Jerry Gulla
@jerrygulla.bsky.social
Computer and photography geek. Dog walker to our two Huskies.
"We go on because we go on"
"We go on because we go on"
Today in "It's a dog's life." Fell asleep on the couch last night, got up around 5:30am to get a drink. I come back to find Zeus (our male Husky) used the opportunity to reclaim his rightful spot 😂 #itsadogslife #dogsofbluesky #husky #dog
November 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Today in "It's a dog's life." Fell asleep on the couch last night, got up around 5:30am to get a drink. I come back to find Zeus (our male Husky) used the opportunity to reclaim his rightful spot 😂 #itsadogslife #dogsofbluesky #husky #dog
Go glad the NY Times finally hired the NY Times PitchBot guy! Congrats to @nytpitchbot.bsky.social !
Sarcasm, of course. Mind you, I think maybe NYTimes PitchBot should consider retiring. He’s being outclassed by the actual folks at the @nytimes.com
Sarcasm, of course. Mind you, I think maybe NYTimes PitchBot should consider retiring. He’s being outclassed by the actual folks at the @nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Go glad the NY Times finally hired the NY Times PitchBot guy! Congrats to @nytpitchbot.bsky.social !
Sarcasm, of course. Mind you, I think maybe NYTimes PitchBot should consider retiring. He’s being outclassed by the actual folks at the @nytimes.com
Sarcasm, of course. Mind you, I think maybe NYTimes PitchBot should consider retiring. He’s being outclassed by the actual folks at the @nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Cowardly Disney Caves To Brendan Carr’s Bogus Censorial Threats, Pulling Jimmy Kimmel
There are multiple ways into this story, but almost all of the reporting on what’s happened claims that Disney pulled talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s show “indefinitely” over comments that Kimmel made about Charlie…
There are multiple ways into this story, but almost all of the reporting on what’s happened claims that Disney pulled talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s show “indefinitely” over comments that Kimmel made about Charlie…
Cowardly Disney Caves To Brendan Carr’s Bogus Censorial Threats, Pulling Jimmy Kimmel
There are multiple ways into this story, but almost all of the reporting on what’s happened claims that Disney pulled talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s show “indefinitely” over comments that Kimmel made about Charlie Kirk. But that leads most people to assume that Kimmel said something unkind about Kirk or in some way celebrated his death. But he did not. You can see the segment here (assuming Disney doesn’t pull it):
www.techdirt.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Cowardly Disney Caves To Brendan Carr’s Bogus Censorial Threats, Pulling Jimmy Kimmel
There are multiple ways into this story, but almost all of the reporting on what’s happened claims that Disney pulled talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s show “indefinitely” over comments that Kimmel made about Charlie…
There are multiple ways into this story, but almost all of the reporting on what’s happened claims that Disney pulled talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s show “indefinitely” over comments that Kimmel made about Charlie…
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
A good friend of mine's wife just published her debut novel! If you are looking for a "slow-burn psychological thriller that builds into fast-paced tension" check it out! Excellent reviews! Congrats to A.K. Franco! t.co/MDvlE0WO8Z
https://a.co/d/9zWBQcG
t.co
August 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A good friend of mine's wife just published her debut novel! If you are looking for a "slow-burn psychological thriller that builds into fast-paced tension" check it out! Excellent reviews! Congrats to A.K. Franco! t.co/MDvlE0WO8Z
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Study begun pre-COVID finds remote work increased sleep by 1/2 hr/night, decreased commute by 4.5 hr/week replaced with work, family & leisure and led to healthier eating. Remote and hybrid employees report higher job satisfaction and well-being. farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/s...
Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: "Working from home makes us happier."
An Australian study, conducted over four years and starting before the pandemic, has come up with some enlightening conclusions about the impact of working from home. The researchers are unequivocal: ...
farmingdale-observer.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Study begun pre-COVID finds remote work increased sleep by 1/2 hr/night, decreased commute by 4.5 hr/week replaced with work, family & leisure and led to healthier eating. Remote and hybrid employees report higher job satisfaction and well-being. farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/s...
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
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The stupidity in Trump’s new tariffs is apparently limitless.
He has introduced a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory.
The only inhabited island there is Diego Garcia, home to US service personnel.
TRUMP HAS PUT A TARIFF ON A US MILITARY BASE
🤡
He has introduced a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory.
The only inhabited island there is Diego Garcia, home to US service personnel.
TRUMP HAS PUT A TARIFF ON A US MILITARY BASE
🤡
April 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The stupidity in Trump’s new tariffs is apparently limitless.
He has introduced a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory.
The only inhabited island there is Diego Garcia, home to US service personnel.
TRUMP HAS PUT A TARIFF ON A US MILITARY BASE
🤡
He has introduced a 10% tariff on the British Indian Ocean Territory.
The only inhabited island there is Diego Garcia, home to US service personnel.
TRUMP HAS PUT A TARIFF ON A US MILITARY BASE
🤡
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People keep missing this. LLMs don't have to be good, or even competent, to destroy lives and livelihoods.
They're capital concentration regimes. They're negative externality engines. They're tools of callow, tightly networked men playing the game of oligarchy on the easiest possible setting.
They're capital concentration regimes. They're negative externality engines. They're tools of callow, tightly networked men playing the game of oligarchy on the easiest possible setting.
So, for what it's worth: I don't think AI is taking over jobs because it's better than people or even good at its job. I think it's taking over jobs because it's cheaper than people and bosses like cheap and aren't necessarily aware of the (very high) risk of bad, dangerous quality output (7/7)
March 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
People keep missing this. LLMs don't have to be good, or even competent, to destroy lives and livelihoods.
