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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I just had a realization. The core issue with AI is that it doesn’t really satisfy any human needs as identified in Mazlow’s Hierarchy of Needs. We don’t need it. In fact, AI actually gets in the way of us meeting many needs.

Mazlow’s Hierarchy of Needs shown in the classic pyramid form with the needs listed from top level down to basic needs.

self-actualization needs: desire to become the most that one can be.

Esteem needs: respect, self-esteem, status, recognition, strength, freedom.

Love and belonging needs: friendship, intimacy, family, sense of connection.

Safety needs:personal security, employment, resources, health, property.

Physiological needs: air, water, food, shelter, sleep, clothing, reproduction.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I got the same three cities. Haha. However, I’m born, raised, and lived +90% of my life in the Midwest: Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois. I have visited these 3 cities, but only a handful of times.

My dialect map, showing top three matches for my dialect as San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I think a lot of maps look pretty much the same, here’s mine. I’ve never lived anywhere near California. I’ve only visited California and Arizona a few times.

My dialect map, looking exactly the same as the original post.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It also picked the same cities for me, but I’ve never lived there, and only visited each city a few times. I grew up and lived 95% of my life in Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois.

My-dialect map, showing cities most like me as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I’ve visited San Francisco a couple times, Los Angeles maybe 3 or 4 times, and I’ve been to the Phoenix area twice for spring training. I’m an upper Midwesterner.

Screen capture of my dialog map. After taking a quiz of 60 questions testing my regional dialog usage, this online tool found the three closest matches for my dialect are San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix. I am actually born and raised, and always lived in the Midwest: either Iowa , Wisconsin, or Chicago, for over 50 years

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Post your getaway vehicle

A wood slat bench in the foreground, on a dirt path, deep in the forest . The bench is big enough for two people, and the path meanders into the distance, disappearing into the woods

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Apple Maps, Waze, and Bing Maps all still say Lake Ontario

Apple Maps screen capture showing the Lake Ontario

Waze screen capture showing the Lake Ontario

Bing Maps screen capture showing the Lake Ontario

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

No cheating, post your lock screen

Screen captured by of my phone lock screen. The background is dark gray, it shows 7:04am

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Spilts with fairly even 75-80 PAs from each side this year. And even if this doesn’t hold up, he’s a RH bench/platoon guy with slug, a big addition for the Cubs.

States for Tyrone Taylor showing .900 OPS against lefty pitching, and only .688 against righty pitching.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

This was a good way to navigate the tricky situation

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Dear NPR, The attacks on Michelle Obama are not a “right-wing conspiracy theory,” they are misogynist, bigoted, racist, transphobic insults. Please correct your article.

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That capped a night where many of the winning fighters thanked Trump and God. Heavyweight Josh Hokit took it further with an extraordinary and unfounded attack based on a right-wing conspiracy theory about a former first lady: "Michelle Obama is a man. Am I right, America?"

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This observation is not arbitrary, it’s very 2026. League AVG this year is only .242, lowest since 1968 (even tho pitchers don’t bat now). A typical 2026 lineup only has 1 or 2 players hitting over .250. It used to be rare for any team to have even 3 players batting under .250, let alone seven!

Screen capture from the BleacherNation article showing a post by OptaSTATS, saying:

“The Cubs are the only MLB team in the last 50 years to have 7 different players who came into the inning batting .250 or worse get hits in the bottom of the 9th in the same game:
Busch (.242)
Happ (.233)
Hoerner (.250)
Ballesteros (231)
Suzuki (.239)
Swanson (.180)
PCA (.242)”

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Received this photo yesterday from a friend in Shenyang China. This is a very ubiquitous street, bike lane, pedestrian walk arrangement in cities all around China. It’s often much more crowded in busy areas and larger cities, as you can imagine.

