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@jvdw.bsky.social

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Visual Designer, Book Designer, and Canucks fan. A good egg. Or, trying to be. He/him.

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jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · 4d

a man with a beard is sitting on a bed with his hands in his pockets .

ALT: a man with a beard is sitting on a bed with his hands in his pockets .

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jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · 4d

Blue Jays fans right now…

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · 4d

Now we know what that new Air Force One plane was for.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · 5d

I’d imagine it’s just a video of him not backchecking at all.

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · 6d

Yay baseball!

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · 21d

Good day for this Mitch Hedberg classic…

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · 22d

And also the ones who watched John Oliver last night.

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · Sep 10

I will never condone violence against anyone, but that doesn’t oblige me to shed a tear when it happens.

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · Sep 8

Doctor I trust more than RFK Jr

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Dan Johnson @coil.bsky.social · Aug 28

While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:

At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.

AI impoverishes us at every step of the process:
- data centers pollute our environment
- energy use drives up costs
- content theft robs creators of income
- the actual output is used to displace workers and depress wages
- using it harms our mental health and impairs our competence
- the flood of AI slop is damaging our sociopolitical landscape

All in service of making a worse product - and world - to enrich a handful of already spectacularly wealthy people

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · Aug 28

If you’re seeing this ad on YouTube, don’t click. It’s AI-generated bullshit, linking to a form of some sort, and, I would guess, a total scam.

I’ve seen it a few times over the past few days and reported it. Google/YouTube seemingly doesn’t care.

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · Aug 13

Foo Scufflers

ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: Works No More

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: Huey Lewis and the Social Media

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Government of British Columbia @governmentofbc.bsky.social · Aug 8

Good morning! Is the sky really bluer here? Let's find out!

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · Aug 8

Might’ve saved a lot of lives tbh

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · Aug 8

I wonder if John Connor ever just tried asking the Terminators how many Bs are in “blueberries.”

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · Aug 8

I did the ChatGPT blueberries thing. I screwed up at the beginning, but it still brought me down the right (wrong) path in the end.

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · Aug 7

this is really cool

The cheapest way to permanently sequester carbon involves ... fizzy water

In Iceland, a company is carbonating water (like with a SodaStream!) and injecting it underground, where the CO2 mineralizes & becomes rock. How much carbon can Iceland store? And will this technique ...

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BAJA BLAST BLAINE @shrekromancer.gay · Jul 25

but they were all of them deceived, for a sixth guy made burgers

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · Jul 5

Only one I haven’t done is been to the Calgary Stampede, which I’m totally fine with.

Alex Wentzell @alexwentzell.bsky.social · Jul 4

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · Jun 28

Why do they think the audience wants to hear awkward Zoom conversations between GMs and players? #NHLDraft

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · Jun 27

Dobson, Hutson, hmmm…anyone see Kent Hughes in the same room as either of these guys?

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · Jun 25

Tables are safe, I guess.

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · Jun 25

If it’s for anything more than a fourth rounder, I’m flipping tables.

jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · Jun 25

a stick figure is sitting in front of a computer monitor .

ALT: a stick figure is sitting in front of a computer monitor .

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jvdw @jvdw.bsky.social · Jun 25