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  Hmmm #ATTFiber raised the bill $5/mo to $85/mo for symmetric gigabit. But they're giving it to new customers for $50. Anyone have the script for how I get my bill reduced?

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  Over on Instagram, the AI porn slop is increasing at an exponential rate. It's infecting the reels especially. The realism is definitely getting better but there are still many telltale signs such as it getting past the automated censors. I just want to see trains and trucks and forests and mountains (beyond stuff that people I care about only post there and no they won't be convinced to move and no I'm not going to abandon them) but instead every third thing is ai porn now. The...

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  It's been 25 years and a day or two since I was bitten by a dog while working for the power company on a line crew outside Sheridan, Oregon. And then a week later I quit and went to college rather than stay in the union.

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  Check on your diesel friends because they are not okay.

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  The flash flood at Phantom Ranch and Bright Angel Creek could end up with a pretty hefty body count 😬😬 And they've had to shut down river travel because bridges got washed out and into the river. The Grand Canyon isn't messing around this weekend.

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  We went down for lunch at Nepenthe in #BigSur today and got a great air show from the helicopters working the #TimberFire. There was a blackhawk, a Chinook, and three sky cranes at one point. We saw what looked like a huey go over with people aboard, too. If you're in the area and want to see fire helicopters in action, now is the time to go and the deck at Nepenthe is the best view.

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  I've been trying to diagnose intermittent dropped packets, high latency, and WAN disconnects on a DSL connection at a remote site for months. The ISP has had many techs come out and try to fix it on their end. Today I ran some tests with disabling different equipment at the site to try and narrow down if something is inducing these issues upstream of the router. It seems like perhaps the #proxmox server or VMs or LXCs, the KVM dongle for remote access, the TrippLite PDU, or the five port...

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  Well that's a new way to commit arson. https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/kitsap-arson-torches-house-golf-cart Yes there's a video in that link. ---- PORT ORCHARD, Wash. - A Kitsap County, Washington man is accused of torching a house from his golf cart, all while his dog watched from the passenger seat. Surveillance video shows a 47-year-old Kitsap County man driving up to a house in a golf cart with his dog, using a torch and spray canister to set the garage on fire while the hom...

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  $5.39/gal at the Costco gas station in Sand City/Seaside/Monterey, California.

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  It's sad to see the Grasshopper Fire on the eastern flank of Mount Hood in Oregon took out the Flag Point Fire Lookout. That was a gorgeous lookout and location. https://www.facebook.com/100067872307474/posts/pfbid02HS1nLbJPJQF6Aa4wwdA19wxabgYUmAy7baKw3z6VnnL83zzbiPY7Zy9nizceKUPSl/ Text is below more of my comments I was last up there in 2017 around when they were improving the road to the lookout. https://www.douglasvanbossuyt.com/2017/08/12/big-4x4-trail-day-ken-mount-hood-national-f...

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  Pro tip: don't discharge a Taser next to a gas pump. There's a first person video in this article from the guy who got tased https://www.jalopnik.com/2226689/man-tased-and-caught-fire-by-cop/ And here's a third person video https://www.instagram.com/reel/DblAvrBgUdE/

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  I wonder how nervous all these hyperscale data center projects are getting watching the Wildberries warehouses burn. The Amazon facility that got hit in the Gulf is an interesting case study in what could happen. The most vulnerable bit would be the substation or electric yard. Then after that it would be the cooling systems which are more spread out. That would knock a facility offline immediately although it could be repaired and back online in weeks to months. Actually burning down an entir...

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  @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org so it's a lagging cycle 😬😬😬 And how do we restart the Gulf Stream? 😬😬😬

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  So what would happen if net carbon emissions went to zero today? Would we be stuck at 429ppm for a very long time or would the CO2 slowly get absorbed via geologic and biological processes? Is this a situation where we need to start planting a ton of trees and then burying them to permanently sequester carbon back in the ground as fast as possible (unlike all of the crazy schemes to somehow sequester carbon via mechanical means)? What do the realistic paths back to 275 ppm look like? Are ther...

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  @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org Guidance for Confirming Law Enforcement Identity Federal agencies operating in Oregon have confirmed that officers conducting official operations must clearly identify themselves as law enforcement. They also reiterated that anyone who falsely represents themselves as a federal immigration officer will face criminal prosecution to the fullest extent of the law. Impersonating law enforcement jeopardizes public safety, creates unnecessary fear and confusion, and undermines tr...

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  I'm a little surprised the flash flooding outside #Boise #Idaho hasn't gotten more attention. It took out a bunch of vehicles at the Grand Jean Trailhead and Campground. https://idahonews.com/news/local/flash-flood-near-grand-jean-trailhead-traps-destroys-vehicles-and-campers I don't think anyone got killed but it's pretty amazing they didn't. This is downhill from a significant burn scar of course.

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  The #Flock cameras in the local #Seaside #California Home Depot parking lot got cut down overnight. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1416333486418080/permalink/1850974092954015 (picture from the FB post in case that post disappears)

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  @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org the post has additional info from the Oregon State Police on what to do if you aren't sure they're real cops but I'm pretty sure that's what's causing people to get shot so 🤷🏼‍♀️

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  Well that's definitely a bad situation https://www.flashalert.net/id/OSPOre/189995 ======= OSP Investigating Report Of Individuals Impersonating Law Enforcement (Photo) - 07/24/26 CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. (24 July 2026) – The Oregon State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating a report of individuals impersonating law enforcement officers in Clackamas County and is asking for the public's assistance. On Friday, July 17, 2026, between approximately 3:30 p.m. and...

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  Is anyone in the #Monterey area using Monterey Credit Union or Bay Federal Credit Union? I'm looking to open some local accounts and those two seem to be the local credit union options. Monterey Credit Union has a branch closer to me than the other one.

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  These cats 😅 #catsOfMastodon

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  I've been sick since yesterday afternoon with 💦 💩 and lots and lots of gross burping. It was especially bad last night when I got incredibly awful leg cramps while also feeling like I was burning up and needing to 💦💩. So far I haven't thrown up although it's definitely still on the table. Today during the day I was pretty good for about six hours in terms of 💦💩 but I was weak throughout the day. I managed to eat some crackers and a tiny bit of chicken and potatoes. I've been...

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  Nice work, AI, in picking the right image for the story.

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  Since when has junk mail been made out of plastic? These jiffy lube coupons are printed on plastic.

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  The cats have completely melted in the heat and humidity in Monterey. #catsofmastodon

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  Crazy idea... Containerize data centers and put them on old container ships. Pull up power ships alongside. When the region gets sick of them and bans them, they can be moved somewhere else. The downside is data piracy could take on a new meaning.

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  My cousin's two sons run a quickly growing AI company in SF with global officers. My cousin recently has started posting AI slop to social media. Basically anything he posts goes through AI before he posts it. The latest is an AI generated poster complete with AI images of the three fire fighters who died in the fire on the border of Utah and Colorado. It's really sad and disgusting to see. This is a man with a PhD from Oxford and a highly published scholar in his field. And sinc...

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  Rambling in Big Sur

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  As seen in #Corvallis #Oregon. I wasn't thinking of buying a house here but now I am 🤔

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  Cool cool... just Monterey changing their existing parking permit system which has worked fine for decades using decals and is free, and now will require $25/year, an online system, and license plate readers to make work. Oh and guest passes will no longer be paper, and instead will require some online shenanigans to make happen. Why change something that works to something that is harder? I guess that means all the meter maids in Monterey will be using license plate readers rather than chalk...