Joe Vukovich

@coolhandvuk.bsky.social

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DC. Laws, the environment, things of that nature

A photo of a dirty laptop screen. It is a Google AI overview in response to the search "Edward Tufte views on AI." It says a lot of critical things about AI and notes that Tufte "has not published a formal, comprehensive manifesto on artificial intelligence, but his lifelong crusade for analytical rigor, high data-ink ratios, and truth in information design directly indicts much of current AI-generated data visualization."
A bus stop ad promoting tourism in Philadelphia. It says "America's Big Year Will Be Philly's Biggest Year Yet. PHILLY2026.COM"
A fairly long-winded post on LinkedIn by Robert Levy, currently Executive Counsel at ExxonMobil. The summary is that ExxonMobil has a mandatory senior level retirement age of 65, and he is retiring as a result. He is also going to be immediately joining the Department of Justice in their Environment and Natural Resources Division
An AI generated image. A stamper is on its side, with the word APPROVED clearly visible in red ink. There is a red stamp below it that also says APPROVED. Note that the stamper letters would need to be mirrored to actually produce the stamp shown.
A sandwich board is outside a bar. In colorful letters it says: "Never forget those who served... ... You a $5 hot dog." There is also an illustration of a hotdog saluting.
A picture of a small hut at the zoo selling Dippin' Dots
A preview of an article from The Free Press. My Favorite Actress Is Not Human, by Tyler Cohen. The article is dated Oct. 2, 2025. A preview of the article reads: Tilly Norwood doesn't need a hairstylist, has no regrettable tweets, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances.
An edited picture from The Simpsons. Ralph is on the Simpsons' roof, spreading tar. Homer lies in a hammock below. A spaghetti emoji has been placed over the tar. At the bottom is the following text: MR. KIBBLESMITH, THE SPAGHETTI FUMES ARE MAKING ME DIZZY
A very tiny fire truck, with the body of a Japanese kei truck, is in front of a fire department with several full sized trucks. On the screen, the text "Me? Sure! I'll do my best!" appears in English and Japanese
A tiny remote control kei truck sitting on dark kitchen tile. Its headlights are on. The truck has a tiny cab and large bed. It is angled with the cab in the foreground facing down and to the left of the viewer
A view of a table with a complicated board game on it. There is a map of a post apocalyptic United States divided into hexes. There is a card describing the faction the Sons of Neptune. There are cards representing 5 party members visible.
Homer Simpson wears a monocle and sits at the driver's seat of a car. A mustachioed man looks at him from outside the passenger side. At the bottom of the image is the text "WHAT ADVANTAGES DOES THIS MOTOR CAR HAVE OVER, SAY, A TRAIN? ... WHICH I COULD ALSO AFFORD."
A "smiley" face with nerd glasses. It's not actually smiling, it has a straight line for a mouth
A common meme from SpongeBob SquarePants: Squidward looks out his second floor window through his blinds as SpongeBob and Patrick play outside
A quote from the linked article: Until its AI can accomplish some incredible feat — say, generating a cure for cancer — success is partly defined by turning ChatGPT into a lucrative business. That means continually increasing how many people use and pay for it.
A screenshot of a smartphone menu. The screen says Connect to open Wi-Fi network Roy Donk_Guest. Roy Donk is a fictional person mentioned in a sketch in an episode of I Think You Should Leave
Homer Simpson wearing a blue suit and black tie. He is drooling. He is asleep but wearing glasses that make it look like his eyes are open
A close-up of a Capital Bikes ebike. It's docked. The entire right pedal is missing.
A picture of an ad on YouTube. The ad says: "Telescopic dog-beating stick for close combat. Protect yourself, extend and retract as needed inner tube is solid. High strength alloy Flexible Protect yourself" There is a picture of the extended baton and a seal that says "high quality"
A large black chess piece, a pawn. The pawn is crying and waterfalls of tears are pouring down
A package of candy. The package says "mentos DUO," and there are Japanese characters written on the package as well. There are pictures of purple grapes and a glass with a splashing liquid in it.
A sign on a brick wall that reads "AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION"
A picture of San Juan, Puerto Rico from Google Maps. There are 3 points of interest labeled on the map. All 3 are Sbarro's restaurants and all 3 are permanently closed
A scene from The Simpsons. Ralph Wiggum is speaking to good parents, who are seated at a kitchen table. The bottom of the image is captioned: THEY WERE IN THE CLOSET MAKING BURN BAGS AND I SAW ONE OF THE BAGS AND THE BAG LOOKED AT ME
A light green, blended ice drink. It's lime and mint and ginger flavored and it is extremely good. Lime is the taste of the summer, folks
Four pierogi in a takeout container. They're covered in caramelized onions. On the side is some coleslaw.
A picture of part of a pond, taken through the leaves. On a log, approximately 5 turtles sit in a line.
A grey cat sitting at a wooden table looking at the camera with a very surly expression. She has a large collar on that looks like purple flower petals
A picture of a board game called Maglev Metro. There is a stylized map of part of Berlin, broken up into hexagonal tiles. On some tiles there are blue and green lines representing Metro routes. There are a variety of colorful hexagons representing train stations in different parts of the city
A green tinted laptop with a face on the screen. It looks like it's about to vomit
