kids from the high school also performed with the band

Just minutes from enjoying the Air Force Band!

#band #AirForce #military

@Nonilex@masto.ai ​I can't read the article (paywall) but it seems pretty obvious to me. Not at all surprising.

@neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org @campuscodi@mastodon.social ​Do you think it is due to a general downturn in #AI demand?

Sora quickly hit the top spot on Apple’s US App Store, but it has since dropped to 172 among free apps, [according](https://app.sensortower.com/overview/6744034028?country=US&tab=category_rankings "(Opens in a new tab)") to SensorTower.

(pcmag.com/news/that-was-fast...)

While #Microsoft is scaling back #Copilot because of perceived bloat and low adoption.

What 81k People Want from AI

Public conversation about #AI often centers on abstract projections of its risks and benefits. What's largely missing is a vision for what “AI going well” means, grounded in the concrete aspirations of people around the world who already use AI and have begun developing a sense of what it might do for them.

@georgetakei@universeodon.com ​

> "Jesus loves. Christian Nationalism kills. You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you. I love you more than you could ever hate me."

A very classy response!

This Black Town Has E. Coli in Its Drinking Water, but Feds Just Cut Support

Earlier this year, a bottle filled with water from her tap glowed under an ultraviolet light — lit with signs of sewage contamination

Today, Coogler reports a net worth of $25 million, per Celebrity Net Worth. Most recently, his film, “Sinners,” was awarded 16 nominations and four wins, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film earned $365.7 million worldwide, according to IMDb.

[Ryan Coogler Had $200K In Student Loan Debt While Filming ‘Creed’](https://afrotech.com/ryan-coogler-200k-student-debt-now-oscar-winner-25m-net-worth)

@georgetakei@universeodon.com ​ This is a big step, not just for them. The outcome could affect many more people

@Bergetoons@connectop.us @Zerofactorial@noc.social @Corb_The_Lesser@mastodon.social @georgetakei@universeodon.com ​

> Living people are not supposed to appear on U.S. currency or stamps in order to avoid such self promotion.

How is he getting away with such things? It boggles the mind

Overheard a discussion today about the proper way to eat chicken wings and whether you should leave any meat on the bones,

Why spend all that time becoming a good cook if you are going to eat like shit?

#3goodthings

1. Another beautiful morning

2. Visit from my dad yesterday; he's in his mid-eighties and going strong

3. Wifey's health is steadily improving

@3goodthings@fedigroups.social

#3goodthings

1. Morning sun shining through my window

2. Silence

3. The knowledge that I have a brand new day

@3goodthings@fedigroups.social

The family of a #black #woman whose cervical cells were harvested in 1951 without her knowledge and replicated infinitely ever since has reached a settlement with a second biotech company.

Henrietta Lacks

#BlackHistory

I realized that I didn't include the chapter for reference, so I'm putting it here:

There are things which are within our power, and there are things which are beyond our power. Within our power are opinion, aim, desire, aversion, and, in one word, whatever affairs are our own. Beyond our power are body, property, reputation, office, and, in one word, whatever are not properly our own affairs.

Now the things within our power are by nature free, unrestricted, unhindered; but those beyond our power are weak, dependent, restricted, alien. Remember, then, that if you attribute freedom to things by nature dependent and take what belongs to others for your own, you will be hindered, you will lament, you will be disturbed, you will find fault both with gods and men. But if you take for your own only that which is your own and view what belongs to others just as it really is, then no one will ever compel you, no one will restrict you; you will find fault with no one, you will accuse no one, you will do nothing against your will; no one will hurt you, you will not have an enemy, nor will you suffer any harm.

Aiming, therefore, at such great things, remember that you must not allow yourself any inclination, however slight, toward the attainment of the others; but that you must entirely quit some of them, and for the present postpone the rest. But if you would have these, and possess power and wealth likewise, you may miss the latter in seeking the former; and you will certainly fail of that by which alone happiness and freedom are procured.

Seek at once, therefore, to be able to say to every unpleasing semblance, “You are but a semblance and by no means the real thing.” And then examine it by those rules which you have; and first and chiefly by this: whether it concerns the things which are within our own power or those which are not; and if it concerns anything beyond our power, be prepared to say that it is nothing to you.


@stoicism@fedigroups.social ​