Brian McClendon
@bmcclendon.bsky.social
Niantic Spatial, Up.Partners, KSVotes.org, AR, AI. Tech in Kansas/KC. Google Earth. Google Maps. #RockChalk Jayhawk.
Khashoggi and Kirk.
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Khashoggi and Kirk.
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Code is out. We provide the pre-trained ACE-G model, as well as code to replicate the paper results, and to evaluate ACE-G on new scenes. #ICCV2025
github.com/nianticspati...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Code is out. We provide the pre-trained ACE-G model, as well as code to replicate the paper results, and to evaluate ACE-G on new scenes. #ICCV2025
github.com/nianticspati...
github.com/nianticspati...
The US Army is recommending that its soldiers in Germany (who might have been on SNAP) go begging at German food banks.
home.army.mil/bavaria/abou...
home.army.mil/bavaria/abou...
home.army.mil
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The US Army is recommending that its soldiers in Germany (who might have been on SNAP) go begging at German food banks.
home.army.mil/bavaria/abou...
home.army.mil/bavaria/abou...
Is anyone else surprised at how much worse FedEx is than UPS?
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Is anyone else surprised at how much worse FedEx is than UPS?
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Oh my god. Drop everything and look at this.
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Oh my god. Drop everything and look at this.
Here is the Kansas/Midwest soybean market disappearing.
Exclusive: Chinese buyers book at least 10 Argentine soybean cargoes, sources say reut.rs/4nJuKUg
Exclusive: Chinese buyers book at least 10 Argentine soybean cargoes, sources say
Chinese buyers have booked at least 10 cargoes of soybeans from Argentina, three traders told Reuters on Tuesday, taking advantage of low prices to build inventories for the fourth quarter amid Sino-U.S. trade tensions.
reut.rs
September 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Here is the Kansas/Midwest soybean market disappearing.
Google’s new Windows desktop app brings a Spotlight-like search bar to PC
Google Search on your PC.
www.theverge.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
n.pr
September 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.
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Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
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September 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
on.ft.com/3K05vhS
on.ft.com/3K05vhS
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"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."
September 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."
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The beginning of the end of the tariffs.
gizmodo.com/lego-will-no...
gizmodo.com/lego-will-no...
Lego Will No Longer Ship Individual Pieces Thanks to Trump Tariffs
Elevated shipping costs are making your already expensive hobby more pricey.
gizmodo.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The beginning of the end of the tariffs.
gizmodo.com/lego-will-no...
gizmodo.com/lego-will-no...
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Hollywood's biggest AI debut? Las Vegas Sphere's 'Wizard of Oz' reut.rs/4mW1jhq
Hollywood's biggest AI debut? Las Vegas Sphere's 'Wizard of Oz'
When "The Wizard of Oz at Sphere" opens off the Las Vegas Strip on Aug. 28, audiences will experience the 1939 film classic in a way its creators probably never thought possible.
reut.rs
August 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Hollywood's biggest AI debut? Las Vegas Sphere's 'Wizard of Oz' reut.rs/4mW1jhq
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The online trading platform PancakeSwap serves as an incubator of sorts, drumming up interest among traders to use coins issued by the Trump family’s main crypto company, World Liberty Financial.
The Recipe Behind the Trump Family’s Crypto Riches: PancakeSwap
The under-the-radar trading platform is quietly administered by Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, whose founder is seeking a pardon from President Trump.
on.wsj.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The online trading platform PancakeSwap serves as an incubator of sorts, drumming up interest among traders to use coins issued by the Trump family’s main crypto company, World Liberty Financial.
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According to three people familiar with the command, Musk told a senior engineer at the California offices of SpaceX to cut Starlink coverage in areas including Kherson, a strategic region Ukraine was trying to reclaim during a pivotal counteroffensive reut.rs/45mrXK8
July 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
According to three people familiar with the command, Musk told a senior engineer at the California offices of SpaceX to cut Starlink coverage in areas including Kherson, a strategic region Ukraine was trying to reclaim during a pivotal counteroffensive reut.rs/45mrXK8
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I ‘fooled’ Samsung’s new antioxidant feature with a Cheez-It
I ‘fooled’ Samsung’s new antioxidant feature with a Cheez-It
Apparently, cheddar has carotenoids.
buff.ly
July 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I ‘fooled’ Samsung’s new antioxidant feature with a Cheez-It
"During just-completed second quarter, Colbert averaged 2.4 million total viewers (including those who watch via DVR replays), well ahead of ABC’s second-place Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1.8 million) and double the audience for NBC’s The Tonight Show"
www.vulture.com/article/late....
www.vulture.com/article/late....
CBS Will End The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in 2026
The network says it’s “purely a financial decision.”
www.vulture.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"During just-completed second quarter, Colbert averaged 2.4 million total viewers (including those who watch via DVR replays), well ahead of ABC’s second-place Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1.8 million) and double the audience for NBC’s The Tonight Show"
www.vulture.com/article/late....
www.vulture.com/article/late....
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just put a camera on bobby witt jr. and leave it there
July 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
just put a camera on bobby witt jr. and leave it there
Of the many bad things in the bill, here's another one. Wifi6 will lose a ton of spectrum as it gets auctioned off to Ted Cruz constituent Verizon.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi
Cruz bill could take 6 GHz spectrum away from Wi-Fi, give it to mobile carriers.
arstechnica.com
July 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Of the many bad things in the bill, here's another one. Wifi6 will lose a ton of spectrum as it gets auctioned off to Ted Cruz constituent Verizon.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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This is worth 3 minutes of your time. No one wants to eat at a restaurant that only serves bland chicken. (It’s not about chicken, or restaurants, tho)
June 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is worth 3 minutes of your time. No one wants to eat at a restaurant that only serves bland chicken. (It’s not about chicken, or restaurants, tho)