Ted Herman @tedherman@social.cleverlibre.org

The odometer just turned a high digit. https://www.unixtimestamp.com/

Graphcast predictions. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi2336

tuition : intuition :: peal : ?

"In a creepy evolutionary trick seemingly designed to benefit the parasite's favorite host, rodents infected with T. gondii tend to lose their fear of felines, making it easier for cats to catch rats and mice. In the wild, infected chimpanzees have been shown to actually grow attracted to the smell of the urine of their feline predator, the leopard."

Hais (Desert Energy Balls)
(Makes 10-15 balls)

150 grams (50 ounces) dates, roughly chopped
50 grams (2 ounces) almonds
50 grams (2 ounces) pistachios
1 tablespoon vegetable oil, plus extra to bind
Handful toasted sesame seeds, dried shredded/desiccated coconut or chopped pistachios

Besides having some good graphics, this propublica article has an implicit example of American Royalty.

https://projects.propublica.org/california-farmers-colorado-river/

Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana ♫

Too many copilots and not enough pilots. This is the near-term danger of AI.

@markets Kocherlakota > Kashkari.

Me to ChatGPT: How much or how many is a slew?

ChatGPT: It is not a specific numerical value, so it doesn't have a precise measurement associated with it. Instead, it is a subjective term used to convey the idea of a significant amount or a substantial number of things.

Conclusion: It is a signaling word. Using "slew" as a noun says more about you than the topic at hand.

‘It’s like building a ship inside of a bottle,’ says a developer whose company is converting Minnesota office buildings into apartments.

Sigh. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yukaienginnering/fufuly-robotic-cushion-with-a-deep-breathing-technology

Link found between age of stars and frequency of hot Jupiters

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-link-age-stars-frequency-hot.html

Touchless Clair de Lune. Cloyingly ethereal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntri-r3O5ig

Cognitive disconnect.

1. From this NPR news story, "Iowa's popular Republican governor, Kim Reynolds" [source https://text.npr.org/1210771417]

2. "Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-Iowa) is America’s most unpopular governor" [source https://pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/senator-governor-rankings-joe-manchin]

3. The Law of the Excluded Middle [source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_excluded_middle]

The problem with daylight savings time is that the change is infrequent enough to be unusual, hence more annoying than it needs to be. One solution would be to have a time change every month, arbitrarily. The annoyance would fade because we'd learn to tolerate time changes.

@carnage4life This points out a major deficit with solutionist thinking: that one and only one solution will win, as opposed to a diverse ecology of approaches. Sure, drones might be useful - delivering healthcare supplies in Africa. Delivering by cargo bike in flat European cities. Eksetera.

Technically the longest day of the year isn't summer solstice (for those of us living under the daylight savings regime), it's today.

Me prompting Bard: How can you determine whether or not a bitcoin was ethically sourced?

Bard: long answer with considerations, then: "Even if you take all of these factors into account, it is still impossible to guarantee that any given bitcoin was ethically sourced."

Four Blazes sing All Night Long

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ETvopCFCL8