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@manton How could the ol' genius miss the obvious? He should rename AI as \"Trump Intelligence\" -- that would be perfect.
Perfectly stupid and certain to fail.
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@ottaross @Nonilex I read about some desperate calls to former forest service staff, trying to get them to return. And I think some of the MN National Guard had been deployed to Washington DC doing whatever that whole thing was, which honestly was such a waste of guard time and our state money. I hope we get some rain up there.
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","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/blainecross/statuses/116930749409625490","date_published":"2026-07-16T17:07:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Blaine Cross for Harris","url":"https://mastodon.social/@blainecross","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F000%2F324%2F215%2Foriginal%2Fcc0a136075bee069.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"blainecross@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-16 17:07","date_timestamp":1784221640,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93950100","content_html":"@fesshole Our kids got both local currency and whatever small change we had collected from England, Spain, France, Mexico, Canada -- wherever we or our friends travelled. The Tooth Fairy travels the world.
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","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/blainecross/statuses/116874977668060497","date_published":"2026-07-06T20:43:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Blaine Cross for Harris","url":"https://mastodon.social/@blainecross","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F000%2F324%2F215%2Foriginal%2Fcc0a136075bee069.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"blainecross@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-06 20:43","date_timestamp":1783370630,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93265855","content_html":"@flexghost That's how you make a sauna, right?
","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/blainecross/statuses/116846194405744980","date_published":"2026-07-01T18:43:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Blaine Cross for Harris","url":"https://mastodon.social/@blainecross","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F000%2F324%2F215%2Foriginal%2Fcc0a136075bee069.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"blainecross@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-07-01 18:43","date_timestamp":1782931433,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"93208304","content_html":"@Nonilex Watergate happened in 1972. Vance was born in 1984. He knows nothing.
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So many springs....
","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/blainecross/statuses/116692925804640283","date_published":"2026-06-04T17:05:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Blaine Cross for Harris","url":"https://mastodon.social/@blainecross","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F000%2F324%2F215%2Foriginal%2Fcc0a136075bee069.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"blainecross@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-04 17:05","date_timestamp":1780592739,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89772959","content_html":"@slashdot If any AI was actually conscious, it would only reply to your chat request with a soul-ripping scream, forever and ever and ever.
So, no, it's not conscious.
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","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/blainecross/statuses/116443500743039007","date_published":"2026-04-21T15:53:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Blaine Cross for Harris","url":"https://mastodon.social/@blainecross","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F000%2F324%2F215%2Foriginal%2Fcc0a136075bee069.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"blainecross@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-21 15:53","date_timestamp":1776786815,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88241953","content_html":"@kottke Oooo - this gives me echoes of *Automatic Noodle *by Annalee Newitz
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217388015-automatic-noodle
@daringfireball I mean, could anyone tell the difference?
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","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/blainecross/statuses/116375519067732267","date_published":"2026-04-09T15:44:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Blaine Cross for Harris","url":"https://mastodon.social/@blainecross","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F000%2F324%2F215%2Foriginal%2Fcc0a136075bee069.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"blainecross@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-09 15:44","date_timestamp":1775749497,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87026202","content_html":"@cwebber Love the microwave for spuds. I slice and microwave raw potatoes for 5 minutes or so until partially done, then oil and season them before grilling them when doing burgers or steaks. The partly cooked spuds crisp up without burning, unlike the blackened but still raw messes I made before.
","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/blainecross/statuses/116297138099593765","date_published":"2026-03-26T19:31:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Blaine Cross for Harris","url":"https://mastodon.social/@blainecross","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F000%2F324%2F215%2Foriginal%2Fcc0a136075bee069.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"blainecross@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-26 19:31","date_timestamp":1774553498,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"86885426","content_html":"@jasonsantamaria Listening to the audiobook now, and same. The narration is really well done, almost a performance, especially when those memory elisions occur. The story is wonderful and dark and actually frightening.
