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WIRED @wired.com · 03/09/2026
An underground detector recorded a strange interaction pointing to a particle with some properties that signify dark matter. The detection is small but promising. www.wired.com/story/scient...
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Scientists Have Found the Most Convincing Evidence Yet of a Dark Matter Particle
An underground detector recorded a strange interaction pointing to a particle with some properties that signify dark matter. The detection is small but promising.
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Zez Vaz @zezvaz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
'Heatwave' It’s firing! 🤙 zezvaz.com/cartoons
Cartoon by Zez Vaz depicting a skeleton surfing a wave made of fire. Caption reads "Heatwave".
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 02/09/2026
In 2024, the suburban village of Pinecrest, Florida asked the Dutch Cycling Embassy for an introduction to Dutch cycling principles. Two years later, that curiosity shaped a comprehensive walking and cycling master plan Read the full story here buff.ly/Hi5Yxdr
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WIRED @wired.com · 03/09/2026
The World Meteorological Organization is warning that the climate phenomenon that has the Pacific running a fever will last until at least February, with dire consequences for weather worldwide. www.wired.com/story/2026-s...
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We’ve Got a ‘Supersized’ El Niño on Our Hands
The World Meteorological Organization is warning that the climate phenomenon that has the Pacific running a fever will last until at least February, with dire consequences for weather worldwide.
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Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 03/09/2026
Rotterdam wasn't always a cycling city, it was rebuilt post-WWII around fast traffic. Now cycling on its main routes is up 45% since 2010. Cycling UK's Tomos Owens spent a day there with the Dutch Cycling Embassy and pulled 3 lessons for British cities 🧵👇 buff.ly/q6Y3nR2
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 31/08/2026
World's largest bicycle parking lot. 22,000 capacity! #Infrastructure #InfrastructureWeek #WeakInfrastructure 🇺🇸
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 31/08/2026
Scientists tried to warn us... ...findings highlight vulnerability of Upper Karnali Basin's cryosphere to climate change, emphasizing need for adaptive water resource management strategies to mitigate impacts on hydrology, agriculture, and regional water security tc.copernicus.org/articles/20/...
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Dynamics of snow and glacier cover in the Upper Karnali Basin, Nepal: an analysis of its relationship with climatic and topographic parameters
Abstract. Snow and glacier cover in the Upper Karnali Basin (UKB) are crucial freshwater reservoirs that support downstream ecosystems and human populations. This study uses remote sensing and GIS dat...
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 31/08/2026
#DrainageIsEverything State of Snowpack and Icepack 2026 is: abysmal www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
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This winter, New England scientists will track snowpack like never before
A new collection of automated sensors will help scientists get a never before seen picture of snowpack across the region, which researchers say will help them better predict floods.
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 29/08/2026
Some say it's snowuse (#dadjoke) to study climate change. But these data scientists and climate hackers are researching the complicated effects and what to do about them. #hackathon
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 29/08/2026
Modern astronomy is data science with a view 🌌🔭 Enter astronomy data hacking. Astrophysicists, software developers, and data wranglers join forces at hackathons to write custom algorithms, process massive imaging datasets to find exoplanets and distant galaxies🚀🔭 www.wired.com/story/nasas-...
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Has a Hidden Technological Leap
Astronomers will test equipment that, if it’s successful, will one day be crucial for discovering Earthlike planets.
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 17/05/2026
Jhumpa Lahiri said it. I believe it: #DepthPerception 👁️j👁️s
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Jhumpa Lahiri and Chiara Barzini discuss interim language: “The time has come to accept that one’s voice might be fractured, imperfect, cacophonous and a bit unhinged.”
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Writing in the Interim Language: Jhumpa Lahiri and Chiara Barzini in Conversation
“Everybody, that is, everybody who writes is interested in living inside themselves to tell what is inside themselves. That is why writers have to have two countries, the one where they belong and …
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aiworks.com @aiworks.com · 18/11/2025
Making desperate “efforts” to force the work I am doing now upon the public would be pretty useless - as I am concentrating on getting on. -Vincent startupworks.com/deep-learnin...
Humanoid Vincent van Gogh robot from the deep future reaches back across time in order to explain deep learning, reinforcement learning, and deep reinforcement learning to Theo, Johanna, and Willem Van Gogh.
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 11/11/2025
Produce yeoman Jeffersonian reinforcement learning labs on industrial strength Hamiltonian domains @ startupworks.com

