Johnny Capers
@scudattack.bsky.social
Chef, photographer, jack of all trades. I like bikes and extreme music.
| Urbanism | Transit | Music | Film and Digital Photography | Food | Tech/Criticism |
| Urbanism | Transit | Music | Film and Digital Photography | Food | Tech/Criticism |
Reposted by Johnny Capers
I'm grateful for my brilliant students. One wrote about impacts of last weekend's debacle: "if we only talk about #Waymo, we will miss a critical, broader conversation around how San Francisco’s innovation policy still treats the city as a laboratory first and a community second." archive.ph/x6Iyq
San Francisco should learn from Waymo’s power outage debacle — and enact tech rollout standards
OPINION: “The weekend outage gave us a clear, non-theoretical glimpse of what happens when new systems meet old infrastructure,” Michael Redmond writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I'm grateful for my brilliant students. One wrote about impacts of last weekend's debacle: "if we only talk about #Waymo, we will miss a critical, broader conversation around how San Francisco’s innovation policy still treats the city as a laboratory first and a community second." archive.ph/x6Iyq
Try this one neat trick to get annoying houseguests to leave: play Japanese harsh noise at high volume
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Try this one neat trick to get annoying houseguests to leave: play Japanese harsh noise at high volume
Reposted by Johnny Capers
This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Reposted by Johnny Capers
Kendrick Lamar Awarded Nobel Beef Prize
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Kendrick Lamar Awarded Nobel Beef Prize
Reposted by Johnny Capers
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
Reposted by Johnny Capers
And the people who are the most obsessed with using ChatGPT and Sora and whatnot aren’t exactly the smartest people
December 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
And the people who are the most obsessed with using ChatGPT and Sora and whatnot aren’t exactly the smartest people
Reposted by Johnny Capers
At least 4 Waymo robots, one in front of the bus and three right behind it. Who knows how many more are heading right into this to suffer the same fate/FUBAR.
Waymo knows they have this problem and so should their regulators and anyone who has been paying attention.
OP: tiktok.feelwellwitharielle
Waymo knows they have this problem and so should their regulators and anyone who has been paying attention.
OP: tiktok.feelwellwitharielle
December 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
At least 4 Waymo robots, one in front of the bus and three right behind it. Who knows how many more are heading right into this to suffer the same fate/FUBAR.
Waymo knows they have this problem and so should their regulators and anyone who has been paying attention.
OP: tiktok.feelwellwitharielle
Waymo knows they have this problem and so should their regulators and anyone who has been paying attention.
OP: tiktok.feelwellwitharielle
Reposted by Johnny Capers
Cars are not as useful as people think they are in a widespread emergency or natural disaster. Driverless cars even less so.
Failed Waymo robot blocking emergency services during a widespread emergency:
Grant St at Sacramento, heart of Chinatown, San Francisco
I've been warning about this scenario for ~7 yrs. Safety drivers fix this in seconds. SFPD will prob have to drive this out of the way.
OP:tiktok.joolyana
Grant St at Sacramento, heart of Chinatown, San Francisco
I've been warning about this scenario for ~7 yrs. Safety drivers fix this in seconds. SFPD will prob have to drive this out of the way.
OP:tiktok.joolyana
December 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Cars are not as useful as people think they are in a widespread emergency or natural disaster. Driverless cars even less so.
Reposted by Johnny Capers
The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago.
December 19, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago.
All I want for Christmas is a Roland SP-404
December 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
All I want for Christmas is a Roland SP-404
I know it came out a while ago, by Napalm Death was really cooking with Resentment is Always Seismic
December 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I know it came out a while ago, by Napalm Death was really cooking with Resentment is Always Seismic
Reposted by Johnny Capers
Yet another example of what happens if we allow LLMs to become a form of epistemic grounding for society.
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Yet another example of what happens if we allow LLMs to become a form of epistemic grounding for society.
Reposted by Johnny Capers
Q: I like speeding!
