Genesee Jr.

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Queer atheist soyman. PhD. Anthropologist, ecologist, urbanist. Sometimes (not often enough) an artist. Cat dad. HIIT me.

“Gustavo” is harvesting mangoes in Coachella, CA. “This is very hard work. We start before dawn, but temps are already near 100° while we’re working. It’s physical labor, and it’s hard to do in this kind of heat.” Today’s high in Coachella is forecast to reach 109°. #WeFeedYou

A farm worker harvesting mangoes

I try not to think about how The Dark Knight is a movie from 18 years ago, but a big conflict Batman and Lucius Fox face in that is whether to use everyone’s smartphones as unwitting surveillance tools. This tech is destroyed, as nobody should have such power. That’s not how 2026 superheroes think.

byronbay_daily Tina Maree O'Donell Photographer "Watching this tiny calf burst out of the water in Byron Bay, then race straight back to mum, was unforgettable. This is my sixth newborn Humpback calf I’ve been lucky to see, and I’ve never witnessed one this confident, playful and cheeky 🐋🐋"

Chuds can and do ride bikes but I think riding bikes in the car-brained US is a moral, pro-social, pro-environment, lefty political act. Accordingly, when bike brands post AI slop they tend to get obliterated, which is very funny.

AI slop posted by SF Bike Party on instaSF Bike party got so much pushback they had to post this simpering garbage:

ALL BIKE
ALL PEOPLE ONE LOVE
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sbikeparty 1h • Author
Thank you, Jesse. I genuinely loved this month's artwork.
SF Bike Party is run by volunteers. It's a nonprofit community where people donate their own time, creativity, and effort to make this amazing event happen for San Francisco every month.
Instead of writing, "This Al artwork is terrible," imagine writing, "I'd love to create next month's artwork."
I can promise you the volunteers behind SF
Bike Party would be thrilled to receive messages like that.
When you attack and insult people who are volunteering their time without getting paid, you're not making the event better. You're only discouraging the very people who make this incredible community possible.
A little kindness and appreciation go a long way.
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cirPreviously: REI using Al slop now. So much for caring about the environmentBUSINESS INSIDER

REI gets roasted for a nonsensical Instagram ad featuring a bike with 2 sets of handlebars - and blames a Meta Al tool

One of the funniest things I saw in the election was a guy trying to get in the building to vote wearing a red ball cap that said "You're in a Cult". They wouldn't let him stating he was wearing political messaging. He debated, "there's no political msg", they said leave, he said "are you offended?"