Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If this is indeed the opening act of the next world war-proper, its going to be fought by infantry columns on long marches - and drones with solar panels 040
Reposted by Jon LowyThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oh shit, that response, though. 1112021504
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Again time for apostacy. I've said before, I repeat here. I'm an engineer. If a thing is a thing, then its a measurable thing. I'm not commenting on climate change, or AGW. I'm just observing that catastrophizing bad weather is actual bullshit. Show the data extremeweather.thehonestbroker.orgextremeweather.thehonestbroker.orgUS Extreme Weather and Climate Change Dashboard — Trend AnalysisA dashboard tracking 38 US variables across 8 extreme-weather phenomena, detecting long-term trends against official NCEI/SPC/USGS/USDM/MTBS/NIFC data following the IPCC's own detection framework. 041
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026House of El remains an excellent go-to for a subsequent of reality in AI. Yesterday yesterday I experimented (again) with getting a drawing of a simple thing done. 2 hours of carefully crafted prompts to adjust shitty memeified bollox interpretations. 1 of some m.youtube.com/watch?v=YPf8...m.youtube.comThe Biggest AI Fraud Is the One Nobody Is InvestigatingYouTube video by House of El: AI 121
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 24/08/2026jaysamit.substack.com/p/oscar-wild... A DELIGHTFUL exposition of reincarnated Wilde. Complete evisceration of the nonsensical idea that autocomplete can EVER be described as INTELLIGENT. Sorry for shouty words, utter delight, reading my hero burst the AI bubble so long after his bucket kicking!jaysamit.substack.comOscar Wilde Just Invented the Perfect Insult for AIA conversation between Oscar Wilde and AI 031
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I'm not sure it signals hope, but at least change. My 4 year old sons bus fixation includes letting the busses rest and recharge their batteries. 1302
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 22/06/2026For those with doubts about the AI hype.....I'm enjoying this channel as it speaks to my cognitive bias.... Or speaks truth, ypu decide. m.youtube.com/watch?v=vbNz...m.youtube.comOpenAI’s $1 Trillion Bullsh*t Is Falling ApartYouTube video by House of El - AI 1162
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 21/06/2026More grist to the mill of AI being high quality autocomplete with no capacity for systematic perspective. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh_F...m.youtube.comLLMs Pattern Match CodeYouTube video by Theos Theory 031
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Enjoying Ed Zitrons realism and Molly Jong-Fasts skepticism. I have another perspective, unsure what it adds. First, I write tech content for high end end engineering sites. Years if wirk, millions of words for Xometry, Thomasnet, Jiga.io and others. 1 of some m.youtube.com/watch?v=PwEX...m.youtube.comWhy Trump & Billionaires Keep Propping Up AI w/ Ed ZitronYouTube video by Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast 1123
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I wun 2 chaire sum AI appo-ca-lips funking, Cos I bin dun sum thawts. (No, an AI would be unlikely to read that sentence, yet its clear to you.....kinda my point) If you're concerned about AI heaving you our of your job...... (1 of not sure how many) 180
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Question: Among all the moral and political outrage, has the alt. media and discussion missed the point of the Iran "excursion" entirely? Postulate: The death, destruction, and economic catastrophe that follows IS THE PURPOSE. 1st 2100
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 10/01/2026I wonder if its time to rename the Dutch Disease as the US Plague? The hollowing out is almost complete, the decoupling of finance from nation is very advanced. The trickle up (flood up?) has done much of its work. m.youtube.com/watch?v=qc4W...m.youtube.comHow The Dutch Lost Their Empire (And Why The US Is Next)YouTube video by Econ Empires 1164
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Lil bit of perspective. Sankey diagrams ROCK visualization. 170
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 02/12/2025You know how sometimes you dark suspicions about the state of being, click into the evidence you didn't see clearly, until it was written in sky writing? A NEW, New Deal required. Why neo-con, neo-lib have created systemic failure on a continental scale: thedailyeconomy.org/article/esca...thedailyeconomy.orgEscape Velocity: Why America’s 1963 Poverty Math Is Broken | The Daily EconomyThe Kennedy-era poverty formula hides the economic pressures now crushing working Americans. Worse, benefits losses are wiping out wage gains. 0124
