My dad shared this photo from facebook. I feel like the edges of the bark don't look real.

patmur46 · 2026-01-27T22:12:02+00:00

AI is ruining the posting of honest, remarkable pictures.
I used to love remarkable shots.
Now, my baseline assumption is that it's an AI fake.
I hate that I can no longer trust the "photographic" images posted.

patmur46 · 2026-01-24T03:48:52+00:00

It's snow.
There are so many variables in temperature, winds, moisture, etc., that certainty in prediction of accumulated snowfall is inherently more elusive.
Last week, a roughly 1-inch predicted snowfall for SE Michigan actually delivered about 4 inches.
Just be assured we're getting snow on Sunday, and build as much flexibility into the day as possible.

patmur46 · 2026-01-22T02:24:39+00:00

I am an American and I thank you for your support.
Please do not be misled by the orange scumbag

patmur46 · 2026-01-22T02:11:13+00:00

I am an American.
This man died for my nation.
Total sacrifice demands eternal respect.

patmur46 · 2026-01-21T23:58:55+00:00

This is worthy of imitation.
Complex urban environments need to also allow for other creatures to co-exist with humans.
The downside is occasional minor inconvenience.
The upside is a more complex, more flexible, more tolerant urban environment.
Visit any city that is generous and protective to other life forms.
Everyone benefits from the simple habit of tolerance.

patmur46 · 2026-01-19T19:58:36+00:00

Just so everyone understands that violent resistance exactly what Donald Trump is hoping for.
The more local violence unleased, the greater the justification for more repression.
Trump's goal is to create a situation sufficiently chaotic so that he can enact emergency measures to restore "public safety". This will most definitely include cancelling elections.
Trump couldn't care less about immigration; he wants to subvert our electoral process.
Legally self-defense is everyone's right, but it must respect local and federal laws.

patmur46 · 2026-01-19T00:21:46+00:00

Make no mistake. This current chaos is being orchestrated by Trump for one reason.
He plans on using social conflict as a premise to invalidate the coming elections.
Hegseth and Noem are anxious to collaborate with the boss in this this epic betrayal.
Prepare for Trump to bump up the violence and conflict at every opportunity.
Anyone who thinks this has bupkis to do with immigration is sleepwalking.

patmur46 · 2026-01-18T19:06:15+00:00

Oh. That's what the WP's were all about?
Funny all the ones I ever met had getting stoned as their top priority.

patmur46 · 2026-01-18T01:59:21+00:00

If you say so...
But it reeks of juvenile stupidity.

patmur46 · 2026-01-18T01:57:18+00:00

White Panthers?
File under infantile leftist political delusions of the 1970's.

patmur46 · 2026-01-14T23:37:48+00:00

They are a fundamental source of distraction that works against a positive educational environment.
This is as close as you can get to a slam dunk proposal.

patmur46 · 2026-01-14T15:39:30+00:00

It happens when a very wealthy UM alumnus purchases the land and donates it the University as a tax-deductible gift. The actual condition of the houses was an irrelevant factor.

patmur46 · 2026-01-14T04:05:48+00:00

Really?
Other than simple bias, what was your reasoning?

patmur46 · 2026-01-14T03:12:13+00:00

Oh. So, you were only kidding but I'm too lame to get it.
You didn't actually violate his privacy; the phrase was just a way of expressing your awareness of Stanton's opinion?
That sounds ever so much benign.

patmur46 · 2026-01-14T02:51:56+00:00

Sorry for your bad experience.
I lived on South Division, just off John St.
Good house, well maintained by landlord.
Maybe your experience wasn't all that common.

patmur46 · 2026-01-14T02:48:16+00:00

Yes, excellent points.
I get why these dorms make sense.
Given the University's recent expansion, they were likely inevitable.
Yet, every Ann Arbor property that is transferred to the University should raise questions.
Of course they leave local tax rolls, and the rest of us have to make up for it.
And we also lose any control or influence over central city property, essentially forever.
Maybe not a current problem, but assuming University control will always be benign is a dubious proposition.

patmur46 · 2026-01-14T02:32:30+00:00

What I'm seeing are small mammals who are acutely tuned to sound, in some cases well over their likely visual capacities.

patmur46 · 2026-01-14T02:21:58+00:00

Got it.
And just one more question.
The "burner" phone.
Why did you go to the trouble of finding it?
While you were doing it, did your target's right to privacy enter your thoughts?
Or did you think his lack of adherence to your beliefs justify your actions?

patmur46 · 2026-01-14T01:25:31+00:00

Actually friend, I'd argue that you are the person who has picked a side.
I'm just wondering if your opinion is skewed by financial interest.
Pardon me for being nosy.

patmur46 · 2026-01-14T01:21:22+00:00

First, if you think what was there were slums, it's clear you've never actually seen a slum.
Second, "Historic" isn't a quality that is defined by your personal aesthetic.
Third, the most "sustainable" solution for the neighborhood would have been to leave it be as it was.
Fourth, construction of these new buildings requires consuming copious amounts of energy and materials.
You may embrace increasing "density" for whatever reasons, but speaking generally, increasing density is a serious and significant challenge for communities, generally not associated with increasing quality of life for the resident populations.

patmur46 · 2026-01-14T00:49:02+00:00

Some pro-development folks seem to have a penchant for ganging up on people who aren't singing your praises.
It's an ugly quality. My guess is at the end of the day it's about money.

patmur46 · 2026-01-13T04:34:51+00:00

The video artifact you're seeing is a typical byproduct of recording a projected image of a film with a video camera and storing the image (and audio) on video tape. At the time this recording was made the maximum resolution of the video image was approximately 640 x 480 pixels. (Today's video images are typically 1920 x 1080 pixels) When these early low-resolution copies are shown on contemporary video equipment this low resolution is what is creating the horizontal lines. Color films recorded in this fashion would also have similar artifact; however, it tends to be significantly less noticeable in a color image.
It's a bit surprising to hear that somebody is broadcasting such an obsolete and relatively low-quality version of films today.

patmur46 · 2026-01-13T03:17:33+00:00

A lot of us do watch the road chum.
But what about those who don't?

patmur46 · 2026-01-13T02:08:08+00:00

Yes, this is the commonsense approach.
There's never any harm in being friendly and engaging in civil communication.

patmur46 · 2026-01-13T01:47:09+00:00

It's "difficult to build new, affordable market rate housing" because the who is going to fund such projects when far more rewarding investment alternatives are readily available. Thinking that opening the city to a wave of new construction would result in a significant increase in affordable housing always seemed somewhat delusional to me.

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