iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Some updates: - The rockyard now has a website. - The Assistant will be demoable prior to end of the month. - I am looking for freelance, full-time, and contract roles as an SDE, SDET, or DevOps.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 19/09/2026

𝕃𝕒𝕒𝕒𝕒𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟, 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕗…

Man standing in front of big neon sign that says “is that good?” As the crowd chants the same. Art by Mattie lubchansky

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 19/09/2026

The reason that OpenAI delayed its IPO is because its finances fucking suck

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 18/09/2026

This includes the best intro to a newsletter yet

The year is 2026, and you are a hyperscaler CEO. You zip up your Patagonia vest, type UPDATE ME ON CALENDOR TOODAY into ChatGPT, and see that you have a meeting with your CFO. They tell you that while they love all those GPUs you’re buying for those data centers that will absolutely get built and totally agree that you should buy more, your company cannot actually afford to buy them at the current pace.

“But we’re one of the single-largest cash-generating companies in the world!” you scream so hard that your horribly-trained Shiba Inu starts chewing on the side of your Aeron chair. “We’ve been doing AI for years! Where is the money?”

The CFO furrows their brow. “Well, that’s the thing. We’re not actually generating that much cash from it, and actually appear to be losing money. Why do we want to buy more GPUs? We still haven’t installed most of the ones we bought-”

You begin to shake uncontrollably. “To. Do. Artificial. Intelligence. What. Is. It. You. Don’t. Understand. Why. More. GPUs. Now.” The Shiba Inu is now tearing into your Eames chair, but you’re too angry to notice.

Your CFO, thankful that there’s a Microsoft Teams window between the two of you, seeks to calm you down, and asks ChatGPT to give them a script to calm you down. “I understand that you didn’t like what I said — and that’s on me. I have a really great solution for you that I think will solve the problem — we’ve got great credit, and we’d be able to raise in all sorts of ways. It’s not just a solution — it’s a strategy.”

You stop shaking. Your idiot Chief Financial Officer had a great idea. You ask ChatGPT to vibe code a dashboard of potential options and it crashes your Chrome browser. “I just ran the numbers. You’re right.” Your CFO smiles as they see your Shiba Inu empty its bladder in the background.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 17/09/2026

Futurism does not get anywhere near as much credit as it deserves for its reporting/coverage in general!

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 17/09/2026

being very professional in my latest monologue

Shut the fuck up! You build cloud software! You are in full control of what gets built or not! Just because you don’t fully understand how Large Language Models make their decisions doesn’t mean that they’re “out of control” or “have their own intentions,” and your unwillingness to explain the difference and further fuel anthropomorphism only makes me more certain that you need to shut your fucking mouth.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Elk in the field below my house. Please interpret the above as.thr alt-text as well.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Accidentally made this 8¾" by 9" triangle piece today. Going to slice it in half again and make a paired set of bookends out of it.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Decided to reposition the fountain rocks today. Hides a bit of the pallet pile eyesore from the road.

Before image of a bunch of fountain rocks

The fountain rocks were moved so that they partially block a couple stacks of pallets.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

2026/09/11: Before and After of The Tile Pile.

An excavator and a pile of roofing tiles.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

2026/09/10: Before and After of The Tile Pile

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

2026/09/09: Before and After of The Tile Pile

The excavator next to a pile of roofing tiles.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

2026/09/08: Before and After of The Tile Pile

An excavator next to a pile of roofing tiles.

An excavator next to a slightly smaller pile of roofing tiles.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 07/09/2026

Utter nonsense and should be covered as such. And yet

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RichaadEB @richaadeb.com · 08/09/2026

Being convinced by the endless promise of AGI "being right around the corner and solving everything" is such an obvious grift. Elon has been using this same strategy with promises of full self driving tech for over 10 years now. Are you really that desperate to "be more productive"??

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RichaadEB @richaadeb.com · 08/09/2026

like if you claim to be a tech minded person you should be demanding transparency and accountability from these AI companies. Waving these problems off as irrelevant doesn't fix anything - you're just either too stubborn or dense to acknowledge obvious issues. it speaks to your (lack of) principles.

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RichaadEB @richaadeb.com · 08/09/2026

abiding consentless data theft and the collective lowering of education and consumer standards, higher prices and utility expenses, promises of mass job displacement and unregulated environmental impact in exchange for "being more productive" doesn't make you savvy, it just means you're a mark.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

2026/09/07: Before and After of The Tile Pile.

