Jim Hammerand
@jimhammerand.bsky.social
Journalist and photographer in the Pacific Northwest (Edmonds, WA)
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Drink it or save it?
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Drink it or save it?
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Based on analysis of years of revenues, losses and funding, since 2023, OpenAI has taken in $28.6bn in cash and had $13.7bn in losses.
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
Where Is OpenAI's Money Going?
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Song For The Dead
Editor's Note: The original piece had a mathematical error around burnrate, it's been fixed.
A few days ago, Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s rev...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Based on analysis of years of revenues, losses and funding, since 2023, OpenAI has taken in $28.6bn in cash and had $13.7bn in losses.
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
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Turns out Clammy Sam Altman actually did request help federal assistance for building data centers in a letter sent last week to the US government, specifically saying that the CHIPS act investment credit should apply to power, GPUs and data center construction.
cdn.openai.com/pdf/21b88bb5...
cdn.openai.com/pdf/21b88bb5...
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Turns out Clammy Sam Altman actually did request help federal assistance for building data centers in a letter sent last week to the US government, specifically saying that the CHIPS act investment credit should apply to power, GPUs and data center construction.
cdn.openai.com/pdf/21b88bb5...
cdn.openai.com/pdf/21b88bb5...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Just heard thunder in Edmonds, opened @flightradar24.com and holy moly we’re about to get slammed #wawx
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Just heard thunder in Edmonds, opened @flightradar24.com and holy moly we’re about to get slammed #wawx
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Six people have died from eating pasta. Six. Pasta. No political reckoning, no firings, no investigations into the big supermarket chains, just 'hey, sometimes pasta be deadly, oh well.'
www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
Worsening listeria outbreak tied to pasta products kills 6, hospitalizes 25
Certain prepared pasta dishes were recalled from retailers like Trader Joe's, Kroger and Walmart between June and October. Health officials urge customers to dispose of them and clean their fridges.
www.npr.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Six people have died from eating pasta. Six. Pasta. No political reckoning, no firings, no investigations into the big supermarket chains, just 'hey, sometimes pasta be deadly, oh well.'
www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
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When you stop using X then open it back up after a while, you realize how obviously it’s designed to elevate vicious jerks who share Musk and Trump’s cruelest, dumbest beliefs. Harder to see when you’re addicted to it; blazingly apparent from the outside looking in.
Journalists: It’s bad for you!
Journalists: It’s bad for you!
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
When you stop using X then open it back up after a while, you realize how obviously it’s designed to elevate vicious jerks who share Musk and Trump’s cruelest, dumbest beliefs. Harder to see when you’re addicted to it; blazingly apparent from the outside looking in.
Journalists: It’s bad for you!
Journalists: It’s bad for you!
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It was really nice of Cal Newport to give me this shoutout about the AI bubble and how long I've been at this, and I appreciate anyone who has kept reading my work this long too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0RI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0RI...
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It was really nice of Cal Newport to give me this shoutout about the AI bubble and how long I've been at this, and I appreciate anyone who has kept reading my work this long too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0RI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0RI...
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"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
Chicago's children are getting caught in the chaos of immigration crackdowns
In Chicago, children and families have been traumatized by an immigration enforcement action involving tear gas.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"[Chicago mom] Andrea Soria... overheard her 6-year-old whisper to her dolls: 'We have to be good or ICE will get us.'"
apnews.com/article/chic...
apnews.com/article/chic...
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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Knew Albert Brooks as the voice of Hank Scorpio like a decade before I saw any of his other roles
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Knew Albert Brooks as the voice of Hank Scorpio like a decade before I saw any of his other roles
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look how beautifully these trousers hang
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
look how beautifully these trousers hang
Pierce County (WA) Sheriff’s Department featured briefly on @lastweektonight.com for their PIT training PR video during segment on danger of police chases
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Pierce County (WA) Sheriff’s Department featured briefly on @lastweektonight.com for their PIT training PR video during segment on danger of police chases
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Even some of the cops were trying not to laugh at this lol
To close out the evening, protesters chanted “move back” to the cops as they retreated for the night.
November 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Even some of the cops were trying not to laugh at this lol
USA Today’s AI prompts are worthless as demonstrated by this report on Elon Musk’s Grok AI asking a 12-year-old in a Tesla for nudes:
November 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
USA Today’s AI prompts are worthless as demonstrated by this report on Elon Musk’s Grok AI asking a 12-year-old in a Tesla for nudes:
Anyone else encountering strawberry shortages at stores? Guessing it’s due to ICE but maybe there’s another reason?
November 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Anyone else encountering strawberry shortages at stores? Guessing it’s due to ICE but maybe there’s another reason?
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Today I'm calling on @governorferguson.bsky.social to declare a state of emergency: the expiration of SNAP benefits for nearly one million Washingtonians will be a disaster for the health of many, and for the economic health of the state. We must join other state governments and act swiftly.
October 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Today I'm calling on @governorferguson.bsky.social to declare a state of emergency: the expiration of SNAP benefits for nearly one million Washingtonians will be a disaster for the health of many, and for the economic health of the state. We must join other state governments and act swiftly.
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
Raindrops splashing around a cormorant swimming in Puget Sound
October 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Raindrops splashing around a cormorant swimming in Puget Sound
Blue skies in the Olympic Rain Shadow near Sequim this weekend
October 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Blue skies in the Olympic Rain Shadow near Sequim this weekend