Lead > Learn > Launch > Build > Own

HACKERWORKS
GAMINGWORKS
SPORTSWORKS
ROBOTICSWORKS 
AiWORKS
FARMERWORKS
MININGWORKS
TEXTILEWORKS
CREDWORKS
BANKINGWORKS
GOVTWORKS.ORG
FIGHTWORKS
SURVIVORWORKS
VANGOGHWORKS
EXPEDITIONBEHAVIORVincent van Gogh's "after Millet" rendering of a farmer rating a field with a harrow. Reproduce from Vincent's letters as preserved and presented by Johanna van Gogh Bonger, his sister-in-law via his brother Theo van Gogh.
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Rick at RoboticsWorks.com @roboticsworks.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Turing Award Winner Richard S. Sutton holds forth on the sweep of scientific authorities in #ApproximatelyCorrect podcast! youtu.be/9_PepvnqIfU
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TURING AWARD WINNER Richard S. Sutton in Conversation with Cam Linke | No Authorities in Science
YouTube video by Amii
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Rick at RoboticsWorks.com @roboticsworks.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
#ApproximatelyCorrect podcast from #amii 🇨🇦 (Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute) or something like it ... youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Approximately Correct, An Amii Podcast - YouTube
Approximately Correct: An AI Podcast from Amii brings you stories from the leading edge of artificial research. Go beyond the buzzwords to learn about the fu...
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 26/02/2025
Dutch Cycling culture’s unwritten codes are endorsed by PedalWorks.com and summarized much better in the linked essay than the trippy, whimsical graphic we prompted ChatGPT to make. urbancyclinginstitute.substack.com/p/unwritten-...
Graphic image created using ChatGPT for our http://pedalworks.com using prompts that reflect stereotypical Dutch culture, cycling values and enterprising way of life!
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 26/02/2025
Dutch Bicycle Infrastructure Training? Yes, please!
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 24/02/2025
Wait a minute … “It is important to note that Canada does not mine bauxite domestically, relying instead on imported bauxite to support its aluminum production.” But it’s all good.
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 24/02/2025
I knew about the gold and the diamonds and the nickel and the shale and the timber and the weed and the wheat but the baux is a surprise!
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 24/02/2025
… like weaponization of Civil Service.
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 24/02/2025
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 24/02/2025
One powerful, attention-getting image by one #Nast-y ( #ThomasNast, that is) OpEd political cartoonist editorialist @zezvaz.bsky.social carried with great force and effect on the protest lines.
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 24/02/2025
Rifle:WW2::Information:WW3 1st prompt on ChatGPT: Create a graphic image as a header for our domain name armsworks.com that features the domain name in a prominent way and makes the point that data is the most potent ammunition in cyber warfare as well as kinetic warfare.
1st Prompt: Create a graphic image as a header for our domain name armsworks.com that features the domain name in a prominent way and makes the point that data is the most potent ammunition in cyber warfare as well as kinetic warfare.2nd prompt:
This is excellent. Tweak the image by adding a 120 mm Sabo round with a depleted uranium core being fired from an Abrams tank with armsworks.com emblazoned prominently on the tank.3rd Prompt:

Refine the image by adding greater detail to the Sabo round which demonstrates how the outer layers peel off, exposing the depleted uranium core
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 23/02/2025
Canadian mineral resources never cease to amaze! Didn’t know about the bauxite!
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 23/02/2025
Would love to see that project come to life with hydrogen! #LetFevziDoIt
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 23/02/2025
When it comes to #cleanhydrogen production and storage at scale it starts and ends with the most highly esteemed engineer I’ve ever had the privilege to associate with. Check out just one of his elegant solutions that might be adapted to Lake Ontario environs: patents.justia.com/inventor/fev...
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 22/02/2025
So #Nast-y! #ThomasNast-y, that is. A great OpEd cartoon by @rubenbolling.bluesky.social the greatest political cartoonist produced by New Jersey since Thomas Nast took down Tammany Hall!
A graphic image that plays on the name of the great political cartoonist Thomas Nast.
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 22/02/2025
#WDYK of climate storytellers? What’s your climate story? This looks like it’s going to be a great live event to be hosted by noted climate scientist, Michael E. Mann on April 10, 2025! michaelmann.net/events/clima...
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Climate Storytellers' Summit | Michael E. Mann
Join My Climate Story project, the Yale Program on Climate Communication, the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, & the Media, and the High Meadows Environmental Institute for a free, live, […]
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 22/02/2025
Graphic images created using ChatGPT for our hydrogenworks.com domain emphasizing a #CleanEnergy hydrogen production color spectrum in the style of Vincent van Gogh.
ChatGPT prompt:

