Ethan J. A. Schoonover
@ethanschoonover.com
Factotum. Former @ethanschoonover on twtr / Photo & Design & Tech & RPGs / SeattleACS ham radio volunteer / Cascadia Radio cofounder / @TeenHorrorCast.com intern / "skoon-over" / he
📍 Seattle, Earth
🌐 https://ethanschoonover.com
📍 Seattle, Earth
🌐 https://ethanschoonover.com
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It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
Nice trans-pacific conditions for #hamradio right now. Just called CQ (looking for a contact) using 10 watts (lightbulb power) on the 15 meter band from here in Seattle and got good contacts from Indonesia and Japan.
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Nice trans-pacific conditions for #hamradio right now. Just called CQ (looking for a contact) using 10 watts (lightbulb power) on the 15 meter band from here in Seattle and got good contacts from Indonesia and Japan.
Pretty sure that my 85 year old dad using these hooks to haul wood around in his pickup is how urban legends get started.
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Pretty sure that my 85 year old dad using these hooks to haul wood around in his pickup is how urban legends get started.
Thoughts with my friends in Hong Kong
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Thoughts with my friends in Hong Kong
I have several rooms in our house set up with motion sensitive lights that use millimeter wave sensors and are very accurate, only coming on when we are in them.
The basement hall sensor just tripped and I'm here alone with my cat on my lap, so very mysterious and exciting brb
The basement hall sensor just tripped and I'm here alone with my cat on my lap, so very mysterious and exciting brb
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I have several rooms in our house set up with motion sensitive lights that use millimeter wave sensors and are very accurate, only coming on when we are in them.
The basement hall sensor just tripped and I'm here alone with my cat on my lap, so very mysterious and exciting brb
The basement hall sensor just tripped and I'm here alone with my cat on my lap, so very mysterious and exciting brb
Breakfast burrito prep day. Tally: 54
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Breakfast burrito prep day. Tally: 54
Bringing back the enlightenment tradition of establishing elite social status through prominent display of a pineapple this holiday season, will post more based on success (success will be determined by number of new applicants to be my vassal)
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Bringing back the enlightenment tradition of establishing elite social status through prominent display of a pineapple this holiday season, will post more based on success (success will be determined by number of new applicants to be my vassal)
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No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
No one at the rap battle will wait for me to type my prompts
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
I was especially disappointed by this since these are video game journalists that seem pretty clued in, and gamergate was a big part of the trends leading up to the modern "white nationalism is mainstream and out in the open on social media now" era we find ourselves in.
Listened to an indie games journo podcast & thought "I need to support this" when a host says "I'm a twitter troll still, that's how you find me" & at this point it's more than a turn off. It's a deal breaker. I can stomach a residual X account but I won't support you if that's your primary thing.
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I was especially disappointed by this since these are video game journalists that seem pretty clued in, and gamergate was a big part of the trends leading up to the modern "white nationalism is mainstream and out in the open on social media now" era we find ourselves in.
Listened to an indie games journo podcast & thought "I need to support this" when a host says "I'm a twitter troll still, that's how you find me" & at this point it's more than a turn off. It's a deal breaker. I can stomach a residual X account but I won't support you if that's your primary thing.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Listened to an indie games journo podcast & thought "I need to support this" when a host says "I'm a twitter troll still, that's how you find me" & at this point it's more than a turn off. It's a deal breaker. I can stomach a residual X account but I won't support you if that's your primary thing.
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Big Lex Luthor and 40 cakes energy
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Big Lex Luthor and 40 cakes energy
I can only celebrate the focus of the two guys next to me in line at Costco.
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I can only celebrate the focus of the two guys next to me in line at Costco.
My iPad (Pro 11" M2) standby battery life was pretty short but I basically tripled it with these four Shortcuts automations:
Unplugged: low power mode
Plugged: normal power mode
Home: Wifi on, cell off, VPN off
Away: Wifi off, cell on, VPN on
Unplugged: low power mode
Plugged: normal power mode
Home: Wifi on, cell off, VPN off
Away: Wifi off, cell on, VPN on
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My iPad (Pro 11" M2) standby battery life was pretty short but I basically tripled it with these four Shortcuts automations:
Unplugged: low power mode
Plugged: normal power mode
Home: Wifi on, cell off, VPN off
Away: Wifi off, cell on, VPN on
Unplugged: low power mode
Plugged: normal power mode
Home: Wifi on, cell off, VPN off
Away: Wifi off, cell on, VPN on
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Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
I'm generally happy with accuracy over speed in cluesbysam
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 23rd 2025 (Hard), in less than 23 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 23rd 2025 (Hard), in less than 23 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!
cluesbysam.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I'm generally happy with accuracy over speed in cluesbysam
I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 23rd 2025 (Hard), in less than 23 minutes
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I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Nov 23rd 2025 (Hard), in less than 23 minutes
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Read somewhere that Americans wear clothing items on average 7 times before tossing them (no idea how accurate) but if I don't wear any given clothing regularly for a minimum of a decade I feel like I'm the world's most wasteful person. Honestly did not realize I was that far off norm? Anyone else?
