Menno

@menno.bsky.social

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Bad Pacifist, passable writer. Meritocracy is a myth. Tolerance is a peace treaty, not a suicide pact. American was never great, but it's over now. He/Him

Album Cover for "Nightfall In Middle Earth" by Blind Guardian
Memory System Benchmark showing that: - Single-session assistant scored 100%. - Knowledge update scored 98.7%. - Single-session user scored 95.7%. - Multi-session score: 94.7%. - Temporal reasoning scored 85%. - Single-session preference scored 86.7%. This is an overall score of 92.97%. Previously, my best was around 76%.
A screenshot of a bbc article about the shooter at the white Hall press conference dinner. There is an ad for Beretta the handgun company offering $300 back as rebate on any purchases of the handgun pictured online or in store.
A suet bird food container. It is brown with two metal sides and a green top. it is laying on the ground because the squirrels stole the suet.
Screenshot. NOTABLE: Opus 4.7 shipped today. It's new tokenizer produces up to 30% more tokens on the same input -- factor that in when anyone proposes opus for this work. (Spoiler: nobody should.)
Strongbad from the Japanese cartoon episode. He is overly reflective with blue hair. There is caption saying "You gotta have blue hair"
Two images. Top image is an older woman in a pink jacket holding a sign saying "cholesterol do your job" and then the bottom image is a no kings protest on a street corner. The Images are from CBS News and claim to be from driggs Idaho
Citizens Bank park.
Coffee mug that says "Hoffee Coffee" with a cartoon man on it. The box has his face with big red glasses and a big smile.
A highball glass with a deer in a mask and a suit standing in the corner. Next to it is the words "Hine Ball"
Screenshot of a Claude Code interface. The user said "prime yourself with weft" There is a tool call of "weft_prime" and then a readout of what it learned. It learned it's name, the project, core architecture, a list of recent work, and then pending bugs and improvements that are on deck to be tackled next. The reason the user is excited about this is because it was a fresh version of claude and it got up to speed with all relevant context using substantially less tokens than memory.md and CLAUDE.md would use
Binabik the Troll from Memory Sorrow and Thorn by Tad Williams. Art from the wiki.
A mug that is mostly white with black lines. It has pictures of HIGHLY stylized birds that almost look like mythical creatures
A double of bourbon in a big cup because they ran out of small ones.
Votann kill team. Space dwarves wearing brown leather overcoats over their jade power armor. They're sitting on top of a candle with its cover on.
A black lab mix with a gray snout sitting on a couch. They're looking over their shoulder so you can see their green handkerchief around their neck and big brown eyes.
A screenshot from the game snowcraft. It has three people in red jackets throwing snowballs at three people in green jackets. In the middle of the screenshot is the words "seasons greetings"
Walter, a black lab mix laying on a Vera Bradley robe in the couch.
A wooden menorah with wooden candles. It is painted rainbow colors.
Hamilton Murph with a black face and steel link band wresting on a wooden watch stand.
Identifying would. Accurate results with simple tools. Yep, would. Meme template over a book of identifying Wood by R Bruce Hoadly
A pen next to the words "write a horror story usually only three words."
Brent Amberger from Goobertown hobbies.
Skeet from Chantal James where last word is cut off. Text of skeet Housing First approaches to homelessness, that prioritize getting a stable roof over people's heads before addressing trauma from the streets & other issues, prove to lead to long term stability. Rounding every homeless person up for forced mental health care which is incarceration is not the
A picture of a Manhattan in a Martini glass. There are three cherries in the glass. Behind the glass is an out of focus black and white photo of city hall in Philly.
Before and after picture of walls. Before picture shows a two tone wall design. The top is a red flower wallpaper. The bottom is a deep red paint. There is cherry trim. The second picture is the same room but a different spot. The cherry trim is still there, and this wall has a cherry French door. The wall is a deep warm green on top and bottom
Walter, my dog, dressed as a mailman
Image of a map Headline: How can Democrats put “Safe Republican” seats into play? Body copy: In 2022, a former independent named Adam Frisch ran as a big-tent Democrat in Colorado’s 3rd District and came within just 546 votes of defeating Lauren Boebert — all without a prayer from the pundits and a dime from the national party committees. Here’s how he did it.
Walter, a dog, standing on back two legs looking out window
Music Ask 1. A song you like with a color in the title 2. A song you like with a number in the title 3. A song that reminds you of summertime 4. A song that reminds you of someone you would rather forget about 5. A song that needs to be played LOUD 6. A song that makes you want to dance 7. A song to drive to 8. A song about drugs or alcohol 9. A song that makes you happy 10. A song that makes you sad 11. A song that you never get tired of 12. A song from your preteen years 13. One of your favorite 80's songs 14. A song that you would love played at your wedding 15. A song that is a cover by another artist 16. One of your favorite classical songs 17. A song that would sing a duet with on karaoke 18. A song from the year that you were born 19. A song that makes you think about life 20. A song that has many meanings to you 21. A favorite song with a person's name in the title 22. A song that moves you forward 23. A song that you think everybody should listen to 24. A song by a band you wish were still together 25. A song by an artist no longer living 26. A song that makes you want to fall in love 27. A song that breaks your heart 28. A song by an artist with a voice that you love 29. A song that you remember from your childhood 30. A song that reminds you of yourself
