OH. MY. GOD. THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!

Robert Mueller accomplished much over the course of his life, but if his (or anyone's) only legacy was to be so hated by a tyrant, he would still be a hero.

Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.

As a tech lead, I thought I would spend 40 hours a week enabling my teams to work more efficiently. The reality is I spend 20h a week in planning & sync-ups & sharing the results. 10h researching & reporting root causes, 10h organizing tasks & notes, and another 10h coordinating deployments.

If you haven’t seen, or rewatched Babylon 5, it is very seriously, the most relevant televised sci-fi show in history right now. In particular, season 4.

So... pretty much status quo.

I don't hate AI, but I come to social media for the voice of the creator. I don't want an AI voice reading an AI script regurgitating trivia written in the style of clickbait. I had to bail on a YouTube video earlier when I realized there was no creator's voice. AI cannot replace humans.

This is a good thread. I don't fully agree, but I think it's worth reading and giving dinner thought to. I find myself in the middle, arguing both with the "AI is the future" crowd and the "AI is killing the future" crowd. AI is a good tool when the marginal cost of failure is zero. Replacing 🧵

The final episode of #StrangerThings was excellent. I've read a couple less flattering takes, but I disagree with them. Not going to spoil anything, but the final scene was the perfect way to conclude the series.

christmas is easily the second best thing to come out of the coca cola cinematic universe

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I agree with the initial point, but I disagree that LLMs are a panacea or that UX should sacrifice fidelity for ease of use — bad data leads to bad experiences for users down the road.

A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020. It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛 bell.bz/its-been-a-v...

I don't begrudge anyone posting about politics, but holy shit is my feed full of posts by someone I don't follow and never would. "Trump posted this! Can you believe it?!" Yes. He's a world class moron and nothing he says surprises me.

In-a-gadda-da-vida, honey, Don't you know that i love you? In-a-gadda-da-vida, baby, Don't you know that i'll always be true?

I've always known I would turn out this way.

JUST IN: Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful vice presidents in American history, died Monday, according to a statement from his family. He was 84 years old.

Define your music taste in 8 artists. Pink Floyd Rush AC/DC The Who Aerosmith Queen Fuck, only two more??? I haven't even gotten to anyone modern... Krewella Lindsey Sterling And at least 100 runners up.

If your application has a nickname field, don't camelcase it as nickName.

Post a movie you like with a terrible rotten tomatoes score This isn't so bad it's good. And it's definitely not great. But it's soooooo good as far as world building and atmosphere goes.

BREAKING: Officials say Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson is in custody

Good.

Maybe I'm just terrible at microblogging, but like.... if you are following 10x as many people as follow you, I'm not following back. In fact, if you follow over 1k people, what the hell are you even doing with your life? How can you even sift through the noise?

I remember this. I had an Amiga at the time and played around with digital music creation for a few years. Fortunately in a rare moment of self-realization it became clear I had neither talent nor passion for this, just idle curiosity.

If you don't know how to code, AI won't make you a programmer. If you don't know how to tell a story, AI won't make you an author. If you don't know how to compose a picture, AI won't make you an artist. AI can be a useful tool, but it requires expert guidance for non-trivial results.

"This bit of history is so ridiculous and unbelievable, it is clearly generated by AI." — Future generations

I tried #ChatGPT5 today a little bit and thought I'd share my first impressions. - It is *fast*. I'm not sure if they are temporarily throwing lots of hardware at it for good reviews or if the performance is just better. - I had it edit a photo. The results were horrific. Photoshop jobs are safe.🧵

Brought to you by the person who drew "all new" weather charts with a sharpie. Just because something is new or leaves you amazed doesn't mean it is better than the older, less amazing thing.

No, they can't program that. In fact, LLMs aren't actually programmed at all — they are trained. They also can't be made to be truthful or admit when they don't know something for the same reason. They actually have no idea what they are asked or even what their answer even means.

Even Mother Nature is getting in on the Luigi action.

Where is the dignity in being forced to work if you want to live? That's not dignity; we have another word for that. I guess the dignity comes from being left to die quietly instead of being whipped to death?

I can't bring myself to be bothered. People like silly things. I'm just as "but why tho?" about having luscious, curly hair and handlebar mustaches on a Gith. Clearly there's a want here, asked and answered. It doesn't have to be for me.

Watching these two interact was always a treat.

Let's compromise and put Epstein's clients on the moon? If the rocket blows up on the way, no big loss.

Just caught the #FantasticFour. It was a good time. All the reviews led me to expect something underwhelming, but I was fairly whelmed. It had heart. If anything, I might've liked it to have some more character moments because I didn't feel like I really got to know Ben or Johnny, but I enjoyed it.

Those who crave (or tell others to crave) validation of their masculinity from others seem weak and fragile to me. If anyone creates an arbitrary standard and then judges you against it, that says more about their character than yours. Just be who you are and let everything else attend to itself.

Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿 I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮

Me: *Making mimosas* Daughter: It's only 9AM. Me:

"What perfect album came out when you were 16?" I don't know that it's perfect, but The Real Thing was a hell of an album.

Love it that what I told people 10 years ago is finally catching on www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/i...

Avo and Basil Haden Rye.

> TranscribeGlass can [...] tell you when the person you’re talking to you is feeling socially awkward. Yeah, dog, you can just leave that indicator light on 24/7 with me. You don't need any fancy AI for that.

This is what Sundays are for.

Strong Three Wolf Moon vibes coming from the White House, but they can't out-cringe the classics.

If I set out to craft a political system to exploit the masses for the benefit of the rich, I could scarcely do better than the modern American system. Republicans invite us to believe nameless powers (wealthy or divine) will bring them a land of plenty in return for obsequious loyalty and faith. 🪡

I confess, I don't know *exactly* what socialism is. But according to Republicans, it's healthcare, education, mail delivery, social security, racial equality, bodily autonomy, and the freedom to love who we love. If they are trying to make me scared of it, they are doing the *worst* job.

When it became clear Roe would be overturned, we had a choice – give up, or fight back. Alongside so many of you, I chose to stand up, to speak out, and to fight. This is what I said on the Senate floor:

Trump's little failure parade on sadness street (credit to @pattonoswalt.bsky.social) was a flop so I guess this is the plan now.

Good morning. Time for an art showcase. Some of my scenes I made over the years. Enjoy. #scifi #SciFiArt #fanart