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“Up to the Twentieth Century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear. Since the initial publication of the chart of the electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one-millionth of reality.” -Bucky Fuller

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Hopefully it doesn't impact them too much. So tired of this AI train man.

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The square button second from the bottom mutes the audio. I've taken to carrying a marker in my car and writing "<--- MUTE" next to them. Alternatively, a small screwdriver between the speaker grating.

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I'd say it's going well! The sun decided to come back out, literally and figuratively, which is great for my new plane photography hobby lol. Mother's Day was alright, we went to my aunt and uncle's with my dad to barbecue. First Mother's Day without my mom, which was rough, but it's just a celebration to capitalism more than anything, so keeping that in mind helped when seeing all the cards and flower displays at the store. I did allow myself the opportunity to feel sad by walking up to the card section and picking out the one I know I'd have gotten her (it had butterflies, which she loved).

Thanks for letting me journal like this. It really does help to write it out, kind of like writing a letter and not sending it to anybody.

Anyway, have some pictures. I'm getting into photography again, and I'm excited to share :)

https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/dac6b89d-f4fb-4e38-a447-bdedb74a188d.webp

https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/8fb5c0ab-1fbb-4f44-813f-72cc4cd89f2a.webp

https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/5e3ab40e-1b5f-4840-a7c6-6151afdfc54d.webp

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That's a Peanut! Thank you so much, the 50mm and auto focus did all the work. I just saw the yawn!

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Welp, reckon it's time I take my happy ass down to the local used game store and sell my Xbox. Thing's collecting dust anyway. I think I'll get a new camera lens instead.

godzilla_lives ,
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Basically this, for me. I want my devices to be more dedicated to a singular purpose, so I'm not tethered to my phone all day. Having a camera, an MP3 player, and a handheld makes my actions feel more purposeful. Building off that, having a "one-stop-shop" type of device or service or anything really imo makes the overall experience worse. Think Wal-mart versus a dedicated electronics store or something.

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Every time. Surprised they're still around tbh.

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For what it's worth, this Internet dude is very happy that you're making progress.

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This week is going well so far. Bought a new camera so I've been really excited to try it out. I mostly take pictures of planes, and I'm trying to experiment more with shutter speeds and aperture and yadda. I live directly under a landing pattern for the local airport, so it's not hard for me to time a plane landing and get a decent shot.

Here's a Delta 717 coming in:

https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/f6422da7-a17c-4280-8baf-e9c9d8842408.webp

As a bonus, not only am I rediscovering my adolescent love for photography, I'm getting outside more. I've actually met some of my neighbors doing this. And I think the anticipatory aspect of waiting for a plane to come in gives me something to look forward to as well, so that's pretty cool.

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I will drive my 2003 Envoy I inherited into the ground, and after that it's a 2008 Camry, and then I'll ride that into the ground. Good God, if kid-me would have known adult-me would have turned into a Luddite..

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Yeah true, kid-me would be very proud that I'm opposed to anti-labor practices!

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I believe Tim means to say that the spread of misinformation can be linked to the rise of Flat Earthers. That if we can only trust what we see before us, and we see a flat horizon, we can directly interpret this visual to mean that the Earth is flat. Thus, if we cannot trust our own eyes and ears, how can future courtroom evidence be trusted?

"Up to the Twentieth Century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear. Since the initial publication of the chart of the electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one-millionth of reality." -Bucky Fuller

^ basically that

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What's the use of autonomy when a button does it all?

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Personally I think the example shot in the thumbnail looks worse after being "enhanced." Arnold's hair was a dead giveaway, shit just looks weird.

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Week's going pretty well so far. I recently got back into photography, and I happen to live directly under a landing pattern for the local airport, so I've been trying to get decent shots of planes landing. It's a lot of fun watching the flight radar, tracking flights, and running out to set up my camera in time. I only have a short moment before they dip behind the trees, but I'm getting there! I'm also getting some pretty good shots of the moon from my balcony. This camera's from 2017 and is used, but it's not bad!

Having to prepare myself for this weekend though. CW: grief: this will be the first time we celebrate my mom's birthday without her, and I already know it's going to be equal parts hard, surreal, and sad. We're going to go out and see my dad and just hang out, not really sure what the plan is. My aunt wants to release butterflies or something, which seems a bit trite and exploitative to the animals, but to be honest Bees, I'm not trying to get into that. We're all grieving in our weird little ways. I think I'll try and find her old camera equipment, swap this bag I'm using out for her old one.

But enough about that. It's good to let it out and all, but I'm not trying to dwell on that shit, so have some pictures!

https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/01b3fc7f-1f8e-4b32-8f2d-bea670b0155f.webp

https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/62265b62-3bf2-4f50-b10a-a4f2d360f172.webp

https://beehaw.org/pictrs/image/b2437b46-089d-458e-a9c6-423cba0a2367.webp

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Thank you so much, I really appreciate you saying that :) I don't know much either, but I'm trying to learn and develop a bit of a hobby.

godzilla_lives ,
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From my understanding, it's meant to be more like an art piece than a simple games emulator.

godzilla_lives ,
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Congratulations Echo!!! That's no small feat of training, I bet you're proud :)

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Amateur balcony gardener throwing stuff in dirt and seeing what grows reporting in! My garden is small but mighty, and it's all coming together pretty well! My kale seeds have seriously hit the ground running, and I'm so excited to transfer the sprouts. The pumpkin sprouts are looking pretty good too, and it helps that I actually planted them during the right time this year, so I'm stoked about that. If I can just get one single tiny pumpkin this fall, I'd be sooo happy... Microgreens are looking good too, not taking off like the kale seeds did but I'm still proud of 'em for being themselves! My catnip seeds are starting to pop up a little too!

