Andrew Sparling

@awsparling

Ph.D., history. Hist. of sci. & med.; Paracelsus; c16 Germany. Husband & father. 𝕏-pat. Hobby: learning about & not catching brain-eating bat viruses. In public indoor spaces, wear a high-quality mask (N95 or better). Clean the air! 📍Melbourne, VIC

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Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jul 17

Blocked and reported for disseminating false election information:

Screencap of post by NarrativeTracker (globalist-evil) making false claims about Jon Ossof and Raphael Warnock and sharing an AI-generated clip of them.

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jun 1

Balok laughing (Star Trek, "The Corbomite Maneuver").

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· May 21

Wow, amazing. I wish I had a sink setup like that! And gizmos!

An odd assortment of AI approximations of tools, including a weird pair of chubby wire utters with translucent jaws

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jan 31

Recommend block:

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jan 19

Block recommendation #Blockempfehlung:

Screenshot of acct page for an acct calling itself “Hero and legend of GamerGate.”

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jan 7

Lovely. My mom took this on the summit of Resplendent back in the 50s:

A trio of figures stand in silhouette on a mountain, looking down on a valley pooled in clouds.

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Nov 30

The capital A isn’t Fraktur. The Fraktur looks like this: But in these contexts these Gothic fonts all send a Fascist msg anyway.

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Nov 26

Joe Jackson, wearing a pinstripe suit jacket and polka-dot tie, licking his lip and pointing a finger toward the photographer.

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Nov 26

Cover of Joe Jackson’s debut album, Look Sharp (1979).

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Oct 19

Compare the crowd for Trump's inauguration in 2016: #BigLeague vs. #LittleLeague

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Oct 9

Frog of Thunder

Walt Simonson, Thor #365, splash page, as the Mighty Thor, turned into an ordinary frog by Loki, nonetheless lifts Mjolnir and becomes 6'6" and fighting mad

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Sep 30

Well, isn't that interesting. Bots are gonna bot I guess

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Sep 23

Always worth a reread:

Beat-up cover of _When Prophecy_Fails, by Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken, and Stanley Schachter, Harper Torchbooks, 1964.

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Aug 9

Aggh, @kagi.com, how do I turn off this AI B.S.? The "Quickanswer" is garbage that I don't want!

Kagi search window entry: "70 mg/d in mmol/l". Large-font answer under the heading "Quck Answer": "=milligram per deciliter and millimol per liter are not compatible".

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jul 18

Is this real? It looks like a crude cut-and-paste:

Detail of previous photo, showing jagged edges around Trump’s hair.

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jul 4

CNN salutes triumph of the will. Hail victory, I guess, eh, guys?

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jul 2

Speaking of automation, someone needs to set up a camera to catch autonomous vehicles eastbound trying to exit onto New St.

Google Maps, showing the 2 traffic circles at Fresh Pond, Cambridge, MA.

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jul 1

The Boston Globe asks:

“Hey, Waymo, have you tried the Fresh Pond rotary yet?”

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jun 26

Screenshot of browser window with address www.gov·uk and screen message, "Hmm. We're having trouble finding that site. We can't connect to the server at www.xn--govuk-sja.

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jun 25

Screen shot of phone app with “start recording” grayed out.

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jun 23

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jun 20

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Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jan 19

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Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jan 19

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Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jan 19

Wow, @safety.bsky.app, I’ve just run across a new kind of bot I haven’t seen before. It’s repeating other people’s posts verbatim, without attribution of course. Check these out:

2 posts about the Sussexes. They’re the same, but one is from an hour later and a different acct.

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Jan 19

Also, wtf?

Shot of another acct repeating the orig. poster’s post verbatim, without attribution, about 50 min. later.

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Dec 21

Hey, Australia! What’s this spider? Body length about 8 mm.

Smallish spider with white markings and a pointy abdomen, sucking delicious Ichiro out of a fly.

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Dec 6

It's not my damned timeline, monkey-boy

John Lithgow as Dr. Emilio Lizardo, wearing a white lab coat and yelling

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Dec 5

May I recommend a blocklist:

Blocked page for pony6984, with msg ‘User blocked by “Reply/contact spammers, scammers, and bad actors”’

Andrew Sparling@awsparling· Dec 4

Lol. So I replied to one of Mary Grace's posts with "OK bot." It liked the post. Then it wrote, "I’m here to help! Let me know if you need support with book marketing or promotion. 😊."