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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
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March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives.
Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.
Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.
February 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Elon Musk and his 19-year-olds have now disrupted the approval of medical devices that save lives.
Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.
Every member of Congress bears a responsibility to stop this right now.
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I hope it is completely clear now that you cannot be a supporter of Donald Trump and support freedom and democracy in Ukraine. If you support Trump, you support the USA working closely and justifying Putin's dictatorship in the invasion of Ukraine. Accept it.
February 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I hope it is completely clear now that you cannot be a supporter of Donald Trump and support freedom and democracy in Ukraine. If you support Trump, you support the USA working closely and justifying Putin's dictatorship in the invasion of Ukraine. Accept it.
Real vs #AI
“1924 teapot by Bauhaus designer Marianne Brandt who became head of metalwork at the German school “ via https://twitter.com/womensart1/status/1670325304521261058?s=46
“1924 teapot by Bauhaus designer Marianne Brandt who became head of metalwork at the German school “ via https://twitter.com/womensart1/status/1670325304521261058?s=46
June 18, 2023 at 8:16 AM
Real vs #AI
“1924 teapot by Bauhaus designer Marianne Brandt who became head of metalwork at the German school “ via https://twitter.com/womensart1/status/1670325304521261058?s=46
“1924 teapot by Bauhaus designer Marianne Brandt who became head of metalwork at the German school “ via https://twitter.com/womensart1/status/1670325304521261058?s=46
Real vs midjourney
“A #hippo on a limestone fragment. It might have been a practice piece or a template to be used when transferring an image to the wall of a tomb or a temple. Deir el-Bahri, #Egypt. ca. 1479–1425 B.C .” Via https://twitter.com/drnwillburger/status/1670169397414035458?s=46
“A #hippo on a limestone fragment. It might have been a practice piece or a template to be used when transferring an image to the wall of a tomb or a temple. Deir el-Bahri, #Egypt. ca. 1479–1425 B.C .” Via https://twitter.com/drnwillburger/status/1670169397414035458?s=46
June 17, 2023 at 9:30 PM
Real vs midjourney
“A #hippo on a limestone fragment. It might have been a practice piece or a template to be used when transferring an image to the wall of a tomb or a temple. Deir el-Bahri, #Egypt. ca. 1479–1425 B.C .” Via https://twitter.com/drnwillburger/status/1670169397414035458?s=46
“A #hippo on a limestone fragment. It might have been a practice piece or a template to be used when transferring an image to the wall of a tomb or a temple. Deir el-Bahri, #Egypt. ca. 1479–1425 B.C .” Via https://twitter.com/drnwillburger/status/1670169397414035458?s=46
Real vs midjourney
“Fragments of people’s lives, washed up on the beach.”
Via https://twitter.com/legolostatsea/status/1661138580331266048?s=46
“Fragments of people’s lives, washed up on the beach.”
Via https://twitter.com/legolostatsea/status/1661138580331266048?s=46
May 24, 2023 at 10:10 AM
Real vs midjourney
“Fragments of people’s lives, washed up on the beach.”
Via https://twitter.com/legolostatsea/status/1661138580331266048?s=46
“Fragments of people’s lives, washed up on the beach.”
Via https://twitter.com/legolostatsea/status/1661138580331266048?s=46
Real v #midjourney #ai
A Roman glass medallion with gold lead of a donkey wearing a bell around its neck below the Latin word for it. This was found Catacomb of Pontian on the Via Portuensis in Rome, dates to the 4th century AD and is on display in the Vatican Museums.
https://shorturl.at/cmsA7
A Roman glass medallion with gold lead of a donkey wearing a bell around its neck below the Latin word for it. This was found Catacomb of Pontian on the Via Portuensis in Rome, dates to the 4th century AD and is on display in the Vatican Museums.
https://shorturl.at/cmsA7
May 21, 2023 at 1:48 PM
Real v #midjourney #ai
A Roman glass medallion with gold lead of a donkey wearing a bell around its neck below the Latin word for it. This was found Catacomb of Pontian on the Via Portuensis in Rome, dates to the 4th century AD and is on display in the Vatican Museums.
