Pete Warden
@petewarden.bsky.social
CEO of Useful Sensors, blogger at petewarden.com, proudly trying to be woke, dog crazy.
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Pete Warden
@petewarden.bsky.social
· Oct 10
Join the frog chorus at #nokings! To find the Portland frog costume, search for the makers "jinstabag", it's only about $60.
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Another open-weights model creeping ever closer to the frontier models from the AI majors.
While it's very tough to get hardware that can run these, z.ai is selling it as a service for maybe 10% as much as anthropic charges. Hard to see where the trillions of industry profit are going to come from!
While it's very tough to get hardware that can run these, z.ai is selling it as a service for maybe 10% as much as anthropic charges. Hard to see where the trillions of industry profit are going to come from!
GLM-4.7: Advancing the Coding Capability
z.ai
December 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Another open-weights model creeping ever closer to the frontier models from the AI majors.
While it's very tough to get hardware that can run these, z.ai is selling it as a service for maybe 10% as much as anthropic charges. Hard to see where the trillions of industry profit are going to come from!
While it's very tough to get hardware that can run these, z.ai is selling it as a service for maybe 10% as much as anthropic charges. Hard to see where the trillions of industry profit are going to come from!
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If immigrating from England makes you a "heritage American" then I guess I'm one too.
December 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If immigrating from England makes you a "heritage American" then I guess I'm one too.
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Good morning to #NOLAsky and especially Rev. Jane Mauldin of the Universal Unitarian Church, who has been spending her secular time following ICE around New Orleans and monitoring their activity ☀️
71-Year-Old Pastor Follows ICE in New Orleans and Reports Activity in Real Time: 'I Can't Sit at Home'
When she is not ministering, a 71-year-old pastor and grandmother spends her time in her car following and monitoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in New Orleans to inform the co...
people.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Good morning to #NOLAsky and especially Rev. Jane Mauldin of the Universal Unitarian Church, who has been spending her secular time following ICE around New Orleans and monitoring their activity ☀️
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I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
men’s loneliness gets “more airtime”?
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
baby I have lived the past three decades of my life witnessing corporate media elevate men’s loneliness into a full-blown balls-to-the-wall CRISIS once every 4-5 years
“more airtime” is hilarious
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think it’s also true that loneliness among women has historically been treated as an individual problem, while loneliness among men is treated as a societal problem. That, in turn, comes from an assumption that women are supposed to earn the company of others while men are entitled to it.
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Technical CEO Described How He Screwed Up Sales; Startup Operating Principles from an Ex-Stripe Founder; Most Leaders Move Too Slowly; and MORE [link blog]
hunterwalk.com/2025/12/10/t...
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Technical CEO Described How He Screwed Up Sales; Startup Operating Principles from an Ex-Stripe Founder; Most Leaders Move Too Slowly; and MORE [link blog]
So much to read but only 504 hours left in the year… gulp Three Armed Slop Monkey How I Screwed Up Sales Hiring [Pete Warden/MoonshineAI] – Stop me if you heard this one before – …
hunterwalk.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Technical CEO Described How He Screwed Up Sales; Startup Operating Principles from an Ex-Stripe Founder; Most Leaders Move Too Slowly; and MORE [link blog]
hunterwalk.com/2025/12/10/t...
hunterwalk.com/2025/12/10/t...
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"When I look around, I see hundreds of billions of dollars being spent on hardware – GPUs, data centers, and power stations. What I don’t see are people waving large checks at ML infrastructure engineers like me and my team."
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I Know We’re in an AI Bubble Because Nobody Wants Me 😭
I first got into deep learning in 2012, when AlexNet came out. I was CTO of Jetpac, a startup that aimed to provide information about bars, hotels, and restaurants by analyzing public photos, for e…
petewarden.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"When I look around, I see hundreds of billions of dollars being spent on hardware – GPUs, data centers, and power stations. What I don’t see are people waving large checks at ML infrastructure engineers like me and my team."
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When the Wampanoag first fed the Pilgrims
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
When the Wampanoag first fed the Pilgrims
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
The Pope may be American but this is pure Eurotrash brilliance from the Chirch
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The Pope may be American but this is pure Eurotrash brilliance from the Chirch
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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Palantir update via www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Palantir update via www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
Our whole thing in Silicon Valley is that we're supposed to be weird and non-conformist. It's depressing that so many engineers are silent because they're scared of a few bullies at the top of the industry.
"I also worry that Silicon Valley now punishes outward earnestness or virtue; young technologists have expressed fears of appearing soft—or worse—woke."
jasmi.news/p/bait?r=2c7...
jasmi.news/p/bait?r=2c7...
don't take the bait
vice signaling is eating silicon valley
jasmi.news
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Our whole thing in Silicon Valley is that we're supposed to be weird and non-conformist. It's depressing that so many engineers are silent because they're scared of a few bullies at the top of the industry.
