Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Me and my pals have a solstice party every year. Friday is the night! 010
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 07/03/2025If Alaska wants to avoid tolls on transport trucks travelling through BC, they can become the beautiful and cherished 11th province. 131
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 11/02/2025You couldn't pay me to get on a plane in the US right now. 000
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 09/02/2025For the record, similar offices were created under George W. Bush and Barack Obama. 100
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 09/02/2025However, in Outlook, Copilot > the native search function, which I think we can all agree has always been surprisingly and totally useless. 000
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Oh man, I’ve learned so much using AI. Try writing system prompts for assistants you instruct to have specializations in language or code or music theory or whatever (it’s infinite). make them teachers or advisors or whatever. For me, it’s been the most incredible learning tool. 100
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 04/02/2025No, I’m parsing out AI use cases and saying there’s a spectrum of offenders. A chat bot’s use ≠ the use by a scaled enterprise solution. Sorry for the misunderstanding. 000
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 04/02/2025I’m saying you’re zeroing in on a minuscule, fractional contributor to a real and much larger problem, so in that sense, it’s unfair to single it out. That’s all. 100
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 04/02/2025So does BlueSky and anything tied to data centers. It’s an inescapable reality, so a bit unfair to single out lowly chat bots. Cleaner energy is the solution. Also, better energy efficiency. Lots of data centers get built in Canada because you have natural cooling 6 months of the year. 100
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Pretty much all chat bots are flow charts. They follow choice-based scripts, like a choose-your-own-adventure story. They’re fun to build, actually. 120
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 02/02/2025I remember the free trade debate in the late ‘80s. When NAFTA came into effect, it was a dramatic and rapid change from a retail consumer perspective. And so all the warnings about free trade were quickly forgotten. 010
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Literally no one asked for this. What an insanely stupid, malicious state of affairs. Even after this is over, I’m not buying American. 010
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Make a pro/con list! I’ll consider your argument. 000
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 16/12/2024I’m biased by nationality, but this is 10/10. 070
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Good to be back, and to see you! The other place got pretty wild… I’m still on there, mostly out of curiosity to see where it goes… but this joint is better aligned with the kinds of conversations that bring me joy, which includes conversations about the Beach Boys! 110
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 09/12/2024I know exactly what you mean. Still, I always listen to it. 😀 110
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 09/12/2024I love The Lonesome Crowded West. 1997 was a great year for Modest Mouse. 020
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 08/12/2024One of Hunter S. Thompson’s favourite albums. One of mine, too! #vinyl 030
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 11/11/2023*who is tirelessly supportive of others — man, I hate typos. Oh well. 010
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 10/11/2023One of my fav flash collections, by a great writer, whose tirelessly supportive of others. Get this in your life! Go to the Boneyard! 222
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 07/11/2023Enjoy! It just means the outdoor rinks are coming soon. 100
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 07/11/2023One of the last truly great rock & roll records. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en... 000
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 25/10/2023A lynx was hunting rabbits on the driveway. Cool! 010
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 23/10/202355°. It snowed from about 1:00 pm until 5:30 pm. I had to shovel! 010
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 22/10/2023This, despite smelling like dog food when you open the can. A truly transformative experience, going from that to hummus. It’s basically the story of the ugly duckling, and who doesn’t love an underdog story? Chickpeas forever. 010
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 22/10/2023I’m grateful for Dick Latvala, convincing the Grateful Dead that bootleg two-track recordings of their live performances had historical value, and he gathered all of it in the age of bootleg tape trading by mail. Dick’s Picks Vol. 1 is a fine choice on a Sunday. music.youtube.com/playlist?lis... 020
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 22/10/2023My motto: always be kind and talk about what you love. 040
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 22/10/2023Clarence White’s guitar playing on this live Byrds record is so good, the B-Bender in full effect. 010
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 21/10/2023I’m planning one last hurrah in Vancouver, when I go there for work in November. Fingers crossed it’s not pouring rain in the city of skateparks. 010
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 21/10/2023You had some fine stories out this week, worthy of celebration. I say bottoms up! 010
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 21/10/2023“Be silent so that your words are worth more than silence.” — Pythagoras 000
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 21/10/2023Mostly skating, I bet. Got to get it in before winter, am I right? 110
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 21/10/2023Now this is quite an accomplishment! Genuine congratulations, man. 020
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 21/10/2023“If dogs ever take over the world, I hope they don’t choose a leader by size, because I bet there are some chihuahuas with some pretty good ideas.” - Jack Handy 110
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 21/10/2023Great to have the atoms of Twitter’s writer community reassemble over here. Still grateful to @vanwinkle.bsky.social for publishing my story “Angel” over at Cowboy Jamboree. Good… no, GREAT grit lit, y’all! www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/thalia-et-al... 042
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 21/10/2023Old news for a new site. My novella is only $10. @thedrevlow.bsky.social graciously said, “Winners & Losers feels like it could come straight out of Larry Brown's Big Bad Love or Facing the Music” so maybe you’ll dig it! shorturl.at/dtISU 151
Travis Grant @travisjudegrant.bsky.social · 18/10/2023Children’s birthday parties: three hours of sugar and mayhem. 020