Create a graphic image of the hydrogen color spectrum in the style of a van Gogh painting of a natural setting that ties each natural element to the source of energy for producing hydrogen. Label the graphic image with the domain name hydrogenworks.com.ChatGPT prompt:

Add yellow hydrogen sourced from nuclear cooling towers. Add the domain name “hydrogenworks.com“ in an eye popping contrasting color font.ChatGPT prompt:

Feature the specific text hydrogenworks.com and add color spectrum iconography for various methods of hydrogen production
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 22/02/2025
#NineMilePoint demonstration project in Oswego, New York. First of its kind #cleanhydrogen production process using electrolysis fueled by nuclear energy. Launched in 2023 by Constellation Energy under the auspices of the Department of Energy. www.energy.gov/ne/articles/...
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Nine Mile Point Begins Clean Hydrogen Production
Nine Mile Point facility is the first-of-its-kind in the United States to generate clean hydrogen using nuclear power.
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 21/02/2025
Good news for glaucoma sufferers … “in a female glaucoma patient who engaged in sexual activity during each of three monitoring sessions. [Investigators]findings show that IOP patterns seemed to decrease during the period of sexual activity. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Intraocular Pressure Changes During Sexual Activity
We report the results of repeated ambulatory continuous 24-h IOP monitoring with a contact lens sensor in a female glaucoma patient who engaged in sexual activity during each of three monitoring sessi...
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 20/02/2025
First draft of domain header for our phishinglures.com domain generated by ChatGPT. The second draft will be as specified in the alt text for the image.
Concise creative brief or prompt you can provide to a graphic designer or another AI image generator to achieve the updated concept:

Creative Brief for Website Header:
	1.	Title/Domain Name
	•	Large, eye-popping font for “PhishingLures.com.”
	•	Glowing or neon-like effect to emphasize danger and grab attention.
	2.	Visual Theme
	•	Depict a group of black-hat hackers on each side, dressed in dark hoodies and wearing masks or sunglasses to maintain anonymity.
	•	Each hacker is holding a fishing pole that extends toward the center of the image.
	•	On the hooks or lures at the end of each line, label them clearly as:
	•	“Phishing”
	•	“Vishing”
	•	“Ransomware”
	•	“Homoglyph”
	•	“Spoofing”
	3.	Background Elements
	•	A dark, ominous background in shades of midnight blue, black, and deep red.
	•	Possibly incorporate stylized binary code, circuit board patterns, or digital tentacles to represent cyber threats.
	•	Show silhouettes or outlines of unsuspecting users in the background, visually indicating potential victims.
	4.	Mood and Color Palette
	•	Tense, dramatic atmosphere.
	•	Vibrant neon highlights for text and key details (like the lures or the domain name), contrasting against the dark background.
	•	Splashes of red or bright orange to suggest danger.
	5.	Overall Style
	•	Illustrative or semi-realistic style to capture the concept without looking too cartoonish.
	•	The composition should naturally draw the eye to “PhishingLures.com” while also emphasizing the fishing poles and labeled lures.

Using this description, a graphic designer or an image-generation tool can create the visual you’re envisioning for your website header. If you need further refinements or have additional ideas, feel free to let me know!
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 20/02/2025
Revised graphic image created with ChatGPT for our domains westerngrid.com and easterngrid.com. Good result with the exception of the tower on the left which is still labeled “easterngrid” The prompt that seems to have had the greatest effect was “This is ass backwards. Please make it ass forwards”
Graphic image created with ChatGPT for our domains http://westerngrid.com and http://easterngrid.com. A reasonably good color-coded effort with the exception of the tower on the left which still says eastern grid.Went through some trials and tribulations to get ChatGPT to flip http://westerngrid.com and http://easterngrid.com technology images. This is the prompt that broke through… “This is ass backwards. Please tweak so that it is ass forwards.“
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 20/02/2025
Graphic image created for our Easterngrid.com and westerngrid.com domains using ChatGPT. Not terrible in concept, but it did make crisscross applesauce out of the East Coast West Coast logic. The alt text associated with this image will be used as the prompt for the next version.

