Skote
@skote.bsky.social
artist working with forests & strange tools 🍓
there's something very Braudelian in the fact that much of the world will be run by LLMs trained on random crap people have posted online
The Shitposts of Everyday LLMs
The Shitposts of Everyday LLMs
August 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
there's something very Braudelian in the fact that much of the world will be run by LLMs trained on random crap people have posted online
The Shitposts of Everyday LLMs
The Shitposts of Everyday LLMs
a hill I choose to die on is that canned music is detrimental in a way similar to porn, but that we're far too hooked on it to face this
July 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
a hill I choose to die on is that canned music is detrimental in a way similar to porn, but that we're far too hooked on it to face this
wrote a critique of this years architecture biennale, on why architects are so afraid of scale, and their obsession with the aesthetics of practice
jakobskote.substack.com/p/the-aesthe...
jakobskote.substack.com/p/the-aesthe...
The Aesthetics of Practice vs. The Reality of Scale
Thoughts on Carlo Ratti's biennale
jakobskote.substack.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
wrote a critique of this years architecture biennale, on why architects are so afraid of scale, and their obsession with the aesthetics of practice
jakobskote.substack.com/p/the-aesthe...
jakobskote.substack.com/p/the-aesthe...
norwegian man wakes with a ship in his garden
similar to a short story I wrote a few years ago, reality always follows fiction
similar to a short story I wrote a few years ago, reality always follows fiction
May 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
norwegian man wakes with a ship in his garden
similar to a short story I wrote a few years ago, reality always follows fiction
similar to a short story I wrote a few years ago, reality always follows fiction
nothing beats the feeling of implementing something correctly on the first attempt
April 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
nothing beats the feeling of implementing something correctly on the first attempt
the relationship between the forest and the city is a dance, with us as the lead. Climate change will be a switch, and we will have to follow for a while, until we retake the initiative
Let the forest lead the dance
Let the forest lead the dance
April 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
the relationship between the forest and the city is a dance, with us as the lead. Climate change will be a switch, and we will have to follow for a while, until we retake the initiative
Let the forest lead the dance
Let the forest lead the dance
civilisation is my religion
infrastructure my cathedral
mix my ashes in a bridge foundation
let me strengthen the concrete for future generations
infrastructure my cathedral
mix my ashes in a bridge foundation
let me strengthen the concrete for future generations
April 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
civilisation is my religion
infrastructure my cathedral
mix my ashes in a bridge foundation
let me strengthen the concrete for future generations
infrastructure my cathedral
mix my ashes in a bridge foundation
let me strengthen the concrete for future generations
can't wait to wear the Schiele glasses all the time
March 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
can't wait to wear the Schiele glasses all the time
4o nailing the test prompt I use for all image models: "a man pulling his pregnant uterus in a wooden cart, painted in the style of Egon Schiele"
refuses to make him naked tho
refuses to make him naked tho
March 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
4o nailing the test prompt I use for all image models: "a man pulling his pregnant uterus in a wooden cart, painted in the style of Egon Schiele"
refuses to make him naked tho
refuses to make him naked tho
playing with vfx again, making spiney swirls
March 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
playing with vfx again, making spiney swirls
currently reading, wonder if there is some common theme I'm yet to uncover
March 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
currently reading, wonder if there is some common theme I'm yet to uncover
Religion is art with repetition
February 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Religion is art with repetition
according to spotify I've been listening a lot to Pastoral Fingerstyle American Primitivism this year - also known as Teddy K-pop
December 5, 2024 at 12:25 AM
according to spotify I've been listening a lot to Pastoral Fingerstyle American Primitivism this year - also known as Teddy K-pop
have to use Notion for some work-related stuff and had forgotten how much I hate it. Switching back and forth between Obsidian and Notion feels like switching between a Volvo and a Kia
December 4, 2024 at 10:57 AM
have to use Notion for some work-related stuff and had forgotten how much I hate it. Switching back and forth between Obsidian and Notion feels like switching between a Volvo and a Kia
December 2, 2024 at 3:52 PM
no Liljevalch this time either, prudes as always
November 27, 2024 at 10:04 PM
no Liljevalch this time either, prudes as always
really interesting speculation on the meaning behind China's recent bond issue in USD to Saudi Arabia, “we replaced the Federal Reserve”
How China Could Re-Dollarize The World
China just issued a USD bond in Saudi Arabia
indi.ca
November 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM
really interesting speculation on the meaning behind China's recent bond issue in USD to Saudi Arabia, “we replaced the Federal Reserve”
Twitter is dying, and Bluesky struggles to be born
This is the time for me to focus on work
This is the time for me to focus on work
November 18, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Twitter is dying, and Bluesky struggles to be born
This is the time for me to focus on work
This is the time for me to focus on work
Why isn't LM Sacasas on here yet?
November 18, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Why isn't LM Sacasas on here yet?
November 17, 2024 at 10:42 PM
November 16, 2024 at 9:00 AM
an interesting thing with LLMs is that I am not actually speaking to a machine, but to an approximation of all the text it trained on
It's like speaking to Common Sense itself. Shouting out into the noosphere, and it answers back
It's like speaking to Common Sense itself. Shouting out into the noosphere, and it answers back
November 14, 2024 at 2:03 PM
an interesting thing with LLMs is that I am not actually speaking to a machine, but to an approximation of all the text it trained on
It's like speaking to Common Sense itself. Shouting out into the noosphere, and it answers back
It's like speaking to Common Sense itself. Shouting out into the noosphere, and it answers back
moisturized, unbothered, flourishing, with the vision pro in the Swamp
June 15, 2024 at 9:05 PM
moisturized, unbothered, flourishing, with the vision pro in the Swamp
very peculiar that the man who self-immolated in front of the Trump trial did it out of a deep hatred of cryptocurrency
I have set myself on fire outside the Trump Trial.
My name is Max Azzarello, and I am an investigative researcher who has set himself on fire outside of the Trump trial in Manhattan. This extreme act of protest is to draw attention to an urgent and im...
theponzipapers.substack.com
April 20, 2024 at 1:29 PM
very peculiar that the man who self-immolated in front of the Trump trial did it out of a deep hatred of cryptocurrency
a time bomb is like a normal bomb, but instead of a rapid expansion through space it causes a rapid expansion through time.
The people in the room you threw it in are suddenly decades older, surprisedly at your young face. To them, you are the one who suddenly lost decades
The people in the room you threw it in are suddenly decades older, surprisedly at your young face. To them, you are the one who suddenly lost decades
February 23, 2024 at 8:13 PM
a time bomb is like a normal bomb, but instead of a rapid expansion through space it causes a rapid expansion through time.
The people in the room you threw it in are suddenly decades older, surprisedly at your young face. To them, you are the one who suddenly lost decades
The people in the room you threw it in are suddenly decades older, surprisedly at your young face. To them, you are the one who suddenly lost decades