Weston Renoud
@theducky.com
he/him/they/them
📈 born at 345 ppm CO2
⛴ hydrographer
💻 software engineer (C++/Python)
🗺 planoterrestrialist, and I'm serious about it
🦮 dad - auntie to my friends' kids
🐘 https://mapstodon.space/@wrenoud
📈 born at 345 ppm CO2
⛴ hydrographer
💻 software engineer (C++/Python)
🗺 planoterrestrialist, and I'm serious about it
🦮 dad - auntie to my friends' kids
🐘 https://mapstodon.space/@wrenoud
I remember building pages like this for my middle school... not quite as flashy, but definitely just as functional.
fun fact: the space jam website from the 90s is still up and it's fucking beautiful www.spacejam.com/1996/
Space Jam
www.spacejam.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I remember building pages like this for my middle school... not quite as flashy, but definitely just as functional.
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Y'all remember that family that almost died cuz the foraging book they got off amazon told them some bad mushrooms were safe to eat. They had no idea the book was ai-generated.
Also every ad I see on youtube these days is just ai people trying to scam the elderly.
Also every ad I see on youtube these days is just ai people trying to scam the elderly.
I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
February 8, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Y'all remember that family that almost died cuz the foraging book they got off amazon told them some bad mushrooms were safe to eat. They had no idea the book was ai-generated.
Also every ad I see on youtube these days is just ai people trying to scam the elderly.
Also every ad I see on youtube these days is just ai people trying to scam the elderly.
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"It is almost insulting to call it prompt engineering, because engineering is about making things controllable, about being precise, about measurably reducing the chance of errors and material damage."
AI in Week #6 (English link), by @felienne.bsky.social.
This week she talks about:
- Moltbook
- Prompt engineering
- AI in education
And more!
www.felienne.nl/2026-06/#eng...
This week she talks about:
- Moltbook
- Prompt engineering
- AI in education
And more!
www.felienne.nl/2026-06/#eng...
AI in week 6
Moltbook, prompt engineering, AI in het onderwijs; hoe kijk je ernaar?
www.felienne.nl
February 8, 2026 at 12:02 PM
"It is almost insulting to call it prompt engineering, because engineering is about making things controllable, about being precise, about measurably reducing the chance of errors and material damage."
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The point of the AI project is to provoke despair in creative people. They haven’t produced profits or anything anyone wants, just a steady stream of articles about how us artistic types can’t do the thing we’re already doing, making art. Jokes on them, we’re even better at despair than they are.
February 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
The point of the AI project is to provoke despair in creative people. They haven’t produced profits or anything anyone wants, just a steady stream of articles about how us artistic types can’t do the thing we’re already doing, making art. Jokes on them, we’re even better at despair than they are.
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Scooter: “This is more of a comment than a question”
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Scooter: “This is more of a comment than a question”
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This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
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![Comic. [Person talking to person with black hat.] PERSON 1: Historically, it refers to a ceremony to predict the weather using a rodent. But nowadays people often use it to mean “a time loop experienced by one person.” PERSON 2: …What. [caption] Easily our weirdest holiday.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidknpywgj44ox6nphuyzs6si6lozn77jyx75nbh7v67wsjr6dssl4@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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"It was the first time I’ve ever sat down and tried to organize and explain all of the last twenty-five years of DHS and immigration enforcement since 9/11 […] the criminality inside CBP in particular is so much worse than I even realized."
I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2026 at 8:07 PM
"It was the first time I’ve ever sat down and tried to organize and explain all of the last twenty-five years of DHS and immigration enforcement since 9/11 […] the criminality inside CBP in particular is so much worse than I even realized."
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EdTech, it doesn't work... How long until we can just accept the science on this? www.felienne.nl/2026-05/#edt...
AI in week 5
Op veler verzoek... Een kortere nieuwsbrief! (Click here for English!)
Ik ga echt proberen me vanaf te beperken tot twee onderwerpen, zo hou ik hopelijk tijd over voor mijn boek. En ik stond deze wee...
www.felienne.nl
February 1, 2026 at 11:07 AM
EdTech, it doesn't work... How long until we can just accept the science on this? www.felienne.nl/2026-05/#edt...
