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markwedel

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I write words, take some pictures, get published and hope to get checks on time. I also ride my bike all over.

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bryanhansel, to photography
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"Those who have never seen Superior get an inadequate, even inaccurate idea, by hearing it spoken of as a 'lake,' and to those who have sailed over its vast extent the word sounds positively ludicrous. Though its waters are fresh and crystal, Superior is a sea. It breeds storms, and rain and fogs, like the sea. It is cold in mid-summer as the Atlantic. It is wild, masterful, and dreaded as the Black Sea." - Rev. George Grant, Ocean to Ocean, 1872

markwedel,
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@sortius @bryanhansel well, no sharks at least.

markwedel, to Ohio
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thomasfuchs, to random
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There's a few different camps on generative "AI":

  • "It's our lord and savior" (mostly AI companies pushing this)
  • "It will kill us all" doomerism (it won't, it has no intelligence or sentience or agenda)
  • "It has some use cases!" centrism (problematic because it enables the lord and savior types & it's also wrong as work products are highly unreliable, even for basic things like summaries and tabulation)
  • "It's a bullshit tech hype, paired with theft and environmental waste" (correct)
markwedel,
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@thomasfuchs I admit to being a centrist only when it comes to my selfish reasons:As a journalist, I want working AI transcription. Plop an interview recording in it, out come words. Have been using Whisper Transcription for a couple of months. Bizarrely uneven results. Sometimes 90% swell, sometimes a string of unpunctuated words. And, I interviewed pianists for a piano festival, and twice it changed "pianist" for "penis." Amusing the first time, problematic the second. AI is very, very, stupid

markwedel, to Michigan
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Hey, I wrote this. #StrongTown group forms for #Kalamazoo. #Michigan https://www.secondwavemedia.com/southwest-michigan/features/Is-Kalamazoo-strong-town.011824.aspx

augieray, to random
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US Update based on in wastewater:

▪️ 1 of every 29 Americans is now infectious.
▪️ A room with 20 people is likely to include someone with COVID.
▪️ COVID is spreading more than during 95% of the pandemic.
▪️ We'll see 2M new infections daily before this peaks in two weeks.
▪️ We're adding between 600,000 and 2.3M new cases of Long COVID each week.
▪️ We could now be in the 2nd-worst surge of the pandemic. (We won't know for a week or two due to data lags.)

https://www.pmc19.com/data/index.php

markwedel,
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@augieray I have it for my first time. Fully vaccinated, so it feels like a bad cold. I’d started to relax about it, didn’t want to be that guy in the mask at the Ohio turnpike reststop before Christmas. So I got a little present from a stranger.

markwedel, to cycling
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Bat or fish?

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StillIRise1963, to random
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"Help me!" cried the journalists fucking over America. 🤔

markwedel,
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@StillIRise1963 hi, I’m a journalist. What makes you say this?

markwedel,
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@StillIRise1963 no.

markwedel,
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@StillIRise1963 Your original post was more of the type of hot take, as I used to see on Twitter, than an actual discussion. And "journalists fucking over America" is pretty close to trumpers calling journalists "enemies of the people."

markwedel,
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@StillIRise1963 I mean, do you have a specific instance of bad journalism from the Washington Post?

markwedel,
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@StillIRise1963 I am addressing what you said. You said journalists, specifically Washington Post ones, are "fucking over America." This is just wankery.

electrek, to random
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It’s a table! It’s a solar power plant! It’s both! https://electrek.co/2023/11/02/solar-table-power-plant/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

markwedel,
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@electrek Random question: Are there any solar products in the US for those who aren't ready to put panels on the roof, but generate more power than say, a camping panel? Like the story says, I don't need a table, but something like this would be cool to get some nice free sun power.

