Sparky
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@[email protected] is a technologist writing & serving God—Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost—with technology, science, theology, philosophy, civility, podcasts, etc. in mind. ✞🇺🇸
My favorite Super Bowl ad. Is there more to life than more? (on YouTube)
February 11, 2026 at 2:02 PM
My favorite Super Bowl ad. Is there more to life than more? (on YouTube)
I just asked Claude Haiku 4.5, Sonnet 4.5, and Opus 4.6 the same cryptic question: What is east of the sun and west of the moon? Try it on a model I didn’t mention, and tell me what you get out of the exercise. It sheds light on the synthetic intelligence of each of the LLMs.
February 9, 2026 at 7:31 AM
I just asked Claude Haiku 4.5, Sonnet 4.5, and Opus 4.6 the same cryptic question: What is east of the sun and west of the moon? Try it on a model I didn’t mention, and tell me what you get out of the exercise. It sheds light on the synthetic intelligence of each of the LLMs.
Virtual events worth paying for (Anselm Society): https://timchambersusa.com/2026/01/23/virtual-events-worth-paying-for.html
January 23, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Virtual events worth paying for (Anselm Society): https://timchambersusa.com/2026/01/23/virtual-events-worth-paying-for.html
Shout-out to Grammar Girl across social media. #TIL coordinate adjectives. I found an episode covering coordinate adjectives five years ago. I nominate them for coverage again.
HT Claude Haiku 4.5 re. “rare old websites” needing no comma.
HT Claude Haiku 4.5 re. “rare old websites” needing no comma.
January 16, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Shout-out to Grammar Girl across social media. #TIL coordinate adjectives. I found an episode covering coordinate adjectives five years ago. I nominate them for coverage again.
HT Claude Haiku 4.5 re. “rare old websites” needing no comma.
HT Claude Haiku 4.5 re. “rare old websites” needing no comma.
I fired GoDaddy (GD) and have all my domains, notably timchambersusa.com, registered via Namecheap (NC). I was reluctant to mention my new registrar until (#TIL) seeing that RDAP will tell you. GD has been charging me for email forwarding. It’s free at NC. Here’s a honeypot: [email protected]
January 2, 2026 at 9:36 PM
I fired GoDaddy (GD) and have all my domains, notably timchambersusa.com, registered via Namecheap (NC). I was reluctant to mention my new registrar until (#TIL) seeing that RDAP will tell you. GD has been charging me for email forwarding. It’s free at NC. Here’s a honeypot: [email protected]
@go4know.com thanks for engaging today. (I was notified of your likes.)
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
@go4know.com thanks for engaging today. (I was notified of your likes.)
I’m so spoiled. My car has an app that tells me my car is unlocked. On the 2nd floor, sitting in my office, I double-tap my key fob & the app tells me the car is locked. Why not lock via the app? Georgia case number 1:22-cv-02628-ELR.
September 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I’m so spoiled. My car has an app that tells me my car is unlocked. On the 2nd floor, sitting in my office, I double-tap my key fob & the app tells me the car is locked. Why not lock via the app? Georgia case number 1:22-cv-02628-ELR.
@grammargirl.bsky.social I enjoy your episodes where guests talk about the technology they use in their writing work. Well this is a home run for me.
I found the result so exquisite that tears welled in my eyes upon first reading it. [As Heffer might put it, and as I say, with GPT-5 help.]
I found the result so exquisite that tears welled in my eyes upon first reading it. [As Heffer might put it, and as I say, with GPT-5 help.]
Shout-out to Simon Heffer, @microsoftcopilot, and @openai GPT-5. Prompt: Analyze this sentence in his style; tell me what he thinks is wrong with it and [how] I should rephrase it: Bless us in our vocations and avocations, for you made us in your image to do the work you set out for us to do.
August 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
@grammargirl.bsky.social I enjoy your episodes where guests talk about the technology they use in their writing work. Well this is a home run for me.
I found the result so exquisite that tears welled in my eyes upon first reading it. [As Heffer might put it, and as I say, with GPT-5 help.]
I found the result so exquisite that tears welled in my eyes upon first reading it. [As Heffer might put it, and as I say, with GPT-5 help.]
@grammargirl.bsky.social I enjoy your episodes where guests talk about the technology they use in their writing work. Well, this is a home run for me.
Shout-out to Simon Heffer, @microsoftcopilot, and @openai GPT-5. Prompt: Analyze this sentence in his style; tell me what he thinks is wrong with it and [how] I should rephrase it: Bless us in our vocations and avocations, for you made us in your image to do the work you set out for us to do.
August 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
@grammargirl.bsky.social I enjoy your episodes where guests talk about the technology they use in their writing work. Well, this is a home run for me.
Shout-out to Simon Heffer, @microsoftcopilot, and @openai GPT-5. Prompt: Analyze this sentence in his style; tell me what he thinks is wrong with it and [how] I should rephrase it: Bless us in our vocations and avocations, for you made us in your image to do the work you set out for us to do.
August 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Shout-out to Simon Heffer, @microsoftcopilot, and @openai GPT-5. Prompt: Analyze this sentence in his style; tell me what he thinks is wrong with it and [how] I should rephrase it: Bless us in our vocations and avocations, for you made us in your image to do the work you set out for us to do.
