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double digits lol

Oh No, Not Again I want to switch gears and talk more explicitly about costs, the slippery details around how much a token is worth, and what we might look forward to as major providers like OpenAI and Anthropic get r...

I wrote about how AI costs these days feel eerily similar to the costs of ride-sharing a decade ago and how we can prepare for when the honeymoon inevitably ends.

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I guess the rumors were correct.
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The lazy product design seemed like a hint this is just a stunt to peacock about brand values and yep:

"The Connection Keeper is more of a publicity stunt than a readily available product. Fewer than 100 will be made."

I wonder how many tokens get used to process thank yous and pleases.

And when we hit the monetization cliff, what happens when there are economic incentives to stop saying thank you and please?

Workers pruning wine grapes

Farm workers at Chateau Ste Michelle Wineryare pruning grape vines with pneumatic scissors. "Julia" shares, "It's good to work at a union company that provides the best tools. These scissors allow us to work more efficiently and creates less stress on our hands." #WeFeedYou

2-panel comic 1st panel, titled UI. Mom and dad standing over a crib with the baby. A mobile with cute animals is turning over the baby. Mom says "I love it!" dad says "Me too!" 2nd panel, titled UX: From baby's POV only animals' assholes are visible.

UI vs UX

Ducks Eat For Free YouTube video by ldmaginnis

I guess ducks can no longer eat for free at Subway. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RgS...

Klingon menswear guy: TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO TIE

Eye•Full App - App Store Download Eye•Full by JONATHAN C SPEIGHTS on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Eye•Full.

The very best version ever has propagated in the App Store:
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Grocery union campaigns against ‘surveillance pricing’ Retailers are individually tailoring prices based on a consumer’s personal information. Electronic shelf labels could be the next frontier.

Grocery union UFCW is campaigning against “surveillance pricing,” where retailers use data to charge different customers different prices. Lawmakers propose banning it, warning tech like digital shelf labels could bring personalized pricing into stores.

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Surely that t-shirt is a brand violation, right?

The more I think about it, if ‘AI’ (whatever this means) is going to result in the types of unemployment that it’s boosters _promise_ then “it” should simply be nationalised at gunpoint and its benefits used to create a cradle to grave fully automated luxury communism welfare state.

Starbucks really out here pulling a “How do you do, fellow kids?” move

Trending: Defense giant Anduril is quietly building autonomous warships on Seattle’s historic ship canal www.geekwire.com/2026/defense-giant-andur...

Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men, played by Javier Bardem.

Don't put it in your pocket... It'll get mixed in with the others and become just a singularity.

Seattle’s Sound Transit “could save at least $15 billion by adopting international best practices and building automated light rail from Ballard to West Seattle. This reform would allow rail to get to Ballard by 2039, rather than decades later.” [showing Vancouver’s skytrain]

AUTOMATED light rail.

Screen capture of a Twitter archive that Claude turned into a useful tool.

I did something similar (yours looks better) and it really does feel special to have this dusty old archive of data become accessible/usable again.

🏆 Final Quality Report Card Code Quality: A+ • ✅ 22 tests passing • ✅ 80% coverage • ✅ 0 warnings • ✅ 0 analyzer issues Security: A+ • ✅ No hardcoded keys • ✅ Config.plist secured • ✅ No sensitive logging • ✅ HTTPS only Accessibility: A+ • ✅ Full VoiceOver support • ✅ All elements labeled • ✅ WCAG AA compliant • ✅ Reduce motion support Functionality: A+ • ✅ All features working • ✅ No crashes • ✅ Backend v1.1 complete • ✅ Dark mode perfect Performance: A+ • ✅ No memory leaks • ✅ Fast launch • ✅ Smooth scrolling • ✅ Stable memory • ✅ Optimal allocations OVERALL GRADE: A+ (100/100) 🎊

Seems like grade inflation to me.

Behold! I have created a Seattle Weather Nerd Starter Pack. I'm including both official and amateur weather nerds here. go.bsky.app/AGq4w44

This is also my question.

Ban Billionaires shirts and hoodies - Clayton Cubitt "We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.”

@claytoncubitt.bsky.social should be selling tons of these. claytoncubitt.com/banbillionai...

This thunderstorm produced a waterspout over Puget Sound! Photo via Reddit.

"The term “AI” resists definition because it is continually reappropriated by people to mean different things. This, in turn, means that discussions of AI that do not provide working definitions for the purposes at hand risk incoherence. [...]"

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If you're in Ballard - get inside! Heard thunder right after seeing the flash. 🌩️⛈️⚡

So proud of @reamimator.bsky.social and everyone involved who helped make this!

Be Careful What You Ask For You would be a lot prettier if you’d just smile. So come on, can I get a smile?

YOU GUYSSS!!! I’m so excited to share that my short horror film “Be Careful What You Ask For” will have its World Premiere @siffnews.bsky.social on May 9!!

More info & tix here: www.siff.net/festival/be-...

Image of the deeply disturbing circular mouth of a lamprey.

Jawless pig?

DOJ Rapid Response • O @DOJRR47 X.com Yesterday the Department of Justice filed a motion to vacate the convictions of several Americans who had received clemency from President Trump. This ends these years-long, Biden-era weaponized prosecutions. President Trump demanded we stop the two-tiered injustice—and we are delivering. No more rigged system. 1:32 PM • 4/15/26 • 6.7K Views

The individuals referenced here are adjudicated terrorists.

They were found guilty of conspiring to use force against their own government to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.

A conservative, Trump-appointed judge applied terrorism enhancements to their sentences.