Phillip Winn @pwinn@social.cleverlibre.org

One of my kids claimed last night to not know that there have been two Roosevelts as presidents of the USA, not know why people don't like Nixon, and when pushed, not know what the US Senate was. Actually, they asked, "Who is the senate? He sounds important."

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This child tried to blame their school, so they quizzed their younger sibling, who knew the answers to all of the above and claimed to have learned it while attending the same school. So then this child, in desperation, quizzed their other sibling, who knew some answers, but less than they should.

So... last night I explained to my kids how the government works, and what I think actually matters about politics and why (the Judiciary, if you're asking).

Fortunately, my kids did vote! The understood that *this* time was important, but last night I hoped I helped them understand that *every* time is important.

It is worth noting that everyone in that room who was married is in a marriage that is only legal due to a decision by the judiciary, not by law. The US Senate voted last night to change that, so perhaps all of those marriages will be protected by court-proof law soon.

#blog #politics

@pauldavidson Yes! The v4 model has gotten pretty great at clothing, and humans generally. It's just skin blemishes that are common.

I tried the prompt "A girl with very long pigtails, eating a pear" in Idun.AI's new generator using both the Idun.AI model (red fruit) and the StableDiffusion 1.5 model. The latter seems more photographic, but also uncanny, while the former will never be mistaken for something real, but works as an image. For me, at least.

#AIart #IdunAI #stablediffusion

I've had some challenges with MidJourney adding "stuff" to faces, mostly women's faces, and prompting with "clear skin" doesn't always help. Still, this result for "indian girl, suit and tie, photograph, 32K" turned out pretty nicely. It's using the v4 model candidate.

#AIart #midjourney #Indian

@antares I don't think I would migrate, since that part of my identity isn't central to my account. It's possible a friend or two might want to join it, though, who've been reluctant to jump in elsewhere.

Since I'm listening to older songs on YouTube tonight, I'm reminded of how amazing this Pomplamoose cover of Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" is. The original had editing, but this one is live to tape.

Don't get me wrong, I love the Daft Punk original, too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUpdfpOPf4Y

#Pomplamoose #DaftPunk #DaftPomp #music #video

The entire "Live from Slane Castle" concert is fantastic, a DVD I've enjoyed watching many times. This particular song is good--but they're all good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4CctFaXcrE

#u2 #music #video

@Chikara67@artisan.chat "I am weak in the face of books" I love it! I very much relate.

@jordyn 5:32, nice puzzle.

@dichotomiker I didn’t see many valid points. Mostly self-contradictory rambling. https://qoto.org/@pwinn/109343270833122665

@LMAOYEEN the third party app MetaText is great. and free.

@trinsec Oh yeah, there is actually no sponsor stuff, but the promotion and birthday greetings can get long some days. Once the Kickstarter is over, that should help a little.

It depend on how good at sudoku you are. Many of those puzzles aren't likely to be solved within 30 minutes, so you'll spend a few minutes the next night remembering where you left off. Or, if you're like me, you'll pull the equivalent of "just one more chapter" and then it's an hour later. 😆