Good News: AI Isn't Writing Police Reports in Roanoke, while Flock's 24 AI Cameras Remain Here's a piece of genuinely good news for Roanoke: no police department in the city is using AI to write police reports. Before celebrating too hard, let's talk about what's here, what was tried, and what it would take to roll any of it back.

I guess with everything going on, this just sort of fell off the radar? Police using ai that notoriously hallucinates to write reports. What could possibly go wrong? Goodhart’s Law states: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." Added to my ever growing book queue: Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges (read some, to complete)

Opened out of scrolling elements, added some local hobby radio info pull.

I was cleaning out my garage and found some funko pops that I do not remember getting as gifts and would not have bought for myself. (I have a few I have received as gifts: a Universal Monsters, a Swamp Thing, Man-Thing, Green Sleestak and Enik, Groundhog and Phil from Groundhog Day, a Fallout Vault Dweller, and a Bigfoot.) Lord help me, all have been given by sweet people whom I care about, so they shall live in beady-eyed eternity in assorted places around the workshop.

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Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley faces online mockery over an allegedly blurred home, raising real questions about surveillance executives and personal privacy.

Early voting is open in Roanoke County, and I got the sticker to prove it. You can vote early in person now through Saturday, October 31. Two locations: the Elections Office in Vinton (900 Chestnut St) and the Brambleton Center satellite office (3738 Brambleton Ave). Hours are weekdays 8 AM to 4 PM, plus select weekend hours. No excuse needed. Just bring an ID.

The Trump administration appears to be expanding its campaign of taxpayer-funded TV ads promoting President Donald Trump.

You can feel it turning now; the light comes in lower, the mornings have an edge, and the crickets sound like they're running out of things to say. Fall doesn't hit the valley all at once; it leaks in through the edges: a yellow leaf here, a cold porch rail there. I'm ready for it. Give me the cool air, the foggy mornings, the ridge going gold. Bring it on. What's the first sign of fall you always notice, dear journal?

While one can technically create new stories using the 1960 (Bert Freed) public domain version of Columbo, one cannot use elements introduced in later iterations. Legal precedents like the Sherlock Holmes copyright cases dictate that only the traits established in the expired work are free to use. The iconic traits popularized by Peter Falk in the 1971 NBC series such as his specific portrayal, catchphrases like "just one more thing," mentions of his unseen wife, and specific later episode plots remain heavily protected under active copyrights owned by Universal. The Peter Falk era episodes will not begin entering the public domain until 2067.

Host your own little library branch from your computer. Curate an ebook shelf visitors can browse from any e-reader, with no accounts and no tracking.

Getting cooler. Time to activate more pylons

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Possum and Raccoon Visit #backyardzoo

For the palma pro, playing with open meteo api for data Might port it to other eink devices, like the xteink 4, maybe?

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Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Episode 1: The Ripper Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Episode 2: The Zombie We started watching the first few episodes of Kolchak: The Night Stalker tonight, and it is every bit as fun as I remembered. Darren McGavin is absolutely magnetic as Carl Kolchak, stumping around in that rumpled suit and straw hat, cassette recorder in hand, trying to convince his furious boss that actual monsters are roaming around.

I took the CR-V in this morning to get it ready for the DC trip next week: AC check, a general roadworthy once-over, and getting the headlights redone. There is something satisfying about clear headlights before a long drive. BHK is heading up for work. There might be an extra day tacked on to help the craft gang; we'll see if that survives contact with the calendar.

Roanoke Wood Haven Technology Park being evaluated for data center, Authority says

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what is happening two data center fights are running in the roanoke valley right now. one is wood haven, the roughly 94 acre technology park in roanoke county owned by the western virginia regional industrial facility authority (wvirfa). the other is google's proposed data center campus at the greenfield site in daleville, botetourt county. they are separate sites, separate deals, and separate boards, but the same questions follow both: water, power, transparency, and who gets a say.

your roanoke reps, all in one place. public phones and emails for roanoke city council, the roanoke county board of supervisors, and the wvrifa board of directors. every number verified sept 2026 against official government pages. save this for the next vote that matters. #roanokeva #roanokecity #roanokecounty #wvrifa #woodhaven #localgovernment #civicengagement #virginia #knowyourreps

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Pamela Gregorski↓Corporation Service Company (CSC)↓Clearview Dynamics LLC↓Wood Haven Technology Park Other Gregorski-linked LLCs Atmoss LLC → Oklahoma data-center project Orla LLC → Indiana data-center project Laidley LLC → Louisiana data-center project Goat Systems LLC → Wyoming data-center project Cambrin LLC → Wisconsin data-center project Several of these projects have subsequently been publicly associated with Meta.

Who Is Behind Clearview Dynamics? A new LLC, a major Roanoke County site, and a corporate trail tied to data-center development. Clearview Dynamics LLC has agreed to purchase the roughly 94-acre Wood Haven Technology Park property in Roanoke County, though the deal is not yet final. THE TIMELINE A data-center site, a failed Prologis deal, and a newly formed LLC converge in less than four years.

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I asked a lawyer friend "What possible legitimate reason could Roanoke County have to allow for an NDA?, re:this situation OK, I asked a lawyer friend, and this is what she told me- "In municipal economic development, nondisclosure agreements are standard practice primarily to prevent real estate speculation and protect corporate strategy. If a major company publicly announces its plans too early, neighboring property owners will often skyrocket their asking prices for necessary adjacent land, road rights of way, or utility easements.

Oregon is one of a handful of places in the nation experimenting with giving unrestricted cash to homeless youth, known as direct cash transfers.

I recently received a very sweet, random compliment: I bumped into a friendly local acquaintance as I was leaving the gym while they were entering with a friend, and they introduced me as “ev…

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