Stephen Jones
awakeignite722.bsky.social
Stephen Jones
@awakeignite722.bsky.social
Hopeful technologist, Dad, Coder. Fan of Pulp Art, Pixel Art, even "evil" AI Art but wishing for a sustainable, abundant future that uplifts everyone.
Trump's multi-millionaire Treasure Secretary (a #PeterThiel money manager) went on talk shows and tried a laughable excuse for high beef prices (totally debunked in link in comments).

(Image by me)
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The news said an aurora was visible tonight even in Chicago. So, I went chasing it here in the NW 'burbs. Here's my shot away from house lights as best as I could get.

#Aurora #Chicago #ChicagoLand
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Embracing Angels/Mermaids
#AIArt by @pixeljones.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy using #artspace

Partial prompt:
Abstract shallow bas relief cracked granite tile, carving of the upper bodies of two beautiful female [angels|mermaids] embracing, [wings|tails] visible, one European and one African
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The officers in black are NIPAS mobile field force drawn from nearly every municipal police unit in Illinois.

The tan officers are Illinois state police. So, all these troops are acting as a buffer between #ICEGestapo and the protestors.

nipas.org/mff.html
November 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Happening NOW at #ICE detention facility in Broadview, IL.
State troopers brought in to clear the street.
(Screenshots from live coverage by Status Coup linked in comment.)
@parkroseperma.bsky.social @joyannreid.bsky.social @apnews.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
BIGGEST of BIG BANGS: Hard to believe that 50 years ago this year a nerdy magazine article about a DIY box with toggle switches set off the entire PC revolution.

This kit computer inspired #SteveWozniak, #BillGates and #SteveJobs to build the future we're living in.

archive.org/det.../19750...
September 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Dreaming Achievers
#AIArt by @awakeignite722.bsky.social using #ArtSpaceAI

Prompt (variation on):
A surreal scene of [subject's] sleeping mind, surrounded by [tools/implements] in [his/her] dreaming subconscious. Extremely detailed scene, cinematic realism, dramatic lighting.
August 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Cowardly Scheme: The Big Beautiful TIME BOMB's wildly unpopular provisions are DESIGNED to go into effect AFTER the midterms. The #GOP is counting on their voters being TOO STUPID to notice.
August 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Embroidery, the original #PixelArt from the end of the Qing Dynasty of 220 years ago! - As seen at the Chicago #FieldMuseum.
July 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
$BILLIONS more for ***ICE*** than ALL other threats COMBINED

#ICE #GOP #BigBeautifulBill
July 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Famously, the Founding Fathers showed us how to call out Despotism when we see it and say "Nope, no more."
July 5, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Where are all those 2nd Amendment Freedom Fighters at?
June 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Sad sign of the times: #PurdueUniversity caught tearing down murals in the Pharmacy Department promoting controversial(?) ideas of "respect", "growth" and the newly forbidden concepts of "diversity" and "equity."

#Purdue also stopped distributing the student newspaper.

#FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment
June 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM