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Will do a proper #FieldDiary tomorrow but suffice to say, today went even better than hoped. Instruments behaved, weather cooperated our local hunter friend got us smoothly into the field. Looking forward to seeing what it all means now...
(Background: http://sternaparadisaea.net/2025/05/20/falling-apart/)

Pretty sure my mom gets that “flying-an-airplane-without-a-manual” feeling whenever she walks in and catches sight of my anarchist flag waving next to the rainbow, trans, and neurodiversity pride flags.
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic

Scale AI used Google Docs to track work for customers like Google, Meta, and xAI, and left confidential AI training documents accessible to anyone with the link (Business Insider)
https://africa.businessinsider.com/new

Scale AI exposed sensitive data about clients like Meta and xAI in public Google Docs, BI finds
As Scale AI seeks to reassure customers that their data is secure following Metas $14

Saints signing safety Julian Blackmon following Tyrann Mathieu's retirement https://www.nfl.com/news/saints-signing-safety-julian-blackmon-following-tyrann-mathieu-s-retirement

A pair of UDFAs from Syracuse could be key for Cowboys defense https://insidethestar.com/a-pair-of-udfas-from-syracuse-could-be-key-for-cowboys-defense

'We know how to stand up for our rights' — Ukrainians protest law threatening anti-corruption institutions: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/23/we-know-how-to-stand.html

Shapiro rebukes Mamdani for failing to condemn 'blatantly antisemitic' extremists (Jewish Insider)
https://jewishinsider.com/2025/07/josh-shapiro-slams-zohran-mamdani-anitsemitism-pennsylvania-governor-new-york-city-mayor/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p169#a250723p169

What is the equivalent of Dunning-Kruger but for when an electorate installs an aggressively stupid populist who destroys much of the technoscientific knowledge of that nation but the electorate is not sufficiently educated to comprehend what is being destroyed until their infrastructures and health systems start failing?

Found an app called “Octave Coffee”. It’s an opinionated timer for pourover coffee. Tells you how much to pour, then how much to wait, and so on. And it has a cute pixel art kitty.
The problem is… it negs you while doing it, and your reward at the end for following the instructions is the message, “You actually listened. Shocking.”
I did it twice. It doesn’t vary.
So… I’m deleting it, even though I found it useful, because I don’t want to be insulted first thing in the morn…

What is the equivalent of Dunning-Kruger but for when an electorate installs an aggressively stupid populist who destroys much of the technoscientific knowledge of that nation but the electorate is not sufficiently educated to comprehend what is being destroyed until their infrastructures and health systems start failing?