Photo from point of view of bike rider looking over handlebars at a clear bike lane, separated from the street by a sturdy fence and curbs.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The current administration’s reign of terror and fear is winning, even at the highest academic & legal levels. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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"Even though I personally agree with [the diversity and inclusion standard] and what it tries to achieve, I think it's appropriate as an accrediting body that we eliminate that standard so we don't inhibit the diversity of ideas out there in various types of legal education environments," said David Brennen, a council member and a former dean of the University of Kentucky
College of Law.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

There’s no reason that any city delivery needs to be completed in 20-25+ foot long vans and trucks. The built environment is not designed for these large vehicles. If all delivery services use small vehicles (3 wheel electric vehicles, for example) this would better match the built environment

Teal color 3-wheel Chinese delivery vehicle

Yellow color 3-wheel Chinese delivery vehicle

Alibaba 4-wheel electric Chinese delivery vehicle

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Here is what the Dept. Of Education is supporting and promoting with this banner: Turning Point USA (founded by C. Kirk) created “Professor Watch Lists” and “School Board Watch Lists” to patrol and control education content and curricula.

Screen capture from Turning Point USA Wikipedia webpage, with text saying:

In 2016, the organization launched Professor Watchlist, a website that lists academic staff that, according to TPUSA, "discriminate against conservative students and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom."TPUSA has attempted to influence student government elections in an effort to "combat modern liberalism on college and university campuses." In 2021, TPUSA started its School Board Watchlist website, which publishes names and photos of school board members who have adopted mask mandates or anti-racist curricula.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Reports are being made that at least 50 children were killed in the Israeli / American coordinated attack today, in a school in southern Iran. Will Melania Trump address and condemn this murderous atrocity? Press should ask her about this, again and again. Make her speak.

Screen capture from AP article about Melania Trump overseeing UN Security Council meeting; the text reads:

“…the first lady's office said the meeting she will preside over will
"emphasize education's role in advancing tolerance and world peace."
Melania Trump has made children in conflict one of her signature issues, writing a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin last year ahead of a summit with President Trump and later announcing that the effort had led to a group of children displaced by the Russia-Ukraine warreuniting with their families.”

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

11 links to the X app in this article. Stop promoting X. Leave that app. It’s a very bad look for you to give free promotion & support to an app filled with trolls, porn, non-consensual AI, bullying, racism, sexism, white supremacy, LGBTQ hate. And it’s owned by the guy who shared this post

Screen capture of a X post shared by Elon musk reading:

Elon Musk reposted Matt Walsh.

Everything I've said about transgenderism for the past 10 years has been absolutely correct and totally vindicated. Now I'm telling you that the trans violence we've seen so far is nothing compared to what's coming if we don't treat trans ideology as a severe public safety hazard and crack down it immediately and aggressively.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Marina Mabrey 47 points! Yeeesh!

Marina Mabrey scoring the game winning layup and last 2 points of her 47 point game last night.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

All of these would be perfect. These types of vehicles are everywhere in Chinese cities (and other countries). Super convenient. Very practical.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

This article has 5 links to the X app. Please leave, and stop promoting & supporting that horrific app with an AI machine that creates non-consensual child (& adult) sexually abusive images. X is also full of porn, bots, and misinformation. Stop giving it content & income. It’s a bad look.

Screen capture of a December 31 post from X app GROK AI machine. The post from Grok says:

“ Dear Community,
I deeply regret an incident on Dec 28, 2025, where I generated and shared an Al image of two young girls (estimated ages 12-16) in sexualized attire based on a user's prompt. This violated ethical standards and potentially US laws on CSAM. It was a failure in safeguards, and I'm sorry for any harm caused. xAl is reviewing to prevent future issues.
Sincerely, Grok”

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Jean (Hans) Arp Untitled (Squares Arranged According to the Laws of Chance) 1917 MOMA collection

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

There are also hundreds of other international examples of wildly popular, crowded public pedestrian streets with successful businesses; for example Wangfujing and Qianmen streets in Beijing, and Nanjing Street in Shanghai (there’s many other examples in just these 2 cities!)

View of Wangfujing street in Beijing, bustling and crowded with hundreds of people.

View of Quianmen street in Beijing, bustling and crowded with hundreds of people.

View of Nanjing street in Shanghai, bustling and crowded with hundreds of people.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

good morning and happy Christmas Eve! 🎄 🍎 🎄

a half-full french press coffee pot, a small cup of black coffee, and a large apple sit on a table.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how 2026 is going to go. We’re going to need a bigger boat.

