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@gearon.org

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Clojurista, Ontologist, Graph Databasist, and PhD student.

Black oat plants sticking above the surrounding plants in a field. The plant has a thin vertical stem with multiple yellow seed husks hanging from it all the way to the end. Not seen here is that the husks are a paper-like shell that the black seeds develop in, before they split open. Both the tips of these husks and the seeds themselves give the dangling seeds a spiky appearance, pointing downwards. The plant is backed by a blue sky.
Two images, one over the other. The upper image is of the South entrance of the White House, taken from about the E St NW road, looking across "The President's Pk". The fountain in the park is running. The lower image is taken closer to the White House, with the fountain behind the camera. The UFC structure dominant, with advertising all over and around it. The upper railing of the White House is just visible below the arch of the UFC structure.
Starbucks cup with the name “Pola” on it
Screenshot of text: What is interesting is that the failure reveals something about how abstract impressions can become distorted. Much of the contextual information I associate with you—computer science, formal logic, standards work, systems engineering, physics—was evidently mapped onto a stereotypically male visual template. In other words, the generated image says less about you than it does about the cultural biases embedded in the associations used to construct it.
A yard full of bare trees, with over an inch of snow accumulation on the ground
Google search results for Nvidia Tesla H100 cards. The first 3 prices are $20,335.00 and $87,668.58, with AI suggesting a price range of $25,000 to $70,000
Album cover of Without You I am Nothing by Placebo. Shows two young women seated across a table from each other, leaning forward on the table with folded arms. Both are looking down at the surface, apparently despondent. Both wear black tank tops, and have their hair pulled back in ponytails. A window with gauze curtains dominates the background, with yellow light filling the room and reflecting off the table
2026 Senior Membership card for the IEEE. Name is Paula Anne Gearon. Section is Richmond. Has the statement: Valued IEEE Member for 32 Years
View from Carter Mountain across Charlottesville, VA, towards the Appalachian Mountains
Looking down downhill towards the plains, with many fall colors. Apple trees in the foreground, with clusters of red apples
Eastward view of this plains of Virginia from Carter Mountain in Charlottesville
View from the front seat of a car, traveling through a Virginian forest in the Fall
Tracking log for a letter sent from Thornburg on October 21. It went to Richmond, then Washington DC on October 23, where it has languished for 6 days. It now says, “Arriving Late”
2 Eggs Benedict, on a plate. Each one is a fresh English muffin, a slice of ham, a poached egg, and topped with hollandaise sauce. A little paprika is sprinkled on the top.
A plate on a table with Eggs Benedict. Home made English muffins, Canadian bacon, poached eggs, and hollandaise sauce, with a sprinkle of paprika on top. The plate is on a patterned cloth placemat, and a knife and fork are next to the plate.
Text from a news article: There's a legislative proposal to make sure devices, like Amazon's Alexa, only allow purchases through voice commands if people opt in to that feature. (link to Times-Dispatch) The inspiration came from a 2-year-old asking Alexa to play "Baby Shark" and accidentally subscribing to Amazon Music Unlimited.
6 pikelets (miniature pancakes) in a rectangular non-stick electric fry pan
The previous post, but instead of the referenced post being embedded, all that appears is a rectangle with the text “Blocked”
An image of a model wearing an olive green jacket, identical to the jacket of the murderer of Brian Thompson. The image focuses on the jacket, cutting off the model mid-face. In the top left is a circle with the statement "Complete the look" and an arrow pointing down. In the middle of the image is text saying: ⭐️ In demand 716 bought in the last 48 hours
3 cans of Kraft’s “Braised Steak & Onions”. Each can has a sub-banner saying “Premium Australian Beef with Rich Gravy”. The cans have a red label, with a square area for an image. The background of this area is dark blue, with the text printed over it. Under the text is a photo of a plate on which is the meat and gravy of the can. A tendril of steam has been photoshopped to appear as if it is coming from the food and wafting over the text.
