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@jerthorp

Artist, writer, educator, birder & nudibranch enthusiast. Author of Living in Data (MCDxFSG).

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Why I Don’t Vibe Code A “brief” accounting of various reasons why vibe coding has just never clicked for me personally as a developer.

Hey all, I decided to write up some of my thoughts in more detail about why I don't vibe code, in case it's interesting to any of you

jacobharr.is/personal/i-d...

06.03.2026 15:19 👍 28 🔁 7 💬 4 📌 5
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LEARNING | jerthorp Online courses and wokshops about birds, data and creative coding. Binoculars to Binomials is for coders who are interested in cultivating an observational practice, and for birders who want to dive ...

Spring cohorts of Binoculars to Binomials start in three weeks and the courses are filling up fast!

Cohorts are limited to 16 people, and all three of 'em are at the half-way mark.

- Bi-weekly AM cohort (9am,ET)
- Bi-weekly PM cohort (7pm ET)
- Monthly PM cohort (7pm ET)

Let's learn together! 🪶📊🎨

05.03.2026 14:10 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

I'm not even kidding.

05.03.2026 21:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ANGE BACK

#COYS

05.03.2026 21:01 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Spurs are cursed.

Can't imagine what kind of awful sin they committed.

(Firing Ange)

#coys

05.03.2026 20:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Monte Vista CO crane festival is this weekend! Come say hi!

05.03.2026 14:50 👍 104 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
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Neumann KU 100 Dummy Head Binaural Stereo Microphone Buy Neumann KU 100 Dummy Head Binaural Stereo Microphone featuring Ideal for Stereo Recording & Measurement, Realistic Stereo Imaging, Low-Noise Transformerless Circuitry, 20 Hz to 20 kHz Frequency Re...

Obsessed with this.

It's a $10k microphone shaped like a head.

www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/13...

05.03.2026 14:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Africa (Toto)...but it lists every country in Africa
Africa (Toto)...but it lists every country in Africa YouTube video by There I Ruined It

Art

05.03.2026 14:05 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1

Happy birthday!

05.03.2026 14:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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LEARNING | jerthorp Online courses and wokshops about birds, data and creative coding. Binoculars to Binomials is for coders who are interested in cultivating an observational practice, and for birders who want to dive ...

Spring cohorts of Binoculars to Binomials start in three weeks and the courses are filling up fast!

Cohorts are limited to 16 people, and all three of 'em are at the half-way mark.

- Bi-weekly AM cohort (9am,ET)
- Bi-weekly PM cohort (7pm ET)
- Monthly PM cohort (7pm ET)

Let's learn together! 🪶📊🎨

05.03.2026 14:10 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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You can now visualize how a color palette distributes across OKHsv, OKHsl, OKLCh and CIELab, and compare 6 distance metrics side by side. Zero dependencies, raw WebGL2.

Took me 3 years to make something I wasn't too embarrassed to share 🙃

meodai.github.io/color-palett...

04.03.2026 21:40 👍 979 🔁 132 💬 27 📌 2
person holding a frog that's real big with sharp nipples

person holding a frog that's real big with sharp nipples

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Did you know that Smokey Jungle Frogs have vicious attack nipples they use to fight competitors and defend against predators? #lifegoals

27.02.2026 16:20 👍 31 🔁 10 💬 3 📌 5
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Mosquito Bucket Challenge - Homegrown National Park Natural mosquito control: The Mosquito Bucket Challenge is a safe, affordable way to control mosquitoes without harming kids, pets, or pollinators.

Instead of spraying for mosquitos this summer, try the Mosquito Murder Bucket!

It's cheaper than paying a company and doesn't kill all of the beneficial insects in the area.

#garden #gardening

03.03.2026 17:52 👍 340 🔁 190 💬 14 📌 12

Come with me to Raja Ampat in December!

It's going to be absurdly amazing. We'll have our own boat, and our itinerary will be 100% guided by curiousity.

Birds? Yes!

Manta rays? Yes!

Nudibranches? Yes!

Giant millipedes? Definitely!