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#GVerse This 👇
At this point, Schumer is a dinosaur‼️
The DNC needs younger candidates‼️
Resign @schumer.senate.gov time new life, new direction!
At this point, Schumer is a dinosaur‼️
The DNC needs younger candidates‼️
Resign @schumer.senate.gov time new life, new direction!
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#GVerse This 👇
At this point, Schumer is a dinosaur‼️
The DNC needs younger candidates‼️
Resign @schumer.senate.gov time new life, new direction!
At this point, Schumer is a dinosaur‼️
The DNC needs younger candidates‼️
Resign @schumer.senate.gov time new life, new direction!
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Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
I've never called a representative before, but I did today! It's so wrong to have millions of people in the party work so hard to achieve the victory we saw on Tuesday, only for the most vulnerable to lose healthcare because a few senators are spineless.
Call them:
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
Schumer (NY)
202 224-6542
Booker (NJ)
202 224-3224
King (ME)
202 224-5344
Hassan (NH)
202 224-3324
Durbin (IL)
202 224-2152
Ossoff (GA)
202 224-3521
Shaheen (NH)
202 224-2841
Gillibrand (NY)
202 224-4451
Masto (NV)
202 224-3542
Warner (VA)
202 224-2023
Fetterman (PA)
No Point
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I've never called a representative before, but I did today! It's so wrong to have millions of people in the party work so hard to achieve the victory we saw on Tuesday, only for the most vulnerable to lose healthcare because a few senators are spineless.
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Mamdani is going to implement Shar Law. Everyone will have to bow down to the Mistress of the Night, the Lady of Loss, and devote themselves to bringing about a darkness that will smother her hated foe and sister Selûne
Mamdani is going to implement My Sharona law. Everyone will have to create songs with undeniable rock beats.
Mamdani is going to implement Shari Lewis law.
Everyone will be required to stick their fist up a lamb's a
Excuse me, there's someone at the door.
Everyone will be required to stick their fist up a lamb's a
Excuse me, there's someone at the door.
November 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Shar Law. Everyone will have to bow down to the Mistress of the Night, the Lady of Loss, and devote themselves to bringing about a darkness that will smother her hated foe and sister Selûne
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One of the few development non-profits with decent evidence to back up its impact is @givedirectly.bsky.social.
You don't to tell poor people what to do though, and unfortunately that power trip drives a lot of philanthropy.
You don't to tell poor people what to do though, and unfortunately that power trip drives a lot of philanthropy.
study after study after study shows that literally just handing people money and telling them "do what you want with this" reduces homelessness, increases food security for children, makes it more likely people will find and retain jobs.1
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
One of the few development non-profits with decent evidence to back up its impact is @givedirectly.bsky.social.
You don't to tell poor people what to do though, and unfortunately that power trip drives a lot of philanthropy.
You don't to tell poor people what to do though, and unfortunately that power trip drives a lot of philanthropy.
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We love Halloween in San Francisco!
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
We love Halloween in San Francisco!
True fact: I love Taco John's so much, I went out of my way to drive by their corporate HQ in Cheyenne on a road trip through Wyoming. It was the size of a suburban house with a tiny sign.
Now I love them even more.
Now I love them even more.
November 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
True fact: I love Taco John's so much, I went out of my way to drive by their corporate HQ in Cheyenne on a road trip through Wyoming. It was the size of a suburban house with a tiny sign.
Now I love them even more.
Now I love them even more.
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The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
October 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The energy we need is this suburban dad standing out in the street -- barefoot with Blackhawks pajama pants on -- screaming at the masked goons to get the fuck out of their neighborhood.
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Everything bad in the world is the result of old men being contradicted and/or confronted with their own mortality, is the lesson here
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Everything bad in the world is the result of old men being contradicted and/or confronted with their own mortality, is the lesson here
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"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed"
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
Normal Times in Dire Times
Fascism does not break normal life, it feeds on it.
frederickjoseph.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed"
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...
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If low-cost chips and free AI models offer 100% privacy and the same features as big data AI assistants, then how can there NOT be an AI bubble? @petewarden.bsky.social explains why:
petewarden.com/2025/10/16/w...
@matthewhughes.bsky.social @edzitron.com
petewarden.com/2025/10/16/w...
@matthewhughes.bsky.social @edzitron.com
Why does a Local AI Voice Agent Running on a Super-Cheap Soc Matter?
Most recent news about AI seems to involve staggering amounts of money. OpenAI and Nvidia sign a $100b data center contract. Meta offers researchers $100m salaries. VCs invested almost $200b in AI …
petewarden.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If low-cost chips and free AI models offer 100% privacy and the same features as big data AI assistants, then how can there NOT be an AI bubble? @petewarden.bsky.social explains why:
petewarden.com/2025/10/16/w...
@matthewhughes.bsky.social @edzitron.com
petewarden.com/2025/10/16/w...
@matthewhughes.bsky.social @edzitron.com