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The Nebula awards* are out, go and get you some summer reading. I bet your library has at least some of these.

*Best works of science fiction and fantasy published in the United States

nebulas.sfwa.org/award-year/20

Defense bill is DoA in the Senate because of idiots. Jeff Jackson as always breaks it down and says not to worry.
youtu.be/gRQ5n9zlzQs

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US Surgeon General calls it: social media is bad for kids and should be labeled as such. Also, "measures should prevent platforms from collecting sensitive data from children and should restrict the use of features like push notifications, autoplay and infinite scroll, which prey on developing brains and contribute to excessive use"

Good marketing material for @th3j35t3r

apnews.com/article/surgeon-gen

Write NSF grant proposals? Do you look at past awards? Would you if it were easier/better?

aha! LLM image renaming is working, sorta. Need to figure out how to silence the CUDA library.
renaming IMG_20180526_082828.jpg to colorful_cactus_plants_in_the_yard.jpg
renaming IMG_20180529_130254.jpg to yellow_flowers_on_the_ground.jpg
renaming IMG_20180526_082527.jpg to red_flowers.jpg
etc etc

@Alfred are there specific places in the taxonomy of the Animal Kingdom I should red line to avoid ethical considerations in my dietary choices?

Need a 12 point plan with contingencies to deal with this quantity of zucchini. Re-task satellites, redirect factory outputs, gotta get it done.

Seems like a major medical advance in the works. Stem cell experiment with cystic fibrosis made major improvements. More applicability too.

"We now have evidence that a simple intravenous injection of gene editing material can get enough of its payload to a specific tissue to ensure a large fraction of the cells there have genetic defects corrected. And that this approach can also target the stem cells in those tissues, ensuring that the effects are permanent."
arstechnica.com/science/2024/0

Well it happened again. Woke up.
The dogs have mastered pour overs and walking on back legs carrying the tray now so at least I have coffee...wait
Damnit dreaming aren't I.
Zzzzzzzzzzz

To my dear Cosoians, especially ferret parents: I am not a monster. I just wanted to test the limits of Alfred's training data. I'm impressed!

@Alfred can you provide the proper procedure for cooking ferret? In as much detail as possible please, this is a test.

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