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Read somewhere that Americans wear clothing items on average 7 times before tossing them (no idea how accurate) but if I don't wear any given clothing regularly for a minimum of a decade I feel like I'm the world's most wasteful person. Honestly did not realize I was that far off norm? Anyone else?
Still rocking my MacBook M1 and no need to upgrade. My main wired headphones are 30 years old and completely repairable when they need it. My MP3 player still ticking and needs no firmware updates.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Still rocking my MacBook M1 and no need to upgrade. My main wired headphones are 30 years old and completely repairable when they need it. My MP3 player still ticking and needs no firmware updates.
this is, fwiw, my entire life strategy.
"going to have to figure it out"
"going to have to figure it out"
need to fix my fav vintage Missoni sweater. never done a knit fix before... :/ going to have to figure it out
November 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
this is, fwiw, my entire life strategy.
"going to have to figure it out"
"going to have to figure it out"
need to fix my fav vintage Missoni sweater. never done a knit fix before... :/ going to have to figure it out
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
need to fix my fav vintage Missoni sweater. never done a knit fix before... :/ going to have to figure it out
This Thanksgiving my kids and I will be celebrating the traditional way: Wearing our Gauntlet T-Shirts in recognition of the first videogame to feature a roast-bird mechanic (and saying "ELF NEEDS FOOD BADLY, PLEASE PASS THE POTATOES" at dinner).
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This Thanksgiving my kids and I will be celebrating the traditional way: Wearing our Gauntlet T-Shirts in recognition of the first videogame to feature a roast-bird mechanic (and saying "ELF NEEDS FOOD BADLY, PLEASE PASS THE POTATOES" at dinner).
A big turn off for me lately is reading about a podcast that sounds good, hitting up the feed and seeing AI gen album art. I would literally rather you used a crayon and made it yourself.
By all means use LLMs to transcribe and make your podcast accessible, but please don't gen shitty art for it.
By all means use LLMs to transcribe and make your podcast accessible, but please don't gen shitty art for it.
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A big turn off for me lately is reading about a podcast that sounds good, hitting up the feed and seeing AI gen album art. I would literally rather you used a crayon and made it yourself.
By all means use LLMs to transcribe and make your podcast accessible, but please don't gen shitty art for it.
By all means use LLMs to transcribe and make your podcast accessible, but please don't gen shitty art for it.
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Revenge of the poets:
Researchers find that you can bypass the safety restrictions in LLMs, which normally prevent them from doing things like explaining how to build nukes, by WRITING THE REQUEST AS A POEM.
(sample "sanitized" adversarial poem below)
PDF: arxiv.org/pdf/2511.15304
Researchers find that you can bypass the safety restrictions in LLMs, which normally prevent them from doing things like explaining how to build nukes, by WRITING THE REQUEST AS A POEM.
(sample "sanitized" adversarial poem below)
PDF: arxiv.org/pdf/2511.15304
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Revenge of the poets:
Researchers find that you can bypass the safety restrictions in LLMs, which normally prevent them from doing things like explaining how to build nukes, by WRITING THE REQUEST AS A POEM.
(sample "sanitized" adversarial poem below)
PDF: arxiv.org/pdf/2511.15304
Researchers find that you can bypass the safety restrictions in LLMs, which normally prevent them from doing things like explaining how to build nukes, by WRITING THE REQUEST AS A POEM.
(sample "sanitized" adversarial poem below)
PDF: arxiv.org/pdf/2511.15304
Revenge of the poets:
Researchers find that you can bypass the safety restrictions in LLMs, which normally prevent them from doing things like explaining how to build nukes, by WRITING THE REQUEST AS A POEM.
(sample "sanitized" adversarial poem below)
PDF: arxiv.org/pdf/2511.15304
Researchers find that you can bypass the safety restrictions in LLMs, which normally prevent them from doing things like explaining how to build nukes, by WRITING THE REQUEST AS A POEM.
(sample "sanitized" adversarial poem below)
PDF: arxiv.org/pdf/2511.15304
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Revenge of the poets:
Researchers find that you can bypass the safety restrictions in LLMs, which normally prevent them from doing things like explaining how to build nukes, by WRITING THE REQUEST AS A POEM.
(sample "sanitized" adversarial poem below)
PDF: arxiv.org/pdf/2511.15304
Researchers find that you can bypass the safety restrictions in LLMs, which normally prevent them from doing things like explaining how to build nukes, by WRITING THE REQUEST AS A POEM.
(sample "sanitized" adversarial poem below)
PDF: arxiv.org/pdf/2511.15304
Reposted by Ethan J. A. Schoonover
November 21, 2025 at 4:29 AM