Ann Telnaes on AI, gardening, baked fish

 For anyone who hasn't realized why I am implacably opposed to AI "art" here's why, said by an original artist and brought to you by another. 

Ann Telnaes is the brave and principled cartoonist who quit WaPo when they suppressed her cartoon about oligarchs  worshipping T***p. 

If you play with AI, "creating" your own images, you are participating in the theft of original work by artists whose work and hearts and sweat really did create art.  That's the raw material AI is based on. There are good uses for AI.  This is not one of them.

On to more cheering thoughts. Today, between showers and thunderstorms, I recycled the misfits box, and did a bit of gardening.

I notice the hibiscus is returning

Alongside that dead looking stick that was last year's foliage.

Out front I noticed some interlopers climbing around the ground cover.

I was able to use long handled loppers to reach the vining weeds without bending, and Gertrude Grabber to pick them up and carry them to dry. I'm still in the period of observing hip precautions. 

My theory is that if I let them dry out before I dump them in the woods, they're less likely to continue growing. So they're out of sight until they're dried out.

And today's food was breaded and baked grey hake. 

It's a neutral sort of fish that you can spice up much as you like. I used aqua faba like an egg wash, then panko spiced with umami mix, smoked paprika, fresh ground black pepper,  turmeric. 430°f oven ten minutes, turn over, five more minutes. The breading keeps it moist inside as well as interestingly crunchy.

The salad is plain old mixed greens with bitter dandelion leaves and sweet grated carrot. I didn't think it needed dressing, plenty of taste in the different ingredients. I often omit dressing for that reason, so as not to muffle the natural flavors.

Lovely day again. I wake up each morning and lie there just enjoying nothing hurting! 

Happy day, particularly if you feel well, that's the best.