‘49 Was A Great Year

I am a ‘geezer who has abandoned several tumblr blogs that I have outgrown rather than changing them because each has had its place and I’m moving forward not staying in one place. I avoid posting anything that looks to me like AI. And I avoid blogs that post it. Sideblogs: http://www.tumblr.com/49er-quotes

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Ford has rehired hundreds of senior engineers after replacing them with AI backfired and has cost the company billions of dollars.

AI adoption is blamed for Ford being the most recalled automaker in the U.S. with 51 recalls covering over 11 million vehicles in the first half of 2026 alone.

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The Wall of Finestres (Roques de la Vila) • Located in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain, this breathtaking natural wonder is famous for its twin, parallel vertical rock ridges that closely mimic an ancient, man-made fortress cutting through the turquoise Canelles Reservoir. Far from human-built, this jaw-dropping structure is composed of highly resistant Cretaceous reef limestone that originally accumulated as flat, horizontal layers on an ancient seabed roughly 70 to 100 million years ago. During the Pyrenean Orogeny, massive compressive forces from colliding tectonic plates buckled and shoved these horizontal sedimentary beds into a vertical, 90-degree position. Over millennia, differential erosion stripped away the softer surrounding clays and shales, leaving behind these hyper-durable limestone "walls" as a textbook example of structural geology and nature's architectural power.

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[eyeoftheeagle]

Sometimes life offers terrifying heights,

but the view belongs only to those who dare. ⛰️

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