“Fake Litter”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 42mm, f/5.6, 1/15s, ISO 640. A group of the aptly-named Spring Orange Peel Fungus along the Grasshopper Trail.

Orange Peel Fungus in the snow

“Perching”

Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 lens @ f/5, 1/100s, ISO 100. Shot at Mt. Pisgah.

#mbjune Day 1: tree πŸ“·

Dead tree with a couple of birds perching at the top

“Trail Tunnels”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 39mm, f/11, 1/25s, ISO 800. Chucksney Mountain Trail.

Snowmelt running down the trail through drifts

“Snowmelt”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/2000s, ISO 3200. Seasonal pond along Chucksney Mountain Trail.

Seasonal lake formed by melting snow

“Ringing the Bells”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 22mm, f/6.3, 1/200s, ISO 200. Hooker’s Fairy Bells along the Chucksney Mountain Trail.

Hooker's Fairy Bells blooms

“Cold Sisters”

In-camera panorama from Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/5.6, 1/1600s, ISO 2000. North, Middle and South Sister plus Broken Top seen from the summit of Chucksney Mountain.

Mountains in the distance

“Nest of snakes”

Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/30s, ISO 640. Close-up of red columbine flower near Alsea Falls.

Red Columbine pistils & stamens

“Green Peak Falls”

Olympus E-M10 IV with 7 Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 Fisheye lens @ f/9, 1/5s, ISO 100.

Wide view of Green Peak Falls

Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves

Or to put it more bluntly, Garbage In, Garbage Out. Not that I expect garbage out will do anything to stop the massive overdeployment of current AI technologies, or their contribution to the enshittification of everything.

What is the β€˜TACO trade’ on Wall Street?

It’s Trump Always Chickens Out, of course. I’ll bet every time he sees that smoke comes out of the man-baby’s ears. Good.