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Jay Hannah @jays.net · 22h

oh... Over on Mastodon a friend told me I can use github.com/openai/whisper for free by running it locally.

GitHub - openai/whisper: Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision

Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision - openai/whisper

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Jay Hannah @jays.net · 23h

Oh. Oops? I cancelled my ChatGPT cause work pays for ... several?

But now a friend dumped me an audio file for transcription. And I don't have easy access to ChatGPT Whisper anymore?

Suggestions?

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Jay Hannah @jays.net · 3d

Aren't you actually neovim or something?

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Jay Hannah @jays.net · 4d

"My Omaha" made many references to this 1966 documentary. And interviewed that filmmaker. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Pw...
That 1966 documentary is not fucking around. No punches pulled. "My Omaha" is much softer in tone, even while much of the foundational content hasn't changed over those 59 years?

A Time For Burning (1966)

YouTube video by National Film Preservation Foundation

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Jay Hannah @jays.net · 4d

The filmmaker and Q&A at the sold out premier of "My Omaha" last night. #Omaha

The filmmaker Nick Beaulieu and an ASL interpreter.

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Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social · 4d

Although the premiere of the “My Omaha” documentary is sold out, tickets are available for showings later this week. Check out this account of how the film came about and how the documentary is generating buzz. 🔗 buff.ly/QgZgC2Q

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Jay Hannah @jays.net · 6d

Was it @arthurdoler.com who cared about fast-switching between multiple accounts / timelines over on Mastodon? Looks like mastodon.online/@IceCubesApp has that built into iPadOS 26 now? It's not a feature I care about, but maybe some people do?

another screenshot, after you click on the first

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Omaha DSA @omahadsa.bsky.social · 22d

The 72nd and Dodge Starbucks will be closing its doors alongside 58 other unionized stores across the United States as their CEO Brian Niccol is paid 96 million dollars in four months last year. Come here from 5 AM to 9 PM to show solidarity with these workers as we bring visibility to this.

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Jay Hannah @jays.net · Sep 14

what's especially fun is I don't know which explosions we're talking about. There are so many to choose from. 🇺🇸

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Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social · Sep 12

New at FFP: The prison in Tecumseh had long been a tinderbox when inmates started fires in their cells in 2023. This time, an inmate died. Months later, so did a deputy warden facing discipline. An investigation by the Flatwater Free Press and Lincoln Journal Star. 🔗 buff.ly/GlaKC78

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Nick @programmerman.net · Sep 8

You love to see it! Congrats to my club mates getting to Nationals! 🥌

Aksarben Curling🥌 @curlaksarben.bsky.social · Sep 7

🏆IT’S OFFICIAL!🏆

🥌Team Linke and Team Hill have qualified for Arena Nationals!
📆 October 14-19, 2025
📍CurlVegas in Las Vegas, Nevada

🎉Congratulations to everyone representing Aksarben Curling this weekend!
👏We are so proud of you!

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Jay Hannah @jays.net · Sep 7

If your flight to Omaha gets delayed and you end up missing the talk I'm giving on Monday, I've got you. My slide deck is now posted on the bottom: github.com/jhannah/sand...

AWS Glue-ing some CSVs into Athena
via Terraform

sandbox/aws_glue at main · jhannah/sandbox

Miscellaneous whatever. Contribute to jhannah/sandbox development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Jay Hannah @jays.net · Aug 28

Walton Goggins: Justified is my favorite. I've watched it so many times.

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Jay Hannah @jays.net · Aug 21

Sep 8 I'll be presenting AWS Glue and friends in Omaha. 🙂 www.meetup.com/omaha-amazon...

Jay (AWS) Glues Some CSVs Into Athena, Mon, Sep 8, 2025, 5:30 PM | Meetup

**September Meetup...** **NOTE: We are meeting 1 week later than usual due to Labor Day** In July, Jay got thrown into a bunch of AWS things he hadn't used before. He pro

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NebraskaJS @nebraskajs.com · Aug 17

New Meetup!

WASM: Real world evidence for portability and maintenance - presented by Paul Searcy

📆 August 20th, 2025
⏰ 5:30PM
🗺️ Improving office in Omaha

lu.ma/93bei28a

WASM: Real world evidence for portability and maintenance. · Luma

WebAssembly (WASM) is a powerful and rapidly evolving technology that enables running code from languages like Python, C, and many others directly in the…

lu.ma

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Eric Dirnbach @ericdirnbach.bsky.social · Aug 6

The pinnacle of culture is a podcast interviewing the hosts of another podcast about other podcasts they like.
theonion.com/report-250-m...

Report: 250 Million Americans Still Need Guests On Their Podcasts This Week

WASHINGTON—According to a report out today, 250 million Americans are still scrambling to find someone to appear on their podcasts this week, as the guests they would normally book either just appeare...

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Nick Nisi @nicknisi.com · Aug 4

Tokens are getting more expensive ethanding.substack.com/p/ai-subscri...

tokens are getting more expensive

"language models will get cheaper by 10x" will not save ai subscriptions from the short squeeze

ethanding.substack.com

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Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social · Aug 1

On Sept. 17, we’re putting state leaders, movers, shakers & FFP journalists onstage and asking – what’s the future of Nebraska? Learn more & RSVP here. 🔗 buff.ly/gtCb0nV

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · Mar 27

looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out

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Bill Kirby @billkirby.bsky.social · Aug 2

Saw the new Mutual tower referred to as the MofO tower online, and I think we need to start pronouncing it as the “Mo-Fo Tower” from here on out.

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Jay Hannah @jays.net · Jul 31

Immediate snark aside, citizenportal.ai/StateFeed/NE looks like it might be useful? Unless you want the original sources. Then immediate paywall:

LIFETIME membership for a one-time payment of $199

So umm... this is only useful as a feed of things you might have missed from open sources?

CitizenPortal.ai - for informed citizens

Search every word spoken by your elected leaders. Easily create clips and share!

citizenportal.ai

Jay Hannah @jays.net · Jul 31

lol. OK Bluesky.
* #TIF: Tokyo Idol Festival. Fair enough.
* #TaxIncrementFinancing: AI bot flood.
👍

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Jay Hannah @jays.net · Jul 31

For my part, tomorrow marks my 10 year anniversary maintaining the Nebraska #TIF Report: ne.tif.report #TaxIncrementFinancing via Open/Nebraska.

2024 TIF Report - Nebraska TIF Report

Discover Nebraska's Tax Increment Financing (TIF) data for 2024 TIF Report through interactive visualizations by Open/Nebraska.

ne.tif.report

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Jay Hannah @jays.net · Jul 31

Nice to see @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social back on the #TIF beat! Yay Chris Bowling!
flatwaterfreepress.org/in-valley-pu... #TaxIncrementFinancing

In Valley, public tax dollars pay for private lakes, neighborhoods with multimillion-dollar homes - Flatwater Free Press

The pool unfurls like a ribbon under a cloudless sky. Past the private beach and docked boat is Bluewater: 250 acres of lake water — an area larger than

flatwaterfreepress.org

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Flatwater Free Press @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social · Jul 30

The lakes offer fishing, boating and even scuba diving. But most residents in Valley can’t use the private beaches – even though they’re financed with public tax dollars. 🔗 buff.ly/su8AiNs

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