Jim Hammerand
@jimhammerand.bsky.social
Journalist and photographer in the Pacific Northwest (Edmonds, WA)
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Oof, it's a rough week for social services orgs in my area! A week or two ago the food bank announced that their partnership with another church to build a new, bigger facility had fallen apart. Now the hygiene center is closing.
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Oof, it's a rough week for social services orgs in my area! A week or two ago the food bank announced that their partnership with another church to build a new, bigger facility had fallen apart. Now the hygiene center is closing.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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We have reclaimed G3/STRONG geomagnetic storm levels tonight due to the effects of the X5.1 CME core sweeping over our planet. The Bz is pointed south, opposite to Earth's field, allowing the maximum level of available energy to penetrate our magnetic shield and feed the aurora.
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
We have reclaimed G3/STRONG geomagnetic storm levels tonight due to the effects of the X5.1 CME core sweeping over our planet. The Bz is pointed south, opposite to Earth's field, allowing the maximum level of available energy to penetrate our magnetic shield and feed the aurora.
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
Already seeing aurora activity from Minnesota - here’s a webcam with a gorgeous look right now www.youtube.com/@larryolson6...
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Already seeing aurora activity from Minnesota - here’s a webcam with a gorgeous look right now www.youtube.com/@larryolson6...
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NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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BREAKING: Leaked emails between Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell allege that Trump was fully aware of his pedophilia: “i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump. [Victim] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief etc." trib.al/rWqukO9
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
BREAKING: Leaked emails between Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell allege that Trump was fully aware of his pedophilia: “i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump. [Victim] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief etc." trib.al/rWqukO9
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Lady A is BACK!!! #wawx #auroraborealis
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Lady A is BACK!!! #wawx #auroraborealis
Aurora’s back! Visible overhead through the clouds with the naked eye
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Aurora’s back! Visible overhead through the clouds with the naked eye
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November 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Despite some clouds the family and I got a good look at tonight’s aurora from Edmonds, Washington, including some faint reds visible with the naked eye. These three photos are five-second exposures with a wide angle lens on my Nikon DSLR. #wawx
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Despite some clouds the family and I got a good look at tonight’s aurora from Edmonds, Washington, including some faint reds visible with the naked eye. These three photos are five-second exposures with a wide angle lens on my Nikon DSLR. #wawx
There goes the first Boeing 777X (registration #N779XW) leaving Seattle for the Dubai Airshow @flightradar24.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
There goes the first Boeing 777X (registration #N779XW) leaving Seattle for the Dubai Airshow @flightradar24.com
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Drink it or save it?
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Drink it or save it?
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Based on analysis of years of revenues, losses and funding, since 2023, OpenAI has taken in $28.6bn in cash and had $13.7bn in losses.
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
Where Is OpenAI's Money Going?
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - Song For The Dead
Editor's Note: The original piece had a mathematical error around burnrate, it's been fixed.
A few days ago, Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s rev...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Based on analysis of years of revenues, losses and funding, since 2023, OpenAI has taken in $28.6bn in cash and had $13.7bn in losses.
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
However, reports say OpenAI ended 1H 2025 with $9.6bn in cash - suggesting OpenAI's losses are billions higher than reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
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Turns out Clammy Sam Altman actually did request help federal assistance for building data centers in a letter sent last week to the US government, specifically saying that the CHIPS act investment credit should apply to power, GPUs and data center construction.
cdn.openai.com/pdf/21b88bb5...
cdn.openai.com/pdf/21b88bb5...
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Turns out Clammy Sam Altman actually did request help federal assistance for building data centers in a letter sent last week to the US government, specifically saying that the CHIPS act investment credit should apply to power, GPUs and data center construction.
cdn.openai.com/pdf/21b88bb5...
cdn.openai.com/pdf/21b88bb5...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Just heard thunder in Edmonds, opened @flightradar24.com and holy moly we’re about to get slammed #wawx
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Just heard thunder in Edmonds, opened @flightradar24.com and holy moly we’re about to get slammed #wawx
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Six people have died from eating pasta. Six. Pasta. No political reckoning, no firings, no investigations into the big supermarket chains, just 'hey, sometimes pasta be deadly, oh well.'
www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
Worsening listeria outbreak tied to pasta products kills 6, hospitalizes 25
Certain prepared pasta dishes were recalled from retailers like Trader Joe's, Kroger and Walmart between June and October. Health officials urge customers to dispose of them and clean their fridges.
www.npr.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Six people have died from eating pasta. Six. Pasta. No political reckoning, no firings, no investigations into the big supermarket chains, just 'hey, sometimes pasta be deadly, oh well.'
www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
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When you stop using X then open it back up after a while, you realize how obviously it’s designed to elevate vicious jerks who share Musk and Trump’s cruelest, dumbest beliefs. Harder to see when you’re addicted to it; blazingly apparent from the outside looking in.
Journalists: It’s bad for you!
Journalists: It’s bad for you!
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
When you stop using X then open it back up after a while, you realize how obviously it’s designed to elevate vicious jerks who share Musk and Trump’s cruelest, dumbest beliefs. Harder to see when you’re addicted to it; blazingly apparent from the outside looking in.
Journalists: It’s bad for you!
Journalists: It’s bad for you!