Scott Wurzel

When Michael Jordan felt boxed in by his success in basketball he tried baseball. When Gary Brooks became synonymous with country he created Chris Gaines. And when JK Rowling created the most successful kids books of all time she reinvented herself as a petty, weirdo transphobia influencer.

They are pretty annoying and terrible if you like to watch videos in another language

Nobody tell @hankgreen.bsky.social

Export of cryptography from the United States - Wikipedia

It's the encryption.

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I don't think anyone knows for sure, but the idea is there used to be a brand of wireless radios called "Handy-Talkies" and it got transferred. I tend to think it just sounded American, and thus cool, so it stuck

Meanwhile, this is what the entire nation of Germany calls cellphones

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Eden Center?

Usually when it starts to approach that hot it triggers thunderstorms and thus drops the temp. At this time of the year, Tampa has a storm around 3-4pm every day.

It worked for Dean Koontz when he wanted to write romance, but feared it would turn away his male readers

With plentiful ash, surely they were making soap too

Heard it constantly K-12 in Central Florida. Heavily class marked

Owney!

It's sort of interesting that when these folks list the things AGI* will solve they never list the wealth gap as one of those "root-node problems" AI will solve. And it's the deepest root.

*none of the AI we have is AGI, close to AGI, or likely to be AGI. When we have AGI, it won't be from LLMs.

"Docked Planes" is this an aviation term I'm unfamiliar with (that should be "parked" right!?) or is he repeating Putin's adequate but imperfect English?

A hand drawn chart showing the enjoyment of making a new collection as a photographer, with joy on the Y-axis and Time on the Z-Axis. There are many ups and downs, and notably, a low flat "Mesa of Despair" as I edit. The lowest point is when editing is done, and I hate everything. Miraculously, 24-hours later, everything looks great (new top joy). This precedes a precipitous fall off when I begin sharing it on social media, and eventually, one year later, I hate everything about the collection again.

Currently traversing the parched, flat, Mesa of Despair

Endemic on Reddit

He was probably a child the last time he saw groceries. Not a single person in his social circle has ever, in his entire adult life, talked to him about groceries. No one was late because they had to run to the store. No one grabbed some beer from Publix on the way to the bbq at his place

My favorite aspect of DC trivia night culture. My team was "Hegseth's Other Group Chat" for a while.

Y'all, I have music stuck in my head 100% of the time and it gets real weird sometimes. Right now? It's the background music to Fibbage 4. Why? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sec. of State, Archivist of the US, AND Admin of USAID. Kind of funny he went from not having a real job to having 3!

It's interesting that the little comic is in basically modern German, and int a super readable script but the rest of the manuscript in Latin, and other than the header, nearly illegible to my modern eye.

A framed photograph hangs above a rustic wood-and-metal sideboard, featuring a serene mountain scene from the Dolomites. The image shows jagged cliffs rising above a dense pine forest, reflected perfectly in the still green waters of a lake. The setting includes two modern wooden chairs and minimalist decor, blending natural and contemporary design elements.

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Autumn foliage in fiery orange hues clings to the slopes of a rugged mountain in the Dolomites. Pine trees dominate the foreground, while low clouds partially obscure the rocky peaks above, giving the scene a layered, ethereal quality.

"Autumn's Edge"
The Dolomites' forests are rich in biodiversity, hosting species like the Alpine ibex and golden eagle, and are protected within various nature parks established to conserve this unique ecosystem. 5/

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Golden light from a low sun illuminates a winding road as it snakes through a high mountain pass. The scene, framed by rolling hills and conifer forests, glows warmly under a sky dotted with fluffy clouds, evoking a peaceful alpine sunrise.

"Valley of Mist"
The Dolomites are home to the Ladin people, who speak Ladin, a Rhaeto-Romance language derived from Vulgar Latin, still preserved in several valleys today. In addition to Italian, German is widely spoken 4/
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Jagged limestone cliffs rise sharply above a dense forest of evergreen trees, mirrored perfectly in the still, green waters of a mountain lake in the Dolomites. The composition captures the symmetry and serenity of the landscape at twilight.

"Mirror of the Past"

The mirror-like lakes of the Dolomites often reflect peaks formed from ancient coral reefs, dating back over 250 million years when this area was submerged under a tropical sea. 3/

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A rustic wooden boathouse on stilts juts out over the emerald waters of Lago di Braies in the Dolomites. In the distance, rowboats drift across the lake, surrounded by dramatic mountain cliffs and scattered autumn trees, under a sky of breaking clouds and light.

"Light Breaks"
Pragser Wildsee, nestled in the Dolomites, is renowned for its emerald waters and is part of the Fanes-Sennes-Braies Nature Park, a protected area preserving the region's unique flora and fauna. 2/

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A winding mountain road curves through a mist-covered valley beneath a towering, craggy peak in the Dolomites. The scene is enveloped in deep blue fog, softening the rugged contours and creating a moody, atmospheric effect.

It's been a bit! I begin shooting a new series in a few weeks, so I thought I'd share some of my favorites from my last collection I made during my time in the Italian Dolomites

The first one is titled "Apparitions of Stone" 1/
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