Mon Mothra
@flobbert.bsky.social
Mostly complaining about politics and structural biology. At the end of everything, hold on to anything.
the state of the union
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
the state of the union
Here it is carrying an 8 foot shelf home (I wasn’t done strapping it down don’t worry
January 14, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Here it is carrying an 8 foot shelf home (I wasn’t done strapping it down don’t worry
see there's obvious structure to the images and if you look at nearby points on this map they're either semantically similar, geometricaly similar, or both. ignore the colors i was experimenting with clustering which turns out not to be that useful here
January 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM
see there's obvious structure to the images and if you look at nearby points on this map they're either semantically similar, geometricaly similar, or both. ignore the colors i was experimenting with clustering which turns out not to be that useful here
prompt: an abandoned playground surrounded by a fence
Left: generated query image
Right: second search result, the image i was looking for
Left: generated query image
Right: second search result, the image i was looking for
January 6, 2026 at 10:21 PM
prompt: an abandoned playground surrounded by a fence
Left: generated query image
Right: second search result, the image i was looking for
Left: generated query image
Right: second search result, the image i was looking for
prompt: a ham and pineapple pizza.
Left: generated query image
Right: top search result from my photo library
Left: generated query image
Right: top search result from my photo library
January 6, 2026 at 10:15 PM
prompt: a ham and pineapple pizza.
Left: generated query image
Right: top search result from my photo library
Left: generated query image
Right: top search result from my photo library
There are better models for that kind of use than whichever chatgpt model did that. Specifically you want one that can do web searches and cite its sources. Gemini actually does a reasonable job at this sort of query
December 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
There are better models for that kind of use than whichever chatgpt model did that. Specifically you want one that can do web searches and cite its sources. Gemini actually does a reasonable job at this sort of query
devastated to learn that MacOS handles this mostly fine
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
devastated to learn that MacOS handles this mostly fine
The US House of Representatives
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The US House of Representatives
Lower manhattan in the 1890s
October 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Lower manhattan in the 1890s
Bring back the presto hotdogger which worked by stabbing the hotdogs with little metal spikes and then running mains current straight out of the wall through them
October 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Bring back the presto hotdogger which worked by stabbing the hotdogs with little metal spikes and then running mains current straight out of the wall through them
Any ideas why ice would remove the license plates of a car they pulled over? Just saw that happening on 17th and benning NE and it was real weird. Picture attached, showing what I described above. they were shining bright lights at me so it was hard to get a clear photo
September 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Any ideas why ice would remove the license plates of a car they pulled over? Just saw that happening on 17th and benning NE and it was real weird. Picture attached, showing what I described above. they were shining bright lights at me so it was hard to get a clear photo
here, for example, is one of americas great national parks: A little toddler playground with some grass around it with roads on 3 sides. People leave old kids toys in it for additional enrichment, it's nice if you have a 1-2 year old (this is a description of the attached picture)
August 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
here, for example, is one of americas great national parks: A little toddler playground with some grass around it with roads on 3 sides. People leave old kids toys in it for additional enrichment, it's nice if you have a 1-2 year old (this is a description of the attached picture)
The fish? Real. The first frame? Real. The rest of the video and the audio? AI, unfortunately. Here’s what it looks like from the side
August 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The fish? Real. The first frame? Real. The rest of the video and the audio? AI, unfortunately. Here’s what it looks like from the side
