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(Non-practicing) Attorney, ad guy, and a hatchet man in the fight against lawlessness. life is art|art is life BrianThackston.com/links

newspaper headline saying "State investigators: AI tool wasn't biased when it flagged student's chips as gun"
Transcript of a thinly veiled utilities call about raising rates and a google voice assistant answering
a screenshot of a newsweek article showing a fairness meter starting at unfair left leaning all the way to unfair right leaning. it offers the opportunity to rate the article on that meter, as well as request reprint, submit correction, or view editorial and ai guidelines
A screenshot showing images form the video game 1000X RESIST and text that reads: Video Game, Nintendo Switch, 1 Player, Mystery, ~10 hours 1000X RESIST is more visual novel than video game but it is a game and you do have a bit of agency in your interactions. Canada-built, Australia-published, and out-of-this-world creativity make this one heck of a ride.
email screenshot showing a testflight invite to Flashes for Bluesky
Painting of Danny decoration from IASIP offering an egg on these trying times
Screenshot of progresso website showing soup drop sold out
With Deepseek, if I recall correctly, a lab in Berkeley read their paper and duplicated the claimed results on a small scale within a day. That's why I say it's like the Google moment in 2004. Google filed its S-1 in 2004, and revealed to the world that they had built the largest supercomputer cluster by using distributed algorithms to network together commodity computers at the best performance-per-dollar point on the cost curve. This was in contrast to every other tech company, who at that time just bought what were essentially larger and larger mainframes, always at the most expensive leading edge of the cost curve. (To the young people reading this, this will sound incredible to you)
screenshot from article: "To our surprise, there really wasn't a difference between the two forms of interventions. For blood pressure and heart rate, there was no statistically significant difference between playing a video game and engaging in meditation," Wong said.
a photo of a Makerbot 3d printing a rocket
a 1784 sketch by Thomas Rowlandson entitled “Sympathy, or A Family On A Journey Laying The Dust.” where a family and the horses and the driver are all peeing vigorously in the picture
A meme with spider man showing all browsers as Chromium
News article screenshot saying "David Lynch, Visionary Director of 'Twin Peaks' and 'Blue Velvet,' Dies at 78
an AI altered photo of a dog eating his food while surrounded by a lair of skulls
a screenshot in a video meeting of a popout notification saying: Now Gemini can take notes for you. After the meeting, Gemini adds a summary and details to a meeting notes document Currently, Gemini only takes notes in English. Gotit
Screenshot of article title: Google Gemini App to Use The Associated Press News
Email snippet from Michael Girdley's Acquisitions Anonymous showing a folded piece of plastic used to turn a toilet into a urinal.
Notes from a notebook on Governing the Commons. Largely inscrutable.
A list of books with "finished" status and five star reviews: Man's Search for Meaning The Road to Serfdom Death’s End The Dark Forest Tombs of Atuan A Wizard of Earthsea Based on a True Story Six Walks in the Fictional Woods Governing the Commons When Things Fall Apart Possession The Secret History of Twin Peaks
graph of camera sales from 1933-2024 showing huge increase in early 2000s with smartphones
a photo of a keychain and key with the keychain reading 665 oceanview hotel from the Alan Wake video game series
An image of a memo statement from Jimmy Carter: This Voyager spacecraft was constructed by the United States of America. We are a community of 240 million human beings among the more than 4. billion who inhabit the planet Earth. We human beings are still divided into nation states, but these states are rapidly becoming a single global civilization. We cast this message into the cosmos. It is likely to survive a billion years into our future, when our civilization is profoundly altered and the surface of the Earth may be vastly changed. Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, some —— perhaps many — may have inhabited planets and spacefaring civilizations . If one such civilization intercepts Voyager and can understand these recorded contents, here is our message: This is a present from a small distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts and our feelings. We are attempting to survive our time 90 we may live into yours. We hope someday, having solved the problems we face, to join a community of galactic civilizations. This record represents our hope and our determination, and our good will in a vast and awesome universe. President of the United States of America THE WHITE House, June 16, 1977
a toronto star diagram showing ikigai, a japanese concept :meaning a reason for being"
A quote from Douglas Adams (author of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). "I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things."
Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope: Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is - we're here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore.
a photo of 12 cologne scent samples
Let's start 2025 off strong by avoiding it entirely and escaping a thousand years into the past to an Amazonian civilization of forest islands, garden cities, and duck tales. From there, we'll flee even farther from the present, though we'll keep the "enchanted forest" vibe going strong.
illustrated image of person putting on a tie with one side saying "What do you do?" and the responses being considered by the person being: "I'm a lawyer." "The law." "I do law." "I practice law." "I'm an attorney." "Something legal."
A Calvin and Hobbes comic with several panels. First panel: Are your parents going out for New year's eve? Are you Kidding? Second panel: My parents' idea of a wild night is to mix a scoop of real coffee in with the decaf. Third panel: Are you making any resolutions for the new year? Fourth panel: Resolutions? Me? Just what are you implying? That I need to change?? Well buddy, as far as i'm concerned I'm perfect the way I am. Fifth panel: For your information, I'm staying like this, and everyone else can just get used to it! If people don't like me the way I am, well tough beans! It's a free country! I don't need anyone's permission to be the way I want! This is how I am - take it or leave it! Sixth panel: By golly, life's too darn short to waste time trying to please every meddlesome morn who's got an idea how I ought to be! I don't need advice! Everyone can just stay out of my face. Seventh panel: I... Hobbes? Eight panel: Hmph! Ninth panel: He should resolve to be more attentive when someone is speaking.
Spam email that simply says "Brian" and then has a "Brian.pdf" attachment
screenshot of video for Sonic 3 that auto-paused if you click on another tab
Screenshot of webpage for telescopesettlement.com that says: Welcome to the In re Telescopes Antitrust Litigation Indirect Purchaser Actions Settlement WebsiteDid you purchase a telescope from January 1, 2005 to September 6, 2023?A class action lawsuit and a settlement of part of that lawsuit could affect your rights. You may be eligible to receive a payment from a $32 million settlement.You are not being sued. The notice explains the lawsuit, the settlement, and your legal rights and options. Please read the entire notice carefully. You need to make a desicion about the settlement. To make the best decision for yourself, read on. Important things to know:You must file a claim to receive money from the settlement.If you do nothing, you will still be bound by the settlement and the lawsuit, and your rights will be affected.If you want to opt out or object, you must do so by February 13, 2025.You can learn more by navigating this website. Please review carefully.
a rather stylish graphic that is warning about suffocation risk if somebody is placed inside of a pelican case
a whiteboard with hand-drawn images of key themes from tightly condesnsed, such as "investment landscape and market trends, infinite opportunities, easier than ever code" and a variety of other legaltech conference staples you'd expect. the artist's interpretation of conveying these concepts is most striking in light of heavy artificial mentions!
a whiteboard with hand-drawn images of key themes from tightly condesnsed, such as "investment landscape and market trends, infinite opportunities, easier than ever code" and a variety of other legaltech conference staples you'd expect. the artist's interpretation of conveying these concepts is most striking in light of heavy artificial mentions!
A screenshot of a Figma presentation that's so zoomed it's essentially unreadable and not at all helpful or clarifying in any way
a screenshot of a Figma page with a slide titled "Using Automation" with a highlighted text portion saying "If somebody is saying they use Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence then they are likely charlatans who will try to hoodwink you. Be biased towards human intelligence"
a photo of two print copies of The Onion newspaper with one headline showing saying: PENTAGON WARNS CHINA DEVELOPING LOVE, THE GREATEST WEAPON OF All