Monday, 25th May 2026
Sighting
4:08 PM – 6:57 PM
— California Brown Pelican, Snowy Egret, California Sea Lion, Harbor Seal, in San Mateo County, CA, US
We took our new folding kayak out in the harbor and saw sea lions and harbor seals chilling on the docks.
Notes on Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI
Dropped this morning by the Vatican: Magnifica Humanitas of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence. This is a very interesting document. It’s some of the clearest writing I’ve seen on the ethics of integrating AI into modern society.
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