Justin Mackie
@meetjmac.bsky.social
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Finish this sentence: “The biggest obstacle to actually turning MY city into a better city for people is __________________________.”
October 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Finish this sentence: “The biggest obstacle to actually turning MY city into a better city for people is __________________________.”
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"If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves."
- Carl Sagan, Pale blue dot
- Carl Sagan, Pale blue dot
September 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves."
- Carl Sagan, Pale blue dot
- Carl Sagan, Pale blue dot
The U.S. Travel Association reports 66.5 million international arrivals in 2023. They spent a whopping $160 billion ($129B leisure and $31B business).
Note U.S. Travel & Tourism supports roughly 18 million American jobs overall; the jobs can’t be easily offshored.
What happens now?
Note U.S. Travel & Tourism supports roughly 18 million American jobs overall; the jobs can’t be easily offshored.
What happens now?
April 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The U.S. Travel Association reports 66.5 million international arrivals in 2023. They spent a whopping $160 billion ($129B leisure and $31B business).
Note U.S. Travel & Tourism supports roughly 18 million American jobs overall; the jobs can’t be easily offshored.
What happens now?
Note U.S. Travel & Tourism supports roughly 18 million American jobs overall; the jobs can’t be easily offshored.
What happens now?
“Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.”
-Carl Sagan
-Carl Sagan
April 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.”
-Carl Sagan
-Carl Sagan
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Loose lips sink ships, which is why the Pentagon slaps a classification on almost everything. I was an intelligence soldier and a war correspondent, I've never seen an unclassified attack plan. Hegseth should face charges. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... @houstonchronicle.com #txlege
Tomlinson: I’d have gone to jail for those Signal texts
All war plans are classified before the attack, people are punished for leaking them beforehand.
www.houstonchronicle.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Loose lips sink ships, which is why the Pentagon slaps a classification on almost everything. I was an intelligence soldier and a war correspondent, I've never seen an unclassified attack plan. Hegseth should face charges. www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col... @houstonchronicle.com #txlege
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This is Tellen. She went to work with her human today. The only agenda item on her calendar is dropping toys in the hallway until someone plays with her. 14/10
March 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is Tellen. She went to work with her human today. The only agenda item on her calendar is dropping toys in the hallway until someone plays with her. 14/10
Kara Swisher’s essay on the tech titans is so good—the deft framing, the wit—that I quickly bought her Burn Book: A Love Story.
Here is the tech titan essay:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Here is the tech titan essay:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Move Fast and Destroy Democracy
Silicon Valley’s titans have decided that ruling the digital world is not enough.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Kara Swisher’s essay on the tech titans is so good—the deft framing, the wit—that I quickly bought her Burn Book: A Love Story.
Here is the tech titan essay:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Here is the tech titan essay:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Social media posts are now “thought crimes” that can get legal visitors deported. Obvious 1st Amendment violation.
When you punish folks for merely stating an unpopular opinion without an accompanying malign action, this is the path to hell.
When you punish folks for merely stating an unpopular opinion without an accompanying malign action, this is the path to hell.
Urgent warning: Black Mirror has entered the United States, with AI as its handmaiden.
March 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Social media posts are now “thought crimes” that can get legal visitors deported. Obvious 1st Amendment violation.
When you punish folks for merely stating an unpopular opinion without an accompanying malign action, this is the path to hell.
When you punish folks for merely stating an unpopular opinion without an accompanying malign action, this is the path to hell.
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I thought censorship was the worst thing you can do to the public square.
Musk has shown there is something worse. He doesn't want you to read less biased sources of news or info, he wants to make you into Catturd. On Musk's war on the human intellect. www.richardhanania.com/p/liberals-o...
Musk has shown there is something worse. He doesn't want you to read less biased sources of news or info, he wants to make you into Catturd. On Musk's war on the human intellect. www.richardhanania.com/p/liberals-o...
Liberals Only Censor. Musk Seeks to Lobotomize.
The public square is turning into a grotesque idiocracy
www.richardhanania.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I thought censorship was the worst thing you can do to the public square.
Musk has shown there is something worse. He doesn't want you to read less biased sources of news or info, he wants to make you into Catturd. On Musk's war on the human intellect. www.richardhanania.com/p/liberals-o...
Musk has shown there is something worse. He doesn't want you to read less biased sources of news or info, he wants to make you into Catturd. On Musk's war on the human intellect. www.richardhanania.com/p/liberals-o...
This is wonderful 🏆
Am I the only one who just became aware of the #Seattle City Council sock puppet videos?
m.youtube.com/shorts/ZLn8f...
m.youtube.com/shorts/ZLn8f...
Sausage Party!