https://shorturl.at/cmsA7
A Roman glass medallion with gold lead of a donkey wearing a bell around its neck below the Latin word for it. This was found Catacomb of Pontian on the Via Portuensis in Rome, dates to the 4th century AD and is on display in the Vatican Museums.
https://shorturl.at/cmsA7
Real v Midjourney (r)
Selma Gürbüz,
Woman With White Cat, 2011
Turkish artist
#WomensArt via https://twitter.com/womensart1/status/1659861651963748353?s=4
Selma Gürbüz,
Woman With White Cat, 2011
Turkish artist
#WomensArt via https://twitter.com/womensart1/status/1659861651963748353?s=4
May 20, 2023 at 10:09 AM
Real v Midjourney (r)
Selma Gürbüz,
Woman With White Cat, 2011
Turkish artist
#WomensArt via https://twitter.com/womensart1/status/1659861651963748353?s=4
Selma Gürbüz,
Woman With White Cat, 2011
Turkish artist
#WomensArt via https://twitter.com/womensart1/status/1659861651963748353?s=4
Real vs Midjourney (r)
“A scene from Trajan's Column in #Rome, which contains the only known depiction of #Roman soldiers receiving medical treatment/first-aid in battle; it is sometimes referred to as the 'Battle of the Bandages'” via https://twitter.com/drjeball/status/1658908757265448960?s=46
“A scene from Trajan's Column in #Rome, which contains the only known depiction of #Roman soldiers receiving medical treatment/first-aid in battle; it is sometimes referred to as the 'Battle of the Bandages'” via https://twitter.com/drjeball/status/1658908757265448960?s=46
May 18, 2023 at 11:54 AM
Real vs Midjourney (r)
“A scene from Trajan's Column in #Rome, which contains the only known depiction of #Roman soldiers receiving medical treatment/first-aid in battle; it is sometimes referred to as the 'Battle of the Bandages'” via https://twitter.com/drjeball/status/1658908757265448960?s=46
“A scene from Trajan's Column in #Rome, which contains the only known depiction of #Roman soldiers receiving medical treatment/first-aid in battle; it is sometimes referred to as the 'Battle of the Bandages'” via https://twitter.com/drjeball/status/1658908757265448960?s=46
#Midjourney Plate design inspired by movies #starwars #startrek #midjourney #AI
May 15, 2023 at 9:25 AM
#Midjourney Plate design inspired by movies #starwars #startrek #midjourney #AI
real vs Midjourney (r)
Oda Nobuyoshi was a dentist from Japan during the the Meiji Era (1868-1912) and was apparently a retainer for the lga clan (famous ninja clan), although what that entailed remains a mystery. This photo was taken in 1880 when he was 20 years old. Via http://surl.li/hapzk
Oda Nobuyoshi was a dentist from Japan during the the Meiji Era (1868-1912) and was apparently a retainer for the lga clan (famous ninja clan), although what that entailed remains a mystery. This photo was taken in 1880 when he was 20 years old. Via http://surl.li/hapzk
May 15, 2023 at 9:03 AM
real vs Midjourney (r)
Oda Nobuyoshi was a dentist from Japan during the the Meiji Era (1868-1912) and was apparently a retainer for the lga clan (famous ninja clan), although what that entailed remains a mystery. This photo was taken in 1880 when he was 20 years old. Via http://surl.li/hapzk
Oda Nobuyoshi was a dentist from Japan during the the Meiji Era (1868-1912) and was apparently a retainer for the lga clan (famous ninja clan), although what that entailed remains a mystery. This photo was taken in 1880 when he was 20 years old. Via http://surl.li/hapzk
Real vs Midjourney (r)
'Can't be arsed' embroidery by Alison J Lee from PEG, the Profanity Embroidery Group, Whitstable, UK, known for their stitching and swearing #WomensArt #fridaymorning via http://surl.li/gzawt
'Can't be arsed' embroidery by Alison J Lee from PEG, the Profanity Embroidery Group, Whitstable, UK, known for their stitching and swearing #WomensArt #fridaymorning via http://surl.li/gzawt
May 12, 2023 at 8:52 AM
Real vs Midjourney (r)
'Can't be arsed' embroidery by Alison J Lee from PEG, the Profanity Embroidery Group, Whitstable, UK, known for their stitching and swearing #WomensArt #fridaymorning via http://surl.li/gzawt
'Can't be arsed' embroidery by Alison J Lee from PEG, the Profanity Embroidery Group, Whitstable, UK, known for their stitching and swearing #WomensArt #fridaymorning via http://surl.li/gzawt
Real vs Midjourney
“Migrant Mother” by Dorothea Lange, 1936
“Migrant Mother” by Dorothea Lange, 1936
May 8, 2023 at 3:36 AM
Real vs Midjourney
“Migrant Mother” by Dorothea Lange, 1936
“Migrant Mother” by Dorothea Lange, 1936
Which is real, which is AI?
