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@kscottz.bsky.social

Engineer: mainly robots and computer vision stuff. Developer advocate for ROS at Open Robotics. Open Source Hardware Association board member. Lover of rats and plants.

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More shots from the QuitChatGPT protest.

04.03.2026 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm stuck down in Mission Bay today and there's a @quitchatgpt protest going on.

Honestly, AI should be democratic and open source.

OpenAI was a ruse from the start and Sam Altman can't be trusted. I don't understand why people use ChatGPT when Claude and Gemini exist.

04.03.2026 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm always amazed at how fast rats learn new tasks.

All three of mine picked up this new toy in an hour.

Every other treat puzzle box I've tossed them they've learned in a night or two. Some of those have two or 3 steps to get a treat.

03.03.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Join me at Open Hardware Summit in Berlin this May.

Tickets are affordable and you'll come back a little more inspired that a better world is possible.

We're also still looking for sponsors who want to get their products in front of the open source community!

28.02.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, this is starting to take off on the other website.

26.02.2026 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The fine folks at @moreperfectunion.bsky.social did a great job summarizing the history of the Bohemian Club and the work of some of its members.

TL;DR they helped gut social security and organized a sketchy conservative astroturf group here in SF.

youtu.be/unSBLkk2FKc?...

26.02.2026 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Bohemian Club is a secret society for the rich and powerful here in San Francisco.

Yesterday @drboguslaw.bsky.social dropped a list of its members.

Today we are releasing a searchable database of its members cross referenced with open source intelligence.πŸ”Ž

thebohemiangrove.info

26.02.2026 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The fine folks at @moreperfectunion.bsky.social did a great job summarizing the history of the Bohemian Club and the work of some of its members.

TL;DR they helped gut social security and organized a sketchy conservative astroturf group here in SF.

youtu.be/unSBLkk2FKc?...

26.02.2026 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Bohemian Club is a secret society for the rich and powerful here in San Francisco.

Yesterday @drboguslaw.bsky.social dropped a list of its members.

Today we are releasing a searchable database of its members cross referenced with open source intelligence.πŸ”Ž

thebohemiangrove.info

26.02.2026 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

Let’s recap just the past day at Ohio State University:
1) The head of their ObGyn department was found to be getting quarterly payments from international child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein
2) OSU’s top donor was confirmed to be a co-conspirator of Epstein’s
3) Now this. πŸ‘‡

11.02.2026 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 191    πŸ” 115    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 11
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These Peter Thiel backed startups have gone too far.

This one sells a "luxury security camera."

09.02.2026 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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That's me.

09.02.2026 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is the kind if Monday where my coffee pot stops working, there are trolls in our forum, and American Democracy is in obvious decline.

26.01.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pushing Simulation to the Limit to Find Order in Chaos
YouTube video by Drew's Campfire Pushing Simulation to the Limit to Find Order in Chaos

This might be a better use for GPUs than generating slop.

youtu.be/8jVogdTJESw?...

23.01.2026 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Top shelf logo design.

22.01.2026 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Join me at Open Hardware Summit in Berlin this May!

20.01.2026 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pot roast is just shitty BBQ made by white people.

16.01.2026 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
4 frame comic. In the first frame, JD Vance is in Greenland. Text reads : praxis is a start-up funded
by american billionaires and
Trump backers such as jd Vance's
puppeteer Peter Thiel and open
AI's Sam Altman. its aim is to
create "freedom cities" outside
of democratic regulations and
managed by a "king-ceo leading
citizen-shareholders."*
Second frame shows some houses of Nuuk, in Greenland. Text reads : in 2023, praxis founder dryden
brown went to greenlAND TO
Attempt buying it (or at least
a sizeable chunk of it), without
success. he said in 2025 : "we
think Greenland is a very in-
teresting place. we view it as
one of the last frontiers
on earth."**
Third frame shows an iceberg. Text reads : he spoke for many. in April
2025, Reuters reported that
tech investors in silicon valley
were "promoting the frozen
island as a site for a so-called
freedom city, a libertarian utopia
[sic] with minimal regulation."***
Fourth frame shows a Twitter screenshot reading 'according to plan." Text reads : since then, ken Bowery, Who co-
founded a venture-capital firm
with his PayPal buddy Peter thiel,
has been appointed u.s. ambassador
to Denmark, with the express order
to lead greenland-acquisition
negotiations. praxis reacted to
the news by posting on Twitter:
Sources are indicated at the bottom of the first three frames from Le Monde (Peter Thiel, the libertarian billionaire waging war on government), The New Republic (The oligarchs pushing for conquest of Greenland) and Reuters (Greenland freedom city? Rich donors push Trump for a tech hub up north)