They're capital concentration regimes. They're negative externality engines. They're tools of callow, tightly networked men playing the game of oligarchy on the easiest possible setting.
They're capital concentration regimes. They're negative externality engines. They're tools of callow, tightly networked men playing the game of oligarchy on the easiest possible setting.
This is how it should be framed
March 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is how it should be framed
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accidentally got so irritated with the United States that I have been quoted in the New York Times
March 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
accidentally got so irritated with the United States that I have been quoted in the New York Times
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Truly incredible how Americans can go to the polls, choose a bunch of incompetent jerks to run the country, then immediately recognize "welp everything's gonna suck now."
I dunno, maybe don't choose the incompetent jerks next time? Just sayin.
I dunno, maybe don't choose the incompetent jerks next time? Just sayin.
February 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Truly incredible how Americans can go to the polls, choose a bunch of incompetent jerks to run the country, then immediately recognize "welp everything's gonna suck now."
I dunno, maybe don't choose the incompetent jerks next time? Just sayin.
I dunno, maybe don't choose the incompetent jerks next time? Just sayin.
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WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
February 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
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If you're naked on the front porch and the neighbors can't see you, it's rural.
If you're naked and the neighbors call the cops, it's suburban.
If you're naked and the neighbors ignore you, it's urban.
If you're naked on the front porch and your neighbor is also naked, it's Florida.
If you're naked and the neighbors call the cops, it's suburban.
If you're naked and the neighbors ignore you, it's urban.
If you're naked on the front porch and your neighbor is also naked, it's Florida.
February 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
If you're naked on the front porch and the neighbors can't see you, it's rural.
If you're naked and the neighbors call the cops, it's suburban.
If you're naked and the neighbors ignore you, it's urban.
If you're naked on the front porch and your neighbor is also naked, it's Florida.
If you're naked and the neighbors call the cops, it's suburban.
If you're naked and the neighbors ignore you, it's urban.
If you're naked on the front porch and your neighbor is also naked, it's Florida.
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The new chairman of the FTC wants to investigate cENsORsHiP on social platforms and boy do I have a platform for them! www.platformer.news/ftc-censorsh...
February 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The new chairman of the FTC wants to investigate cENsORsHiP on social platforms and boy do I have a platform for them! www.platformer.news/ftc-censorsh...
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I certainly don't always agree with Rick Wilson, but in this 16-minute interview the points he makes are spot on. Great advice for Dems: Don't talk policy at all. Instead talk about pain, chaos & destruction caused by Musk & Trump. (By the end of the year we'll be well into the 2026 election cycle.)
Exile of Elon Musk will mark Trump's demise | The Trump Report
YouTube video by Times Radio
m.youtube.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I certainly don't always agree with Rick Wilson, but in this 16-minute interview the points he makes are spot on. Great advice for Dems: Don't talk policy at all. Instead talk about pain, chaos & destruction caused by Musk & Trump. (By the end of the year we'll be well into the 2026 election cycle.)
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Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.
February 15, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.
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The anti-vaxx movement is functionally an anti-daycare movement.
Without mass vaccination, daycare will become a deadly risk.
Families who can afford to will hire nannies, or have a parent (almost always the mother) forego income and a career.
Without mass vaccination, daycare will become a deadly risk.
Families who can afford to will hire nannies, or have a parent (almost always the mother) forego income and a career.
February 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The anti-vaxx movement is functionally an anti-daycare movement.
Without mass vaccination, daycare will become a deadly risk.
Families who can afford to will hire nannies, or have a parent (almost always the mother) forego income and a career.
Without mass vaccination, daycare will become a deadly risk.
Families who can afford to will hire nannies, or have a parent (almost always the mother) forego income and a career.
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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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Thanks to John Alexander for this.
Check how much oil we get from Canada. Tariffs? Good game idiots.
Check how much oil we get from Canada. Tariffs? Good game idiots.
February 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Thanks to John Alexander for this.
Check how much oil we get from Canada. Tariffs? Good game idiots.
Check how much oil we get from Canada. Tariffs? Good game idiots.
This is like watching Jan 6, but it was successful and in slow motion
February 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is like watching Jan 6, but it was successful and in slow motion
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Corporate leaders who were fine with Trump sadistically imposing mass suffering on vulnerable groups as long as they got their tax cuts deserve every last bit of what this madman is now unleashing on them with these tariffs. Assholes.
February 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Corporate leaders who were fine with Trump sadistically imposing mass suffering on vulnerable groups as long as they got their tax cuts deserve every last bit of what this madman is now unleashing on them with these tariffs. Assholes.
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Trump has done exactly what he said he was going to do: give Elon the keys to the Treasury, impose tariffs, and purge the federal government and law enforcement. That's what he said he was going to do. And he's doing it.
February 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Trump has done exactly what he said he was going to do: give Elon the keys to the Treasury, impose tariffs, and purge the federal government and law enforcement. That's what he said he was going to do. And he's doing it.
Been awhile (sorry!). Today in "It's a dog's life" Zeus and Cocoa hanging out in the living room. I love it when Zeus (the red male) smiles! He's a rescue and always happy 😀 #dogs #dogsofbluesky #husky #itsadogslife
January 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Been awhile (sorry!). Today in "It's a dog's life" Zeus and Cocoa hanging out in the living room. I love it when Zeus (the red male) smiles! He's a rescue and always happy 😀 #dogs #dogsofbluesky #husky #itsadogslife