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Post from "The Rundown" July 18 at 5:30 PM · DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material. Source: TechCrunch

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

A tomatillo, looking like a bright green paper lantern in a circle shape, hanging from the vine.

Today I learned that tomatillos start out hollow

Got some important dates queued up today for the fall! 👀

Sid, a black void cat, lies on her side with her head tilted up, staring at me. She is doing a very bad impression of innocence.

Look at that face.

Why do cats only puke on carpet? The world may never know.

Officially one week into the 5k to 10k program because I guess I'm a runner now.

Dammit.

Okay okay okay, for the seventh movie in a franchise that's been getting progressively sillier, Jurassic World Rebirth was actually kinda fun

No one understands the principles of exponential growth quite like an email marketer 😵‍💫

Okay, I think I'm doing it wrong because according to my watch I'm in Zone 3 like 90% of the time 😂

I bow before your prowess. I don't think I've ever done more than a five in my life

Good to know! I'll give it a try once I finish my 9 weeks. C25K is now pushing their 5K to 10k app and that's a big ole NOPE

It's okay, that particular sequence lives rent free in my head

I've been meaning to try those! I mostly run on a treadmill, though, so I'm not sure if the lack of GPS would interfere?

Holy crap I wrote 5k words today. Dunno when the last time that happened was.

There are some types of working out I enjoy. I go climbing once a week and I love it. Something about cardio just makes me want to melt into my sofa and have a tantrum

I've been doing a Couch 2 5k in an attempt to move more because I guess exercise is good for you and stuff.

It's a 9 week program, and I'm starting week 8.

Which begs the question... when does it stop sucking?

Whelp.

Stranger: Oh, is that your...?

Me: Wife. We're married.

Stranger: Oh, lovely! *launches into story about the one queer person they know*

Me: *nervous laughter while searching for nearest exit* Cool, um... cool.

Every. Time.

Update: Official counts put the turnout at 7,600! 🎉✊

The Star Trek franchise. I distinctly remember him gathering the family each week for the new Voyager episode.

Spider mites might be my villain origin story

Jessi is holding up a No Kings sign written on cardboard. She's wearing torn jeans and a black ACT UP t-shirt that has a pink triangle and "Silence = Death" beneath it.

Protestors in Kalamazoo, MI holding signs that read, "ICE in my Margaritas, not my streets", "The only minorities destroying America are billionaires", and "I like my ICE crushed"

Protestors in Kalamazoo, MI holding signs that read, "Is this for the people?", "Freedom. Democracy. Truth", and "Stop the Coup; Protect the Constitution"

Protestors in Kalamazoo, MI holding signs that read, *Men of Quality Don't Fear Equality", "Liberty and Justice for All", and "We the people serve no king"

Kalamazoo, MI turned out for #NoKings

Hundreds of people lining the streets today!

I definitely need to up my sign game.

Wow. Today is certainly... busy

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Someone said seltzer tastes like tv static and now I can't unfeel it

ChatGPT was apparently down earlier today and my new favorite hobby is watching people freak out about having to do things for themselves

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