An excavator and a slightly smaller pile of roofing tiles.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

2026/09/04: Before and After of The Tile Pile.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

2026/09/03: Before and After of The Tile Pile.

The same excavator and a slightly smaller pile of roofing tiles.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

2026/09/02: Before and After of The Tile Pile.

An excavator and a pile of roofing tile.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

2026/09/01: Before and After of The Tile Pile. There are nails in it, and but for that fact it would make great roadbed, so each day, I am loading an excavator bucket full of material BY HAND, taking the nails out when I find them.

An excavator and a slightly smaller pile of roofing tile.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Some of Dad's benches, some of mine. Hopefully the quality-level went sideways or up, not down, but, well, he knew what he was about.

Four granite benches and a granite table.

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Smooth Like A Monkey @sidfisk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Weekend at our cabin #Packwood

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

My family's cattle herd very much knows when apples are being offered.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Sorry, I've been negligent on the life photos. Time to rectify part of that.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thanks to @laurenblakeart.bsky.social for being the second set of hands getting this granite table set up for display.

A three-inch granite slab on a tall pedestal, meant as a table.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Enhhh, you win some, you lose some. Next one should work for the order I'm trying to send out before EOW.

A six foot long granite step which unfortunately has a big crack which popped apart during the saw cut.

Another angle of the same with the crack more prominent.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I finished rearranging what I call The Upper Deck of the rockyard today, that is, the part near the road. The idea is to keep the stuff that looks like a stockpile away from what folks drive right past, and put the more visually pleasing stuff there instead.

A picture of a granite birdbath, two flat address stones, and a perfectly-cut rectangular prism.

To the left of the original picture, three stone benches arranged in what I hope is an aesthetically pleasing manner.

The rest of "The Upper Deck". Two sitting stones and a bunch of space for more cool stuff.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I assembled it. His craft was so spot on. What a great piece. I aspire to this every time I make stone furniture. Exemplar. Not For Sale.

An assembled backless stone bench made of blue granite, about four feet across and twenty inches tall.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Well, the quarryman's hammers work really well for taking a lip off of the edge of a rock. Don't worry, old man, I'll handle it for you.

The same three inch thick blue granite slab with a pair of quarryman's hammers resting atop it.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I had set aside the last benchtop Dad ever made, the benchtop that he used to show me how to round a corner with a pair of quarryman's hammers. Apparently he never dealt with the lip the saw leaves.

A blue granite slab with a raised lip on one side.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Set all the bubblers that have already been drilled upright this morning. I like it.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I just really like the composition of this shot from the rockyard today.

A bunch of granite columns that will eventually be fountain rocks in front of an excavator.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 16/08/2026

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 04/08/2026

Analysts estimate that 70%+ of Microsoft, Google and Amazon's present and future AI revenues are from Anthropic and OpenAI's compute spend and model sales. Outside of two unsustainable AI labs, demand barely exists, and they've massively overbuilt capacity. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-deman...

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The AI Demand Bubble

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🤜🤛 GOOD THINGS ARE STILL POSSIBLE

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 06/08/2026

Tied for first place is “he’s just doing this for clicks.” Buddy if I was doing this for clicks I’d write shorter pieces and talk about way more subjects rather than spending 60% of my day googling shit like “MUFG coreweave bond” and “GECAS backstop when”

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 06/08/2026

My favourite booster response right now is “ok, show your short positions!!!” as if I couldn’t possibly find these companies loathsome or to critique their finances and overpromises without having a massive financial incentive.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Quick question: Is it good when sunset looks more like moonset?

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I did slice one new boulder today, but mainly it was taking a three-stacked pallet of imperfect slabs, turning what could be salvaged into smaller pieces, and scrapping what couldn't. All in all a good day despite no progress on the main order to go out start of September.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Well, these are starting to stack up, which is interesting mainly because they weren't built with vertical scaling in mind.

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Gregory Blake @agregoryblake.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

One of these days, I hope to do some truly massive columns as an installation piece around here somewhere, as a marketing bit.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 03/08/2026

Here's the full second segment I did with Bloomberg last week, talking about the circular AI economy, SpaceX and how AI is a gratuitous display of wealth inequality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0Gc...

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Zitron On Bloomberg on why people are anti-AI, SpaceX and OpenAI’s worrying price cuts

YouTube video by Ed Zitron

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Being a parent is pretty tough, but it's all worth it for that moment, every once in a while, when you get to take your kid to the city to see a marching band and say, "Will you defeat them? Your demons and all the non-believers, the plans that they have made?"

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