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I'm digging through quite some photos of this visit of the lakeshore recently. — Just some days ago I asked myself "why do I take all those photos when I'm not _doing_ anything with them?"
I'm not posting a lot of them, nor printing them or so, I just take them, edit them ...
I felt a bit sad until it struck me again "it is my hobby - there is no *need* for any other prupose than to just make my time pleasant. And this is what the whole process of tak…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Sparks:
🎵 This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us
#Sparks
https://tributefestpgh.bandcamp.com/track/this-town-aint-big-enough-for-the-both-of-us
https://open.spotify.com/track/2rgHxOarlO4W35mg0IZ5u8

Over the holidays last last year I was building an Airfix model (good way to ignore the outside world) and discovered two pieces had fallen off the sprues and were not in the box. I considered constructing them myself but I didn't have a good reference image to go by. 99% certain it wasn't my fault, I looked up how to contact Airfix, followed the instructions, and never heard back.
Until Friday, when two tiny pieces of plastic arrived in an adorable little pouch and the modelmaking can continue.
I love good customer service. I just love it.

KI-Stimmen verändern die #Hörbuchbranche.
Neue Tools ermöglichen günstige, KI-generierte #Hörbücher. #Audioplattform springen auf den Zug auf.

Hörbuchproduktion zum Spartarif: Professionelle Sprecher in Gefahr
ElevenLabs greift mit KI-Stimmen in den Hörbuchmarkt ein. Klingt gut, ist aber schlecht für alle, die vom Sprechen leben. Mehr Hintergründe.

From the article: "He added: “It’s something where it’s moving very quickly and people don’t necessarily have time to absorb it or figure out what to do.”"
That impersonal, natural "it" is moving - Not the people developing the models and selling them (or inflicting them), not the wealthy investors demanding market share, not the sci-fi addled techbros (Muskrats?) imagining that if only we get AGI all problems will be solved tomorrow, - all wanting to be first. Oh…

From the article: "He added: “It’s something where it’s moving very quickly and people don’t necessarily have time to absorb it or figure out what to do.”"
That impersonal, natural "it" is moving - Not the people developing the models and selling them (or inflicting them), not the wealthy investors demanding market share, not the sci-fi addled techbros (Muskrats?) imagining that if only we get AGI all problems will be solved tomorrow, - all wanting to be first. Oh…

A phoenix rises from the ashes - WOH G64 is still a red #supergiant, for now: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/546/2/stag012/8416424?login=false -> Keele-led team reveals massive star WOH G64 is still a red supergiant: https://www.keele.ac.uk/about/news/2026/january/cosmic-mystery/keele-led-team-reveals-massive-star-woh-g64-is-still-a-red-supergiant-.php

Theme Collection: Sovereign AI and Digital Sovereignty https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/02/25/theme-collection-sovereign-ai-and-digital-sovereignty

He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.