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I don't need any of what I write here to survive after I leave this world. Nevertheless, I am not expecting but still happy that this blog platform may be staying around for quite a while, as promised by the platform creator: "Bear won't...
It’s strange how a competent biography that attempts to explain someone’s motivations and context can make them more sympathetic. Because, y’all, if Ann Lee was operating today, not one of us would think she’s worth listening to. Not...
I wrote about hiking yesterday and mentioned “switchbacks.” On a steep hike, the trail almost never goes straight up. It zigzags — long diagonal legs cutting back and forth across the slope, taking you what feels like sideways when all...
How do you tell users that the text they're about to read has been synthetically generated? It is polite to readers that you don't waste their time, it's also important that LLMs don't feed on their own regurgitated slurry lest they...
A mourning dove calls from out of the fog, high-pitched and hesitant, as if just learning how to sing. A flower fly is licking my laptop where I rest my wrist.
[Picking up from this and this]I realize that my recommendations for Patrick Boyle videos tend to be a bit heavy-handed, but even by his standards, this one is essential for anyone trying to get a handle on the AI bubble and its...
Welcome to "Weekend Link Dump: The Musical!"The bombing of LaGuardia Airport.When dead bodies were asked to pick out their murderer.The amulet that could rewrite the history of Christianity.The world's most haunted museum. That's the...
screenshot from @candiburke video embedded below 7 August 2026 Candice Burke posts wonderful bird photographs at @candiburke on X. In the past two weeks her yard in Hyrum in Utah’s Cache Valley has been a Little Bit of Hummingbird...
A few weeks ago, I walked down my alley with my half-frame Olympus PEN EE-2 camera and a roll of expired Kodak UltraMax 400 shot at ISO 100 (which accounts for a bit of the color cast). I am pretty pleased with the photos and while most...
Come see us in DC! It’s DC Pen Show Weekend! We’re looking forward to seeing many of you in person at one of the pen community’s premier 3-day events. We’ve brought Roterfaden, OnionBrand, Lochby, and of course select pens and paper with...
“Witching Hour Test Pressing UK Addresses Only Sold Out,” there must be some music-collector somewhere who is extremely bothered by the existence of this artifact
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In light of Blaugust, I've been looking over some of my past posts here to get ideas, and I've realized that...I love this blog. Sometimes I get self-conscious about my writing here, like it's not very good or interesting enough for...
I purchased this slide in an online auction. Two things caught my interest - a nearly new CN cowl locomotive, and a green Burlington Northern "B" unit.