Brian C. Stanford
@orionsbyte.bsky.social
I don’t make a bunch of posts, I’m just here to scroll.
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COL. JESSUP: You want answers?
SCHUMER: I think I’m entitled!
COL. JESSUP: You want answers?
SCHUMER: I WANT THE TRUTH!!
COL. JESSUP: You can’t handled the truth!
SCHUMER (defiantly): No further questions, you honor.
SCHUMER: I think I’m entitled!
COL. JESSUP: You want answers?
SCHUMER: I WANT THE TRUTH!!
COL. JESSUP: You can’t handled the truth!
SCHUMER (defiantly): No further questions, you honor.
[if Chuck Schumer replaced Liam Neeson in Taken]
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
March 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
COL. JESSUP: You want answers?
SCHUMER: I think I’m entitled!
COL. JESSUP: You want answers?
SCHUMER: I WANT THE TRUTH!!
COL. JESSUP: You can’t handled the truth!
SCHUMER (defiantly): No further questions, you honor.
SCHUMER: I think I’m entitled!
COL. JESSUP: You want answers?
SCHUMER: I WANT THE TRUTH!!
COL. JESSUP: You can’t handled the truth!
SCHUMER (defiantly): No further questions, you honor.
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"political violence is never acceptable," is a phrase you don't hear politicians say after cops beat the shit out of peaceful demonstrators
September 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"political violence is never acceptable," is a phrase you don't hear politicians say after cops beat the shit out of peaceful demonstrators
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Google image searches have been… less than useful, so I’d not used it in a while. I saw this cheesy AI image supposedly of Stephen Hillenburg, drawing SpongeBob, along with an ‘inspirational biography.’
Just curious, I tried a search,
and, Oh my!😳
I took a screenshot of the results…
Just curious, I tried a search,
and, Oh my!😳
I took a screenshot of the results…
August 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Google image searches have been… less than useful, so I’d not used it in a while. I saw this cheesy AI image supposedly of Stephen Hillenburg, drawing SpongeBob, along with an ‘inspirational biography.’
Just curious, I tried a search,
and, Oh my!😳
I took a screenshot of the results…
Just curious, I tried a search,
and, Oh my!😳
I took a screenshot of the results…
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As tech firms keep adding the largest and most compute-intensive AI models into more and more aspects of our digital lives, they are increasingly dependent on a growing share of existing energy and natural resources, leading to rising costs for everyone else, write Sasha Luccioni and Yacine Jernite.
How Your Utility Bills Are Subsidizing Power-Hungry AI | TechPolicy.Press
The next few years will be pivotal for determining the future of AI and its impact on energy grids worldwide, write Sasha Luccioni and Yacine Jernite.
buff.ly
August 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
As tech firms keep adding the largest and most compute-intensive AI models into more and more aspects of our digital lives, they are increasingly dependent on a growing share of existing energy and natural resources, leading to rising costs for everyone else, write Sasha Luccioni and Yacine Jernite.
I just use AI for making people think less of me.
"i just use AI for-" say no more, i already think less of you
August 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I just use AI for making people think less of me.
(Old man voice): Back in my day, we didn’t have object-oriented #programming, so we just misused global variables.
July 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
(Old man voice): Back in my day, we didn’t have object-oriented #programming, so we just misused global variables.
You’ve inherited a movie theater, what’s your first double feature?
CONTACT (1997)
ARRIVAL (2016)
CONTACT (1997)
ARRIVAL (2016)
July 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
You’ve inherited a movie theater, what’s your first double feature?
CONTACT (1997)
ARRIVAL (2016)
CONTACT (1997)
ARRIVAL (2016)
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Apropros of nothing, what’s the plural of “apocalypse?”
June 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Apropros of nothing, what’s the plural of “apocalypse?”
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AI is the apotheosis of the Dunning-Kruger effect and some day (not today), y'all are going to learn that the hard way, maybe in a Michael Crichton-esque Gell-Mann amnesia-awakening moment. Maybe.
In its push for “efficiency,” DOGE has leaned increasingly on AI—regardless of whether it makes any sense. And it's using it as an imperfect means to destructive ends, @brbarrett.bsky.social writes.
