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Robots have taken over Los Angeles.

It’s not just the AI-generated videos that have caused angst in Hollywood. Our streets are full of driverless Waymo vehicles, covered in more sensors and gadgets than the Batmobile. And our walkways are home to fleets of boxes on wheels, hurrying past pedestrians and navigating outdoor bar-hoppers as the robots deliver smoothies and keto-friendly salads.

And it’s only getting stranger. This month, Serve Robotics, one of the leading companies behind the food-delivery bots, deployed another 500 of them in 40 neighborhoods across the city, up from two neighborhoods in 2023. The other big company, Coco Robotics, founded at UCLA in 2020, has about 300 robots across the city and is looking to expand. Soon a region already known for its lack of walkability will have more obstacles for pedestrians to contend with.

The expansion has sparked consternation in LA and other US cities as residents debate whether our new neighbors are welcome. Neighboring Glendale is considering a moratorium on the bots; Chicago has also limited their expansion. Worse than the sidewalk frustrations, they mean fewer jobs for delivery drivers, even if some are human-controlled.

Omg my eyes! Aaahhhh

https://press.liaisonstrategies.ca/federal-tracker-liberals-lead-conservatives-by-12-carney-approval-rebounds/

These constant polls mean nothing, Canadians have become to impatient. Let the current government do the work needed, voice concerns but know things don’t happen overnight, good nor bad.

I was hesitant to vote for the liberals as I was not in favor of any of Justin’s initiatives. I was and continue to be against the rampant abuse of the T.F.W. program, as it is wrong and should be scrapped. Carney though is the leader we need currently to deal with the absolute gong show going on in the U.S. currently. We became too complacent and comfortable, primarily trading with the U.S. and we can’t let that continue. PP would’ve caved to the regime in the U.S. and we’d all be much much worse off.

Millions of international travelers are increasingly choosing to avoid the United States.

The United States had roughly 4 million fewer international visitors in 2025 than the year before, marking a 5.5 percent decline in overseas tourism, according to CNN. Foreign visitor spending also fell by more than $8 billion.

Aside from the collapse in travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, it represents the sharpest annual drop in international tourism in roughly 20 years.

Hello self-hosters,

I have been building Journiv, a self-hosted, privacy-first journaling app for people who want to own their personal memories, journals, mood/activity tracking, photos, and related life data.

A few months ago I added Immich integration, which allows you to browse your Immich library from Journiv and attach photos/videos directly to journal entries. That integration was focused on connecting self-hosted photos and videos to the written story behind them.

I just added the next piece: People Tracking with optional Immich face sync.

The idea is simple:

Immich is great at preserving the photo/video itself. Journiv is meant to preserve the story around it. Now Journiv can also help track who was part of that memory.

With the new People feature, you can create and manage important people in your life family, friends, kids, parents, coworkers, etc. Attach them to journal entries. Later, you can filter your timeline by a person and see the memories you’ve captured with them over time.

If you also use Immich, Journiv can use Immich’s people/face data to make this easier.

When you attach an Immich photo to a Journiv entry, Journiv can check the Immich people/faces associated with that asset. If those Immich people are linked to people you track in Journiv, Journiv can automatically suggest or add them to the journal entry.

The goal is not just to store photos or journal text separately, but to connect them together into a more meaningful personal archive: what happened, when it happened, where it happened, and who was part of it.

Would love feedback from the self-hosted community on this feature.

• Watch the demo video
• Blog post with more context
• Get started: Install Journiv
• Immich integration docs
• Release notes
• Demo images from Pexels

From the early days of the modern internet. He released it in HD yesterday.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1149341/pope-leo-warns-of-risks-from-a-i-including-fueling-warfare-in-42300-word-encyclical-call

• Longer Article;
• Full Text.

At the presentation of his first social encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV appealed for artificial intelligence to be placed firmly at the service of humanity, warning against technologies that foster domination, exclusion and war

It comes with ALDI king's horses and ALDI king's men.

archive article https://archive.is/hXQTC