9to5Mac, to random
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Vision Pro could let you see out of an Apple Car with no windows https://9to5mac.com/2023/10/18/apple-car-with-no-windows/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

markwedel,
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@9to5Mac yeah but windows have done a pretty decent job of letting one see inside or outside of a closed box for quite a while now

kimu, to cycling
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This article on e-bikes really resonated with me, including the experience of going from “biking isn’t for me” to my bike becoming part of my daily life.

Gift article link - https://wapo.st/3RXYuAb

markwedel,
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@kimu So many people probably think "biking isn't for me." The image put out there is of the cyclist -- nothing wrong at all with being that super serious road rider. But you don't have to be that. I got into riding in 2011, taking a cruiser type bike, an Electra Townie, on 300 mile tours. I wore cargo shorts, t-shirts. Now have a big Surly Troll and a new Globe Haul electric. It's just too much fun. The only problem: rotten drivers.

markwedel,
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@LabSpokane @kimu I've been riding for a while, but my Globe Haul allowed me to discover something new -- I can, and want to, crank up the crazy steep hills to explore the other side of town! Got the e-bike to replace that second car, determined to only ride it for practical reasons, but I've got the urge to blow off work right now...

markwedel,
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@kimu @CelloMomOnCars @LabSpokane After this post I decided, I'm gonna ride my two-wheeled truck to lunch.

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w7voa, to random
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House expected to vote this afternoon on removing Kevin McCarthy as speaker. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/03/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-vote-motion-to-vacate/

markwedel,
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@w7voa So magas want McCarthy out because he was working with Democrats, now Democrats are working with magas to get McCarthy out? My head hurts....

enobacon, to random
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"Reeling from the rise of remote work and the ongoing effects of the Covid pandemic, business groups are embracing policies and practices they long shunned.

In New York City — which has 76 BIDS, the most of any US city — the effort to trim traffic lanes and make Park Avenue look like a linear park has been led by the business group there... Downtown Brooklyn’s pedestrian-priority plan came from a BID. And some of the most popular Open Streets..."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-07-06/in-bid-for-survival-business-districts-welcome-bikes-and-pedestrians

markwedel,
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@enobacon I'm not sure if there is a BID here, but the downtown business community and city government have been moving forward on bike lanes and traffic calming for the past few years. And it's all about improving the business environment. It's "green," both environmentally and financially.

markwedel, to cycling
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sure it’s a small car

dancinyogi, (edited ) to random
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Do you have pets?

Please boost for a wider demographic, and feel free to comment with the kind of pet you have and pictures! Lots of pictures, please. 🙏 🙏

markwedel,
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@dancinyogi I don’t know how to vote. He says he’s a roommate.

markwedel, to animals
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He stares at me this time of the night. “Aren’t you going to bed?”

markwedel,
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Here he is last night, staring at me.

markwedel,
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@IzabelaKaramia This is Gustavo Van Peanuts. We adopted him from Kalamazoo Animal Rescue. His story is he was purchased at a Detroit reptile show as a kitten, his people decided they didn't want him because he was pooping everywhere. Was found to be infested with parasites. He has his health issues, and an issue with me not going to bed in time (I always brush him as part of my going to bed routine).

Green_Footballs, to random
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Have you guys heard that great new country western hit, “Come Near Us And We’ll Lynch Your Commie Ass?”

markwedel,
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@Green_Footballs Have you heard "I'd Go To Your Big City, But I's A-Skeert?"

sflkirk, to cycling
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TUV* vs SUV, summer edition. Had all my farmer's market produce in my basket and as many groceries in my panniers as the single occupancy monster alongside.

*TUV = Tern Utility Vehicle

#Quaxing
#CarryShitOlympics
#BikeHFX
#BikeTooter
#BikeFriendlyPlanet

markwedel,
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@sflkirk @Ferrichrome @matthewtoad43 @breadandcircuses

I'm a journalist who's covered issues with my town's unhoused. THE most valuable thing for them is a bike. It is their only transportation option. We have a couple orgs working to get donated bikes to them.

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