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Yeah, this from PixVerse is not going to go well...

I* recreated this to no longer require authentication and to also allow processing Quote posts: e.g. austegard.com/bsky/post-en... All processing; fetch, threading, deidentification and json reduction happens client side, with calls from your browser only to the public BSky APIs; ready for analysis

One of my less productive pastimes is using Musk’s GPUs to generate unflattering images of him and his pet.

Just one small sliver of the grand scale, dishonest, stupid, “why use a scalpel when you can use a hand grenade” style of DOGE cost-cutting. We’re all gonna pay for it, with interest.

I've been stuck on a call all day so created another #bookmarklet Export and prune #Claude.ai messages and artifacts to streamline continuation in a new conversation -- lets you easily remove old artifact versions and any irrelevant messages: austegard.com/bookmarklet-... (see README link on page)

There is an odd behavioral difference between Claude with Analysis tool turned on and off - WAY beyond the advertised difference. I appreciate the inline modifications of artifacts but the model itself seems -- dumber(?), more pedantic, annoying. Anyone with similar experiences?

An emoji mirror -- display your webcam output where each pixel is an emoji. Alpha proof of concept: austegard.com/emojime.html

Men on the Moon raw.githubusercontent.com/oaustegard/o...

Who could have anticipated the slide to authoritarianism would be this stupid? www.ap.org/the-definiti...

Not for nothing, but the institutions of this economy work because the institutions of this democracy work.

Dictionary of Humanity 27 words too dangerous for our time gist.github.com/oaustegard/4...

JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

This

Hey Norway. You have a functioning democracy and a wealth fund whose value if represented as stacks of $100 bills could stretch from NY to Miami and back. (Or could fund the NIH AND NASA for 26 years) This would be a GREAT time to invest in science and research and attract researchers from 🇺🇸 and 🌏

this is the sort of thing you post when you’re ramping up to defying lawful court orders

Dear @raskin.house.gov, @sen-alsobrooks.bsky.social and @vanhollen.senate.gov -- please fight with **WHATEVER** you have available. This is inadequate: