Indeed, AI loves to scrape Reddit.

"It helps AI understand context, slang, and user preferences, essentially teaching AI how humans really talk and what they find useful," said Google AI, when I asked it just now.

What could possibly go wrong? 😂

Yikes. I'm here if you need anything. 😂

You'll love this one, Jane. AI couldn't correctly identify Ryan Lizza last week, of all weeks.

I'm around kids that age A LOT. They love that stuff. 👏

🙏

I like it, too.

Here's another one. It's softer and a little more lyrical . . .

Joan Miró, "Woman and Birds" (1940)

"The whole nation was silent," says Kiefer. "They failed to grasp the unimaginable."

Indeed, and a fair amount of conflict, too, I think.

The story goes, Miró was inspired to paint this series when told to cover all his windows so no light would escape that might aid enemy aircraft. He painted his windows dark blue and filled them with celestial designs.

I really enjoy doing the research, somehow manage to slog my way through a first draft, and bliss out during the editing process.

Today on NPR, during an interview with Chris Thile, they referred to "productivity music" by which I think they meant music w/o a vocal track. I like that, too :)

I bought the most wonderfully fake candle that truly looks like a pillar candle with a real flame. (The candle look without any worry about me burning the house down :)

I know, right? The texture is almost impossible to describe to someone who has never seen Kiefer's work

I'll drop this into the timeline for anyone reading along....

⬇️ The St Louis Museum's intro to Kiefer's "Becoming the Sea"

I would love to see it.

I saw the Kiefer show in Amsterdam earlier this year and it was breathtaking.

Bluesky uses an algorithm. The phrasing the developers like to use is that Bluesky offers "algorithmic choice."

It's funny because I didn't "choose" for my Bluesky experience to suddenly become soooo quiet.

Sending warm thoughts and tire tracks your way

Meanwhile, I get the impression Trump has been defunding many of the U.S. "soft power" networks.

I know, right? "Pete's Wilson" isn't the orthopedic surgeon he claims to be 😂

You're absolutely right.

Even with relatively successful posts of mine, readership drops off the map on Day Two. No legs at all. (Except for people with super-large bandwidth.)

Also, I rarely see the posts of people I'd like to see. It's weird.