Strange marsupials? Probably!

04.03.2026 14:23 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The moon going from full moon to a red moon and starting to go back to a normal full moon, then my camera battery door fell off.

The moon going from full moon to a red moon and starting to go back to a normal full moon, then my camera battery door fell off.

Here's my first edit on the March 3rd Lunar Eclipse. 15 moon shots, 1 foreground. Taken over a 3 hourish period.

04.03.2026 04:22 👍 8770 🔁 1857 💬 144 📌 71

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04.03.2026 01:40 👍 36 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

- Selected Innovator will be funded up to $90K/yr for a max of 2 years
- Appointment in September 2026
- most of residency may be remote
- access to both publicly available and on-site Library collections.
- Innovator will also provided program and research support

More details in announcement

03.03.2026 19:28 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Library of Congress Innovator in Residence graphic

Library of Congress Innovator in Residence graphic

Calling all technologists, artists and other creative visionaries:

The Library of Congress has opened the call for the next Innovator in Residence!

Apply by 2pm ET April 10

newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...

03.03.2026 19:28 👍 14 🔁 25 💬 1 📌 0

Specifically the old Rai Rai Ken. On a rainy Tuesday in November.

04.03.2026 00:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rai Rai Ken.

04.03.2026 00:19 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The Reveal One Embarrassing Ability Score Challenge!

Me:

Wisdom:6

04.03.2026 00:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yesssssssssss!

03.03.2026 23:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An expressive watercolour painting of a great spotted woodpecker

An expressive watercolour painting of a great spotted woodpecker

I'm currently knee-deep in updating my website in preparation for a big seconds sale this Saturday. There's a LOT to add! Anyway, here's my expressive watercolour painting of a Great Spotted Woodpecker.

#watercolours #birdart 🪶

03.03.2026 16:09 👍 3090 🔁 256 💬 62 📌 7

🚨 Big news for the littlest New Yorkers: 2-K is coming.
 
Starting this year, we’re delivering 2,000 FREE child care seats for 2-year-olds across our city.
 
By Fall 2027, we'll be ready to serve 12,000 kids.
 
Grateful to our partner in this work, @governor.ny.gov, for her support.

03.03.2026 17:35 👍 2542 🔁 257 💬 33 📌 27
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LLMs show bias in opioid prescribing Testing large language models on acute-pain vignettes reveals biases in opioid recommendations that particularly affect marginalized groups.

It’s unsettling to see LLMs scaling bias, not solving it.

A study of 3.4M outputs found models recommend more aggressive opioids to Black and LGBTQIA+ patients while simultaneously flagging them as high risk.

Clinical guardrails are needed to ensure these tools don't worsen disparities.

27.02.2026 15:53 👍 66 🔁 31 💬 4 📌 4
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If anyone is friends with any Georgian air traffic controllers, buy them a nice bottle of wine. As guardians of pretty much the only narrow gap still available between Europe and Asia that avoids both Iran, the Gulf, Ukraine and Russia, they are under some substantial pressure.

03.03.2026 14:26 👍 3940 🔁 1270 💬 71 📌 130

Could have had a much ruder end word but wanted those extra 8 points.

03.03.2026 16:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tumbleword Tumbleword: A tumbling jumbling daily word game! Your goal is to score points by finding new words using 42 tumbles. Can you beat the high score?

Tumbleword: uncut ➡️ hock
16 words
71 points
🎉 🌍 HIGH SCORE 🌎 🎉
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tumbleword.com?word=uncut

03.03.2026 16:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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These 12 day trips will start with a trip deep into the Papuan jungle, and then will move to the ocean where we'll spend 10 days aboard our own 4-cabin catamaran.

Apply now! We'll be sorting through applications in April & May, and early applicants will be prioritized.

www.jerthorp.me/raja2026

03.03.2026 15:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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There will be two trips in 2026. One will run from November 26th to December 8th, and the other will run from December 9th to December 21st.

Both will be limited to just 6 guests, and both will be curated to make sure we have a good balance of interests and experience.

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