A: I don’t care
A: I don’t care
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Q: I like speeding!
A: I don’t care
A: I don’t care
Swamp Dogg Sunday
Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune, by Swamp Dogg
9 track album
swampdogg.bandcamp.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Swamp Dogg Sunday
Reposted by Johnny Capers
i stand by this statement every year
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
i stand by this statement every year
Reposted by Johnny Capers
Very upsetting that ACLU is pro-drunk driving.
Requiring in-car breathalyzers for people convicted of a DUI is not "a form of racialized wealth extraction."
People of all backgrounds are getting killed and maimed by reckless drivers. Let's stop the carnage!
calmatters.org/newsletter/c...
Requiring in-car breathalyzers for people convicted of a DUI is not "a form of racialized wealth extraction."
People of all backgrounds are getting killed and maimed by reckless drivers. Let's stop the carnage!
calmatters.org/newsletter/c...
CA leaders look away as road deaths skyrocket
More and more people are dying on California roads, and millions are getting injured. What are lawmakers doing as vehicle deaths increase?
calmatters.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Very upsetting that ACLU is pro-drunk driving.
Requiring in-car breathalyzers for people convicted of a DUI is not "a form of racialized wealth extraction."
People of all backgrounds are getting killed and maimed by reckless drivers. Let's stop the carnage!
calmatters.org/newsletter/c...
Requiring in-car breathalyzers for people convicted of a DUI is not "a form of racialized wealth extraction."
People of all backgrounds are getting killed and maimed by reckless drivers. Let's stop the carnage!
calmatters.org/newsletter/c...
Reposted by Johnny Capers
Two bikes
#wienliebe #wienanalog
#BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead
📷 Nikon F2 🎞 Agfa APX 100 🧪 Amaloco AM 74
#wienliebe #wienanalog
#BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead
📷 Nikon F2 🎞 Agfa APX 100 🧪 Amaloco AM 74
December 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Two bikes
#wienliebe #wienanalog
#BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead
📷 Nikon F2 🎞 Agfa APX 100 🧪 Amaloco AM 74
#wienliebe #wienanalog
#BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead
📷 Nikon F2 🎞 Agfa APX 100 🧪 Amaloco AM 74
Reposted by Johnny Capers
Yes, when a fellow’s soaked through, it’s hard to be sensible, that’s a fact.
December 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Yes, when a fellow’s soaked through, it’s hard to be sensible, that’s a fact.
John Zorn has been such a huge influence on me musically, and I can't believe it took me this long to pick up a copy of Painkiller: Collected Works. If you like grindcore and jazz you should check it out, though their more recent output skews ambient.
December 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
John Zorn has been such a huge influence on me musically, and I can't believe it took me this long to pick up a copy of Painkiller: Collected Works. If you like grindcore and jazz you should check it out, though their more recent output skews ambient.
I spilled warm clarified butter on my arm and now I smell like movie theatre popcorn
December 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I spilled warm clarified butter on my arm and now I smell like movie theatre popcorn
Reposted by Johnny Capers
For fucks sake, there is a dodge truck for sale with 700hp so I don't want to hear any horse shit about ebikes
December 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM
For fucks sake, there is a dodge truck for sale with 700hp so I don't want to hear any horse shit about ebikes
So many people are buying music on Bandcamp Friday that I’m getting 503 errors
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
So many people are buying music on Bandcamp Friday that I’m getting 503 errors
Instead of sharing end of year streaming stats I'm just going to share some of my favorite albums from this year
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Instead of sharing end of year streaming stats I'm just going to share some of my favorite albums from this year
Reposted by Johnny Capers
I'm no purist when it comes to participating in things we all know are bad. I try to reduce my harm but I'm an honest hypocrite.
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...
Explore live radio by rotating the globe
Explore live radio by rotating the globe.
radio.garden
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'm no purist when it comes to participating in things we all know are bad. I try to reduce my harm but I'm an honest hypocrite.
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...
Reposted by Johnny Capers
I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination