Captain, it’s October

I’ve spent the better part of the past month working on not just one, but two posts inspired by recent conversations I’ve had about AI with friends and family. There’s a ton of information I’m trying to distill: my own experiences using AI chatbots, breaking down recent news headlines, separating hype from reality, and also trying to convey the things I’m actually worried about.

But I’m just too fucking tired to finish them right now. They’re like 80% done, but are also in desperate need of an editing pass (or several), and I have negative spoons.

The consequences of not using AI to write my posts, am i rite?

Honestly I’ve been struggling to find a routine again after the most recent work travel. My body is clearly trying to recover, and I keep misreading the room and doing things like “most intense lifting workout in weeks” and “longest run in months” when I really probably need to ease off the gas just a bit longer.

Anyway. Please enjoy some recent photos from my recent goings-on. I’ll get those posts up soon, I promise.

The iPhone just doesn’t want to let dark things be dark, but you can still make out the constellation Orion from the brightest points here.

Another beautiful oil-on-canvas painting hanging up at the local Botanical Gardens, this one a bit more abstract than the first and of a bit swampier area.

Looking at this solar incidence data from the past four days, I’ll give you zero guesses as to when we had some tree trimming work done.

Academia in a nutshell.