“Musk’s satellites ‘blocking’ view of the universe”: oh look, another thing that Elon Musk is ruining!

“How Capitalism Incentivizes the Destruction of Art”: Yes, yes, and yes. And I’m still quite upset that I’m not able to see “Coyote vs Acme”, dammit.

“Google Serving AI-Generated Images of Mushrooms Could Have ‘Devastating Consequences'”: AI bullshit is creeping up everywhere, but on the other hand, using Google to check if a mushroom is edible would have always sounded stupid to me.

I just spent a couple hours with a bunch of 13-year-olds, and after listening to their various discussions, my first thought is “I should really cut off all and any access to internet for my kids”…

“California’s new law forces digital stores to admit you’re just licensing content, not buying it”. Hey, finally someone is starting to address the blatant lies that the big tech companies tell to get your money. But I agree with Thom here that terms like “purchase” should be even more strictly regulated.

Under the fog… over the fog…

Oh damn, I had missed that John Cassaday, artist of the excellent “Planetary” series (among other things), died a few days ago at age 52 😢

The simple fact that Poilievre continues to bring Trump crap to Canadian politics, such as giving childish alliterative nicknames to other politicians, should be enough to write him off if you’ve got half a brain. Seriously, don’t vote Conservative. You have three other parties to choose from. That’s more than most countries get.

Aliens landed here, their electromagnetic anti-gravity propulsion drive causing leaves to arrange in strange concentric patterns. That’s the only rational explanation. Dog for scale.

Really cool “just before the storm” mood out there this morning! Dog for scale.