Reposted by Jon LowyThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/07/2025JACKSONVILLE — TW ⚠️: Unarmed Black driver has his window smashed + face punched by a sheriff’s deputy after being pulled over for not having his headlights on… during the day. 🤔 Sheriff TK Waters says they’ve launched an “internal investigation”: www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news... 1400105825487
Reposted by Jon LowyAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/07/2025ATTN: If you’re one of the 1,000 FBI agents who reviewed the Epstein files, feel free to reach out to me via signal (in my bio). I’ll keep you anonymous- as I have the thousands of current and former federal workers who have sent me tips. Please share this widely. 🙏🏻 3913470715762
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Apparently I'm a creep and a wierdo, according to @jgal57.bsky.social. Ah well, slighlty sad label worn with pride. 3211
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Sorry to all contacts, I was hacked by unknown means. I advised all who "I" messaged 1233
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I shall treasure this picture for many days to come. 6729
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Language is a delicate and powerful thing. Blunt instruments to police its use are deeply childish when automated. Condemned for lack of prissiness. Outside the US this verbotten word has technical and non cruel meanings. 1222
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 18/03/2025I've some perspectives about China, being married to a Chinese family (yes, that's how it is) and living here intermittently. Chinese people are faecophilic. Evidenced by delicacies like stinky tofu and widespread consumption of washed, lightly cooked intestines. Stinky. But this is a surprise; 2131
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 17/03/2025In case there was any doubt about the performance of safety responses in the world's most successful EV brand...... Cameras versus LIDAR. Do not ever turn on any degree of self driving in a Swasticar. m.youtube.com/watch?v=umR8...m.youtube.comNASA Engineer EXPOSES TERRIFYING Tesla Flaws! WTF?!YouTube video by Stephen Woodford 0267
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Reportage from my first hand, as an affected supplier. Walmart attempts to offload trumps tariff costs onto China suppliers by a sudden push-down of prices ain't going so well. Watch this space. I'd give good odds that their China operation AND exports to the US implode 1357
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 11/03/2025I recognize I'm off my high horse here but I'm seeking help. The waxing snd waning of the moon. I've had a revelation that is quite possibly me being a dumbass for the last 60 years. Without leaving my armchair, I can debunk the flat earth completely. Or I'm an idiot and everyone already knows! 250
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Species bifurcation neatly summarized. If there's a way back, I don't see it. m.youtube.com/watch?v=s4No...m.youtube.comThis is what Tr*mpers think Musk is doing with the TreasuryYouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture 1131
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 09/02/2025I'm struggling to reconcile how Murica used to think of itself with how these maggots speak of it. Im not sure the old vision was true, but I'm sure the maggot view is wrong. The grasping after power with no intent to govern/improve has had a species bifurcation effect that may not heal 0284
Reposted by Jon LowyUndertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 29/01/2025It'd be a shame if the terms "swasticars" and "Muskolini" caught on. #swasticars #Muskolini 18547631215
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Amused to try to evaluate DeepSeek as a tool and showcase for Chinese tech titans. Sadly, registration failed at the 'verify you're human' point. Way.....to.....go Ah well, low budget can disrupt details. I'm sure its very good anr hardly data rapes users at all. 160
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 13/01/2025I wonder if I'm alone in joining the apparent dots. This bullshit about Greenland and Canada doesn't exist in a vacuum. It seems to imply the 🍊 Crotch Rot is a true believer in the expected temperature rise. He's trying to secure the next centuries Florida. Tell me I'm wrong. 6264
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Badges of honor, I think. Resistance dweebs seems self-explanatory. Same for Liberals (derogatory). The third one - Shrouded from the host to enter Valhalla is the closest I can get. Old skool Norse nazis who consider me poor warrior material? I'd like to meet them on the barricades. 8211
Reposted by Jon LowyOccupy Democrats @occupydemocrats.bsky.social · 30/12/2024BREAKING: Former U.S. Army Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré accuses MAGA billionaire Elon Musk of being a "national security risk" because his massive business interests in China make him an easy target for exploitation and extortion. Please like & share if you do NOT trust Elon Musk. 10028911333
