Jim Schweizer
@jimschweizer.bsky.social
AI Researcher, Photographer, Historian... and a little bit of this and that. Living in Aurora, IL, living large in the Fox Valley and an occasional visitor to our suburb to the east, Chicago, or is that Naperville... a once and future digital nomad.
I sailed past 60 a long time ago. If I could talk to a younger version of myself, the first words out of my mouth would be that I didn't have to be confined by the narratives we are fed about aging.
Remember all the struggles with mindfulness and being present? Start that earlier! It matters.
Remember all the struggles with mindfulness and being present? Start that earlier! It matters.
November 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I sailed past 60 a long time ago. If I could talk to a younger version of myself, the first words out of my mouth would be that I didn't have to be confined by the narratives we are fed about aging.
Remember all the struggles with mindfulness and being present? Start that earlier! It matters.
Remember all the struggles with mindfulness and being present? Start that earlier! It matters.
Starting to really think about the final stages of restoring our 1894 Queen Anne - interior decorating.
Ugh, not my forte!
But I really want to nail "conversation spaces" and reading nooks.
Ugh, not my forte!
But I really want to nail "conversation spaces" and reading nooks.
November 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Starting to really think about the final stages of restoring our 1894 Queen Anne - interior decorating.
Ugh, not my forte!
But I really want to nail "conversation spaces" and reading nooks.
Ugh, not my forte!
But I really want to nail "conversation spaces" and reading nooks.
The people who need to read this don't yet know they're in this field. They are in your kitchen, your friend's house and on every corner of every block. Relational AI is already here, people are already doing it, but you haven't really thought about it, yet.
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The Architecture of AI Intimacy
Analyzing the Consequences of the Shift to Relational AI Collaboration
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November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The people who need to read this don't yet know they're in this field. They are in your kitchen, your friend's house and on every corner of every block. Relational AI is already here, people are already doing it, but you haven't really thought about it, yet.
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Crypto loses billions to fraud. Aurora, IL wastes IT money on Vegas junkets. Bob's not anti-technology or anti-government, he's just pro-accountability. Neither has earned his trust. Yet.
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Bob’s Thoughts on “That Crypto Whatcha-ma-call-it Report”
maybe someday I'll trust crypto but not today
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October 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Crypto loses billions to fraud. Aurora, IL wastes IT money on Vegas junkets. Bob's not anti-technology or anti-government, he's just pro-accountability. Neither has earned his trust. Yet.
jimschweizer.substack.com/p/bobs-thoug...
jimschweizer.substack.com/p/bobs-thoug...
Whatever happened to "virtual communities" like Eminds or Mindsay? I miss those non-revenue online hangout spots where long posts and endless threads are the norm...
October 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Whatever happened to "virtual communities" like Eminds or Mindsay? I miss those non-revenue online hangout spots where long posts and endless threads are the norm...
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Laughed so hard at this that a Japanese woman on the shinkansen shushed me
Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Laughed so hard at this that a Japanese woman on the shinkansen shushed me
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A government that will lie about everything from warfare to welfare isn’t going to make an exception for an ongoing pandemic.
Covid is not over.
Covid is not over.
October 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A government that will lie about everything from warfare to welfare isn’t going to make an exception for an ongoing pandemic.
Covid is not over.
Covid is not over.
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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
Our latest Substack explores what happens when your AI knows you better than your therapist, why empathy atrophy is now a technical term, and whether we're building humanity's greatest productivity unlock or most sophisticated self-distraction mechanism.
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The Relational AI Revolution
A User’s Guide to Your New Best Friend (Who Never Sleeps)
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October 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Our latest Substack explores what happens when your AI knows you better than your therapist, why empathy atrophy is now a technical term, and whether we're building humanity's greatest productivity unlock or most sophisticated self-distraction mechanism.
jimschweizer.substack.com/p/the-relati...
jimschweizer.substack.com/p/the-relati...
This is a totally legit question:
"Trump shits on America. Why doesn’t the media care?"
"Trump shits on America. Why doesn’t the media care?"
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This is a totally legit question:
"Trump shits on America. Why doesn’t the media care?"
"Trump shits on America. Why doesn’t the media care?"
Rinse, wash, repeat...
“helping people abroad before solving problems here puts America last"
interesting talking point - not accurate, but effective
“helping people abroad before solving problems here puts America last"
interesting talking point - not accurate, but effective
October 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Rinse, wash, repeat...
“helping people abroad before solving problems here puts America last"
interesting talking point - not accurate, but effective
“helping people abroad before solving problems here puts America last"
interesting talking point - not accurate, but effective
... meme slang that refers only to itself with no meaning beyond the average tween’s capacity for being annoying and a corresponding willingness to flog a dead horse just so they can watch your head explode like you're in an episode of Gen V...