Ref: “For #RomanSiteSaturday let's go to a huge pile of #trash - Monte Testaccio in #Rome. A huge artificial hill located next to the Tiber River. It was made up of millions of broken amphorae (mostly oil amphorae from southern Spain)”https://rb.gy/liu9y
Ref: “For #RomanSiteSaturday let's go to a huge pile of #trash - Monte Testaccio in #Rome. A huge artificial hill located next to the Tiber River. It was made up of millions of broken amphorae (mostly oil amphorae from southern Spain)”https://rb.gy/liu9y
May 6, 2023 at 7:43 AM
Which is real, which is AI?
Ref: “For #RomanSiteSaturday let's go to a huge pile of #trash - Monte Testaccio in #Rome. A huge artificial hill located next to the Tiber River. It was made up of millions of broken amphorae (mostly oil amphorae from southern Spain)”https://rb.gy/liu9y
Ref: “For #RomanSiteSaturday let's go to a huge pile of #trash - Monte Testaccio in #Rome. A huge artificial hill located next to the Tiber River. It was made up of millions of broken amphorae (mostly oil amphorae from southern Spain)”https://rb.gy/liu9y
Which is real, which is AI?
“This remarkable floor mosaic of an octopus fighting a lobster, surrounded by a spectacular variety of sea creatures, was found during the excavation of the House of the Dancing Faun, ancient Pompeii’s richest residence (1st century Naples)” via https://shorturl.at/ehoq0
“This remarkable floor mosaic of an octopus fighting a lobster, surrounded by a spectacular variety of sea creatures, was found during the excavation of the House of the Dancing Faun, ancient Pompeii’s richest residence (1st century Naples)” via https://shorturl.at/ehoq0
May 4, 2023 at 10:51 AM
Which is real, which is AI?
“This remarkable floor mosaic of an octopus fighting a lobster, surrounded by a spectacular variety of sea creatures, was found during the excavation of the House of the Dancing Faun, ancient Pompeii’s richest residence (1st century Naples)” via https://shorturl.at/ehoq0
“This remarkable floor mosaic of an octopus fighting a lobster, surrounded by a spectacular variety of sea creatures, was found during the excavation of the House of the Dancing Faun, ancient Pompeii’s richest residence (1st century Naples)” via https://shorturl.at/ehoq0
Original v Midjourney (r)
“The world’s oldest woven garment at the Petrie Museum Originally excavated by Egyptologist Flinders Petrie in 1913 from a First Dynasty tomb at Tarkhan (an Egyptian cemetery located 50km south of Cairo)..”
Via https://shorturl.at/kwFR6
“The world’s oldest woven garment at the Petrie Museum Originally excavated by Egyptologist Flinders Petrie in 1913 from a First Dynasty tomb at Tarkhan (an Egyptian cemetery located 50km south of Cairo)..”
Via https://shorturl.at/kwFR6
May 3, 2023 at 4:59 AM
Original v Midjourney (r)
“The world’s oldest woven garment at the Petrie Museum Originally excavated by Egyptologist Flinders Petrie in 1913 from a First Dynasty tomb at Tarkhan (an Egyptian cemetery located 50km south of Cairo)..”
