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JonOfLodi

@JonOfLodi@epicure.social

Working behind the scenes for Lodi wineries.

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caseynewton, to random
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It’s Hard Fork Friday! Kevin has 18 AI friends now and it’s time to interview one of them https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/10/podcasts/hard-fork-ai-friends.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

JonOfLodi,
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@caseynewton Another very informative and thought-generating episode. I'm glad Kevin asked about privacy, because that is my biggest concern. I can see why Nomi doesn't want to jump to a suicide prevention phone number, but how would it handle someone planning a mass shooting? There are so many of these AI bots, how do we know China or the FBI isn't catfishing on one of these? Seems they could make a useful agent of sorts. Thanks for this, Casey!

caseynewton, to random
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It's Hard Fork Friday! This week, FTC Chair Lina Khan on regulating AI, open vs. closed development, and when she's going to get around to suing Elon Musk. PLUS: We build our first GPTs, and Kevin talks to one of the ApeFest attendees who got his eyes burned https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/podcasts/hardfork-chatbot-ftc.html

JonOfLodi,
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@caseynewton Thank you for the Flying Toasters moment. Dantz - where I worked in the late 80's into the 90's - was right across the street from Berkeley Systems in North Berkeley. We were secretly a bit jealous at how fast they grew just from those toasters.

weatherwest, to random
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I've had dozens--perhaps hundreds--of conversations with people and entities who could potentially support this kind of work in the medium to long term. Some have been incredibly enthusiastic about that prospect! But all have ultimately fallen through, and now it's crunch time.

JonOfLodi,
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@weatherwest Hopefully you've been getting my monthly Patreon donations. I'm happy to support you!

warmapper, to random
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Gaza map update:

The IDF have expanded their area of operation 3km into the Gaza Strip, this time from the south of Gaza city.

This advance has cut one of only two main roads out of the area marked for evacuation. The other being along the coast.

JonOfLodi,
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@warmapper Thank you for transferring your skills to this conflict. (Wouldn't mind being able to see Ukraine, too, if you've got time, even if there isn't anything to mention.)

JonOfLodi,
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@warmapper Thank you!

caseynewton, to random
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One year after Elon Musk let that sink in, an elegy for the platform that was — and some notes on the one that is poised to succeed it. With @zoeschiffer https://www.platformer.news/p/twitter-is-dead-and-threads-is-thriving

JonOfLodi,
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@caseynewton @zoeschiffer Trying to find something positive: new editions of Marketing 101 textbooks have an excellent example of how to destroy a brand.

weatherwest, to random
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To respond en masse to all the Mastodon folks who have been sending me angry messages regarding my presence here versus on other social media platforms, I'll say only this: that sure isn't a great way to convince a person to spend more time here. I'm baffled by it, and very disappointed.

JonOfLodi,
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@weatherwest I'm fine with the cross-posting, even though the posts repeat and drop portions of your original X posts. I just don't want to miss your YouTube Lives and new Weather West blog posts. I really need those advance announcements you post so I can adjust my schedule. Your analysis of weather patterns has greatly reduced stress during our winegrape harvest. Thank you!

warmapper, to random
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A very approximate map of the situation in Israel this morning.

Hamas now controls several settlements along the border. Israel is carrying out strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that Israel is in a state of war.

JonOfLodi,
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@warmapper Wow. Thanks for now tracking this one, too. (I wish there were none of these fights to track, actually.)

warmapper, to Ukraine
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Ukraine has made advances behind the Russian defensive network west of Verbove.

For the first time since Ukraine initially breached the line with infantry, two weeks ago Ukrainian vehicles are now in use behind the anti-vehicle ditches and dragons teeth defences.

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JonOfLodi,
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@warmapper Great news!

JonOfLodi,
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@warmapper Did you get to take another well-deserved vacation again?

JonOfLodi,
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@warmapper Sorry your PC had problems, but I'm very glad you got it working again! Thanks again for all you're doing!

warmapper, to random
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Over the month of August, Ukraine has successfully reclaimed approximately 35 km² from Russian forces.