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FOSS4G 2026 Travel Grant Program is Now Open
https://2026.foss4g.org/en/register/travel-grant/
#foss4g #osgeo #gischat
https://2026.foss4g.org/en/register/travel-grant/
#foss4g #osgeo #gischat
Travel Grant Program - FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima
2026.foss4g.org
February 1, 2026 at 7:58 AM
FOSS4G 2026 Travel Grant Program is Now Open
https://2026.foss4g.org/en/register/travel-grant/
#foss4g #osgeo #gischat
https://2026.foss4g.org/en/register/travel-grant/
#foss4g #osgeo #gischat
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Schumer and Jeffries negotiating to limit the number of journalist arrested by the Department of Justice each year to a maximum of 20.
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Schumer and Jeffries negotiating to limit the number of journalist arrested by the Department of Justice each year to a maximum of 20.
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“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
January 25, 2026 at 2:56 AM
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
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Understand that 370 days ago even bringing a motion like this would probably have been treated as sanctionably frivolous
Today it was granted ex parte
Today it was granted ex parte
A federal judge issues a restraining order against the feds, barring them from "destroying or altering evidence"
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Understand that 370 days ago even bringing a motion like this would probably have been treated as sanctionably frivolous
Today it was granted ex parte
Today it was granted ex parte
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Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
I'm not sharing this to be inflammatory. I'm sharing this as an assessment by a person I trust and who I believe has a background appropriate to support these assertions.
Fuck. This is an extrajudicial execution.
If any of us had done this in Afghanistan, our freedom would have ended that second. I shouldn't have to point that out, but feel it needs to be.
If any of us had done this in Afghanistan, our freedom would have ended that second. I shouldn't have to point that out, but feel it needs to be.
Bovino is lying
January 24, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I'm not sharing this to be inflammatory. I'm sharing this as an assessment by a person I trust and who I believe has a background appropriate to support these assertions.
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
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All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
Alt Text from @minn-finn.bsky.social:
Mittened hands hold a cardboard sign outlined in red. The sign says “Don’t look away” printed over a blue bunny hat representative of the one worn by Liam Ramos, a 5-year-old Minnesotan used by ICE as bait, and sent to a detention center in Texas.
Mittened hands hold a cardboard sign outlined in red. The sign says “Don’t look away” printed over a blue bunny hat representative of the one worn by Liam Ramos, a 5-year-old Minnesotan used by ICE as bait, and sent to a detention center in Texas.
January 23, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Alt Text from @minn-finn.bsky.social:
Mittened hands hold a cardboard sign outlined in red. The sign says “Don’t look away” printed over a blue bunny hat representative of the one worn by Liam Ramos, a 5-year-old Minnesotan used by ICE as bait, and sent to a detention center in Texas.
Mittened hands hold a cardboard sign outlined in red. The sign says “Don’t look away” printed over a blue bunny hat representative of the one worn by Liam Ramos, a 5-year-old Minnesotan used by ICE as bait, and sent to a detention center in Texas.
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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“When someone says we can’t miss the boat, I ask: where is the boat going? What exactly will this technology improve? That’s rarely discussed. Since when did we become Big Tech's free PR department?” This is such a good read. AI takeover is *not* inevitable.
I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
@apache.be you rule 🖤
@apache.be you rule 🖤
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
“When someone says we can’t miss the boat, I ask: where is the boat going? What exactly will this technology improve? That’s rarely discussed. Since when did we become Big Tech's free PR department?” This is such a good read. AI takeover is *not* inevitable.
January 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
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Health experts: Your synthetic text "AI" overviews are misleading, for example see this about liver function tests.
Google: Okay, we'll block "AI" overviews on that query.
The product is fundamentally flawed and cannot be "fixed" by patching query by query.
A short 🧵>>
Google: Okay, we'll block "AI" overviews on that query.
The product is fundamentally flawed and cannot be "fixed" by patching query by query.
A short 🧵>>
‘Dangerous and alarming’: Google removes some of its AI summaries after users’ health put at risk
Guardian investigation finds AI Overviews provided inaccurate and false information when queried over blood tests
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Health experts: Your synthetic text "AI" overviews are misleading, for example see this about liver function tests.
Google: Okay, we'll block "AI" overviews on that query.
The product is fundamentally flawed and cannot be "fixed" by patching query by query.
A short 🧵>>
Google: Okay, we'll block "AI" overviews on that query.
The product is fundamentally flawed and cannot be "fixed" by patching query by query.
A short 🧵>>
Words matter...
Actually, for an Economic Geologist like me, the word Resource has a precise definition- meaning that extensive work has been done to prove that the mineral can be extracted economically. In that definition, Greenland had very little Mineral Resources.
January 11, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Words matter...
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