Via https://shorturl.at/kwFR6
“The world’s oldest woven garment at the Petrie Museum Originally excavated by Egyptologist Flinders Petrie in 1913 from a First Dynasty tomb at Tarkhan (an Egyptian cemetery located 50km south of Cairo)..”
Via https://shorturl.at/kwFR6
Original vs midjourney
“From Cirta, Algeria, comes this fabulous mosaic centred on the sea-deities, Neptune and Amphitrite: ca. AD 300-325. #Myth #Art”
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1880).” https://twitter.com/doccrom/status/1653050932597227522?s=46
“From Cirta, Algeria, comes this fabulous mosaic centred on the sea-deities, Neptune and Amphitrite: ca. AD 300-325. #Myth #Art”
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1880).” https://twitter.com/doccrom/status/1653050932597227522?s=46
May 2, 2023 at 12:04 PM
Original vs midjourney
“From Cirta, Algeria, comes this fabulous mosaic centred on the sea-deities, Neptune and Amphitrite: ca. AD 300-325. #Myth #Art”
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1880).” https://twitter.com/doccrom/status/1653050932597227522?s=46
“From Cirta, Algeria, comes this fabulous mosaic centred on the sea-deities, Neptune and Amphitrite: ca. AD 300-325. #Myth #Art”
Image: Louvre Collections (Ma 1880).” https://twitter.com/doccrom/status/1653050932597227522?s=46
Original (l) vs MJ (r)based on description:
🏛 The face of the beautiful Ancient Greek bronze Delphi Charioteer, 5th century BCE. Archaeological Museum of Delphi, Greece. Check out those lashes https://twitter.com/GrecianGirly/status/1652949721491668996?s=20
🏛 The face of the beautiful Ancient Greek bronze Delphi Charioteer, 5th century BCE. Archaeological Museum of Delphi, Greece. Check out those lashes https://twitter.com/GrecianGirly/status/1652949721491668996?s=20
May 2, 2023 at 12:56 AM
Original (l) vs MJ (r)based on description:
🏛 The face of the beautiful Ancient Greek bronze Delphi Charioteer, 5th century BCE. Archaeological Museum of Delphi, Greece. Check out those lashes https://twitter.com/GrecianGirly/status/1652949721491668996?s=20
🏛 The face of the beautiful Ancient Greek bronze Delphi Charioteer, 5th century BCE. Archaeological Museum of Delphi, Greece. Check out those lashes https://twitter.com/GrecianGirly/status/1652949721491668996?s=20
Original (l) vs MJ (r)
Tate Modern painting Chessmen One depicts four horizontal rows of black chess pieces which increase in height from the top down. They are set against a lightly textured pale blue background...
https://shorturl.at/erwOU
Tate Modern painting Chessmen One depicts four horizontal rows of black chess pieces which increase in height from the top down. They are set against a lightly textured pale blue background...
https://shorturl.at/erwOU
May 1, 2023 at 9:11 AM
Original (l) vs MJ (r)
Tate Modern painting Chessmen One depicts four horizontal rows of black chess pieces which increase in height from the top down. They are set against a lightly textured pale blue background...
https://shorturl.at/erwOU
Tate Modern painting Chessmen One depicts four horizontal rows of black chess pieces which increase in height from the top down. They are set against a lightly textured pale blue background...
https://shorturl.at/erwOU
Original (l) v Midjourney (r)
“Sophia Schliemann, wife of Homer-obsessed excavator Heinrich, c 1874,wearing the so-called "Jewels of Helen" from "Priam's Treasure"(both named by self-promoting Heinrich)…” via https://shorturl.at/MNP39
“Sophia Schliemann, wife of Homer-obsessed excavator Heinrich, c 1874,wearing the so-called "Jewels of Helen" from "Priam's Treasure"(both named by self-promoting Heinrich)…” via https://shorturl.at/MNP39
May 1, 2023 at 3:18 AM
Original (l) v Midjourney (r)
“Sophia Schliemann, wife of Homer-obsessed excavator Heinrich, c 1874,wearing the so-called "Jewels of Helen" from "Priam's Treasure"(both named by self-promoting Heinrich)…” via https://shorturl.at/MNP39
“Sophia Schliemann, wife of Homer-obsessed excavator Heinrich, c 1874,wearing the so-called "Jewels of Helen" from "Priam's Treasure"(both named by self-promoting Heinrich)…” via https://shorturl.at/MNP39
Original v MidJourney based on description
“A 600-year-old medieval hat from Lappvattnet. The hat, which is made of sheep's wool, was preserved in a bog. Now housed at the Västerbottens museum in Sweden.”