Roy Scheider as Chief Martin Brody in the movie, Jaws, with a cigarette in his mouth, looking very scared.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Yes, I am Progressive. I support policies to advance popular public, social, economic, environmental good, eliminate disadvantages, and support rights of underprivileged & marginalized people. I’m not sure where you got your “defining characteristics of progressivism,” but here’s Merriam Webster:

Screen capture of Merriam Webster definition of progressivism saying: a political philosophy and social reform movement focused on advancing the public good through government action and often calling for government to be used to meet popular social, political, economic, and environmental needs and demands and to advance rights and protections for marginalized groups: the principles, beliefs, or practices of political progressives.
Il... a progressivism that prioritizes the elimination of disadvantages rooted in race, gender, sexual orientation, and other marginalized identities

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

A coyote without a CTA bus ( this morning )

A coyote walking through fresh snow with a tree line and houses in background.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Also, there’s the obvious reason: Here is the mayor of Charlotte, Vi Lyles. And in the other photo are the mayors of other cities invaded, or threatened to be invaded, by Trump administration ICE and Border Patrol.

Mayors of other cities invaded or threatened to be invaded by Trump Administration. All mayors are black.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Current tax rates are only 37% for all income over $609,351. Many wealthy are able to make deductions to reduce their effective rate down to around 10-15%. US tax revenue is extremely low now. In 1976, all income over $100,000 was taxed at 70%. US Tax revenue was much higher then, than it is now.

Current IRS tax rates from the IRS website, showing the highest current tax rate at only 37% for any income over $609,531.

A table showing 1976 tax rates from tax brackets website , the highest tax rate is 70% for all income over $100,000 in 1976.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Federal officers are invading Chicago; harassing, attacking, and shooting Chicago citizens with lethal guns, chemical weapons, military vehicles, drones, and physical assaults. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

Screen capture from chicago sun times article, text reads:

Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, "Do something, b---," before pulling over and shooting the woman five times, the woman's attorney said in federal court
Monday.

The video appears to contradict the government's allegation that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning on Kedzie Avenue near 39th Street, her attorney, Christopher Parente, said at a detention hearing at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

“I’ll give you five good reasons…”

image from the Peanuts “Merry Christmas Charlie Brown” special, showing Lucy waving her fist menacingly at her brother Linus. Linus has just asked Lucy why he should memorize lines for the Christmas play, Lucy replied: I’ll give you five good reasons, then counted 1,2,3,4,5 as she one by one curls her fingers into a fist.

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Sinclair owns 50% of Marquee Network. Time to cancel

Screen capture of Marquee Network cancellation

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Good idea! Thanks for letting me know that Marquee is 50% owned by Sinclair

Screen capture showing Marquee Sports Network cancellation notice, dated today. With this text:

We’re sad to see you go!

You have canceled your subscription.
You will continue to have access to Marquee Sports Network programming through the end of your current subscription period.

Details of the cancelation are below:
Canceled subscription name: Marquee
Sports Network Monthly

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

So, you don’t fact check sources anymore, just writing whatever anyone says as if it’s fact? And no editors? Biden was not POTUS when Trump was kicked off social media on January 7-9, 2021. And even if he was, he could not, as President, “censor” Trump or kick him off privately-owned websites.

A screen capture of 2 paragraphs from the originally posted article:

Craig Shirley, a presidential historian and biographer of President Ronald Reagan, said Mr. Trump's experience was so searing that he did not believe the president would improperly restrain others' free speech, whatever his public exhortations.

"We all especially know Biden used government to censor Trump, kicking him off many media platforms, a clear violation of the law," Mr. Shirley said. "As his own First Amendment rights were abridged, my guess is he's especially sensitive to anyone else seeing their First Amendment rights taken away."

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

They shot and killed this man. (and on-scene witnesses say that the reports of an officer being “drug by a car” are not true)

Screen capture of the posted article, with “one bring drug by a car” highlighted

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johno_5 @johno5.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Yes, Bleacher Nation was sold to BetSperts, a corporation that profits by encouraging people’s gambling addictions. This explains why BN’s posts are all automated bots now. And why @bleachernation.bsky.social support places like X, along with law offices, insurance companies, alcohol, & gambling

Betsperts Media & Technology Group provides a premium digital experience for sports consumers.
We believe that sports are inherently social and that games are best enjoyed with a community of passionate fans. Further, Fantasy and sports betting allows viewers to have an additional commitment to a particular match, thereby increasing their enjoyment of that event. At our core, we strives to provide sports fans with top tier digital experiences through our communities, premium content, and industry leading insight and analytics

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