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I’ve been inundated with texts today, encourgaging me to go to the polls for the Graham/Norman runoff here in SC. I can’t, since I already cast my vote for Annie Andrews in the primary, and will do so again in November regardless of who wins today on the Republican side.

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An interesting post on creating AI-friendly brand documents. I think this is a necessary brand management step. People in your organization will use AI to create fliers, presentations and graphics. Building machine readable Markdown files is your best chance to keep them on brand.

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@iorsh Thanks! I’ve been working on it part time for a while. Very ready to finish up.

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I spent today building a task list of everything I need to get done to finish my Ph.D. in Spring 2027.

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Great drive by Lando. Nice to see McLaren back up there fighting for podiums every week.

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My forever coffee date. ☕️❤️

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Anniversary dinner.

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Today is Liz and my 27th anniversary. We’ve been married for over half our lives at this point, and we’re old enough to have two kiddos in college now. Time flies, especially when you are married to your best friend.

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@thebigbabooski I’ll have to check it out. I’ve been using Zotero since I started grad school and it just keeps getting better.

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Jilly is all moved in to her residence hall.

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@manton Thankfully, from this blog post, it looks like Bluesky uses “Atmosphere” (without the extra capital letter).

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This fall, four of the five members of Team Wertz will be students at the University of South Carolina. My wife and I are both working on Ph.D.s. My oldest is starting her senior year and my middle child will be starting her freshman year.

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First day of high school. (College-bound sisters in the background will share their own first day of class shots sometime next week.)

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@daviddarmofal.bsky.social Yep! I got a survey text yesterday asking me for my Democratic presidential nominee preference. I guess someone realizes that SC voters matter. Was a strange poll, though. Seemed to be pushing the idea of Adam Kinzinger as the Democratic nominee…

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@manton This is a wonderful addition to Micro.Blog. I’ve been impressed with a bunch of the new Atmosphere apps… Have you tried Semble.so? It’s a bookmarking app for the Atmosphere and it’s really well done.

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@manton I’m interested to see how this is implemented. In higher ed, there is legitimate concern about researchers using AI to generate journal articles and overwhelming the peer review system. I could see watermarking as a deterrent to having an AI generate an entire literature review.

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The Cubs are the fifth best team in baseball, but are still FIVE games back in their division.

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Attending high school orientation for my youngest. A little hard to believe he’ll be a freshman this year.

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@apoorplayer I thought the same. That looked like a fatal wound to me.

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Quick trip to NYC: bobwertz.com

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Thoroughly enjoyed Spider-Man: Brand New Day 🍿

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That episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was intense.

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@bobwertz.com So far, I really like it. I’ll be sure to share feedback as I think of it.

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@onpaperwings One of the best bits of advice I got as an undergrad was to always keep your resume and portfolio updated. You never know when you’ll need it. (I actually added something to my online CV yesterday…)

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I’m playing around with Semble.so, a bookmarking app built on top of the AT Protocol. It’s pretty impressive, even at this relatively early stage of development.

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@kerry.bsky.social Combining Opentype character substitution with variable fonts is a stroke of genius. This is really well done.

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Seth Godin on the impact of AI on human expression:\n

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When new creation technologies arrive, they make the best a little worse and the bad a lot better.

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@mitch I’m going to a conference next week and I know I’ll need to be on LinkedIn much more than usual.

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I’ve used Ulysses for long form writing since 2015, but completely forgot that I can post to Micro.Blog directly from inside of the app. (I even have a folder set up with the Micro.Blog icon.)

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@mitch Nice piece. I’ve really focused on blog first and crossposting from Micro.Blog, but I also feel the pressure to be on the services where my friends and colleagues are.

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Over the last two days, my son and I watched all three Lord of the Rings movies. (Theatrical cuts, not the extended versions.) It has been a long time since I’ve seen them, and honestly, they were better than I remembered…

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After Lando’s win this morning, I thought I needed a “papaya” shirt. Alas, I don’t wear orange, so this papaya shirt also comes in grey. Available on Cotton Bureau.

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Fun race this morning. F1 is best when lots of teams are competing for the win. Congrats Lando on the win! 🧡

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My next digital housekeeping project: sorting out my email situation.

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My digital consolidation is complete: bobwertz.com

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Lando Norris! Pole position. Glad to see the new McLaren upgrades work.

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Enjoyed the first episode of Star Trek Strange New Worlds Season 4. Warning: Stay spoiler free on this episode.

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@manton With my main following timeline, a lot of memes and screenshots get mixed in with photos…

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@manton I’ve been using Flashes for a while and it does a great job just grabbing photos from the Bluesky feed. The only problem is that I need to follow more photographers on Bluesky…

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@vazquez I remember how you could daisy chain drives, but you had to “terminate” the bus on the last drive. Funny how weird memories come back to you. 🤣

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@manton Data centers use massive community resources, but contribute few jobs back to the economy. Traditional economic development is about jobs creation, but data centers don’t create many permanent jobs after construction. The economics don’t work out.

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> Google announced a massive solar farm project in Arkansas … The project will also use steel manufactured in Arkansas, so it has local benefits beyond energy.

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Google’s investment in solar and steel in Arkansas is a way to rebalance the equation. Good corporate partners don’t strip mine their community partners.

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@bobwertz.com My daughter works at a camp up there and we realized that we always go to the same locations when we visit. I saw Stone Bowl when we were driving around. Will have to add it to our list.

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@bobwertz.com Awesome. Will have to give that a try. Looks right up my alley.

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@bobwertz.com My first time there yesterday. Loved it. Will absolutely go back.

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@manton Awesome. I just signed into Leaflet and, yep, all my recent posts are there. Perfect. I wrote the other day about Micro.Blog’s incredible support for Bluesky. This is just one more example.

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@bobwertz In the time I took to write that post, they hit another home run. The score is now 23-3.

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@apoorplayer Their shop is next to the gym we belong to and I love seeing what they have on the lot. All right-hand drive, of course, so they sell a bunch to rural mail carriers.

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@apoorplayer I know I personally don’t need a bigger truck bed. I just need to haul yard trash, or help my daughters move into their apartments. There’s a dealer near us who imports all sorts of Japanese cars and trucks. If my wife wasn’t concerned about safety, I’d buy a mini truck in a heartbeat.

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@dwalbert I wish the range was a bit higher… I think there will be a larger battery available for a higher price. I know the shorter bed will be a deal breaker for many.

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@tinyroofnail Excellent. I’ll track it down. I’m fascinated by the economics of the car industry, especially with the introduction of EVs and global competition.

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