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Her Software Engineer bit is so oddly specific, that I suspect the others are too...

youtu.be/gXQIa_9ShzA?is=0bEQqP…

She actually comes out of the legal field, so how she gets the engineering ones so right, I don't know. The YouTuber one is of course what literally happened on the most recent random Tuesday.

#OddlySpecificCrystal

#OddlySpecificCrystal

The VAR says it was offside three matches ago.
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We can do without the add breaks in football matches. I hope this is the last match we see those.
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Gidi Kroon
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No, not a half-time show! The world cup should never ever be allowed in the US again.

A Grebe kindly swam by, while hunting for fish.

A Great Crested Grebe, swimming on the lake. It's feathers look very ruffled and wet, because it has been diving for fish.

Canon EOS R10 and EF 400mm F5.6L.

#Photography #Grebe #GreatCrestedGrebe

#photography #grebe #greatcrestedgrebe

I had to remind the insects that my old second hand lens only has a minimum focusing distance of three and a half meters.

Dragonfly in flight. It's a big green insect with four large wings, seen here against the blue sky. Its mouth and eyes are clearly visible, a bit too clearly.

Canon EOS R10 with EF 400mm F5.6L.

#Dragonfly #Photography

#photography #dragonfly

Mithuna Yoganathan of Looking Glass Universe is generally having a more positive attitude towards AI, which I don't, but since she's a super smart person (PHD in quantum physics) I will always value her opinion. I watched this new video of hers and I think it is very interesting, no matter where you are on the for or against spectrum.

youtu.be/b-nD3HgIR5Y?is=NO0cmd…

It focuses on the personality a chat AI is trained to have and how it can be, or can't be, prevented from slipping.

#AI #AIModelTraining #AIPersonality #MithunaYoganathan

#ai #MithunaYoganathan #AIModelTraining #AIPersonality

Wired and Professor Ben-Ghiat investigating what are the signs of a dying democracy and seeing which boxes are checked by the US: youtu.be/XVEMBw2jT9o?is=XEFvz7…

#Wired #Democracy #Authoritarianism

#democracy #wired #authoritarianism

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RIP this tree in last night's thunderstorm. The woodpecker is going to have to find another source of insects. This tree was until yesterday still on its foraging round.
Black, white, red bird sitting on a bare tree, looking like it's going to peck some wood

Google says the temperature where I live is a whopping 38°C at the moment, while my thermometer indicates below 35°. Who am I to disagree with the mighty Google, but it also doesn't feel like 38.
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Don't forget, Google abandoned its mission of connecting people with the sources of information they desire in favor of literally making stuff up in a way that at least appears true most of the time.

I'm temporarily driving a rental car. I got it with a full tank and the range estimate indicating 800km. I drove up to 200km with it and now the range estimate indicates 990km. Maybe I'm driving much more efficiently than the previous driver, maybe the indicator is broken.

A battery that is free of charge.

Today Tuesday 23 June I received two issues of the weekly newspaper in my letterbox, the one of Tuesday 16 June, and the one of Tuesday 9 June. No problem, just wondering how this can happen.

The trailer for Klara and the Sun, with Jenna Ortega:
instagram.com/reel/DZ5OOzLBmSJ…

#JennaOrtega #KlaraAndTheSun


Klara And The Sun Movie on Instagram: "Meet Klara. Your new best (artificial) friend. 🌞 Jenna Ortega is Klara in Director Taika Waititi’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s #KlaraAndTheSun - coming exclusively to theatres October 23. Watch the trailer now."

20K likes, 370 comments - klaraandthesunmovie on June 22, 2026: "Meet Klara. Your new best (artificial) friend.
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#JennaOrtega #klaraandthesun
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