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Big Picture: 10 Dallas-Washington Storylines https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/big-picture-10-dallas-washington-storylines-x0433

Big Picture: 10 Dallas-Washington Storylines https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/big-picture-10-dallas-washington-storylines-x0433

In my series on how venture capital has evolved into something unrecognizable and too-often toxic, I switch from the big-picture view to a practical question: How does this affect founders? Well surprise — it's not good! Here, I break down how the deck gets stacked against founders by the increasingly-centralized power of the Cancer Capital firms, how smaller VC firms factor into the market, and what founders can try to do to fight back.

Cancer Capital: It sucks for founders, too!
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Tuesday, I was in Mansfield, Ohio, eating at the Coney Island. Above me was a big poster of a robot at the 1939 worlds fair, I took a picture.
Back home, I looked it up. And funny, it's eerily similar to the current #ai hype. Except 88 years ago.
Elektro was a machine built by real robotics pioneers, but was tuned & marketed to promote the company brand, Westinghouse. Sound familia…

The sticker price of the Iran war is around $40 billion -- but the total price is much higher
An objective analysis of what has changed after more than 100 days of the conflict,
in which 13 American service members lost their lives along with more than 7,500 civilians in the region,
suggests a more nuanced story than the one Trump put in all caps.
Here are some of the big numbers and trends that draw a fuller picture of how the war affected the US:
The conflict …

What the Iran war cost the Pentagon, the economy — and Trump
With an agreement signed, the US war with Iran is at a halt, at least for now, and President Donald Trump is telling Americans they have won.

Picture that @… took of me just before the panel I was moderating at #DWebCamp.
Look at that big #CoSocialCa sticker!

So the Roger Williams Park Zoo (@) is offering free admission today and tomorrow due to the extreme heat
HOWEver, because of the extreme heat, they are noting that many of the animals are likely going to stay inside, so you may not see them 😂
(h/t to my wife)

AFLW Inside Out
It's your definitive breakdown of women's footy- from inside the boundary line to the big picture...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/aflw-inside-out/

Gradually making my way through Dwarkesh Patel's oral history of Generative AI.
Big picture: Many AI designers seem to believe that because their software is smarter than they expected, it will inevitably become smarter than them.

Big Tech AI Spree Revives Accounting Devices That Toppled Enron
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/big-tech-ai-spree-revives-accounting-devices-that-toppled-enron

The whole DIY Steam Machine was kinda an itch to see if I could build one with the parts I already had and to see if there were going to be any issues with the OS, software, things like that. However, after playing some games on it and just enjoying it: I think I'm gonna keep this build around for awhile.
There are a few issues that need to be addressed: the components are friggin' hot. The 5950X 7900XT combo in that small case is not helping out at all. The NCASE M1 is be…

Your big data is only a big data set because a whole bunch of people did the insignificant, unworthy of your time, not important enough to publish, effort to build & maintain collections over the years,
which you then scooped up into your dataset for a proper "big picture" study.
-- @andyfarke@bsky.social
h…

Andy Farke (@andyfarke.bsky.social)
Your big data is only a big data set because a whole bunch of people did the insignificant, unworthy of your time, not important enough to publish, effort to build & maintain collections over the years, which you then scooped up into your dataset for a proper "big picture" study. <6/n>

The Pipeline from Fringe Conspiracy to Trump Policy (Melissa Ryan/The Big Picture)
https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/4chan-trump-pipeline-immigration-maha
http://www.memeorandum.com/260713/p116#a260713p116

Erk!
#aliexpress

As we march toward our later years, the dance of life sweetens. Picture waking up to leisurely mornings filled with fresh-brewed coffee, laughing with grandchildren, and planning new adventures. After ending my 50-year career, I’ve learned that time is a currency well spent. Dream big and live well! #InspiredLiving #RetirementDreams

Please share: Can someone with the print edition of the Financial Times in the US check to see if my piece is in it and save one for me?
so I have a new op/ed out where I am Big Mad about the have-nots in critical infra, and if it's in the paper version, I would love it if someone would get it for me? I'm in the UK and can't get it myself :/
https://www.ft.com/content/3f154376-fd8b-4255-ac5b-538c5e90fc40
(ain't no thrill like the thrill that'll gitcha when ya getchur picture on the cover of a Rolling Stone ROLLING STOOONNNE gonna buy five copies for my mother)