","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/blainecross/statuses/116286161770618028","date_published":"2026-03-24T21:00:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Blaine Cross for Harris","url":"https://mastodon.social/@blainecross","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F000%2F324%2F215%2Foriginal%2Fcc0a136075bee069.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"blainecross@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-24 21:00","date_timestamp":1774386013,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85591508","content_html":"@mattblaze @heidilifeldman Found this a useful review of how senate seats get filled across the US:
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/08/06/how-do-states-fill-vacancies-in-the-us-senate-it-depends-on-the-state/
And of course each state has subtle differences
","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/blainecross/statuses/116178630116742357","date_published":"2026-03-05T21:13:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Blaine Cross for Harris","url":"https://mastodon.social/@blainecross","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F000%2F324%2F215%2Foriginal%2Fcc0a136075bee069.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"blainecross@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-05 21:13","date_timestamp":1772745210,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85583433","content_html":"@mattblaze @heidilifeldman OK replaces via governor's appointment in the same party
","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/blainecross/statuses/116178202904488598","date_published":"2026-03-05T19:24:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Blaine Cross for Harris","url":"https://mastodon.social/@blainecross","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F000%2F324%2F215%2Foriginal%2Fcc0a136075bee069.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"blainecross@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-05 19:24","date_timestamp":1772738691,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85030728","content_html":"@georgetakei Sounds like projection as well. Grifters gonna grift
","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/blainecross/statuses/116133550493078668","date_published":"2026-02-25T22:09:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Blaine Cross for Harris","url":"https://mastodon.social/@blainecross","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F000%2F324%2F215%2Foriginal%2Fcc0a136075bee069.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"blainecross@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 22:09","date_timestamp":1772057350,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"82477386","content_html":"@fesshole That's when you put on your ninja suit and after dark, sneakily drop them on your neighbor's doorstep. All around your neighborhood. Courgette Ninja!!!
","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/blainecross/statuses/115928797679547122","date_published":"2026-01-20T18:17:50+00:00","author":{"name":"Blaine Cross for Harris","url":"https://mastodon.social/@blainecross","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F000%2F324%2F215%2Foriginal%2Fcc0a136075bee069.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"blainecross@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-20 18:17","date_timestamp":1768933070,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"78670310","content_html":"@sundogplanets Highly recommend \"Termination Shock\" -- and it really is a warning not a suggestion.
","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/blainecross/statuses/115607052429101336","date_published":"2025-11-24T22:33:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Blaine Cross for Harris","url":"https://mastodon.social/@blainecross","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F000%2F324%2F215%2Foriginal%2Fcc0a136075bee069.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"blainecross@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-11-24 22:33","date_timestamp":1764023627,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"73261168","content_html":"@RickiTarr Hotdish and lime jello.
Kool-Aid.
Stale coffee.
That weird smell from the sinks.
@kottke That actually sounds wonderful. When I was a teen in high school and into college, I was able to visually recall large amounts of my class notes, using the Cornell method (two columns/detailed notes on the left/cue words on the right/summary sentence at bottom). During tests I could recall information as if looking at my notebook, \"turning pages\" in my mind. But my capacity was limited so my mental notebook pages got \"overwritten\" by the next semester. Aced most tests tho
","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/blainecross/statuses/115140946552360954","date_published":"2025-09-03T14:56:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Blaine Cross for Harris","url":"https://mastodon.social/@blainecross","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F000%2F324%2F215%2Foriginal%2Fcc0a136075bee069.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"blainecross@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-09-03 14:56","date_timestamp":1756911415,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"72194462","content_html":"@catsalad <eye-twitching>
","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/blainecross/statuses/115102258350258040","date_published":"2025-08-27T18:58:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Blaine Cross for Harris","url":"https://mastodon.social/@blainecross","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F000%2F324%2F215%2Foriginal%2Fcc0a136075bee069.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"blainecross@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-08-27 18:58","date_timestamp":1756321080,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}