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AI generated image showing half-rendered children in a forest

Like so many others, my Kindle is now trying to sell me AI generated slop on the lock screen, such as this Southern Reach For Kids adventure. What utter valueless shit.

Three purple plums in a white metal bowl, on a black tile countertop.

Our plums are starting to ripen: Some have already been claimed by the ants and squirrels, but we go to these ripe beauties yesterday and tried them — and wow, they’re delicious! Can’t wait for more.

A plot showing a graph of solar energy production for July 10. The plot climbs through the day and receded from a peak of about 3.5 kilowatt hours. The total energy produced is called out as about 30 kilowatt hours.

We’ve been in our place for a couple of months before finding that the solar system wasn’t producing any power. One quick visit from a tech and we are making energy from the sky. Yesterday’s production was a little less than twice our monthly average in the previous billing period. I am STOKED.

A hill leads away towards a distant city skyline. It’s a steep hill, darkening homes and trees sit on each side, and the horizon is faintly orange. There is a tiny sliver of moon above the horizon.

The sun is up late, and so is the high temperature we’re making our way through. Sunset is a beautiful and somewhat cooler time to get out for a walk through the neighborhood.

A golden-colored beer in a pint glass sits beside an iPhone 14 on a blue picnic table.

I reconnected with my first college roommate at the neighborhood pub the other day. Feels great to be near old friends, again, and I’m grateful that it feels so good to be in touch after a lot of years.

Air quality map showing red — unhealthy — air throughout the puget sound region.

Love to have garbage air quality and a still-terrified dog after a night of fireworks before a heat wave. So much for cooling down the house for a few hours while it’s nice out.