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  Welp, tree guy showed up from the landlord after my request out of that storm, and he believes the whole tree needs to go. I was kinda afraid of that. The pruning he did was optimistic that it would recover from the loss. But the wind damage after means it's lost more, and it puts what's left at risk of further damage, potentially something falling on the house. Which sucks because the 2 trees in my backyard are perfectly spaced for a hammock. No more hammock :(

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  Holy shit there's a website that uses AI generated content specifically designed to rank high in search results pushing garlic is safe for dogs. This is fucking dangerous. This is going to hurt dogs. I hate this timeline.

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  The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984

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  There's still this narrative that AI "went rogue" in these hacking events where AI driven agents and tools "broke containment" and hacked third parties to achieve their goals. Let's reframe this as these AI labs, maliciously or not, used hacking tools to hack into third parties using autonomous agents. Stop deflecting the actions onto the tools. They can't do shit without inputs. Someone gave it all of the tools and information and told it to get busy.

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  I just saw someone say "boomer" is racist. Ok boomer.

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  I am so sleepy already.

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  Sam has been eating better today, but still not 100%. Yesterday, I gave her a walk around the block. The heat was enough that she prioritized cooling off over getting water and parked herself near the intake vent for my hvac for the cool breeze. So I'm going back to the no walks over 95F rule, especially as she's not super well.

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  I just learned Flock sells autonomous drone surveillance. It's a platform deployed by Flock, retaining ownership, which integrates with various systems, including known flawed gunshot detectors, and operates, primarily, autonomously. Call 911 and give the address? They promise to have a drone on scene within a couple of minutes. Trigger a hit on a Flock AI camera? You could be followed by a drone in minutes.

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  It's 10PM and Sam has zoomies.

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  Watching the latest Dropping Names interviewing Michael Dorn and... it's always wild to hear him as not Worf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5NFfaJFP08

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  Approaching midnight and it's still over 90F. Welcome to Texas Summer. My hvac still has to work.

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  I'm in the hospital cafe while my sister is at her weekly therapy appointment in the next building over. It takes a couple of hours so I hang out here because there's no capitalist expectations here. And the wifi is actually good. Just heard a "code pink" called a little bit ago, and then an all clear a few minutes later. Confirmed that, here, that's infant abduction/missing. They lock down the hospital until the "all clear".

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  I’m not religious but I might buy and wear this: https://store.jamestalarico.com/products/start-flipping-tables-unisex-black-tee

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  So you know that $35 insulin thing? Before we pushed back on insurance to figure out how I can get the coverage I was owed, this is what was sent to me. That's 3 vials. 1 month. Insulin in the US is still NOT $35/mo, $35/vial, whatever measure you want to use to place $35 on it in many cases. Probably most cases. (It's $35/mo on medicare, and maybe medicare advantage if your private insurer isn't a dick) And this is why you hear about rationing insulin in the US.

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  Well I just got bad news. Even though my insurance has covered my insulin once so far, upon forcing me to change pharmacies, they are now rejecting it. I need to find out if they are rejecting the 30 day supply in favor of 90 day, or if they want me to change from humalog to generic lispro. Either of those would be fine. And yeah, including the generic lispro. Look at the vial, it still says ely lilly, maker of humalog. It's the same fucking thing.

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  AI datacenters and power companies powering them are planning to start using eminent domain to start stealing land from homeowners. Don't believe the water problems? Don't believe the power cost issues? How about losing your fucking home? https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/power-companies-can-seize-private-land-to-make-way-for-new-ai-data-center-transmission-lines-report-says-takeovers-could-be-implemented-using-eminent-domain-law-when-private-citizens-...

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  We cracked 40C/104F today. Last night, we didn't get below 100F until nearly 9PM. I suspect we're skipping our walk this evening.

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  My new lamp globe shows up a day early. It's the same brand as the lamp base so it should all be good to go, but for some reason I'm still worried it's not the right fit.

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  I can't quote the toot that made me think about this, but it occurs to me that aphantasia is likely the number one reason I don't enjoy reading books. It's just dull words on a page. I do enjoy audiobooks though. I still can't really picture what's going on, but the storytelling can help with understanding the story elements enough to enjoy it.

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  Wow. So. If you own a LG computer monitor and run Windows 11, get ready for ads. And possibly malware. This is without consent. If you own a recent LG TV, you are required to choose security or privacy. If you choose security, the new terms of service require you to inform household members and guests that your TV is listening to everything. It also informs you it’s screen capturing and collecting a ton of data. Glad I ditched my old LG TV. Might have to ditch my LG soundbar.

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  My guts are a mess today. Seems another flare up of this bug. So I'm medicating again. Sadly, it has become a gamble to... eat...

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  There’s certain people I do things on various weekends with that every time I have to pry times out of them. They’re never on time either. But knowing some kind of time is still useful to me. In fact, just “Sunday” is stressful to me. Am I wrong in thinking this is just rude? I know there are plans today. That is all. Literally all I know.

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  My fortune cookie has no fortune. Am I dying?

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  Walmart near me is having new 400kW fast chargers installed. It seems this is a straight Walmart thing now, not their original EA deal. One of my first complaints about public charging is having to use an app to use them. A lot of public chargers have moved to having pay terminals available at the charger, similar to fuel pumps, making the situation far easier on EV owners. Because who wants 20 different apps just for one function? Walmart seems to think you need yet another app. From what I’v...

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  Alright, talked to my pharmacy benefit provider. I have 2 choices of pharmacies I can use for "maintenance medications": Costco or CVS. There is not a Costco near me, so that leaves CVS. The only other option is mail order, and since I have had issues with mail order stuff that needed to be kept cool, I would really rather avoid that. So I guess I'm transferring back to CVS.

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  Welp time to do yard work. 8AM and over 80F already. We hit 100F yesterday. I don't mind yard work. I mind this heat.

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  I likely have a lot of driving to do tomorrow. Like... a lot. It's the first time since getting my car that I had to think about finding a public charger where I'm headed. And from what I can see in the plan... it looks like a complete non-issue.

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  I just ordered lunch to be delivered by drone. Since it's free right now. Normally I'd prefer to go get my food if I'm ordering out, but meh, let's see how this works. Yeah, Zipline is doing deliveries in my area now.

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  BTW, my drone delivered torta y papas fritas was pretty good. Not the style of torta I prefer, but good nonetheless.

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  Please, don't make work life harder for already underpaid workers for your "hah gotcha" lols. They're in this shit too. You're not punishing Trump. You're not punishing Shell or Chevron or 7-11 or whatever fuel station you're at. You're not punishing MAGAts. You're punishing low wage people. For social media clicks.