Since Ukraine started their southern offensive at the beginning of June, they have liberated approximately 335 km².

This means that Russia currently occupies a total of 17.49% of Ukraine.

Before the invasion, Russia held roughly 7.04% of Ukraine.

To provide context for all of these control changes, this final graph contextualizes these shifts within Ukraine as a whole.

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JonOfLodi,
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@warmapper Thank you for all of these, and welcome back!

warmapper, to random
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I'm going away for a planned break with family until the end of the month.

I'll be back to posting again from September 2nd.

See you then 👋

JonOfLodi,
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@warmapper Thanks for the heads-up before your well-deserved break. Hoping you'll be super-busy marking up your map with tan areas when you get back. Have a good time!

warmapper, to Ukraine
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A map of the approximate situation on the ground in Ukraine as of 00:00 UTC 28/07/23.

Update:

On the Southern front, Ukrainian forces have liberated the settlement of Staromaiors'ke.

Ukraine also advanced on the Eastern flank of Robotyne.

#ukraine #russia #ukrainewar #conflict #map #europe #nato #warinukraine #mapping #news #breaking

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JonOfLodi,
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@warmapper Nice to see the progress, especially just east of Robotyne! On to Tokmak!

nixCraft, to twitter
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I can't believe. The bird site is about to die. The final hours of Twitter before Elon is moving to X. It is already https://x.com/nixcraft (redirecting to https://twitter.com/nixcraft) So much history is about to go to the /dev/null. So many links are going to break forever. 🤡

JonOfLodi,
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@nixCraft We have Twitter bird icon share links in our websites and on our business cards. Do you think I'm going to update them, or simply ex them out? Goodbye.

warmapper, to Ukraine
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A map of the approximate situation on the ground in Ukraine as of 00:00 UTC 11/07/23.

Update:

On the Southern front, Ukraine has advanced Northeast of the frontline settlement of Robotyne.

#ukraine #russia #ukrainewar #conflict #map #europe #nato #warinukraine #mapping #news #breaking

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JonOfLodi,
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@warmapper Looking forward to a major breakthrough!

warmapper, to Ukraine
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Over the month of June Ukraine has liberated approximately 200km² the country.

This means that Russia currently occupies a total of 17.51% of Ukraine, a 0.04% decrease since the end of May.

Prior to the invasion on 24th February 2022, Russia occupied approximately 7.04% of Ukraine.

If you find value in the work that I do, you can show your support by sharing this post.

#ukraine #russia #ukrainewar #conflict #map #europe #nato #warinukraine #mapping #news #breaking #chart #data

JonOfLodi,
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@warmapper Thank you very much again for all your work with these updates. I find it more useful than most of the big media reports. Cheers!

warmapper, to random
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So glad I'm not only on Twitter now, what a terrible idea this is.

JonOfLodi,
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@warmapper And I'm glad my Twitter usage is at 0 posts/day.

warmapper, to random
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Hi All, I had a computer crash and reset and lost a bit of data. Getting back into the regular flow of things again now.

JonOfLodi,
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@warmapper Great to see you back and very happy that you, yourself, are OK. Always appreciate these updates!

FediFollows, to food

& picks of the day:

➡️ @kitchen - Posts about food, cookery, ovens & cooking gadgets

➡️ @NextGenCookbook - Blog featuring easy recipes from around the world which use fresh ingredients

➡️ @ianmacallen - Food writer, author of “Red Sauce”, Senior Food Correspondent at America Domani

➡️ @martijn - Account dedicated to gardening, homegrown food, (mainly vegetarian) cooking & coffee

➡️ @BRKitchenGarden - Advice on growing your own food in a small urban garden

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JonOfLodi,
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warmapper, to Ukraine
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A map of the approximate situation on the ground in Ukraine as of 00:00 UTC 14/06/23.

Update:

🇺🇦 have taken back control of the settlement of Makarivka on the southern front.

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JonOfLodi,
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@warmapper Are all the small red dots Russian trenches or defensive positions? Thanks again for all these very valuable regular updates!

JonOfLodi,
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@warmapper Thank you!

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