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Account age
1 yrs
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Known for
302 views
https://bsky.app/profile/happybusman.bsky.social/post/3mjvzzxayus2p
37 views
Microsoft VSCode claims Copilot AI wrote all your code
as vibe-coded by a manager
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai5vZmRThFk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260504-microsoft-vscode-claims-copilot-ai-wrote-all-your-code - podcast
time: 5 min 25 sec
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/04/microsoft-vs-code-says-copilot-ai-wrote-all-your-code/ - blog post
34 views
from The Information's Applied AI newsletter
are any of those 12 guys not spending hours a day sending out CVs while they're bleeding from the eyeballs
(assuming this is true, which fact I do not)
19 views
Russia demands a sovereign AI
Bots in all branches of knowledge! Well, some
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kv7_5nuEE8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260420-russia-demands-a-sovereign-ai - podcast
time: 4 min 48 sec
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/20/russia-demands-a-sovereign-ai/ - blog post
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Oct 6latest
48
Avg engagement / post
18–34
Typical post (engagement)
10.2%
Engagement vs followers
27/100
Variable reach
Sep 2025
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 18 and 34 likes + reposts (median 31) — reach is spiky, driven by the occasional post that pops.
🔥 Top post: https://bsky.app/profile/happybusman.bsky.social/post/3mjvzzxayu · 302 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.39 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 6 text · 6 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
117×
Follows 4 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
https://bsky.app/profile/happybusman.bsky.social/post/3mjvzzxayus2p
from the music guy from Boy Harsher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Spc0DNezs
like Augustus turned from New Order into Happy Mondays
yaaay possibly human transmitted hantavirus
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2p186gyp2o
mask up!
Microsoft VSCode claims Copilot AI wrote all your code
as vibe-coded by a manager
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai5vZmRThFk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260504-microsoft-vscode-claims-copilot-ai-wr…
grimes still an uwu smol bean nazi
(haraway would rip her head off and shit down her neck)
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/the-return-of-grimes
archive: https://archive.is/jRvWo
Russia demands a sovereign AI
Bots in all branches of knowledge! Well, some
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kv7_5nuEE8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260420-russia-demands-a-sovereign-ai - podcast
tim…
hey! every weekday, I do a 5-6 min video/podcast/blog post about the AI bubble (and why it sucks)
short and sweet
one of these formats suits you, you should follow
tell your friends!
https://www.youtube.com/@PivotToAI
https://pivottoai.lib…
hello from the spare account! circumstances.run is being a bit odd right now, i may post from this backup account for a bit, or repost or something
from The Information's Applied AI newsletter
are any of those 12 guys not spending hours a day sending out CVs while they're bleeding from the eyeballs
(assuming this is true, which fact I do not)
@davidgerard@circumstances.run previous discussion:
https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/113954292165996224
bizarre weirdness from hachyderm, absolutely not people I'm paid enough to spend time on: https://github.com/hachyderm/community/…
hello, Hachyderm users! My main account, @davidgerard@circumstances.run, is silently blocked on Hachyderm. I've never been able to find out why. Nor has any Hachyderm user who's asked.
If you want to read my posts, unfortunately this accou…
LIFE HACK: the CEO of bluesky reads books from the middle to skip the "boring" parts
original: https://mastodon.social/@arcalinea/101638041315463654
Microsoft VSCode claims Copilot AI wrote all your code
as vibe-coded by a manager
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai5vZmRThFk&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260504-microsoft-vscode-claims-copilot-ai-wr…
grimes still an uwu smol bean nazi
(haraway would rip her head off and shit down her neck)
https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/the-return-of-grimes
archive: https://archive.is/jRvWo
Russia demands a sovereign AI
Bots in all branches of knowledge! Well, some
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kv7_5nuEE8&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260420-russia-demands-a-sovereign-ai - podcast
tim…
hey! every weekday, I do a 5-6 min video/podcast/blog post about the AI bubble (and why it sucks)
short and sweet
one of these formats suits you, you should follow
tell your friends!
https://www.youtube.com/@PivotToAI
https://pivottoai.lib…
hello from the spare account! circumstances.run is being a bit odd right now, i may post from this backup account for a bit, or repost or something
from The Information's Applied AI newsletter
are any of those 12 guys not spending hours a day sending out CVs while they're bleeding from the eyeballs
(assuming this is true, which fact I do not)
@davidgerard@circumstances.run previous discussion:
https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/113954292165996224
bizarre weirdness from hachyderm, absolutely not people I'm paid enough to spend time on: https://github.com/hachyderm/community/…
hello, Hachyderm users! My main account, @davidgerard@circumstances.run, is silently blocked on Hachyderm. I've never been able to find out why. Nor has any Hachyderm user who's asked.
If you want to read my posts, unfortunately this accou…
LIFE HACK: the CEO of bluesky reads books from the middle to skip the "boring" parts
original: https://mastodon.social/@arcalinea/101638041315463654
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
mas.to
A large general-interest Mastodon server. On the fediverse the server a creator picks hints at their community — this one spans all topics.
On Mastodon since
Sep 2025
An established account with real history on the platform.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2025 — 1 year ago.
👁️Averages 48 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.4× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated61/100
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Credibility score
84%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 84% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.1× of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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