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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The vertical part is important, both in cost of deployment and capturing earlier and later day rates on the income side.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

@johnsmillie42.bsky.social 👆another entry in your running list of impeachable acts…

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This looks good for cattle. Seems doubtful for corn at scale. The vertical setups spaced to allow for implements is the best for widespread row crop deployments.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is an actual post by the White House touting their “super intelligence.” They’re so incompetent, they spelled United States wrong. If you don’t believe me, click the link. x.com/whitehouse/s...

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I suspect that he extrapolates code capacity advances onto other areas like biologics. The software factory developments presented this past summer are impressive as are the jev and its open counterpart laya.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If the county didn’t want the money, has the developer considered paying for residential solar at that same level with residents closest to the project getting it first? I.e., break the opposition by peeling away those who are closest to the site through immediate financial benefits from it.

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Gina Fiore @marsecgina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Unpopular opinion, but please continue to burn money on pointless television ads that was originally allotted to harass and arrest immigrants.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Davis Aquatic Masters is mostly pool swimming. They have lots of different age groups.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Rocknasium? It was pretty social back in the day, and there definitely was an indoors only climbing cohort.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

BuT wHaT AbOuT tHe 75% wHo WaNt iCe CoRoLlAs?😁

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Agreed, and they should drop the ice and hybrid versions at this point. I assume that they only are keeping them for the dealerships who want the service income.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Yes, he’s never allowed it to be removed. He keeps oscillating between a toddler throwing a tantrum and a mob boss extorting the courts. This is a good summary of the recent court events by lawyer in the case: youtu.be/XQokQCuYXss?...

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Trump’s Kennedy Center Fight Is Barreling Toward a Constitutional Showdown (w/ Nathaniel Zelinsky)

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

7th and final hour done. 2 buyers; two purchasers. Both ICE vehicles. Overall, it was a poorly attended. Most were still driving ICE vehicles which now cost easily over $100 to fill if a truck or suv. Disposal income is going to gas and/or people are driving less.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hour 6 done. 1 buyer; one purchase; hybrid car. Heading into final hour. If past pattern holds there will be a few post lunch/late buyers.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hour 5 done. 2 buyers; 1 purchasers. One ICE vehicle and one walk up The pattern is the same as prior sales but overall low turnout.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hour 4 done. 4 buyers; 2 purchasers—all ICE

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hour 3 done. 4 buyers; 3 purchasers—all ICE Turn out is dismal

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Second hour done. 9ish buyers; 2 actual purchasers. All in ICE vehicles, except 1 bicyclist.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

First hour done: 3 visitors 1 drive by ICE pickup 1 ICE pickup truck with single buyer 1 EV with 3 buyers No sales. We’ve been doing these sales for past few years. People are usually out early to get things before sales are picked over. This is abnormal.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Anecdotal indicator of trump’s economy: 30 minutes into neighborhood garage sale day and not a single visitor. Gas prices are eating disposable cash and preventing those who do it as a hobby from driving around to them.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

1000% this! Why does my printer need an app HP?

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Matthew Buckley @physicsmatt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Died *with* AI not *of* AI.

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James Temple @jtemple.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I'm hoping to interview someone who has been a federal or state firefighter in Alaska to get their insight on a research program I'm writing about. If anyone has suggestions, please reach out or put them in touch with me. Appreciate any guidance on this! 🙏

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James Temple @jtemple.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I wound up with two extra tickets to the SF Phoebe Bridgers show on Oct. 27th. If any of my Greater Bay Area Bsky friends or followers have any interest, please shoot me a DM.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Great job; congratulations professor!

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Dan Killam @dantheclamman.blog · 16/09/2026

It would be nice if some of the tech execs going to babble uselessly about AI at "Dreamforce" would notice on their drive back to their mansions in Marin that the Romberg Tiburon Center, which has existed since 1978, is dissolving and has evicted all of its scientists.

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Allan Konopka @hamatsa50.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The latest from Think Like a Microbe thinkmicrobe.substack.com/p/jumping-to... What should be the standard of evidence for a claim? Here, 'metabolic cooperation' between auxotrophs and prototrophs 🧪🧫 #philsci

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Jumping to conclusions

I follow Cameron Thrash on social media as he regularly posts links to interesting microbial ecology papers.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Ah, I went from a completely open access NIAID facility to a closed off street with a checkpoint and armed guards overnight…

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yeah, I guess that’s my point. It’s only considered potentially nefarious bc the identity was unknown. Dual use safeguards aren’t new, and a key aspect of prior iterations of such concerns depended heavily on who was asking what questions/attempting to get access to potentially sensitive materials

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Isn’t it that they blocked queries because the questions were from those who had hidden their identity more so than the questions being asked? I suspect that they put the cart before the horse and now are scrambling to put identification safeguards in place—maybe Claude can code it for them! 😉

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hey Zack, have you ever done this same plot for ice volume? I know you have other visualizations for volume, but I am curious if the recent plateau in area minimum is mirrored in volume or if it continues to decline. Also, is the ending of volume in Feb, 2026 temporary or is it permanently offline?

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This needs the Benny Hill theme song.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Use the spelling given in the publication. It’s clearer and doesn’t require readers to know the history of the name variants. If you use the mismatched variant, add a footnote stating that you changed the spelling in the citation and provide the spelling that appears in the original paper.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I was feeding training data to NNs 25 years ago. The advances are spectacular. Their concerns should be focused on our digital infrastructure given agent behavior and self learning. That probably hits too close to business models and doesn’t cause as much concern in focus groups…

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Yeah, Hinton is out clanging the extinction gong again. They all seem to be stuck on a humanity ending virus, which is probably due to recent pandemic and their limited understanding of biology… youtu.be/IZMjJGi4YhI?...

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'Godfather of AI' on the "not unreasonable" 10% chance AI could kill all humans within a decade

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Yes, because the service charges are meant to cover the delta between their labor rate and a livable wage plus health insurance. The tip is your expression of appreciation for the service they provided you and is at your discretion.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

That’s great. I hope that they also have invested in improving their customer service because it was bad 4 years ago.

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Jim Smoot, PhD @jcsmoot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Don’t count out the geriatric authoritarians—they’re slow but also very demented with control of over 10,000 nukes.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · 09/09/2026

How I choose to remember the WTC Twin Towers. [300 words] neildegrassetyson.com/photos/2002-10-city-of-stars/sunset-on-wtc/

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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A study out of Ball State University (Indiana) yet again confirms no statistically significant negative impact on residential property values near large wind and solar installations. www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2026/09/util...

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Utility-scale solar has no effect on nearby residential property values, Indiana research finds

A new research brief from Ball State University’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) finds no statistically significant negative effects on

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Rachel Hollis @rachelhollisart.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

A bit disconcerting when one of the world's largest moth species is attracted to your headlamp! Found this beautiful Hercules Moth in far north Queensland. #wildoz #wildlife #nature #biodiversity #insects

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