Donald Trump: he‘s just like us (losing his mind at the consequences of Donald Trump’s actions and posting his way through the emotional turmoil)

Congratulations to Hungary for having achieved the removal of Viktor Orban— excellent news. Best of luck to Péter Magyar.

Artemis II reentry, splashdown & recovery YouTube video by CNN

It is stunning that we just sent four astronauts around the moon and back with an amazingly successful mission, and all you’ve heard out of the White House is BS about bombing Iran and now the Epstein Files. youtu.be/Ua0d7xnPUzo?...

Cumulonimbus clouds over the East Bay hills.

Big poofy clouds.

Gemini CLI v0.37.0 is here! 🚀

• 🌐 Experimental Browser Agent
• 🛡️ Enhanced Sandbox Security
• 🎨 New Tokyo Night Theme
• ☁️ Google Cloud (gcloud) Extension

Details: github.com/google-gemin...

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Pathfinder 1 dirigible leaving Moffett Field as seen from the Google campus in Mountain View.

View from my office window of LTA Research’s Pathfinder 1 flight tests. Looks neat against the hills. 🎈

To demonstrate how the various new FlexBox properties affect layout behavior, I created a little visualizer experiment: sanbeiji.com/experiments/...

Try adding items, messing around with the property values, etc., to see how things change! Example code changes appear at the bottom.

FlexBox  |  Jetpack Compose  |  Android Developers This document provides an introduction to FlexBox in Jetpack Compose, a flexible layout container inspired by CSS.

FlexBox is an experimental Jetpack Compose container that lays out items in a single direction, dynamically resizing, wrapping, and aligning them to optimally fill the available space. We just launched new documentation for this feature last week:

developer.android.com/develop/ui/c...

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Overview of AppFunctions  |  AI  |  Android Developers AppFunctions lets apps expose tools for AI agents, similar to the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

AppFunctions developer guide with a high-level overview of what to expect: developer.android.com/ai/appfuncti...

Excited to announce that we've launched Android AppFunctions to enable you to expose functions and enable agentic flows with the device's assistant. android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/02/the-...

Mountain with snow on top

Pastoral view of the east side of Mt. Diablo from Antioch.

Say NO to Mandatory E-Bike License Plates and Registrations - Bike East Bay Tell the state legislature that increased regulation on legal e-bikes is counter-productive to traffic safety, sustainability, and equity goals.

Today East Bay Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan introduced the "E-Bike Accountability Act", proposing mandatory registrations & license plates for all Class 2 & 3 e-bikes.

Learn more & join us in opposition to this counter-productive proposal by signing our petition at bikeeastbay.org/SayNoToEbike...

Abstract illustration of ML Kit GenAI Speech Recognition API

Just launched: ML Kit GenAI Speech Recognition API for Android. 🚀 Transcribe audio content to text on-device. developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai...

Steve Jobs explains why computers are a bicycle for the mind: “We humans are tool builders” YouTube video by Startup Archive

Thinking a lot about this clip from Steve Jobs, where he likened the computer as a "bicycle for the mind". I think of #AI like this; it is a tool to help me think faster, to get things done faster, to spark new ideas faster. AI is absolutely a continuation of Jobs' assertion. youtu.be/NjIhmzU0Y8Y 🚲

Truth YouTube video by Hank Green

"What we are watching right now is a set of leaders behaving as if reality is optional, as if the goal is not to understand what happened but to establish dominance over the narrative as quickly and as forcefully as possible."

youtu.be/FyStPztM7eo?...

Understanding the U.S. Strike on Venezuela | Explainer YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

Dr. Heather Cox Richardson on how incredibly dangerous and destabilizing the US actions in Venezuela are for the entire world in the nuclear age. youtu.be/wu9QSeAI22I

Black and white photo of two guitarists busking on the street

Street blues, Las Vegas Strip. These guys sounded fantastic.

Ok I promise no more #GodotEngine 'watch-dev' after this one.... For at least a day.

Playing with flow fields again 😄

Boston Public Library reading room

Libraries are alive y'all. Boston Public Library Reading Room.

Today I learned: For pinyin Mandarin input on Android, you have to type a "v" in place of ü to get the right candidates to show up, e.g. 旅遊 (Lǚyóu). How did I not ever know this??

Aurora borealis

I have wanted to see this phenomenon my entire life.

Lawrence: With Trump's shutdown ending, Dems are closer than ever to forcing Epstein files release YouTube video by MSNBC

Lawrence O'Donnell argues Johnson loses because his bill won't pass and the Epstein files will resurface in the House. Sober and reasoned. youtu.be/Eqe0Suhoats?...

Overview of the ML Kit GenAI APIs  |  Google for Developers

Device support should be updated with the latest here: developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai...

Send custom requests to Gemini Nano with GenAI Prompt API  |  ML Kit  |  Google for Developers

Last week we added the ability to send custom multimodal requests to Gemini Nano w/ the GenAI Prompt API, for more flexibility & control when building on-device AI. Check it out!

Press release: android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/10/ml-k...
Developer guide: developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai...

4.3 ounce jar of Feral Pear Butter. The pear logo is cute, has eyes and a mouth with fangs LOL.

Feral Pear Butter from the Oak Rock Animal Preserve. They put out a bunch of products for sale by the Finley Road Trailhead. I ride my mountain bike past this spot all the time, and finally stopped to purchase something. The wild pear logo is too cute!

NYC No Kings March 10/18/2025 YouTube video by Joe Lewis

Time to Rise youtube.com/shorts/v1MQL...

Protester at a No Kings March in NYC wearing a frog costume holding a sign that reads "Do I look like the enemy within?"

Mike Johnson and the rest of the obtuse GOP fat cats in Washington are completely out of touch with the American people. Their idea of patriotism is supine acquiescence to authoritarian rule, and they react like spoiled babies when challenged.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Frog costume protester

Proud of protesters in Times Square

Anti-Trump protest signs

Checking in from Times Square in New York City. #nokings

Generate images with Imagen  |  AI  |  Android Developers How to generate images with Imagen in your Android apps.

Need more power? The Imagen model gives you advanced image editing capabilities, including masking and stylistic customization. Check out the developer guide here: developer.android.com/ai/imagen

Gemini Developer API  |  AI  |  Android Developers

To use the awesome capabilities of Gemini 2.5 Flash "Nano Banana" for image generation and editing, check out the Gemini Developer API guide! developer.android.com/ai/gemini/de...

#AndroidDev #gemini #imagen #NanoBanana