“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.
“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 📷
“Trail Tunnels”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 39mm, f/11, 1/25s, ISO 800. Chucksney Mountain Trail.
“Snowmelt”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/9, 1/2000s, ISO 3200. Seasonal pond along Chucksney Mountain Trail.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“Green Peak Falls”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 7 Artisans 7.5mm f/2.8 Fisheye lens @ f/9, 1/5s, ISO 100.
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 ‘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.
“Porch Friend”
Olympus E-M10 IV with M.Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 640. At Camp Yale.
RFK Jr. ends COVID shot recommendation for healthy children, pregnant women
Killing children is going to be RFK Jr’s signature achievement. Having one fuckwit override scientific consensus is just horrifying.
Finished: The New Year, by Pearl S. Buck 📚. A change of pace from her sweeping historical novels, this one is more of a modern romance. It tracks an ambitious politician, his smart (and beautiful) wife, and his previously-hidden son who was born in Korea as the result of a wartime hookup. There’s an overwhelming sense of good people being good, which is much more heroic than you get in most current novels.
“Fern Forest”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/7.1, 1/40s, ISO 5000. Along a utility easement near Camp Yale.
The Privacy-Friendly Tech to Replace Your US-Based Email, Browser, and Search
It’s good to have alternatives.
“Pearls”
Olympus TG-6 @ 18mm, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 250. At the top of MacDuff Mountain.
America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
Two chewy essays that provide, I think, important framing for understanding the current dismal moment in American governance.
This functional Macintosh replica is just 2.4-inches tall.
I am seriously impressed. I’ve been trying to cut down on the amount of spare “stuff” in my life but a part of me wants to order one right now.
“Ex-Bridge”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/100s, ISO 1250. Along the East Fork Trail. There’s supposed to be a bridge here (you can see one big timber on the far bank). Luckily it was only mid-thigh deep to wade.
“There’s a Trail in There Somewhere”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42 kit lens @ 14mm, f/11, 1/100s, ISO 250. Along the East Fork Trail.
There is a trail from where I’m standing straight to the slightly larger gap in the trees just left of center. It hasn’t had much maintenance (or traffic) lately.