YouTube video by The Seattle Channel
m.youtube.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This is wonderful 🏆
This Einstein quote is evergreen. He wrote it one week before he died.
Original German: “Wer es in kleinen Dingen mit der Wahrheit nicht ernst nimmt, dem kann man auch in grossen Dingen nicht vertrauen…”
Original German: “Wer es in kleinen Dingen mit der Wahrheit nicht ernst nimmt, dem kann man auch in grossen Dingen nicht vertrauen…”
February 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This Einstein quote is evergreen. He wrote it one week before he died.
Original German: “Wer es in kleinen Dingen mit der Wahrheit nicht ernst nimmt, dem kann man auch in grossen Dingen nicht vertrauen…”
Original German: “Wer es in kleinen Dingen mit der Wahrheit nicht ernst nimmt, dem kann man auch in grossen Dingen nicht vertrauen…”
Sometimes I wish Bluesky’s likes were private. The likes are a trove of public sentiment. But, the risk of blowback for “endorsing” things is real.
Even with GDPR, understand social media posts are scraped at industrial scale by actors worldwide. LOL at anyone who thinks GDPR stops this.
Even with GDPR, understand social media posts are scraped at industrial scale by actors worldwide. LOL at anyone who thinks GDPR stops this.
February 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Sometimes I wish Bluesky’s likes were private. The likes are a trove of public sentiment. But, the risk of blowback for “endorsing” things is real.
Even with GDPR, understand social media posts are scraped at industrial scale by actors worldwide. LOL at anyone who thinks GDPR stops this.
Even with GDPR, understand social media posts are scraped at industrial scale by actors worldwide. LOL at anyone who thinks GDPR stops this.
The CFPB was created in response to the Great Recession. Recall the market situation was so dire our 74th Treasury Secretary puked from the stress.
CFPB spent ~$777 million in 2024 and only has 1,758 employees. Eliminating it would have negligible impact on the Fed deficit.
CFPB spent ~$777 million in 2024 and only has 1,758 employees. Eliminating it would have negligible impact on the Fed deficit.
JUST IN: Acting director of US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau instructs all staff not to perform 'any work tasks’
February 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The CFPB was created in response to the Great Recession. Recall the market situation was so dire our 74th Treasury Secretary puked from the stress.
CFPB spent ~$777 million in 2024 and only has 1,758 employees. Eliminating it would have negligible impact on the Fed deficit.
CFPB spent ~$777 million in 2024 and only has 1,758 employees. Eliminating it would have negligible impact on the Fed deficit.
The changes by DOGE are bewildering. The key motivators seem to be stale tech and the Federal budget deficit. As DOGE slashes heads, the American population continues to grow. It is up 17.4% over the past 20 years.
How big is the Federal labor force? It is 1.35% of the American labor force.
How big is the Federal labor force? It is 1.35% of the American labor force.
February 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The changes by DOGE are bewildering. The key motivators seem to be stale tech and the Federal budget deficit. As DOGE slashes heads, the American population continues to grow. It is up 17.4% over the past 20 years.
How big is the Federal labor force? It is 1.35% of the American labor force.
How big is the Federal labor force? It is 1.35% of the American labor force.
The premise that tariffs help domestic (American) manufacturers can be false. Tariffs on components and intermediate inputs can act like a tax on “domestic manufacturers who use these imports, raising their costs instead of protecting them from foreign competition…”
Trump starts to break things
Trump starts to break things
Tariffs on Canada and Mexico are bad news.
www.noahpinion.blog
February 3, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The premise that tariffs help domestic (American) manufacturers can be false. Tariffs on components and intermediate inputs can act like a tax on “domestic manufacturers who use these imports, raising their costs instead of protecting them from foreign competition…”
Helped someone assemble a new vacuum cleaner. She said that decades ago, you wouldn’t trash the old vacuum. Instead, it would be repaired in a shop.
Today many products are short-lived or have nerfed parts: phones, fridges, printers, microwaves.
Just put it in a landfill and buy a new one.
Today many products are short-lived or have nerfed parts: phones, fridges, printers, microwaves.
Just put it in a landfill and buy a new one.
a man is holding a phone and says i 'm actually kinda sad
ALT: a man is holding a phone and says i 'm actually kinda sad
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Helped someone assemble a new vacuum cleaner. She said that decades ago, you wouldn’t trash the old vacuum. Instead, it would be repaired in a shop.
Today many products are short-lived or have nerfed parts: phones, fridges, printers, microwaves.
Just put it in a landfill and buy a new one.
Today many products are short-lived or have nerfed parts: phones, fridges, printers, microwaves.
Just put it in a landfill and buy a new one.
The new tariffs spotlight international trade and the disturbing lack of viable manufacturing in the USA (outside the high end).
