Public posts from tom@herestomwiththeweather.com https://otisburg.social/actor/tom@herestomwiththeweather.com.xml best joke of the week was on bluesky: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/profile/covie93.bsky.social/post/3mxiftq5ucs23">https://bsky.app/profile/covie93.bsky.social/post/3mxiftq5ucs23</a> Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:59:06 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3185337 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3185337 superintelligence is just a euphemism for malware Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:56:50 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3160715 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3160715 ice is messing with texas. Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:54:28 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3155176 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3155176 have we achieved SGI yet? Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:50:14 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3148444 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3148444 doordash drivers need to unionize so there are consequences when one is shot and kidnapped. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 22:18:04 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3144189 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3144189 texas a&amp;m drops 14 spots in the AP rankings after hegseth visit. i'm starting to see a pattern. Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:04:24 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3143569 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3143569 Wondering how I can send hegseth a texas longhorns jersey for him to wear during the a&amp;m game Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:11:37 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3142283 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3142283 protip: you might be using lLLMs too much if you say brain damaged things like "AI is just a tool." Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:25:32 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3139869 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3139869 “largest theft of labor in human history"? not even close. Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:00:07 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3137996 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3137996 <a href="https://daveverse.org/?p=12459">replying to</a> scripting@daveverse.org<br/><br/>@scripting@daveverse.org your problem is that you have a time horizon greater than 3 weeks. Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:42:01 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3135161 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3135161 remembering the word agnotology i learned from <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://ritholtz.com/2016/06/frightening-global-rise-agnotology/">https://ritholtz.com/2016/06/frightening-global-rise-agnotology/</a> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:03:49 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3123340 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3123340 RIP Barry Melrose. In addition to hockey game commentary, I love this story he told about losing 14-4 to the French Connection: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut-PjcTRduk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut-PjcTRduk</a> Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:07:53 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3118624 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3118624 happy labor day! this year, thanks to a vernon 101 8mm film editor i found on ebay i as able to salvage this "Bakersfield Press Strike 1949" video: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://archive.org/details/bakersfield_press_1949">https://archive.org/details/bakersfield_press_1949</a> Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:59:32 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3112825 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3112825 i'm sure it is just coincidental that maga people do not complain about ai generated youtube videos and that the trump administration fiercely defends data center construction. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:52:40 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3104780 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3104780 lt. gov. dan patrick saying he wants texas schools to be more like the prisons: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/19/texas-dan-patrick-obscene-books-school-libraries-penalties/">https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/19/texas-dan-patrick-obscene-books-school-libraries-penalties/</a> Thu, 20 Aug 2026 22:28:39 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3077308 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3077308 <a href="https://beige.party/users/travisfw/statuses/117077875340528998">replying to</a> travisfw@beige.party<br/><br/>@travisfw@beige.party i concur Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:09:12 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3040194 https://otisburg.social/statuses/3040194 <a href="https://oldbytes.space/users/tschak/statuses/116977344578655071">replying to</a> tschak@oldbytes.space<br/><br/>@tschak@oldbytes.space bravo! Fri, 24 Jul 2026 21:30:36 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/2860406 https://otisburg.social/statuses/2860406 planning to check out "Montréal 1976 : une épreuve olympique" tommorow. the '76 olympics is the first major news event that i can remember: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/fr/expositions/montreal-1976-epreuve-olympique/">https://www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/fr/expositions/montreal-1976-epreuve-olympique/</a> Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:10:54 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/2794110 https://otisburg.social/statuses/2794110 Exploring the Mont Royal neighborhood after my last day of french classes at the fantastic Numa Institute.<br/><img src="https://stark-moon-46.s3.amazonaws.com/qok8q7msg4ityplqn9kho1vp7v87" alt="standing outside Librarie Millenium"/> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:00:45 -0500 https://otisburg.social/statuses/2781281 https://otisburg.social/statuses/2781281 <a href="https://otisburg.social/statuses/2687860">replying to</a> tom@herestomwiththeweather.com<br/><br/>@tom@herestomwiththeweather.com ...thanks to montreal.rb for the event tonight! we met for some good poutine and drinks at NYKS afterwards. 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