“Sea and Sky”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/640s, ISO 320. Morning low tide at Baker Beach.
Trump admin deports immigrants to South Sudan in violation of court order, lawyers say
It’s becoming increasingly apparent that this administration only follows court orders that it likes.
The more AI takes over the internet, the less I want to be a part of it. I wonder if I should retreat to Gemini or some other niche online space. Or perhaps just give up and live in the real world.
Zero-click searches: Google’s AI tools are the culmination of its hubris
Google occupies the same place in my internet usage as AltaVista: a service that I used to visit frequently and now never use.
Hassan, Noem lock horns over habeas corpus
In normal times, I would expect any Cabinet secretary to have a basic understanding of the Constitution. These not being normal times, I’m not surprised at all by Noem’s complete ignorance.
“Run Away!”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 640. Snowy plovers on Baker Beach.
Trump officials set new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children
Another disaster for public health from the political hacks and medical denialists now running HHS. Far beyond this one shot, the fact that they’re ignoring the well-respected non-partisan Advisory Committee bodes very very ill for the future.
I’m 65 years old and just sewed on a button for the first time ever. It seems to have worked. Old dog, new tricks.
Worst interviewee tic: responding to every single question with “Yeah…well, ,,,” You’re stalling for time while you think of an answer, we know that’s what you’re doing, so just BE QUIET for two seconds to think and then answer. Thank you for coming to my Ted Rant.
“Sentinels”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 22mm, f/11, 1/160s, ISO 640. Shot at the north end of Baker Beach.
Finished: Mawson’s Will, by Lennard Bickel 📚. The story of Douglas Mawson’s desperate slog across the Antarctic (featuring, among other things, the excess-Vitamin-A-induced sloughing off of the soles of his feet) remains one of the great tales of human endurance. If you’re not familiar with it, you ought to be, and this is a great retelling of the story.
“Anemones”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/8, 1/160s, ISO 3200. Shot at Baker Beach.
“It’s my crab and you can’t have it”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 100-400mm lens @ 361mm, f/11, 1/2500s, ISO 6400. Shot at Baker Beach.
A New Headache for Honest Students: Proving They Didn’t Use A.I.
Students are resorting to extreme measures to fend off accusations of cheating, including hourslong screen recordings of their homework sessions.
Next up: “ChatGPT, generate my term paper and a 2.5 hour screen recording showing how I wrote it.” This is an arms race that people are not going to win.
How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes
Further evidence that Secretary Hegseth’s judgement is just astoundingly bad. Clearly he didn’t talk to anyone with a grain of infosec experience before deciding to use this app.
Watched the Eurovision Grand Final with my daughter - something we’ve done together for years, though this year it had to be via online chat instead of gathered around the same screen. We still had much fun snarking about the various acts. As usual, our picks didn’t win, though at least we liked #3 and #4 this year.
Where local forecast offices no longer monitor weather around-the-clock
Including one just across the Cascades from where I live. Gutting the Weather Service this way is completely idiotic.
Trump berates Walmart over price hikes: ‘Eat the tariffs’
Guess it’s finally come to his attention how much Trump-caused inflation is going to hurt his shrinking base.
“There’s a Reason for the Name”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 27mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 640. Devil’s Club coming up along FR 2005 near Marys Peak.
“Trail Work”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 28mm, f/11, 1/30s, ISO 4000. Along the Marys Peak North Ridge Trail.
