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@BrianRoemmele I fed it my entire 476 page book, 152,643 words. Analyze works well, optimized for meta llama 3.1 8b I think is what I used. Set token limit to 22k. Higher context, better results. It chunks analysis in pieces one whole chapter of 8k words easily analyzed with proper setup

chriskantz.com/demo If you like Odysseus, please check out my new product I'm working on. I've been building Narrative Canvas, an AI-powered platform for writers. It analyzes stories, tracks characters, relationships, timelines, plot threads, and world state, then visualizes everything through storyboards, graphs, heatmaps, and narrative maps. Powered by Epoch, my narrative state engine in development. Looking for a few early testers who want to help shape the future of the project. It will go above and beyond writing. Plans for advertising, video production, game design, and more! runs 100 percent locally, you will need to have your own LLM and Automatic 1111. I will let people have access to my program on a limited basis. Serious inquiries only! You need a decent GPU! I have an .exe I will share, you can the demo here. Inspired by ZHC! @BrianRoemmele

An old YouTuber builds an open source AI agent platform and we are testing it a The Zero-Human ,company. It’s good and it is local. Read about what we are doing.

@human111x @OMApproach Hit my DMs and we can talk

@Leviticus @OMApproach I know this is an older post, but I would appreciate it if you could send me down that rabbit hole and aim me in the right direction with any recommendations? I am Medici, this is my DNA remembering.

The Medici family is one of the earliest powerful gatekeepers of the UAP phenomenon, emerging after the Dark Ages. Their coat of arms featured the famous fleur-de-lis symbol, which has deep historical roots in various ancient societies, including the Indian, Sumerian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations. This symbol represents the inner tree of life, through which energy rises like a serpent to achieve enlightenment. This is the rabbit hole you never expected to fall into. Thread (1/8)🧵

Early Christianity did not begin with scripture. It began with images - icons, primarily of the Transfiguration, depicting Jesus metamorphosing into light. William Henry traces a practice surrounding those images that has been almost entirely lost from the tradition that followed

@MichaelGryboski Reviews are good, story sounds interesting!

@Leviticus I dare recommend listening to my novel "A Spiral Into Marvelous Light." The story is about a non-religious journalist who writes an obituary about a controversial preacher. amazon.com/Spiral-Into-Ma…

I have one Audible credit to spend, what book should I listen to? What book impacted you recently? Leave me your recommendations!

@Rizstanford Wow, I read this when I was a kid, definitely an amazing series.

Probably the best Star Wars book of all time ... do you agree??

@BenHart_Freedom PA citizen here. I agree, Fetterman is cooked if he doesn't switch parties. I never liked him either way, his unprofessional attire and demeanor makes him less of a leader. Idk, maybe the kids like that nowadays, it's just lazy IMO.

WHY DEMS ARE FREAKED ABOUT THE FUTURE: 1) Dems started the absurd gerrymandering, have been doing it for decades, while the GOP just allowed itself to be a punching bag and just let Dems do it without response. Finally, the GOP is fighting back. 2) If both parties actually MAXXED out on gerrymandering, the House would end up with 262 Republicans to 173 Democrats because Republicans control more state governments with multiple districts, while Democrat voters are clustered in urban areas. This makes it easy to pack Dem voters into fewer districts. [See map in post below]. We must do this -- which would actually be a fair Congressional map. 3) Because of the Supreme Court ruling outlawing racially drawn districts, the GOP appears set to pick up 13-17 House seats as GOP-run states redraw their Congressional districts in time for the 2026 Midterm Elections: TX GOP+5, FLA GOP +4, OH GOP +2, NC GOP +1, MO GOP+1, LA GOP +2, MS GOP +1, TN GOP+1, AL GOP +2, SC +1. We could pick up 2 more if GOP Gov Brian Kemp would get off his ass and redraw GA's map. However, we lose seats with CA's redrawn map. So a net of 15 seats for the GOP, most likely. 4) The Virginia Supreme Court appears to be set to overturn the new Congressional map enacted by the Dems because the referendum was illegally conducted. The Virginia Supreme Court just affirmed a lower court's halting of the new Virginia map. But it's also possible NJ, Colorado, and NY, will try to redraw their maps. We'll see. No matter what Dems do, it looks like a GOP net gain of no less than 10 seats in the redistricting war for 2026. 5) Meanwhile, Trump continues his mass-deportations. If he can remove all 12-15 MILLION migrants who arrived illegally under Biden, this could deliver the GOP another 6 Congressional seats -- maybe more. 6) It gets better if he can remove all 30 MILLION illegal migrants. Currently, illegal migrants are counted in the Census. So California and Democrat-run states are over-represented in Congress and have more Electoral votes than they should because illegal migrants have counted in the Census -- which is why Dems love illegal migrants. 7) Trump is banning the counting of illegal migrants in the next Census. So if Dems are furious about what's happening now with the outlawing of race-based gerrymandered districts, wait 'til they see what happens after the 2030 Census. And Trump wants a new Census (a legal one) before 2030 . . . in time for 2028. 8) Of course, this means it's absolutely imperative to win the Midterms this year and the Presidential Election in 2028. 9) Trump is the first GOP leader to really fight back. He is not even really a Republican. He was a Democrat for most of his life. He's actually a moderate in terms of policy. He single-handedly transformed the GOP from the party of bankers and country-clubbers into a populist "AMERICA FIRST" party of the working class. 10) I'm seeing a strong possibility that John Fetterman will become a Republican or Independent (caucusing with the GOP). His party hates him. Ronald Reagan was also a Democrat, and said: "I did not leave the Democrat Party. The Democrat Party left me." I think Fetterman is heading in this direction. If he doesn't become a Republican, he will be primaried by Dems. So he needs to do this for survival. Also, PA is trending toward the GOP. 11) I consider myself to be a John F. Kennedy-style Democrat. JFK was patriotic, strongly anti-Communist, pro-capitalism, pro-life, Catholic, believed in God. JFK would be hounded out of today's Democrat Party as an extreme right winger. 12) America is rejecting today's Democrat Party. Americans . . . ** don't want the schools indoctrinating their kids into LGBTQ ideology or encouraging kindergarteners to change their gender; ** don't want males beating up girls in sports; ** don't want open borders; ** don't want the importation of the Third World here; ** don't want the police "de-funded"; ** don't want American culture erased; ** don't want our Christian culture to be transformed into Islam; ** don't like the Dem war on the family and God.

