Disney and Universal sue Midjourney for making AI ripoffs of their biggest characters
I hope Midjourney gets sued out of existence - along with every other VC-backed company that thinks “fuck the law, I’ll do what I want” (including AirBnB and Uber). This Silicon Valley attitude, I think, bears some responsibility for the continuing breakdown of any social contract in this country.
“Mind the Edge”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 27mm, f/8, 1/15s, ISO 250. Top of a small waterfall near Salt Creek Falls.
How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid
A guide from WIRED.
“Memory”
Olympus TG-6 @ 5.1mm, f/3.2, 1/200s, ISO 100. Remnant of an old homestead in Suzanne Arlie Park.
#mbjune Day 11: brick 📷
“Rooted Man”
Olympus TG-6 @ 9mm, f/4.5, 1/50s, ISO 1000. Oregon Manroot growing over a fern along the trail at Mount Pisgah.
“Pristine”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 40-150mm lens @ 125mm, f/11, 1/259s, ISO 200. Safety railing around the railroad tracks in Truckee, seen from the window of the California Zephyr.
#mbjune Day 10: rail 📷
“Lost on a Yellow Planet”
Olympus TG-6 @ 11.9mm, f/5, 1/250s, ISO 125. Tiny fly in a balsam root flower along the trail at Mount Pisgah.
“Peeled”
Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/100s, ISO 800. Harvest Brodiaea (I think) along the trail at Mount Pisgah.
Finished: The Boys of Everest, by Clint Willis 📚. A history of (some) British climbers from the early 1950s to the early 1990s. The author is a climber himself, and this book focuses quite a bit of attention on the innter mental and emotional states of various climbers. Some of this comes from interviews, some is inferred from letters and other documents or (I suspect) the author’s own experiences. Rings true and makes for a distinctly different climbing book, though it will be impossible to ever know how accurate some of this stuff is.
“Good Morning”
Olympus TG-6 @ 8.4mm, f/4.5, 1/30s, ISO 1600. Columbia Lily along the trail at Mount Pisgah.