Cowboys’ Ranking of ‘Loaded’ 6,663-Yard Skill Position Group is Revealed https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/ranking-loaded-skill-position-group-revealed/

The progression of the #poolpond #backyardproject over the past 2 years. I started it on Labour Day of 2024.
The first picture is August 3, 2024 as the last true “before times” picture. We started by demolishing the old shed… but the pond work itself didn’t start until Labour Day that year!
We’re getting there! It is almost starting to look like a backyard again :)
A few important things remain from the original yard. The fence, which was mostly just renewed and heightened for bylaw, not changed. The hazelnut tree, which has dealt wi5 all the earthly disturbances surprisingly well. It is full of nuts again this year. The rhubarb, which is impossible to kill if we wanted to and is as big as ever, and the chicken coop and run, which has been moved around but will find a spot eventually.
#diy #patience #gardening #landscaping

#FLOSS ecosystem.
I don't think we have a clear idea yet of what's to come, but a recurring image in our conversations is that of feudal age alchemists: closed, hermetic, underground groups, sharing knowledge in tight secret circles, never with the wide public... it's certainly not a pretty picture, but it might be the "rational" conclusion for many.
When we see the threat of big corporations (or just petty unimaginative people) stealing our work, what can we do, when collective action has been labelled as criminal activity, other than hide or risk the severe consequences of being combative?
#ai #generativeAI #fuck_ai

next up I moved over a chunk of the marsh marigold that grows in the bog barrels.
One thing we have learned after planting these guys there... marsh marigolds LOVE full shade. Really any sun and heat at all and they start to wither.
So I am also moving the little new marigold we bought this year for the poolpond from its initial spot near the edge of the backyard bog pond to a spot under the hazelnut tree.
It's the little guy on the left of the -also new- small hasta. The big round-leafed plant beside the hasta is the big marigold from the barrel.
barrel picture again taken after I split the plant. Crazy how big!!
#pandemicPond #PoolPond #diy #gardening #pondlife

good morning!
did some early-morning ponding on the #pandemicPond this morning.
The water level was unusually low, so I started looking around for leaks or blocks. I have been wanting to cut down the vertical PVC at the top of the bog barrels to make it not stick out so much and blend in a little nicer and also because it would reduce the height for the pump, so increase flow.
Well it turns out that connection, where the black pipe goes into the white PVC in the barrel, was a little loose and some water was leaking out and adding to the evaporation budget.
So that gave me the push to do the small modifications on the top end of the pipe. It was also a good time since turning off the pump meant the top pond would drain into the bottom pond. When the system is full, that would normally cause the bottom pond to over flow, but since it was all low, no extra water was lost.
I cut the inlet down a few inches under the water in the bog barrel to move the T down and then cut another 6in from the top pipe to snug it all up.
Then I also tightened up the connections for the over flow/air valve and added an elbow to keep water from escaping out the valve outlet. Only took about 5 minutes. I have been wanting to do this for months. 😂
Result:
black pipe doesn't curl as high over the barrel ✅
no more leak from the PVC connection ✅
no more water escaping from the air valve ✅
noticeably more flow over the waterfall! ✅
Pump is back on and water is replenished from the rain barrel ✅
the fish are happy! 🐟 and me too. ✅
oh oh! did I tell you we have a new fish! The top pond fish had babies and it looks like one has survived to be big enough not to be cannibalized. 😂 It is very skittish and is still mostly black so I havent got a good picture of it yet.
#pondlife #diy #gardening #portalberni

my wife @… has been really really plugged into reports and stories from #Palestine for the past year and especially the past few months.
So I got her a pre-anniversary present. She was very excited.
🇵🇸 Free Free Palestine!
#freepalestine #gaza #genocide #israel #BDS #BoycottIsrael
Ill take a better picture this afternoon when the southerly breeze picks up. It's a big flag. But it deserves to be.