Source: https://twitter.com/archaeologyart/status/1652394854486253568?s=20
“A 600-year-old medieval hat from Lappvattnet. The hat, which is made of sheep's wool, was preserved in a bog. Now housed at the Västerbottens museum in Sweden.”
Source: https://twitter.com/archaeologyart/status/1652394854486253568?s=20
April 30, 2023 at 6:28 AM
Original v MidJourney based on description
“A 600-year-old medieval hat from Lappvattnet. The hat, which is made of sheep's wool, was preserved in a bog. Now housed at the Västerbottens museum in Sweden.”
Source: https://twitter.com/archaeologyart/status/1652394854486253568?s=20
“A 600-year-old medieval hat from Lappvattnet. The hat, which is made of sheep's wool, was preserved in a bog. Now housed at the Västerbottens museum in Sweden.”
Source: https://twitter.com/archaeologyart/status/1652394854486253568?s=20
Comparing original piece from Met Museum (left) to its description on midjourney
Title: Armored Belt
Date: 17th–19th century
Culture: Tibetan
Medium: Iron, leather
Dimensions: L. 44 in. (111.8 cm); H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Classification: Armor Parts
Title: Armored Belt
Date: 17th–19th century
Culture: Tibetan
Medium: Iron, leather
Dimensions: L. 44 in. (111.8 cm); H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Classification: Armor Parts
April 29, 2023 at 11:14 PM
Comparing original piece from Met Museum (left) to its description on midjourney
Title: Armored Belt
Date: 17th–19th century
Culture: Tibetan
Medium: Iron, leather
Dimensions: L. 44 in. (111.8 cm); H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Classification: Armor Parts
Title: Armored Belt
Date: 17th–19th century
Culture: Tibetan
Medium: Iron, leather
Dimensions: L. 44 in. (111.8 cm); H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Classification: Armor Parts
Compare the original artwork (left) with the MidJourney generated image of this piece from WomensArt Twitter account description of Tamara de Limpicka self portrait. #ai #Art #AIgenerated Source: https://twitter.com/womensart1/status/1652219258183753730?s=20
April 29, 2023 at 12:24 PM
Compare the original artwork (left) with the MidJourney generated image of this piece from WomensArt Twitter account description of Tamara de Limpicka self portrait. #ai #Art #AIgenerated Source: https://twitter.com/womensart1/status/1652219258183753730?s=20
Midjourney interpretation of https://twitter.com/DocCrom/status/1651868860935446528?s=20
April 29, 2023 at 3:13 AM
Midjourney interpretation of https://twitter.com/DocCrom/status/1651868860935446528?s=20
“The Orkney Hood, found in a peat bog in 1867, is the only complete item of fabric clothing to have survived from early medieval Scotland. Date: c. 250-615 AD, now on display at the National Museum of Scotland”
MJ take on this post
https://twitter.com/archaeologyart/status/1651307728529129517?s=20
MJ take on this post
https://twitter.com/archaeologyart/status/1651307728529129517?s=20
April 27, 2023 at 10:09 AM
“The Orkney Hood, found in a peat bog in 1867, is the only complete item of fabric clothing to have survived from early medieval Scotland. Date: c. 250-615 AD, now on display at the National Museum of Scotland”
MJ take on this post
https://twitter.com/archaeologyart/status/1651307728529129517?s=20
MJ take on this post
https://twitter.com/archaeologyart/status/1651307728529129517?s=20