Text Prompt for the Graphic Image:

“A high-contrast digital graphic that prominently features a simplified map of the United States. The image is divided vertically so that the left side (adjacent to the Pacific Coast) represents the Western Grid and the right side (adjacent to the Atlantic Coast) represents the Eastern Grid. On the Eastern (Atlantic) side, illustrate technology such as coal power plants with visible smokestacks, nuclear cooling towers, and dense overhead transmission lines. Prominently display the domain name ‘Easterngrid.com’ in a bright, bold font that pops against the background. On the Western (Pacific) side, depict hydroelectric dams, expansive solar farms, and clusters of wind turbines. Feature the domain name ‘Westerngrid.com’ using a similarly bold, contrasting color scheme. Overlay subtle energy flow lines or arrows that trace the movement of power within each grid. The overall color scheme should use darker background tones to make the bright domain names and energy icons stand out, with warm tones for the Eastern side and cooler tones for the Western side, creating a visually striking comparison.”
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 17/02/2025
Agreed! @zezvaz.bsky.social has authored one of the #Nast-iest ( #ThomasNast-y, that is) OpEd political cartoons of our times skewering China’s Tiananmen Square massacre coverup and equating it with #techocratbro’s subversion of America’s democratic experiment www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoon/cybe...
Graphic image created with chatGPT that plays on the name of the OpEd political cartoonist Thomas Nast’s name and image to pay tribute to a modern political cartoonist’s work. This is a UX aesthetic we would like to bring to our domain name http://NastyWorks.com
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 17/02/2025
Style guides need to differentiate tech bro from #technatebro
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 16/02/2025
#Nast-y in the tradition of the great OpEd political cartoonist #ThomasNast who brought down Tammany Hall corruption, created the modern image of Santa Claus, and the donkey 🫏 and elephant 🐘 emblems in use for the Democratic and Republican political parties.
Ai Prompt that generated this image: 

Create graphic image header for website NastyWorks.com that prominently features the domain name NastyWorks.com in a contrasting color font that pops in 3D and includes a portrait of Thomas Nast uttering the phrase “Nasty OpEd political cartoon!#ThomasNast-y, that is!” in a graphic novel inking style.
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 16/02/2025
Pitch perfect and very #Nast-y OpEd political cartoon by @cartoonkahuna.bsky.social ! #ThomasNast-y, that is.
Ai Prompt for this image: Create graphic image header for website NastyWorks.com that prominently features the domain name NastyWorks.com in a contrasting color font that pops in 3D and includes a portrait of Thomas Nast uttering the phrase “Nasty OpEd political cartoon!#ThomasNast-y, that is!” in a graphic novel inking style.
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 15/02/2025
That’s nasty @zezvaz.bsky.social. ThomasNast-y, that is!
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 15/02/2025
That’s nasty. #ThomasNast-y, that is.
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 14/02/2025
“The Law is Not a Jealous Mistress” written in 1927 at the Zenith of the #Roaring20s www.jstor.org/stable/11084...
Conclusion of 1927 large journal article on whether or not “the Law is a jealous mistress”
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 14/02/2025
Note: in the alt text the word “succeeded“ should be replaced by the word “preceded” but there doesn’t appear to be a way to edit it so we’ll just have to settle for the refuge of “context“.
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 14/02/2025
Failed attempt to have ChatGPT make a graphic image for our domain esquireworks.com. Originally set out to make an image for our legal group of domains (esqtv.com jdworks.com et als. Abysmal graphic art failures. Prompts are in the alt text.
These are the prompts we used to arrive at the displayed image. We consider that image to be in abysmal failure succeeded by earlier images that were even worse!

First prompt:

 Create a whimsical graphic image featuring the domain names esqtv.com, jdworks.com, jurisworks.com, esqworks.com that displays a tug of war between whether or not “the Law is a jealous mistress”.

Second prompt:

Discard the previous image and replace with a graphic image that features the domain name esquireworks.com and whimsical iconography that shows the wheels of Justice grinding against authoritarian oligarchs and politicians.