Reposted by Jon LowyI Smoked Kirkmas @dknight10k.bsky.social · 12/11/2024We're going to take over this place the same way we took over threads: by building up all of you First, hit the like button, reply with #NoDemUnder1k, and most importantly, hit the REPOST button. Then follow each other back. The easiest way to do so is to follow everyone who reposts. Here's how: 7605133477633
Reposted by Jon LowySuzyQ @suzyqfit4u.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Elon doesn’t like this photo, so don’t 😉 repost this photo. Resisters, 😉 you know what to do.. 😝 30233132775
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 27/12/2024If you feel the need to drop my name in, mid sentence, when patronizing me, plz FOAD instantly. Or hear your own name as every third word, with alternating Fs & Cs as the other extender words. Gears grinding leads to teeth spitting. Not my teeth. 060
Reposted by Jon LowyRichard Hovis @desertstorm-vet.bsky.social · 26/12/2024@texasgranny56.bsky.social Could you please kindly help me get my partners message out? Sean has been battling brain cancer for almost 2 years now and I need help, he needs help. I am trying everything to get this message out. Thank you. PLEASE HELP ME HELP SEAN. Donate, share; gofund.me/50d970f6 51410
Reposted by Jon LowySeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 25/12/2024I saw a few people describe Curtis Yarvin as "dumb," despite his reputation as the far-seeing philosopher-king who's inspired Peter Thiel, JD Vance, & many on the New Right. So I did some reading and, well, yikes, "dumb" is an understatement. He's just Lou Dobbs w/ bigger words. For example... 611896467
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Anthem for our times. Happy Christmas if that's your thing. genius.com/Ian-dury-and...google.comfucking ada lyrics - Google Search 030
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 16/12/2024In the wintery Norther hemisphere, this last full moon of the year is called the cold moon. The Maori name for this lunar month is Kohi-tātea. Helping my little boy delight in the sky swells me with pride. He notices Luna (Ahoroa) at surprising moments, I catch him staring and pointing with joy. 2374
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 10/12/2024The term interesting engineering is perhaps audience optimistic. However, this is a huge leap in Iron production, big impacts - less energy/Carbon/waste - faster - use low grade ore to produce high grade Iron, unlike a blast furnace. interestingengineering.com/science/chin...interestingengineering.comChina's new iron making method boosts productivity by 3,600 timesThe new iron making method, developed by Chinese researchers, is both faster and more cost-effective, while also benefiting the environment. 1204
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I even stray into opinion pieces when I'm feeling very brave. insights.globalspec.com/article/2299...insights.globalspec.comThis is Industry 4.0? More like 4.05, perhaps | GlobalSpecSearch GlobalSpecExpand GlobalSpec Website Search FormLike us on Facebook!Follow us on Twitter!Follow us on LinkedIn! 080
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Hey. Just for a whiplash mood change, this is the type of work I do for engineering companies and websites. All the illustrations too. Sorry to advertise, I'm not imagining a rush of jobs, just offering a perspective on one of the vague wisps you're connected to jiga.io/articles/jiga.ioResource Center - JigaFrom the latest in manufacturing marvels to the secrets behind seamless supply chains, our posts are designed to enlighten and entertain. 191
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 08/12/2024www.torquenews.com/11826/tesla-... When die cast parts are shocked, they fracture rather than bending. That's why steel is more resilient in car chassis and suspension. Mega giga woteva.torquenews.comTesla Cybertruck Frame Snaps in Half After Hitting a Pothole – $34,000 & 4 Months to Fix, but Owner Says “This is the Most Amazing Truck Ever”A Cybertruck breaks its rear subframe after hitting a pothole. The incident cost $34,013 and took close to four months to fix. However, the Cybertruck owner says, “This is still the most amazing truck... 7388
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Plz plz, someone who understands Christianity explain how the 10 commandments are a handbook for the real world? The first 5 are internal organizational rules and the next 5 are a mess. Life, Hope & Truth lifehopeandtruth.com › bible 10 Commandments Listlifehopeandtruth.comLife, Hope & TruthLife, Hope and Truth: providing insights and understanding about the purpose of life and real hope for a better future based on the truth of the Bible. 10223
Jon Lowy @jonny-spanner.bsky.social · 27/11/2024A final act? Typical FDA, late as hell. BVO was banned in Europe in 2008. The US is a people mine, the nice bits of the world are more like a people *farm*. www.earth.com/news/controv...earth.comControversial soda ingredient has finally been banned by the FDAThe FDA has officially banned brominated vegetable oil (BVO), a controversial soda additive linked to health risks. 2304