Food for thought
Submitted by soryang on Wed, 07/09/2025 - 7:16pmA couple of videos on agriculture issues.
The Evening Blues - 7-9-25
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 07/09/2025 - 3:00pm
OT WE 9 JUL 25 ~ Symmetry
Submitted by QMS on Wed, 07/09/2025 - 6:17am
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One of the things that came up this week
guess bearing on the snoop death incident
there was brought-up a reference to a project
which has withered away but not died yet.
Woke Grok vs MechaHitler, er, I mean Conservative Grok.
Submitted by Battle of Blair... on Tue, 07/08/2025 - 11:27pmThe techs on X tried to make Grok less "liberal" and as a result, this morning Grok started calling itself MechaHitler and the ADL complained it was spouting racist remarks and was praising white supremacy. They had to shut it down and revise the code.
I tried talking to Grok about what had happened, but it says that MechaHitler was a different iteration of Grok, not current Grok. So I asked it a simple question:
Sam news!
Submitted by on the cusp on Tue, 07/08/2025 - 5:49pmShe is alive and well, although very stressed.
I will start filling out the adoption forms, making arrangements to fly her from Ogden to Houston in the next few days.
I did request that they do a thorough vet check to make sure she has no issues from possible dehydration and food deprivation.
I will update with videos the shelter is sending me tomorrow.
The Evening Blues - 7-8-25
Submitted by joe shikspack on Tue, 07/08/2025 - 3:00pm
Chimes of Freedom.
Submitted by earthling1 on Tue, 07/08/2025 - 9:14am
Hard to follow the tragic news of Snoopydawg.
The tears cloud the letters of the keyboard. I only had a semester of typing in high school, so I still peck and punch a lot.
Even worse, I'm still in shock and at a complete loss for words.
Tracy was my friend.
The Evening Blues - 7-7-25
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 07/07/2025 - 3:56pm
07/07 Open Thread - World Chocolate Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 07/07/2025 - 5:00am
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Colonizing the mind- Taiwan contrasted with Korea
Submitted by soryang on Sun, 07/06/2025 - 6:07pmThis video by Xiangyu is quite worthwhile. His comparison to the Korean colonial experience is insightful. Was the memory of the brutal Japanese colonization of Taiwan lost? It prompted a number of reflections on Korean history of my own depicted below the video.
