melancholy ain’t the same as being sad
Last weekend, I sat down at my laptop after finally hitting “publish” on a new post—the first one to grace this space in far too long. As I was admiring
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Author: Gary Boyd
Mixed Media
The author shares their experience of creating AI-generated images, starting from a seed image and evolving through various prompts. Initially focused on fantasy themes, their process involves multiple iterations of editing and tweaking. They also humorously recount challenges with AI restrictions, highlighting the enjoyment derived from refining and transforming visual concepts.
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Short Story: Neon & Sulfur
Neon & Sulfur The rain in the Undercity didn’t wash anything clean; it just made the grease shine brighter, turning the asphalt into a slick, obsidian mirror reflecting a city
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Short Story: The Keeper of Le Patina Rural
I was playing with some images over the weekend and ended up with the image here. This morning I had a off the wall idea of asking the AT in
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The New Secret Engine of Texas Politics:
The article discusses the evolving landscape of political outreach in Texas, where campaigns are increasingly shifting from traditional methods to innovative recruitment strategies via platforms like Craigslist. This approach targets “gig seekers” with paid participation, transforming casual voters into paid recruiters. The model emphasizes relational organizing and efficiency, raising concerns about the commercialization of personal networks for political engagement.
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A Morning Text Message and the Quiet Evolution of Politics
This morning, standard phone-buzz routine: a text message hit my screen with a link attached. Glancing at the preview link, my immediate knee-jerk reaction was to write it off as
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Looking at a Weather Map and seeing The Geometry of a Lifetime
Looking at the radar map on my screen this afternoon, watching the familiar colorful bands of a summer thunderstorm drift across the upper Texas coast, it brought back to me
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Coffee… Health Benefits?
I was looking at my Ground News headlines today and this one caught my eye “Coffee helps protect your body from aging and disease, study says“. So naturally, being me,