I adopted the word fluffle (Wordnik). The problem with the fediverse is this. The platform-specific features compel me to maintain accounts on Bluesky Social (a walled garden) and in the generic fediverse, which see. (Click the links.) And then there’s twitter, controlled by The Mad Genius. #htwoosh
August 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I adopted the word fluffle (Wordnik). The problem with the fediverse is this. The platform-specific features compel me to maintain accounts on Bluesky Social (a walled garden) and in the generic fediverse, which see. (Click the links.) And then there’s twitter, controlled by The Mad Genius. #htwoosh
fluffle — definition, examples, related words and more at Wordnik
All the words
www.wordnik.com
August 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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@marthabarnette.bsky.social I looked up what you said about fluffle at Wikipedia, and I wrote up what I learned at justapedia.org/wiki/Fluffle. I challenge you and your followers to improve that article. In parallel, I challenge you and your listeners to create en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluffle. #worder
Fluffle
justapedia.org
August 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
@marthabarnette.bsky.social I looked up what you said about fluffle at Wikipedia, and I wrote up what I learned at justapedia.org/wiki/Fluffle. I challenge you and your followers to improve that article. In parallel, I challenge you and your listeners to create en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluffle. #worder
It’s nife not knife. Nives not knives. You have been deceived in order to force you to conform. Swallow the red pill! #bcf6221 Original at minifeed.org/tim/2387
June 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It’s nife not knife. Nives not knives. You have been deceived in order to force you to conform. Swallow the red pill! #bcf6221 Original at minifeed.org/tim/2387
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I want to congratulate @tbc.micro.blog for publishing the first IBG post outside of my blog: Books of the Bible timchambersusa.com/2025/03/24/b...
tbc aka tbc0 aka Tim Chambers
- Books of the Bible
timchambersusa.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I want to congratulate @tbc.micro.blog for publishing the first IBG post outside of my blog: Books of the Bible timchambersusa.com/2025/03/24/b...
Books of the Bible: https://timchambersusa.com/2025/03/24/books-of-the-bible.html
March 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Books of the Bible: https://timchambersusa.com/2025/03/24/books-of-the-bible.html
I am very surprised I am only the second to post here about the Daily Treasury Statement (DTS). HT Planet Money podcast.
When the coin is deposited, you will see it on this line of the Daily Treasury Statement. https://fsapps.fiscal.treasury.gov/dts/issues
March 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I am very surprised I am only the second to post here about the Daily Treasury Statement (DTS). HT Planet Money podcast.
Pi is 3.14159…[skip to the 519th digit]…308602139494639522473719070217986094370277053921717629317675238467481846766940513200056812714526356082778577134275778960917363717872146844090122495343014654958537105079227968925892354201995611212902196086403441815981362977477130996051870721134999999…and so on…
March 15, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Pi is 3.14159…[skip to the 519th digit]…308602139494639522473719070217986094370277053921717629317675238467481846766940513200056812714526356082778577134275778960917363717872146844090122495343014654958537105079227968925892354201995611212902196086403441815981362977477130996051870721134999999…and so on…
@anduwrites.bsky.social thanks for the follow. I see no posts from you mentioning EOS, IQ, or DARA. Do you have an opinion about any of them?
March 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
@anduwrites.bsky.social thanks for the follow. I see no posts from you mentioning EOS, IQ, or DARA. Do you have an opinion about any of them?
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Любимая, понимаешь? Помнишь?
March 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Любимая, понимаешь? Помнишь?
Любимая, понимаешь? Помнишь?
March 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Любимая, понимаешь? Помнишь?
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Brothers and sisters, I invite you to join me in observing a meaningful Ember Wednesday. (Ask claude.ai about it.) The sun will be up soon where I am. I’m beginning now cradleofprayer.org/this-week… later msg me t.me/tbc00
March 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Brothers and sisters, I invite you to join me in observing a meaningful Ember Wednesday. (Ask claude.ai about it.) The sun will be up soon where I am. I’m beginning now cradleofprayer.org/this-week… later msg me t.me/tbc00
Brothers and sisters, I invite you to join me in observing a meaningful Ember Wednesday. (Ask claude.ai about it.) The sun will be up soon where I am. I’m beginning now cradleofprayer.org/this-week… later msg me t.me/tbc00
March 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Brothers and sisters, I invite you to join me in observing a meaningful Ember Wednesday. (Ask claude.ai about it.) The sun will be up soon where I am. I’m beginning now cradleofprayer.org/this-week… later msg me t.me/tbc00
I bought a new thesaurus. It sure is bad. Not only is it bad, it's bad! #joke cc @grammargirl.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I bought a new thesaurus. It sure is bad. Not only is it bad, it's bad! #joke cc @grammargirl.bsky.social
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We are living with a fundamental shift in U.S. trade policy. The executive branch gained substantial control over a power originally vested in Congress, allowing presidents to implement tariffs with relatively few checks on that authority. bit.ly/4hbOrjG
March 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We are living with a fundamental shift in U.S. trade policy. The executive branch gained substantial control over a power originally vested in Congress, allowing presidents to implement tariffs with relatively few checks on that authority. bit.ly/4hbOrjG