Chris Casper

@spacecasper.bsky.social

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Tiptoeing back onto social media so not sure where I’m going with this B2B tech copywriter living in New Mexico via California, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, and points across the pond Interests include astronomy, citizen science, sci-fi, cooking

Screenshot of an email from OpenAI promoting their ChatGPT shopping service. Beneath an AI generated image of a yellow blender it says: “ChatGPT helps you browse, compare, and refine options - all in one place - so you can find the right product faster. Try ChatGPT to: Find products that fit your budget and style Upload photos to find similar products Compare products side-by-side” The email said other stuff but didn’t fit on the screen. So sad.
In a comment to an Adam Savage’s Tested video, someone converted his US Imperial measurements into kilograms. Below that, YouTube offered to “Translate to English”
Gmail flagged this as spam. Its opening paragraphs say "Attention, Please. Greetings, hope this email gets to you again in good spirit. My name is Attorney Hogan Lovells, an upright and credible attorney..." The rest is irrelevant drivel meant to confuse people into thinking this is a legitimate email.
Messier 86, a galaxy in the Virgo cluster ESA/Hubble & NASA, P. Cote et al.
Two dishes from Khushbu Shah’s cookbook “Amrikan” Indian Tomato Soup and Amchur Ranch Salad with Crispy Chickpeas
Pizza with root veggies and hatch chile
The cast of “The Brokenwood Mysteries”
Long exposure of a small cove on New Zealand’s volcanic Rangitoto Island. A blustery but sunny scene with whisper of sea water kicking up from the basaltic rocks.
A Middle Eastern meal of hummus, muhammara, htipi (ok that’s Greek), eggplant purée (ok technically caviar d’aubergines), tabbouleh, and cacik
Homemade pizza with ground bison, Hatch chiles, and onions with a starship Enterprise pizza cutter
Hot air balloon in the cloudy skies above the Rio Grande
Today’s lunch of oven roasted potato batons covered in stir fried cabbage with garlic and ginger drizzled with kewpie mayonnaise and a gochujiang sauce
Ingredients prepped for a meal from the Indian-American cookbook “Amrikan”
The Indian-American cookbook “Amrikan” by Khushbu Shah
The cookbook “Lobscouse & Spotted Dog” by Anne Chotzinoff Grossman and Lisa Grossman Thomas provides recipes for the many dishes in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin novels.
Golden hour photo of Biosphere 2 near Tucson, Arizona. Photo by Johndedios via Wikimedia CC BY 3.0 https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Johndedios&redlink=1
Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook held in front of my bookshelf’s fantasy section. Hard to find in the US but picking one up upon arrival in New Zealand is a great way to work your favorite sites into your journey.
Screenshot of the Amazon Prime cancellation survey. Q: Is there anything else you'd like to share about Prime or why you canceled? A: Fuck Jeff Bezos
Scene from RFK Jr’s video in which he says that when Donald Trump puts him in charge of federal healthcare policy, he will ban popular snack foods. In the picture he’s standing behind boxes of Cap’n Crunch cereal, Cheez-It crackers and a bag of Doritos.
Pot-roasted chicken in a milk, garlic, bay, and nutmeg gravy
Sopeao - blended tomatoes, red pepper, garlic and bread with tuna, hard-boiled eggs, lettuce leaves and crunchy bread
6,106,860 people joined Blue Sky before me
Cover art for 2001-era Windows game “Age of Sail II”
Patatas a lo pobre con juevos rotos, a Spanish egg, potato and onion dish served with garlic and tomato brushed ciabatta.
Homemade pizza with pan roasted mushrooms and onions and roasted Hatch chilies over Monterey Jack