DOGE Is in Its AI Era
In its push for “efficiency,” DOGE has leaned increasingly on AI—regardless of whether it makes any sense.
www.wired.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
AI is the apotheosis of the Dunning-Kruger effect and some day (not today), y'all are going to learn that the hard way, maybe in a Michael Crichton-esque Gell-Mann amnesia-awakening moment. Maybe.
I don’t want to alarm anybody, but in think the Dow is in afib
April 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I don’t want to alarm anybody, but in think the Dow is in afib
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater
February 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater
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if I just refresh the timeline enough maybe someone will do something to stop all of this
February 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
if I just refresh the timeline enough maybe someone will do something to stop all of this
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This comments section is the first time I've felt even a shred of hope in eight days.
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January 29, 2025 at 5:41 AM
This comments section is the first time I've felt even a shred of hope in eight days.
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Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
January 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
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Not everyone can fight Trumpism and Trumpists directly. But remember this: kindness, decency, and fidelity to American values are defiance in the face of Trumpism.
So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1
So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1
January 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Not everyone can fight Trumpism and Trumpists directly. But remember this: kindness, decency, and fidelity to American values are defiance in the face of Trumpism.
So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1
So be kind, decent, and faithful, particularly to the many kinds of people despised and attacked by Trumpists. That’s revolutionary./1
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NEW: Extraordinary drone footage from Pacific Palisades in LA showing hundreds of homes burned to the ground.
The death toll has now risen to five and damage is already estimated at over $50 billion.
This is likely to be the costliest fire in US history.
(📸 Kit Karsten)
The death toll has now risen to five and damage is already estimated at over $50 billion.
This is likely to be the costliest fire in US history.
(📸 Kit Karsten)
January 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
NEW: Extraordinary drone footage from Pacific Palisades in LA showing hundreds of homes burned to the ground.
The death toll has now risen to five and damage is already estimated at over $50 billion.
This is likely to be the costliest fire in US history.
(📸 Kit Karsten)
The death toll has now risen to five and damage is already estimated at over $50 billion.
This is likely to be the costliest fire in US history.
(📸 Kit Karsten)
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In case you’re interested in the weeds of how bad this is,
this is a redline version of Meta’s formerly Hateful SPEECH now Hateful CONDUCT rule.
this is a redline version of Meta’s formerly Hateful SPEECH now Hateful CONDUCT rule.
January 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In case you’re interested in the weeds of how bad this is,
this is a redline version of Meta’s formerly Hateful SPEECH now Hateful CONDUCT rule.
this is a redline version of Meta’s formerly Hateful SPEECH now Hateful CONDUCT rule.
Happy New Year to the west-coast-best-coast!
January 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Happy New Year to the west-coast-best-coast!
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
December 25, 2024 at 2:15 PM
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
My Christmas tradition is screaming out loud at the scene in The Muppet Christmas Carol when the Marley brothers show up.
Somehow, not everyone remembers this is my tradition, which only makes it a better tradition.
One or two of my kids might not speak to me until Christmas.
Somehow, not everyone remembers this is my tradition, which only makes it a better tradition.
One or two of my kids might not speak to me until Christmas.
December 23, 2024 at 4:02 AM
My Christmas tradition is screaming out loud at the scene in The Muppet Christmas Carol when the Marley brothers show up.
Somehow, not everyone remembers this is my tradition, which only makes it a better tradition.
One or two of my kids might not speak to me until Christmas.
Somehow, not everyone remembers this is my tradition, which only makes it a better tradition.
One or two of my kids might not speak to me until Christmas.
If you’re reading this, post a gif from a video game you love.
December 23, 2024 at 3:17 AM
If you’re reading this, post a gif from a video game you love.
NASA Rocket Engine Fireplace - 8 Hours in 4K
YouTube video by NASA
youtu.be
December 7, 2024 at 4:51 PM
I caught a rainbow during a ferry mission in #msfs2024 #flightsimulator
December 2, 2024 at 2:41 AM
I caught a rainbow during a ferry mission in #msfs2024 #flightsimulator