Yeah, you know what I'm talking about...
Yeah, you know what I'm talking about...
October 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
... meme slang that refers only to itself with no meaning beyond the average tween’s capacity for being annoying and a corresponding willingness to flog a dead horse just so they can watch your head explode like you're in an episode of Gen V...
Yeah, you know what I'm talking about...
Yeah, you know what I'm talking about...
How is having an "Ask ChatGPT" sidebar going to make my browser experience better? I stopped using Comet because the experience is too busy.
Did you know the Lynx text only browser is 30 years old and still going strong?
I'm going to ponder that a bit with my morning libation.
Did you know the Lynx text only browser is 30 years old and still going strong?
I'm going to ponder that a bit with my morning libation.
October 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
How is having an "Ask ChatGPT" sidebar going to make my browser experience better? I stopped using Comet because the experience is too busy.
Did you know the Lynx text only browser is 30 years old and still going strong?
I'm going to ponder that a bit with my morning libation.
Did you know the Lynx text only browser is 30 years old and still going strong?
I'm going to ponder that a bit with my morning libation.
The face of urban #AuroraIL economic development was/is just beginning to shine with new downtown living space next to the train station:
October 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The face of urban #AuroraIL economic development was/is just beginning to shine with new downtown living space next to the train station:
No Kings
Aurora, IL
October 18, 2025
Celebrate Democracy!
Aurora, IL
October 18, 2025
Celebrate Democracy!
October 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
No Kings
Aurora, IL
October 18, 2025
Celebrate Democracy!
Aurora, IL
October 18, 2025
Celebrate Democracy!
This month the collection grew with Funkadelic's Maggot Brain remix (180 gm) and In The Court Of The Crimson King (50th Anniversary Edition On 200 gm vinyl)...
Heavy listening!
Heavy listening!
October 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
This month the collection grew with Funkadelic's Maggot Brain remix (180 gm) and In The Court Of The Crimson King (50th Anniversary Edition On 200 gm vinyl)...
Heavy listening!
Heavy listening!
Broke a Murano art glass piece this morning while cleaning up a dog mess. At least we got to enjoy its beauty for a while, and the puppy is feeling better.
An anecdote for the times?
An anecdote for the times?
October 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Broke a Murano art glass piece this morning while cleaning up a dog mess. At least we got to enjoy its beauty for a while, and the puppy is feeling better.
An anecdote for the times?
An anecdote for the times?
Columbus Day... don't those MAGA idiots know they are actually celebrating Hispanics coming to America?!
October 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Columbus Day... don't those MAGA idiots know they are actually celebrating Hispanics coming to America?!
All I hear on the news this morning is screams of terror from the innocent.
Which way America?
Which way America?
October 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
All I hear on the news this morning is screams of terror from the innocent.
Which way America?
Which way America?
The Orange Cheeto didn't get his banana...
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The Orange Cheeto didn't get his banana...
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado
"Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..."
What happened to that America?
What happened to that America?
October 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..."
What happened to that America?
What happened to that America?
Grateful for the response to this piece about a series of unfortunate IT expenditures.
Sometimes the best way to document institutional dysfunction is to let the absurdity speak for itself.
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Sometimes the best way to document institutional dysfunction is to let the absurdity speak for itself.
jimschweizer.substack.com/p/auroras-re...
Aurora's Revolutionary IT Strategy
A Case Study in Creative Expense Management in Aurora, IL - Onlight Aurora, a lost fiber optic opporunity
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October 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Grateful for the response to this piece about a series of unfortunate IT expenditures.
Sometimes the best way to document institutional dysfunction is to let the absurdity speak for itself.
jimschweizer.substack.com/p/auroras-re...
Sometimes the best way to document institutional dysfunction is to let the absurdity speak for itself.
jimschweizer.substack.com/p/auroras-re...
Does the government being shut down mean Trump can do less evil?
Heeeeeey Satan!
Heeeeeey Satan!
October 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Does the government being shut down mean Trump can do less evil?
Heeeeeey Satan!
Heeeeeey Satan!
Former FBI Director James Comey Indicted
This only confirms the United States has become a banana republic.
This only confirms the United States has become a banana republic.
September 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Former FBI Director James Comey Indicted
This only confirms the United States has become a banana republic.
This only confirms the United States has become a banana republic.
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The right plays the game so much more effectively than our side does. We have to stop letting them do this shit.
Matthew Dowd was fired from MSNBC for saying Charlie Kirk was "divisive".
Brian Kilmeade called for the execution of unhoused people with mental illness through involuntary lethal injection.
And kept his job
Brian Kilmeade called for the execution of unhoused people with mental illness through involuntary lethal injection.
And kept his job
September 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The right plays the game so much more effectively than our side does. We have to stop letting them do this shit.