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Oh, cool. Didn’t realize Skeptic was still around (sorry, haven’t had a chance to catch up on the SETI thread yet). Have fond memories of seeing their ‘zines on the newsstand years ago, back when they were still a thing here. Looks like a physical sub isn’t a whole lot: 36 USD annually. May be worth it 🙂
My mom has started relying on AI for some writing tasks. I haven’t seen the results so I can’t comment on it. I did experiment with it the other day for some research and wasn’t overly impressed. It just gave me a generic overview that I could have gotten on my own and with more insight had I done the research myself in the same amount of time that it took to read the overview.
Yeah, we’re doing the same thing: increasing biofuel output to make up the shortfall. Not a bad idea, honestly, and hopefully it helps spur R&D in that field, which has been sorely lacking. Electric is great and all but there are cases where it just doesn’t work out, such as during a grid failure (especially problematic here in Florida with our hurricanes). Unlike with other fuels, it’s hard to store enough power in batteries to charge things up to usable during an outage. I’ve long said that we need dual fuel vehicles where we can use either or. Different from hybrid as you still need both instead of being able to choose how the vehicle is powered.
Had this come in this morning: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/the-most-beautiful-places-in-the-world
It does have what I’d consider some major omissions, such as this cave complex, but still worth a read.
Wonderful, the bamboo grove a first on the bucket list:
The caves are spectacular, too, and as with the Recycle Nation spread, no updates in the article from the author as to current status. Let me guess though, terrific. 🙂
This one came through recently, a spider that uses a fungus-like appearance as camouflage. The fungus is surely going to take that adaptation of its manifestation as a compliment. 🙂Yeah, I’m sure some of them have fallen into disrepair by now. There may be others opening up over the course of the next few decades as the USAF builds new silos. And let’s not forget all of the fallout shelters! Atlas Obscura has a few articles 🙂
iNaturalist is currently down for maintenance so will need to read it later 🙂
Really enjoy nature articles like that. There’s also Mammoth Cave and the Hoh Rainforest in Washington, which is impressive for its location.
Adorable, aren’t they? Haven’t seen too many slugs around here in recent years. I suspect our increase use of pesticides are partly to blame. Used to be a lot more common before we upped the spraying around five years ago.
These days, more and more media is simply parroted and there’s much less original reporting than there used to be. Reporters are greatly preferring quantity over quality which is leaving important context out of news in general. I’ve seen some articles that claim such and such is closing but the article leaves an important point out: the closing is temporary. Just an example. I think the increase of access to reporting platforms is to blame as it lets anyone be a reporter with a large audience so there’s not much incentive to make sure the quality is up to par.
Our drought continues and fires are starting up around the state. People need to learn to be more careful!
In the mood to shop for unique decor, just not sure where to look :/
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