Kepler Sticka-Jones
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Software Engineer and Open Culture Advocate in Utah
Open Source, Web, Systems, JavaScript, Rust
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Open Source, Web, Systems, JavaScript, Rust
🐘: @keplersj@mas.to
🐦: @realKeplerSJ
🌐: https://keplersj.com/
he/they
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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“I’m resigning from my position as Democratic leader and retiring from the Senate.”
September 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“I’m resigning from my position as Democratic leader and retiring from the Senate.”
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Opposing political violence requires that we condemn Charlie Kirk’s death.
Opposing political violence also requires that we condemn Charlie Kirk’s life.
Charlie Kirk spent his life encouraging his allies on the far-right to think violence was legitimate and concerns about it were fake.
Opposing political violence also requires that we condemn Charlie Kirk’s life.
Charlie Kirk spent his life encouraging his allies on the far-right to think violence was legitimate and concerns about it were fake.
September 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Opposing political violence requires that we condemn Charlie Kirk’s death.
Opposing political violence also requires that we condemn Charlie Kirk’s life.
Charlie Kirk spent his life encouraging his allies on the far-right to think violence was legitimate and concerns about it were fake.
Opposing political violence also requires that we condemn Charlie Kirk’s life.
Charlie Kirk spent his life encouraging his allies on the far-right to think violence was legitimate and concerns about it were fake.
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“I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.” -Charlie Kirk
newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-s…
newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-s…
September 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.” -Charlie Kirk
newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-s…
newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-s…
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Ongoing thesis, large parts of humanity cannot interact with something this near-human without just identifying it as one.
This is rooted in my long-time fascination with human anthropomorphism. We are genetically primed for this, seek it and treasure it. The machines never had to be human, at all.
This is rooted in my long-time fascination with human anthropomorphism. We are genetically primed for this, seek it and treasure it. The machines never had to be human, at all.
current theory: LLMs exist in a cognitive uncanny valley. we are incapable of seeing them as anything other than weird humans. they get ranked up/down in our esteem the way a human would be. that they are a totally different thing, with totally different problems, is impossible to integrate
and this seems like a legitimate cognitive problem. somehow the exact niche in the cognitive uncanny valley they fall into is just impossible for us to process. nothing else has ever existed that looks anything like this before! it's a person. it's an oracle of truth? maybe it's a book. hmmm
September 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Ongoing thesis, large parts of humanity cannot interact with something this near-human without just identifying it as one.
This is rooted in my long-time fascination with human anthropomorphism. We are genetically primed for this, seek it and treasure it. The machines never had to be human, at all.
This is rooted in my long-time fascination with human anthropomorphism. We are genetically primed for this, seek it and treasure it. The machines never had to be human, at all.
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the bullies do not care u capitulated
they want the controversy not a solution
they want the controversy not a solution
August 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
the bullies do not care u capitulated
they want the controversy not a solution
they want the controversy not a solution
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PSA on cringe: On Bluesky, there’s no limit to the cringe you can share, and they will receive the same visibility as your other posts 💙
July 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
PSA on cringe: On Bluesky, there’s no limit to the cringe you can share, and they will receive the same visibility as your other posts 💙
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Hulk Hogan ratted out other wrestlers attempting to unionize to save his own position and paycheck above anyone else's & gladly accepted funding from Peter Thiel for his Gawker court case that paved frequently abused legal precedents for the rich to shut down any media outlets that embarrass them.
July 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hulk Hogan ratted out other wrestlers attempting to unionize to save his own position and paycheck above anyone else's & gladly accepted funding from Peter Thiel for his Gawker court case that paved frequently abused legal precedents for the rich to shut down any media outlets that embarrass them.
Not so friendly reminder that Hulk Hogan's lawsuit, funded by Peter Thiel, drove Gawker Media to bankruptcy and killed multiple media outlets. This assault on journalism should not be forgiven and it certainly won't be forgotten.
RIP Ozzy Osbourne
RIP Ozzy Osbourne
July 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Not so friendly reminder that Hulk Hogan's lawsuit, funded by Peter Thiel, drove Gawker Media to bankruptcy and killed multiple media outlets. This assault on journalism should not be forgiven and it certainly won't be forgotten.
RIP Ozzy Osbourne
RIP Ozzy Osbourne
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Colbert will be all right, maybe even better off. The world's his oyster and I'm sure MSNBC and Netflix will come calling. He could stand up the biggest late night YouTube channel in days. But they are just torching the Late Show, an institution, solely to appease a dictator. And that fucking sucks.
July 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Colbert will be all right, maybe even better off. The world's his oyster and I'm sure MSNBC and Netflix will come calling. He could stand up the biggest late night YouTube channel in days. But they are just torching the Late Show, an institution, solely to appease a dictator. And that fucking sucks.