I also have some starters because lazy, and they are taking off! My cats go nuts for fresh catnip, it's pretty neat :)

Pictures!

Kale sprouts with their younger sibling microgreens on the left.

Pumpkin sprouts with sunflowers, catnip, chamomile, and huh what was that other one I'm pretty sure I labeled it.

Check out this catnip starter! I keep trimming it for my goobers but the leaves just keep coming back bigger!

I am now motivated to clean up my balcony and share the rest with you all :-D

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I have it on good authority that it’s practically a jungle on a balcony

Now who told you that! :D no supplemental lights being used, just natural sunlight from about 8AM to 6-7PM give or take. I'll have to rearrange and move them closer to the end, there's a spot that receives more direct light than where they were. Think they're just needing more light?

I really ought to just set up some sort of secured platform on the railing and get them out there during the day. Thinking that's a weekend project after we go to the farmer's market!

godzilla_lives ,
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That would be great, thank you! I just moved them to a better spot so hopefully they get the light they need. I'll report back with results!

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That is exactly what I was looking for, thank you so much!

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There's that word again: accident,an unforeseen and unplanned event or circumstance.

But the presence of a task force of public servants who close streets, push debris out of lanes, sweep glass off of car seats, tend to injured commuters and assemble totaled cars on a City Towing truck indicates that the circumstances of this crash are foreseen, in fact, expected. What I witnessed that night was a publicly funded apparatus, augmented by private medical companies, that exists because we know these crashes will happen and have planned around them.

This was a great read, thank you for sharing. Articles like this make me feel less crazy, that the society I've found myself in isn't normal just because it exists in its present state.

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Heck yeah, that is so wonderful to hear!!

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Chugging through the week, but work is looking pretty chill so far and the phones aren't too loud, so I'm grateful. My garden is looking good so far, really pleased with my kale. I keep grabbing my wife and going "look, it's taking off!" at least every day, lol. Some of my other seed trays are doing their own thing too, and it's giving me something to look forward to this summer. It's usually so fucking hot here, but that should make for spicier peppers >:D

Went to the farmer's market on Saturday, which was great. We usually try to sleep in, but waking up early let us take back our weekend a little bit and we came home with some locally grown teas and other goodies.

Dreamed about mom the other night. It didn't ruin my day the way the first dream did though. It actually became lucid because I knew it couldn't possibly be real, so it was kind of neat. I woke up and wrote a poem about it.

when I knew

that it was a dream

I stepped out into the night

and flew away

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<3

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My kale sprouts are coming in very nicely! Trying from seed again this year and I'm feeling good about it. The heatwave just wrecked them last year and I wasn't on my game with watering enough, but not this time! I also have some other seeds starting to sprout as well: camomile, catnip, sunflowers and microgreens, as well as a few pumpkin sprouts that are starting to make themselves known.

My pepper plants are starting to bounce back from being over-wintered, and they always produce a big yield so I'm excited. I've added a few new species to the mix so we'll see how that goes. I'm looking forward to making hot sauce again, but this time I'll have ghost peppers to add to the mix >:)

My apartment balcony looks like a jungle, and it is my happy place, lol.

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"Woke meat." Fucking Christ.

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It's going okay. Tuesday was very difficult for me due to some sad dreams that just set the course for the rest of my morning. I'm very lucky to work a job where I'm able to take off if I need a mental health day, so I took advantage of that at wife's insistence. Yesterday was better, and today is "fine" so I'm just looking forward to the weekend now. Haven't worked out this week so I'm going to make sure to do something today, but the after-work walks with wife help get us moving and transition into a calmer evening, so it's not a total wash, exercise-wise. The plan for today is listen to music that makes me happy, drink more water, no alcohol, and carry on.

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Hope you're feeling better!

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The living room here has an ornamental equine vibe—lit by a horse lamp, wall adorned with images of horses—except for the bookshelf, where what might have been a cowboy hat has been replaced by a Trump hat. Martha Chansley doesn’t subscribe to cable television. She believes that the buffalo is a “mystic” animal. When a reporter and camera crew from FOX 10 Phoenix descended on her house after her son had been taken into custody, she noted another mystical bond, this one with Donald Trump: “We are a part of him, and he is a part of us.”

I don't have much to add other than just how fascinating this is to me. It's just so interesting seeing how/why people end up believing this sort of thing, that crunchy-to-alt-right pipeline is real. Hell, I read Be Here Now and played TOOL on repeat back in high school in the Deep South, this could have easily been me. "Yeah man, turns out 'my shadow' is referring to Jungian psychological principles about about your self conscious and..."

Thanks for sharing, utterly fascinating read.

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