The shape of this building caught my eye. I don't know what it is, but I'm pretty sure it's at the back of Eugene's Emergency Services Training Center property.

Drizzly day in Eugene (no photographers were harmed in the making of this image).

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Took the camera out for a wander around town on a rainy day. Here's a shot from underneath the Ferry Street Bridge.

“Count to Ten”

Piglets at the Oregon State Fair

AI Data Center Spending to Reach $32 Trillion by 2050, PwC Says

Or roughly $150 per year for every man, woman, and child on earth. Personally, I’d rather have the $150. Oh, and a non-destroyed climate, an end to the rapacious billionaire class, and a functioning society.

“Screened”

Tramway at the Oregon State Fair, seen through the eating area fabric roof on a cloudy day.

Empty horse barn at the Oregon State Fair

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“Low Water”

As far as I can tell, this lake (on the Elk Creek Trail just west of the PCT) is nameless. But like all of the other Cascades lakes I’ve seen lately, it’s low on water. All of the streams in the area are bone-dry.

sunny tree-lined lake with muddy shores

BREAKING: GoPro will save its action cameras with a merger that expands the camera-maker into AI data centers to create “a leading American imaging and optical solutions company”

So GoPro plans to save itself by turning into an AI & defense contractor. Good luck with that. Sounds like a complete debacle for its consumer tech.

Holiday Farm Fire. 2020. 173251 acres. Six years later the snags are starting to come down, but this skyline will look like a worn comb for many years to come.