technologist, traveler, ex-expat, indie music & Mets fan, builder of products/teams/communities. past: co-/created @awesomefound @betahouse @angelbootcamp
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Jon Pierce retweeted
I've been working on a new app, @UseReprise, since the beginning of the year, and I'm ready to start getting some beta tester feedback. It makes it easy for you to save articles and listen to them on the go, with voices generated on the Neural Engine, 67x faster than real time.
Jon Pierce retweeted
I wanted to answer a question: can Jev be used to determine an agent's next-tool decision?
So I tested Jev, Clef-flash and GPT-6 Luna (just for fun) in shadow mode: 300 τ-bench conversations each.
TLDR: None met the preset bar. The revealing part is where confidence stopped being useful.
Jon Pierce retweeted
.@Sec_Noem has forfeited her right to lead. I'm calling on her to resign.
Gregory Bovino must also be fired.
No one, not an ICE agent, not a federal officer, not a president, is above the law.
Jon Pierce retweeted
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
Jon Pierce retweeted
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, open sea lanes, a stable financial system, collective security ... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition ... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
Jon Pierce retweeted
a few days ago brian kilmeade said homeless people should be executed. jesse waters accused the left of trying to start a civil war. fox news spent years telling verifiable lies about dominion and the 2020 election.
canceling jimmy kimmel isn’t about an offensive line in a monologue. it’s about wielding state power to silence political opposition.
Jon Pierce retweeted
It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
Jon Pierce retweeted
In the last few years we've seen:
- The plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer
- The Storming of the Capitol and pipe bombs left at the RNC and DNC
- The break-in to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and the brutal on Paul Pelosi
- Multiple assassination attempts against Trump
- The assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shooting of on State Senator John Hoffman and his wife
- Luigi Mangione's assassination of Brian Thompson
- The assassination of Charlie Kirk
Political violence is contagious. It is spreading. It is not confined to one side or belief system. It should terrify us all.
The foundation of a free society is the ability to participate in it without fear of violence. Political violence is always an attack against us all. You have to be so blind not to see that.
Jon Pierce retweeted
Many don’t realize that the first people Hitler sent to his concentration camps weren’t everyday Jewish citizens, but his political opponents. So, when Trump rants about retribution, locking up his opponents, and giving them “very long sentences,” I can’t help but take him seriously… because history teaches us that is what fascist dictators do during their “Day One” period to consolidate their power. (After all, if you’re hellbent on staying in power but aren’t likely to win the next election, you can’t have your political opponents running around free.)
To keep fascism out of our lives, vote for democracy!
Jon Pierce retweeted
the best satire about people truly not caring about child labor is still from flight of the concords
Jon Pierce retweeted
This has been just a devastating decade in Turkey. Today's horrors are very much intertwined with the overall political situation, since massive corruption has led to shoddy construction, stolen earthquake funds, minimum preparations for the inevitable, and an economy in tatters.
Jon Pierce retweeted
Just talked to one of my coworkers who is living at the "world's first digital nomad village" in Madeira sifted.eu/articles/digital-n…
It made me wistful for my days in @betahouse @jonpierce
Jon Pierce retweeted
THIS IS NOT A FINANCE ACCOUNT. I DO NOT HAVE ANY TRADING ADVICE.
HEDGES-STOCKS IS MY SURNAME.
Jon Pierce retweeted
Everyone needs to understand right now that they’ve learned nothing and will do it all again as soon as they get the chance.
Now that Donald Trump is a private citizen, the Senate should dismiss the article of impeachment against him for lack of jurisdiction, writes @AlanDersh wsj.com/articles/no-you-cant… via @WSJ
Jon Pierce retweeted
Hoping now for an American Renaissance, where America:
- welcomes top global talent with open arms
- leads the world’s research in biology, AI, energy, and transportation
- renews leadership in semiconductor fabrication
- fights for every American’s dignity and opportunity
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