Harvard Abruptly Caves to Trump After Months of Fighting
At least to the extent of backing away from DEI efforts. Disappointing, but it’s hard to see how any institution can stand up to the current level of unrestrained thuggery being displayed by “our” government.
“A Thousand Flowers Blooming”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/500s, ISO 1250. Beargrass along the High Divide Trail through the 2022 Ceder Creek fire scar.
Good: my city is running a survey to get citizen input. Bad: they’re capturing IP addresses for geolocation without telling people.
TIL that Thunderbird has incoming message filters for RSS. Now there are 98% fewer Amazon Prime Day posts in the feeds I follow. This is a feature that actually makes me happy.
Didn’t finish: Cronies, by Ken Babbs 📚: Well, I really wanted to like this one, but I realized after 100 pages that it was just turning into a dreadful slog. It’s a “burlesque” tale of the Merry Pranksters and associated bits of the sixties, but the style and storytelling overwhelm any history.
“Devastated”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/80s, ISO 320. High Divide Trail through the 2022 Ceder Creek fire scar.
“The Road Ahead”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/320s, ISO 200. FR 5883 near the Fuji Mountain Trail.
“Embrace the Rock”
Olympus E-M10 IV with 14-42mm kit lens @ 14mm, f/8, 1/80s, ISO 250. Shot along the Fuji Mountain Trail.
I am so sick of Verizon deciding that it can just install bloatware on my phone whenever it wants.
Generative Ghosts: Anticipating Benefits and Risks of AI Afterlives
I wonder whether we’re at the point where a will or end-of-life directive should contain instructions about whether one wishes to persist as a digital double. I wonder whether such wishes would be legally binding on heirs.