Who's face will be added to the Borg-Warner trophy at the conclusion of the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 mile race? #Indy500 #IMS

This will be the view of the drivers into turn one for the 110th Indianapolis 500 mile race today. #Indy500 #IMS

It's race day morning for the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 mile race. Hundreds of thousands of fans and families resuming their various yearly traditions as well as creating new ones. This is an unbelievable event. Hopefully we don't get rained out today! #IMS #Indy500 #2026

Opening day of practice begins for the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 mile race. #IMS #Indy500 #

I have to say that my first touch with ClaraVerse AI tool stack leaves me impressed. Certainly some bugs to work through and some features to finish, but dang, it feels like another step. For someone just jumping into self-hosted AI features, this is pretty amazing. For someone that already has a pretty well defined self-hosted, but centralized AI stack, the configuration is a little fiddly. I have a dedicated machine with GPU power for Ollama, N8N, ComfyUI, Open WebUI, Perplexica, a bunch of MCPs and a voice stack for TTS/STT etc. I prefer to just point everything there. It is, however, quite beautiful and I can see this as my daily driver in the future. It combines so much in a single package that it's quite amazing. Between VSCode and ClaraVerse, my AI software stack may have just become less messy. I know nothing about the developers, their ethics, etc. They seem focused on local AI, so they can't be all bad. It is multi-platform. Would recommend checking it out. https://claraverse.space/ #ai #llm #localai #claraverse #ollama #openwebui

Nostr over Reticulum network would be an interesting development. Certainly some technical hurdles to work through, but the payoff could be substantial. Reticulum currently has the NomadNet which can serve as a static site or BBS, but in general, group chat or collaboration is pretty weak for Reticulum (based on what I presently know about it). Nostr could be that group chat, persistent messaging, community building, micro-economy tool that could also bridge Reticulum node relays to clear-net and/or I2P relays if so desired. This is something I would like to ponder for a while...

I've been spending time researching, building, and testing different resilient and mesh type networks and hardware. I started playing with #Meshtastic but keep getting pulled towards #Reticulum network and #RNodes. Meshtastic has the marketing, ease of entry, and hardware support. In actual execution it suffers the same downsides as FMRS radios. Reticulum is something much more. A complete encryption first network stack capable of leveraging the best path whether that's across the internet, across ISM band or other radio links or both. The ability to cache messages in the network until a node becomes available again, and no arbitrary three hop limit is a plus. Being able to text with someone out of eyesight through the radio and also with someone on the other side of the globe at the same time is very interesting. What it lacks is the fit, polish, marketing, and momentum of Meshtastic. In every other way, I find it to be superior. Oh, you can also send images, voice messages and files over Reticulum as well. Here is my first Reticulum node running Meshchat on a Raspberry Pi connected to a RAK flashed with RNode all powered with PoE. I'm building a few of these to start building out a local/regional network over time.

When you think about it, hay farming is just a lawn mowing businesss at an industrial scale. #haystr #farmstr

Hay farmers would have felt a deep connection to the Windows XP default desktop wallpaper.

This is my draw from the hat picks for the annual family competition. Not a bad draw, not the best. #Indy500 #IMS

View from turn 1 on the main straight before the start of the 2025 Indianapolis 500. #Indy500 #IMS

Morning dawns for the 2025 Indianapolis 500. #IMS #indy500

Pretty good action at Indianapolis 500 practice. #indy500

Skipping work today to take my boy to practice for the 2025 Indianapolis 500.

Shot of practice for those hoping to make it into the last row of the 2025 Indianapolis 500. #BumpDay #Indy500

Great day with the family at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for qualifications for the 2025 Indianapolis 500. #IMS #Indy500

This is my version of heaven on earth. Sitting in my tractor watching my daughter practice patterns on her horse while my son practices riding motorcycles in the snow. #farmlife #winning #grownostr #motorcycles #horses #tractor

If you don't see that we're slipping towards a Frank Herbert envisioned future where we fight, lose, somehow win then ultimately outlaw synthetic thinking machines, then you haven't been paying attention. If you don't use said machines to the maximum before they are set on their creators before the war starts, that's on you. The good news is that I think a good number of us will survive it. The rest of this is a distraction and a 20th century hangover. It may also be the beer talking... #ai #dune #endofdays #newbeginnings #farmlife

Gm! Enjoying the quiet morning while I wait for the dew to burn off. There is something peaceful about round bales in a field on a misty morning. #farmstr #haystr #grownostr #hay

Here's my WTF moment of the day. They are giving out free Naloxone and Fentanyl test kits away at our county 4-H fair. #wtf