A side view of a pickup truck. A sticker that says "EZ-Dumper" is visible, as well as (less relevantly) a sticker that says "WE DELIVER"
A screenshot of a tweet by @dril: "go ahead. keep screaming 'Shut The Fuck Up' at me. it only makes my opinions worse."
A picture of former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. He has grey hair and a short grey beard and is looking at the viewer with an expression of hope and encouragement and a suggestion that you should click on the link he just texted you to donate to ActBlue
A picture of the movie poster for Michael Mann's magnum opus, Heat. It features heavily blue tinted face shots of Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Val Kilmer. Their names appear on the poster near their pictures. At the bottom of the image the word HEAT appears, and below that it says A Los Angeles Crime Drama
Two screenshots from the show Jujutsu Kaisen. In the top picture, the character Nanami faces the viewer and two other characters face him. The obviously edited caption reads "I do like him and laugh at his jokes" The bottom picture is a close-up of Nanami, and the caption reads "But I do not respect him"
A corridor in a shopping center. There are no businesses currently renting space there.
An entrance to an arcade. Above the door is a neon sign that says "Play pinball here." The word pinball is inside a pinball flipper.
A screenshot from Duolingo. The sentence in Spanish is "Y con esa piedra le arruinamos el experimento," and the given translation is "and with that rock, we ruined her experiment!"
Homer Simpson looks angrily at something off screen. Below him is the caption: the man never drank a duff in his life
an entrance to an office building at night. Next to a door is a neon sign. The sign depicts a partially unwrapped chocolate bar. Above the chocolate is the word "ENJOY" and below it is the word "DIVERSITY"
A picture looking across a street at night. There is a three story building. Two men are on a scissor lift, up against the wall of the building. The lift is extended so they are near the top of the wall. A projector is illuminating the wall, showing what a mural will look like, though it is somewhat difficult to make out from across the street. The men are in the process of painting the wall to look like the projection.
An overhead view of the board game Burncycle. A large 2D grid is visible. Overlaid on the grid are pieces that represent rooms in a megacorp headquarters. There are a variety of chips and icons representing items and characters.
A close up picture of a freezer cabinet in a grocery store. In the center of the picture is a box of "chocolate ravioli," a "pastazert" filled with strawberry cheesecake
A yellow emoji with a smiling face holding up a crown, as befits Weintraub's queen status (complimentary)
A scene from Star Wars. Chancellor Palpatine looks at Anakin Skywalker and is speaking. Text at the bottom of the screen originally read "the dark side of the force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural" but it has been hastily edited to say "Law school is a pathway to many takes some consider to be unnatural"
A picture of a tiny Toyota pickup truck, parked on the street at night
A picture of a book on a wooden table. The cover shows a very blue-tinted picture of LA at night. The title of the book is Heat 2. The following words also appear: 1988 2000 A Novel Michael Mann Meg Gardiner
A picture of a post on Tumblr by classically-lit-memes4u. It says: RIP to everyone killed by the gods for their hubris but im different. and better. maybe even better than the gods."
An emoji-style picture of a newspaper. It has a distraught expression and is vomiting.
On the right, a frog dressed in pajamas looking off in the distance towards the left. On the left, a partially transparent, larger version of the frog looks to the right. On top, in green text: I DO NOT KNOW. On the bottom, in red text: WHAT IS EVEN HAMPENING. [sic]
A board game box. The top of the box displays a dirt path passing by two homes in a rural village. Text on the box reads: Hamlet The Village Building Game Deluxe Edition A Game by David Chircop
A two panel meme. In the top panel, a woman lying on her bed is texting "I'm just not really in a good state rn 😕" In the second panel, a man, the recipient of the first message, replies "Damn. Ohio?"
A picture from The Simpsons. Someone is holding a newspaper clipping. The headline is OLD MAN YELLS AT CLOUD. There is a picture of Abe Simpson shaking his fist while yelling at a cloud.
A picture of a vegetarian korma. Cubed potatoes, carrots, peas, and red pepper, covered with a yellowish-brown sauce. It is garnished with cilantro and served in a white bowl with a blue pattern around the rim.
A picture of one of the best Onion headlines. Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point. Underneath the headline a balding white man stares at the viewer.
A picture of the Snow Miser, from The Year Without a Santa Claus
A screenshot of an online chess match. White has checkmated the black king. The black king is on d8. Two white rooks are on e7 and e8. A white bishop on g5 supports the rook on e7, which is what allowed the other white rook to move from f8 to e8 for the checkmate.
A picture of 6 fancy donuts from Astro Donuts in DC.
A group of cards on a wooden table. 6 cards represent "modules" that belong to a rover exploring an alien planet. The goal of the game is to use movement points to arrange the modules in such a way that they match the orientation shown on a mission card. As you complete missions, the completed mission cards overlap and form a landscape showing the rover's journey.
A group of cards on a wooden table. The cards are from a sci-fi board game called Spaceshipped. There are cards representing a spaceship and crew, commodities for purchase, and possible encounters and events.