Aw yeah! So happy the WNBA is back in CLE.

Meghan L. Hall@itsmeghanlhall.bsky.social · yesterday

It’s official. The WNBA’s 16th team is the Cleveland Sirens.

We're totally gonna beat the Dodgers in the World Series now! (Probably not, but the Guardians actually did some shit at the trading deadline this year!!)

D-Backs are playing like D-Bags this afternoon.

I dropped the ball and didn't share a new poem of mine that's now up on @somewordslit.bsky.social! Here's the link to my poetry thread, which is now at two! "Dog Days" appeared yesterday, and it's sadly a bit too on the nose for what this summer's been like. somewords.boards.net/thread/16/ke...

I just had two full ears of corn on the cob that were so amazing I was in tears by the end of it. #Ohio

Three teenage boys printed directions for a hike on a trail in British Columbia, Canada that Google Maps estimated to be over five hours. In reality, their hike weeks ago lasted at least 12 hours and required the intervention of rescue crews, according to the Lions Bay Search and Rescue team.

Teen Hikers Rescued 12 Hours Into Google Maps Hike

The three teenage boys estimated their hike time would be over five hours on a rugged trail in British Columbia, Canada. A helicopter crew had to retrieve them.

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There is a certain level of obtuseness in (some) "AI" apologists when they flounce up to point out what "AI" is good for in science, etc, while eliding the fact that almost none of that use is driving the current market capitalization, environmental degradation and resource hogging of the field

I dropped the ball and didn't share a new poem of mine that's now up on @somewordslit.bsky.social! Here's the link to my poetry thread, which is now at two! "Dog Days" appeared yesterday, and it's sadly a bit too on the nose for what this summer's been like. somewords.boards.net/thread/16/ke...

Tomorrow is August 1st! You can still get my book as part of your stack for the Sealey Challenge, though, if you haven't decided on all of your titles. You could read it on the 21st or something. :-)

Kevin A. Risner@mrdecember.bsky.social · 2w ago

Oh hey -- it's almost August! That means the #sealeychallenge is right around the corner. My book, It's Easy to Lose Your Breath" is the perfect size for one of your days. Get it now (& so many other great titles) on the @matchfactoryeds.bsky.social website. matchfactoryeditions.com/books/Its-Ea...

I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:

How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran

The question is: what on earth is Google doing?

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Thank you, First Energy. I also have a hunch that it’s not just due to my increased AC usage. I dunno… could it be those pesky data centers?!

I'm losing my bleeping mind... www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...

Ohio adopts AI for elections, but other states still have concerns

Ohio launched an AI chatbot for election officials. Here's how it works and why some critics are concerned.

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To my anti-AI folk (so most of you). One of the best earworms you will hear today (and perhaps for longer) about a tall, tall, tall really tall, tall little man. www.instagram.com/p/DavOFNjxfOy/

Man, The Strokes' new album would have been pretty rad if Julian got rid of his intense love for auto-tune. Ruined every single song where he used it. Ugh!!!

Kazuo Ishiguro: In my book Never Let Me Go I invented Hailsham as a cautionary tale Tech Bro:

worm@rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 2w ago

extremely normal guy voice: I cloned myself so I can become my own blood boy.

Umberto Eco’s Personal Library Opens to the Public: More Than 32,000 Books, Exactly as He Left Them

Umberto Eco’s Personal Library Opens to the Public: More Than 32,000 Books, Exactly as He Left Them

William Weaver could add an extension onto his Tuscan villa, which he called the 'Eco Chamber.' The Biblioteca Eco, or Eco Library, whose ribbon-cutting earlier this month you can see in the Italian n...

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For all my Gen X and Elder Millennials. Let me know if you remember this

Oh hey -- it's almost August! That means the #sealeychallenge is right around the corner. My book, It's Easy to Lose Your Breath" is the perfect size for one of your days. Get it now (& so many other great titles) on the @matchfactoryeds.bsky.social website. matchfactoryeditions.com/books/Its-Ea...

It's Easy to Lose Your Breath | Books | Match Factory Editions

Anchored by the first years of the Covid-19 pandemic, Kevin A. Risner 's debut full-length poetry collection It's Easy to Lose Your Breath is both introspective and outward-facing, rippling from the p...

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always loved this final line

For God’s sake, voting is a right, not a paid service.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Scalise: "For God's sake -- you can't get pasta at Olive Garden without a picture ID! Why not be able to show a picture ID to vote?"

All right -- countdown now begins for the Women's World Cup! :-)

Just remember: Spain won the World Cup, yes, but they also drew with Cabo Verde in the first match of this tournament. 🇨🇻

¡Viva España! 🇪🇸

Mephisto, by Joaquín Espalter y Rull, 1872, 📸 by Dan Mullan

And Fernandez is a racist piece of shit. www.nytimes.com/athletic/564...

Chelsea open disciplinary proceedings against Enzo Fernandez after ‘racist’ chant (Gift Article)

Chelsea say they have opened “internal disciplinary proceedings” following a video posted online by Enzo Fernandez of him and his Argentina team-mates singing a chant which the French Foot...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2w ago

that challenge by Enzo Fernandez on a yellow is the absolute most boneheaded play I've seen in this tournament. that would've been a candidate for a straight red

so funny seeing Argentina protesting that... that was totally a yellow!

Wild that feeling when the AQI is now two digits only (but still not in the "good" range) and you're like, ahhh, this is living!

I wrote this poem right after smoke from the wildfires in Canada blanketed parts of Ohio in 2023. Today, the AQI is even worse and will get worse later today. You can read it (and listen to me reading it) at the link to @voicemailpoems.bsky.social below: voicemailpoems.org/2023/08/04/s...

Sunset Before the Apocalypse

by Kevin A. Risner VOICEMAIL POEMS · "Sunset Before the Apocalypse" by Kevin A. Risner I see it as the most natural thing in the summerfind a hazy orb that floats in that thicknessuntil it gets too he...

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