> this will catch on

Yeah, when it gets cheaper than chemicals & applying them.

We've said it before this is a helluva attrition rate...

"Documents reportedly show that Amazon's robotics team is working towards automating 75 percent of the company's entire operations, and expects to ditch 160,000 US roles that would otherwise be needed by 2027."

Over time, this will catch on.  There are so many environmental problems with herbicides that finding a non-chemical way to control weeds will grow more attractive especially if this form of weed control is effective against invasive non-native weeds which have become resistant to our chemical control.

https://www.startengine.com/offering/greenfield-robotics

Interesting video

Sora video of corporal talking to troops
https://youtube.com/shorts/4-2lkaQyq1Y?si=et3yuItQWtUfusp8

I keep wondering if the next generation of deep fakes will be videos using real actors and scenery and saying they are AI

I think most of you have a routine going now, and this is something sue and I still struggle with.  At 61, we really know what we need to do, but motivation is constantly identified as the problem. 
To fix that we are reading The  DOSE Effect, by  T. J. Power, and it is helping, as we are more aware of what is making us feel good, and what gives us a rush and crash.

I recently got back from a Motorbike trip to Northern Pakistan and having lost weight (No I didn't get Cholera, just no beer, active riding every day, and no sugar,) we have both started goting to the Gym, to start getting some strength back.

It is something I have resisted, as I would rather by doing something, but we both need to up our strength to avoid injury. Sue has been plagued with them for the last 9 years or so.

Here goes!

Just spent an hour catching up on here. Good to see you all still busy, finally got all my spam filters sorted, and so get the Digest email again

>news

"If it bleeds, it leads."  That's the old adage about front page headlines, which still holds today.  Bad news makes the clickbait headlines. Whereas a bunch of people sipping coffee at an outdoor cafe just isn't news.

These are incredibly frightening times. Horrific.

Meanwhile, I had dinner with someone from Portland last night. She said that what she sees on the news is completely different from what she sees on the street. Basically, Portland is mostly calm. She said there are only one or two places that she feels uncomfortable walking alone at night and that mostly when she goes out around town people are sitting around at outdoor cafes.

She said, "It's not like Chicago." Then she realized that she was basing that on the news and realized that is probably not true of Chicago either.