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The title is questionable, but the article talks about an independent candidate carving a campaign and platform based on the needs of the residents of Nebraska. Gift link. https://wapo.st/4h432z3

"And yet, if you point out how stupid, wasteful, and corrosive these specific uses of AI are, you are painted as a loser killjoy by the investors and people who have the most to gain from its mass adoption, and the companies who make and promote the tools that enable it either ignore that it’s happening, publish some bullshit blog post that means nothing about how they are trying oh so hard to combat abuse of their systems, ask you what the big deal is, and continue to ensure that the swift destruction of the human-led, useful and usable internet continues unabated.”

404 Media

Hurricane Helene and the ‘Fuck It’ Era of AI-Generated Slop

The era of politically-motivated AI slop is here and it sucks.

Some #fall color is emerging!

Huge shoutout to @Daniel Cadenas who spent a fair amount of time deleting reply guy spam from our relays last week and setting up filters to prevent similar future attacks. Here’s to keeping search up and running!

Testing out the editor on the mac to see if we fixed the auto correct issue! And it’s fixed! Thanks Bryan Montz!

I’ve owned an Apple Watch for almost a year now and I have to say that I am deeply unimpressed. It knows weird creepy things about me like when I get in my car and then tells me how many miles to home, but then fails to capture certain physical exertion activities. For the past 2 days I’ve been cleaning out my mom’s house that was flooded by Helene, lifting super heavy waterlogged things and it tells me I’ve done no exercise. My quads and biceps are so sore and Apple is like nope physical labor isn’t bourgeois exercise.

If you still have access to fresh sweet corn I highly recommend trying this recipe! It’s the one thing I’ve made multiple times this summer!

Alison Roman

Grilled Corn and Scallion Salad — Alison Roman

The corn is very, very good right now, and you should make this corn salad to celebrate.

Lol. I really need to work on my wildlife videography. This one was walking down the road this evening.

Spent a fair amount of time this month weeding this invasive. I too love non-native plants but would rather spend my weekends doing something other than weeding invasive plants.

Japanese Stiltgrass | National Invasive Species Information Center

Species Profile: Japanese Stiltgrass. Can grow in a variety of habitats where it forms dense stands and crowds out native species (Fryer 2011)

Not the best photo but this is one of the neighborhood bears out for an evening stroll

Fascinating podcast episode interview with an author of a new book On Freedom the premise of which is to reframe freedom from a positive perspective. The discussion addresses a range of topics and is well worth a listen.

Apple Podcasts

Timothy Snyder on On Freedom

Podcast Episode · Poured Over · 09/17/2024 · 51m

A view from Monday morning’s forest walk.