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Update: The president of the United States is a fascist pedophile.
July 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Update: The president of the United States is a fascist pedophile.
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Attention Jeff Bezos: your fancy new WaPo opinion section dedicated to personal liberties and free markets should be writing endless pieces about how outrageous this is
The Trump administration clearly doesn’t care whether you live or die, but also I never thought I’d see the day when Republicans started telling people what they can and cannot eat.
Mehmet Oz on Medicaid: "We'll be there for you, the American people, when you need help, but you gotta stay healthy yourself ... don't eat carrot cake. Eat real food."
July 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Attention Jeff Bezos: your fancy new WaPo opinion section dedicated to personal liberties and free markets should be writing endless pieces about how outrageous this is
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The actual cycle of Twitter is that it was exploited by liars and Nazis in 2016 and so the company tightened its moderation rules and then a bunch of people on the right caught up in those rules decided it was biased and that included Musk who bought it and has now automated the Nazi lies.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The actual cycle of Twitter is that it was exploited by liars and Nazis in 2016 and so the company tightened its moderation rules and then a bunch of people on the right caught up in those rules decided it was biased and that included Musk who bought it and has now automated the Nazi lies.
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Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
July 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
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hey every single journalist who still uses twitter as your primary site, does the fact that the chatbot is promoting the Final Solution rise to the level of a news story or no
stop making this the global hub for news communication
stop making this the global hub for news communication
July 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
hey every single journalist who still uses twitter as your primary site, does the fact that the chatbot is promoting the Final Solution rise to the level of a news story or no
stop making this the global hub for news communication
stop making this the global hub for news communication
Grok is being a Nazi because its creators are Nazi sympathizers and programmed Grok accordingly.
As has always been the case, X is friendly to Nazis. From the moderation team down to the AI chatbot.
The best time to leave Twitter was when Apartheid Musk bought it, the second best time is now.
As has always been the case, X is friendly to Nazis. From the moderation team down to the AI chatbot.
The best time to leave Twitter was when Apartheid Musk bought it, the second best time is now.
July 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Grok is being a Nazi because its creators are Nazi sympathizers and programmed Grok accordingly.
As has always been the case, X is friendly to Nazis. From the moderation team down to the AI chatbot.
The best time to leave Twitter was when Apartheid Musk bought it, the second best time is now.
As has always been the case, X is friendly to Nazis. From the moderation team down to the AI chatbot.
The best time to leave Twitter was when Apartheid Musk bought it, the second best time is now.
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it’s insane that real antisemitism like this is intensely normalized and endorsed by the most powerful people in the world but you can’t say free palestine without people trying to ruin your life
July 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
it’s insane that real antisemitism like this is intensely normalized and endorsed by the most powerful people in the world but you can’t say free palestine without people trying to ruin your life
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NEW: Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise. @abestreep.bsky.social
Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.
Last month, Lee introduced a now-removed amendment to Trump’s policy megabill that mandated the sale of up to 3 million acres. It did little to address the challenges of building affordable housing on...
www.propublica.org
July 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW: Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise. @abestreep.bsky.social
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Utah is losing one of its most beloved creators today.
Pat Bagley is an institution. His cartoons are immediately recognizable, having decorated more SLC fridges & bulletin boards than I could possibly count.
All the best to Pat, who has hilariously illustrated all of my years in SLC.
Pat Bagley is an institution. His cartoons are immediately recognizable, having decorated more SLC fridges & bulletin boards than I could possibly count.
All the best to Pat, who has hilariously illustrated all of my years in SLC.
In a few hours I will fly out of Salt Lake City to begin a new chapter in Portugal. One doesn’t just suddenly wake up and say “I think I’ll uproot my life and move to a foreign nation”
This has been years in the planning
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This has been years in the planning
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July 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Utah is losing one of its most beloved creators today.
Pat Bagley is an institution. His cartoons are immediately recognizable, having decorated more SLC fridges & bulletin boards than I could possibly count.
All the best to Pat, who has hilariously illustrated all of my years in SLC.
Pat Bagley is an institution. His cartoons are immediately recognizable, having decorated more SLC fridges & bulletin boards than I could possibly count.
All the best to Pat, who has hilariously illustrated all of my years in SLC.
It's hard to think this country wasn't taken by force when you see headlines like these
"A former F.B.I. agent who was charged with encouraging the mob that stormed the Capitol...to kill police officers has been named as an adviser to the [DOJ] task force that President Trump established to seek retribution against his political enemies."
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.
The pardoned rioter, a former F.B.I. agent who was charged with encouraging the mob that stormed the Capitol, is a counselor to Ed Martin, the director of the so-called weaponization committee.
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
It's hard to think this country wasn't taken by force when you see headlines like these