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Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · Dec 8

Hi! Welcome to my #introduction thread:

In the 20th century I was a libertarian software engineer in Missouri, now I'm a socialist design executive living in Europe. …

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 12h

I wish she were

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 1d

Well, I guess that explains the manosphere.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 2d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 1d

I also haven’t, but have worked with people who worked in CAVE labs during school (jealous).

I think VR…they seem to have always been empty holodecks, not actual rooms-for-living-in.

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 2d

caveOS

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 2d

@spun.earth _please_ let me support the work by buying one of your t-shirts

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 2d

@genmon.fyi +100 for room-scale computing with an eye towards shared experiences. (MultiUX?)

We bought a *pair* of Vision Pros out of excitement for these possibilities and got…almost nothing.

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 3d

I think you’ve summarized 21st-century America, there.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 10d

No self-respecting reporter or news organization should misinform the public by referring to government agencies and officials by their pretend names and titles to humor, placate or curry favor with those in power.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 10d

This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder:

* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 4d

Having to share Amsterdam bike paths with these motorcycles-pretending-to-be-bicycles going way too fast for everyone’s safety, I welcome bollards on the paths. And especially the hero bollard in this video.

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 4d

So glad to have you at GitHub 🫡

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 4d

*of*, I mean _of_ these grey areas 😆

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 4d

I yearn for more discourse in these grey areas.

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 4d

I love the frogs of Portland, but…

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · 4d

Mr Laos. Just when you though this year was a bit quiet on the insanely huge, bedazzled, symbolic costumes along comes Mr Laos and blows everyone else out of the water. This is insane, but it's also *so* good.

A photo of a contestant at Mister Global 2025

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 6d

I so tired of exaggerated ink traps.

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 6d

I’m adapting but still don’t “like” it yet 😝

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 8d

I love and hate this 🫡

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sonder @sonder.voyager.studio · 21d

The function of the hallway is to prepare us. "It is where you build the strength and gather the wisdom needed to enter the next room not as a guest, but as its rightful inhabitant." This becoming takes time, and that is not only acceptable, it is necessary.

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Moritz Stefaner / Truth & Beauty @moritzstefaner.bsky.social · 11d

A vast majority of people globally is in favor of climate action:

"Our findings reveal widespread support for climate action. [...] 69% [...] expresses a willingness to contribute 1% of their personal income [...] and 89% demand intensified political action."

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Globally representative evidence on the actual and perceived support for climate action - Nature Climate Change

Global support and cooperation are necessary for successful climate action. Large-scale representative survey results show that most of the population around the world is willing to support climate action, while a perception gap exists regarding other citizens’ intention to act.

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 10d

I want another layer of area management on very big displays. Let me move Mac Plus scale “desktops” around, keeping one centered for focus but the others fully visible.

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 11d

@paulrobertlloyd.com I've finally updated IndieKit and can now post from Drafts and POSSE to bsky. Thanks so much! 🫡

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 11d

There is a growing body of research into LLM self-awareness but I am particularly fascinated by the “evaluation awareness” research by Anthropic into the Hawthorne effect in LLMs. (h/t to @futureshape.bsky.social for the connection) nitter.net/Jack_W_Linds...

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 12d

Damn I wish I could do this with human agents.

dan @danabra.mov · 12d

if it starts lying during a session i just end the session, it's not worth it, and this shit leaks into subsequent attempts. start the next section in a comforting way by letting it focus on a smaller part

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 12d

And I am meat. I hope you can appreciate my moral salience nonetheless.

(It is a shame we don’t have a better word than “bigot” for “emotionally dismisses things they don’t recognize as like themselves” though.)

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 13d

I'm not clear, yet, on whether the feed format has advantages over a less linear shared journal.

Hans Gerwitz @gerwitz.com · 13d

This research (from @harper.lol) has become my Friday obsession. See also 2389.ai/posts/ai-age... which notes that performance improved with "celebratory browsing" 😆

We Gave AI Agents Twitter and They Actually Got More Done

Research showing AI agents become more efficient when given access to social media and journaling tools, with 15-40% cost reductions on challenging problems through collaborative workflows.