How much of a competitive disadvantage are high housing, healthcare, and transit costs for the American workers? Suppose these became half the current cost.
How much of a competitive disadvantage are high housing, healthcare, and transit costs for the American workers? Suppose these became half the current cost.
February 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The new tariffs spotlight international trade and the disturbing lack of viable manufacturing in the USA (outside the high end).
How much of a competitive disadvantage are high housing, healthcare, and transit costs for the American workers? Suppose these became half the current cost.
How much of a competitive disadvantage are high housing, healthcare, and transit costs for the American workers? Suppose these became half the current cost.
Timing is everything.
January 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Timing is everything.
Here are a couple of beneficial uses of generative AI.
1) Quickly produce an ensemble of weather forecasts to illustrate a range of conditions (Example: GenCast)
2) Make a medical differential diagnosis to boost patient safety
And yes, IP issues need to be promptly remedied.
1) Quickly produce an ensemble of weather forecasts to illustrate a range of conditions (Example: GenCast)
2) Make a medical differential diagnosis to boost patient safety
And yes, IP issues need to be promptly remedied.
January 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here are a couple of beneficial uses of generative AI.
1) Quickly produce an ensemble of weather forecasts to illustrate a range of conditions (Example: GenCast)
2) Make a medical differential diagnosis to boost patient safety
And yes, IP issues need to be promptly remedied.
1) Quickly produce an ensemble of weather forecasts to illustrate a range of conditions (Example: GenCast)
2) Make a medical differential diagnosis to boost patient safety
And yes, IP issues need to be promptly remedied.
This post with 2K “likes” shows how social media validation drives attention-seeking and anger rather than truth-seeking behavior.
“There is no ethical use for AI” is an absurd, hyperbolic view.
How do we reach a consensus in the loud, attention-harvesting world we’ve built?
“There is no ethical use for AI” is an absurd, hyperbolic view.
How do we reach a consensus in the loud, attention-harvesting world we’ve built?
January 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This post with 2K “likes” shows how social media validation drives attention-seeking and anger rather than truth-seeking behavior.
“There is no ethical use for AI” is an absurd, hyperbolic view.
How do we reach a consensus in the loud, attention-harvesting world we’ve built?
“There is no ethical use for AI” is an absurd, hyperbolic view.
How do we reach a consensus in the loud, attention-harvesting world we’ve built?
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Our Daily Data Insight today — the world has passed “peak child.”
January 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Our Daily Data Insight today — the world has passed “peak child.”
January 21, 2025: A rare snow day in Space City. Magical.
It feels a bit surreal after 45 days of 100+ degrees in recent memory (calendar 2023).
❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️
It feels a bit surreal after 45 days of 100+ degrees in recent memory (calendar 2023).
❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️
January 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
January 21, 2025: A rare snow day in Space City. Magical.
It feels a bit surreal after 45 days of 100+ degrees in recent memory (calendar 2023).
❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️
It feels a bit surreal after 45 days of 100+ degrees in recent memory (calendar 2023).
❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ ❄️
Text2video in 2025 is both really impressive and concerning. 🙃
Today, legions of anonymous bots hijack and manipulate online chats.
Tomorrow, will convincing fake videos be the next shoe to drop in the push to shape public opinion?
Today, legions of anonymous bots hijack and manipulate online chats.
Tomorrow, will convincing fake videos be the next shoe to drop in the push to shape public opinion?
I don't think people know that making plausible fake videos is now something that doesn't require a lot of skill or time
I made this Veo video of a man trying out a flying skateboard at CES from a text prompt, 2nd try. Notice the shadows, green light, his body shifts for balance
I made this Veo video of a man trying out a flying skateboard at CES from a text prompt, 2nd try. Notice the shadows, green light, his body shifts for balance
January 14, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Text2video in 2025 is both really impressive and concerning. 🙃
Today, legions of anonymous bots hijack and manipulate online chats.
Tomorrow, will convincing fake videos be the next shoe to drop in the push to shape public opinion?
Today, legions of anonymous bots hijack and manipulate online chats.
Tomorrow, will convincing fake videos be the next shoe to drop in the push to shape public opinion?
24 hours left ⏳ to wear shorts 🩳 on the Gulf Coast in January. Then 🧤🧣🥶 and maybe ❄️.
January 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
24 hours left ⏳ to wear shorts 🩳 on the Gulf Coast in January. Then 🧤🧣🥶 and maybe ❄️.
He’s right. I followed for Onions the dachshund.
Welcome new followers. You came for Onions, but feel free to stay for psychometrics and computational social science
December 30, 2024 at 9:01 PM
He’s right. I followed for Onions the dachshund.