy use of agentic AI www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-real-e... This is a most excellent post
The real energy use of agentic AI
Agents use about 600x more energy than simple AI prompts
theclimatebrink.com
The state said it needs the records to investigate allegations of abuse at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.
New Mexico Sues Blanche, DOJ For ‘Withholding’ Epstein Files
The state said it needs the records to investigate allegations of abuse at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch.
forbes.com
The big thing for AES from here on out is going to be getting committed Republicans very mad about how hot he is so they shoot their messaging in the foot
Of all the things to admit on the internet, “I don’t know how bananas work” is one of the funniest
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 18h agoSpoken like a man who has never had to shop for himself.
A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…
my favorite part of mary worth is when the window doves talk
I don't even know what to say. This is real, this is true, so, like, thank you all, from the bottom of my heart. This took over 25 years to happen so if there's any lesson here it's either "keep at it, who knows" or "many people are divorced"
Tool acquisition is an essential part of what humans are. our tool use is a defining characteristic of our species and the ownership and acquisition of tools is of course key to that (or so it appears. digitailhumans.substack.com/p/the-psycho...
The Psychology of Tool Integration Throughout History
When Tools Become Part of You
digitailhumans.substack.com
These are so great! He's on IG and I assume other places. I follow him on there and on ebay, because he also makes fantastic action figures of various Horror and pop culture characters and figures
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social has chosen #Firsts as today's #BirdOfTheDay theme. I photographed this beautiful Peacock at Kanha National Park, India on 29 December 2009. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #photography #EastCoastKin #ECK #Nikon #IndiaBirding
no agreement with trump is binding, it's impossible that anyone at this point fails to understand that. All that's happening here is spineless toadies folding as anticipated bsky.app/profile/matt...
Matthew Gertz@mattgertz.bsky.social · 2d agoYou’d have to be a fool and/or desperate to get to yes to accept this, so it’ll probably be enough to get him confirmed. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
“Surely these descriptive rules will self execute and thus our problems are now solved” is one of the more hilarious flexes of humans. Archetypal portrayals (because I said so!) in authority figures as we grow cements this and no one really bothers anymore after a bit. A form of system blindness
Stunning photo of Northern Gannets by Kris Tynski Photography, Cape Breton, NS (on FB)
Genuinely looks like a scene from a Batman movie where a cartoonishly evil villain somehow makes it onto mainstream media to rant against the establishment.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoRFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking
