it is depressing that a large portion of the folks most excited about AI also lack the creative drive and human warmth to conceive of using it for anything more exotic than “please simulate being a stock market expert and then give me all the stock market tips you know”
a billion tutorials about how to use new AI tools and they all center around example prompts like “make me rich” it’s so. ah not to dehumanize but maybe some of us have been machines for a good long while already
astounding science fiction (mostly british edition) issues from 1958 & 59
the double up of march 1959 is due to the second one being the american edition.
from my grandfather's scifi collection :)
trust me, when you see a dove couple doing this for half an hour without ever getting bored of each other, something in you changes fundamentally
this post has been getting notes again, so let me tell you this: whenever someone tells you something cynical and pessimistic about love, that it doesn't exist and it doesn't mean anything etc. remember that there is a mourning dove couple somewhere in the world, kissing, cuddling and raising their baby together with so much love and tenderness, and it is all a part of nature. it is all a part of our beings.
Thank you for posting a pine cone for reference but I’d like to see what the bird looks like too, please.
Honest mistake on op’s part. Here I found one.
Three young rascals. Eurasian red squirrel/ekorre. Värmland, Sweden (June 22, 2018).
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