Third prompt:

Remove the crowns. Make the wheels of justice sexy. Feature the domain name esquireworks.com in replacement of the word Justice. Make the image wider and more suitable as a webpage header.
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 14/02/2025
The history of the Ouija board game is fascinating but not as fascinating as a #LuigiBoard game might be. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...
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The Ouija Board Can't Connect Us to Paranormal Forces—but It Can Tell Us a Lot About Psychology, Grief and Uncertainty
The game was born from Americans' obsession with Spiritualism in the 19th century. Since then, it's functioned as a reflection of their deep-seated beliefs and anxieties for more than a century
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 12/02/2025
Barcelona beckons. Wish I could be there.
Barcelona cityscape with emphasis on tech architecture and the “frozen music“architecture of the city.Second tweak of a Barcelona tech cityscape generated through ChatGPT
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 12/02/2025
#MWC25 looks like it may be a great event. Inspired me to create some iconography using ChatGPT for our domain name barcelonaworks.com
These are the prompts used to generate this image which is actually cropped from a much wider cityscape. Textual responses included:

1. Create a graphic image for our domain name http://barcelonaworks.com that whimsically evokes the spirit of Barcelona, the city, where leaders of business, nations, startups and global change come together to architect the future of AI technology

Here’s your graphic image for BarcelonaWorks.com, capturing the city’s iconic landmarks infused with a futuristic AI-driven atmosphere. Let me know if you’d like any modifications!

2. Tweak to add technology hardware and software icons and people interacting with it in a very dynamic way

Here’s the updated version incorporating technology hardware and software icons, with people interacting dynamically. Let me know if you’d like any further refinements!

3. Feature the domain name http://barcelonaworks.com prominently
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 11/02/2025
The first image may be used as a header for our domain name aiworks.com. It is a take on the second damage image which depicts #ArchimedesLever and Archimedes oft-quoted message “given a longer lever and a secure place to stand, I believe I can move the world.” The final image is the 1st prompt.
We used ChatGPT (thanks Sam Altman’s OpenAi and hard headedness in refusing Elon Musk’s overtures) to generate this image as a possible header for our domain name http://aiworks.com . We were going for a modern take on Archimede’s lever and the great physicists framing as to how a simple machine, the lever, can be employed to move the world, given a secure place to stand and a long enough lever. This is the best result we were able to obtain with a few tweaks. We wanted to emphasize the notion that the highest use of artificial intelligence may be to preserve human skill sets that might otherwise be lost given the onset of technology. We believe that human intelligence and Yankee ingenuity are antifragile, wherever they’re found to reside in the world.Classical engraving of Archimedes lever in action. Read more about the illustration and different versions of the saying “given a longer lever and a secure place to stand I believe I can move the world“ go here https://math.nyu.edu/Archimedes/Lever/LeverIntro.htmlAI generated image offering a modern take on Archimedes leverThis is the prompt we used to generate graphic images for possible use on our domain http://aiworks.com. The prompt reads “create a graphic image for our domain name http://aiworks.com that whimsically depicts the role of artificial intelligence in preserving human skill sets on behalf of human beings using the domain name http://aiworks.com as a longer Archimedes lever that can move the world given a secure place to stand.
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 10/02/2025
Graphic ai generated draft headers for our ojos.com site which we would like to develop as a Spanish/Portuñol search engine for all things ocular.
Second tweaked version of AI generated image for use on our website ojos.com. We wanted this version to include 3-D images of the small anatomical structures in the eye to give users appreciation of its complexity. We believe it fails in this regard. It also fails to capture, visual search engine, technology and the cultural importance of vision.Generated AI graphic image for use on our website ojos.com. It is a tweaked version. It is an image that is busy with optometry and ophthalmological iconography. It fails to capture an emphasis on search function.AI generated graphic image for use as a header on our website ojos.com. First attempt, including prompt. The other two images in this message are tweaked versions.
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StartupWorks.com @startupworks.com · 09/02/2025
Modified the fightworks prompt for our hackerworks.com domain with this graphic result that attempts to depict white hat hackers versus black hat hackers.
This is the AI textual response that accompanied modification of the FIGHTWORKS image to fit our domain HACKERWORKS.

“ Here’s your new graphic featuring “HACKERWORKS.COM” with white hat hackers battling black hat hackers working for oligarchs. Let me know if you need any tweaks!”
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