Zach
@zach-r.bsky.social
New dad. Like to read about math history. California near Monterey Bay. I only eat plants (it's easy!)
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In case you didn't know...
Both male & female Reindeer grow antlers, but males lose them in late Autumn. All Santa’s reindeer are therefore female, which means Rudolph is persistently misgendered.
Both male & female Reindeer grow antlers, but males lose them in late Autumn. All Santa’s reindeer are therefore female, which means Rudolph is persistently misgendered.
December 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In case you didn't know...
Both male & female Reindeer grow antlers, but males lose them in late Autumn. All Santa’s reindeer are therefore female, which means Rudolph is persistently misgendered.
Both male & female Reindeer grow antlers, but males lose them in late Autumn. All Santa’s reindeer are therefore female, which means Rudolph is persistently misgendered.
A reminder that comment you heard on Joe Rogan or whatever about veganism and plant based eating was probably lazy and incorrect
December 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A reminder that comment you heard on Joe Rogan or whatever about veganism and plant based eating was probably lazy and incorrect
Gemini 3 has been really impressive. youtube.com/shorts/KzB0y...
What’s new in Gemini 3?
YouTube video by Google DeepMind
youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Gemini 3 has been really impressive. youtube.com/shorts/KzB0y...
We need more organizations publicly pushing back like this. www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/p...
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We need more organizations publicly pushing back like this. www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/p...
Here's another photo to cartoon video with our other dog, who loves the beach. #googlegemini #gemini
August 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Here's another photo to cartoon video with our other dog, who loves the beach. #googlegemini #gemini
Google Gemini turns a photo of my dog into a cartoon
August 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Google Gemini turns a photo of my dog into a cartoon
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I've been testing this internally for.a while. Fun to see Veo start to roll out to Gemini app gemini.google.com/app
May 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I've been testing this internally for.a while. Fun to see Veo start to roll out to Gemini app gemini.google.com/app
My dog gets the AI treatment. Based originally on a photo at Nisene Marks.
March 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
My dog gets the AI treatment. Based originally on a photo at Nisene Marks.
Gemini 2.5 is pretty impressive. It pretty well identified the components of this meal and gave a reasonable layman's assessment of its amino acid profile. g.co/gemini/share...
Gemini - Vegan Food Identification
Created with Gemini Advanced
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March 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Gemini 2.5 is pretty impressive. It pretty well identified the components of this meal and gave a reasonable layman's assessment of its amino acid profile. g.co/gemini/share...
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Cosmic forces interact with our bodies every day, sometimes in surprising ways.
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March 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Cosmic forces interact with our bodies every day, sometimes in surprising ways.
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Daffodils are out this morning
March 1, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Daffodils are out this morning
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
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One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.
Home - NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program prepares us for the impacts of ocean acidification through research and interdisciplinary partnerships.
oceanacidification.noaa.gov
February 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.
Jon Stewart cutting his hand while breaking his coffee mug and still powering through. So great to see him firing on all cylinders in the daily show. youtu.be/utl2uLh1wVI?...
Jon Stewart Reworks Trump & Elon’s Sweeping DOGE Budget Cuts | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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February 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Jon Stewart cutting his hand while breaking his coffee mug and still powering through. So great to see him firing on all cylinders in the daily show. youtu.be/utl2uLh1wVI?...
Federal employees, don't waste your time with this. Have AI write your response email.
Sources: the Elon Musk-directed OPM email asking federal staff about recent work requested no links or attachments as part of a plan to feed responses into AI (NBC News)
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February 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Federal employees, don't waste your time with this. Have AI write your response email.
Really cool to see. Co-Scientist has only been out for less than a week. www.techspot.com/news/106874-...
Scientists spent 10 years on a superbug mystery - Google's AI solved it in 48 hours
Professor José R Penadés told the BBC that Google's tool reached the same hypothesis that his team had – that superbugs can create a tail that allows...
www.techspot.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Really cool to see. Co-Scientist has only been out for less than a week. www.techspot.com/news/106874-...
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Exactly why I've been writing, podcasting, and damn near screaming about using the right language.
The mainstream media is failing us SO badly right now.
Stop. Calling. This. Shit. DEI.
This is (re)segregation. This is racial purging. Cleansing Black people from positions of power.
The mainstream media is failing us SO badly right now.
Stop. Calling. This. Shit. DEI.
This is (re)segregation. This is racial purging. Cleansing Black people from positions of power.
By accepting Trump’s anti-Black premise and regurgitating the narrative that equates anything Black as DEI, the NY Times has become part of the propaganda machine
February 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Exactly why I've been writing, podcasting, and damn near screaming about using the right language.
The mainstream media is failing us SO badly right now.
Stop. Calling. This. Shit. DEI.
This is (re)segregation. This is racial purging. Cleansing Black people from positions of power.
The mainstream media is failing us SO badly right now.
Stop. Calling. This. Shit. DEI.
This is (re)segregation. This is racial purging. Cleansing Black people from positions of power.
Pure ridiculousness electrek.co/2025/02/21/t...
Trump to shut down all 8,000 EV charging ports at federal govt buildings
The Trump administration is shutting down all federal government buildings' EV chargers and expected to sell off the GSA's newly bought EVs.
electrek.co
February 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Pure ridiculousness electrek.co/2025/02/21/t...
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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says DeepSeek's $6M training cost claim is "exaggerated and a little bit misleading" and a "fraction of the total cost" (Bloomberg)
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February 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says DeepSeek's $6M training cost claim is "exaggerated and a little bit misleading" and a "fraction of the total cost" (Bloomberg)
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Super Sunday. Good day for Football. Bad day for Chickens.
Indeed, every day is a bad day for Chickens. While you gnosh on wings today I offer this annual reminder that in the US, we lay, hatch, grow, slaughter, bring to market, buy, cook, and eat, one million chickens per hour.
Indeed, every day is a bad day for Chickens. While you gnosh on wings today I offer this annual reminder that in the US, we lay, hatch, grow, slaughter, bring to market, buy, cook, and eat, one million chickens per hour.
February 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Super Sunday. Good day for Football. Bad day for Chickens.
Indeed, every day is a bad day for Chickens. While you gnosh on wings today I offer this annual reminder that in the US, we lay, hatch, grow, slaughter, bring to market, buy, cook, and eat, one million chickens per hour.
Indeed, every day is a bad day for Chickens. While you gnosh on wings today I offer this annual reminder that in the US, we lay, hatch, grow, slaughter, bring to market, buy, cook, and eat, one million chickens per hour.
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These great research institutions in red states are slated to lose about $1B in NIH research dollars
February 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
These great research institutions in red states are slated to lose about $1B in NIH research dollars
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Many of the White House candidates for high level positions in the Federal government come across as badly qualified for the jobs they are seeking.
If they all happened to be Black, I wonder if they’d instead be rejected as incompetent DEI hires?
If they all happened to be Black, I wonder if they’d instead be rejected as incompetent DEI hires?
February 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Many of the White House candidates for high level positions in the Federal government come across as badly qualified for the jobs they are seeking.
If they all happened to be Black, I wonder if they’d instead be rejected as incompetent DEI hires?
If they all happened to be Black, I wonder if they’d instead be rejected as incompetent DEI hires?