4 frame comic. In the first frame, JD Vance is in Greenland. Text reads : praxis is a start-up funded by american billionaires and Trump backers such as jd Vance's puppeteer Peter Thiel and open AI's Sam Altman. its aim is to create "freedom cities" outside of democratic regulations and managed by a "king-ceo leading citizen-shareholders."* Second frame shows some houses of Nuuk, in Greenland. Text reads : in 2023, praxis founder dryden brown went to greenlAND TO Attempt buying it (or at least a sizeable chunk of it), without success. he said in 2025 : "we think Greenland is a very in- teresting place. we view it as one of the last frontiers on earth."** Third frame shows an iceberg. Text reads : he spoke for many. in April 2025, Reuters reported that tech investors in silicon valley were "promoting the frozen island as a site for a so-called freedom city, a libertarian utopia [sic] with minimal regulation."*** Fourth frame shows a Twitter screenshot reading 'according to plan." Text reads : since then, ken Bowery, Who co- founded a venture-capital firm with his PayPal buddy Peter thiel, has been appointed u.s. ambassador to Denmark, with the express order to lead greenland-acquisition negotiations. praxis reacted to the news by posting on Twitter: Sources are indicated at the bottom of the first three frames from Le Monde (Peter Thiel, the libertarian billionaire waging war on government), The New Republic (The oligarchs pushing for conquest of Greenland) and Reuters (Greenland freedom city? Rich donors push Trump for a tech hub up north)

Praxis

15.01.2026 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 421    πŸ” 202    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 27
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

15.01.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 12545    πŸ” 4029    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 306
beaver nuggets!!!

beaver nuggets!!!

⚠️ do not buy these unless you are okay inhaling the whole bag ⚠️

13.01.2026 07:17 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Feels like we are at a defining moment right now.

13.01.2026 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Woke up to two different data breach alerts.

I don't want your "free identity protection" I want you to stop fucking up.

This isn't going to change until companies have to pay for their failures.

12.01.2026 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thiel Fellowship co-founder Michael Gibson & American Moment co-founder Nick Solheim presented a talk at Peter Thiel’s 2024 β€œHereticon”
event titled, β€œManifest Destiny: Greenland, Cuba, & the New American Colony.” Gibson & his colleagues have also been eyeing Venezuela, Honduras, & Nigeria. 1/

08.01.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 732    πŸ” 475    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 108
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GitHub - iBicha/playlet: The unofficial, privacy driven, YouTube client for Roku The unofficial, privacy driven, YouTube client for Roku - iBicha/playlet

Sick of YouTube ads? I know I am!

If you use a Roku to watch YouTube videos on your TV check out the Playlet Roku app. It strips YouTube videos of their ads and works surprisingly well.

github.com/iBicha/playl...

11.01.2026 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GitHub - iBicha/playlet: The unofficial, privacy driven, YouTube client for Roku The unofficial, privacy driven, YouTube client for Roku - iBicha/playlet

Sick of YouTube ads? I know I am!

If you use a Roku to watch YouTube videos on your TV check out the Playlet Roku app. It strips YouTube videos of their ads and works surprisingly well.

github.com/iBicha/playl...

11.01.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk's Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool.

Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images reut.rs/4jvw0JI

10.01.2026 07:25 β€” πŸ‘ 550    πŸ” 155    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 39

Every single "the robots are here" story from CES is wrong

10.01.2026 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1170    πŸ” 159    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 22

Can someone please put together a company that aggregates the content from independent investigative journalists and allows you to support them using a single monthly payment.

This $5 here $2 there stuff is killing me. I'm sick to death of the scattered news environment.

10.01.2026 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I reset my Android ad ID the other day.

Why we allow Google to continue with this nonsense is beyond me.

10.01.2026 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0