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Travis James

@gqadonis.bsky.social

Tech entrepreneur, AI pioneer, and amateur philosopher...co-founder and CTO of @skytok.net

405 Followers  |  24 Following  |  34 Posts  |  Joined: 07.09.2024  |  1.8021

Latest posts by gqadonis.bsky.social on Bluesky

Obama Says America 'Already Great' Without Trump
YouTube video by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Obama Says America 'Already Great' Without Trump

A truly presidential message for your inspiration this morning:

youtu.be/dRHgmQVVslI?...

19.09.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@jimmykimmel.com let me build you the most advanced AI enhanced streaming platform ever built based on the same protocol that powers @bsky.appβ€”impossible to censor and YOU make all the advertising dollars. I’ve done it before! Ask Mark Cuban…I built much of the engine behind what he sold to Yahoo!

19.09.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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12.04.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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He voted for Trump. Now his wife sits in an ICE detention center. ICE's deportation actions signal that anyone who isn't a US citizen is 'at risk – period,' immigration attorney says.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Talk about f**king around and finding out! Nobody thinks they are ever coming for you…

Guess what? If you are not in the billionaire club, they are coming for ALL of you…

16.03.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump says latest Russian attack on Ukraine β€˜what anybody else would do’ β€œAnybody” would step up the attack, Trump said of Russia’s first major missile assault on Ukraine since the U.S. paused intelligence sharing with the embattled country.

Our president is quite possibly the biggest piece of shit in the entire world today:

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

08.03.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And now it beginsβ€”the intentional dumbing down of America:

Trump administration cancels $400 million in grants to Columbia University www.msn.com/en-us/news/n...

07.03.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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User Research is not optional: arguing like Socrates will help you prove it User Research (UR) should be something we all agree on that is critical to building the best digital products. But it’s not, and it seems…

β€œUser Research is not optional: arguing like Socrates will help you prove itβ€œ by Joe Smiley on Medium: uxdesign.cc/user-researc...

27.02.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My best investment advice

20.02.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 12094    πŸ” 1652    πŸ’¬ 626    πŸ“Œ 118
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β€œIn this broken world, you’ll face hardships and painβ€”expect it. But stand strong, be confident, and let joy fill you! I’ve conquered the corrupt systems of this world defeating sin, death, and evil, and my victory is yours to claim.”
β€”Jesus Christ, John 16:33

20.02.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Decentralized Identity is the Future of Social Networks Introduction

My latest article discussing the merits of decentralized identity, AT Protocol, and our SkyTok platform:

medium.com/skytok/why-d...

18.02.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have to admit that I've been surprised at the level of hate at AI LLMs.

There is finally a tool that allows those without access to an advanced education to self learn, anywhere , anytime. To get answers to questions, (even if sometimes wrong) , that they would otherwise never have access to

17.02.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2244    πŸ” 157    πŸ’¬ 2451    πŸ“Œ 655

When I talk to kids today and they ask me what I would do if I were 12 today, my answer is always the same, read books and learn how to use AI in every way shape and form you can. It is a living library that gives you responses and can help no matter who you are or where you live.

17.02.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 18873    πŸ” 2079    πŸ’¬ 2270    πŸ“Œ 380
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This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.

theintercept.com/2025/02/17/e...

18.02.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 42491    πŸ” 11793    πŸ’¬ 1980    πŸ“Œ 921

The unfair responses you have received on this thread after simply advocating for the use of open source LLM's that are controlled by nobody and everyone can freely use is a real head-scratcher...

18.02.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I would say more, but people here already covered most of it. I will only say that I have a hard time understanding why you'd think open source LLM's that anyone can use, customize and enhance are a meal ticket for anybody. I guess we should jsut let OpenAI have all the money, right?

18.02.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess we should all aspire to be poor and noble?

18.02.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

The world’s richest man who no one elected just walked into the US Treasury, stole your Social Security number, and Trump let him. You deserve to know why this is happening - call your member of Congress and Senators (202) 224-3121 and ask why.

03.02.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6921    πŸ” 2486    πŸ’¬ 339    πŸ“Œ 108
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Neural Networksβ€Šβ€”β€ŠIntuitively and Exhaustively Explained An in-depth exploration of the most fundamental architecture in modern AI.

Really, really good explanation:

Read β€œNeural Networksβ€Šβ€”β€ŠIntuitively and Exhaustively Explainedβ€œ by Daniel Warfield on Medium: medium.com/towards-data...

03.02.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Earth to Trump (whatever world he’s living in):

You can’t win a trade war when you have a deficit with all your enemies involving the selfsame resources you would need to win the war…

03.02.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@kerryfwashington.bsky.social I worked on his first video venture long ago, and this time it’s my turn…stay tuned as I have something very special coming…it is what you want…

01.02.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@kerryfwashington.bsky.social so glad to see you here! I have a team working on a new replacement for TikTok based on the technology that drives BlueSky, and we are called @skytok.net . Mark Cuban issued a challenge here and I answered…

01.02.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Every AI enabled IDE, tool, or service I use all updated today to add DeepSeek model support…

31.01.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Claude Talk with Claude, an AI assistant from Anthropic

Wow, Claude.ai is down…glad I have @deepseek.bsky.social as a capable backup!!

30.01.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good morning! I have long been a fan from afar of your efforts. I am building something that can be a great tool in your efforts to educate that is owned by no one person. It is like TikTok built built on BlueSky (AT protocol), so it can reach everyone with live or recorded video.

30.01.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Like others say here, DeepSeek the model cannot be banned. It’s open source. I have a version of it running on my AI platform self hosted. DeepSeek the service is also highly unlikely to be banned as they have a tight affiliation with NVidia (they run on their new servers).

28.01.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@deepseek.bsky.social is almost irresistible because their quality is superb, but their transparency is somewhat worse than what is said here. They explicitly say that they WILL use your data for training which should be heresy. But agents need tokens…

28.01.2025 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@mcuban.bsky.social hey, there! We have @skytok.net set up! About to release some cool stuff to a limited community. @rjesberg.bsky.social and I have been busy running our AI agent minions!!

28.01.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
SkyTok Conference Invitation Join did:plc:nkaysqko3h7bhazdtr4jr77v's conference room

@public Join my SkyTok conference in room: lunar-light-852

Join here: http://localhost:3009/lunar-light-852

27.01.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
SkyTok Conference Invitation Join did:plc:nkaysqko3h7bhazdtr4jr77v's conference room

@public Join my SkyTok conference in room: fluid-unity-873

Join here: http://localhost:3009/fluid-unity-873

27.01.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes he did. Hook up with me and my partner @rjesberg.bsky.social. Email me at tjames@skytok.net

27.01.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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