Herb Robert, or as it is less politely known, Stinky Bob.

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Keep Android Open

At this point, I’d really like to move to a completely non-Google phone (and obviously non-Apple, before you suggest anything from Crapertino), but I’m not sure there’s any alternative that I can afford.

Online advertising giant Adform was hacked, proving once again why ad blockers are necessary

Really. Just use an ad blocker. If your browser doesn’t support robust ad blocking, switch browsers.

I’m aware that in our current broken system, online ads are a survival mechanism for some worthwhile web sites (and many worthless ones). But that unfortunately doesn’t outweigh my own interest in not being hacked, harassed, or surveilled.

“Sunny Day”

photographer's shadow pointing along a dirt trail

“Soft Light”

Nope, not morning mist: smoke.

farm scene lit by gentle light

Morocco names major highway after Trump amid dispute over Western Sahara

It really doesn’t take much to buy off Darth Cheeto, does it? Why bother with a $400M airplane when you can get results for the cost of a few road signs.

Digg has re-re-launched, this time as an AI-focused news site that uses X for its login and signup mechanism. I can’t think of any way they could have made it more dead to me. Pity, I had hoped human curation still had some promise.

“Barely Grass”

Bear grass just sprouting in what was a lush field of it before the wildfire.

We visited Sea Lion Caves on the Oregon coast today.

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