White text over a blue-tinted cloudy background. I'm on BlueSky! Get to know me better. 1 like = 1 answer 1. Why are you on BlueSky? 2. Any other social media? 3. Still posting on Twitter? 4. What do you post on Bluesky? 5. Nationality? 6. Gender/Pronouns? 7. One word to describe yourself? 8. Something you hate about yourself? 9. Something you love about yourself? 10. What's your perfect date? 11. Any hobbies? 12. Play any instruments? 13. Name a random fact. 14. Favorite food? 15. Favorite drink? 16. Favorite season? 17. Favorite sport? 18. Chinese zodiac sign? 19. Somewhere you want to visit? 20. Speak any other languages? 21. Favorite song? 22. Song you're listening to now? 23. Saddest song? 24. First game console? 25. Favorite video game? 26. Last concert you attended? 27. Last book you read? 28. Last movie you saw? 29. Cat or dog? 26. Last concert you attended? 27. Last book you read? 28. Last movie you saw? 29. Cat or dog? 30. Day or night? 31. What's your lucky number? 32. Favorite quote? 33. Color of your toothbrush? 34. Favorite movie? 35. Coffee or tea? 36. Favorite character? Artist Questions 38. What do you prefer to make? 39. What's your favorite OC? 40. Who'd you do fanart of? 41. Traditional or digital? 42. Weakness? 43. Strengths? 44. Anything you make but never post? 45. Weirdest thing you've ever made? 46. Any art goals? 47. Do you do NSFW? 48. FREE SPACE 49. FREE SPACE 50. FREE SPACE
A four-panel comic strip. In the first panel, the TikTok logo with dots for eyes, and small line for a mouth, and stick line appendages for arms and legs is saying, "Check me! I have entertaining videos!" In the second panel, the Instagram logo is similarly festooned and is saying, "No, check me! I have photos and memes!" In the third panel, these two logos are in the background while a blurry Duolingo owl pushes into view. In the final panel, the owl takes up the full frame, and says, "Do you want your family to live?" Drawn and copyright by Sarah Andersen
A tweet from Marcus @ziademarcus saying: I got this Duo plushie to remind me about my Duolingo streak, and the attached note is completely unhinged 💀 There are 2 photos included. The first is a Green Duo owl sitting on the back of a sofa, and the second is a note from the Duolingo store, saying: Thank you! I hope you enjoy your purchase from my merch store. I also hope that you do your daily lessons. Because if you don't… well. Let's just say I know where you live now. Signed Duo
A Freia chocolate wrapper, showing a slice of cheesecake near a piece of the chocolate, with the chocolate showing the crust and cheesecake filling
A slide with the title: The Details: IEEE-754 64 Bit 6.67430×10^-11 → 1. 00100101100x2^-100010 1.602176634×10^-19 → 1.01111010010x2^-111111 2.7182818284×10^0 →1.01011011111×2^1 4.835978484×10^14 → 1.10110111110×2^110000
Christmas fair in Oslo, showing a helter skelter, a carousel, and a Ferris wheel, all covered in Christmas lights
List of elements of fascism: • A belief in the supremacy of one national or ethnic group • Contempt for democracy • An insistence on obedience to a powerful leader • A strong demagogic approach • A political movement that embraces far-right nationalism • The forceful suppression of any opposition • A centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader • Severe economic and social regimentation • Forcibly suppressing opposition
The start of a ChatGPT exchange: What can you tell me about the cyber security professional named lan Coldwater? ChatGPT lan Coldwater is a well-respected figure in the cybersecurity community, particularly known for their expertise in container security, Kubernetes, and cloud-native environments. Coldwater has gained recognition for their deep technical knowledge, as well as for being a vocal advocate for security best practices within the DevOps and cloud-native landscapes.
A ChatGPT 4 conversation. You What can you tell me about the software engineer Paula Gearon? ChatGPT Paula Gearon is known in the tech community for her contributions to various open-source
Tom Baker as Dr Who offering a character a jelly baby
The characters from the children’s cartoon “Bluey”. These are all dogs, including the mother, who is orange, the father, who is blue, and the smaller children, Bingo, who is orange, and Bluey, who is blue. They are all standing out the front of their house, which is apparently in or near Paddington, in Brisbane, Australia. The word “Bluey” is written above the characters
An advertisement for people aged 55 or older, with a photo of a couple in this age group. The headline is, “Live Life. Your Way.” Then: “Join us for an exclusive event” “Mingle & Munch!” Followed by details about the event.
Screenshot of a weather forecast: Saturday, October 7. Day, 64° There is an icon of a cloud with snow and sleet, with a probability of 60% Text reads: Partly cloudy with a chance of rain-snow mix. Chance of precipitation 60%. High temperature around 64F. Dew point will be around 51F with an average humidity of 69%. Winds will be 10 mph from the NW.
Scene from The Office with Steve Carell as Michael Scott, saying, “Well, well, well. How the turntables…” Next to Carell are the characters played by Jenna Fischer and B J Novak
The Strangeloop team, on stage, embracing one another
Zac presenting with a slide labeled “Basic Units of Mechanistic Opportunity”
AnnMarie on stage with a slide, saying Playful Learning Lab Rules 1. Be kind. 2. Play well with others. 3. Clean up your messes.
Scott and Taylor on stage with a large slide above them. The slide shows a rainbow colored circuit board (in false colors) with a title of “Technical Resilience”
Text on a slide: “THE PERSON IN THE ARENA It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and”
Dawn view over a neighborhood lake in Virginia
Comic strip. First frame a character says, “Coffee, you’re my only friend.” Second frame, a fave on the dark brown coffee says, “Let’s go commit a murder.” Third frame the character says, “Hmm, too dark.” Fourth frame the character is adding creamer to the coffee. Fifth frame, the face in the coffee is a lighter shade of brown and says, “Let’s contemplate murder.” Sixth frame the character takes a sip, saying, “Perfect.”
A box turtle on the grass in my front yard
A nearly empty cinema with one person in it