Anyway, AI doesn’t have any value for me in anything I do. I understand this says something about *what* I do. But also? It’s only practically existed for maybe 18 months. I loved and worked almost 45 years without it so yeah, I’m cool.

This isn't funny. It's only what we expect when Trump and Cuomo use genAI to make social content--conservatives *love* disinformation and exploiting env. resources. (Recall: HR 1 initially proposed an AI regulation ban.)
But if we are against those things, then we don't use ChatGPT. Even for jokes.

On an environmental fiction kick and really loved how deftly this one ties the natural world and human relationships! expositionreview.com/issues/vol-x...

I am just a volunteer Tree Tender, not an arborist. But if I were in charge of this tree, I would move the flowers growing around its trunk and make sure the root flare isn't covered in dirt or mulch--the tree might not be getting enough air and water.

I wish I had taken literally any science course in college. I APed out of them all, which means when I decided to take climate change courses as a post-bacc, those were my first science classes since high school--public high school in the American South. 🫠 I really felt that knowledge gap!