Someone Needs this Shirt More than I Do

Another day, another microdonation

A Warm Piece of Clothing for a Random Person

I hung a shirt up next to the supermarket the other day knowing that someone would take it. A quality item. No longer fits me. They say giving away things that you don’t need is not actually gifting, but I disagree. If the thing is still useful it’s a microdonation, not trash disposal.

Homelessness for Some. Gourmet Salmon for Others.

Scored a sweet piece of wild-caught coho salmon and broiled it.

AI Slop is Infiltrating Our Brains

Part of my new job in what is left of the newspaper industry involves dealing with/coping with AI-generated words and images. Adobe Photoshop (I’ve been been using Photoshop to create “photo illustrations” since 1993) now has a “generate image” feature where you can “create” an image by entering a text prompt. The scary part of all this AI bullshit is that what are now obviously fake AI articles and images and videos will soon be indistinguishable from “real” content.

Sadly, you can no longer trust the reality of anything you see on TV or on the Internet. Face to face communication with real people at real events is all we have left.

Printed matter is still a thing. Nobody can alter, modify or censor a legitimate piece of journalism after it has been published on physical paper.

—Alex