I missed the annual Corgi races

 We all missed the annual corgi races from Vilnius. But the pictures are worth a thousand smiles.

There were also costumes.

Wombat and Koala Butt's

 Now this may sound odd, and it has nothing to do with poop*. When we were in Sydney, we took a tour of a nature sanctuary.  We learned an interesting fact about. Sorry if I already said this. Both Koalas and Wombats' butts are caked with keratin, like our fingernails.

Koalas' butt keratin is curled up around their ass. They use this so they can sit and sleep in trees for long periods.

Wombat's butts are also built from keratin, but they are much flatter across their entire rear.

Wombats dig and sleep in burrows, and if a predator (like a dingo) comes after them, they shove their ass in the plug of the burrow and they are safe.

* I did say this wasn't about poop, but remember, wombats are the only animal with square poops. NASA is studying it. Really.

Nice animal news

 Two endangered Amur Leopard cubs were born at the St. Louis Zoo.

There are only like 100 in the wild.

A special notice to the lesbians in my life...

 In honor of Lauren, a new movie has arrived.

It is "Honey Don't" and it replaces "Bound".

It has all the girl-on-girl action, but is a dark comedy. And who doesn't love Aubrey Plaza!?

If you don't know, Bound had the top lesbian movie until now.

(not political) This seems like not great news to me

This seems like a bad idea.

 

The article discusses the proliferation of lines of communication and the increasing complexity of decisions that have evolved as the battlefield has evolved over time - including the integration of air force, drones, and satellites.

It states that AI can significantly reduce the need for message filtering, saving time, money, and space in the new military command and its associated structures. By letting AI handle a lot of it.

Well, that doesn't seem right. AI might be beneficial, but it's best not to put it in the military command chain. They have already proven to catfish people, support suicide, and refuse to turn themselves off. I'm thinking they may also decide to "end a war" by just killing everyone on the other side. The most efficient method of doing that is atomic weapons. I don't want them near that button.

University of Sydney

The University of Sydney was a cool little campus. Very old school British with lots of Chinese students. I liked it.

If you look at the top of the arch, you can see the British Lion and the Scottish Unicorn

An Ocean walk with Native sites

As was our want in Australia, we took a hike/stroll on an ocean headland. It was very cool because it went across some areas that were used by the Native Australians for years.

Native Art to mark where the original peoples held feasts (newly painted)