Scott Klein
@kleinmatic.bsky.social
Already living in the future of news at Newspack. Board at @muckrock. Former @propublica. Hoping for the best.
So I told it to try again without stealing.
I wouldn't publish it, but it's too dull to be mad about. No shame in not doing as well as Minard did with the same data but this feels like a unintentionally sad powerpoint presentation.
I wouldn't publish it, but it's too dull to be mad about. No shame in not doing as well as Minard did with the same data but this feels like a unintentionally sad powerpoint presentation.
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
So I told it to try again without stealing.
I wouldn't publish it, but it's too dull to be mad about. No shame in not doing as well as Minard did with the same data but this feels like a unintentionally sad powerpoint presentation.
I wouldn't publish it, but it's too dull to be mad about. No shame in not doing as well as Minard did with the same data but this feels like a unintentionally sad powerpoint presentation.
It simply redrew the Minard map, but with some six-finger-esque AI touches like mangled text. Pretty good to figure out what the data was, but bad form to just pick-pocket old Charles-Joseph.
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
It simply redrew the Minard map, but with some six-finger-esque AI touches like mangled text. Pretty good to figure out what the data was, but bad form to just pick-pocket old Charles-Joseph.
In fairness, Nano Banana Pro was onto me almost immediately...
December 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
In fairness, Nano Banana Pro was onto me almost immediately...
OK let's see what you got, Nano Banana Pro.
December 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
OK let's see what you got, Nano Banana Pro.
It literally says their names.
December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It literally says their names.
This is not a thing.
May 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This is not a thing.
Terrific project about the neighborhoods funding the NYC mayors’ race. I just wish it used the Times’ own “extremely detailed” neighborhood map instead of Streeteasy’s. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Terrific project about the neighborhoods funding the NYC mayors’ race. I just wish it used the Times’ own “extremely detailed” neighborhood map instead of Streeteasy’s. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I lowkey want a local LLM rig just for the cool terminal apps. lambda.ai/blog/keeping...
April 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I lowkey want a local LLM rig just for the cool terminal apps. lambda.ai/blog/keeping...
Deep Cogito v1, the self-referential comedian.
April 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Deep Cogito v1, the self-referential comedian.
Next thing you know we’re gonna get bright red alternate road jerseys or (sob) City Connect uniforms. What is this world coming to.
February 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Next thing you know we’re gonna get bright red alternate road jerseys or (sob) City Connect uniforms. What is this world coming to.
The book republished the now famous exchange btw Lincoln and Greeley in which Lincoln says if he could restore the Union without freeing any slaves he’d do it. But reading the letter in full it’s clear he’s talking about the scope of his authority not his personal conviction.
February 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The book republished the now famous exchange btw Lincoln and Greeley in which Lincoln says if he could restore the Union without freeing any slaves he’d do it. But reading the letter in full it’s clear he’s talking about the scope of his authority not his personal conviction.
From the (glowing) NYT review. www.nytimes.com/1914/10/25/a...
February 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
From the (glowing) NYT review. www.nytimes.com/1914/10/25/a...
The Grammy data absolutely abounds with hilarious-in-hindsight examples like this. Here’s Best New Artist, 1979.
February 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Grammy data absolutely abounds with hilarious-in-hindsight examples like this. Here’s Best New Artist, 1979.
Did The New-York Historical Society change its name by dropping the hyphen and the word “Society”? How did I miss this?
January 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Did The New-York Historical Society change its name by dropping the hyphen and the word “Society”? How did I miss this?
Who pays tariffs? (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 1892)
January 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Who pays tariffs? (Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 1892)
An homage to the William Bailey map from 1911? makingmaps.net/2008/02/19/1...
October 1, 2023 at 10:28 PM
An homage to the William Bailey map from 1911? makingmaps.net/2008/02/19/1...
Sometimes when I’m killing time I give ChatGPT old Learned League trivia questions. I’ve never seen it be wrong. It has demurred when the question involves something more recent than 2021, though it conjectured (correctly) about this one.
September 22, 2023 at 1:39 PM
Sometimes when I’m killing time I give ChatGPT old Learned League trivia questions. I’ve never seen it be wrong. It has demurred when the question involves something more recent than 2021, though it conjectured (correctly) about this one.
There’s no place to sit, you still have to rush to a gate when your train is called, and they use this giant screen for looping ads, not train departures. How is this better than the previous Penn Station? I’ll give it this: it’s not in a basement.
August 21, 2023 at 2:50 PM
There’s no place to sit, you still have to rush to a gate when your train is called, and they use this giant screen for looping ads, not train departures. How is this better than the previous Penn Station? I’ll give it this: it’s not in a basement.
One of these guys has a bridge named after him in NYC.
August 8, 2023 at 12:25 AM
One of these guys has a bridge named after him in NYC.
Come for the astonishing chart. Stay for the deep reporting.
July 5, 2023 at 9:49 PM
Come for the astonishing chart. Stay for the deep reporting.