A blue Muppet with an orange nose, glasses, and a cream colored shirt holding a mug of coffee
Walter, a dog, licking up Horchata from a cup that's sitting on a TV tray. Walter is standing on the couch behind the tray.
A meme that shows two things. The first is "average Phillies game" which shows a graph of how Phillies fans spend most of the game assuming they'll lose. The second section shows "average John kruk B plot" showing a clip of a cow, him batting, a volcano, and slowest Virginia The next panel is Kruk saying "and that's how I found out what tiktok is" and next to him the other announcer says "1 ball, 1 strike by wheeler"
Picture of a black Manhattan in a Martini glass
Plums sitting in a bowl on the table
Why does everyone praising Newsom feel the need to add that that they don't especially like him? There's a freaking rapist in the WH and fascism is taking root. We need someone with cajones, smarts, and the willingness to harness power. It's not a popularity contest, people.
A pasty ass man in a light orange shirt posing with a piece of bacon on a stick at a farmers market. Yes I did this intentionally.
A dog standing in a door frame with a goofy grin. He is a black dog with a graying snout and a white patch on his chest and neck. He has a bandana that is all coffee themed.
A black hat with a hand drawn crown crossed out in white. The hat is from the band "Doomtree" from their No Kings album. The hat is sitting on top of an American Flag.
General Sherman of the union army, USA civil war. He is wearing his uniform with his right hand inside it.
A baby on a play mat doing tummy time. There is a black lab snooting her head as she smiles at the camera
A picture of a tree. There is a single branch taller than the rest of the tree sticking up in the air
Picture of a mode sonnet, a 75% custom mechanical keyboards. It has cream and brown keycaps with a walnut strip at the top. Below it is a walnut wrist wrest with two acacia strips along the top.
A miniature of a blond haired man in a red shirt and jeans. He's holding a coffee cup triumphantly and riding a black dog across gray stone.
Screenshot of a minimalist home screen on an android phone. The wallpaper is a night sky. The time and weather are at the top. On the left side is a series of text links that say "YNAB, ToDoIst, calculator, discord, balatro, bluesky, reddit, and work" . On the right side are a series of small icons that also launch apps
A miniature of a person in a red shirt and blue jeans holding a mug of coffee aloft. They are riding a black dog
Rest view of a Eliminator from Warhammer 40k, painted in purple and black standing on unpainted sand.
Swing voters believe that Harris is more compassionate (+25), mentally and physically competent (+20), moderate (+19), intelligent (+6), and enjoyable to listen to (+5) — and better at fighting for the working class (+23), respecting democracy (+18), fighting for people like them (+12), working across the aisle (+11), and being the candidate of the future (+7) — than Trump. Meanwhile, they believe that Trump is more patriotic (+31), extreme (+26), dangerous (+21), experienced (+17), and charismatic (+13) — and better at standing up to “woke” culture (+19), being the “law and order” candidate (+19), having a clear vision for the country (+12), and protecting our freedoms (+9) — than Harris.
Screenshot of Jonathan Chait's Bluesky handle. Under it is a label showing that he follows Jesse Signal
A space marine from 40k holding a flame melta. The space marine is purple and black and standing on sand.
Walter, a black lab mix waiting patiently for mini pancakes on a bright yellow fiestaware small plate. He consumes them in 2 seconds once they are on the ground
Cover of oathbreakers, a book by David m Perry and Matthew Gabriel
A blue bowl filled with thick soup and a poorly formed loaf next to it
America is a Gun England is a cup of tea. France, a wheel of ripened brie. Greece, a short, squat olive tree. America is a gun. Brazil is football on the sand. Argentina, Maradona's hand. Germany, an oompah band. America is a gun. Holland is a wooden shoe. Hungary, a goulash stew. Australia, a kangaroo. America is a gun. Japan is a thermal spring. Scotland is a highland fling. Oh, better to be anything than America as a gun. Poem by Brian Bilston
Walter a black lab staring out over things on the floor because he is hungry
Don Pablo's Spoon Bread Prep Time: 10mins | Cook Time: 70mins | Servings: Servings 6 Ingredients: 2 2/3 cups sour cream 2 boxes Jiffy Cornbread Mix 2 (15-ounce each) cans creamed corn 1/2 (15-ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained 1 cup white granulated sugar 2 eggs 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted and cooled 1/8 cup milk Directions: Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat a 4 quart dish with cooking spray or butter. Mix all the ingredients together until all the dry ingredients are moist. Pour mixture into prepared casserole dish. Bake until golden brown on top (approximately 1 hour). The middle should be moist, between a pudding and a bread pudding texture. Source: https://www.keyingredient.com/recipes/6837005/don-pablos-spoon-bread/
Walter, a black lab mix with a grey snout and wearing a candy cane striped bandana looking unsure because his mom put a gold colored cone hat on his head.
Vir Cotto from Babylon 5.
Cover art for the game "Dave the diver" which is written at the top. Below is a pixel art of a jolly large man in a scuba suit.
An image of an oversized drone flying in the sky. Chris Christie, former governor of New Jersey, is photoshopped on top, sitting in a beach chair.