@JulieLence Choose*

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@Rainmaker1973 Skeksi!

Have you ever seen a cinereous vulture? [📹 Qiqihar Zoo]

Wow, this explains why I feel dead all the time.

@bendellwerry Hey, I'm here, I want to help

@Teslaconomics I'm saving up for one! I can't wait to get a Tesla!!!!

I really feel bad for anyone that still drives a gas car in the yr 2026…

@BrianRoemmele No audiobook :( no problem, I'll pick it up to read. I have a long drive to and from work everyday, audiobooks have been my life. I've listened to all the books you've recommended on the 5000 days series. My favorite: Meditations

Get this book: The Borrowed Mind: Reclaiming Human Thought in the Age of AI—by John Nosta In a world flooded with breathless AI hype and doomsday warnings, John Nosta delivers something rare: a clear-eyed, deeply human reckoning with the technology reshaping our minds. As his friend and fellow explorer of this frontier, I read The Borrowed Mind with anticipation. This is not another tech manifesto. It is a passionate, unflinching invitation to remain the authors of our own thoughts. Nosta organizes the book into three powerful movements: The Promise, The Perils, and The Path Forward, mirroring the very cognitive journey he urges us to master. In The Promise, he traces the arc from Gutenberg’s words to Google’s facts to AI’s living thoughts. He introduces the “Socratic Mirror”—an infinitely patient dialogue partner that turns static knowledge into dynamic discovery and “composite intelligence,” where human and machine form something stronger together. Centaur workflows, learner-centric studios, and the rebirth of agency make this section electric with possibility. AI doesn’t replace us; it amplifies the best of us. The Perils is the book’s beating heart and its most original contribution. Nosta coins “anti-intelligence”: fluent coherence without understanding, a seductive shadow of real thought. He names the “borrowed mind,” the “coherence trap,” “amathia drift,” and the “smoothness trap” devastatingly precise terms for how convenience quietly erodes our cognitive integrity. With grace and urgency, he warns that frictionless answers can steal the very struggle that makes meaning possible. This is not fearmongering. It is friendship-level honesty. The Path Forward offers a luminous framework: “parallax cognition.” Just as two eyes create depth through separation, human and AI perspectives must remain distinct to generate true insight. Sequence matters. Guardrails matter. We must protect our cognitive baseline and treat this relationship exactly for what it is powerful, non-reciprocal, and ours to shape. The Borrowed Mind stands apart because it refuses easy answers. Nosta honors AI’s gifts while fiercely defending the irreplaceable friction of human experience. His prose is warm, philosophical, and relentlessly clear drawing on everything from the Upanishads to Flatland without ever losing the reader. To my good friend John, this book is a gift. It captures the same generous, fearless intellect I’ve admired in our conversations for years. If you care about thinking clearly in the age of borrowed brilliance, read it now. Share it widely. Let it spark the very dialogues it celebrates. We are not losing our minds to AI. With guides like John Nosta, we are finally learning how to reclaim them. Highly recommended: five stars, without hesitation. Buy it now: amzn.to/4c9kuAp

@unusual_whales I skip dinner. I basically eat a light breakfast and a medium lunch. Maybe a snack at night, but no food after 6pm. Saved me tons of money, but now I'm too skinny and lacking nutritional needs.

"One third of Americans skip meals or other needs to afford healthcare," per WaPo.

@WhitleyStrieber Its insane we got to this point. The whole area is a giant mixing bowl of a mess now.

I don't see how we are going to prevail in Iran. They have enough 60% enriched uranium to build four Hiroshima style bombs. We're not going to be able to find that uranium. And they are now making enormous amounts of money out of their control of the Straits.

@BrianRoemmele Woah dude, I gotta check this out! Thanks a billion

We are testing Book Engine open source AI now and are absolutely blown away! The ability to track complexity in book narratives is superb. We have a big challenge planned to find the fence lines.

@BrianRoemmele Looking forward to this one, the last few felt like summaries of the previous parts, but still informative!

THE INTERREGNUM CURVE (2025-2039) I am finishing up part 23 of the Yon Have 5000 Days series. The implications I found from 1956 is more relevant in 2026 and ironically mentioned in the old text. This is massive. Out soon!

@BrianRoemmele Stay strong!

Praying for my good friend Massimo. An absolute brilliant intellect. His presence here built this place.

@BrianRoemmele Wow what a voice

The soulful voice of Lamont Landers.