Timothy St. Clair
@timothysc.bsky.social
Father, Coach • Slow Rolling Entrepreneur • ex-DE/PE (Broadcom/VMware-Tanzu, Heptio, Red Hat-Openshift) • k8s `OG` + Mesos & Condor Alum • Building superclusters in the sky
cool job(s) alert! A few jobs I've heard about that may interest folks — if any of the below sound like you, drop me a line. PLEASE, no recruiters! * Security / Applied-Cryptography Engineer (Senior/Staff): Experience building with hardware enclaves (AWS Nitro), remote attestation, and key mgmnt.
I've always said building agentic systems inside your org is a terrible sin where you should just codegen and architect your systems for a plethora of reasons. Now the hacking vector is so fucking wide - www.technologyreview.com/2026/07/30/1...
A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack
It makes it easy to trick them into doing things they shouldn’t, such as telling you how to sabotage an aircraft’s navigation system.
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Fascinating read - openreview.net/pdf?id=klU47..., which will be promptly ignored by all AI CEOs, because it undercuts their story.
I'm out of words to describe my disgust at this situation.
Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.
What warms the cockles of my heart is knowing that Oracle is super fucked on their AI buildout, and probably won't get paid. Now time for xAI and Elmo!
Callum Graham: You Reap What You Sow
ALT: Callum Graham: You Reap What You Sow
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So maybe it's me, but I think Agentic services are dumb as hell and just a money extraction system... At this point, just design a service to run on X with codegen, and save your tokens.
Confused White Cat Asks Why
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When did everything on the internet become toxic? It used to be fun! Remember fun?
We're nearing the find-out stage of AI, and I'm here for it.
Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris Winks
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Didn’t see this coming. Another Senate race to watch closely. Lindsey Graham spent years acting like South Carolina belonged to him. The voters might have other plans. Dr. Annie Andrews is at 45%, and among informed voters, she leads Graham 46% to 43%.
A massive Georgia data center drained nearly 30 million gallons of water, sparking outrage among local residents asked to conserve water during a drought. Residents of Fayetteville, Georgia, first noticed something was wrong when their home water pressure mysteriously plummeted.
I think AI psychosis amongst the broligarchy is at a wild disconnect from the rest of the population, including technologists (like myself). The accelerationism they desire is incompatible with the technology and society. We are trending towards pitchforks faster than they know.
The Simpsons Movie
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The average life expectancy of a new Russian recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once sent onto the battlefield, they survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. @peterfrankopan.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/25/r...
As the Tide Turns Against Putin, Beware the Drowning Man
Like a struggling swimmer, he may take desperate measures to stay afloat.
foreignpolicy.com
This is my daily post to say, "Fuck Meta" - youtu.be/SFZ9ZlNyljc?...
Meta's Implosion Is Humiliating Zuckerberg
YouTube video by House of El - AI
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Jason is exceptional at what he does.
Jason Lengstorf@jason.energy · last mo.we have a rare window of availability at @codetv.dev, so if you're looking to make something special that helps your company connect with devs, now is a very good time to get in touch. I love working with teams that have the courage to experiment & take big swings — if that's you, get into my inbox!
This is a great article that should be seared into every manager's cortex - hbr.org/2026/06/dont...
Don’t Let AI Slop Muck Up Your Company’s Processes
Generative AI’s gifts come with a hidden danger: decay in the accuracy and quality of organizational knowledge. This decay is the organization-level version of the “workslop” problem. When workslop oc...
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Batshit crazy money furnace of a company IPOs today. It wouldn't even be so bad if xAI weren't in the mix.
Money Burning
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BREAKING: Ken Paxton’s own lawyer just endorsed James Talarico: “I defended Ken Paxton for years in the impeachment trial and in state criminal cases. But in my view, I think Ken has lost sight of his core mission, which is to represent the people of Texas. That’s why I'm supporting you.”
Damn I'm old... 🥲
Kubernetes@kubernetes.io · 2mo agoKubernetes turns 12 today!💙 Today, we're celebrating Kubernetes and everyone who has been part of its journey over the years. Thank you for helping shape the past 12 years and for building what's next. Happy Birthday, Kubernetes!🎉 #Kubernetes #CloudNative #OpenSource #CNCF
I think people like @jamestalarico.bsky.social , and @petebuttigieg.bsky.social should be the face of the modern democratic party. They speak eloquently and are the face of our generation.
We live in a disinformation and a dopamine dark flow addicted society.
This should be posted everywhere until the midterms and then some.
